Chapter 1177 - Warm Welcome (1/2)
There were a few Heaven Rank Beastmen that had never seen Lin Yun before and hadn’t gone to the Holy Mountain, but that didn’t mean that they were stupid. Even Cross was expressing his goodwill, so they had to follow in his footsteps.
Cross sighed.
“That human is far from being as simple as what you have seen. He might only be at the Peak of the Archmage realm, but his power is comparable to a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage.
“Moreover, I can feel that his foundation is extremely stable, he far surpasses any mage that I’ve seen. No, any mage that I’ve heard of. I can even faintly feel a faint wisp of God Aura coming from his body. Hmmm, it can’t be said to be a God’s aura, rather, it’s a kind of powerful feeling.
“He might be able to advance at any time. Moreover, I sent someone to gather information on Mafa Merlin and his speed of advancement is really terrifying. I believe that he’ll reach my level within the next ten years.
“I wouldn’t have cared if he was just a talented genius, but I discovered that almost all those who had enmity with him weren’t let off lightly, and most of them ended up dead.
“In this expedition to the Holy Mountain, most of the Heaven Rank powerhouses that died were hostile to Mafa Merlin. As for those that didn’t have a grudge and had a pretty good relationship with him, they are now growing at a very rapid pace.
“Have you seen those few newly advanced Heaven Rank powerhouses among the humans? They all have a pretty good relationship with Mafa Merlin.
“This is where he is the most frightening. His individual strength alone is enough to make me treat him favorably, because I know that he would never die until he had enough strength to get rid of me.
“More importantly, haven’t you seen Steel City? Don’t you know how thriving that place is? During the war, that was a neutral zone for humans and Beastmen. Any human or Beastman that made trouble over there was suppressed with an iron fist.
“And even if Mafa Merlin participated in the war, that didn’t affect Steel City, this is shocking. That place is the best way to strengthen our Beastman race.
“To tell the truth, we have been exploiting the resources of the Raging Flame Plane in a wasteful way before the humans’ appearance. The humans have maximized the use of the resources.
“Steel City is the only place where we can trade with the humans for a long time. If we lose that place, we will keep falling behind and we will end up losing once a war happens.
“In Steel City, no one would dare to do anything. Mafa Merlin’s subordinate army is enough to destroy any of our Beastman Tribes, including our Gold Tribe!
“That incomparably huge battleship is said to have been the battleship of a God, and those three races are terrifying ancient races that once followed a God.
“Right now, peace is the best possible outcome, and Mafa Merlin’s Steel City is the best link between humans and Beastmen…”
Cross said a lot, but most of his subordinates didn’t understand too much. However, they understood a bit: if the Beastmen wanted to develop, borrowing the power of Steel City was the best way. But they knew that they couldn’t use force and could only trade sincerely.
Lin Yun returned to Steel City and made the final arrangements. The Raging Flame Plane was almost on the right track so he didn’t need to keep overseeing it. Steel City had been reinforced with a lot of precious materials and a huge mana reactor had been added. Now, even if a Peak 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouse came to attack, they wouldn’t be able to tear through the defenses of Steel City.
Even in the city, the foundations have been deepened by a dozen meters and had been made of mana crystals. They were completely made out of Magic Iron, and secretly formed a huge array. The array would activate as long as there was chaos and would pressure all forces within Steel City, aside from those puppets and inhabitants of Steel City who were left with a secret rune. Only they could exert their power flawlessly.
Heaven Mages would be suppressed to the Archmage realm. As for an Archmage, their best outcome if they dared to cause problems in Steel City would be being torn apart by puppets within thirty seconds.
The Intrepid was hidden in the sky and the three major races were stationed in the mountain range’s basin. As long as someone came to attack Steel City, the Intrepid’s mana crystal cannons could cleanse the opponent’s territory before the powerhouse even tore through Steel City’s defenses. After gaining an energy source, the fear of the Intrepid had started emerging.
Once the energy reserves reached a certain level, the Hand of Destruction would be able to display more and more power and the deterrence would be even stronger.
After all, at its peak, the Hand of Destruction could destroy a small plane and tear heaven and earth apart.
After Lin Yun sorted out the matters of the Raging Flame Plane, he discreetly left the Raging Flame Plane.
And at this time, Joseph took the initiative to come to Steel City and gifted an area bordering the Shadow Tower and the Four Seasons Plain to Lin Yun, using a river as the boundary between their two territories.
As for the territories controlled by the Merlin Family, those small Families somehow got the news and all of them took the initiative to withdraw. No one dared to attack the Merlin Family’s territories.
At least in the Raging Flame Plane, no one dared to provoke Lin Yun. The humans and Beastmen’s 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouses both paid a visit to Steel City. As long as they weren’t dumb, everyone knew what that represented.
When Lin Yun left the Raging Flame Plane through the Planar Path, the guards protecting the Planar Path immediately notified the Merlin Family.
Patriarch Ofran personally brought people to welcome Lin Yun.
Although he had already learnt a lot about what happened in the Raging Flame Plane, he was still startled when he saw Lin Yun and couldn’t hide his shock.
A Peak 9th Rank Archmage, no, it should be a perfect Peak 9th Rank Archmage. This feeling of perfection was something he had only felt from Santon Merlin.
‘What a terrifying guy, I originally thought that he would learn common sense in the Raging Flame Plane and maybe alleviate the Merlin Family’s predicament, but I hadn’t expected things to develop to this stage.
‘The extremely fertile Horn of Fertility, the Four Seasons Plain which is one of the three places with the richest mineral resources in the Raging Flame Plane, and that mountain range’s basin are all under Sir Mafa’s control.
‘What a terrifying guy…
‘Our Merlin Family could be considered a weak Family in the Raging Flame Plane. It isn’t very powerful among the forces of the Andlusa Kingdom, let alone when compared to the Odin Kingdom, it is equivalent to a barren countryside force.
‘Those guys don’t even show respect to the Cloud Tower and the Black Tower, but now, it seems that even quite a few of the forces of the Odin Kingdom have a very good relationship with Mafa Merlin…
‘The Elder Council’s foresight simply can’t compare to mine. I’ve unearthed such a formidable clansman, no, that guy is a monster, a monster even more terrifying than Santon Merlin…’
Ofran had a very complicated expression. As he saw Lin Yun walking over, he couldn’t help taking a few steps forward and giving Lin Yun a hug.
“Welcome back Sir Mafa.”
It was a simple sentence. Behind Ofran, members of the Merlin Family all gave a solemn mage bow.
“Welcome back Sir Mafa.”
Over a hundred Merlins, with the weakest behind at the High Mage realm, were respectfully bowing behind Ofran. Many children of the Merlin Family were looking at Lin Yun with fanatical expressions.
“This is Sir Mafa. He looks so young. Why does he have no mana fluctuations?”
“Idiot, this is because you are too weak and Sir Mafa too powerful. We don’t even have the qualifications to sense Sir Mafa’s mana fluctuations.”
“Yes, I’ve heard that Sir Mafa isn’t even 30 and is already a Peak 9th Rank Archmage. I heard Sir William say that Sir Mafa could advance to the Heaven realm at any time!”
“Heaven Rank, less than 30 years old and already a Heaven Rank powerhouse? Amazing. This is even more formidable than Ancestor Santon Merlin!”