Chapter 300 - Empire of Magic, the Magic Academy
Ling Jiu obviously did not go to Magic Beast Forest for a meal. He was there to look for the Nine-winged Snake.
According to the Nine-headed Snake, the Nine-winged Snake was sealed beneath Magic Beast Forest.
Under the Nine-headed Snake"s lead, Ling Jiu quickly found the place where the Nine-winged Snake was sealed.
Just like its name, the Nine-winged Snake had nine pairs of golden wings. Its body was a s.h.i.+mmering crimson as if it was made out of reddish gold. It looked very powerful and domineering.
As the saying ent, when old friends met, tears were bound to flow. The Nine-headed Snake and the Nine-winged Snake had not seen each other for more than 5,000 years, and old friends were too shallow a descriptor for them.
The two actually hugged each other and bawled... leaving Ling Jiu speechless for a while.
After crying for a good while, the two behemoths calmed down a little.
"Kleis, let me introduce him to you!"
The Nine-headed Snake wiped the tears from the corner of its eyes before it pointed at Ling Jiu and said, "This is my current master. It was he who freed me."
The Nine-winged Snake looked at Ling Jiu directly. Before Ling Jiu spoke, it said, "Hurry up and set me free. I am willing to submit to you. I"ve had enough of this forsaken place. As long as I am free, I am willing to do anything."
Since it was willing to submit, then there was no need to waste words. Ling Jiu enslaved the Nine-winged Snake and released it.
"Hahahaha, I"m finally out!
"I"m finally out!"
The free Nine-winged Snake was reminiscent of Sun Wukong1 when it escaped as it shot toward the earth above its head.
Boom!
The hard ground broke like tofu as a ma.s.sive gaping hole was blasted through it.
The Nine-winged Snake dashed up all the way and finally broke through the surface to the world outside. It then flapped its wings and flew freely in the sky.
It had been down there for far too long.
Sun Wukong had only been suppressed under Mount Wuzhi for 500 years. Plus, he could still see the scenery outside, eat the occasional peach, get caught in the rain, take a bird poo bomb, or have the occasional chat with the shepherd boy.
The Nine-winged Snake was different. It had been sealed underground for a whole 5,000 years. The only thing it could look at was boiling magma; its environment was far worse than Sun Wukong"s.
One could imagine how excited it was once it was free!
The Nine-tailed Snake was sealed in the Magic Empire.
The Magic Emire was one of the four great empires on Auguland. It had very few soldiers, with almost all of them being spellcasters.
Of course, nominally speaking, the so-called magicians are just a group of Arcanists with manipulation-type Arcanas.
After half an hour, the three arrived at Douglas City, the capital of the Magic Empire.
Unlike other empires on Auguland, the supreme ruler of the Magic Empire was not a king or an emperor, but the Douglas Academy of Magic.
As the magic academy founded by Douglas, the G.o.d of Magic, the Douglas Academy of Magic was the highest ruling inst.i.tution of the empire, and the Chancellor was the nation"s top ruler.
Currently, the Chancellor"s office in Douglas Academy was full of people. The Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor, and all of the top echelons of the academy were all there. Any one of them was a pillar of the empire.
However, at that moment, the atmosphere in the office was rather solemn. No one said anything. Some were silent and some were tapping on the table...
The atmosphere was very dour!
"Everyone, silence will not solve this problem."
After a long while, an old man with gray hair spoke slowly.
"News from the Empire of Light and Magic Beast Forest indicate that the outlander demon has rescued the Nine-headed Demon and the Nine-winged Demon. Their next goal is very obvious, the Nine-tailed Demon. We need to come up with a countermeasure."
"Chancellor, we all know his purpose, but what can we do? That guy even killed the G.o.d of Light." A Deputy Chancellor smiled bitterly.
The Chancellor fell silent again.
Yes, the other party had even murdered the G.o.d of Light. What use would there be even if they came up with a plan? In the face of absolute power, everything was in vain.
"Chancellor, can we do nothing like the beasts of Magic Beast Forest and allow that outlander demon to rescue the Nine-tailed Demon?"
A young man who had just been promoted into the academy"s leaders.h.i.+p mustered up some courage to speak after he saw everyone keeping quiet.
As soon as the words came out, the Chancellor and the others smiled bitterly at each other.
"What"s the matter, Chancellor? Did I misspeak?"
"No, you did not."
The Chancellor smiled bitterly. "It"s not that we haven"t thought of the same thing before, but the problem is, it"s impossible for him to take the Nine-tailed Demon away."
"Why is that so, Chancellor?"
The young man frowned hard. "Isn"t the Nine-tailed Demon sealed under the academy? Why won"t it work?"
The Headmaster smiled bitterly. "Because it"s not there anymore!"
"Not there anymore?"
The young man was taken aback.
Knock, knock, knock...
There was a sudden knocking on the door.
"Who"s knocking on the door this time? Don"t they know that we are discussing something important?"
One of the academy leaders murmured in dissatisfaction and walked to the door to open it. Just as he was about to give the other party a few choice words, a young man unexpectedly walked in.
Upon seeing this person, the facial expressions of the Chancellor and several other academy leaders changed drastically. They stood up uncontrollably and looked at the youth with horror.
"Did you just say that the Nine-headed Snake is gone?"
The youth found a free spot to sit down as he frowned and looked at the Chancellor with doubt. "What do you mean?"
"Sir..."
The Chancellor swallowed his saliva and said, "Five hundred years ago, the Nine-headed Snake sealed underground was taken away by the G.o.d of Magic."
"Are you for real?"
The youth frowned. "You should know the price for lying to me."
"I wouldn"t dare, Sir!" the Chancellor said hurriedly.
"It was indeed taken away by the G.o.d of Magic."
"Oh, I see!"
The youth stood up. "You may carry on with your business."
As he said that, he left the office.
Dus.h.!.+
The Chancellor sat down in his chair, panting heavily with the frightened expression of one who had just escaped death.
...
"Leoux, have you found where the G.o.d of Magic is?" After leaving Douglas Academy, Ling Jiu flew to outer s.p.a.ce.
The G.o.ds of this world all lived in the divine realm, and the so-called divine realms were mostly other planets.
However, a specific one needed to be searched slowly, and in order to save trouble, Ling Jiu had asked Leoux to start searching long ago.
"Ling Jiu, I wouldn"t have known if I didn"t search for it, but boy was I surprised."
Leoux sn.i.g.g.e.red and said, "I found an Auguland satellite to be very interesting."
"What do you mean?"
Ling Jiu was surprised.
"Auguland has six satellites, and five of them are very normal, but the Gene Arcana on one, no, rather, the Dark Bio-energy on one of them is very rich."
Leoux continued, "The Dark Bio-energy concentration on that satellite is almost as good as that on Whitehole 5. Won"t you say that"s pretty magical?"
"You mean to say..."
Ling Jiu"s eyes lit up as he thought of the possibility.
"Your guess may likely be true."
Leoux laughed and said, "This satellite is like Ganymede in your Solar System. It must be connected to a planet close to a Whitehole, hence such rich Dark Bio-energy!"
"Lead the way, we"ll rush over incognito."
"Understood!"
Under Leoux"s guidance, Ling Jiu quickly ventured to outer s.p.a.ce and locked onto that star with Dark Bio-energy, flying toward it. a character from Journey to the West