934 Those who oppose me, Die? Part 1 (2/2)
”Did it manage to locate the target?”, Saleen did not mind a soul dispersing. In a mage's perspective, souls were something that would disperse sooner or later, returning to the elements. Doing so would be a better option than staying in blood soul towers.
”No, my liege!” Nicholas raised his voice without realizing it, before reminding himself that they were not in a safe place, and lowered his voice, ”My liege, the Descension spell was completely destroyed. That ironbone rat was killed by an elemental mage skilled in soul techniques!”
”An elemental mage?”
”It felt familiar. This mage is powerful, even somewhat more powerful than you are, my liege, but not yet a grade-10 sorcerer.” Nicholas did not know how to describe it. He forcibly opened the Descended Eye in hopes of getting what the enemy looked like, but the rat was killed on the ground. He was only able to feel a familiar aura from it.
The familiarity was simply someone he had kept an eye on before. It was difficult to recall who that was.
”Nicholas, have you been to Cloudflow?”
”Never.”
”Then this wouldn't have been someone from Cloudflow. You are familiar with them, but you can't recall who. It is probably someone you have seen once or twice, but someone who would have attracted your attention. Try to think for a bit. Who fits that kind of description?” Saleen knew that Grand Duke Iron Blood was a powerful warrior. If he were to have a powerful mage at his side, his combat capacity would soar.
Nicholas' Descension spell was one of the Holy See's most mysterious skills. Outsiders would not be aware of such holy spells, nor any of its secrets at all. The ironbone rat under his control was killed in an instant and its soul was not even able to escape. Nicholas' surprise at this was stronger than Saleen's.
Elemental mages hardly had any soul skills before grade-9. That elemental mage was not a grade-10 one, yet they were able to completely eliminate his ironbone rat. Nicholas did not want anything else at that moment than to see personally who that mage was. Saleen's reminder had Nicholas thinking. Someone who had caught his attention yet was not from Cloudflow. People who fit such a description were few indeed.
He had been in the Holy See for most of his life. Places where he spent most time at when he began to follow Saleen were Metatrin City and Daliang City. Holy masters possessed powerful mental powers, and Nicholas was able to narrow down the targets to two people when he put his mind to it, and he was able to determine who it was just a split second later.
”My liege, we are in big trouble!”
”What trouble?” Saleen was puzzled.
”I remembered who that was!”
”Who then?” Saleen was feeling frustrated at the pace Nicholas was talking at. ”Why did he have to split a sentence up like that?”
”You have seen him before. A sorcerer from Alchemy City, Imposa!”
Imposa...
Saleen went silent and was shocked. It was not due to Imposa's strength. With the six elemental badges at his disposal, there would be no problem winning fights against mages of the same level as him.
He knew that Imposa was a master alchemist who was skilled at human body alchemy. Bone alchemy was but child's play to someone like Imposa. When Imposa went through Daliang City, he said he was heading to Cloudflow. It was however, unexpected that he would end up being under the grand duke's employ.
”This is bad. Imposa's human body alchemy is something that can definitely control a huge number of ancient warriors!”
How many grade-9 warriors were on the Ancient again? Around sixty-thousand perhaps? If they all ended up being put under Imposa's control, Metatrin City would not be able to put up much of a fight!
”No, that can't be! Regardless of how powerful a grade-9 sorcerer is at alchemy, controlling all ancient warriors would be impossible still. The strength of my soul is frightening, so they can't be anyone who can beat me at the same level. Even someone like me wouldn't be able to control more than one-hundred of those warriors. If controlling at the same time, maybe less than fifty. I can now control forty-eight ancient warriors, and that is already the limit. No matter how strong Imposa gets, he can never be able to have control of a number higher than mine. The only possibility is that these ancient warriors are not being put under his control, but just reawakened and made to follow simple instructions. In that case...in that case, Alchemy City would still be in danger. The longer this drags out, the more dangerous things will get. I have no idea how rich Grand Duke Iron Blood is, but someone who is able support Imposa's human body alchemy must be very, very rich.”
Murderous intent boiled within Saleen's mind. ”Grand Duke Iron Blood must die! There is no way I will let things like that continue to happen… but Imposa, should I kill him too?”
Saleen was reminded of Hogina, that female mage who did not seem to have much in the department of brains.
He had to admit, however, that that student of Imposa was a naive one who posed little threat. She treated Saleen quite well too. If Imposa ended up controlling a large number of ancient warriors, he would be a threat to him as well as to anyone else, unless he was willing to submit to Saleen himself!
Saleen felt really bad inside. He seemed to be trapped in some strange circle. Anyone who went against him, must die!