Chapter 911: Clown
Gerosso’s underlings were continuously mocking Mason and jeering at him. However, at this moment, a figure suddenly inserted itself between them and Mason, staring at them silently with an icy cold gaze.
“Orrin, I was about to go look for you. I didn’t expect you to come here yourself.” Despite saying that, Gerosso was still a little fearful.
Although Gerosso was a level-19 Archmage, making him two levels more advanced than Orrin and enjoying a greater advantage in a real fight, the madness that Orrin had when he fought had left a deep impression on him. During a few battles in the past, Gerosso had to pay a huge price even though he managed to obtain victory in the end. Hence, Gerosso looked at the two of them and pretended to be magnanimous.
“Mason, Orrin, this is the Supreme Council. I’m giving you two a chance to apologize to me for what happened yesterday. I’ll let you off if you do.”
However, there was no change on Orrin’s face after he heard Gerosso’s words. Instead, he began to induce mana into his staff, seemingly ready to attack so long as the other party didn’t let go.
Seeing how dauntless Orrin was, Gerosso finally lost his temper and gestured for his underlings to take action, after which the few of them immediately surrounded Mason and Orrin. He was in the midst of feeling prideful; hence, he obviously wouldn’t want to get himself into a pathetic state, and planned to surround and beat them up.
Those who could move around in the Sky Garden were all Archmages. Gerosso was a level-19 Archmage, and his underlings were level-16 and level-17 Archmages. Hence, it was definitely easy for them to deal with Mason and Orrin. Even if Orrin and Mason had combat power that was beyond level-17, they would definitely still be unable to break out of a siege of so many people.
However, at this moment, Gerosso felt an incredibly familiar sensation that appeared in his body again. He once again lost control of his body.
Besides, the underlings beside Gerosso were all terrorized as fear was written all over their faces. Their movements stiffened as well, and they were clearly subjected to the same treatment as their boss, Gerosso.
“Felic, you bastard, I won’t let you off!” Gerosso had already had prior experience, and he immediately reacted. He knew that it was definitely Lin Li, and so he immediately started hollering at him.
“Mason, Orrin, leave with me. Let’s not waste any more time. I’ve made arrangements for you guys to study the core magical mantras of the Core Library.” Not looking at Gerosso and the rest, Lin Li treated them like they didn’t exist at all.
The Core Library was the place where the precious reading materials of the Supreme Council as well as the research results of the mages over the past 1,300 years were stored. They were usually only open to mages who were directly under the Supreme Council.
Although the library would be open to the students of the councilors during the meeting, they had no right to enter the Eternal Library. After all, even in the entire Supreme Council, the magical books they collected would not be free for reading for all the members.
Mason and Orrin, who had agreed to meet Lin Li at the Supreme Council’s library, never thought that Lin Li would help them get a chance to enter the Core Library. The situation was already extremely bad for them, yet they suddenly received such good news on top of having their crisis resolved. They couldn’t even recover from the shock, and were simply stunned.
The first to react was instead Gerosso, who was about to go crazy because of the news. He had followed his teacher to the Supreme Council more than a few times, and he often tried to use that excuse to enter the library. However, he could never enter the Core Library even though his teacher had sought out many connections.
“Damn it, Felic, you won’t be smug for long! Let go of me and apologize to me now. Maybe you can still save yourself!” Gerosso seemed to have calmed down a bit as he was no longer yelling at the top of his lungs. However, his voice was still cold and vicious.
However, Lin Li, who had entered from the back, ignored Gerosso completely as if Gerosso was just a noisy fly. At this moment, Mason and Orrin also finally came back to their senses, and walked away from Gerosso and the rest. They quickly scurried to Lin Li.
At the thought of Gerosso’s words, Mason felt a little worried, and he said to Lin Li, “Felic, they seem to have devised some kind of plot against you and the Tower of Dusk.”
“They’re just clowns who are trying to stir trouble. Don’t bother. Let’s go, the meeting is probably going to end in a few days. Go to the Core Library and study at ease for a few days. How much you can benefit from it is still up to you.” Lin Li chuckled nonchalantly and thought, Can the schemes and tricks of insignificant ants affect Sanctuary powerhouses? Obviously not.
“Clowns who are trying to stir trouble? How dare you call me a clown!? Felic, you don’t have to be smug. You’re going to be finished, you know? You and your Tower of Dusk are going to be destroyed! Everything you have now is going to be lost to me, you’re going to end up in a pathetic state soon!” Seeing that Lin Li had ignored him, and was about to leave with Mason and Orrin, Gerosso and his subordinates began yelling and cursing their hearts out like madmen. After all, being confined in such a place was not something to be proud of.
However, not long after they did, they fell silent again without warning. It was unlike being strangled as an invisible force deprived them of their ability to speak, instantly making them feel like they couldn’t make a single sound.
From what Mason and Orrin knew about Gerosso and the rest, they knew that it was impossible for them to consciously shut up, and there was no doubt that the reason was Lin Li. However, what surprised the two of them was that they did not feel any magical waves from Lin Li even though they were right beside him when he cast the spell.
Both of them knew that there were various types of control magic among the various types of magic spells, such as Magical Paralysis, ice element magic spells that slowed one’s reaction down, and so on. However, their effects did not last long, and would perhaps only last for a few seconds.
Now, Gerosso and his underlings were all Archmages, and not only were they being physically imprisoned and sealed at the same time, but it didn’t look like they would be released soon. Was that something a Legendary-mage could do?
In Mason’s and Orrin’s opinion, Lin Li’s abilities were far beyond the early stages of the Legendary-realm. Of course, in reality even a Legendary powerhouse might not be able to do what Lin Li did. Restraining a few Archmages with a single thought was already close to a divine technique and an extreme use of nomological power. It was far beyond the existing magic system, something that Mason and Orrin simply could not understand.
Lin Li left with Mason and Orrin immediately, while Gerosso and the others seemed to have become a unique sight on the pathway, attracting countless onlookers.
Having their movements restricted and their ability to speak sealed, Gerosso and the rest allowed others to point them out and gossip about them. To Gerosso, it was a huge shame, and the boundless resentment was almost driving him insane.
Besides, the Legendary-mages in the Sky Garden, including Gerosso’s teacher, were all preparing for today’s meeting at the moment. That meant that Gerosso and the rest would have to be on display for an entire day.
Gerosso and the rest had no idea that even the Legendary-mages could not save them.
Damn it, I swear, I’ll make sure you die without a burial! At this moment, all Gerosso could do was to continuously curse in his heart and imagine how he could deal with Lin Li in the future.
On the way to the Core Library, Mason still couldn’t help but remind Lin Li, “Felic, is it okay to leave them there? I heard Gerosso clamoring just now, and he seems to have a backer. He doesn’t seem to be lying, I think you should be more careful.”
“Okay, you have to be careful.” Given Orrin’s character, he obviously cared about Lin Li since he said those words.
“We’re here.” Lin Li stopped outside the Core Library, smiled, and said to the two of them, “You don’t need to think about this matter, feel at ease to study here. There is nothing that can threaten me now yet.”
Lin Li wasn’t bragging. Given his Sanctuary-realm power, and the seven powerful pieces of the debris of the stars, no one would be able to stop him from leaving, not even the three arbitrators who were Sanctuary powerhouses. Of course, he didn’t think that a small fry like Gerosso could come up with a scheme that would involve the arbitrators. Small fries were just small fries. No matter what schemes they had, it would be nothing more than a joke in the eyes of the Sanctuary powerhouses. Hence, why would Lin Li waste his energy on it? He didn’t care at all.
After sending Mason and Orrin to the Core Library, Lin Li returned to the Eternal Tower and prepared to attend the meeting. However, what was different from yesterday was that this time, he clearly felt that there were many more gazes landing on him, each having a different meaning.
If he were still in the Legendary-realm like before, Lin Li would have had to do some calculations. However, he was now a Sanctuary powerhouse, and naturally didn’t bother to pay attention to the insignificant figures. He returned to his seat.
Felic, I really have to thank you, if it weren’t for this incident, how would I have been able to get connected to Deputy Chairman Rosen!?
Councilor Leddings, who had once been scared to death outside of Lin Li’s room, looked at Lin Li, who was sitting quietly in the corner in the distance, with a smug smile on his lips.
In the entire venue, there were quite a few councilors who thought the same as Leddings. It was simply impossible to say that no one was jealous of the Tower of Dusk’s massive wealth. This time, although the target was the Tera Mine and did not involve the other industries of the Tower of Dusk, wouldn’t it be even easier to divide the wealth of the Tower of Dusk if the proposal was passed?
As for Rosen, who was already seated at the deputy chairman’s desk, he looked up to look around the entire venue, and seemed to be confident about winning. In fact, even Rosen himself didn’t expect the plan to be executed so smoothly this time.
After confirming the number of votes he had secured, he already had more than half of the votes of the entire council. Even if the neutral councilors all stood on Andoine’s side, there was no chance for Andoine to turn the tables. Rosen could well imagine that once the proposal passed, it would not only bring great benefits to himself, but would also fundamentally shake Andoine’s position in the council. As the chairman, Andoine couldn’t even protect the interests of his own disciple. In that case, what kind of authority would he have in the future?
Rosen believed that it wouldn’t be long before the councilors who originally stood on Andoine’s side would quickly lose confidence in him. By that time, as long as he united the councilors again and went against Andoine, he would be able to become the chairman. That was the true gain that was even greater than the ownership of the Tera Mine. The entire Supreme Council would truly be under his control.
Looking at Andoine who was sitting not far away from him, he couldn’t help but sneer in his heart. Old rival, don’t blame me for not giving you face, blame it only on the fact that you took in a student who is a troublemaker.
Indeed, if it weren’t for the fact that Lin Li had offended Gerosso and Leddings as soon as he arrived at the Sky Garden, Rosen might still be worrying that he didn’t have enough votes. Although the number of votes that Leddings had gotten for him was not high, they consisted of the crucial few votes that gave Rosen control over the situation.
Soon, the councilors had all taken their seats, and as Andoine gently tapped the brass bell on the table, the entire meeting venue immediately fell silent. During yesterday’s meeting, there had yet to be a conclusion for the topic of the war between the Ledin Kingdom and the Felan Kingdom. Hence, the first discussion that day was still about that issue. After 10 minutes of discussion, it went into the voting process again, and in the end, more than half of the council members were not in favor of waging a war.
When the attendees of the meeting were ready to start discussing the next motion, Rosen finally made his move, taking out the proposal that he had prepared overnight.
If Rosen was an ordinary councilor, the discussion for the proposal would be postponed to the next regular meeting, but Rosen was the deputy chairman of the Supreme Council. He had the power to request for the discussion of the proposal to be brought forward. That was something that even Andoine could not stop. Besides, Rosen also emphasized that the proposal would have a crucial impact on the development of the Supreme Council.
“The Supreme Council has been established for more than 1,300 years, but in the last several hundred years, the development of the Supreme Council has reached a bottleneck and stagnated. I believe you are all aware of this fact.”