345 Another One (1/2)

Aube finally understood why he had felt that chill earlier...

'Shit, it was because that damn lunatic was looking at me, no wonder I had a bad feeling. He isn't just a madman…'

As a Master Alchemist, how could Aube not know that the revolving disk in Lin Yun's hands was a very frightening Magic Tool?

Its power was so incredible that it swallowed up two peak High Mages in a split second. Aube's only guess was that it was a True Spirit Magic Tool.

This guess left Aube frozen in terror, because the Magic Tool Incarnation had yet to appear, which meant that this Magic Tool was displaying less than half of its power.

Two peak High Mages had already been easily taken care of without even using half of its power; how frightening would it be if it displayed its full power?

”Mafa Merlin, you…” Aube nervously held onto his magic staff as cold sweat dripped down his forehead. He looked at Lin Yun with a mix of fear and despair...

But...

At this time, Logan, who had lost two allies, suddenly slammed his hand on the table and pointed his magic staff at Lin Yun. ”Mafa Merlin, what are you doing, don't you know where this is? You had best surrender or you'll face the retaliation of the entire Merlin Family!”

Logan was enraged.

He had spent decades building his power in the Elder Council until he had gained enough authority, but today, during an ordinary meeting of the Elder Council, Follen and Hayden Merlin died. These two were the most capable subordinates Logan had. Let alone having outstanding strength, they also knew how to coordinate with Logan in the Elder Council's meetings to maximize his influence.

But who could have expected them to die today?

How could Logan not be angry?

”You are too unbridled and too arrogant, Mafa Merlin. This is Okland, not Thousand Sails City. You think you can do whatever you want here? Well, I won't let you do so!” Logan's beard shook due to anger.

But...

It might have been due to his anger, but Logan seemed to have forgotten something...

He was one of the candidates...

”It's nothing, Elder Logan, I just feel that the dead can't supervise the Gilded Rose…” Lin Yun smiled before pouring mana into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. The dazzling light alongside the red and blue radiances quickly rotated as it scattered even more frightening mana fluctuations.

Moreover, the target of these fluctuations quietly changed...

”What are you trying to say?” Just as Logan furiously said these words, he suddenly realized that something was horribly wrong. The mana fluctuations that had been locked onto Aube abruptly changed direction and targeted him.

Thus, the anger was quickly replaced by panic.

”Shit!” Logan shrieked before casting a few defensive spells. ”Mafa Merlin, what do you think you are doing!?”

Then, another explosion echoed in the conference hall.

The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel burst out once again as a dazzling sun-like radiance spread above Lin Yun's head. Countless spells turned into a flood and submerged Logan in a split second.

There was no struggle, no scream.

Only a deathly silence.

The conference hall became quiet once again.

Everyone looked at Lin Yun with deep fear...

They understood what Lin Yun meant earlier.

The dead can't manage the Gilded Rose.

He planned to kill every person mentioned as being qualified to manage the Gilded Rose...

And he was really doing it...

Of the five candidates, Follen Hayden, Aube, Leon, Logan...

Three were already dead.

The Merlin Family had never suffered such a terrible loss in their thousand-year history. In one day, three of the seventeen Elders had been killed.