522 Doom Staff (1/2)

'You think you can speak to the Black Tower as if they were the Watson Family? This is meaningless…'

Karl secretly glanced at Weiss.

And sure enough...

Weiss was frowning, standing still and not saying anything.

Karl started rejoicing in the young mage's misfortune as he looked at Lin Yun with ridicule. He had gotten quite annoyed by the young commander's antics.

That Mafa Merlin truly didn't know his place...

He was originally offered very good conditions, but he still went and haggled over the price. Did he really think that the Merlin Family had the qualifications to press the Black Tower for better terms?

Let alone the Merlin Family, even both Families together weren't qualified to do that...

'You won't fare well if you are too greedy.'

Karl suddenly felt that he should take advantage of this opportunity. If he could push the Merlin Family out of the deal altogether, the Watson Family might be able to obtain a larger share.

An imperceptible sneer appeared on his face. But just as he was about to speak, the frowning Weiss suddenly started talking. ”You are right, High Mage Merlin. Our Black Tower indeed would be taking too much…”

'What?'

Karl's face froze. 'How could this happen? Is this the Black Tower I know? Is this the Weiss I know?'

Even when negotiating with the Could Tower, Weiss wouldn't compromise so easily...

Although he didn't dare to believe it, the sounds of Weiss and Mafa haggling forced him to accept that this was really happening.

The haggling almost made him collapse, and he spent the entire time feeling muddleheaded. He only remembered Weiss eventually asking him, ”Do you have any objections?” to which he vehemently shook his head. He didn't say a single word during the negotiations, which ended up lasting half an hour.

After the three major forces reached an agreement, it was time to prepare, including dispatching their troops as well as preparing some preliminary battle formations. After sending Weiss and Karl off, Lin Yun had Ida and Yuri manage the preparations. In the entire Raging Flame Plane, besides the three Merlin Cousins, the most reliable people he had were the two Archmages from the Ancestral Land.

This wouldn't be as awkward as when they attacked the Ghost Valley because Thorne had given him all the authority as commander. This meant that all the troops of the Merlin Family in the Raging Flame Plane were under his command.

But he clearly wasn't a qualified commander, so after handing everything over to Ida and Yuri, he once again entered the laboratory and proceeded with the processing of the five Chromatic Dragon Crystals. He had thought of a bold plan the previous day. He would fuse the five Dragon Crystal together to form just one, before embedding it in the Doom Staff.

It could be said that his processing plan was unique.

He hadn't heard of anyone doing this...

How could it be easy to fuse five Chromatic Dragon Crystals together?

Despite that, Lin Yun didn't plan on giving up...

Thus, Lin Yun remained in the laboratory as day after day passed, never coming out. On the 5th day, Thorne returned to the Raging Flame Plane, and when he heard about the collaboration between the Merlin Family, the Watson Family, and the Black Tower, his first thought was to look for the young mage to consult with him. But he was stopped by Reina in front of the alchemy laboratory door. He waited for a whole day before finally heading back in disappointment.

The cooperation between the three major forces proceeded in an orderly fashion, and this all seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Yun.

Ultimately, on the 10th day, that tightly shut door creaked loudly before being slowly opened by someone. It was Lin Yun, but he looked completely exhausted. His eyes were bloodshot and his hair unkempt. It was to the point that Reina, who had been guarding the door, looked at him weirdly when he came out.

”What is it?” Lin Yun threw a strange look back at her.

”Nothing…” Reina's icy gaze quickly swept past Lin Yun before she coldly answered. In fact, she had been very curious. The young mage had stayed in the laboratory for ten days... What had he been doing all this time?