Chapter 403 - Cycle (1/2)

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When he thought of this, Lin Li began to feel somewhat cautious. According to what Adelo said, Cheyenne was already a powerful mage of the Legendary-realm, and there were few things in the world that could make him visit the Blackstone Mountains every year.

Could it be the Gloomy Dark in the cave…

It was not good news that he had his eye on the same thing as a Legendary mage…

“Oh, right. Mage Felic, I wonder what you think of the Scar of Death?” After giving a simple introduction of his teacher, Adelo did not continue, but instead changed the topic abruptly.

“The Scar of Death?” Lin Li frowned. “I think that there is a strange energy flowing through this place, it seems capable of fueling an endless supply of Undead creatures, and…”

“…And Undead creatures fueled by this energy will be stronger than ever.” Adelo smiled as he finished the sentence. “Mage Felic, you share the same thoughts with my teacher. He was here 20 years ago, and said the same thing you just did…”

“Is that so?”

“We met with two fights the other time we went into the Scar of Death. During the first fight, we had to deal with a lot of Skeletal Warriors, and barely made it out by escaping through the cave from last night. The second fight was in the cave, but unfortunately, I was already unconscious, and did not witness the fight. I only knew that I was back in Aminya City when I woke up; my teacher had brought me back. His magical wave became very weak after that, not much different from that of an Archmage…”

“Oh?” Lin Li was surprised, though he knew that it was possible. Wasn’t that just like what had happened to Ujfalusi? After the battle in Syer Town, he’d dropped from a Legendary Lich to a level-18 Archmage, but this was because of the powerful Holy Light that was used to destroy the Humerus Domain, causing Ujfalusi to drop from the Legendary-realm.

But what had happened to Cheyenne?

Lin Li was filled with questions, but he did not ask anything, merely nodding his head as he listened quietly to Adelo. He knew very well that since Adelo had started his story with this incident, he’d definitely explain everything to him later.

Truth was that Lin Li was right about that. After heaving a gentle sigh, Adelo continued, “Teacher Cheyenne did not tell me much about what happened in the cave. The only thing he told me was that he met a very powerful enemy there, the strongest he had ever met, and the fight was a really tough one. My teacher did win in the end, but it was a marginal win, almost negligible, and he realized that this opponent’s power was very strange, just as though it was linked to the Scar of Death. It could not be killed no matter what my teacher did, and in the end, he had to sacrifice his Legendary power to seal it temporarily. Even then, he has to come back every year to reinforce that seal.”

“That’s a very interesting story…” Lin Li smiled, and then asked a strange question. “Isn’t that great? Why send the advance party to the Scar of Death, then?”

“Because a few years later, my teacher found something about the Scar of Death in some of the ruins left behind by the High Elves…”

“Oh?”

“It was a diary written by a High Elf n.o.ble. Maybe because it is too old, most of the writings have become blurry… The only discernible portion was about studies on Necromagic. A large number of High Elven n.o.bles had allegedly been swayed by the idea of a ‘living G.o.d’, and started looking for ways to pursue immortality. Hence, Necromagic appeared on their radar, and they thought that this was the only way to immortality.

“Some of those High Elven n.o.bles set up a base in the Blackstone Mountains to conduct research. Unfortunately, they only just got started before the war broke out, and they had to devote their limited resources to the fight while putting their research on hold…” Adelo paused for bit here. “As for what happened after that, it was all written in the books. The allied army defeated the six Sky Castles and killed the High Elves’ Queen next to the Tree of Eternity, ending the dark and cruel rule of the High Elves. The research base remained hidden in the Blackstone Mountains, lost forever in the river of time…”

Lin Li listened quietly as though it had nothing to do with him. If anyone saw how calm he looked, they would never guess how emotional this young mage actually was…