The incident outside Floating Clouds Square left a deep impression on many, and as the Cloud Eagle auction ended, the sorcerers returned to their own territories and spread the news everywhere.
Ivan Marichadon, the name reached the ears of many more sorcerers, letting them know that there was a formidable presence on Moon Pincer Peninsula.
“These failures, not only did they not handle the matter, they even let the other party gain a reputation.”
Within a residence at Rapid Flow Twin Towers Academy, Dorando received the feedback from the bounty on the dark forces right away, aware of the past few assassination attempts, and it seemed the matter was becoming troublesome.
After receiving the news, Dorando’s expression turned very grim.
After much consideration, he invited Sorcerer Pense from the academy over.
“Sorcerer Pense, I hope you can personally invite Sorcerer Ivan to come over as a guest and incidentally repair a runes sorcery array.”
Pense had just sat down when he heard this, looking at Dorando in astonishment, not understanding why he would say this, especially since they had used the same reason last time and had tricked someone with it.
“I’m afraid that won’t do.”
“This time is different from the last, this time we really need to repair an important runes sorcery array, the ‘Torrential Rain Illusion Destruction Array’ on the sea island. With Sorcerer Ivan’s enchantment expertise, his participation in the repair would be most fitting and also serve as an apology for the last incident,” Dorando said, enduring his impatience.
“Alright, I’ll try,” Pense thought inwardly with skepticism but could only agree outwardly, remaining composed.
After leaving the residence, Pense shook his head slightly, thinking that if Dorando kept this up, he probably wouldn’t have another chance to sit down and discuss enchantment with Sorcerer Ivan again.
Thinking it over, he decided to gather some information first. Dorando’s actions must have had some underlying reasons.
Through other enchanters in various places, Pense quickly became aware of what had happened.
He was taken aback and sighed heavily, anticipating ongoing consequences, knowing from his understanding that Sorcerer Ivan was not one to suffer losses silently.
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Solo Magic Stone Mine.
“Everyone stop, let me handle this.”
In the dark cave, Wind Moth stopped the other rapid wood silkworms who wanted to pounce forward and charged ahead itself.
In front of it was a rock snake covered in black patterns, which felt very innocent, having merely been sleeping at home when these uninvited guests had burst in.
“Die.”
Wind Moth didn’t care about its thoughts, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant flying python, almost the same size as the fierce-looking rock snake, and the two snakes engaged in battle.
It turned out that the rock snake was merely large in size, and when it came to fighting capability, it was far inferior to Wind Moth. The fight was one-sided from the start and ended with the death of the rock snake.
“It seemed to have begged for mercy just now.”
“Okay, you’re bullying the small, what’s there to gloat about?”
“Uh, I’m just following Sorcerer Ivan’s orders to clear all potential hidden dangers. This snake is not small, who knows what it’s been eating?”
“What else can be here? Mushrooms, rock soil, rats——”
Scented Butterfly and Wind Moth chatted momentarily, then continued moving to another location, searching for magic stones while clearing out the magicalized wild beasts in the mine.
Similar battles had occurred many times, involving only insignificant characters, not worth mentioning, only Wind Moth was high in spirits.
Soon after, they went to report their achievements to the sorcerer.
“Sorcerer Ivan, the hidden dangers have essentially been cleared,” said Wind Moth.
“We found a small amount of mid-grade magic stones and several low-grade magic stones, totaling the equivalent of 3523 low-grade magic stones,” Scented Butterfly reported another aspect of their success. “The specific type of raw stones you ordered has also been mined quite a bit, over two hundred pieces. I don’t know if that’s enough?”
“Well done.”
Ivan nodded slightly, actually, he was aware of the situation through “Insect Shadow Eyes.”
“Continue mining more raw stones, the more the better.”
“Understood.”
Wind Moth and Scented Butterfly finished reporting and left.
Ivan’s thoughts returned to the cave he was in, located towards the middle of the Solo Magic Stone Mine. After exploring, he had identified this place as the location where he would set up his array.
By now, he had expanded the cave once more, turning it into a nearly six-hundred-square-meter small square, and the height had also increased by seven or eight meters.
He waved his hand towards one side, and a two-meter-long raw stone floated over, becoming as soft as mud under the control of an invisible force.
Flames kindled and wrapped around the raw stone, burning away the impurities inside.
After a while, the raw stone transformed into a thick, perfectly square stone slab, significantly reduced in size.
“Silkworm Queen, you go too, I need more raw stones like this.” He glanced at the piled-up raw stones. At this rate, the amount was far from enough.
“Ivan, what are you setting up this runes sorcery array for?” the Silkworm Queen asked curiously.
“Haven’t I told you?” Seeing the Silkworm Queen shake her head, Ivan casually replied, “It’s used to enhance mental power. The situation on the Moon Pincer Peninsula is becoming more unstable; I cannot afford to stand still.”
“Then I’ll transform into a pangolin later and find you lots and lots of raw stones.”
Seeing that it was for enhancing his strength, the Silkworm Queen hurried away, obviously willing to collect more raw stones for Ivan.
Ivan wasn’t in a rush to refine the raw stones. He suddenly remembered that he had auctioned an item, the ‘Gate of Netherworld Blood,’ which he analyzed might be useful.
“I had been studying the defensive sorcery array before, almost forgetting about this thing that cost 1900 magic stones.”
“Indeed, this thing is related to mental power, able to effectively block mental perception, not made from ordinary materials.”
After careful inspection, he realized the door was indeed a sealed item. He naturally took out the small Multi-changing Star Spike, which could break formations and thus could be used to break the seal.
Before long, a gray copper door covered in cracks appeared in front of Ivan, its surface cleaned of crystals, bloodstains, and ink stains by him, but persistent unknown runes lines were engraved deep within it.
“There are still runes inside; who knows where it came from, these rune traces are not easy to eradicate.”
“First enhance my strength, then set up the Black Magic Wind Fire Array, and burn it with Black Magic Fire.” Read the latest on empire
Ivan studied it for a while, feeling that since this item could block mental perception, it could probably be used in reverse to store mental energy, among other applications.
It could also be used to create magicalized items related to the Black Magic Wind Fire Array, but he had to first clear the unknown runes, restore the gray copper’s original appearance, and conduct more in-depth research.
After weighing his options, he decided to set up the Black Magic Wind Fire Array first.
A few days later, the small square was covered with a layer of raw stone slabs, which under his control had merged into a single entity, making the square look exceptionally smooth and level.
In fact, the raw stone slabs were no longer the original stone slabs; he had integrated many materials into them.
While setting up the next steps, Ivan’s expression turned more serious, and an aura of “keep out” emanated from him; after all, this was the first time he was setting up a runes sorcery array of this magnitude.
A few days later, the square had four neatly arranged stone stumps, engraved with numerous runes lines that corresponded to those on the ground.
The next day, an even larger stone stump appeared in the center of the square, also marked with runes lines.
“From its origins, the Black Magic Wind Fire Array was born within a magic stone mine; this place is definitely the most fitting for the array.”
“I’ve deduced it many times, but actual operation still presents various problems, I need to make adjustments to strive for perfection.”
For something as crucial as enhancing his own power, he did not dare to take it lightly.
Almost twenty days flashed by, and the Black Magic Wind Fire Array finally met his preliminary requirements.
“Silkworm Queen, guard the surroundings for me. No matter what happens, do not approach the runes sorcery array.”
“Understood.”
After giving a few instructions, Ivan started placing a large quantity of magic stones around the runes sorcery array, preparing to activate the Black Magic Wind Fire Array.