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Chapter 431 The Strength of the Shelter

Lin Gui initially told her that the most suitable ally was a half-demon.

Elvia didn't take it seriously.

Half-demons are few in number and suffer from a fate even lower than the lowest class, which has always made this group weak.

To put it bluntly, Elvia believed that the half-demon's revenge against the Forest Demons and the Forest Demons' revolution were less valuable than the old men and women and the smelly beggars who came and went to mail letters outside the post office.

At least the large number of displaced people could provide them with intelligence value.

Just like in the capital of Carter, she built an intelligence network by relying on commoners, adventurers, and people from the bottom of society, which somehow propelled her, who had no background whatsoever, to the point of contending for the throne.

But what good is a half-demon?

A half-demon at the bottom of society, lacking both resources and connections.

The Shia I met in Karan City was already the strongest half-demon Elvia had ever seen.

This is also thanks to the fact that Kalan is not connected to the Alliance's transportation network, so the discrimination against half-demons has not affected them.

Can a half-demon become an adventurer?

This is something that would be unimaginable for King Carter.

And now Lin Gui is telling her.

There was a legendary mid-level half-demon.

And he's the most resource-intensive mage, a mage who can drain the royal family dry just by becoming a legendary figure?

Elvia's first thought was that Lin Gui was teasing her.

This is far more outrageous than the ridiculous story he made up.

Commoners and refugees might produce a few legendary physical class warriors through fighting, but they could never produce a legendary mage.

In the Golden Age, magic was a luxury, something only nobles and wealthy families could afford.

Elvia stared blankly at Lin Gui.

Lin Gui said calmly.

"Do you think the half-demons here are weak if they can build a shelter in the barren wasteland?"

"You might stumble upon a legend at any corner here."

"Let alone setting up a shelter, anyone who can survive here for a month would have to be an extremely powerful individual."

Lin Gui had guessed from the beginning that the half-demons here were not simple.

Is it possible to settle down in a forbidden area?

This reminded him of Avalon.

Avalon's high-end combat power is in no way inferior to that of Shield City.

To his surprise, the leader of the half-demons was a legendary mage, which was somewhat unexpected.

Elvia rubbed her temples.

She turned around abruptly, grabbed Guy's shoulders, and asked him seriously.

"How strong are the half-demons in your sanctuary?"

"How many people, how many extraordinary individuals, how many legends?"

Guy was startled by her sudden action.

His body tensed instinctively, and he watched her warily.

But his wariness only lasted a short while before he honestly revealed the information about the shelter.

This seems like a very sensitive topic, but it doesn't really matter anymore.

The mages who came to hunt them were probably more aware of the strength of the Sanctuary's half-demons than Guy was.

Guy just didn't know why Elvia wanted to know these things.

He paused for a moment, then slowly began to speak.

"Morgan, a legendary mid-level mage."

"Two legendary lower-ranking assassins."

"A legendary lower-ranking knight."

"Twelve high-level extraordinary beings, twenty-nine mid-level extraordinary beings, seventy-nine low-level extraordinary beings..."

Elvia's eyelids twitched violently as she listened.

This is... almost as big as the capital of Carter.

Is this really a half-demon?

Eileen, who had been silent all along, interjected.

"After the first vote, when more than half of the councilors agreed, Lord Morgan of the Thousand Towers began to gather all the half-demons in the central city-state to go to the Thousand Towers."

"But most half-demons are too scattered, so he gathers those who are capable of crossing the wilderness, the elite of the half-demons."

"In terms of strength, they are no weaker than ordinary city-states."

That's why she decided to seek refuge here.

Just thinking of Levy and the current state of the shelter filled her with gloom.

Meanwhile, Elvia's eyes lit up when she learned the true strength of the shelter.

That wasn't just ordinary curiosity, but the instinctive excitement of someone in power when they discover their own power.

As the former most powerful princess in the Carter capital, she had an almost pathological sensitivity to the word "power".

What does it mean that a half-demon has this kind of power?

This means they are not a burden, but a force that can be utilized.

Moreover, they are a very trustworthy and powerful force that could potentially be recruited into their camp.

Her fingers unconsciously clenched around her knees, her thoughts racing.

How to reach out to them, how to win them over, how to turn these people abandoned by the world into weapons in your own hands.

She looked at Guy and asked.

"What about intelligence on the enemies of the sanctuary? Do you know the strength of the mages hunting you?"

Guy gave a wry smile.

"After Levy and the others were captured, Lord Morgan ordered us to disperse and evacuate from the shelter."

"My companions were captured a day ago, so I don't know the enemy's strength."

Elvia frowned.

He turned his head and looked at Eileen.

This person was involved in the hunt and is a member of the Ross family.

Eileen was silent for a moment before speaking.

"A total of twenty-four magic families participated in the hunt."

"Aside from those who were just there to make up the numbers, there are eight major families at the core, all of whom are very prestigious in the magic city."

She paused for a moment, as if recalling the information she had heard.

"The remaining sixteen families... don't worry about them. Their strength is about the same as ours. They're just cannon fodder for the families to clean house. They should all have died on their way here."

She looked ahead at the forest ghost piloting the raft at high speed.

"If it weren't for your secret protection, the Ross family would have been devoured by the demons long ago."

"I don't know how many people from the eight core families have come, or what their strength is."

"But among them, the Eli family, who are skilled in ice magic..."

She was silent for a moment.

"We encountered them before in Deadwood Town, at the Magic Guild."

She looked up at Elvia.

"The Eli family sent a total of ten people: three mages, four guard knights, three assassins... all of them are of the highest rank."

The atmosphere froze instantly.

One family, ten extraordinary individuals who rose to power.

Eight core families, that's eighty extraordinary superiors.

This number and rank absolutely overwhelm the extraordinary strength of the sanctuary.

Eileen stared silently at Elvia, trying to see what kind of reaction this person who intended to interfere in the hunt would have.

As a result, Elvia did not react at all.

Her expression was as calm as if she had heard something trivial.

He just frowned and pressed for an answer.

"What about top-tier combat power?"

Eileen continued to stare at her, seemingly trying to find a clue in her expression.

Not finding the flaw she was looking for, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced around discreetly.

Go on.

"I only know one."

"That is the City of a Thousand Towers, and the newly appointed Tower Master of the Hidden Tower, Edwin Morales."

"A legendary mage, just one step away from epic status."

"It's one of the core elements of this hunt."

Edwin Morales...

Ahead, Lin Gui raised an eyebrow.

He remembered the four people he had met on the way to the magic tower with Freya in Copper Gate City.

The old man in the dark purple robe.

His beard and hair were all white, and his face was thin.

He wore a badge with three gold edges pinned to his chest.

A legend rises to power.

That was Edwin Morales.

The recipient of the fake Sivir's message in Snake Ridge was also this Edwin Morales.

While maneuvering the raft to continue its high-speed pursuit, Lin Gui asked a question.

"The Concealment Magic Tower... I don't remember that the City of a Thousand Towers has this magic tower."

Although Lin Gui only stayed in the Magic City for a short time, he still knew something about the magic towers of the Thousand Towers City.

The politics and power of the city of a thousand towers are all constructed using towers.

Besides the regular communication magic towers, the most important structures are the twelve main towers within the Star Ring, each symbolizing a magician system.

The five lower-level elemental magic towers—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—construct the lower-level five-ring tower.

Ice, electricity, and wind form the central three-ring tower.

Light and darkness form the upper two sub-towers.

The highest tower, the Sky Tower, represents the highest achievement of a mage, symbolizing the pinnacle of a mage's career and an epic ascension.

Throughout Akara's recorded history, only three Epic Mages have ever achieved this status.

Only one remains.

That was Merlin Ambrose, the Great Sage and one of the five pinnacles of the Tower of the Sky.

In addition to these twelve magic towers, there are two special magic towers: the Soul Tower and the Astrology Tower.

But the hidden magic tower...

Lin Gui had never heard of this name before.

Eileen was silent for a moment before explaining.

"Three years ago, after a certain incident, the Dark Magic Tower was delisted and renamed the Concealment Magic Tower."

"And its status was replaced by the Soul Tower, becoming a lower-level tower."

"Elvia interjected."

"Yes, about the undead horde?"

"I saw a report about that incident in the Alliance Daily at the time, and it's said that the City of a Thousand Towers was almost destroyed because of it."

"Furthermore, Akara was created, the first man-made forbidden area, the Bone Highlands."

Elvia remembered that it happened before she went to Karan.

I remember it was about a powerful mage who practiced forbidden magic, awakened the forbidden spirits sleeping underground, and then triggered a catastrophe that killed many people.

"Eileen said calmly."

"right."

She didn't continue, seemingly unwilling to recall the incident.

They simply changed the subject and brought the conversation back to the master of the hidden magic tower.

"Although the Concealment Magic Tower is not as prestigious as other magic towers in the City of a Thousand Towers, in terms of strength, Edwin is still very powerful among the lower-level magic towers."

"Especially his stealth magic."

"I once had the experience of keeping it a secret from a legendary demon."

She looked at Lin Gui and Elvia.

"I don't know how powerful your legendary mage, who hasn't shown up yet, is."

"But in terms of stealth, no mage can surpass Edwin."

Her initial tension and desire to escape prevented her from sensing the strength of Lin Gui and Elvia.

And now...

Two high-ranking superiors?

Two high-ranking beings are planning to remove the magical pillars that maintain the massive barrier of perception.

That magical family, whose members were all exceptionally talented, showed no sign of retreat in their eyes.

Thinking back to how the Ross family had remained unharmed throughout the journey.

Many powerful and legendary demons have passed by without incident.

This convinced Eileen that there must be a legendary mage behind them who was skilled in stealth magic.

Eileen just couldn't understand why the other party hadn't shown up.

She suppressed the doubt in her eyes and looked at Elvia as she continued speaking.

"Edwin's ability to conceal himself is so strong that he can move freely in this forbidden area with other powerful beings."

"And that's what I think is the most difficult part."

Eileen's misunderstanding was within Lin Gui and Elvia's expectations, and they did not expose it.

As for Eileen's warning...

Elvia smiled.

His tone carried a hint of pride.

"Yes, you're right."

"A powerful ability to conceal oneself is indeed a terrifying ability in the wasteland."

"Whether for us or for them."

Elvia's confidence made Irene a little suspicious.

She opened her mouth, as if about to ask something else.

Lin Gui, who was sitting in front, suddenly spoke up.

"Alright, let's leave the conversation here."

His voice was calm, but his tone carried an undeniable air of interruption.

"Time to get to work."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes turned gray.

The Eye of the Underworld opens silently.

Deep within the gray pupils, two blue souls were reflected.

It was moving slowly about two kilometers away in the distance.

It's very slow.

It was eerily slow.

Lin Gui frowned slightly.

A dark veil instantly enveloped the entire raft, causing it to abruptly halt in mid-air.

He maneuvered the raft, silently lifting it upwards.

The view was expansive, and then I looked down again.

In front of those two blue souls.

Under the observation of the forest ghost's soul level, the dead trees on the entire eastern side of the mountain range turned a deep crimson.

The dead trees in that area were taller and thicker than those around them, their canopies blocking out the sun, their branches twisted and gnarled, like countless withered arms reaching towards the sky.

The appearance of these dead trees, apart from their height.

It looks no different from the ordinary dead wood forest around it.

But the crimson color of their souls told Lin Gui that these were living demons.

There are at least a hundred trees, I estimate.

Moreover, their strength is all above the Hero rank.

That was a demon's territory.

The assassin and the wandering knight were heading towards this territory.

Over there, at the edge of the deadwood forest.

The assassin stopped in his tracks.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and he clutched a sound transmission stone in his hand, the stone gleaming with a pale blue light.

"I've told you so many times, I haven't caught that lone half-demon!"

"There was absolutely no concealment!"