Above the mage!

Chapter 271 Drawing the Sword (Part )

In the center of Phoenix stands a building made of white flower stones.

Compared with other graystone buildings, this building is unique in both color and appearance.

It is the residence of Sunaifa.

Having just encountered an attack but escaped unharmed, Godd followed Grant and Catherine into the white stone building.

Sunaifa had been waiting there for a long time.

At home, she no longer wore her battle suit, but changed into a robe woven from dark purple ice silk.

The color of her robe was as deep as the night sky, yet it had a faint blue hue that matched her long silver hair.
The upper body design is close-fitting, which not only outlines Sunaifah's slender and elegant figure, but also does not affect her freedom of movement.

The robe is also embroidered with intricate golden patterns, which are not only beautiful but also have some special meaning.

The cuffs and collar are inlaid with silver lace, and the overall look has a kind of gorgeousness rarely seen in the North.

At the waist, a leather belt holds the robe in place, while the lower body is a long white skirt.

The edge of the skirt was also decorated with gold embroidery, which further added a sense of dignity to Sunaifa.

"Greetings, War Mother!" As soon as the three saw Sunaifa, they bowed to show their respect.

Although Sunaifah is the youngest among the four people present except Gao De, she is the highest among the four in terms of status and strength and deserves respect.

"Please sit down first." Sunaifa, who was sitting next to the white stone table, greeted him.

There were four chairs at the white stone table, and they were fully occupied.

The three of them hesitated for a moment, but finally sat down around the white stone table.

On the table, there were three cups of cold water from an unknown spring, and in the center of each cup of water was a leaf that looked like it was carved from an ice crystal.

As Sunaifa thought about it, the three cups of spring water moved and stopped in front of the three people.

Just one cup per person.

Gao De lowered his eyelids and looked at the leaves in the cup for a few times. He felt that they looked familiar. After looking at them a few more times, he finally confirmed.

"Is this the leaf of the Ice Jade Wutong tree?"

Sunaifa smiled and said, "Yes."

"This is good stuff." Grant saw that Godard and Catherine did not seem to realize the extraordinary nature of the cup of spring water in front of them, so he directly explained it to them.

"In addition to being the clan's guardian tree, the Ice Jade Wutong is actually a fifth-level magical plant."

"The spring water soaked with Ice Jade Sycamore Leaves is actually equivalent to a cup of high-level magic potion. Drinking it can refresh your mind and heal some mental damage. However, the most noteworthy thing is that it can permanently enhance the mage's mental strength."

"It's a pity that this effect of improving mental strength only exists when you drink it for the first time."

He smacked his lips and said regretfully, "I've already drunk it once, so for me now, drinking ice jade sycamore water is just to refresh myself, which is a bit of a luxury."

"Improve mental strength?" After hearing this, Gao De's eyes suddenly lit up and he became alert instantly.

There is no other reason, this effect is too rare and powerful.

Starting from the first level, the improvement of the mage's mental power basically comes from the soul sublimation brought about by the mage's level breakthrough.

Apart from this, at most there are some special expertise or additional abilities of practice that can enhance a little extra mental power.

The channels for improving mental strength are so limited, but its effect is extremely great.

It is related to the mage's spellcasting skills, the stability of continuous casting, the speed of learning spells, the speed of the mage's practice, and even the resistance to certain mental spells.

To be immune to most enchantment spells or illusion spells, one needs a strong mental strength.

Now, just drinking a glass of spring water can enhance your mental strength.

Isn't this like pie falling from the sky? How could Gaode not be excited?
Gao De gently picked up the cup and brought it close to his mouth. Before he took a sip, he already felt a cool breeze rushing into his nostrils.

In an instant, he felt his spirits lifted, as if he had just had a good sleep and became energetic.

He didn't hesitate any longer and drank it all.

The next moment, a cool air flowed into his abdomen along the spring water and then into his brain.

Soon, Gao De felt as if his soul was being cleansed and nourished by this cool air, and then began to explode violently.

It felt like a plant that had been dry for a long time and finally got some rain. It suddenly got enough nutrients and started to grow wildly.

At this moment, his mental strength was increasing violently like a volcanic eruption.

After a dozen breaths, the cool air completely dissipated, and his mind returned to calm, but his heart could not calm down immediately.

Gao De calmed his mind and used the "precise perception" ability he possessed after becoming a formal magician to sense the current total strength of his mental power.

After being promoted one level, his mental strength reached "100".

Now, with just a glass of spring water in his stomach, his mental strength increased to "132".

According to the classification standard of first-ring mages, when liquid mana reaches 40 drops and mental power reaches 133, it is considered the middle stage of the first ring.

And now, although Gao De's magic power is still at 20 drops when he first entered the first ring, his mental power is already infinitely close to the middle stage of the first ring.

On the other side, Catherine and Grant also tasted the Ice Jade Wutong Water.

Although Catherine is a high-level mage, the mental power that can be increased by the Ice Jade Wutong Water is not obvious compared to her total mental power.

But no one would not be happy about this kind of improvement that can be achieved without doing anything.

Grant carefully tasted and experienced the excellent taste of the Ice Jade Wutong Water.

In addition to its own efficacy, the spring water soaked with Bingyu Wutong leaves is cool and refreshing without being irritating, and can be called a premium beverage.

"I heard that you were ambushed by assassins on the way here." At this time, Sunaifa spoke slowly.

The attack happened not far away, and as a war mother, she received the news immediately, but she knew that they had solved it themselves, so she did not show up.

Grant nodded, and the anger that had just subsided surged up again.

"Mother Zhan, whether it's the matter of Jin Hui Mai or this attack, it must be related to Donald!"

"As the great elder of the Zhenbing tribe, Donald has no sense of protecting the tribe. He acts so lawless and even harms the interests of the tribe for his own selfish desires. Mother Zhan, we can no longer tolerate him. We must teach him a lesson this time!"

At this point, Grant's entire body was shaking with anger.

Golden wheat is an important crop of the Zhenbing tribe, directly supplied to the ice mages in the tribe, and Gaode is more related to the advancement of the guardian tree.

No matter which of these two things goes wrong, it will be a major blow to the Zhenbing tribe.

It can be said that if it is found out that Donald is behind these two things, even if he is the chief elder, he will have to step down from this position, and the reformist elders standing on his side will definitely not be able to say a word against him.

Sunaifa naturally understood Grant's anger.

She nodded slightly and said soothingly, "Don't worry, Elder Grant. Donald will not be able to escape this time."

After Grant calmed down a little, Sunaifa tapped the white stone table with his index finger, turned his eyes to Catherine, and said slowly:
"After Elder Grant reported the matter of the Frost Trolls yesterday, I went to investigate the movements of the three Snowfield Guardians during this period." "Archbishop Rune has been in the headquarters during this period and has not gone out. Chief Quentin was recently invited by the Vikings to go to the Viking Wolf Harbor. Only your Holy Inquisitor Ryan is missing."

"But from this perspective, only Inquisitor Ryan has the time and the possibility to kill the frost trolls that haunt the Snover clan camp."

"The human bones found in the Frost Troll territory were brought back by the people sent by Elder Grant to investigate. I checked them. Although the magical power on them is almost dissipated, it does exist."

"It should be left by the skeleton that was resurrected through the forbidden necromancy spell [Manipulate Corpses]."

After Sunaifa finished speaking, Catherine fell into silence.

With so much information in front of us, even if we are not 100% sure that Inquisitor Ryan is the mastermind behind everything, we can at least be 80% to 90% sure.

But even though the facts were right in front of her, she still found it hard to accept.

Among the guardians of the snowfield, Inquisitor Ryan is one of the three most powerful.

As an ancient sect whose doctrine is to protect the snowfield, the people in power actually practice forbidden necromancy and commit murder on the snowfield.

This is a very absurd and ironic thing.

It even made Catherine feel a little ashamed.

"These are all indirect evidence. They cannot be used to directly incriminate Inquisitor Ryan. He can always find excuses to exonerate himself." After a moment's silence, Catherine finally spoke up and expressed her opinion.

What she said was the truth.

Because all the conclusions are inferred based on these facts, there is still a lack of substantial evidence.

"This is not difficult to solve. We just need to arrest Donald and interrogate him, and make him confess the murderer behind the scenes." Grant stood up again and said.

"War Mother, the hunter team that disappeared after the attack and whose bodies reappeared in Phoenix must also be related to Donald."

His tone was firm: "He may not have killed the person, but he must have brought the body into Phoenix."

"These are seven bodies. If Donald hadn't intervened, how could they have been transported to Phoenix quietly?"

After locking on Donald, many previously incomprehensible points now have corresponding reasonable explanations.

There was a hint of deep thought in Sunaifa's eyes.

"As the great elder of the Zhenbing tribe, not only did he not take action to avenge the murderers who killed our tribesmen, but he also colluded with the murderers. This is simply a betrayal of the entire tribe!" Grant had clenched his fists like an angry young man.

Sunaifa was silent for a moment, then said, "Elder Grant, what you said makes sense, but we need solid evidence to take down Donald justifiably."

Gao De, who had been listening in silence, suddenly raised his head when he heard this and asked, "Can I ask a question?"

"You say." Sunaifa nodded.

Gao De asked a question that was not related to the current topic, "How does the Great Elder's strength compare to you, War Mother?"

"He is no match for me." Sunaifa stated in an extremely calm tone.

There are no qualifiers such as "should" or "under normal circumstances". It is an absolute affirmative sentence.

"If that's the case, why do we have to deal with Donald like this? Let's not talk about these things for now. It is true that he wanted to seize the throne in the first place, and he should be punished. Why do you, Mother Zhan, let him continue to be the great elder?" Gao De was puzzled.

Whether in documentary history or fictional movies and novels, those who fail in their bid for the throne never have a good ending.

"Donald has been the Great Elder for more than a hundred years. He has deep roots in the Zhenbing Tribe and has many supporters."

"Besides, he is the strongest person in the tribe besides the War Mother. It is not easy for us northerners to survive on the snowy plains. We must cherish every bit of strength in the tribe."

"If we take action against Donald, the Zhenbing tribe will be seriously injured, and it may even widen the conflicts among the elders, leaving hidden dangers."

"Mother Zhan doesn't want to see this, so she can only restrain herself."

"If we want to take action against Donald, we must have a reason that is reasonable enough that the reformist elders cannot find fault with it."

Grant spread his hands and said helplessly: "Only in this way can we avoid causing major unrest within the tribe."

"But in fact, the loss of a fourth-ringed Iceborn mage is also a serious problem for the True Ice Tribe."

Although he was very dissatisfied with Donald, Grant still gave some affirmation to Donald's importance:

"Moreover, Elder Donald has a wide range of experience. He is the oldest and most experienced person in the tribe. He has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. He has provided guidance to many young Iceborn mages in the tribe, imparted knowledge to them, and helped them grow."

“That’s why he has so many supporters.”

This is equivalent to "an elder in the family is like a treasure". In addition to being the great elder, Donald is also roughly equivalent to a "wise man" in the Zhenbing tribe.

Gao De nodded. In such a harsh environment, any decision really needs to be carefully considered.

Donald has so many supports, so naturally one has to consider a lot before taking action against him. No wonder Sunaifa is so cautious.

He could understand Sunaifa's concerns, but that didn't mean he supported Sunaifa's decision.

In fact, if it were him, he would kill Donald first, and if anyone was dissatisfied, he would kill them all!
Even if the Zhenbing tribe is seriously injured, the worst that can happen is that they can just hold on and start over. This is definitely better than what they are doing now, being schemed against, which is like having a big bomb buried next to them.

But this was Sunaifa's business, he had no right and should not express too many opinions, so after asking, he just nodded and said no more.

Just as Sunaifa was about to say something else, a hunter guard walked in quickly, whispered something in Sunaifa's ear, and then quickly retreated.

After hearing the hunter guard's report, Sunaifa's face turned cold and he stood up suddenly.

This was the first time Sunaifa showed such an "obvious" change of emotion.

"What happened?" Grant asked quickly.

"Donald is now at Bingyu Wutong's place, trying to snatch Flora away by force." Sunaifa said coldly, already angry.

As soon as Sunaifa finished speaking, Gaode stood up in an instant, his face darkening instantly.

He was not too angry when he was attacked before, but when he heard the news, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to Flora," Sunaifa comforted God, "I'll go first to stop Donald."

The next moment, Sunaifa's figure flashed and disappeared.

"Let's go too," Grant said, standing up.

Catherine gave Gode a [Long Stride] shot, and the three of them quickly crossed the street.

After a while, they rushed back to the core spiritual land of Phoenix.

From afar, I could see that the magical ice jade sycamore tree was inexplicably emitting brilliant light, as if it had come alive.

There were so many people surrounding the Ice Jade Wutong tree that it was impossible to see the specific situation.

"I am the pet of Master Gode, invited by your War Mother to supervise the work. I am a guest. You want to capture me now, which is rude. Your War Mother will definitely not let you off!"

From the crowd and the Ice Jade Parasol Tree came Flora's clear but angry voice with clear ideas and smooth logic.

She even knew how to find someone to back her up.

Lady Flora is indeed a wise woman.

(End of this chapter)