766 This Time, You Won“t be Alone“What?!”
Mag’s hands shuddered, and he almost dropped the ice cream cake.
“Princess Irina is in danger, and the system is willing to sell information concerning her current situation for 10 dragon coins. If you think the price is right—”
“Take the money for yourself; where is she now? What happened?” Mag cut off the system as he inquired urgently.
“10 dragon coins have been successfully deducted! Princess Irina is currently situated on the fifth street, and she’s being attacked by multiple assailants. Without the intervention of a third party, there is a 100% probability that she will die.”
The system’s joyful voice belied the grave information that it was revealing.
“The fifth street!” Mag’s heart tensed up upon hearing this. That was not a place that he was unfamiliar with.
On that rainy night three years go, Alex had been assassinated on that very same street.
Now, Irina was also being attacked on that street. Was the tragedy from three years ago going to repeat itself?
Mag’s heart rate accelerated drastically.
“It smells so good! So this is ice cream cake; it’s cake covered in ice cream! And there are cute little strawberries on there as well. It looks like it’ll be really delicious.” Amy’s expression was filled with elation as she looked at the ice cream cake in Mag’s hands.
Mag placed the cake onto the table before turning to Amy with a serious expression. “Amy, I have something really important that I have to go and do now, but I can’t let anyone know about it. You stay here and eat this cake, and conjure up a copy of me to stay with you, is that alright?”
This was the first time that Amy had seen such an urgent expression on her father’s face, and even though she didn’t know what was happening, it had to be something very important. As such, she nodded obediently, and replied, “Go, Father. I’ll be good and wait here for you.”
She then twirled her wand, and a second Mag that was identical to Mag appeared, even wearing the same clothes that the real Mag was wearing.
“Good girl.” Mag was very pleased with the Mag that had been manifested. Unless someone came into the room and inspected it at close quarters, it could pass off as the real Mag. Mag himself then opened the window before jumping out and shutting it behind him. He then flipped over a few tall walls and smoothly exited the second prince’s manor.
Heavy droplets of rain were still pelting down, instantly drenching him.
There was not even a single pedestrian to be seen on the streets.
“System, I want to use that chance.”
Mag wiped at his face in a futile effort to remove some rainwater before rushing in a certain direction.
“You have one chance to return to the height of your powers—one and one chance only. Are you sure you want to use it now?” the system asked in a serious voice.
“If Amy learns someday that I had the power to save her mother but refrained from using it because I was too selfish, she’d hate me for it.” A gentle smile appeared on Mag’s face as he said, “I told her that I was going to bring her mother back to her, and I won’t lie to her; I’m not you.”
The system was silent for a moment before issuing a serious warning. “Please prepare yourself; it’ll take three seconds for you to return to the height of your powers, and the enhancement will last for 10 minutes. Please make sure to travel to a safe place prior to the period of debilitation after that 10-minute timeframe!”
“Three seconds?” Mag was rather surprised by the system’s efficiency.
Before he had a chance to think too much, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Mag with unerring accuracy.
That was right, there was only a single bolt.
Mag had never seen lightning of different colors twisted together into a braid before falling from the sky onto his head with such insane precision.
“Boom!”
Mag felt as if a bomb had exploded right beside him, leaving his ears ringing violently. Immediately thereafter, a numb sensation quickly traveled throughout his entire body, and he felt as if his muscles had been torn open fiber by fiber before reconstructing themselves amid the surges of electricity.
This was a much more painful process than the previous two lightning strikes, and Mag felt as if every single inch of his body had been severely ravaged, making him almost faint from the excruciating agony.
“Ding!”
“You’ve been returned to the height of your powers; the 10-minute countdown will now commence. 10:00… 9:59…”
When the system’s voice sounded again, Mag felt as if an entire century had passed, even though it had actually only been three short seconds.
“It’s over?” Mag faltered momentarily before looking down at his completely nude body, and he hurriedly covered his sensitive regions with his hands.
The rain washed away the residual soot on his body from the lightning strike, and Mag finally felt the sense of unfathomable power surging through his body. In the face of such terrifying power, 5th-tier beings might as well be infants.
“So this is the power of a knight at the pinnacle of the 10th-tier.” Mag clenched his fists, and he felt as if he could smash a city wall down with a single punch. This wasn’t power that could be quantified using science.
“System, give me a set of black robes and a mask; put it on me right away.” Despite the urgent situation he was in, Mag still didn’t have the courage to streak through Rodu in the nude.
“The black robe has been delivered. The system can provide over 1,000 styles of masks, including…” A set of black robes fitted itself over Mag’s body, following which countless masks appeared within his mind.
“I’ll take the third one,” Mag decided after a quick glance.
“Ding! The mask has been delivered and 15 dragon coins have been deducted!”
The mask fitted Mag’s facial features quite snugly, and he lunged forward, instantly appearing over 100 meters away, leaving a sonic boom in his wake.
“Hold on, Irina. This time, you won’t be alone.”
Mag rapidly approached the fifth street without any hesitation.
“System, do you offer freight services?”
“The system is a food system; things like freight—”
“100 dragon coins.”
“—are of course within my capabilities. If you have something that you’ve forgotten at home, the system would be more than willing to grab it for you. As long as it’s located somewhere on the Norland Continent, the system can deliver it to you within five minutes.” The system’s voice carried a fawning tone.
“Get Alex’s sword for me,” Mag ordered calmly.
“No way! You can only order this freight service for things that belong to you! Otherwise, that’s thievery, and that’s outside of the system’s job description!” the system replied sternly.
“Alright, then who is the owner of that sword?”
“Mag Alex?”
“Who am I?”
“Shen Mag Alex…”
“Seeing as that sword belongs to me, I’m merely asking you to deliver one of my possessions to me, isn’t that right?” Mag asked.
“You’re right…”
The system gave a feeble response after a brief moment of silence.
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“Your Highness, our spies have reported that Princess Irina is being attacked on the fifth street!”
A black shadow hurriedly barged into Josh’s study.