176 Syudos (1/2)
”What disguise?” Solomon asked.
The 9th Rank High Mage looked at Dylan carefully, before turning to look at Lin Yun while full of doubt. 'What does he mean? Is Merlin trying to say that this Dylan is an impersonator? That doesn't seem right…
'I've been struggling with Dylan for decades, we even fought over ten times. It could be said that I'm more familiar with Dylan than the mages of the Ash Tower. That person before us, whether it is his motions, expressions, or even mana fluctuations, they are all exactly the same as Dylan's.' On this, Solomon was certain that he wasn't wrong.
”Merlin…” Solomon would usually remain silent and not say anything out of respect for that young Great Mage, but this couldn't happen now. The situation wasn't very good, so after a slight hesitation, he asked, ”Aren't you mistaken?”
”Won't you understand if you keep watching?” Lin Yun didn't explain. He only smiled before fishing out – Key Points for Elemental Spirit Capture – from his pocket...
”Let me see… How to capture Upper Rank Flame Spirits…” Lin Yun said, before also reminding ”Dylan”, ”What are you watching me for? Your army has already arrived!”
”You…” Dylan was startled and angry, but he hastily turned due to Lin Yun's reminder and noticed over a dozen Frost Elementals breaking through the wall of flames blocking them and forcing their ways towards him.
Although there were only a dozen Frost Elementals, they would have a steady flow of reinforcements. At this time, Dylan didn't dare to neglect them and hastily started chanting his incantations, getting ready to fight the dozen Frost Elementals.
At this time, sparks flew within the world of ice and snow as the intensity of the battle was enough to leave any High Mage dumbstruck. The Frost Elementals were almost suicidal, hindering Dylan's every move. And despite the latter only taking a short time to deal with the first dozen Frost Elementals, unfortunately, many more Frost Elementals were already surrounding him.
Lin Yun's side was completely different. Those rushing Frost Elementals didn't seem to care about Lin Yun, and not even a single attack flew his way. But Lin Yun was getting busy. He first put up an Ice Wall before starting to browse – Key Points for Elemental Spirit Capture –.
”Oh, right, what's your true name?” Lin Yun looked at a few pages, looking as if he had failed to grasp the crux of what he needed to know before raising his head to ask.
”My true name…” Dylan suddenly froze when Lin Yun asked him that question...
As a result of that distraction, a Flame Barrier was cast a second too late and three Frost Elementals suddenly found a gap. A sharp sound was heard as the three Frost Elementals ruthlessly aimed at Dylan's chest.
Dylan managed to mend his Runic Shield with great difficulty before being able to stop their attack. But as he was flustered, he immediately started cursing, ”Fuck, what do you have to do with my true name!”
”I'm just asking, nothing more…” Lin Yun's lips twitched before he returned to being immersed in the book.
”...”
”Ah, I remember, isn't it Llanliss? Or was it Eliss? Doesn't matter, I can just try them…” As Lin Yun said that, he attempted the incantation written in the book, using one true name after the other.
Naturally, these attempts didn't work.
Llanliss and Eliss definitely weren't his true name...
The incantation itself had the power to bind Elemental Spirits. Even if the true name was incorrect, that kind of power wouldn't change. And with Lin Yun acting shamelessly, using true name after true name, that incantation had been chanted over ten times, with ten true names being used. The dozens of chants were enough to put Dylan on edge.
”Shut up!” Dylan, who had been busy being surrounded by more and more Frost Elementals, suddenly lost his mind under Lin Yun's incessant chanting. After making quite a few mistakes, Dylan was thoroughly flooded by Ice Elements.
At that time, numerous Ice Elements had piled up in the entire hallway, and the visible blue mana fluctuations could be seen converging, almost freezing the air as various Ice Spells indiscriminately rained over. Even Dylan, a 9th Rank High Mage, had completely lost the ability to counterattack. He was completely relying on the Runic Shield for defense.
”Don't be in a hurry, I remember the names of a few dozen of Upper Rank Flame Spirits. Just wait, I'll try them one by one. Who knows, maybe the next one is the one…”
”Enough!” Dylan was going berserk.
”That's your attitude? Then I'll try other incantations…” Lin Yun wasn't fazed by him, as he simply turned another page.
”You…” Dylan's words abruptly stopped. He restrained his anger and tried to use the calmest voice possible to ask, ”What do you want in the end?”