Chapter 93 (2/2)

Link wasted no time and took out the notebook he was hiding in his dimensional pendant.

Herrera looked through the notebook and asked, “It looks perfectly normal, except for the excessive purchase of high-quality scroll raw materials. What does this mean?”

In the eyes of an ordinary Magician, undead magic was forbidden—one was not even allowed to be in contact with it, much less experiment on something so dangerous.

Even though knowing thy enemy was undoubtedly a good tactic, the temptation of undead magic is way too strong. This was especially so for those powerful, but old Magicians who found it difficult to resist the lure of immortality. Magicians thus had to completely ban the use of this magic.

Although Herrera was an awakened Angel of Light, her knowledge of magic was still limited to what she had learned during her time in the mortal realm. She hence had no knowledge of undead magic and was clueless to the alternative use of Taric cow leather.

This might be the reason why Bale was so daring in his purchase of undead magic raw materials.

Link pointed to the Taric cow leather purchases on the notebook and said, “This is the problem!”

“What about it? What is so special?” Herrera asked. Her eyes fixated on Link, puzzled as to what kind of problems Link could possibly have found.

Link was dumbfounded. Based on his knowledge, he should not know anything about undead magic. The fact that he was aware of such information only had one explanation, and that was he had once read a dark magic book.

That was absolutely not allowed.

Link immediately had an idea. He calmly explained the special use of Taric cow leather, the Death Glue and the fact that the glue could be extracted from the leather even after it was processed. He was extremely detailed.

As expected, Herrera asked, “How did you know about this?”

“The God of Light told me so.” Link played his trump card.

“I see.” Herrera bought his incredulous story!

If it were any other Magician, Link would have been shot down right on the spot. After all, who would believe such an incredulous story of a god bestowing knowledge onto a layman. However, Herrera was an Angel of Light and she firmly believed Link to be the Chosen One. There was nothing shocking for Divine Enlightenment to descend onto the Chosen One.

Herrera was still troubled. “But I cannot report it to Master Anthony. He knows that I have no knowledge of dark magic and will immediately suspect you. He does not believe in Divine Enlightenment.”

Link had an idea. “That is easy, you can simply confront Bale and expose his secrets. Following which, he will be flustered, resulting in more mistakes and eventually, a solid evidence of his dark magic experiment will surface. The only downside to this plan was its risks. There was a high chance Bale may silence us for the success of his experiments.”

Herrera simply laughed, “Kill me? That is impossible. My magic level might be lower, but he is definitely not my match.”

The level of a Magician was usually taken with a pinch of salt in a battle. If a Level-1 Magician could cast his spells fast enough and had good battle awareness, he could easily pierce the heart of a powerful Magician with a Level-1 Ice Spike spell.

If Herrera was so confident, she must have a Supreme Magical Skill trump card in her hands.

“So what do you think?” Link asked.

“Time is tight, I will settle it now,” Herrera agreed and grabbed her sapphire staff, prepared to confront Bale.

“Wait a minute,” Link said.

“Is there an issue?”

“Can we wait for ten more days?” Link brought up a strange request.

“Why?” Herrera was confused.

“I will have recovered from my weakened state in five days, and I need another five more days to fully replenish my energy. By then, I will have enough power to aid you in the battle. Furthermore, we may find new evidence these next few days. What do you say?”

Even though Herrera was confident, she was still infringing on someone else’s home turf. It was safer to travel with a trusted aide.

Herrera thought for a moment and nodded, “Alright, ten days it is.”

Herrera was not an impulsive person. She had done her research into Link’s background and knew that he was a powerful Magician in battle. She would be way more confident with him around.