Chapter 25: The Attack from Beginning to End

“I used a bit of Number Four~” Pars said timidly.

“Ah~” Upon hearing this, the Old Mage was truly angry. He pulled out a two-handed Magic Wand and smashed it over his head and face. While smashing, he cursed, “You bastard, the knowledge I exceptionally taught you is for you to do this?”

“Ah, I was wrong, Teacher, please spare me!” Pars was beaten until he hugged his head and screamed.

“Alright, alright!” Old Xie went over to stop the Old Mage again, then asked curiously, “What is Number Four?”

“Number Four is an evaporating hallucinogenic Potion I invented. It can easily knock down a Level 6 Unit with not very high magic resistance. It is a very high-end Alchemy Product.” The Old Mage explained angrily, “Originally, with Pars’ strength as a Level 3 Mage, I shouldn’t have taught him this. But although his magic talent was not good, he was a genius in Alchemy, especially in brewing potions. He was my assistant for ten years and was quite diligent. It’s just that this kid had sticky fingers. In order to do his own experiments, he didn’t hesitate to steal advanced medicines, and even stole directly from the Ice Magic Saint, and was caught by them. For my sake, although he wasn’t held accountable, he was to be expelled from the Academy. I saw he was pitiful and had thoughts of cherishing talent, afraid he would suffer outside, so I made an exception and taught him the Formula for Number Four. I didn’t expect this kid to use the Number Four I invented to do this!”

“So that’s it!” Old Xie suddenly realized, “You probably first deceived their trust to enter the village, and then took the opportunity to use Number Four to sneak attack at night, so you could easily take down the village, right?”

“Yes, yes!” Pars hurriedly nodded, “What you said is extremely accurate!”

“Screw your accuracy!” The Old Mage cursed angrily, “I must feed your flesh to the Magical Beasts and your Soul to the devil!”

“No, Teacher~” Pars was scared almost to the point of wetting his pants. He just wanted to beg for mercy when he was suddenly kicked unconscious by Old Xie.

After kicking the guy unconscious, Old Xie smiled and asked the Old Mage, “What is going on with that trade token?”

“The Beast Race was always being cheated when doing business with Humans. Later, they became careful. Treacherous merchants were not allowed to enter at all. Those reputable Merchants were issued trade tokens. Only Merchants holding the token could enter and were protected by the Beast Race.” The Old Mage explained, “This trade token is a rare thing. If traded privately, it would cost at least ten thousand Gold Coins. It seems these guys spent a lot of money!”

Hearing this, Old Xie was slightly surprised. Through his studies these years, he knew how valuable Gold Coins were in this world. One Gold Coin was almost equal to a whole year’s income for a commoner’s family. Converted to his past life’s currency, it was several thousand.

This time, spending ten thousand just to capture slaves was indeed a big investment. Old Xie couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Spending so much money, can they earn it back?”

“Hehe!” The Old Mage smiled slightly, “If we hadn’t interfered, they could have earned at least over a hundred thousand Gold Coins this time!”

“No way?” Old Xie exclaimed in surprise, “That much?”

“Of course!” The Old Mage said with a bitter smile, “Cyclops, that is the strongest among Level 6 Units. Each one is worth at least several thousand Gold Coins, and there are 32 of them here!”

“Why are they so expensive?” Old Xie asked puzzled, “Could it be that Cyclops become obedient after being bought back?”

“You can ask a Senior Mage to use a forced contract to turn them into slaves. At that time, they will lose all memory and wisdom and can only work as thugs for others!” The Old Mage then sighed, “A Cyclops is a living siege engine! Especially in naval battles, used to smash the opponent’s ships, that is simply too terrible. Moreover, Cyclops can fight both near and far. Their own strength is super strong and they have many uses. If I had the chance, even if it cost tens of thousands of Gold Coins, I would be willing to buy one!”

“Then why don’t you buy one?” Old Xie asked curiously.

“Nonsense, do I dare?” The Old Mage said angrily, “Don’t forget, I am the Magic Saint of the Griffin Kingdom. If I had a Cyclops in my hand and the Beast Race Kingdom knew, how would they view me? Even if they didn’t openly cause me trouble due to face, the Beast Race has many experts. If they came to duel me in turns, even if I was powerful, I couldn’t handle it? I’d be tired to death if not beaten to death. So, the guys who buy Cyclops are generally those shady characters. People with status dare not just keep one by their side; that is asking for trouble!”

“I see!” Old Xie nodded to show he understood, then pointed to the unconscious Pars and said, “How do you plan to deal with this guy?”

“Sigh, I don’t know either!” The Old Mage shook his head helplessly, “If it were someone else who dared to ruin my reputation like this, I would definitely destroy him directly. But Pars, this child. Sigh, he followed me since he enrolled. Because he was good at preparing potions, I used him as an assistant for a whole ten years. Several times, he fainted from exhaustion because the tasks I assigned were too heavy. But I gave him too little, so much so that he had to rely on stealing medicines to do his own experiments. So when he got into trouble back then, I was very guilty. The reason I taught him such a powerful Potion Formula like Number Four, even though he was only a Level 3 Mage, was also a kind of compensation. Even today, after he made such a big mistake, I still can’t bear to kill him!”

“Hehe, in that case, give him to me as a slave.” Old Xie suddenly said with a smile, “Anyway, you don’t want him anymore, and I happen to be short of someone to manage things here.”

“But he saw your body?” The Old Mage frowned, “Aren’t you worried he will leak it out?”

“Not afraid!” Old Xie laughed, “First, since he is a Mage, he is not an idiot and should know the consequences of leaking secrets. Second, this is an isolated Gobi. He will live here for a long time and it will be difficult for him to contact outsiders. Third, even if he leaks it, it doesn’t matter.”

“Why?” The Old Mage immediately asked curiously.

“Look!” As Old Xie spoke, he spread out his four arms. Then, under the Old Mage’s gaze, his arms actually began to fuse in pairs. Eventually, the four arms turned into two Naga arms, and even the tail disappeared. Then, the Naga arms suddenly grew larger and turned into Behemoth Arms, constantly switching between the two forms.

The Old Mage was immediately dumbfounded and hurriedly asked, “What is going on?”

“Druid’s incomplete Transformation Art!” Old Xie then began to explain.

It turned out that when Old Xie turned into a White Tiger before, he found that the White Tiger he turned into had four legs, not six. So at that time, he realized that his two arms must be able to fuse, otherwise there wouldn’t be a White Tiger with four legs. So he thought, as long as the Transformation Art was manipulated well, maybe he could return to a normal human appearance. But although Old Xie experimented many times afterwards, he never succeeded.

But a few days ago, the Old Mage gave him an Assassin skill book. The method of shadow training on it inspired him. Finally, combining these two secret arts and some of his original knowledge about transformation, Old Xie finally solved this problem. He successfully fused the Naga and Behemoth Arms. From then on, he could change the number and shape of his arms at will and no longer had to worry about being seen as a monster.