Extraordinary in Reality Through Magic Games

442: Chapter 428 Anti-theft (Text will be updated in one hour)Zhang Mu sat on the edge of the bed, watching Gezhe with a worried gaze, perfectly feigning the role of an ordinary human concerned for his friend’s safety.

In reality, the two were communicating via telepathy.

—Gezhe, how long do you plan on lying in bed?

—The original plan was to act immediately after entering the Magic Array, but the situation has changed.

—How so?

—Whether the mission to destroy the life tree succeeded or not, I was certain to die. But now, it seems I won’t have to.

—Please finish it all at once, can you stop with the nonsense?

—The life tree is sick; it’s withering. Once the life tree is completely dead, the strength of the Elf King and that stupid Treant will plummet.

—And so?

—Once their level drops to the Saint rank, I alone can easily slaughter the entire Elf Clan.

Zhang Mu leaned back slightly, becoming curious about Gezhe’s origins.

According to the information revealed by Aunt Sadou, those with Gods Blessing on the Saul Continent carry various restrictions.

The details were unclear, but one thing was certain: those with Gods Blessing cannot freely use magic within their rank. Once the limit is exceeded, they would likely face something terrifying.

Under this premise, Gezhe was willing to face that terror just to plot the destruction of the Elf Clan. Just how deep was their grudge?

Zhang Mu didn’t know what kind of existence this ”terror” was, but for it to make so many Gods Blessing holders on the Saul Continent so wary that they hadn’t had a major war for thousands of years—or even dared to hold friendly spars—it couldn’t be simple.

Hmm? A battle between Gods Blessing holders?

A flash of inspiration crossed Zhang Mu’s mind.

Gods Blessing, major war, none for thousands of years... when was the most recent battle at the Gods Blessing level?

Scenes of Avril recounting the Elf Clan’s past surfaced before his eyes. Zhang Mu looked at Gezhe with a strange expression.

—Hey, Gezhe.

—Speak.

—Are you one of the three Gods Blessing holders who teamed up years ago to steal the tear drop?

Gezhe didn’t reply and seemed to fall silent, his relaxed right hand slowly clenching into a fist.

After a long while.

—Yes.

—It really is you?

—I thought you would have guessed it long ago.

—Uh, mainly because I didn’t think a person could be shameless to this extent.

Zhang Mu said without any tact.

—I don’t understand.

—Getting injured while trying to rob someone, and then coming back to kill them under the guise of ’revenge’... an ordinary person really couldn’t pull that off.

—You’ve seen too little of human despicableness.

—I’ve seen plenty, but most of those people have ’despicable’ written all over their faces.

—Heh.

—Don’t ’heh’ me. Let me ask you something. I heard one died and two escaped, meaning two others are still alive. If you’re back to cause trouble for the Elf Clan, isn’t the other person helping?

—The rumors say one died and two escaped, but in fact, two died and one was heavily injured.

Zhang Mu understood; Gezhe was the one who was heavily injured.

—You’re quite loyal, still thinking about avenging your friends.

—You’re thinking too much. Re-entering the Elf Clan is only to heal my injuries, and the magic item that can heal me is a supreme treasure of the Elf Clan. I can’t get it without exterminating them.

As for their deaths, what does that have to do with me?

Sorry, I overestimated your moral bottom line.

Zhang Mu silently apologized in his heart for his rashness, then stood up and walked toward the cell door.

Gezhe’s goal was to destroy the life tree. Now that the life tree was mysteriously withering, he didn’t need to act and could just wait quietly. Zhang Mu, however, could not.

His goal for this trip was to obtain the tear drop of the life tree. If the tree died, what tear drop would there be to talk about?

He had to find a way to save the tree first. As for whether the Elf Clan would be willing to give him an extremely precious tear drop, or how Zhang Mu would seize it if they refused, that was all for later.

Of course, this could not be exposed, otherwise Gezhe would erupt on the spot.

Without the advantages of the Shadow Technique and Transformation Technique, Zhang Mu didn’t think he, a Magister, could take down a Gods Blessing holder.

Although he wasn’t without means of retaliation, that nuclear bomb thing... this was Frederica’s hometown after all. Zhang Mu didn’t want to destroy it unless he was cornered.