End of the Magic Era Chapter 233 - Treasury

Chapter 233: Treasury

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

Suyass was startled by this wail and the lapse in his concentration almost caused his casting to fail. After barely managing to finish his incantation, just before he released his spell, a loud rumble echoed our as the Alpha Thunderbird crashed into the ground.

For a few monts, not a sound could be heard in that entire world.

The battle was thus ended. Under the counterattack of the joint exploration team, the flock of Thunderbirds that had lost their alpha beca headless chickens. The fighters constantly harried the birds with hit and run attacks while a few High Mages and Spirit Archers shot four Thunderbirds with a wave of fire. Imdiately after, the joint exploration team kept consolidating their advantage and this battle also drew to a close. After a few minutes, of the hundred Thunderbirds, only one or two luckily escaped.

“Sir Suyass...” Lin Yun flew over and stopped right beside Suyass and told him, “I talked to Leader Lys, it seems that the situation is a lot more complicated than we thought...”

“Eh? Eh?...” Suyass let out a few grunts of confusion before he dared to look Lin Yun in the eyes.

Because Suyass suddenly felt like the young Great Mage in front of him had beco quite unfamiliar to him.

He finally understood why Karon had talked to him for such a long ti that night and tried to dissuade him from looking for trouble.

At that ti, Suyass had thought that Karon was worried he would injure rlin and draw the ire of the Star Sage, and the resulting punishnt from his teacher Nolan.

But now, Suyass understood clearly. Karon was worried about him. He wasn’t worried about the aftermath of injuring rlin, he was worried about him not even being able to harm rlin...

An esteed Archmage being unable to injure a 9th Rank Great Mage... Suyass would have never believed Karon if he had directly stated it, but now, Suyass was also convinced.

Because just now, he had seen that 9th Rank Great Mage shooting down the level 25 Alpha Thunderbird. The power he had burst with was simply shocking!

From this alone, Suyass could see that this young Great Mage’s true strength far surpassed the bounds of his rank. He hadn’t thought that it was to such an extent. In the joint exploration team, only Suyass clearly understood what just happened.

Thunderbirds were spirits of thunder and lightning, and each of their feathers was filled with that power. Especially after reaching level 25, the boundless electrical power within their bloodline would awaken and each feather would be able to turn into lightning. When several hundred such feathers were converted at once, even an Archmage like Suyass would have no choice but to avoid the attack.

But that young Great Mage actually welcod the lightning as it struck out at him. At that ti, Suyass had truly thought that this young Great Mage was finished. But he hadn’t expected that in that split second, the young mage would be able to find a small gap within the boundless lightning before rushing through it. When he saw that, Suyass was stunned silly. How terrifying was his control? After all, that young Great Mage wasn’t using Flight, he was using an imprecise Magic Tool for that function.

How could Suyass not know the difference between flight granted by a Magic Tool and the Flight spell?

One was a spell crafted from one’s own mana and thus completely under the user’s control, while the other was the power of a Magic Tool. They were on two different levels. It could be said that a mage that could decently control a Flight Magic Tool could reach the sa degree of nimbleness as a flying magic beast when using the Flight spell.

Moreover, Lin Yun’s control was far from being rely “decent”...

Suyass had clearly seen him threading the needle and evading all the danger... Even if Suyass himself had been in such a position, he wouldn’t have been able to grasp the opportunity to exploit that gap, yet rlin did while using a Magic Tool.

What kind of concept was that?

This was a level of control Suyass had never imagined.

And then he saw the ball of flas...

If the precise control shown by the young mage had made Suyass feel shocked, then the flas he summoned made him feel dread.

The power of the flas was definitely comparable to that of an Archmage. It gently flowed into the body of the Alpha Thunderbird before exploding, entering from the belly and escaping from its back. In that split second only one thought appeared in Suyass’ mind: ‘True Spirit Magic Tool, that was definitely a True Spirit Magic Tool.’

Its power was too frightening...

After the fight ended, Suyass asked himself, ‘If I were in that bird’s position instead, could I survive that blow?’

The conclusion made Suyass dejected. ‘I couldn’t... I truly couldn’t...’

He then thought about what had happened earlier in the camp. If not for Karon’s sudden arrival...

Just thinking about it made Suyass feel cold and clammy.

Suyass felt quite dejected. He had thought that he was the strongest mber of the entire expedition, so he had always acted as the leader. Even after the four of them got separated from the rest of the group, he kept directing the others around because he truly felt that it was the duty that ca with power.

But thinking back on it, Suyass felt his face starting to burn up.

That huge gap made Suyass feel like he had been dancing like a clown. He believed himself to be unbeatable, but in the end, it had all been a joke.

“Sir Suyass!” At this ti, the power of the Lava Dominator had been exhausted and Lin Yun had already landed and converged with Lys’ group. After exchanging a few simple sentences, he noticed that Suyass was still in the sa place, daydreaming, so he tried calling his na.

“Ah...” Lin Yun’s shout woke Suyass. He subconsciously shook his head to put this chaotic train of thought to the back of his mind before slowly descending.

When Suyass landed, Lin Yun was already discussing with the others. Everyone had so understanding of the current situation and they were now sharing their ideas and opinions.

“What’s going on, Great Mage rlin...”

“It’s like this Sir Suyass...” Lin Yun then repeated information that he had gleaned from Lys earlier.

At first, Suyass still seed preoccupied with sothing else, but the more he heard, the more serious his expression beca, especially when he heard that Lys’ group had already been in this place for three months.

“This is a Ti Cage!”

“Indeed...” Lin Yun nodded. He already knew of the Ti Cage Suyass had ntioned. It was said that those who reached the peak of the Saint Alchemist realm could use arrays to alter space and ti. These kinds of arrays were known as Ti Cages.

But Ti Cages were already legends. Even 30,000 years in the future, they were barely ntioned in a few books he had seen, so despite his great wealth of knowledge, Lin Yun didn’t know the specifics of what a Ti Cage truly was.

But everything Lys said was in accordance with the principles of a Ti Cage. It was like everyone was locked in a crack in ti. This was a gap in the river of ti, where the passage of ti was completely different from the outside. One year inside might be a day outside, but it was also possible for it to be the other way around.

It might be static, or it might change unpredictably...

In short, anything could happen in a Ti Cage.

But why was there a Ti Cage at all?

This was the question that Lin Yun truly cared about. After all, a Ti Cage wasn’t sothing a Saint Alchemist could casually set up. This was already touching upon the most basic Laws of this world. Without a suitable reason, who would spend a lot of ti and resources to set up a Ti Cage?

Moreover, Lin Yun knew...

Although the Ti Cage had “cage” in its na, it wasn’t a true cage. 30,000 years later, Ti Cages were also known as Ti Barriers. The different ti flow made it so that any force used against Ti Barriers would dissipate within the river of ti. This property made it impossible for external forces to break through from the outside.

Lin Yun clearly rembered that the Shelter Tower’s defensive system used a Ti Cage as its core.

But the Shelter Tower was covering an entire city, it was Noscent’s final hope.

Then... What was this Ti Cage protecting?

‘Could there be sothing important buried in this fake Gaugass world?’

“Great Mage rlin... Great Mage rlin...” Suyass had been waiting next to him for a response for a long ti without saying anything.

“Sorry, I just rembered sothing.”

“Great Mage rlin, what do you think we should do?”

The others didn’t react particularly to Suyass’ words, but Solomon and Lys, who both paid attention to details, turned to look closer at Suyass.

Although they weren’t as strong as Suyass, they had been in Thousand Sails City for a few dozen years, and they weren’t easy to deal with. Hearing Suyass’ words, they felt that sothing was off. Thinking about it carefully, they found that Suyass’ attitude was different.

After all, Suyass was an Archmage. Even though he was a lot friendlier after Karon’s appearance, he still exuded the pride and aloofness of an Archmage even though he tried to conceal it. It clearly showed when Suyass made a decision; he wouldn’t consult with anyone and would act as if following his lead was a matter of course.

Why? Because he was an Archmage.

The world of magic was strict about ranks.

Suyass normally wouldn’t have used such a tone and politely asked Mafa rlin for his advice.

How could this be?

Why did an Archmage like Suyass suddenly act so polite with rlin?

The two looked at him for a bit before exchanging glances with each other.

“We should walk south...” After saying these words, Lin Yun looked towards the north with a trace of reluctance.

Mountains could be seen spreading through the north for hundreds of kiloters. Lin Yun used his Magic Array to do a simple analysis and found out that 90% of the power of the Ti Cage was concentrated among those mountains.

Lin Yun was almost certain that the secret that the Ti Cage was protecting was sowhere in that northern mountain range.

Lin Yun rembered that the mountain range in northern Gaugass would shock all of Noscent 10,000 years later.

Unfortunately, Lin Yun knew that when that happened, Archmages were completely annihilated. Even a few of the weaker Heaven Mages fell. With his current strength, he wouldn’t have the opportunity to explore that secret.

He could only leave for now.

And the further the better.

“South?” Suyass froze. Lin Yun had needed his Magic Arrays to analyze the place where the power of the Ti Cage converged, but that didn’t an that Suyass wouldn’t be able to notice anything.

Thus, Suyass was stumped when he heard Lin Yun’s words.

“Yeah, let’s go south...” Lin Yun didn’t explain and only nodded.

Suyass opened his mouth and closed it a few tis looking like a fish. But after seeing Lin Yun’s expression, the Archmage felt less and less sure. Before now, Suyass might have just insisted on heading north.

But he didn’t dare to now.

“Okay...” After a mont of silence, Suyass nodded reluctantly.

After they agreed on the decision, the joint exploration team restarted their journey. They went through the dense forest and followed the Harrison River south. The journey wasn’t peaceful, as they would et so magic beasts from ti to ti, but now that the group had reunited, they were much more powerful. So of the weaker magic beasts were crushed instantly, while the more powerful ones only lasted a few attacks.

The trip was more taxing on the mind than on the body.

The Harrison River ended in Nolun, which ant that the Harrison River would eventually lead them out of Gaugass.

But when the party of twenty reached the end of the river, they only saw a gentle light flickering. The surging water was pouring down into the gentle light, not leaking a single drop.

Suyass did a simple magical check before stating, “This is a Teleportation Gate.”

But even Suyass didn’t know if they should enter this Teleportation Gate.

Even an idiot would know that it was best to avoid entering an unknown Teleportation Gate, because they wouldn’t know where it led.

Naturally, the circumstances of the group were a bit special.

At least for the mont, it felt like the Teleportation Gate was the only exit they had. If they walked in, they might be sent to a terrifying place, but if they didn’t enter, they would definitely remain in this damned place. It wasn’t easy to choose between the two.

“I’ll go first.” After thinking about it for a while, Lin Yun went in without discussing with the others.

Because Lin Yun knew that even so other accursed place would be better than remaining in a Ti Cage. Even if the flow of ti seed normal to them, who would dare guarantee that the flow of ti would always remain normal? What if it suddenly sped up a thousand tis? They couldn’t stay there.

Lin Yun was already prepared for the worst when he entered the Teleportation Gate, so that he wouldn’t be surprised even if he stepped into the Abyss.

But, when the surroundings stopped twisting and settled down, Lin Yun found out that he had entered a treasury.

“No way...” Lin Yun was dumbstruck as he looked around. This was simply an alchemy paradise. All kinds of magic materials were piled up like mountains, and even with Lin Yun’s knowledge and experience, he was almost blinded on the spot.

‘This... Could this be Vaughn’s collection?’ Suyass suddenly ca out of the Teleportation Gate, and when he noticed the magic materials, he had the sa shocked expression as Lin Yun.

Of these two, one was from the holy land of alchemy, the rcury Tower, and had seen countless magic materials throughout his life, while the other one was from 30,000 years in the future, and although he hadn’t seen such magic materials with his own eyes, he had read countless illustrated handbooks and references, and the breadth of his knowledge was extrely vast.

It was natural for these two to be so shocked when facing such a collection.

The treasury was ten ters high and at least a kiloter across. It was paved with moonstone and ivory rocks, and over a hundred chests were piled up on both sides. Each of those was filled with more magic materials.

If these magic materials were exchanged for golds, then there would be enough to buy Thousand Sails City ten tis over...