Bloodline Transformation

Dago had no idea how long it had been since Undine had left her tower—or whether she had always been this absentminded. A wizard friend had been missing for a hundred years, and she still thought they had simply lost touch.

That meant Undine's letter of introduction was useless. He would have to find his own way to deal with the Pillar of the Old Ones.

Much of his current strength came from drawing on the unknown Pillar of the Old Ones in the Sea of Despair within his Mental Space. In a sense, his combat power was built on borrowed strength and carried enormous, unpredictable risks.

Drawing on the Spirit World's boundless emotional power could corrupt him into a demon. He needed a power that could restrain the Sea of Despair's contamination of his soul.

A major reason he had come to the Ice Fortress was to develop the Old One's power within him. According to the confidential information Undine had given him, a wizard family here possessed a means of restraining the Old Ones of the Spirit World.

After all, the Ice Prison Palace had successfully sealed Mamentos, the Great Demon of Greed, and the Ice Fortress had inherited some of its techniques.

The Old One in the Sea of Despair within his Mental Space might already be gravely wounded or dead, but he needed a power he could use with absolute safety.

Seeing Dago sit at the table in silence for a long time, the brown-haired wizard broker ventured, "Sir, if all you want is a means of restraining the Old Ones, you don't have to go through the Huntington Family. We can help you too."

"Oh?"

Dago's eyes flickered. He looked up at the middle-aged man, a trace of surprise on his face.

Seeing Dago's interest,