184 Chapter 184

“Just go back to where you came from, we don’t want to listen to your nonsense” Howling Lightning said with a tone of dismissal

In his eyes, the Serpentine Empress merely wants to sow discord between the 7th rank mages and Claude

Who doesn’t know that the Twighlight Beast headed by her is a very vengeful organization?

Claude has foiled her plan of conquering the Greenwood City. It wouldn’t be unbelievable if she was doing this all for the sake of personal revenge

However, even if she hates Claude to the bones, she must at least make a story that is believable and not a nonsense like this

Killing a few or several 7th rank mages is still within the realm of reality but killing all of them? Why not say that the sun is actually cold?

“I won’t force you to believe me considering that ignorants would always be ignorants. But watch this”

With a wave of the Serpentine Empress’s hand, a mirror with bronze on the edges appeared

Almost instantly, the air suddenly felt oppressive. The mana in the surroundings was stirred and aroused to the point that even a normal person might have sensed the changes that suddenly happened

It was as if the world itself do not tolerate the presence of the mirror and is harboring ill will against it

With her face hidden by the dark mist, the Serpentine Empress gritted her teeth before activating the mirror and almost instantly, the mirror was split into four screens

The four screens show different scenes but there is someone that is always visible on them and it was none other than the person that these people were talking about just moments ago

On the screens, Claude could be seen fighting the 7th rank mages that he had fought so far

At first, it was just a normal battle and although there were some things that made the four representatives frown, there wasn’t anything that would shock them to the core until some particular scenes played out

Claude temporarily hindering the 7th rank mages’ Blessed Lands are shocking enough but now, it shows the scene where he directly stole pieces and pieces of their Blessed Land

That is not something that even other 7th rank mages could do! If Claude could indefinitely suppress and steal other mages’ Blessed Land, then the implications of that…

Crack…!!

Suddenly, cracks started to form on the mirror until it shattered directly and even the Serpentine Empress felt her heart aching

Clearly, that mirror is no ordinary mirror. It possesses abilities that are above than what the realm could tolerate and the scene showed was even something that would harm the realm’s chosen. As such, it shattered directly right after using it

That mirror is not a Mystic Item of this realm! It was something else that no earthlings could ever get their hands of

“Now, do you imbeciles still think that Claude Preston has no ability to kill all the 7th rank mages with that kind of ability?” The Serpentine Empress asks causing the face of Howling Lightning to turn ashen

While Howling Lightning still felt threatened because of Claude but Claude is a mage of the Eastern Country

His worth has skyrocketed by the abilities that he had shown. Not to mention, who wasn’t aware of his reputation?

A Saint to the good and a Devil to the evil! It was to the point that even the death of Space Monarch was seen by others to be the Monarch’s fault

They were unconsciously thinking that Space Monarch, a mage that is seen as upright is actually hiding evilness inside

After all, who doesn’t want to turn a Saint into a devil? The more upright a person is, the more others would laugh if that person is actually vile

That’s simply human nature that doesn’t change even if the person reaches the 7th rank

With Claude’s performance of deciding to attack the other countries after ‘cleaning’ two corrupted mages of his country, Howling Lightning can’t help but think that the Eastern Country could use Claude to unify the realm

Without the 7th rank mages of the other three countries, the Eastern Country would definitely reign supreme!

“How could we be sure that what you showed us was real? With your hatred for the Dark Saint, it was highly likely that you are merely trying to sow discord” Howling Lightning went to defend Claude

No matter what, Claude cannot die especially since he has the potential to turn the Eastern Country into the only Country on earth!

That’s something that no one has ever succeeded in! Just thinking about it causes Howling Lightning’s blood to boil in excitement!

As such, despite the discussion being against Howling Lightning and the Eastern Country, he still stood his ground

7th rank mages are simply akin to nuclear bombs. They are not something that would be easily used as both sides would suffer

As such, at most, sanctions would be given or the losing side would have to pay compensation. It was almost impossible to cause the death of a 7th rank mage just because other mages are discussing it!

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On top of an unknown mountain, Claude’s figure could be seen. His eyes were staring right in front of him yet it felt like he was not really looking at whatever is in front of him

He looks to be absentminded and lost in thought when a frown forms on his face

“The Serpentine Empress, the outsider… she is meeting with the representatives of the four countries?” Claude muttered with a frown

As the realm’s chosen, he is now aware of many things including the fact that the Serpentine Empress is not a native of the earth realm

With the help of the realm, Claude is almost omnipotent. He could even sense where the 7th rank mages are as long as they are inside the realm though it’s not like they could come out of it

Claude waved his hand in the air and light immediately started to distort, trying to play the scene inside the meeting place of the mages

However, the mages sensed that someone was trying to spy on them and the distorted light dissipated

In the end, 7th rank mages are still 7th rank mages. With the origin energy that they wielded, they are akin to a nerf version of Claude in some areas

“I don’t have a good feeling about this but since the Serpentine Empress made a move… I have to know what their discussion is about to modify my plans…”

After saying that, Claude raises his hand, and the projection of the Blessed Land that he possesses appeared on top of his hand

As of right now, Claude only has half of Space Monarch’s Blessed Land and the Blessed Land that he got from Primal Sea

A 7th rank mage or more like origin energy could only be fought using origin energy. It is the highest form of fuel on the earth realm

As such, when Claude fights, he also sacrifices the Blessed Land he got from the previous fights

This kind of ‘spending’ once again pushed the realm further into destruction but this is an ‘investment’

If the realm doesn’t do anything, it will eventually collapse in time. On the other hand, if Claude doesn’t fight origin energy using origin energy then he won’t have a chance of winning

As long as all the leeches were killed and the future leeches were prevented from stealing more origin energy, the realm would be able to heal and mend the broken laws. Eventually, the realm would be just like any other realm in the universe and the path of magic would be open once again

As such, origin energy is extremely important to Claude and such energy is not something he would use if it was not necessary

However, the outsider is a great threat to Claude and the realm. He can’t just let her do whatever she was planning

Claude has to make a move and he has no choice but to sacrifice some origin energy to spy on the mages of that meeting place

Unfortunately, the Serpentine Empress still found out about her spying and in the end, Claude gritted his teeth and sacrificed all the origin energy he possessed

On the next fight that he would participate in, he either has to extract origin energy from the realm or use the ownerless Blessed Land that he could find

With that much origin energy sacrifices, Claude was finally able to learn about what those mages were talking about

Information has always been and would always be crucial. The previous sacrifice of origin energy has become worth it as Claude was able to formulate a new plan on how he should proceed next

If he was not aware of the things that the Serpentine Empress has said, the outsider would have succeeded in inciting all 7th rank mages to kill him

But now that he is aware of what is happening, Claude wouldn’t simply keep his silence!