"Found you!"
A smile curled Xia Zuo's lips, and he immediately stopped walking.
He had originally planned to take this opportunity to visit the Orphanage, but he had not expected to sense Kaecilius's presence just after leaving. It seemed he would have no chance to go back to visit them for now. After all, capturing Kaecilius was more important.
In an instant, Xia Zuo activated the Sling Ring on his finger, drew a golden ring before him, and stepped through, vanishing from New York.
Several figures swiftly arrived near the London Sanctum. Leading them was a man in monk's robes, but faint purple circles surrounded his eyes. He was still recognizable as Kaecilius, and several more people had joined him. These were probably the followers he had recruited over the past few days.
"Listen, our target this time is that building with the slanted shaft-shaped symbol. That's the London Sanctum, one of the Three Sanctums. Our goal is to sneak inside, ambush the sorcerers guarding it, and eliminate them without a sound. Then we'll work together to break the London Sanctum's protective runes, allowing more of Lord Dormammu's power to descend upon this world!"
Kaecilius carefully explained everything to the other four followers, word by word. After stealing the Book of Cagliostro, he had indeed learned a way to grow stronger from it: drawing power from darkness.
It was indeed extremely effective. After several attempts, Kaecilius could feel that his magical power was growing more than ten times faster than when he had painstakingly trained before. Yet he was not satisfied. He wanted to become even stronger, so he had made a decision: he would destroy the Three Sanctums.
The Three Sanctums formed this world's protective net. As long as one of them was destroyed, a breach would open in that net, allowing more darkness to descend upon this world. That would let them grow stronger. This was Kaecilius's goal.
But he could not accomplish it alone, which was why he had recruited these followers. He hoped to use their combined strength to destroy the London Sanctum.
"Yes!"
All the followers nodded as they answered. They readied themselves to attack the London Sanctum, but just then, a slightly youthful voice came from above.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I thought you'd be a little more imposing, returning like a king and attacking the London Sanctum head-on. But a rat in the shadows is still a rat. All you can do is skulk around."
These words startled Kaecilius and his companions, and they all looked up. On the wall of the building before them, they could see a figure in a trench coat watching them mockingly. Beneath his fringe, his mismatched eyes looked particularly cold.
"It's you, you wretched brat!"
Kaecilius gritted his teeth as he spoke, glaring fixedly at Xia Zuo. The moment he saw Xia Zuo, he recognized him-recognized this enemy he had to kill!
"Now that you've come before me, I won't let you leave. Kill him!"
With enemies face-to-face, there was no need for any more talk. A red glow unlike before immediately appeared around Kaecilius's hands as he swiftly gathered his magic, while the other followers rushed to attack Xia Zuo.
"With those few half-baked recruits of yours?"
Looking down from above, Xia Zuo watched Kaecilius with the hint of a smile. Magic instantly gathered in his hand, and a sword of light blasted out. He hurled it straight down at the charging followers.
Boom!
With an explosive roar, every follower was blasted to pieces. Not one survived!
This was only to be expected. Even sorcerers holding magical shields struggled to withstand Xia Zuo's magical sword. How could these followers, who had only just set foot on this path, possibly withstand it?
Kaecilius knew this perfectly well, but he had done nothing to stop them from beginning to end, because these followers were there to buy him time. And in the brief moment they had bought him, a transparent magical longsword had already appeared in his hand.
"So this is a magical sword formed from the power of darkness. It does have something special about it, but it's completely useless."
Xia Zuo chuckled, watching Kaecilius calmly. A pair of vermilion five-pointed star symbols appeared in his eyes.
Copy Eyes had already activated!
Kaecilius had obtained the Book of Cagliostro, so he would certainly learn the magic within it. That meant the magic he was using this time was very likely dark magic-knowledge Xia Zuo had not found in Kamar-Taj's magical library.
Magical knowledge he had never seen before was what Xia Zuo truly valued, because he needed vast amounts of it. That was why he had quietly activated Copy Eyes moments earlier: to record the magical knowledge contained in the magic Kaecilius used.
Now, Xia Zuo had obtained the magical knowledge contained in this dark magic. At that very moment, he felt a faint response from the Ultimate Eye, which had shown no activity for a year. Moreover, it was the Second Eye Ring that was pulsing.
Xia Zuo sensed a message from the Ultimate Eye:
"The second eye ring is saturated. The second eye ring's level can be increased. Upgrade?"
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