Chapter 40: Luode

Early the next morning, Luode woke up feeling refreshed and left his room. Don't misunderstand; to make sure he could get up the next day, he and Yamato were sleeping separately, and not even the female succubus was called over.

Playing with a succubus once is really harmful to the body; still, Yamato with a figure like Yaksha Lady's is more fun.

"Kid, you're surprisingly punctual today. You just said we don't need to sink the ship to get there?" Kaido sat in the courtyard, greedily eating a piece of pork leg.

The succubus Salarna had already prepared breakfast for everyone, and, following Luode's orders, she also prepared a large amount of meat.

After all, everyone who came from the Pirate World is a big eater; consequently, Luode, who had spent some time living in the Pirate World, also has a greatly increased appetite.

The Pirate King's World truly nourishes the body.

After breakfast, Luode gathered everyone together and instructed the succubus to keep watching the house.

"We'll first go to Stormwind City, then have the mages there lock onto Theramore's coordinates, after which I'll teleport everyone over." Luode said.

Although I can't grasp profound arcane power, I'm very skilled at spatial abilities and such.

When crossing over, Luode was baptized by a special spatial energy, enabling him to travel to other worlds.

Then he also obtained spatial gem energy from the Marvel World, which greatly strengthened Luode's spatial abilities.

Traversing worlds consumes a lot of energy, but Luode can still cast some minor spatial spells.

However, to perform stable spatial transmission, one needs spatial anchor positioning, mastery of spatial nodes, and control of arcane energy—things Luode cannot do.

Come on, if I could understand these things, I'd already be in a PhD program; could I still have crossed over? Wanting to become a magic grandpa, the hardest part isn't communicating arcane energy but having a brain like a top student.

However, my spatial abilities can be further developed in the future; although traversing worlds consumes huge amounts of spatial energy, exercising other spatial abilities will definitely not leave me weak. After returning to the Marvel World, I'll make contact with the spatial gem once more.

Under Luode's leadership, several people arrived at Stormwind City, entered smoothly, and then came to the Mage District.

Although Luode studies as a warlock, in fact, most of the Alliance warlocks in the Azeroth World were originally mages who switched professions.

Therefore, Luode is also very familiar with the Mage District.

"Good morning, Luode! You haven't been around for a while; what do you want to buy this time?" a young mage asked.

"Good morning, Yakes. I and a few friends want to go to Theramore; can you help me with coordinate alignment? I'll expend my own mana to teleport there." Luode said.

I can cast a cross‑continent teleportation spell, but I need a mage to give me the coordinate anchor—quite odd.

Regarding Luode this oddball, many mages in the Mage District have complained, "You bastard, how can you so easily cast high‑level spatial spells?" Those ordinary mages can only practice frost and fire magic, maybe mess around with Arcane Missiles. "Luode, you're truly amazing—clearly just a warlock, yet the spatial magic warlocks control merely creates a short‑range two‑way portal."

Or summon a demonic creature from twisted void, yet you actually manage ultra‑long‑distance cross‑continent teleportation.

Come on, buddy! This is crossing the whole continent—hardly any of Dalaran's mages can do this.

"Even among all Azeroth's mages, only a handful can perform cross‑continent teleportation." Yakes looked at Luode, showing a hint of helplessness and a trace of envy.

This kid has high spatial spell talent, yet fails to grasp any arcane knowledge, not even the basic abilities of a mage.

Performing spell analysis, drawing magic circuits, connecting to the Azeroth Magic Net nodes, then casting spells—this kid simply can't do it.

A mage who wants to perform cross‑continent teleportation must first carry out spatial anchor positioning.

But fortunately, over these years, thanks to the efforts of Dalaran's mages, all the Alliance's major cities have now been linked to the Magic Net.

Therefore, locating the spatial coordinate anchor isn't hard, but opening a stable portal and supplying strong mana is the most difficult; it requires mobilizing the power within the Azeroth Magic Net as well as one's own strong mana.

If one could rely solely on personal mana, without borrowing the Azeroth Magic Net's power, to perform cross‑continent teleportation, one could imagine how strong Luode's internal spatial mana is—but unfortunately, this kid chose the warlock path.

"No problem, I'll help you with spatial positioning. We have Theramore's spatial anchor here. Luode, aren't you considering studying the mage path? Although warlock training is very fast, fel energy's corrosion on the body is severe." Mage Yakes said.

"As long as one isn't receiving a large‑scale infusion of fel energy, warlocks can keep their bodies normal; this is the result of research by the older generation of warlocks. Mages and such really aren't suited for me." Luode said.

The Titans once mastered orderly arcane energy, but what happened? The entire group was wiped out by Sargeras' fel storm.

As the saying goes, power itself isn't frightening; it's the wielder that's scary. But as one of the most primal forces, fel energy remains very strong.

Moreover, although I'm a warlock, I can also take on some mage side‑jobs, like preparing potions and brewing elixirs—we warlocks have mana too, right? "Do as you please! But what business do you have in Theramore?"

"You also know my own spatial power; I've heard the Alliance's strongest mage is now in Theramore, so I'd like to pay a visit." Luode said.

"Of course, this is just an excuse—I'm merely passing by. 'You, you mean Mage Jaina? Her spellcraft is indeed high, but to say who's the strongest mage in the Azeroth World, I can only say Luode, your vision is rather narrow.'" Yakes let out a faint scornful laugh and said.

Undeniably, Jaina's talent is high, and she made important contributions in the fight against the Burning Legion, even bringing the Night Elf race into the Alliance, but to say she's the strongest mage in Azeroth, she still doesn't make the cut.

"Hah! Who knows? Come on, help me with spatial alignment; I'll expend my own mana to teleport there." Luode said.

What I meant by the "first mage stud" isn't Medivh but her companion Aegwynn—Azeroth's former Guardian, the true first mage.

(End of chapter)