What witch? The Deadly Pharmacist!

Frey was startled, while Leon had already reached out his hand, responding to the instinctive call and making contact with the blood of Moirai.

The next moment, the blood fairy flew into his palm, rested on it, and then merged into it, as if it had been directly absorbed by his palm.

The scorching magic flowed into Leon's body, and at that moment he felt his blood begin to boil.

A deluge of information began to flood his brain. He saw a spiderweb of magical links starting from this labyrinth and connecting with labyrinths all over the world. He began to be able to sense the existence of other labyrinths in the world, just like Queen Alice!

"Ugh!" Fred shivered without warning.

She sensed that the cursed blood implanted by Leon within her body suddenly became active, and its powerful energy began to merge into Leon's blood, amplifying his sensitivity to the cursed blood outside his body and triggering Freyd's instinctive fear.

Fortunately, Leon quickly suppressed the power, began to familiarize himself with it, and tried to control it.

Fred finally recovered and cautiously asked Leon, "You... have become a saint?"

She hadn't expected the fusion of Leon's and Moirai's blood to be so smooth, without even needing a ritual.

Judging from this, it seems as if it were his destiny to become a saint of the witch.

"Not yet, for now." Leon sensed that the surrounding magic was continuously flowing into his body.

He was like a container that could hold Moirai's magic. After merging with Moirai's blood, the container suddenly increased in size by dozens of times, causing the surrounding magic to automatically pour into his body, but it could never be filled.

Even after becoming a saint of the witch, he still needs to draw magic from the labyrinth to replenish himself in order to reach the pinnacle of power. Fortunately, at this level, he doesn't seem to need to proceed step by step. His enormous capacity allows him to absorb magic at will. As long as the amount is large enough, he doesn't need to spend several years slowly absorbing the labyrinth's magic as he did before when advancing in rank.

The magical flow at the source of this great labyrinth is several times that of other labyrinths, making the Fountain of Youth a suitable place for him to replenish this part of his power.

Of course, this is all predicated on the fact that the Fountain of Youth can continue to exist.

"Leon, we might have to leave quickly!" Fred whispered a reminder.

Her barrier was about to collapse and most likely wouldn't hold until they surfaced. They now needed to use the talisman to forcibly teleport outside.

Moreover, the red mercury is slowly falling and will eventually spread to the entire Fountain of Youth. It is estimated that the fountain will not be able to be saved. Leon finally became the master of the Great Labyrinth of Elland, but after the core of the labyrinth was eroded by the red mercury, it will probably take a long time to repair it.

But how easy is it to stop the mercury from igniting?

Leon looked up and saw a fiery red, magma-like mass spreading downwards.

After a moment's thought, he began to exercise his powers.

The half-formed monster remains, or rather, embryos, suddenly began to move, rising to the surface. More and more monster embryos began to form in the water, and large monsters, small monsters, animals, plants, and even some slime mold microorganisms began to merge together, forming a barrier of flesh and biological remains, blocking the middle of the spring.

Then Leon raised his hand, and suddenly clusters of deep purple water began to appear out of thin air in the spring—he transformed this magical spring water into cursed blood. The cursed blood rose and came into contact with the biological barrier, and the creatures that made up the barrier immediately began to die and petrify.

Chapter 711 Third-Order Time Acceleration

A barrier of petrified biological remains lies across the middle of the spring, and it gradually thickens under Leon's repeated summoning and killing, eventually blocking the flow of magic within the spring.

The ink-red mercury energy reached this layer, igniting the remaining magic, but soon there was no more magic to devour it.

As the fuel gradually decreased, the flickering crimson flames on the water's surface subsided, followed by the slow diffusion of red mercury energy within the water.

Starting from the water's surface, the fiery red color gradually fades, forming a new gradient layer in the water, and finally subsides.

Leon could sense that the red mercury energy threatening the labyrinth had dissipated on its own.

Frey also sensed the changes above; Leon's power was now sufficient to alter the terrain of the labyrinth to some extent.

Leon gestured to Fred, indicating that they could surface.

Instead of using the albatross compass to manipulate the water, he began to try to manipulate the magic around him.

In this activated labyrinth, the parts that were not burned by the red mercury still retain a dense magical power that is unmatched by other labyrinths, and he is now the master of the labyrinth, and has also absorbed the blood of Moirai.

A slender figure slowly emerged from the bottom of the water, and a snake-shaped skeleton coalesced in the red water. Flesh and internal organs emerged on the skeleton like bubbles, growing out on their own, from muscles to skin, and then layers of scales.

In just a moment, a sea dragon appeared directly below them.

"You created this?" Freyd asked in surprise.

A level four monster can be created with ease. You should know that such a level four marine monster is enough to contend with an imperial warship full of elite knights!

This creativity is probably limited to this labyrinth. At the same time, such a huge monster would consume a lot of magic energy once it leaves the labyrinth area, but this production efficiency is enough to influence naval battlefields at the national war level.

In fact, the Imperial Church's attempt to concentrate naval forces to conquer the island defenses of Moiland failed more than a decade ago because a considerable number of high-level marine monsters appeared on the battlefield.

Those monsters are highly suspected to be creations of Queen Alice of Moyland.

Leon answered with actions. With a thought, he gestured to the sea dragon, and the newly born sea dragon immediately began to move, raising its head and accelerating its ascent.

Fred understood that Leon intended for the sea dragon to bring them to the surface, so he controlled the barrier of the sacred land to prevent it from generating too strong a repulsive force, allowing the sea dragon to carry both of them, along with the barrier, in its mouth.

At that moment, Leon activated the power of the Supreme God, accelerating time.

At the moment of merging with the blood of Moirai, what broke through the limitations like a hatching shell was not only his witch power, but also his supreme divine blessing.

As he had anticipated, by obtaining the blood of Moirai, he also gained the key to significantly interfere with the development of the world in this timeline, and the upper limit of the Supreme God's blessing was also broken.

Third-order time acceleration caused a domain to expand around him, enveloping him and Princess Freyd.

The premonition naturally activated in his consciousness. Leon saw a future where they were carried to the surface by the sea dragon and then spat onto the shore. He subconsciously selected the point in time when they were spat onto the shore, as if he had pressed play in a fast-forwarded scene.

The flow of time around them suddenly distorted, and then the scene before Leon and Princess Fred suddenly changed. As if the world was spinning, they were instantly teleported to the shore from where they were in the water.

Leon didn't feel anything was amiss, after all, he had already demonstrated the process of going from underwater to land in his premonition.

Princess Frederick seemed a little out of place. She suddenly jumped from underwater onto the shore, exclaimed "Eh!" and almost lost her balance and fell. Fortunately, Leon caught her in time.

Three seconds later, the water behind them suddenly burst open, and the sea dragon summoned by Leon rushed out of the water, carrying a barrier in its mouth, inside which were the two of them.

Leon looked back and focused his consciousness on Frey in the afterimage, only to find that there was no trace of the cursed blood on Frey.

He activated his accelerator and drew his gun, aiming at the side of the barrier where Frey was located. Normally, the bullet should have been deflected, but this time it passed through the barrier as if it didn't exist.

Leon realized that he and Frey on the other side probably didn't have physical bodies either; they were just afterimages of the two of them from the previous timeline. Only the sea dragon that had interacted with them in this timeline could still interact with them normally.

At this moment, Leon controlled the sea dragon to stop moving and release its mouth, taking a different action than he had predicted, which was to spit them onto the shore.

Normally, their afterimages should fall into the water, but instead, they flew towards the shore as predicted, landed in their current position, and disappeared, as if they had naturally merged with them.

Princess Freyde frowned. The memories that had shifted from the water to the shore caught up with her at this point in time along with the afterimage, allowing her to "recall" how she had gotten to the shore.

"What's going on?" Realizing she had been blessed by Leon, she quickly turned to Leon and asked.

“Third-order time acceleration, I just wanted to try it out. Tell me, how did you feel just now?” Leon looked at Fred seriously.

He had already gained a general understanding after experiencing it himself, but when he discovered that he could also use his time acceleration on other people, he needed to conduct interviews to gain a deeper understanding.

"I feel like I was teleported here, and then that phantom followed me to the shore. That's when I remembered that I was brought here by the monster you summoned," Freyd truthfully recounted her feelings.

"I see." Leon began to sort things out in his mind.

The third-order time acceleration seems to allow him to anticipate his own and others' movements, then choose a specific point in time to directly jump to that point in time with his target, achieving a state of near-instantaneous teleportation.

After the jump, he and the target seem to leave behind only observable afterimages in the same spot, and then act as predicted until the jump point is played.

Leon's own precognitive memories will not be inaccurate, but those affected by his ability will experience memory gaps after the accelerated jumps. Only after the afterimages finish playing will those affected regain their original timeline memories at the predicted future point in time.

Chapter 712: It Depends on My Mood

By jumping to a future state, one can eliminate a short period of time for oneself and a specific target, turning both parties into afterimages that can only be observed, and also causing the other party to experience temporary memory impairment.

Unless the other party also possesses the blessing of a supreme god who can foresee the future, being affected by this ability will inevitably result in a breach in their consciousness.

Upon further reflection, Leon discovered that this powerful ability was not limited to this.

Normally, the fact that such an accelerated timeline jump occurs implies that the future has already been altered.

To an observer who is not being teleported, his ability would appear to teleport instantly, which would cause others to take actions different from what Leon originally foresaw.

But just like how Leon manipulated the sea dragon to stop bringing them to the shore, even if the timeline is changed, the predetermined outcome of him and Frey appearing on the shore will not change.

This means that no matter how the future changes, the target he chooses can jump to the predetermined outcome according to the timeline he foresees, and then he and the target will obtain the memories they foresees.

In other words, if several possibilities exist for the future a few seconds from now, Leon can directly select that possibility and jump to the result he wants.

Even if things eventually develop in a different direction, it won't change the outcome he chose—of course, this probably only applies to himself and those who benefited from his abilities, and it's also on the premise that the outcome he chose is possible.

“This is a bit complicated to explain, and we’ll probably have to do some more research,” Leon replied to Fred.

This wasn't an excuse; he genuinely found it difficult to explain his understanding of this ability in a short time.

In fact, due to the limitations of time acceleration, there are very few people in the history of the church who have honed time acceleration to the second level. He and Reginald were able to withstand the distorting effect of time acceleration by relying on other blessed amplification physiques.

He is probably the first person in church history to accelerate time to the third level.

This makes the ability even more valuable, since the most difficult thing to defend against is the lack of intelligence.

Fred didn't press further. She relaxed completely and leaned limply against Leon, panting heavily.

This mission was extremely taxing on her; she had never sustained the power of blessing for such a long time before, almost exceeding her previous limits.

"Are you alright?" Leon asked with concern, supporting her shoulders.

Fred looked up at Leon, who was about to help her up, and chuckled softly, "That's rare, you actually show concern for me?"

“I wouldn’t have gotten this far without you. It may sound a bit hypocritical to you, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Your Highness Fred,” Leon said solemnly.

“Then you can…” Fred tried to make the request half-jokingly.

"I cannot remove the cursed blood within you for the time being," Leon said in advance, having anticipated what Fred was about to say.

"Well, your thanks are a bit insincere," Fred teased Leon.

“I’m not thinking about threatening you with the Cursed Blood right now. If you continue to be on my side, the dangers we’ll face will only increase. The Cursed Blood allows me to sense you and have a general understanding of your situation,” Leon said.

"You mean this is still protecting me?" Fred raised an eyebrow.

“It’s alright if you don’t believe me. I can only give you one guarantee: I won’t harm you casually, and if conditions allow, I will take back the cursed blood and set you free,” Leon said, looking at Fred.

"Whether you guarantee it or not makes no difference to me, I can't control you anyway." Fred didn't care at all. She regained some strength, stood up with her hands on Leon's shoulders, and put a little distance between them. "If you really feel indebted to me, you might as well answer my question honestly. How does it feel to receive the power of a saint?"

She was genuinely curious. Becoming a saint in this world was practically the pinnacle of power, making one virtually invincible except for Queen Alice, who was of the same level.

This was a goal she had longed for but had almost no chance of achieving. In her view, once one reached that level, one's mindset should change to some extent.

"Fusing with the blood of Moirai has indeed enhanced my power, but that's just a key inserted into the lock. To open the door, I still need to meet certain conditions; I haven't reached the level of a saint yet," Leon said truthfully.

“But the most difficult hurdle has been overcome, and the power of the saints is now in your hands, isn’t it?” Fred said.

After fusing with the blood of Moirai, he could feel that his capacity as a power vessel had increased significantly, but his vessel was not yet full.

He has already touched the door to the power of the saints and inserted the key, but to push the door open and enter, he still needs to cross a threshold.

He understood the conditions for crossing the threshold the moment he fused with the blood of Moirai; it wasn't actually that difficult, he just needed to go with the flow.

It would be accurate to say that the power of the saints has already been obtained.

“I’m so glad. This power gives me a sense of security, and I’ve always wanted this kind of security.” Leon said this with a sigh of relief. “I think you can understand how insecure I’ve been in this line of work. Manpower, power, and resources are all external things. Only the power that you hold in your own hands is real.”

"Just to ensure safety?" Fred couldn't help but feel a little bored upon hearing this answer. "Your ambition seems a bit small. Is it enough for someone who is about to stand at the pinnacle of power to simply ensure their own safety?"

With this power and the influence you have gained, you can now conquer the entire empire, bring the surrounding countries under your control, and make the whole continent yours for the taking.

Then, embark on an expedition to Moiland. With your saintly power, which rivals that of the Queen, and the technology you possess, even the Witch Kingdom might not be able to fight back. In this way, conquering the entire world and becoming the world's supreme ruler is not impossible.

When all the world's resources are yours, and everyone obeys you, you could even aspire to the throne of a god…

"Is this something you've always wanted to do?" Leon couldn't help but interrupt Frey's reverie.

"Well, I have thought about it, but I know it's not possible for me," Fred replied truthfully.

"I don't have any related thoughts. I have occasionally thought about ascending to the throne of a god, but I'm just curious whether such a thing is even possible," Leon replied after thinking for a moment.

“But you have this option now,” Fred said.

“Oh, that depends on my mood,” Leon replied without hesitation.

Chapter 713 The Princess's Confession

"The option of taking control of the world, or even ascending to the throne of a god, is right in front of you, but are you just going to treat it as a backup option?"

Fred looked at Leon with great interest.

She considers herself to be very similar to Leon in their pursuit of the extraordinary, and even to be kindred spirits.