Chapter 78 (1/2)

Chapter 78: Secret Plot

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Link learned one thing from the battle he fought in the game against the boss of the Syndicate – Morpheus was not truly a god, no matter how powerful he seemed. He was just a false-god or a demigod who had stumbled upon a fraction of the mysterious secret knowledge from the realm of the heavens! Even though he had set up his own altar, and even though he possessed a power that seemed infinitely strong to a mortal, he still wouldn’t match up to the powers of a true god.

Link noticed something that proved this point. Although Morpheus could control the stone statue from afar, his control was still crude and limited. It might be the perfect ploy to strike terror into people who were unacquainted with magic and spells, but when faced with someone knowledgeable and experienced, his tricks fell like a house of cards.

For instance, Link could sense that Morpheus’s grasp of the current situation in the cave was less than perfect. There were many secret moves and tricks that could be easily concealed from him. And that was the perfect window of opportunity for Link to attack him!

Right now, under the control of the red aura from the statue, the white orb was gradually condensing, and its formation was nearing completion.

Once complete, the red aura would guide the white orb into the statue’s body, becoming the point from which Morpheus would control the movements of the statue.

Anderson tried to stop this process, but the minute he entered the area shrouded by the red light, his footsteps staggered, and he entered a trance-like state which made him lose control of his movements and tumble straight to the ground. Soon after, there was also a white light on his body that was starting to condense into a white orb.

Anderson almost died of fright, but he managed to muster up all his strength and roll his body out of the zone of the red aura. He’d never dare to go near it again. This showed that the power of a Legendary-level figure, even in its limited and weakest form like the one they were up against now, was still something that a mortal could never match up to.

“Mr. Link, do something!” shouted Anderson. Link was the only one left that they could rely on.

“Shh! Be quiet,” said Link with a thin smile on his face and a finger raised to his lips. While speaking, the tip of his wand glowed slightly, and from the tip a fog-like greyish aura kept flowing out, which then headed towards the heap of corpses.

It was strange how the fog did not face any obstruction this time. It easily floated through the air and into the pile of corpses, effortlessly merging with the white orb.

Ten seconds later, a white orb was then fully formed. And under the red aura’s control, it started to penetrate into the statue. At the same time, Link’s spell was also complete, he could feel that his grey aura was inside the white orb, entering Morpheus’s statue together. And the supposedly godlike Morpheus was completely oblivious to all of this!

When the white orb settled deep inside Morpheus’s statue, the black haze around it became extraordinarily thick, and the red shroud of light disappeared. Then, a stony spike about half a foot long materialized in its right hand, and it began to move.

“Hahaha, you mere mortals, I’m tingling in anticipation of your fresh blood! Especially you, Magician!” It was the sinister voice again.

When Link looked over to the statue, a notification popped up.

Morpheus’s Elemental Puppet

Level-5 Elite

Specialty: High-level anti-magical properties and immense physical strength.

Battle Skills: Unknown

Status: Weak (not yet activated)

Weakening Spell

Level-2 Spell

Mana Consumption: 32 points.

Effects: Reduces the strength and power of targets by 80% for five minutes.

(Note: The higher the target’s level, the lower the weakening effects. Not effective on targets with skills of Level-6 and higher.)

The details of the spell had put Link at ease, because the Elemental Puppet was at Level-5, just within the range of the spell he had just purchased with 20 Omni Points.

The Weakening spell would be able to weaken the strength of a Level-5 Elemental Puppet for about 30%, which was good enough for Link. However, the opponent had anti-magic powers and its body was solid rock, which meant that it would block the powers of magic spells efficiently both inside and outside its body. This would basically render any of Link’s spell attacks useless.