Chapter 5: Setting Up Another Magical Formation

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

Was someone attacking the magical formation?

Laylen narrowed his eyes and quickly walked to the long corridor outside the dormitory. He raised his head and looked up.

He saw a layer of dazzling light and an extremely complicated magical formation covering the entire sky above the mayor’s mansion. A layer of gray enchantments emerged from the magical formation and enveloped the entire mayor’s mansion.

Outside the barrier, there were two figures standing in the dark. From the mansion, their faces could not be seen clearly. However, the light emitted by the magical formation made their figures very obvious.

In the dark night, the two figures raised their fists. Their grayish-white fighting spirit carried the wind of their fists and exploded with tier 3 power. They started punching the barrier again and again.

Before the two of them even threw a punch, there would be a loud sound, as the barrier emitted a series of cracking sounds.. The cracks that had appeared earlier were made even longer as if the formation would shatter in the next moment.

However, this crack would repair itself in the next second.

“Outrageous! They’re here again!”

Looking at the two people in the dark night, anger rose on Evelyn and Liszt’s faces.

“Liszt, Evelyn, both of you are tier 3 mages, and also rare formation masters and apothecaries. Why do you have to guard a person who is going to die?”

“Come out and surrender! With your status, you will definitely receive the best treatment no matter where you go!”

A strong voice was heard in the dark night. It sounded like it was trying to incite Evelyn and Liszt to defect and swap sides.

“You are dogs who only know how to take advantage of people’s weaknesses. When the mayor wakes up, he will definitely settle the score with you,” Evelyn said coldly.

“Lloyd Duke, the mayor has treated you well, yet you took advantage of his critical illness to defect to that traitor, Creed. You are truly ungrateful! From now on, the Duke family will bear the name of a traitor for generations to come.” Liszt said.

Liszt recognized one of the black-clothed men. He was from the Duke family of Vader City.

The Duke family’s strongest expert, Lloyd Duke, had the strength of mid-stage tier 3. Now, he had already sought refuge with Creed.

“Hmph, don’t be so shameless. When this magical formation is broken, you will die.”

“Without enough magic crystals, I’d like to see how long this magical formation can last.”

The other person said coldly.

Then, the two continued to bombard the magical formation. They used their full strength to bombard it for an hour. Only when their physical strength was almost exhausted did the two black shadows leave and disappear into the night.

Throughout the entire process, Laylen watched coldly from the side and did not speak. Only when the two disappeared did he open his mouth and ask, “Who are these two people?”

Evelyn replied, “Lloyd and Shadow.”

“I know Lloyd. Who is Shadow?” Laylen asked.

“Shadow is the Archbishop of the Shadow Church. It is said that he has already reached the strength of a high-level tier 4. In the dark, he can borrow the power of shadow and even fight against transcendent-level experts.”

On the side, Liszt said, “Young mayor, you have just returned. There are many things that you do not know. Let me explain everything to you.”

“Five months ago, the mayor and the mayor of Lin City agreed to a duel. However, the other party was very cunning. In the duel, he used flame poison powder and sprinkled it on the mayor’s face. The mayor got poisoned and returned defeated.”

“After the mayor returned heavily injured, Creed started to vie for power. The first reason for doing so was that his son, Ang Li, had entered the Imperial Academy of Magic and was getting powerful.”

“The second reason was that he had also roped in the two most powerful families in Vader City, the Duke family and the Andrea family. At the same time, he had also gotten the support of some adventurers and mercenaries, as well as the Shadow Church.”

“These five clans all have peak tier 3 experts. The Archbishop of the Shadow Church is even more powerful, of tier 4.”

“As the mayor continued being unconscious, after a month, people from this group started coming in batches to bombard the magical formation and consume our magic crystals. When all the magic crystals are exhausted, they will break in in one fell swoop.”

Evelyn said regretfully, “In fact, this magical formation has long been riddled with holes. The alchemical stones used as the core of the formation have been damaged too much, and as a result, magic crystals are getting consumed even faster. It won’t be able to hold on for long.”

Liszt smiled and said, “Don’t give up hope. We don’t have to be afraid of them. I’m sure the mayor will be able to completely recover in one week or two. There’s nothing to fear.”

Evelyn frowned. “But I’m afraid that the magical formation can only last about ten days at most.”

Liszt said, “Then let’s pray that the mayor can recover within ten days.”

Laylen shrugged and asked, “Is there any way to gather these people in front of the magical formation?”

Evelyn and Liszt looked at Laylen in confusion, “What do you have in mind?”

Laylen replied lazily, “My father is still unconscious. As his son, I have to clean up the mess for him.”

Liszt frowned, “Young mayor, they are all at Tier 3. Evelyn and I have the power to deal with them.”

Although both of them had reached Tier 3, they spent most of their time studying other things. Liszt spent his time studying medicine, while Evelyn studied all sorts of large-scale magical formations.

Both of them were weak in direct combat. They could not even fight those people one-on-one, let alone two against five.

Laylen sneered, “The two of you don’t have to fight.”

“Then what does the young mayor want to do?” The two old men were confused.

Could it be that the young mayor wanted to kill the five of them alone? But as he said, his strength was only at the peak of Tier 3.

Furthermore, there was also Shadow, who could achieve power close to a tier 5 cultivator at night.

“Give me the control token of the magical formation,” Laylen looked at Evelyn.

Evelyn did not understand, but she still handed the token over and told Laylen the spell to control the token.

Laylen took the token and chanted the spell. The entire magical formation appeared once again.

The magical formation that appeared emitted a weak light. There were still some cracks on the barrier that had not recovered.

There were more than thirty alchemical stones in the formation. Each alchemical stone was engraved with an extremely mysterious incantation.

The incantations were very dense but yet retained their regularity.

The incantation on the alchemical stone was constantly emitting a strange energy. Between each alchemical stone, there was an invisible string connecting them.

More than fifty alchemical stones had been connected together to form the magical formation. That gray barrier that everyone could see had been emitted from the magical formation.

Laylen observed the structure of the magic array for a moment. He then tapped the ground with the tip of his foot and rose into the air. At the same time, he raised his hand and inlaid an alchemical stone into the magic array. Then, he placed the alchemical stone in another place.

Before long, more than ten alchemical stones had appeared in addition to those already in the magical formation.

Liszt asked in puzzlement, “What is the young mayor doing?”

Evelyn’s eyes were serious. “The young mayor is modifying my formation magic, placing alchemical stones on top of the existing formation to build a new magical formation.”

She hesitated for a moment and said, “Liszt, do you feel it? A vague and dangerous aura.”

Liszt sensed it carefully and nodded. “Strange, I feel a little frightened.”

Then, the two old men looked at each other and exclaimed at the same time, “Could it be that the young mayor is setting up a killing magical formation?”

The more Evelyn thought about it, the more reliable she felt. She said excitedly, “There’s no mistake. The young mayor is very likely setting up a killing magical formation, which can actually combine with my magic. The two complement each other and have formed a formation within a formation. The young mayor must be very knowledgeable about magical formations.”