“It's a bit of a shame I came here today; there’s nothing for it. I suggest Shen Mu transfers those two magic items to the Castle District.”
Zhang Bo exited the Noble Residence at this point, looking at the Blue Star Humans who were still waiting for him, their faces full of excitement. He composed his expression and walked over to chat with them.
However, he didn't chat too much, only telling them to find Zhang Caidong, and then they parted ways.
“Oh, right.” As they were about to leave, Zhang Bo still called out to a middle-level manager among the Blue Star Humans, one with whom he had recently become quite close and friendly.
“Bo Ge, is there something you need?” The Blue Star Human immediately stopped and looked at Zhang Bo curiously.
“Indeed, there is something. I need you to help me deliver a message to Zhang Caidong.” Zhang Bo hesitated slightly, then spoke, “Around 5:00 this afternoon, I plan to have dinner with Zhang Caidong. Just tell him there’s a special matter to discuss.”
“A special matter to discuss? I understand, Bo Ge. I’ll tell Cai Dong right away.” The middle-level manager immediately nodded, without asking further. Although he was quite puzzled and curious, he understood that if it wasn't something he should know, then he shouldn't know it.
With Zhang Bo’s nod, he turned and left.
Once he reached Zhang Caidong, he would report as quickly as possible, as Zhang Bo had already arranged for him, which also indicated trust and a good relationship between them.
This was also a method of winning him over, which he greatly appreciated.
Of course, Zhang Bo turned and hesitated for a moment before walking towards his Town Area residence, where his Magic Crystal Ball was still placed.
After lunch today, he also planned to take this Magic Crystal Ball with him to the Holy White Council's Holy Light Torch Tower to discuss the mysteries of the magic item brought by the Magic Crystal Ball with James and the Human Mages.
After all, magic items represent a means of materializing magic, created by the superb magical structures, knowledge, and techniques within the Spiritual Realm.
Moreover, during this time, when he communicated with those Human Mages, he had already discovered that they truly enjoyed his discussions about some of the magical technical theories from the Spiritual Realm.
Now, if he just brought this Magic Crystal Ball, he could not only explain some related magic theories more profoundly through it but also, at a crucial moment, directly summon more teleportation gates through this Magic Crystal Ball, allowing the Wood Elf assault troops, who were constantly ready outside, to rush into the Castle District.
They would utterly annihilate Deherim.
This was a crucial step in the plan, so Zhang Bo was now killing two birds with one stone.
Upon returning to his Town Area house, he saw the little monsters still diligently working for him, and a hint of impatience appeared in his eyes. He was truly fed up with these ugly little monsters.
If it weren't for the fact that these little monsters could genuinely assist his magic experiments and even provide good service in daily life, he would have long since expressed his disgust for these ugly, wrinkled, and extremely unsightly Spiritual Realm creatures.
There was no helping it; little monsters as Spiritual Realm creatures were truly quite unsightly.
At least for Zhang Bo, he couldn’t stand them.
Therefore, if he terminated the soul contract another day, he would have no moral burden. He truly disliked these little monsters and wished to break the contract with them as soon as possible. It was only because he was forced to bind these little monsters when he first received his Spiritual Realm professional inheritance that he had spent so much time with them.
Otherwise, if there had been any other opportunity, Zhang Bo would have chosen other Spiritual Realm creatures as his contracted followers.
If worst came to worst, binding some Wood Elves would also be acceptable.
In fact, it was just a matter of his word.
After all, he had an excellent relationship with Director Yang and was a student whom Director Yang had funded and trusted greatly, and he was also loyal to Green Leaf Group.
Could he not obtain some Spiritual Realm Wood Elf followers?
That was certainly impossible.
Moreover, Wood Elves also possessed good magical talent. Although they were more skilled in archery and close-quarters combat, their elven magical talent could still provide him with some assistance.
The reason Zhang Bo did not choose Wood Elves as his followers was because Diesel Company was simply too powerful at the time.
It was so powerful that he had to avoid its might.
After all, it should be known that Diesel Company's strength was already capable of crushing Green Leaf Group at that time. If he had chosen Wood Elves as his followers, it would have been obvious that he, Zhang Bo, the Prophecy-type Mage, was actually a spy, an undercover agent, for Green Leaf Group and Wood Elf Village.
As soon as he approached the Pig-Headed People tribe where Diesel Company was located, he would quickly be discovered and identified.
At that time, what awaited him would not be the same welcome as before, but rather thorough and painful punishment.
After all, once a soul contract with a particular race was bound, one would begin to evolve towards that race.
Even if he wanted to betray that race, there would be an unbearable cost.
Therefore, he was destined not to be trusted by others.
This was also why Zhang Bo had always chosen little monsters as his cover-up Spiritual Realm creatures, and because of these little monsters, he dared not truly engage in soul-level synchronous resonance; otherwise, he would become a little monster, an ugly, disgusting, and unpromising Spiritual Realm creature, and Zhang Bo would never agree to that.
After all, he also had to consider his own future.
Now that he had an opportunity to bind a Human Mage, not only could he become a Human in the future, but he could also gain Human magical talent, which was truly very attractive to Zhang Bo.
Moreover, if he could establish a connection with that powerful Human force, perhaps he could even become a Blue Star Human leader, or even a chief, within that Human force, in charge of the Mages.
If possible, Zhang Bo truly wanted to change his destiny through this Human force. He was truly eager to possess more extraordinary power, so that after this End Era concludes and the power of the Spiritual Realm descends upon the Blue Star World, he could have a higher status in the new era that would begin.
Zhang Bo was also planning for his future.
“Forget it, let’s eat first. I’ll eat my fill for lunch today, then rest a bit. In the afternoon, I’ll go to the library and continue to foster good relations with them.” Zhang Bo clenched his fist, feeling quite satisfied.
He knew that the Spiritual Realm Human Mages in the library were quite satisfied with him, just as he was satisfied with them.
Now, both sides were learning, discussing, and communicating with each other.
The only thing Zhang Bo found regrettable was that time was running out, so he now had to establish deeper friendly relationships with those Human Mages in a short amount of time.
This way, it would be convenient for him, after Deherim's destruction, to quickly form soul connections with them through these Mages' opportunities, preventing them from remaining in the time-frozen seal.
And at that time, perhaps due to Shen Mu's death and Deherim's fall, they would despairingly return to that terrifying state of frozen time, and while feeling extremely anxious, they would promptly establish a soul contract with him because of the olive branch he extended.
This was like a life raft; they would surely grasp it.
“Exactly, exactly, that’s it.” Zhang Bo was extremely satisfied internally, and couldn't help but smile.
As long as the plan was followed, everything would be foolproof.
So Zhang Bo watched the little monsters leave the Town Area residence and then go to the cafeteria to bring him food.
He then ate heartily.
Today's food was mixed vegetable soup, bread, and separately prepared dried meat and sausage for him, as well as stewed cabbage, roasted onions, and roasted garlic.
The taste was quite good.
After finishing all the food, Zhang Bo wiped the grease from his mouth, cleaned his hands, washed his face, and tidied his appearance. After confirming everything was in order, he closed his eyes and rested for half an hour. When the time was up, he walked towards the Castle District.
He soon arrived at the entrance of the Castle District, where the same 10 very strong Lake Rat Gang Destroyers were still guarding the city gate.
Seeing Zhang Bo approach, they said nothing, just waved to the tall, corn-like tower behind them and shouted loudly, “Lower the drawbridge! It’s Mage Zhang Bo; he’s going to the Torch Tower’s library to study magic!”
With a clang, the gatehouse above lowered the drawbridge.
The Castle District and the Town Area were once again connected.
“Thank you very much.” Zhang Bo respectfully bowed to him, then crossed the drawbridge into the Castle District.
“Mage Zhang Bo, you have now arrived in the Castle District. Here, do not wander around freely. If anything happens, I hope you can remain calm and not run around, otherwise you will be severely punished.” At this moment, a Lake Rat Gang Destroyer responsible for guarding the city gate within the Castle District looked at him, and at the same time pointed to his chest, reminding him.
“I understand. I will obey your instructions,” Zhang Bo immediately nodded respectfully, appearing very obedient.
“Hmm, very good.” The Lake Rat Gang Destroyer waved his hand, signaling Zhang Bo that he could go on his own.
Zhang Bo was very familiar with the way to the library.
Although he had only walked it once, for him, it was just a turn away from reaching the library, which was quite easy to remember.
Moreover, the towering Torch Tower was simply too recognizable. Zhang Bo only needed to look at the towering structure and walk towards it, as if there was a path to follow.
Of course, Zhang Bo dared not wander off, because as he walked on the flagstone path, he also noticed that he was constantly being closely watched by a group of Human soldiers on the nearby city walls.
And many of those Human soldiers were armed with bows or heavy crossbows.
They were staring at him coldly.
Even in the direction of the main castle building, he saw a very large balcony on the main castle structure, riddled with firing holes, as if armed to the level of a hedgehog, and there were also soldiers coldly watching him from there.
If there was any suspicious movement, they would probably start alerting the surrounding soldiers to come and inspect him.
The defense was extremely tight.
“If it weren't for special means, conquering this place would truly be difficult,” Zhang Bo sighed at this moment, but his face remained completely calm, showing no unusual movements, as he calmly walked towards the Torch Tower.
Then he respectfully explained his purpose to the Lake Rat Gang Destroyers guarding the Torch Tower, and was allowed to pass.
“Oh, it’s our Mage Zhang Bo, you’ve finally arrived! We’ve been looking forward to your coming!” Just as Zhang Bo hadn’t even walked up the ramp, James’s cheerful voice already appeared at the library entrance.
James even took two steps forward to greet Zhang Bo at the ramp, then directly pulled him, wanting to walk towards the library faster: “Hurry, hurry, my Mage Zhang Bo, we really missed you during the time you were away.”
“Thank you for your recognition, Mr. James and fellow Mages inside.” Zhang Bo also had a smile on his face. He liked their enthusiasm towards him, which indicated that he had indeed left a deep impression in this library and within this Mage team.
And this time, he said to James quite proudly, “Look what I brought this time?”
Saying that, he raised the backpack on his back.
“What is this? It seems to have a special magic fluctuation inside.” James and the Eden Guard Believers who had also come from the library to greet him both showed expressions of doubt and curiosity.
“This is my Magic Crystal Ball, possessing special magical structures from the Spiritual Realm. Although its primary function is reconnaissance and detection, it can also perceive subtle magical fluctuations, thus it also contains some profound aspects of Spiritual Realm magic knowledge.”
Zhang Bo smiled and said to them, “Today, what I want to explain is some basic knowledge of the Spiritual Realm’s magic fluctuations contained within this Magic Crystal Ball.”
“We are eager to hear, esteemed Mage Zhang Bo.” These Eden Guard Believers and James all smiled, then sat down in their respective places, took out ink, quills, and parchment scrolls, appearing to listen attentively.
Someone was there to explain the magic fluctuations of the Spiritual Realm to them, including the corresponding basic knowledge, which they naturally welcomed.
Moreover, last night, they had also discussed and confirmed their identities as apprentice Evocation Mages. (End of this chapter)