Chapter 218 (2/2)

Are you sure? Link asked.

The sword spirit was infuriated, “What do you mean! This is the truth! I have experienced at least ten times more things than the skeleton in front of you! I have even fought against the Dark Serpent before!”

Link was suddenly curious. Who won?

The sword spirit fell silent for a moment before replying, “I’m too lazy to tell you.”

Link was, however, desperate to know the true extent of the Dark Serpent’s power. “Wait, you said that you once fought against it. Please tell me what kind of power it wields and how to defend against it!”

There was no reply. This sword spirit would come and go as he wished; his behavior was completely unpredictable. After asking a few more times in his mind and getting no response, Link could only give up.

In this period, Vance had also not been giving any more information. Link guessed that that was probably all of Vance’s knowledge and said, “Old guy, I will then be returning to my territory. Will you be bored staying here?”

Vance shook his head and spoke with a calming voice, “I face the sea every day and enjoy the beautiful view of the sunset and birds diving into the water. Please don’t worry about me.”

“Oh, then goodbye.” Link mounted onto Dorias and went back to his territory to make some final arrangements.

After making sure that Link had gone away, Vance immediately jumped down from the boulder he was sitting on and ran back into his cave. In the cave lay Nana’s destroyed body. Originally, he had agreed to modify Nana together with Link after Link had gotten some basic knowledge about constructing magic puppets.

Therefore, Vance had put off touching the magic puppet all this while.

However, the situation was different.

As he entered the cave, Vance could not help but reprimand, “This young guy is truly arrogant. To think that he wants to fight against the Divine Gear—he will definitely be dead!”

However, after that outburst, Vance sighed helplessly, “The appearance of the Dark Serpent is bound to be a sweeping disaster for the entire world. Who would be able to escape this tragedy? Will I be able to live through it? If one is unwilling to become a puppet of darkness, it will only be a matter of time before they are dead…”

He walked towards Nana and squatted down to inspect the damage done. After a long while, he then took out his Dark Arbiter wand and started casting a transformation spell.

He already knew the reason for Nana’s outburst and could easily repair her. The only reason why he didn’t do it sooner was due to the promise he made with Link.

But now it seemed like he had to.

“Young guy, don’t blame me for not waiting. If I don’t repair her in time, you will definitely be dead going to the North all alone. I am letting her save your sorry ass.”

Vance had once spent 20 years creating this magic puppet and was thus familiar with every single one of her structures. He repaired Nana at an astounding speed.

Under the effect of the transformation spell, Nana’s wounds healed, and the frozen pair of clear eyes started regaining consciousness.

A crisp, clear voice appeared from Nana once again, “Nana is starting up…Memory damage…Nana has no more targets…Nana has no more targets…”

“It’s still too early to wake up. Sleep and don’t cause trouble.” Vance then lightly patted her head with his hand enveloped in white light. With a light touch, Nana once again fell into a deep slumber.

Link was, of course, unaware of Vance’s plan. He had already returned to his territory.

Not far away, the foundation of the Mage Tower was already being set. Further away, one could even see a tall giant magic puppet plowing the land.

Scorched Ridge was also unusually crowded. One could see that the path leading towards the Girvent Forest was filled with pedestrians ten times the normal amount. Some of them were carrying baskets and holding their children’s hands. Many of them seemed to be moving as a family. From the number of items they were carrying, they appeared to be moving locations. Many makeshift tents used for camping purposes were also set up in the area around the Scorched Ridge.

Link had been too busy to notice this previously. Now that he had realized this, he felt strange.

Dorias was surprised and said, “That’s a lot of people.”

“Let’s take a look.”