Wizard Earl

Chapter 393 Abyss Chains

Looking at the specially made steel plate that had been erected, a cold glint flashed in Connor's eyes. The two shadow chains that condensed in his hands, enveloped in mysterious black flames, lashed out at the steel plate like a huge black shadow.

"boom!"

As the Shadow Chain struck the steel plate, a tremendous roar erupted throughout the basement. The next second, Connor's face was filled with astonishment. The specially made steel plate struck by the Shadow Chain shattered on the spot, breaking into countless pieces of steel slag that fell to the basement floor.

With a flick of his wrist, Connor caught several pieces of steel scrap in his hand. After examining the scrap and confirming that there was nothing wrong with the steel plate, Connor still found it hard to believe that this steel plate, which he had meticulously refined through several processes and whose hardness was comparable to a first-tier defensive enchanted item, had been turned into steel scrap by a single blow from his evolved Shadow Chains!

Throwing away the steel slag, Connor turned his attention back to the Shadow Chains. After testing the power of the evolved Shadow Chains, Connor felt he had gained a new understanding of them. It turned out that the mysterious runes engraved on the Shadow Chains hadn't disappeared but had instead hidden themselves. Only when Connor used the Shadow Chains to attack would these mysterious runes reappear, and their color had changed from the initial black to a dark purple with an ancient aura.

A satisfied smile appeared on Connor's lips. Although he had almost lost his life while pushing the Shadow Chains to evolve, the power of the evolved chains had completely exceeded Connor's expectations. The original, un-evolved Shadow Chains couldn't completely shatter the steel plate; they could only break it, and even that required sustained attacks for several tens of seconds. Connor roughly estimated that the evolved Shadow Chains were at least five times more powerful than before!

Moreover, Connor's intuition told him that the dark purple mysterious runes that had been hidden from the Shadow Chains after their evolution were not as simple as they seemed. They must have some magical function waiting for him to discover!

"Although I don't know the reason for the evolution of the Shadow Chains, since their power has increased so much, calling them Shadow Chains seems a bit inappropriate. Let's call them... Abyss Chains!"

After a quick glance, Connor renamed his innate spell to distinguish it from the Shadow Chains before its evolution.

When Connor discovered that the Shadow Chains had begun to evolve after he became a high-ranking wizard apprentice, he was naturally very surprised and astonished. Besides using the auxiliary chip to determine whether the evolution of the Shadow Chains was beneficial or harmful, Connor also tried to use it to analyze what caused this magical evolution that was not recorded in any ancient texts. However, due to insufficient data, the auxiliary chip could not construct a model, making it impossible to analyze the reasons for the sudden magical evolution of the Shadow Chains. This undoubtedly disappointed Connor greatly and intensified his curiosity about the cause of the Shadow Chains' magical evolution!

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"Why do I have to come here in person to pick it up? Wouldn't it be better to leave it in that warehouse?" In the grove of Kane Park on the outskirts of Loen, Margaret, her figure and appearance concealed by a thick robe and a white veil, complained to Connor standing before her.

Hearing Margaret's complaint, Connor retorted somewhat irritably, "Please, do you know what I'm giving you? It's an alchemical bomb! With a mere thought, you could blow up a building. How could I possibly leave it in that warehouse for you to retrieve? If something were to happen, we'd be in deep trouble!"

After saying that, Connor looked around to make sure that there was no one else besides Margaret and himself. Then he took out a small wooden box that looked like a ring box from his spatial ring and handed it to Margaret with great care.

Taking the small wooden box from Connor's hand, Margaret's eyes flashed with doubt, and she said with some disbelief, "This little thing can destroy a building? The alchemical bomb I used last time was a full half-square meter in size, and it didn't even crack that tombstone!"

"Heh!" Hearing Margaret compare her prized crystal alchemical bomb to ordinary alchemical bombs, Connor immediately let out a disdainful sneer. He said calmly, "Go to a place you consider safe and undetectable before opening this box. Use your mental power to enter the crystal inside and leave your mental imprint on the first barrier. To use it, simply trigger the first barrier. I suggest you stay far away!"

Hearing Connor's words, Margaret, somewhat skeptical, placed the small wooden box containing the refined essence bomb into her spatial ring. After a moment's hesitation, she said to Connor, "Be careful not to reveal our whereabouts these days!"

Upon hearing Margaret's words, Connor's eyes narrowed immediately, and he pressed Margaret for an answer: "Is something about to happen?"

Margaret shook her head and explained, "After the Bomber incident, several of Lenglet's men from headquarters were ambushed and all perished. Following that incident, Lenglet lost face within the Church of Loen and went into seclusion for a while. However, he's become active again these past few days, searching for an alchemist with intermediate wizard apprenticeship skills!"

When she said "an alchemist with the cultivation of an intermediate wizard apprentice," Margaret emphasized her words and looked at Connor with a half-smile.

Connor spread his hands dramatically, seemingly aggrieved, and said, "This is truly a case of collateral damage when the city gates catch fire! I'm a senior wizard apprentice now!"

Watching Connor's exaggerated acting, Margaret pointed at him and shook her head with a wry smile, saying, "In short, I don't know if he's looking for you, but let me tell you, Lenglet is a ruthless character, not as simple as you think!"

Without saying a word, in the warm sunlight shining through the woods, Connor smiled and nodded to Margaret!

(End of this chapter)