944 Pursuit Part 1 (1/2)
Nicholas' voice rang in Saleen's mind. He opened his mouth and said, ”Time, reverse…”
Saleen could already feel the tip of the metal tail piercing through his skin, but all of a sudden, it withdrew and the entire tail retreat at least 10 yards away from Saleen.
Imposa was taken aback by what he had just seen. Saleen had just used a divine spell!
A mage using a divine spell was even more unacceptable than a Holy Master using elemental spells. The Holy See had attempted to bribe mages to become Holy Masters, but their magic chords degenerated, and eventually, they were not even able to cast spells higher than grade-0. Even magic apprentices were better off than them.
Saleen was already a top-notch grade-9 sorcerer. What good would it do him to collaborate with the Holy See? Within three to five years' time, he would turn into a mage without any magic chords. The higher one's grade, the faster the magic chords disappeared. That was why it was so difficult for the Holy See to recruit mages.
Only the Supreme Court was able to hire mages once in a while, but there was no way those mages would place their faith in any Gods or practice any divine spells. No matter how high the mage's grade was, or how powerful their mental strength was, the number of blessings they received would still be less than that of a disciple that had served their Gods since childhood.
Giving up magic for divine spells was definitely not something a grade-9 mage would do. A grade-9 mage would rather die than to place his faith in God.
The Lesser Prophecy spell was unleashed completely. It was the luckiest thing to happen to Saleen in his entire lifetime. Without thinking any further, Saleen let the six Tempest Dragon-mights bring him to Imposa and he thrust out his finger.
Crystal Finger penetrated through Imposa's mechanical shell and struck his forehead directly. A hole that was the size of a fist appeared in his metal face. The gigantic alchemy machinery carrying him collapsed onto the ground. Saleen saw a black mass escape from the core of the alchemy machinery. It hid in the metal tail that was flying away.
The metal tail fell onto the ground and tunneled through it. Soon it was completely out of sight.
Saleen vaguely thought that the black mass resembled Imposa. Although Saleen managed to clinch victory with a single strike, he was still a little stunned. It was because Imposa's soul looked exactly like the body he possessed after modifications.
No matter how one changed his appearance, his soul should remain unchanged. What Saleen knew was that even Nailisi's Ultimate Shapeshifting spell could not alter the shape of her soul. The appearance of Imposa's soul left Saleen too shocked for words.
He had thought that his soul was the most powerful amongst all grade-9 sorcerers, and so was his mental strength. Instead, Imposa was even able to transform the shape of his own soul. No matter how he looked at it, Imposa must be more powerful than him.
If not for the fact that Saleen's equipment was more powerful and his techniques were mysterious, based on pure abilities alone, he was no match for Imposa.
The shape of Imposa's soul also had six legs and the tail of a scorpion.
”My Lord!” Jola's face was pale as he rushed to Saleen's side. The alchemy machinery crashed onto the ground, sending dirt and mud flying in all directions.
Saleen was finally shaken out of his daze. Saleen understood that the divine spell that Nicholas had cast through him was a result of Nicholas sacrificing portions of his life in order to leave behind a protective measure just before he left.
Saleen immediately dove towards the ground and released all his elemental creatures. He took out his interdimensional stone and put away Imposa's alchemy machinery in it. It was valuable equipment and could be easily studied, unlike equipment that Grandmaster had given him. No matter how powerful Imposa's alchemy skills might be, he was still only a grade-9 sorcerer at the end of the day.
The equipment created by grade-9 sorcerers could be thoroughly studied in Metatrin City, where there were tens of sorcerers that would be able to analyze equipment very quickly. The only downside was the tail that had gotten away. Saleen believed that the tail was Imposa's biggest secret.
In a palace far away, there was a huge crystal coffin in a room that had been sealed up, and a strange looking body laid in it. The body looked exactly like Imposa, except that there was no metal on the face. The chin was made from black Fallenstar metal. The upper half of Imposa's body was covered with a shell that was made from the bones of magic beasts, while the lower half of the body was made of metal. There were six gigantic metal limbs and a long scorpion tail.
The crystal coffin was filled with transparent fluid, which was slightly blue in color. All of a sudden, the body opened its eyes and mouth at the same time and sucked in the blue fluid forcefully. The blue fluid disappeared very quickly, until it was completely sucked dry by Imposa's body.
With a loud crash, Imposa's fist smashed the crystal coffin and he sprang up with his six mechanical limbs. There were also eight iron blood warriors in this sealed room. When Imposa awoke, so did the eight iron blood warriors.