Chapter 153: A Chess Piece

Lin Lei lived a secluded life; within a radius of dozens of kilometers, there were no towns, which suited his wish to cultivate in seclusion. Apart from Archmage Merlin, no one would disturb him.

However, such a solitary Mage became the target of certain people, because in this forest, no matter what commotion occurred, no one would discover it within a short time.

The spatial concealment barrier Lin Lei set up could block ordinary people, but it could not stop power ful Mages, nor could it block the detection of the Watcher Civilization’s technology!

Just at dawn on the second day after he sent Merlin away, when the moon of Montokas shed its last ray of light, Lin Lei sensed something. He woke up from his Will Space and opened his eyes.

Lin Lei’s wooden hut was very simple, less than ten square meters, with a round roof, and even the wooden door was hidden behind dense trees. Now, an uninvited guest arrived at this remote location.

A tall man with blond hair and a full beard stood in front of the wooden hut. He exuded a rugged regal aura, just like a male lion.

This kind of temperament, in the Galaxy, only the Starlonian could possess naturally.

His name was Kas, and he was a warrior of the Star Alliance Guard. He came here only to “invite” the Mage inside the hut.

The inhabitants of this Star System had aroused the strong interest of the Star Alliance. Let’s mention one point: the Mage’s Energy Shield!

The stronger the Mage, the more perfect this Energy Shield became. A First-grade Mage’s Energy Shield could defend against one-dimensional Subspace attacks, while a Second-grade one could defend against two-dimensional attacks.

By analogy, a Seventh-grade one could defend against almost all energy attacks. Originally, the Watcher Civilization could also achieve this method of defending against energy attacks, but they could not make the defense generator for dimensional attacks as compact as a person.

The many limitations existing in this were almost insurmountable, which also led to the Watcher Civilization’s Mecha being unable to install full-dimensional protective shields.

Now, the Mages of this Star System gave the Watcher Civilization hope for a breakthrough. Therefore, “inviting” a few Mages to the Star Alliance was the current task of the warriors.

Of course, if normal methods didn’t work, he didn’t mind using tough measures, although he knew the Mage inside the hut was powerful.

Earlier, he had also heard that a colleague was deprived of life in a battle with these Mages, but he was incomparably confident in himself, because in the Star Alliance, he counted as one of the top warriors.

Facing a Mage, the Watcher Race’s active telepathy skill was ineffective; they could not transmit Will fluctuations into the Sea of Will of a Mage who was extremely powerful in this aspect.

However, this did not stump the Star Alliance; the common language of the Andromeda Galaxy had long been thoroughly studied by them and made into a translator.

Kas shouted loudly at the door: “May I ask if the owner here is in?” There was no trace of living people having lived here; if the space detector hadn’t shown the abnormality here, he really wouldn’t have believed that someone in the world would reduce their material needs to such an extent.

These Mages were truly mysterious creatures. Just as Kas was sighing with emotion, a low response came from the wooden hut.

“Traveler from afar, I know your purpose. Go back! You are not welcome here.”

Before becoming a Pan-dimensional Creature, Lin Lei did not want to have too much connection with the Watcher Civilization, even in this Andromeda Galaxy where the Star Alliance’s power could not reach.

Now, he was just an ordinary Archmage in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Didn’t he see that Archmage Saint Anthony was also killed by him back then? Since Lin Lei could kill, there was no reason others couldn’t succeed.

A Pan-dimensional Creature was what guaranteed his most basic confidence. Because at that time, he could come and go freely, and no one could bind him!

But obviously, such words would not make a warrior retreat. Lin Lei certainly anticipated this point. He had quietly and completely sealed the space here, ensuring that anything that happened here would not leak out.

Kas did not notice this change; in fact, the intelligent races of the Galaxy could not detect this point. Even if he carried a Crystallized Mecha, he wouldn’t be able to discover it.

The spaceship the Star Alliance positioned in outer space would only discover that on the Montokas they were monitoring, this area had vanished into thin air!

Lin Lei showed an unwelcoming attitude from the start, and the Mage’s powerful Will, even when spoken in a low voice, revealed an irreversible firmness.

This was a common point of every Mage. What the powerful Will endowed them with was not only the control of energy but also personality traits like stubbornness and resolution.

Weakness and indecision only existed in weak Mages; they would not be seen in Archmage level masters who controlled more than three dimensions.

Kas felt this immediately. He directly equipped the Armor of Light, preparing to forcibly take the person inside away.

But he obviously didn’t expect what kind of existence he was facing!

Not to mention that Lin Lei’s own power surpassed his, just relying on Lin Lei’s understanding of the Star Alliance’s tactics and technology, he only needed a small Curse to silently erase this ignorant Star Alliance warrior.

Just at the instant Kas was preparing to forcefully break the door, an irresistible energy suppressed him from the Void. The magnitude of this energy was so great that even with his Armor of Light’s output as high as 12,000 Energy Levels, he was restricted and unable to move.

The fragile wooden hut had already turned into dust in the violent flow of energy, revealing Lin Lei standing inside.

He had a flowing, colorful Energy Shield open on his body, while staring intently at Kas, who was resisting the suppressing energy in the Void.

“Guest from the Abyss, your actions show your hostility! Look at me, you savage intruder!” Lin Lei was now prepared to disguise himself to the end; even his tone of speech was exactly the same as the local Mages.

At this moment, Kas instinctively felt that the Mage opposite stood as tall as a mountain, irresistible and unsurpassable. A sense of powerlessness in his heart quietly arose.

As soon as this feeling arose, he detected it. He bit his lip fiercely, and the severe pain that came allowed him to regain some clarity.

But as soon as he raised his head and met Lin Lei’s eyes, he immediately got lost in the previous illusion again, and sank even deeper.

Kas’s body instinctively began to struggle violently. His own Protective Force Field even revealed a faint golden light; this was his home star’s spectrum. The Protective Force Field was helping him resist the oppression of this external Will on a certain level.

As expected, the relationship between the Watcher Civilization and his home star was much closer than Lin Lei had imagined.

But the Will of this Watcher Civilization warrior, in front of Lin Lei, was like a firefly compared to the moon; there was no comparability at all. So after struggling for less than three minutes, he lowered his head powerlessly, expressing submission to Lin Lei’s Will.

The principle of this was similar to when the Dark Saint infected the Dark Remnants; it was likewise planting a control means in the opponent’s Will level, and influencing the opponent’s thinking unconsciously.

Lin Lei learned from the Dark Saint’s lesson; this time he did it very secretly. The infected part was also inconspicuous; he just added a behavior monitoring and correction mechanism to the Will of this warrior named Kas, so that he could influence him at critical moments.

In this instant, Lin Lei had made a decision. He couldn’t hide from the Star Alliance forever; one day he would openly oppose them, so taking precautions was a necessary measure.

This Star Alliance warrior was the chess piece Lin Lei planted in the Star Alliance to obtain internal secrets.

Of course, after tampering with Kas’s Will, he couldn’t just let him go back like this; Lin Lei still had to put on a show with him.

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After Kas regained consciousness from the daze, he immediately saw the Mage opposite him with shining flowing light on one hand, preparing to launch an attack at him.

He subconsciously struggled a bit and discovered that the energy binding had unknowingly loosened. Out of a warrior’s instinct, Kas immediately transformed a long-range attack weapon and launched an attack on Lin Lei in the first instant.

A dense stream of photons immediately surged wildly toward Lin Lei, but it washed over Lin Lei’s Energy Shield like water, causing no substantial damage other than forcing the opponent back a step.

High-grade Mages were indeed difficult to deal with. Kas thoroughly understood the feelings of that comrade who fought a Mage and ended up with both sides injured.

But just this Energy Shield was so hard to break through, let alone subsequent attacks. With the previous lesson in mind, Kas immediately thought of retreating.

The Mage opposite him had a calm expression from start to finish. Even now, while brewing an attack, the energy binding on his Armor of Light hadn’t weakened to the degree that would allow him to move freely.

If the opponent’s attack arrived, how would he resist!

Kas began to struggle with all his might, while on the Mage opposite him, that flow of light became more and more piercing, until now, it was like the sun, illuminating the entire sky before dawn.

This extremely strong lighting effect made Kas’s fear even greater. He desperately activated the energy limit of the Armor of Light, raising the energy output of the miniature black hole to twice the limit his body could bear!

If he didn’t dodge now, he would definitely be blasted to nothing. As for body damage, he would wait until he returned to the Star Alliance headquarters to repair it.

The energy binding was finally pushed open by him. An instant before Lin Lei’s attack arrived, Kas broke away from the restricted spot and shot up into the sky.

Falling into extreme pain because he exceeded his body’s limit, at the last moment, he didn’t forget to look back at the situation below.

This look made him suck in a breath of cold air, and cold sweat immediately broke out. He saw that the originally dense forest, within a radius of several kilometers, had turned into scorched earth; those trees had all been evaporated, not even the roots were left!

The ground in the forest emitted a faint dark red glow, revealing one deep pit after another. These deep pits were once the locations of tree roots.

What kind of attack was this? If he had taken it head-on just now, there was no need to say, he would definitely have turned directly into elementary particles.

He had no intention of staying on Montokas. The combat methods of this kind of High-grade Mage were precious data; he had to report back to the Star Alliance immediately.

As for the Archmage of Montokas on the ground, before the situation was fully clarified, it was better to provoke him less. Wherever he was in the future, the warriors of the Star Alliance would have to take a detour.

Kas didn’t detect any abnormality in his Will, but Lin Lei on the ground clearly knew his thoughts.

As he fled in panic, he didn’t see the meaningful smile on the face of the Archmage standing on the ground.