163 Ch. 163 'Zehell's Plan'

Niken, Kazuto, and Lionel were shocked when Zehell arrived carrying a fainted man covered in blood. Moreover, the man has silver hair, which indicates that the man was a wizard.

They didn't understand at all why Zehell, who had left yesterday in a rage, suddenly appeared with his usual cheerful smile while carrying a man covered in blood.

What they needed now was a solution to save the evil mermaids, not a man who seemed to be seriously injured.

After all, why did this silver-haired man get injured like this? It's not like Zehell hurt him, right?

"Zehell, are you asking us to heal him? Why don't you heal him using your magic? You know we can't do healing techniques." retorted Lionel in a sarcastic tone.

While Lionel asked Zehell, Niken approached the man who was lying carelessly on the long table. Niken thought she had seen this man's face and tried to dig into her memory.

Her mouth was wide open when she remembered who this man was.

"Sir Zehell, isn't he your father?"

Before Zehell had time to give an answer to Lionel's question, Niken had already interrupted him by throwing the bomb at the men.

Zehell's father?! That meant this man was a pureblood wizard!

"How do you know he is my father?"

"That…"

"Never mind. It doesn't matter anymore." cut Zehell while waving his hand nonchalantly.

Kazuto was irritated by his master's wishy-washy attitude. He was the one asking, but he didn't want to hear the answer. What an absurd man!

"I wanted to apologize for my attitude yesterday. I realized I was wrong for defending my father, who had sinned. That's why I wanted to end it."

Niken and Kazuto looked at each other, not understanding the man's last sentence. What did Zehell mean by ending it? Could it be… end his father's life??

"Sir Zehell, even if your father is guilty, that doesn't mean you can kill your father. After all, he is still your father and the one who has been taking care of you all this time. You can't end his life. "

Zehell grinned at the advice of his disciple's inamorata. "You misunderstood. What I meant was to end the mermaids' suffering. I decided to help you return evil mermaids to their nature."

"What? Then what happened to him?"

It seems absurd to hear that Zehell didn't kill his father while Uzzarc's body was covered in wounds, and his clothes were covered in blood. Miraculously Zehell's body and clothes are neat, and there are no defects at all, makes them think Zehell is bullying his father.

If Zehell had known the three's thought that he was bullying his father, he would have burst out laughing. He ultimately couldn't understand how Lionel and the others could think that he was oppressing his father, while the pureblood power was more substantial than mix-blood had.

Feelings of hatred would only eat away his soul and make him a cold and cruel wizard. If so, how would it be different from his father, who did not care about other beings' life and suffering?

That's why Zehell chose not to get involved with his family's internal politics and just play outside as a happy go lucky young man. The only way to keep his heart from being influenced by his family's greed and selfishness is to get out of his family environment.

Luckily he met Zephyr, who helped him keep walking on the right path and didn't stray into a villain.

"Don't worry, he won't die. I could not have the heart to kill my own father. But I have destroyed the magic circle as well as his magic foundation. He will no longer be able to use magic for the rest of his life."

Lionel and the others stared at this. Breaking the magic circle? Is there a magic technique that can destroy a magic circle?

Besides, a wizard who couldn't use magic was like a young man who was crippled and couldn't walk.

"At least that's the punishment he deserves." Zehell continued while glancing at his father, who was still not awake. "By the way, I found a way to help you guys."

Kazuto and Niken looked at each other in astonishment at this statement.

"How to?" inquired Lionel.

"We need the help of the ocean lord's familiar spirit to purify the dark force in the water. Simultaneously Niken would join the princess's astral soul, which was split in half, and then place it on the throne seat. It's just that, we need the right time and must not be a second late or sooner. Once the familiar spirit manages to purify the lake's water, Niken must break the orb into the throne seat that moment."

"It sounds easy, but I bet this mission couldn't be that easy." guessed Kazuto.

"It's true. First, we have to return the throne's seat to its original position, then Niken must go through the evil mermaids to take half of the princess's astral soul. After that, she had to wait for the familiar spirit to finish purifying the water before Niken could break it on the chair. Believe it or not, the evil mermaids won't stop attacking once Niken gets into the water."

"I will accompany her." Kazuto's suggestion was immediately rejected by Zehell.

"There shouldn't be an Elementalist touching the lake water. The mermaids had a deep hatred for Elementalists. They would become even more aggressive and put all their strength into killing you. You have important duties outside the lake, after all. You have to keep the array in the lake stable because without a doubt, the array will become unstable once familiar spirits use his power."

"…" Kazuto grith his teeth at the news. He was not willing to let Niken dive alone into the evil mermaids' lair.

He wanted to accompany her, he wanted to see Niken with his own eyes, but why is it so difficult to be with his girl?

"But, Niken could not possibly do it alone. Will your daemon keep him company?"

"…" For a while, Zehell didn't answer as he directly focused his sight on his soul into his astral dimension to check Flynn's condition.

The daemon has recovered from the terrible wounds inflicted by his younger sister, but his mental health has not healed yet, and his eyes look dead. At this point, they couldn't ask Flynn for help.

If he forces Flynn to accompany Niken, he afraid that instead of helping Niken, he will throw Niken to feed on the evil mermaids.

No matter how good a daemon is, Flynn is still a demon with a nasty side. Zehell won't take that risk.

"No. For now, we can't ask him for help. I will accompany Niken."

Everyone gasped at Zehell's statement.