Chapter 1198 - Ambush (1/2)

Wisps of blood appeared on those green leaves, as if blood was slowly permeating them.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yun sighed in relief. This meant that the Holysong Blood’s situation was very good. If there was no accident, seeds would be produced.

He only needed to wait for the flower to wither and the seeds to fall before he could use the leaves to refine the Bloodsobbing Holysong Potion.

Lin Yun kept observing the Holysong Blood, and when he came out of the Natural Demiplane, Raphael came to inform him that they were about to arrive.

“Sir Mafa, we are about to reach Neverwinter City, the city where the Starry Sky College is located.”

Lin Yun walked to the deck of the battleship and checked in the distance. Sure enough, there was a huge city, and in the center of the city was a several-hundred-meter-tall Magic Tower surrounded by a dozen huge crystals stabilized by large amounts of mana.

A faint layer of unfathomable shield was covering the entire city. Lin Yun sighed as he looked at that tower from the deck. The light emitted by those crystals could illuminate the entire city with their warm light.

And more importantly, the huge runes appearing in the air warned them of the Sky Sealing Array and Mana Suppressing Array arranged around this city. Mages that didn’t get the permission simply shouldn’t think of using power past the Great Mage realm. They would simply be unable to cast spells.

Right now, the mana was very smooth and the fluctuations very weak. It showed that most of the power of those arrays was dormant and wouldn’t be too impactful.

After all, that city was 15 to 20 kilometers wide, and the top of the barrier couldn’t even be seen. Defenses on such a large scale would need an astronomical amount of mana. It would need to consume several spirit mana crystals every second.

“Sir Mafa, This city is the home of the Starry Sky College and the biggest city of the north of the Odin Kingdom, Neverwinter City. The four seasons here are all warm like spring, and no one feels the cold here even though this is the north. Even during the coldest winter, the city is still warm.

“It is said that there is an endless amount of lava burning under Neverwinter City and if that pocket of lava burst out, it would turn over a thousand kilometers of land into scorched earth.

“Back then, the founder of the Starry Sky College built a Magic Tower and used the underground lava to maintain that tower. Up until now, all the mana of Neverwinter City has been supplied by that Magic Tower.

“Our floating battleship can’t get within ten kilometers of Neverwinter City so we will have to descend soon and enter Neverwinter City on foot. The guide from the Starry Sky College should be waiting for us.”

At this time, the leader of the Black Tower came out of his cabin.

“Sir Raphael, I thank you for giving us a ride to the Odin Kingdom. It would have taken us a lot of time if we came to the Odin Kingdom on our own. I’ll bid thee farewell.”

Raphael nodded with a smile on his face, “You are too polite Sir Harren.”

Harren finished thanking Raphael and then greeted Lin Yun.

“Sir Mafa, I’m representing the Black Tower to discuss with one of the forces of the Odin Kingdom. I’ll take my leave first. You must let me know if you need anything, our Black Tower is friendly with many forces on this side, so don’t hesitate.”

Lin Yun nodded.

Harren led the Black Tower group and left first. At this time, the battleship rapidly landed on the ground and took off once everyone got down. It was leaving, as per Neverwinter City’s rules. This floating battleship couldn’t get close to Neverwinter City. Sky City’s battleship could only appear ten kilometers away from Neverwinter City when not at war because they were followers of the Starry Sky College.

Otherwise, they would have to stop fifty kilometers away or be shot down.

As soon as Raphael stepped down, he frowned as he received a magic signal fluctuation.

After reading the content of the magic signal, Raphael apologetically looked at Lin Yun.

“I’m sorry, Sir Mafa. I received a message from the Starry Sky College saying that a few Artisans have arrived in the Odin Kingdom and that I have to represent the Starry Sky College in greeting them, this…”

Raphael had an awkward expression as he couldn’t say more.

Lin Yun smiled and nodded.

“It’s alright, Sir Raphael. Just go, I’ll enter Neverwinter City by myself.”

Raphael sighed in relief. He took out a magic emblem from his Spatial Ring and gave it to Lin Yun.

“Sir Mafa, this is the emblem the Starry Sky College issued to all invited Artisans. According to the rules, this thing can only be gifted when entering the Starry Sky College. By carrying this emblem, you can find any guard of Neverwinter City and they’ll arrange everything for you.

“Please forgive me Sir Mafa. This…”

Raphael apologized to Lin Yun, but Gurud was somewhat anxious.

“Raphael, hurry up. We can’t let them wait, this is the assignment of the Starry Sky College.”

Raphael was speechless. Lin Yun smiled and shook his head. Gurud simply didn’t understand the ways of the world, but that kind of person would walk further on the alchemy path.

Raphael and Gurud hurriedly left in the floating battleship, ignoring the Hardward Family. Picking them up was the assignment of the Starry Sky College, but the assignment didn’t require them to look after the Hardward Family once they were picked up.

Watby awkwardly smiled and hurriedly left with the Hardwards. He really didn’t want to stay with Lin Yun.

After everyone left, Lin Yun led Xiuban and Reina and started walking towards the Neverwinter City.

“Let’s go slowly, this place is completely different from the Andlusa Kingdom.”

In reaction to the warm aura coming from underground, Lin Yun silently calculated how much lava there was underground. At the same time, he observed the runes floating in Neverwinter City’s sky.

Using the power of lava to supply an entire city with mana was a big deal. After all, that Magic Tower would consume a huge amount of mana every single second.

By observing everything, he could find a lot of places to learn from and would be able to add some benefits to the Shelter Tower.

Lin Yun stopped after walking for a while as he felt a cryptic mana fluctuation in his surroundings. Neverwinter City seemed to be going farther and farther, while the surrounding environment became somewhat illusory.

“I hadn’t expected that someone would dare to ambush us here. Get ready to fight.”

Lin Yun was a bit surprised as he took out his Draconic Staff. He originally thought that since this was outside Neverwinter City, this should be considered the territory of the Starry Sky College. They were guests of the Starry Sky College, yet someone dared to attack them?

“For such a large-scale illusion, a barrier covering mana fluctuations would require at least fifteen Deepsea Manatee Pearls, they are really thinking highly of me.”

In an instant, numerous Magic Arrows appeared fifty meters away as if it was a rain, and those huge Magic Arrows only hit within several dozen meters.