The Legendary Ending (Part 1) (Continued)

That puts my mind at ease. When Reynold was in the Magic Council, what he hated most was academic fraud. Although his academic ability was lacking, his academic spirit was quite good.

As we were talking, the building shook again with a loud bang. This time I saw that it wasn't a bomb that had been detonated, but rather that Mel had narrowly dodged a dragon's tail sweep high in the air. The terrifying dragon tail with its fleshy growths slammed into the building, and a corner of the building collapsed with a crash.

Moreover, I noticed that there wasn't just one dragon in the sky, but also many flying mechs and fighter jets!

Mel!!!

"Don't worry!" Mel said, slightly out of breath but with a calm demeanor. "I can handle it."

To this I replied, "Be careful, these enemies are indeed too heavily armed. Don't engage them head-on. Have Crow and Lusien bring the Magitech Corps quickly!"

"Haha, the Magitech Corps can handle fighter jets, but there's a dragon here, so it's safer for me to deal with it personally!"

"Hey, Mel, when did you become so arrogant?" I couldn't help but tease him. "Yeah, yeah, nobody else can compare to a three-hundred-year-old sly fox like you!"

"Xipei!" Mel's face was burning hot; I could feel it even through the Mental Link. He stammered for a while before changing the subject, "For a few seconds, I lost contact with your mental energy. Are you alright?"

Speaking of this...

I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't worry, I couldn't be better."

"Then you must be careful!" Mel said, waving his hand and sending out a barrage of wind blades that slashed Bai Long Xuesang all over his body. Although they weren't serious injuries, Xuesang roared in pain.

"You too!" I quickly reminded her.

"It's alright," Mel said with a mysterious smile. "My reinforcements are on their way."

Reinforcements?

Can he help fight the dragon's reinforcements? Hmm, I'm sure he's not talking about the Magitech Corps, because the Federation's Magitech Corps has never been trained to fight dragons—I participated in weapon debugging when I was in the research institute, and none of the weapons were specifically designed to penetrate dragon scales, after all, we are allies of the Holy Dragon Empire.

I'm not quite sure who he was talking about, but I did get... well, unexpected reinforcements.

Hmm, are they reinforcements? I just drew a teleportation circle in a blank space on the ground so the group I found could go downstairs through here, and then I saw—

"Aaaaaah!"

I saw the Five-Star Old Man baring his teeth and claws as he lunged at me, which scared me so much that I almost mistook him for an enemy soldier!

"Stop right there!" The Five-Star Old Man was panting heavily as he climbed the stairs, and the parliament building was quite tall. I used my flying ability to gather the scattered staff members, and once I had enough, I drew a magic circle to let them go first. So my speed was very fast. It was hard on him to chase after me on foot. He really had a hard time.

Fortunately, he lost weight after turning into a slime and hasn't gained it back since. It's just that... um... the green on his face hasn't completely disappeared, which is a bit disgusting.

"Ciprins! You stop right there!" The Five-Star Old Man gasped for breath. "Why the hell are you running so fast? You don't even have access to the safe house... You... You're killing me..."

Hmm... I don't need permission, I can just blow it up.

"Go, go!" The Five-Star Old Man waved his hands, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws as he ordered me, "Go and rescue the Prime Minister or whatever! I'll open the door for you first, then I'll take care of the rest of the people in the building. I'll go gather them out. You're just a little nobody..."

He was halfway through his sentence when his face contorted. I guessed he was about to habitually call me a lowly researcher. Then I remembered that I'm no longer a researcher, and I'm not a little mage either.

So his words took a sharp turn, like a fat cat choking on a fishbone; he let out a howl before finally saying, "... I'll go open the door for you, that will save time."

Hmm... I thought for a moment, then grabbed the Five-Star Old Man with my Mage Hand and flew towards the underground safe house. Since I couldn't find the way, I had to blast through the walls along the way, which scared the Five-Star Old Man into making strange noises. Even the banshee following me rolled her eyes in disgust.

Hmm... For the Five-Star Old Man to be able to clearly make a banshee with eyes that are like balls of fire roll her eyes, he has achieved something.

I must say, the door to the safe house is really tough. I could definitely blow it open, but I can't guarantee that using brute force wouldn't injure the people inside at the same time. The Five-Star Old Man really arrived just in time.

After the door opened, I charged forward with my shield up to prevent anyone inside from being frightened and attacking. A large group of people screamed in unison, and then... then I was shoved aside. The Five-Star Old Man... like a human version of Nova, was waving his tentacles... no, he was waving his arms (he only had arms; in that respect, he couldn't compare to Nova in his ghostly, misty form), and yelled inside, "It's going to explode! Run!"

"Don't move!"

I quickly raised my voice and cast an amplification spell on myself to avoid being drowned out by the Five-Star Old Man's loud chatter. I shouted, "Don't move! There are bombs everywhere here!"

Then everyone quieted down in an orderly fashion and looked at me. I was very satisfied. The country's high-level managers were indeed of good quality. Even though they were all trembling with fear, they still knew to obediently listen to me.

"Master..." my succubus whispered in my ear, "Master, please let me yell next time. Your mental pressure is too terrifying; even I'm almost weak in the knees from it. Hey, look over there, that one's rolling its eyes!"

What!

I was so frightened that I quickly withdrew my mental pressure, at which point a chorus of wails and thuds erupted... I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I just wanted to shout louder, I didn't mean to use my mental power to suppress you!

After all, I fought for too long today and used a lot of forbidden spells. Even though my battle with my teacher didn't actually happen in the real world, it still took a toll on my mental energy. So I admit that I'm not in good shape right now, and my control has dropped a bit... It seems I really need to keep working hard to catch up with my teacher who can stay focused at all times!

"This building is riddled with time bombs, some of them are trigger-activated, so don't run around. I don't know exactly where they'll explode. Make way for me, and I'll draw a teleportation circle. My lich will come to pick you up outside and take you out of this building. Understand?"

As I spoke, I saw these dignitaries nodding even more obediently than Moli, which made me feel much better. After all, no one wants to have to go through the trouble of gathering up the haphazardly crawling rescued people when they are already seeing stars.

They very orderly made way for me, and I walked over without anyone making a sound to disturb me, which pleased me. So I began drawing a second, large teleportation magic circle, larger than the ones needed for the previous groups. Therefore, I still had to use the casting materials meticulously. After drawing it, I only needed to chant an incantation to activate the magic circle, then locate my first magic circle, and use my mental power to connect their spatial paths, thus forming a stable teleportation route that would allow them to teleport repeatedly.

Rumble--

I was startled. Suddenly, one of the quiet politicians behind me shouted, "It's a magic bomb! It's a magic bomb with a yield of *￥$#@!*%%#￥!"

Um... I'm sorry, that string of scientific terms automatically turned into gibberish in my ears. I really didn't understand what he was saying, and I'm too exhausted to even be curious about what that thing was. As a mage, it's really shameful that I'm too lazy to learn new knowledge. But I understand now, this person is very knowledgeable about Magitech, he can even identify the type of bomb just by the sound of the explosion.

It seems this time it really exploded; the building began to shake violently, the tremors were so great that many standing politicians collapsed!

Good heavens, these machine maniacs are really going all out to do bad things!