162 Ch. 162 'Lionel And Danzel'

Few moments earlier....

Who knows how long Lionel stood in front of Zehell's mansion, but no one came out to open the gate. Once the residents of the place knew that it was an Elementalist pay a visit, they immediately closed their eyes and ears to him.

Lionel even tried to contact Zehell through his foni stone, but the man didn't answer. He knew Zehell needed time to digest all the unexpected information from his student, but he had absolutely no idea the man would be so offended that he refused to meet him.

In the end, he decided to return to the inn and planned to discuss their plans further. But who would have thought that the black knight's wolf shadow was guarding in front of Niken's room made anyone who wanted to walk closer to be scared?

Why did Kazuto bring out his wolf shadow?

Then he realized that the lover birds were doing another intimacy session.

In the end, Lionel got out and took a walk around the lake. But not too close to the lake as he did not want to get trapped by mermaid's illusions.

Ah, now he feels so lonely. Zehell doesn't want to see him while his student is making out with her lover. He'd better get in touch with Denzel.

Lionel climbed the highest tree and sat on one of the branches casually, then took his foni stone and called his best friend.

Fortunately, Denzel replied immediately, and for a few moments, the two of them chatted.

"So, how's it going with the young knights?"

"Well, I couldn't say it was great, but they are improving. How about the little princess?"

"It's a very long story. You won't believe it."

"Oh, really? Try me!"

Then Lionel told what happened during the last few months. Starting from Kazuto turned out to have magical energy to Niken, who turns out to have two magic circles. However, he did not expose Niken's identity as a great time master.

Denzel's primes as a green knight will end, and Lionel doesn't want Niken's real strength to spread widely, considering that there will be many who want to fight over and take advantage of Niken's power.

The news about Niken having two magic circles much shocked Denzel, and complained incessantly how Finnick's predictions could be so different from what they should have been.

Finnick's predictions did not explain anything about the existence of Time Master capable of creating magic circles, let alone having more than one magic circle.

Everything that happens was starting to change and did not go the way Finnick predicted. In fact, this made Denzel and Lionel agitated and worried about what they have to face in the future.

Although Denzel was looking forward to his aging years, he couldn't help but worry about the problems facing the Elementalist Knight.

Spending time with the young knights gave him a family bond with them. Denzel already thinks of them as his family and is worried about their being in the future.

"I hope you can handle it well."

"So do I."

BOOM!

Suddenly there was an extraordinary earthquake that made Lionel almost lose his balance. Fortunately, the quake only lasted a few seconds, so the residents were not panicked or worried.

It's just that why was the air around him getting intense? It was as if a very highly cultivated person was using his strength.

Lionel jumped down and landed perfectly on the ground. He directly investigated the surroundings to find out what was making the air so bad.

But he couldn't find anything suspicious and just saw humans doing their own activities as if no earthquake had happened.

After confirming that there was nothing suspicious from the village's direction, Lionel glanced towards the lake and was very astounded by what he saw.

There was a blackhead appearing on the surface of the water and looking towards a place.

The head hair was grayish-black, and there was an ornament like a tiara on its head.

Could it be that the creature was one of the evil mermaids?

"Lionel, are you still there?" Denzel called him because Lionel didn't respond to his words for a while.

"I'll call you again," Lionel replied briefly then threw his foni stone into his astral dimension.

Lionel stepped his foot closer to the lake to see the grayish-black hair's owner more clearly. His steps stopped as soon as the head turned, and now an ugly face filled his vision.

The skin on its face seemed to be overgrown with dirty scales, and the creature's two eyes were black to the eye socket to the point he couldn't see its eyeball. Its tongue snaked out routinely like a snake's tongue. He was sure that this creature was an evil mermaid.

"Hisss!" this creature raised its hands to reveal long, hideous nails. In addition, its wide-open mouth revealed sharp fangs that could bite into anything it could eat.

It seemed that this creature was frightening him by showing a terrifying expression. Thinking this evil mermaid didn't like to be seen, Lionel turned around and walked away.

Surprisingly, as soon as he turned around, many people came near the lake to the array's border. Lionel shifted back and see the evil mermaid already gone.

Lionel wondered why everyone walking over to the lake.

"Is it really that good?"

"Yes, it is. You won't be able to find any mermaid shows other than here. I heard that only this place has mermaids."

Ah, apparently they came to see the mermaid show. He just remembered every evening around five o'clock, there was indeed a mermaid show in this place.

Unfortunately for them, the mermaid show they have seen so far is just an artificial illusion. Because the real mermaid had turned into an evil mermaid, and their form was not as beautiful as what they saw.

Lionel shook his head, thinking of how great is the lord's greed had. Not only did he imprison the mermaids for his personal gain, but he also created the illusion of attracting tourists and taking advantage of them.

It was no wonder the tickets to enter through these city gates were very expensive. It turned out that this country's lord was a greedy man.