A Wizard's Secret

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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Boom."

The Occult Mind Spell Nine Hit Strike had no shadow nor shape and was impossible to defend against. Merlin was able to retaliate even when he was constantly evading. He could attack in one wave after another and have managed to give out three heavy blows altogether.

Merlin's Three-Hit Strike could even break down Eighth-level spells at their peaks. Seddon had great strength, but being attacked so suddenly had caused him to panic, and his attacks naturally stopped. Moreover, he had to deal with the attack from Merlin's Occult Mind Spell.

Merlin drew in a deep breath, seizing this window of time. A ball of flames and a bolt of thunder appeared on each of his palms respectively.

These were the Sixth-level spells Merlin had just constructed, Endless Flame and Immense Thunder. Just the forces they emanated were enough to cause one's heart to go cold. These spells could be compared to those Eighth-level spells that were at their peaks.

"Occult Mind Spell?"

Wizard Seddon finally weathered through Merlin's Nine Hit Strike. If Merlin was able to cultivate Four Hit Strike, perhaps then he would be able to defeat Wizard Seddon. However, he had only cultivated Three Hit Strike successfully. At most, he could create some trouble for Wizard Seddon but was incapable of causing him any serious harm.

Wizard Seddon stopped his attacks and continued, "You're actually a Mind Power Master, but this bit of Mind Power doesn't pose any threat to me."

Naturally, Wizard Seddon had also noticed the spells in Merlin's hands. He could sense that those were Sixth-level spells. No matter how powerful Merlin's spells were, Wizard Seddon was still confident that these two spells would not cause much harm against him even if they were to be fused with Demon Ability.

It was not just Wizard Seddon. Even Wizard Saturn, who had his eyes shut, now opened them to look at the flames and thunder in Merlin's hands. Merlin had not constructed these two spells when he first entered Arcane City.

This meant that Merlin had already constructed two spells in his short time in Arcane City. Judging from the aura of the spells, they were very powerful ones. At the very least, they were Excellent-grade spells and could even be Perfect ones!

Such terrifying talent at spell construction! Saturn was impressed once more. For the first time, he felt that he could not compare to Merlin in terms of constructing spells.

Nonetheless, these two Sixth-level spells were far too inadequate to defeat Wizard Seddon. Wizard Seddon was not an ordinary Seventh-level Spell Caster but a prodigious Wizard who was on par with those Ninth-level Spell Casters.

"Surrender! Your Occult Mind Spell can't handle me, and your spells are not of any use as well!"

Wizard Seddon spoke with narrowed eyes.

"Can't handle you? Then I'll try this!"

A furtive smile flitted over Merlin's lips. Everyone watched as he quickly brought together the flames and thunder in his hands, gradually merging them.

"Go!"

Merlin pushed his palms forward and the new spells fused from the flames and thunderbolt instantly locked onto Wizard Seddon. It shot in his direction.

"Spell fusion!"

Wizard Seddon's face changed all of a sudden. He felt an intense threat and could think of nothing else now. A shield with a lustrous metal surface appeared in his hand and floated in the air, shielding his whole body as he turned and ran away from Merlin.

"Boom."

The spells exploded with a bang, and the terrifying shockwave immediately ripped apart the hovering shield. The aftershocks landed viciously on Wizard Seddon, sending him flying.

After the smoke and dust dispersed, Wizard Seddon's face was rather pale. He was not injured this time, but it was because he had spent over a hundred Adventure points to obtain a Runic Shield from Arcane City. It was transfigured by a Great Legend who was a Great Alchemist and was initially intended to be used by Wizard Seddon when he was out on his adventures.

He did not expect that it would be used up in this battle. This was a colossal loss. It was not that easy to obtain over a hundred Adventure points.

If he did not have this shield, Wizard Seddon found it hard to imagine what would have happened. Perhaps he would have been gravely injured. When he looked at Merlin again, it was with a desolate expression.

"I've lost!"

With that, Wizard Seddon did not plan to linger and immediately turned to leave.

The other Spell Casters there were still in a daze, astounded by the spell fusion Merlin had just unleashed.

Only the powerful Wizards among the Ninth-level Spell Casters would try their hand at spell fusion by merging all of their Spell Models together. Merlin was clearly not a Ninth-level Spell Caster and could not possibly fuse Spell Models.

The only explanation left was that Merlin had merely fused the spells. Nevertheless, this was even more astonishing. To a Fifth-level Spell Caster, fusing spells was not easier than fusing Spell Models at all. It could even be much more difficult to do so.

Any Spell Caster who could fuse merely spells only was frightening. It was not that there were no powerful Spell Casters who could fuse spells in Arcane City, but they emerged only once or twice each millennium. Merlin had shown up now with the ability to fuse spells.

Wizard Vic shot a look at Saturn and nodded wordlessly. It was no wonder that Saturn was hell-bent on looking for Merlin, a Fifth-level Spell Caster. It turned out that Merlin was able to fuse spells.

Still, only Saturn and Merlin knew that Saturn did not know about Merlin's spell fusion. Saturn had sent for Merlin to join the match because he had felt that Merlin was still hiding some mysterious power when he first met Merlin. Even he felt an intense sense of threat coming from him.

He would never thought that his mysterious power would be spell fusion! Yes, Saturn might be a genius, but even he was unable to fuse spells after becoming a Seventh-level Spell Caster. He dared not even try. One tiny slip up might cause the spells to explode which was equivalent to suicide.

"Haha, Wizard Merlin, you've really helped us in our revenge this time. Those Spell Casters with no background were all acting high and mighty back when you and Wizard Saturn hadn't entered Arcane City. Although I was unhappy with that, I couldn't win against Rael, so I can't do anything about it. Now, look at Rael and the rest, haha. Would they still dare to act so proud in front of us?"

Naturally, Wizard Vic felt like he had been avenged. In the past, he had been suppressed by Rael and the other Spell Casters without a good background. Now, led by Saturn and Merlin, they had finally defeated those Spell Casters who were so haughty and had such formidable abilities. Of course, he was overjoyed.

Merlin only smiled and said nothing. He had made a quick observation and found it to be true that the Spell Casters without backgrounds were overall more powerful than the Spell Casters with good backgrounds.

After all, the ones recommended by Great Legends might really be geniuses, but there was still a difference between them and the geniuses who had truly started from the bottom, who had fought their way through every step of the journey to become who they were now.

Of course, there were also exceptions. Saturn was an exceptional prodigy who had been brought up by a Great Legend who had four Maxims, Wizard Blackcloud. Naturally, he was the genius among all the geniuses.

Merlin did not expect he would become someone with a "background" when he arrived at Arcane City.

"Merlin!"

Saturn stopped before Merlin, and his expression was still as aloof as always. It seemed that this was his natural personality. It was a habit he had developed since young that could not be easily changed.

"Merlin, you must join our group! There are many things which one can't accomplish by oneself in Arcane City and require many others like ourselves. For instance, Rael, Vic, and Seddon whom you've just defeated-we're all the same. Although we live in conflict, we bear no hatred towards one another. People of our level aren't ignorant enough to feel jealous. As for hatred, that's even less likely for us to have. So you don't have to worry that Rael and the rest would hold a grudge against you."

Saturn was such a proud person. For him to take the initiative to explain all this to Merlin indicated that he had acknowledged Merlin as an equal.

Merlin nodded. Just now, he saw that Wizard Seddon had turned and left. Although his action seemed rather curt, Merlin did not sense any resentment in his opponent's eyes. What he saw instead was Seddon's tenacity. Seddon would surely work even harder to try and surpass Merlin once he left. This was the common attribute shared by all the geniuses in Arcane City.

Otherwise, Arcane City would not produce so many Great Legends.

Following that, Saturn left. One could see that he was stunned by Merlin's spell fusion too. He would definitely work even harder after this. However, Saturn was walking a very different path. He only had to work on constructing more spells and becoming a Ninth-level Spell Caster as soon as possible. After that, he would begin fusing Spell Models, and his power would fly off the charts in no time.

"Saturn's Mind Power is not bad as well. How does he train it?"

Merlin now suffered from a lack of Mind Power. His Mind Power was in fact very powerful, and his Mind Heart had been compressed according to his liking so that it would be able to take in more Mind Power. Nonetheless, his Seventh-level Mind Heart would have to reach its limits at least for him to be able to construct six Sixth-level spells.

"Wizard Saturn? When he came to Arcane City, he had attempted the Mind Tower as soon as he can."

Beside Merlin, Wizard Arrot overheard Merlin's mumble and replied softly.

"Huh, what's the Mind Tower?" Merlin inquired curiously.

"The Mind Tower was personally erected by the Ultimate Arcane Wizard. It has eighteen floors in total, and each floor has a challenge aimed at the Spell Caster's Mind Power. Once you've completed the tower, your Mind Power would be honed and increased quickly. This is faster than Meditation, but each attempt to challenge the tower requires a hundred Adventure points."

"Adventure points? How many of those do I have now?"

Merlin asked Arrot. He assumed that Adventure points were not that different from the Dark Magic Region's contribution points, but Arcane City was obviously more generous and open by giving the Potential Wizards access to almost everything it had. It just depended on whether those Potential Wizards could obtain the sufficient Adventure points to gain access to them.

"So how many points do I have now?"

Merlin was estimating that he should have been awarded at least some Adventure Points what with his exceptional talents and twelve Perfect-graded Spells.

However, Arrot smirked. "Potential Wizards who've just arrived at Arcane City have no Adventure points. You would have to venture out yourself to gain them!"

"Not a single point?"

Merlin blinked. It seemed that he had misunderstood the meaning of these "Adventure points."