Chapter 287: Light-Formed Elf

With his resolve set, the High Mage gathered the full might of the Mythallar in a single thought; an endless aura of destruction was brewing. At this moment inside the Tower of Time, Aipusi was silently awaiting the next attack from the enemy outside. Although he had great confidence in his Great Arcanist ancestor and the Tower of Time, the unknown and the waiting still made his heart tighten.

Boom—

A loud crash! The Tower Spirit, which had been reporting the status of various parts of the Mage Tower, suddenly began to stutter. Aipusi immediately realized something was wrong.

But before he could react, the space at this location—the Plane Exploration Array Core—instantly tore open a fissure, and a dim light-being leaped out from it!

No, to be more precise, it should be a light-formed Elf.

"In... tru... sion... alert..."

The stuttering feedback from the Tower Spirit filled Aipusi with horror. Subconsciously, he wanted to flee this place, but faster than him was the reaction of the Tower Spirit—

Almost the instant the light-being entered, the Tower Spirit lowered a Barrier Field, though it seemed to have no effect on that light Elf.

And Aipusi's escape plan could not be realized; just moments ago, the Tower of Time had suffered heavy damage and could no longer teleport him away. When he tried to cast a spell himself, he was countered by an inexplicable force.

He could only watch helplessly as that light Elf reached out to grab the Star Dew Scepter at the center of the array, but the next moment—

The light-being, having just touched the Star Dew Scepter, seemed to have been struck hard by some force, and he, who was not very bright to begin with, suddenly appeared even dimmer.

"Lock... on... master... escape... repair!"

The Tower Spirit, loyal—or rather, knowing only how to adhere to fixed programs—was still sending feedback. In the deeper connection with the essence of the Tower Spirit, Aipusi understood the current situation.

It was true that the Tower of Time had been heavily damaged, but the Plane Exploration Array here was surprisingly stable. The Plane Crystal, half serving as the energy core and half as the core component for plane searching, had been locked by the Exploration Array.

In fact, the only weakness of this array core was Aipusi, which was why the Tower Spirit was reminding him to escape quickly.

At this moment, Aipusi's heart was full of bitterness. He never thought he would have a day where he was trapped by his own Mage Tower. It wasn't that he didn't want to escape; it was truly impossible!

On the other side, the High Mage Luolun, who had transformed into a light Elf to enter the Mage Tower, was also filled with despair. His plan was excellent: first obtain the Star Dew Scepter, then use the power of the Star Dew Scepter to either destroy the Mage Tower or rescue Feinuoweita—both would be easy.

But—

He had not expected that the Star Dew Scepter, which should have been easily obtained, had now become the core of a massive array, locked by the array and impossible to remove.

At this moment, High Mage Luolun stood once again at a crossroads of fate. If he retreated now, then naturally everything would be over. Even if he could temporarily save his life, he would have no power to launch another assault on this Mage Tower.

As for the Star Dew Scepter and Feinuoweita, there was no need to even mention them!

If he did not retreat, once the spatial fissure closed, he would be trapped to death in this Mage Tower, and he still wouldn't be able to take the Star Dew Scepter or Feinuoweita out.

"I hope Aolando can maintain the family! Sigh—"

In a flash, Mage Luolun had made his choice. His light-formed body suddenly became very bright, and the brightest part was the hand holding the Star Dew Scepter.

Aipusi stared nervously at the opponent's movements, moving unobtrusively toward a corner to lower his presence while constantly urging the Tower Spirit to teleport him away.

A flash of strong light passed, and the light-formed Elf, who had just become very bright, dimmed again, even more so than before. If Aipusi hadn't been staring at him the whole time, he might have even overlooked the translucent figure standing there.

Looking at the opponent's hand again, Aipusi felt his scalp tingle. It turned out that the main body of the Star Dew Scepter had separated from the Plane Crystal embedded on it.

But even having lost the Plane Crystal, the Star Dew Scepter could still be considered a powerful Magic Item.

At this moment, the light-formed Elf, now dimmed to the extreme, had turned his head to look at him. Aipusi could no longer hide; the Protective Spells that the Tower Spirit was supposed to lower, but which he had blocked, now fell upon him layer by layer, set by set.

But even so, Aipusi still felt it wasn't safe, so he activated the protective items on his person and ordered the Tower Spirit to attack.

Yet the Tower Spirit's attacks seemed to fall into empty space when facing the light-formed Elf, having no effect at all. Instead, with the Tower Spirit's attacks, the light-formed Elf seemed to achieve some kind of balance with the Star Dew Scepter in his hand, and his light form brightened slightly.

But it was only slightly. Before Aipusi could use words to stall any longer, Luolun pointed a finger, and then the light form dissipated, rushing into the spatial fissure while wrapped around the Star Dew Scepter.

The next instant, the spatial fissure closed.

And Aipusi, having received the light Elf's final strike, saw his Protective Aura flicker and fade; finally, his entire aura withered. He spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood and laughed out loud, "I'm still alive!"

But as he laughed, he could no longer laugh. The Tower Spirit, which was connected to his essence, had no reaction at all. Having no choice, Aipusi could only call out with words, "Tower Spirit! Tower Spirit!"

"Mage Aipusi, you have intruded into a non-permitted area. Please immediately, immediately, immediately, immediately—"

In the end, the Tower Spirit did not say what he needed to do immediately, but Aipusi's heart was already dead. The Tower Spirit seemed to still be able to identify him, but in the eyes of the Tower Spirit, the current him and the past him were two completely different concepts.

One was the master of the Tower of Time, and the other was just an ordinary Mage who had left files in the Tower of Time.

At the same time, in the Savile Territory.

Niya, who was waiting for news in the Temple of the Lord of Radiance, suddenly made contact with a familiar will, "Successor Niya, the final program of the Tower of Time inheritance has been initiated—"

Niya was dazed for a moment before she discovered that her will was linked to another familiar will. Then, she felt as if she had transformed into the Tower of Time, and all sorts of secret information kept coming in.

Having already reached the final step of the inheritance, in reality, the moment the Tower Spirit contacted Niya, the true inheritance had already ended. What followed was just some secret information that only the Tower Master had the Permission Level to access.

Niya received this information blankly, but at this moment, her mind was not on any inheritance or secret messages at all. Her only thought at this moment was—

"Father is dead, Father is dead?!"

The final step of the inheritance was the death of the previous Tower Master; otherwise, even if one became the Lord and Tower Master in name, one would not obtain the final Permission Level.

Niya was very clear about this point, but precisely because she knew, she could not believe that her father, who had just summoned the Mage Tower away, was actually dead?!

This—

"Tower Spirit, guide the teleportation!"

Niya, who previously could not contact the Tower Spirit but now had an essential connection with it, immediately ordered the Tower Spirit to teleport her back to the Mage Tower.

(End of chapter)