"Yes, Second Brother controls all the information in your Wizard World, so it's not surprising that he knows some of your secrets. He even knows secrets that are bigger and more outrageous than yours," said Little Bookworm No. 007 with extreme pride.
Leo suddenly realized that back in the Little Red Snake World, when he and his clone Black Soluo subdued the Black Metal Module, Heavenly Capital had the Fate Wizard Book in their hands. Wasn't that putting him under surveillance?!
Leo felt an urge to curse!
"I need to clarify something. Regarding the secret of your soulmate Yaoyao, I've only heard a little bit about it. I don't actually know what the secret is. All those words were just to trick you." Little Bookworm No. 007, fearing Leo wouldn't tell him about his other brothers, revealed the last bit of the secret.
Leo recalled that when the Little Bookworm No. 007 mentioned Yaoyao's secret, he didn't reveal any specific secret at all, only saying ambiguous things. He was so confused that he imagined that the little bookworm knew the secret.
I was completely fooled by him!!
Seeing Leo's expression change repeatedly, the Little Bookworm No. 007, subconsciously took several meters back, afraid that Leo would suddenly beat him up.
But to everyone's surprise, Leo said, "We found Red Little Bookworm No. 001, your eldest brother."
"You actually found my older brother! That's wonderful! When are you going to bring him to meet me?"
"Your elder brother is now bound to the Barbarian World and cannot leave. I tore my own soul apart and am there. He wants you to go see him..."
Leo explained the situation in the Barbarian World and also mentioned that Red Little Bookworm No. 001 wanted them to go there.
"We can't leave now either. Although Second Brother isn't completely trapped by the World Will like Eldest Brother, we can't break free on our own."
After listening to Leo's words, Little Bookworm No. 007 sighed deeply. "So what if we found each other? We still can't reunite."
"Each of you seven brothers is a cosmic-level treasure after you separated. So, once you reunite, what level will you be? What kind of power will you possess?"
This question arose after Leo heard about the seven brothers from Little Bookworm No. 001.
Cosmic-level treasures are already the most advanced existences, and even Supreme Lord crave something like the embodiment of rules. However, they only reached the highest level after the seven of them separated. Before they separated, their level was beyond Leo's comprehension.
Little Bookworm No. 007 glanced at Leo and said with a grin, "If you really want to figure this out, then try to gather all seven of us brothers together. As long as you can gather all seven of us, we don't mind cooperating with you. Then you'll understand these issues."
"Friendly reminder: our power is immense after we reunite! The cosmic treasure you possess is nothing but a child compared to us."
Leo nodded in agreement with the boast of the Little Bookworm No. 007. Judging from the performance of the three Little Bookworm No. 001, 002, and 007 that he knew so far, they were already terrifying. Each of them had the ability to change the world with ease. If the seven of them were to reunite, he really didn't know what kind of power they would have.
"Tell your second brother not to monitor the clone I have, okay?" Leo said.
Having just escaped the watchful eye of Lord of Fate, Leo didn't want to be watched by a Little Bookworm anymore; it felt like walking naked down the street.
When the Lord of Fate held the Fate Wizard Book, he could only monitor the location of each clone. Little Bookworm No. 002 was even more ruthless, directly using the clones as his eyes, and could see any move of the Stigmata Wizard Fate Wizard Book.
"I can do it, but I suggest you don't. My second brother is currently being monitored by the Wizard Will. If he exhibits any abnormal behavior, it will easily attract the attention of the Wizard Will. In that case, not only will my second brother be in trouble, but you will also be in big trouble."
Upon hearing this, Leo instantly remembered that after the Little Bookworm No. 007 Fate, originally the Book of Fate Wizard Book (also known as Little Bookworm No. 002), was taken from the Lord of Fate, it was placed under the supervision of the Wizard Will to ensure fairness for every Stigmata Wizard.
Looking at it now, the scheme involved is quite sophisticated!
"But don't worry, my second brother is tight-lipped. So far, only you and I know his true identity in the Wizard World. Other wizards don't know he's also Little Bookworm." Little Bookworm No. 007 squinted his big eyes to comfort Leo.
Leo nodded, no longer dwelling on the situation he couldn't change. "Next, would you like to cut off another piece of my body so I can continue searching for other Little Bookworm?"
"Of course, now we're still missing my third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, and sixth brother. Asking you to help me find them was definitely the right decision."
Barbarian World
Inside the palace, Baturu, whose body had grown to nearly three meters tall, jumped up from the bed. The feeling of surging power made Baturu grin and laugh.
His promotion this time directly raised his level to the first-level limit, just one step away from advancing to the second level, just as Leo himself said.
No matter how extraordinary his performance may be, such deviations from the norm are perfectly normal.
It would be abnormal if he did what other barbarians did!
How could someone who is favored by the whole world not show something extraordinary!
He reached into the Shadow Plane and retrieved a crystal ball, activating it with his mental power. The crystal ball displayed the current data of his body.
Mental Strength: 100, Strength: 80, Physical Strength: 80.
The data for Level One Body Refinement Wizard shows very low mental strength but very high physical strength. However, Baturu's data is because his soul essence is that of Level-Five Stigmata Wizard. He has only unlocked the level 1 mental strength limit, so his value is naturally at the maximum.
Strength and stamina are the numerical values that this body reflects. As expected of a powerful race that can go toe-to-toe with giants, its stats soared to 80 points after the advancement, and it will only take a few months to reach the maximum value of 100 in both stats.
"Unfortunately, barbarians don't know how wizards use knowledge to amplify their attack power, so on average, their attack power multiplier won't exceed 17 times."
First-Level Wizard can normally trigger an attack multiplier of 20, which is 2000 attack points. A barbarian of the same level would only have 1400 attack points, a difference of 600 points.
600 points may not seem like much, but it means that a wizard of the same level is on average one-third stronger than a barbarian!
"With such strength, an expedition would be suppressed by the World Will, dropping their attack power to 1100 points. They would be no match for native life forms of the same level, resulting in too many casualties. We need to boost their attack power before the expedition."
"Furthermore, their attack capabilities are limited; they lack large-scale combat skills, coordinated battle formations, the ability to identify creatures from other worlds, knowledge of energy systems, targeted attacks in various environments, and the capacity to respond to unforeseen circumstances..."
Wow, there's so much to do!
Previously, he hadn't paid attention to the Wizard Expedition; everything had seemed so natural. But now, having to start preparations and transform a world into one with expeditionary capabilities, Baturu felt like he was going to be exhausted.
An expedition is not as simple as finding the enemy's exact location and then going straight to kill them. There is a great deal of preparation involved. Even a wizard expedition requires a team of thousands of wizards to direct operations effectively.
Every wizard possesses comprehensive basic knowledge, having learned all the scenarios for expeditions during their initial training.
Without technological assistance or training specifically for expeditions, these barbarians were practically primitive; they had to start everything from scratch.
"Someone, summon all members of the Bear Hunting Tribe to assemble for a meeting!"
Having been promoted one level, Baturu had no time to waste elsewhere; his most important task now was to train these barbarians into a qualified expeditionary force.
How to cultivate this skill? It's through learning, learning, and more learning!!
Fortunately, barbarians are not the kind of race that are single-minded; they are also intelligent and highly malleable!
This is one of the few good qualities that Baturu can find in them!
"Greetings, Great Master Baturu."
On the plains below the mountain, over 100,000 barbarians knelt in unison on one knee, offering their loyalty to Baturu had already been promoted one level at the forefront.
"I have been promoted one level, guided by the Book of Revelation, to change the fate of the barbarian race. From this day forward, all will obey my commands, strictly follow my orders, learn knowledge, enhance their strength, and prepare for future world wars."
"Anyone who doesn't strive to improve will be immediately expelled from the Bear Hunting Tribe and never hired again."
Baturu's voice resonated through the air, inspiring both worship and doubt among the barbarians: Where is the world war?
Isn't the whole world dominated by these barbarians? Are there any potential enemies?
As for Lord Baturu's suggestion to learn knowledge and improve strength, they didn't take it to heart. Their strength was already at level two or even three; how much further could they possibly improve?
I wouldn't say I have all the knowledge in the world in my mind, but I do understand most of it.
In their view, Lord Baturu's actions might be aimed at increasing the strength of the lower-level barbarians.
But they immediately realized their mistake, and a huge one at that.
Lord Baturu produced a pile of crystal balls from who-knows-where.
Pick up one of the beads and tell them they must memorize all the knowledge inside within a year.
For the first time, they saw astonishment on the faces of the level three barbarians. Some of them even dropped the crystal ball after reading about its contents, hitting their feet in the process.
The knowledge within the crystal ball was tens of thousands of times more complex than all the knowledge in their entire Barbarian World combined, and its sheer volume was terrifying. They couldn't understand how the same script could contain so much information.
Why is it that many characters are recognizable when separated, but not when put together?
What's even more alarming is that there are hundreds of these crystals!
Murder!!!