Chapter 49

With one hard stomp, the Flying Boots took effect, and he swiftly flew off, behind him

Trailing him were two faint streaks of white light, there and not there—it turned out they were guards hidden in the shadows.

The moment Midras left, Yi Junze said in a flustered rage, "Lin Hanxuan, how could you agree to this? Do you know how dangerous this is

Do you?"

Yang Rong said nothing, but seeing the pained expression on his sister's face, Lin Hanxuan knew that the decision he had just made had once again made the people who cared about him

worry.

"Sister, Junze, you don't need to worry so much," Lin Hanxuan said. "My guardian deity will definitely have a way."

"Good kid!" A thunderous rumble sounded in Lin Hanxuan's sea of consciousness, and Kun's deep voice came through. "You're using me as a favor to others—when do you plan to

pay it back?"

"Uncle? Great, you can talk to me directly?" Lin Hanxuan jumped up excitedly, while Yang Rong and Yi Junze both looked utterly

stunned. Had Lin Hanxuan suffered some shock that had made him mentally abnormal?

"You idiot, the Balance Summoning Technique has already grown and you didn't even feel it?" Kun continued scolding. "You've caused a huge disaster. Although you used Poison Frogs to wipe out the Locusts, you also contaminated all of Axon Town. The poison will flow on without end. This is going to be very hard to clean up."

"What Poison Frogs?" Lin Hanxuan was confused. "I only saw Kubaka."

"I'm not sure either. Maybe it was that frog's army," Kun said. "In short, visible energy trails have already appeared in the Balance Summoning Technique, and your sea of consciousness has been strengthened another step, so now we can communicate directly through our minds."

"So that's how it is." Lin Hanxuan nodded. Seeing the worried looks on his sister's and Junze's faces, he said to them again, "The guardian deity is talking to me right now."

"You contacted it this quickly?" His sister was a little surprised. This also meant that if the guardian deity agreed to help, Lin Hanxuan would soon have to go to

the volcanic region.

"Mm." Lin Hanxuan answered Yang Rong, then began speaking with Kun again. "Uncle, about this matter... can you do me a

favor?"

After Lin Hanxuan and Kun finished discussing how to intervene in the dispute between the Magic Beasts, he kept practicing with the Soaring Boots at his sister Yang Rong's request. He had no idea what material the Soaring Boots were made of, but when he wore them, Lin Hanxuan could not feel the weight of the boots at all. On the contrary, he even felt as if his body had become much lighter, a little airy and floating.

"Lin Hanxuan," Yang Rong said, "the acceleration spell on the Soaring Boots was enhanced by an archmage, so its accelerating effect is much stronger than that of an ordinary mage. If you need to jump to dodge, remember that both feet must be touching the ground. Jump upward with force and the flight spell will activate. Try it."

During practice, Lin Hanxuan flipped through the air several times because his center of gravity was unstable, falling until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Although Yang Rong's heart ached for her younger brother, she still stood at the side and urged Lin Hanxuan to intensify his practice.

After falling a few times, Lin Hanxuan finally managed to grasp the trick to flying. He found a large rock and sat down, drinking the cool beverage Yang Rong had ordered a maid to take out, while asking Yang Rong, "Sister, is that black shadow your guard?"

Yang Rong looked northward, in the direction of the Thunder Eagle Empire, and said, "Yes. He volunteered to be my guard, and your brother-in-law agreed as well."

Yi Junze sat beside Lin Hanxuan, drinking the chilled, sweet-and-sour fruit tea as he asked, "At first, I didn't know what that black shadow was either, but since he's connected to the Misera Empire's imperial family... I'm guessing he was a member of some mage family when he was alive?"

Yang Rong smiled faintly. "Junze guessed half right. Desrick was an astrologer, which is also a kind of mage, but he didn't belong to any family. Before he died, following his teacher's orders, he asked an orc necromancer to temper his soul, allowing him to continue existing in the form of a soul body. It's just that the price was losing the memories and independent consciousness he had while alive."

"Ah, how cruel. Why would he do something like that?" Lin Hanxuan asked in surprise.

"Mages with exceptional mental power or warriors with formidable strength sometimes choose to extend their lives this way," Yi Junze said. "He might have had an unfulfilled last wish, or someone he wanted to protect—there are many reasons."

Yang Rong also nodded. "Exactly."

Lin Hanxuan was full of doubts. Wasn't necromancy forbidden on the Saint Rune Continent? He voiced his question.

"Haha, Lin Hanxuan," Yi Junze laughed. "Rules are set by the strong, but there's no rule saying the strong themselves can't break them, is there? After all, for a nation, one more powerhouse means one more measure of strength, so both sides of the human world often turn a blind eye to this kind of thing. What's more, for Thunder Eagle and Misera, only the core levels of the empires possess the services of necromancers. If a powerhouse wants to extend his life, he'll definitely have to come beg the ruler. When that time comes, won't the conditions be yours to set as you please?"

Yang Rong continued, "Although Desrick lost his memories, he did not lose his abilities as an astrologer. After Mother and I fled to the Misera Empire, we received His Majesty's protection. In accordance with Desrick's wishes before his death, His Majesty sent Desrick to become my guard."

"Ha, could it be that Desrick already knew Lin Hanxuan would save the Misera Empire, so he volunteered to become Sister Yang's guard?" Yi Junze asked.

"That, I don't know." Yang Rong tilted her head and looked at Lin Hanxuan. "But little brother has also become an extraordinary major figure now. So many powerhouses of the Misera Empire felt at their wits' end over the Magic Beasts' conflict, yet in the end, they still have to ask little brother for help."

Lin Hanxuan said a little embarrassedly, "Sister, don't say it like that. All of this still depends on the guardian deity's help. I myself have no way to do anything at all."

"Sister Yang," Yi Junze asked, "now that Lin Hanxuan's side is already prepared