End of the Magic Era - Chapter 1084

Chapter 1084: Blame

‘I’ll ask for 1,000 then… No, although the Pseudo Heaven Rank Magic Beasts keep appearing in the Raging Flame Battlefield, I suppose he might not be able to hunt that many? That might only be possible if he stays here for four to five years…

‘How about 500? Hmmm… 500 is also not too realistic, he still wouldn’t be able to get that many…

‘What should I do?

Morgan sullenly calculated Dylas’ limit in order to try to earn more mana crystals.

Some of the forces looking at this farce left, still shocked by what had happened. On the Andlusa Kingdom’s side, the Azurewave Sword Saint led the royal family and departed.

Jouyi and Harren didn’t have many subordinates, but they still remembered Lin Yun telling them that he had some matter to discuss, so they just remained at his side.

Morgan became more resolute after witnessing that scene. He followed Lin Yun wherever he went. Even if he was ignored, he would still follow with a chuckle.

Raphael dispatched his subordinates to hunt for mana crystals while he silently followed Lin Yun.

He felt quite complicated as he looked at Lin Yun’s casual expression.

‘I now understand how lucky I was to be able to smoothly complete the Extraordinary transformation and establish my Demiplane…

‘I hadn’t expected the Beast God’s Blood to be so dangerous. The research of an ancient force like the Burning Tower actually ended up transforming a mage into a monster.

‘This is truly terrifying. That monster was a Heaven Rank powerhouse. If not for the pressure of the Raging Flame Battlefield, that monster’s Extraordinary Power might have not been limited to defensive use and it might have killed even more people.

‘The Burning Tower’s research completely failed, while Sir Merlin’s golden transformation potion was perfect. I have yet to notice any side effects after such a long time.

‘Damn, I thought I knew how great he was, but it turns out that I was still underestimating Sir Merlin! I completely underestimated his ability in the field of potioneering…

‘I’ve only seen Sir Merlin’s mastery of the field of arrays, and it far surpassed my own to a terrifying degree. He is absolutely at the apex of the Artisan realm.

‘I previously thought that the Andlusans were wrong, but Sir Merlin’s potioneering is really his strongest alchemy field.

‘The golden transformation potion is probably the strongest potion that an Artisan could compound… That thing isn’t something any Artisan could make. I’m afraid Sir Merlin isn’t far from the Saint Alchemist realm.’

Raphael understood just how big that gap was after what he’d just witnessed. The Burning Tower’s failure served to emphasize Lin Yun’s greatness.

At this time, he had to follow first, and deal with the rest later…

Lin Yun led his group to leave.

The Burning Tower’s temporary camp had been thoroughly deserted, and only some dispirited mages swept through the battlefield before looking for another place to set up camp.

The battlefield was soon cleaned up, and everything was collected. Even the burnt remains of the bloody monster were collected.

Within the new temporary camp, a pile of trash was spread out in front of an annoyed Dedale.

“This is the fruit of your research? Damn, you didn’t find anything after your inspection? Sizhang, this is the answer you prepared for me?

“Idiot! I don’t want this answer, what I want to know is how! How did this happen!”

Dedale was suppressing his anger as he roared at the mage before him.

Sizhang paled. Of the three people in charge of the research, two had been killed by the monster, only leaving him behind.

Faced with Dedale’s criticism, Sizhang could only lower his head and explain in a low voice, “Sir Dedale, I truly can’t find the reason from the wreckage on my own. The alchemical device has already been thoroughly destroyed. I inspected its remains, but I can guarantee that there was no problem with what I can see.

“I was in charge of manufacturing the alchemical device, and I don’t see any problems from the remains. I even studied the blueprint just now, and there isn’t anything wrong…”

Sizhang didn’t finish his words before Dedale angrily interrupted him.

“Idiot! No problem? Damnit, so many people died in this matter, and our reputation took such a big blow in front of so many people, yet you’re telling me there was no problem?”

Sizhang promptly continued, “Sir Dedale, I meant that the alchemical device and its blueprint had no problems, so the problem must have come from another area.

“There must have been a problem with the research of the Beast God’s Blood. If they went in a wrong direction, then regardless of whether we’d correctly followed the procedures, it would just go wrong.

“The other two were in charge of the research of the Beast God’s Blood… I’m not proficient in that regard.”

Sizhang emphasized his innocence, but that only made Dedale’s face darken. Since those who were responsible died, he could only rely on this one.

“Then, what do you think the cause was?”

Sizhang opened his mouth, but he bitterly smiled and shook his head as he saw Dedale’s ice-cold expression.

“Sir Dedale, to tell the truth, I have no idea. We previously concluded a dozen times that there would be no problems. I really don’t know what caused this issue…”

Sizhang led a few mages to research the remains of the battlefield, but he couldn’t find an answer. There had been no clues left.

After a few hours of studying the remains a few dozen times, they still hadn’t found anything.

At that time, the silent Dylas suddenly heard a mage mumble in complaint, and he had a flash of inspiration.

“Sir Dedale, I know! I know why we failed! It’s because of Mafa Merlin! It’s definitely because of that treacherous guy!

“The potion he previously researched had been compounded through extreme luck! It allowed Morgan to complete the Extraordinary transformation and advance to the Heaven Rank. There was no further success since then.

“He definitely wasn’t willing to let us succeed. I’ve looked for him a few times, and he didn’t even come out to meet me. But this time, we sent an invitation card and he unhesitantly rushed over.

“He was definitely afraid of our success!

“I just recalled, before Bloss turned into a monster, Mafa Merlin suddenly said that if he were me, he would be moving further away from the alchemical device.

“He definitely knew that Bloss would turn into a crazy Heaven Rank monster!

“No one noticed him during the chaos, but I remember that he was standing behind everyone and in an area with the fewest people. The monster simply didn’t attack in that direction.

“He definitely knew that Bloss would turn into a monster, and he definitely knew where the monster would attack!

“He must have done something! If we were successful, no one would care about his potion with a low rate of success, because our alchemical device would give everyone a 100% chance of advancing to the Heaven Rank!

“If we succeeded, the people he roped in would have definitely left him!

“But if we failed, it wouldn’t matter how low the success rate of his compounding was. His potion could make people safely advance to the Heaven Rank. Even a dark mage like that idiot Morgan advanced.

“I just saw Jouyi and Harren follow Mafa Merlin, along with Morgan and Raphael.

“He definitely tempted Sir Raphael! By doing so, he would definitely gain a large number of mana crystals. Whether the transformation potion was compounded successfully or not, only he knew. Even if it was a success, he could still secretly stash it away and say that the compounding failed.

“Sir Dedale, we can’t let his plot succeed, we must get rid of him and make him pay for this disaster before others are tempted!”

Dylas gritted his teeth as he shouted, but Dedale remained silent and only frowned.

Dylas started getting worried. He had spoken for so long, yet no one voiced their agreement.

“Sir Dedale, this is our best opportunity, we should join hands and settle our account with Mafa Merlin. How could we just bear with it?

“Sir Dedale originally was this group’s strongest existence, but what about now? Everything changed after the appearance of Mafa merlin.

“Perhaps no one would listen to Sir Dedale’s commands later on…”

Dylas maintained that this was Lin Yun’s work and kept pushing Dedale to trouble Lin Yun.

Dedale didn’t say anything. He just remained silent for a while before waving his hands at Dylas.

“Okay, I got it. Sir Dylas, I still have some matters to handle, so I won’t see you off.”

Dylas was helpless, but Dedale had already clearly expressed that he was dismissed. He couldn’t just remain there, but he still left a few more parting words.

Although Dedale hadn’t stated his opinion, he was starting to grow suspicious. Once Dylas left, he immediately gathered all his mage subordinates who were proficient in the field of alchemy.

These people weren’t especially talented, and many of them had used special methods to reach the level of strength they currently had. They had no chance of ever reaching the Heaven Rank unless they were given a special opportunity.

And thus, like every mage, the first thing they considered after being stuck for a long time without being able to make progress was to find an alchemical method. This was also the most reliable method. There had been many cases recorded in history.

And thus, there were many people with knowledge in the field of alchemy… It was just that two of the three most proficient alchemists had already died.

After gathering the group of mages, Dedale asked a question.

“Dylas just said that this disaster was caused by Mafa Merlin’s tampering. What do you think?”

The mages looked at each other. They didn’t dare to casually answer. Blaming someone else for their mistakes could sometimes work, but now clearly wasn’t the time to blame someone else.