Our Estimates Were All Wrong

Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Five Elders' conference chamber.

Squeak, squeak, squeak!

If anyone else had seen this scene, they probably would have burst out laughing.

A sheep and four rats sat in the seats that belonged to the Five Elders, their faces twisted with remarkably human fury.

But it was nothing more than impotent rage.

That strange power had not only stripped them of the ability to attack, but also left them unable to speak human language. The only consolation was that they would not die easily.

And they would return to normal in a few hours.

Every one of them was powerful, and their physical constitutions were naturally formidable.

Lin Yan had only spared the expense and refrained from turning them permanently into small animals.

After all, it was not yet time to kill the Five Elders.

Lin Yan still needed these five old fossils to suppress a series of major incidents, lest something unexpected happen when he returned.

They could consider themselves lucky to have kept their lives.

But even so...

The weakened Five Elders had, in effect, lost the ability to mobilize the forces of all Mary Geoise.

And that was Lin Yan's best opportunity to act!

Silent slaughter continued to unfold throughout Mary Geoise...

It was not until roughly an hour later, after looting nine Celestial Dragon residences and taking the last batch of treasure, that Lin Yan finally stopped.

"Well... that should be enough. Time to slip away."

The Holy Grail's power should be wearing off soon as well.

With that thought, Lin Yan hesitated no longer. His entire body turned into a bolt of lightning, and he burst forth at his current maximum speed, shooting toward the outskirts of Mary Geoise.

At the same time, the first Five Elder who had been turned