[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-275":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Lord of Winter: Beginning with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},152773,274,"Chapter 275 - 209: Mage vs. Insect Corpse_2","lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-275",275,"\u003Cp>The cave was dead silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the other mages did not personally feel it, no one questioned it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they all knew that Dilin’s Sensing Technique was not something an ordinary mage could reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was by virtue of this innate Sensing Technique that he was able to climb to the rank of Grand Mage before the age of thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flora frowned deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she was also a Grand Mage, she wasn’t adept at Sensing Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Dilin’s backlash, she also attempted to focus her perception on the hidden evil at the canyon’s depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only vaguely sense that somewhere in the canyon, malice was surging like a festering tumor growing from the depths of flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time she touched it with her mind, it felt like a dull knife slicing through the edge of consciousness, sending a chill back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...That’s not a power that the Snow Swearers can manipulate.\" She said softly, looking at the array at the bottom of the canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others turned to look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how brutal they are, they’re just mortals. Even if their numbers are vast and their organization complete, they can’t lead such a ritual.\" Flora analyzed emotionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, those truly presiding over this ceremony are the magic manipulators hidden behind them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her voice fell, an indescribable chill instantly permeated the entire cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t coming from the depths of the canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t move.\" Dilin bit out softly, almost instinctively raising his magic staff, but his fingers trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no footsteps, nor any signs of magic energy fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if they had emerged from silence itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three figures had silently appeared at the entrance of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood in a line, blocking all retreat routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them was cloaked in gray-black, their hoods hiding their faces, but they couldn’t conceal the nauseating aura emanating from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is that possible?!\" a young mage gasped under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had clearly set up five layers of Stealth Techniques and even used a Silence Barrier, making the entire cave seem erased from the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the opponents had quietly circled behind them, not just one person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people, no... once were human, but now are no longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood there, not intimidating by aura, but by that feeling of \"existence itself shouldn’t be\", a bizarre sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It instinctively repelled, trembled, and shuddered the human spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Is this, the worm corpse?\" Young mage Aaron’s voice was dry, his throat nearly clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could they be... completely different from the reports?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t move...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had come to investigate the worm corpses, mentally prepared, yet facing these three \"living\" worm corpses, the battle-scarred mages shuddered uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one on the far left wore an old knight armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver breastplate was rusted, the cloak tattered, but he still bore the appearance of a nobility knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right stood a Snow Swearer warrior, tall, still draped in ice beast fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tattoos on his body seemed corroded by a black substance, transforming into twisted, writhing vein patterns, crawling up to his neck, finally invading his eye socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the elderly man standing in the center,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wore a ragged blue-gray robe, its edges tattered yet stained with patches of blood, swaying fabric revealing former decorations still clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a glance, it was known this person was once extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flora was stunned, feeling as if thrown into an ice cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Lake... uncle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured, voice trembling, almost greeting him as though in mourning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young members of the Mage Corps looked up, speechless and astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lake? That Lake? You mean...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jurgen Locke’s chief attendant?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... wasn’t he a big figure from a century ago? Is he still alive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, he’s not ’alive’.\" Dilin’s voice was as cold as an undercurrent beneath icing, \"He’s already a worm corpse—one that retains its consciousness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young red-haired female mage turned pale, as if her last layer of security was being torn away, \"We... we’ve been investigating to find clues about Jurgen Locke?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about him... Lord Loken?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dilin closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to answer that question, but the answer was already obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Lake had become a worm corpse, then the master he served all his life... likely wasn’t faring any better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flora gritted her teeth and stepped forward, attempting a last plea, \"Grand Mage Lake, if you can still hear me, I’m Flora, a mage from the Mage Forest, we’ve met...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lake did not respond, nor did he hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human visage was covered by a translucent film extending from chin to cheekbone, eyes a deathly gray glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a motion, the balance of the entire canyon shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gravity Collapse Field!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space felt as if seized and twisted by an invisible claw, a vast gray-white vortex emerged in midair, collapsing fiercely towards the cave where the Mage Corps were!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air exploded with a series of \"crack, crack\" sounds, the Defense Barrier was collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I— I can’t hear the magic’s echo anymore?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sensing Technique is... completely severed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Magic Field has collapsed!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several young mages screamed, horrified to find they couldn’t invoke any magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the most basic Shield Technique and Sound Transmission Technique felt as if their circuits had been severed, spells froze in their throats, magic energy dead in their palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were as if suddenly thrown into a vacuum, not only losing breathing space but losing all perceptions as \"mages\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn... 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