The tragedy that occurred in District 121 of City of Freedom has attracted considerable attention, including from many white Mage who have issued statements vowing to find out the identity of the perpetrator and bring them to justice.
What does the tragedy at the dark Mage ' gathering place have to do with the white Mage? Aren't the two sides on bad terms?
To do this, we first need to find out the true identities of all the spellcasters in the hall who died at Lancelot's hands.
Although the nearly one hundred spellcasters all claimed to be dark Mage, there were actually seven or eight white Mage hidden among them.
Exchange meetings, especially those hosted by dark Mage, often contain many things that are rarely seen among white Mage.
Planet Pandora is the largest black market trading ground in the entire Elven Plane.
For Planet Pandora, City of Freedom is the largest black market, where many items that are inconvenient to buy within their City of Freedom faction can be found.
Otherwise, where does the word 'freedom' come from? Is it limited to the freedom of black Mage?
Of course not. The scope of this freedom is far broader than most people imagine.
As for the two groups of black and white Mage disliking each other... what can be done about it?
Will it interfere with business?
Also, you'd better stay out of our Mage's business!
However, what's ironic is that when the district chief of District 121, the Legendary Mage Tanbein, publicly protested against the Slaughter Divine Church, the white Mage who had been vehemently condemning the murderer immediately fell silent, and the scene became somewhat awkward.
"Ah, spellcaster..."
Lying in his luxurious hotel room, Lancelot watched the news broadcast on the screen and sneered coldly. But when his gaze fell on the words "Slaughter Divine Church," he couldn't help but wonder, since he hadn't intended to frame the Slaughter Divine Church.
On what basis do these dark Mage believe he belongs to the Slaughter Divine Church?
Lancelot was completely baffled.
What he didn't know was that the administrator of District 121, District Chief Tanbein, was a fanatical anti- Slaughter Divine Church. This was because when Tanbein a child, his entire family was killed by a Slaughter maniac, and he was the only one who survived because he was studying black magic outside.
While dark Mage do not treat people as human beings, this does not include their family and friends, nor their group of spellcasters.
Well, the entire spellcaster group carries an arrogance that comes from their very bones, and they always tend to look down on non-spellcasters.
The Tia Empire on Planet Oklo is like this, as is the Arcane Ring on Planet Pandora, and the City of Freedom, a gathering place for black Mage, embodies this to the fullest extent, without even a fig leaf, openly persecuting non-spellcasters.
Tanbein, whose entire family was killed, harbors a deep-seated hatred for the Slaughter Divine Church.
So when his subordinate Benjamin told Tanbein his speculation, Tanbein ignored the word "possibly" and immediately concluded that it was the work of the beasts of the Slaughter Divine Church. He then immediately held a press conference to angrily condemn the act.
This led to the situation where Lancelot himself was completely baffled.
Shaking his head, Lancelot never dwelled on things he couldn't understand. He leaned against the headboard, his left leg curled up, his left hand resting on his knee, a Primeval Stone between his thumb and forefinger.
Under the light, this Primeval Stone emitted a magnificent color, as if it were the most beautiful thing in the world.
"I killed eighty or ninety dark Mage and only got six Primeval Stone, and that's with my dual identity..." Lancelot was speechless. Although he was mentally prepared, the difficulty of earning Primeval Stone still made him feel bad.
But Lancelot wasn't one to be stubborn. If the quality wasn't enough, he'd make up for it with quantity. He refused to believe that killing every single dark Mage in the City of Freedom wouldn't be enough to gather the required number of Primeval Stone.
Before that, Lancelot had to consider a question: how to Slaughter more efficiently.
He had the idea for the final decision long ago and had made the necessary preparations.
However, the process of getting through the finale requires careful consideration.
Lancelot's original plan was to accumulate a large enough amount of Primeval Stone to upgrade the Steel Feather Cloak from Four-Star Miracle quality to Five-Star Miracle quality in one go.
Such continuous, leapfrog improvements, compared to upgrading quality every so often, ultimately save 10-20% in costs, saving Lancelot a considerable amount of Primeval Stone.
Through practice, Lancelot suddenly realized that his previous considerations were somewhat flawed.
The black Mage in the City of Freedom is not an NPC in a game. He has a brain, knows how to seek advantage and avoid harm, and can run away when he encounters danger.
Furthermore, the value of dark Mage is much lower than expected, which indirectly increases the difficulty of accumulating Primeval Stone.
It's too early to tell, but once Lancelot really goes on a killing spree, a large number of dark Mage will inevitably flee.
For Lancelot, every time a dark Mage escapes, it's a loss for him!
That was a living, breathing Primeval Stone. Just imagining the scene of Long Legs running away made Lancelot clench his fist in anger.
That's my Primeval Stone, my Primeval Stone!!
This must never be allowed to happen!
That means we have to change our previous approach and upgrade the Steel Feather Cloak step by step.
First, upgrade it to five-star common quality.
In this way, although the [Replication] Miracle Trait will not be enhanced, the other equipment effects of the Steel Feather Cloak, such as "Concealment", "Energy Reserve", "Particle Count", "Durability", "Energy Conduction" and other branch traits, will be greatly improved.
Especially the characteristic of "particle count".
The more microscopic particles that make up the Steel Feather Cloak, the more Lancelot's power and his own energy it can hold.
With control of the five-star level Steel Feather Cloak, Lancelot can simultaneously create more than a dozen clones, disguising their identities to carry out massacres against different groups of dark Mage in different districts.
The previous method of harvesting with a single sickle has been replaced by harvesting with more than a dozen sickles simultaneously, greatly increasing efficiency and making it comparable to a combine harvester.
In this way, although it may cost more to eventually upgrade the Steel Feather Cloak to Five-Star Miracle quality, he will also earn more in the process, making up for the losses and gaining a lot more Primeval Stone.
Furthermore, the early upgrade of the Steel Feather Cloak provided Lancelot with stronger protection, greatly increasing his chances of escaping should he encounter danger in the City of Freedom.
Having sorted out his thoughts, Lancelot no longer hesitated. He decided to do it this way first, gathering enough Primeval Stone to upgrade the Steel Feather Cloak to five-star common quality.
Meanwhile, as Lancelot sat on his bed pondering how to earn more Primeval Stone faster, the madmen of the Slaughter Divine Church, northeast of City of Freedom, saw a video of condemnation from the District Chief of District 121, Tanbein.
In the darkness, pairs of blood-red eyes narrowed simultaneously.
"Ha, how strange! When did these physically weak spellcasters dare to smear us with their own dirty laundry?" A small giant, about five meters tall, with six eyes lined up on his forehead, grinned, revealing sharp, white teeth that looked ferocious and menacing.
It should be noted that the followers of the Slaughter Divine Church have never been very active in the Central Continent; their main enemies are the Sea King Clan who live in the Demonic Sea.
Compared to races like humans, the meager amount of flesh and blood they provide is far more suitable for sacrificial offerings than the thousands or tens of thousands of meters deep sea monsters they possess.
After hunting one down and offering it as a sacrifice, they received a divine blessing that gave them enough strength to take a giant leap forward as a group.
Therefore, the southeastern coast, under the rule of the Slaughter Divine Church, is home to the most densely packed super-large docks in the entire Central Continent.
Every moment, giant ships set sail, heading towards the dark depths of the Demonic Sea, cutting through the wind and waves, hunting sea monsters.
The extremely harsh environment of the Demonic Sea, the combat experience gained from fighting desperately against various sea beasts, evil spirits, and monsters, the formidable physique formed by eating the flesh and blood of the Sea King Clan were heavily cursed, and the excellent equipment purchased from selling abundant Transcendent resources... all these factors allowed the individual combat strength of the Slaughter Believers to consistently rank among the Planet Pandora and even in the entire Elven Plane.
They don't compete with each other for territory or resources, yet they're incredibly powerful. The Slaughter Divine Church's status on the entire Planet Pandora is actually quite extraordinary.
Nobody wants to mess with these lunatics.
Even if there are any conflicts, they should be kept to a minimum.
That's why acts like Tanbein's, directly framing the Slaughter Divine Church, are both novel and strange to these Slaughter fanatics.
They were like people who had found a fun toy. They were already bored out of their minds, and now, encouraged by the six-eyed giant, they carried weapons and poured into the City of Freedom in droves, determined to give these spellcasters a small but shocking Slaughter.
And just as the Slaughter madmen were on their way...
Lancelot began his insane slaughter.
Districts 121, 114, 117...
The elusive Lancelot always appears suddenly in densely populated areas, then instantly slaughters everyone and disappears. His modus operandi is exactly the same as before. Everyone is evenly distributed on the ground, regardless of status or gender, which can be described as fair and impartial.
In just three days, this ' Slaughter madman' committed more than 100 crimes, Slaughter more than 11,000 dark Mage, including 189 High-Rank Transcendent Lifeform, but none of them were Legendary.
This led the higher-ups in City of Freedom to conclude that the thugs' strength was limited, at most at the Legendary level.
And that was precisely Lancelot's goal.
Unlike Logo, who chose to start by eliminating the monster hordes on the Golden Star from the highest levels, Lancelot's strategy for annihilating the City of Freedom was to slowly boil the frog in water.
Firstly, the situation on Golden Star and Planet Pandora is different.
On Golden Star, the monsters couldn't escape because of the cosmic storm belts; they could only circle inside the planet. So Logo wasn't worried about the monsters escaping; he was only worried that they would unite and fight to the death.
For the monsters to unite, they would inevitably need to organize and coordinate through three High-Rank Demigod- level monsters that have already developed some intelligence.
To catch the thief, first catch the king. With lightning speed, Logo successively defeated the Behemoth, the Three-Headed Earth Nether Python, and the Dark Dragon Whale, as if he had plucked the brain from the monster horde, completely eliminating their possibility of coordination, leaving them only to be annihilated one by one.
However, Planet Pandora lacks cosmic storm belts, so if the dark Mage were forced into a corner, it would be very possible for them to simply leave the planet. The world is vast; with enough strength, where can't one survive?
To reiterate, the strength of Transcendent individuals is their greatest source of confidence, and this is also why Transcendent are difficult to control. After all, you can take away their houses, cars, and subordinates, but you cannot take away the power they have painstakingly cultivated.
To Lancelot, dark Mage were like walking Primeval Stone, and he certainly didn't want to let a sure thing slip away.
Therefore, he had to lull the dark Mage into a false sense of security.
Gradually increase the sense of threat, keeping them in a constant state of mind that while the perpetrator is dangerous, he's not particularly strong, just somewhat troublesome; once caught, he can definitely be eliminated.
If such a thought arises, one will not notice the iron chain tightening around their neck, and will fall into Lancelot's carefully woven trap.
This is the idea currently held by the leadership of City of Freedom.
However, just as Lancelot was slowly boiling the frog, the Slaughter madmen next door entered the City of Freedom laughing wildly and wreaked havoc, plunging the situation into chaos.