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Breakthrough and Success

"I will first use the Destiny Spell Formation to amplify the power of Destiny's Coin, and then draw out the power of fate from the coin all at once. I had previously narrowed down the location of the Purgatory World in the vast astral realm to the Calm Jade constellation already..."

"Staking everything on the destruction of Destiny's Coin, the attempt this time– It has a 70% chance of success!"

A blazing light shone from Leylin's eyes, and he held up his hands: "The power of destiny! Please guide my way and lead me to the Purgatory World!"

Bang!

At the moment of Leylin's chant, the radiance of Destiny's Coin was at its highest point. The entire laboratory was wrapped up in the dazzling dark golden light.

The power of destiny reached its peak at this moment. At this moment, all of the astrologers in the entire Magus World raised their heads in amazement, sensing that the undulations of the river of destiny was shifting.

Threads of dark golden light continuously touched the door to the Star Realm, the image of the Calm Jade constellation grew ever smaller on the surface of the silver mirror, moving slowly towards the location of the Purgatory World.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha!

The Purgatory World, however, was the world where the laws of the Snake Dowager existed. Even though it had merely calculated the coordinates, fine cracks constantly appeared on the surface of Destiny's Coin.

[Warning! Warning! Destiny's Coin is rapidly destroying itself! Countdown: 1.1s! 1.0s! 0.9!]

The A.I Chip quickly produced a blood red countdown frame.

At this time, although he was continuously drawing closer to his goal, the Purgatory World had not yet appeared.

"Ah... It's not enough! It's still not enough!" Leylin's face flushed red and he suddenly commanded: "A.I. Chip! Commence the overload of the Destiny Spell Formation!"

[Beep! Further amplifying the Destiny Spell Formation, currently overloading at 200%! 300! 400!]

Along with the A.I. Chip's voice, the energy stack around the Destiny Spell Formation immediately let out an ear-piercing explosion. The terrifying power of amplification emerged once again.

Crackle! A vast amount of energy unceasingly flowed about in all directions. Many runes even exploded, and the entire Destiny Spell Formation collapsed in a flash.

Just before the spell formation collapsed, the frightening power of amplification had appeared on the surface of Destiny's Coin.

Bang! First, the skull which represented misfortune on one side of the coin exploded. Shortly after, the destiny bird seemed to come alive, unfolding its wings and letting out a resounding cry.

Destiny's Coin suddenly exploded into fragments.

At this time, a ray of dark golden light slashed open the display of the Calm Jade constellation as if it was a sharp sword. This caused the Astral Gate to show the edge of a dull-colored star on its surface.

[Beep! The Destiny Spell Formation and Destiny's Coin have been destroyed! Discovered the Purgatory World's coordinates!]

The A.I. Chip's voice sounded out and made a cheerful expression appear on Leylin's face.

"Success! The wish of all Kemoyin Warlocks! There is even a method to resolve the bloodline shackles!" Leylin resolutely clenched his fist.

[Beep! The Purgatory World's coordinates have been targeted. Initiating the opening of the space portal!] Accompanying the sound of the A.I. Chip, a blue gate of light opened up before Leylin with a loud rumble.

A frightening feeling was transmitted from the gate, giving Leylin a sense of formidable oppression.

The Purgatory World! It was a very formidable world in ancient times. Until now, it had never declined, and it even contained the violent existence of the Snake Dowager and other powerful laws.

"Taking this step, there is no possibility of turning back!" Leylin smiled softly, and stepped entirely into the radiant light.

Bang! The blue rays of light exploded with a flash, wrapping up the entire laboratory and bringing it along.

...

A blue ray of light, like a meteor, streaked across the vast Star Realm.

In this blue light was Leylin, looking at the dull star which was growing larger and larger in his field of view. It finally transformed into an enormous world.

This world was shrouded entirely in a dense grey fog, and he couldn't see clearly. He could only see pieces of the continents and the ocean with great difficulty.

Any of these continents could be comparable to the size of the central continent of the Magus World. The faint atmosphere of great power was emanated, making Leylin shiver a little.

Rapidly, the power of the Astral Gate brought him to the border of the Purgatory World, which was outside of the world boundary.

However, when Leylin wanted to enter the Purgatory World, there was a sudden change!

"Who is it? Where has this outsider come from, who dares to offend my majesty!" A frightening amount of energy undulated outside the Purgatory World and took shape. An enormous shadow appeared, and even the storms and turbulences of space all avoided it.

There was a strong and overbearing atmosphere. The power of laws constantly undulated from the shadow's body.

This shadow possessed very large and deformed wings, its entire body was as huge as a mountain. A giant skeletal hand reached out towards Leylin and grabbed him, as if it was a giant snatching a fly.

"There are Rank 7 and above laws here! Damn it! There are obviously many strong people, but they are unexpectedly vigilant against outsiders?"

Leylin's expression changed, and soon after the golden-red patterns on the Dreamless Mask continuously flashed with light. The bloodline of the Alabaster Devilsnake from earlier was released.

"En! This is the bloodline of the Alabaster Devilsnake! Although it was once the master of the Shadow World, now it is part of our Purgatory World!"

Accompanied by the voice of another woman, an enormous eye with vertically slit pupils appeared.

A profound intent was issued from the giant eye above. Soon after, a great amount of black lightning engulfed the giant eye, and struck the enormous hand which had grabbed Leylin.

"Apologies! Complying with the contract is the foundation of order! In accordance with the contract we had previously signed together! The bloodline of the Snake Dowager has the right to enter the Purgatory World!"

Within the mass of black lightning, the enormous skeletal hand shattered to pieces, which made the shadow let out an infuriated roar in response, "Damn you, Trial's Eye! I won't let you off, one day... One day..."

"Chirp chirp..."

Just when Leylin had let out a sigh of relief, accompanied by a cheerful chirp, an enormous grey bird flew emerged from the Purgatory World.

"All who belong to the Trial of the Contract, are the enemies of this bird!"

The giant wings of the bird seemed the shield the whole world from Leylin's view.

"Sss..." At this moment, an even more violent thought was projected over, making Leylin feel that he was surrounded by a pack of wolves.

The phantom of a ball of snakes as large as a star was forced out from the void.

Many giant snakes roared directly towards Leylin. An indistinct figure appeared from within the coiled snakes. With one look, Leylin's bloodline nearly rose in rebellion.

'Snake Dowager! Although it is only a phantom…' Leylin's pupils constricted.

"Oh? It looks like this descendent appears to be quite interesting. Even the Snake Dowager is in a hurry to get her hands on him?" The bird bantered ridiculously, as if it was a person.

"In that case..." It fanned its huge grey wings and the obstacles in front of Leylin disappeared. A terrifyingly powerful space storm followed this, which rapidly increased its speed. In a moment, it had crashed through the world boundary.

"Bird! You dare! ! !" A rather angry voice came from behind Leylin's back, along with the monstrous hissing of the gigantic snake.

It seemed as if many stars behind him had all exploded, and all of the terrifying energy contained within made the whole space begin to faintly tremble. The gigantic Purgatory World silently endured the aftermath, showing off the foundation of a truly powerful world.

"The beings that appeared earlier should only be merely conscients and clones, and unexpectedly they were this terrifying!"

There was a trace of bitterness in the corner of Leylin's mouth, and also the sense of being very fortunate.

The process of crossing the world boundary was viewed by the unusually sensitive Rank 7 existences in the Purgatory World as if bandits had conspicuously trespassed into their own home. It was impossible to not be discovered.

Fortunately, although the Rank 7 laws overseeing the Purgatory World were not little, they seemed to be full of contradictions with each other, which finally gave Leylin a precious chance to take advantage of them.

"Descendent of my blood! Return to my embrace!"

At this moment an enormous will swept across Leylin, and made his mind tremble.

"Entering the Purgatory World and smoothly blending in, was instead easy to handle. The stone outside is very dazzling, but if I fell into the river above, to resolve it again, it would not be such an easy matter! And..."

Forcibly suppressing the rebellion of his bloodline, a puppet suddenly appeared from Leylin's hands.

"Haha..." The puppet laughed sweetly, and it continuously undulated a Soul Force and bloodline power which was extremely similar to Leylin's.

"Go!" With Leylin's voice the puppet clone floated in midair, and moving to and fro like a meteor, took a different direction from Leylin.

"I hope that the puppet will win me enough time! And also!"

[Beep! The Dreamless Mask is activating, concealing the bloodline for the second time!]

Accompanying the A.I. Chip's voice, was a layer of fine white snake scales, suddenly appearing from the surface of the Dreamless Mask. Mixing with the bloodline aura from earlier, the undulations exclusive to the Alabaster Devilsnake concealed Leylin's Soul Force and bloodline power in a flash.

"In the Purgatory World, the clan of snakes that the Snake Dowager is in is also an enormous species. Even the other side surely cannot thoroughly distinguish between every Alabaster Devilsnake?"

[Beep! Collecting the laws of the Purgatory World! Initiating adjustment of host undulations!]

With the A.I. Chip's voice, many laws of the Purgatory World were collected to be analyzed, and slowly altered the undulations coming from Leylin.

Very quickly, Leylin's entire self resembled the natives of the Purgatory World, and no longer had the incompatible feeling of an outsider from another world.

"Everything has been completed!"

Leylin breathed a sigh of relief, his face shortly flushing red.

The confrontation of the different laws just a moment ago had left him with a not inconsiderable injury.

"All that could be done has been done, and next, it depends on luck!"

Leylin was just like a fallen meteorite, and now, the enormous wills following on his heels had completely lost his presence.

Drifting and Analysis

A flaming star shot down from the skies, smashing into the waters with a huge splash.

"Ugh!" The icy cold water immediately left Leylin clear-minded, and a salty taste attacked his senses.

'This is… an ocean…' His mind was quickly reinvigorated, 'Those existences above rank 6 saw me, but I was lucky enough to get through the barrier into the world. I even had to let my substitute clone leave… In that case…'

"This is the Purgatory World!" Seeing the dark lustre in the horizon as well as the chaotic will unique to Purgatory, Leylin's lips quirked up in a broadening smile. "Haha… I've succeeded!"

Leylin had finally taken the first step on his path to breaking the bloodline shackles. The elation in his expression grew more and more pronounced.

As a foreign entity, Leylin would obviously affect the world barrier while traversing into the Purgatory World. Those existences above rank 6 had sensed this, hence Leylin wasn't surprised that so many conscients were present there, even making some preparations.

However, the events had far exceeded his expectations. Not only were their more beings in the Purgatory World than he'd expected that comprehended laws, they weren't all in the same camp. He'd even noticed a few familiar faces.

"It's not just the Snake Dowager, but the Trial's Eye and the Nefarious Filthbird are here too? I wonder if it's their main body here, or just a clone…"

Leylin floated on the surface of the sea and was pushed along with the waves. With the checks by the A.I. Chip, his injuries were slowly recovering and he would soon regain his ability to move.

Floating on the ocean was very dangerous and could attract bloodthirsty sharks or other high-energy beings. However, Leylin had no aura undulations at all and was like a block of wood. He wasn't bothered by anything at all.

While recovering, his thoughts were still moving quickly.

"Trial's Eye and the Nefarious Filthbird. They're a group of old mortal enemies, and I never thought I'd see their true bodies… Even if they're clones, they probably possess about half the strength of their main bodies!"

The ancient Trial's Eye was commonly used by Magi to make contracts. As an arbitrator and protector, it spread its might across multiple worlds.

This extended to even Breaking Dawn Monarchs and all the way down to acolytes. While making contracts, Trial's Eye could be summoned to bear witness. Of course, the Trial's Eye that different Magi summoned were fundamentally different.

However, in Leylin's point of view, Trial's Eye was not doing all of this for nothing. Through safeguarding these contracts and judging those who violated them, it did gain immense benefits too.

The laws it comprehended could very possibly be 'Contract' and 'Trial' or something to that effect. Hence, through these activities, it not only amassed more comprehension towards the rules but could even obtain the attention of the world origin force to increase its strength.

On the contrary, the Nefarious Filthbird likely comprehended something like 'Betrayal' and 'Chaos'. Hence, the two of them became arch enemies and engaged in battles that spanned across several worlds.

Now, Leylin had found the projections of their conscients in Purgatory World!

This meant that a very capable clone or even real body of these two beings were now in Purgatory World!

"What kind of secrets were being kept in the ancient Purgatory World? It's not just the Snake Dowager but also Trial's Eye and the Nefarious Filthbird, amongst other beings, that have set their sights on this place…"

Leylin pondered silently over the effects the appearance of the Trial's Eye and Nefarious Filthbird would bring to his plans, and whether they would be able to help him.

"Based on what I saw, the Trial's Eye seems to be a protector of laws, which was why it helped me out and let me off leniently after seeing I was a descendant of the Snake Dowager. The Nefarious Filthbird was clearly opposed to the eye and, after seeing that the Snake Dowager had not protected me and even wanted to kill me quickly, changed its initial plans and sent me into Purgatory World…"

Leylin's eyes flickered with wit as he analysed the scene multiple times.

"If I really had to divide them, Trial's Eye is probably on the Snake Dowager's side. Of course, I can't rule out the fact that it was just following the contract. The Nefarious Filthbird obviously thinks nothing of the Snake Dowager. There's hatred on both ends… As for that strange beast with destroyed wings that appeared at the beginning, it's probably sitting on the fence…"

"Of course, this could be misleading. However, these beings are very arrogant. It's too unlikely that they'd team up to cheat a mere rank 5 Warlock like me, and the possibility is almost negligible… but it's not bad to be on my guard against it…"

Leylin felt himself getting a headache. Having to deduce so many secrets regarding these beings as a mortal human himself made him feel like his brain just wasn't doing enough.

"A.I. Chip, how's the analysis of the surroundings and world law?"

Leylin shut his eyes and let his body drift along the waves and communicated with the A.I. Chip inwardly.

[Beep! Scanning of surroundings completed. Constructing elemental diagram!] The A.I. Chip quickly projected the image of an elemental composition diagram.

"Mm! The water elemental particles are very dense, which is understandable since this is like an ocean. On top of that, there's darkness and fire-type elemental particles. As expected of Purgatory!"

Leylin read through the analysis of the surroundings and couldn't help but nod. The concentration of elements around was slightly lacking compared to the central continent, but they were almost on the same level. That really made it worthy of being called an ancient powerful world.

[Beep! Deduction of host's location complete!] The A.I. Chip projected a map in front of Leylin. This was a scene of Purgatory World that he had seen from outside the barrier. Within was a hazy continent and gigantic ocean, and on the image, Leylin was situated near to a continent in the ocean. He was represented as a dazzling red dot!

"Though I know my approximate location in Purgatory World, I don't know which continent to go to…"

Leylin laughed wryly. The map the A.I. Chip had used was everything he had seen before, and it was much too simple. Considering the startling area of Purgatory World, any mistakes here would reach a terrifying extent.

"A.I. Chip, check my stats!" Not bothering with these longer, Leylin commanded again.

[Beep! Mission established, beginning scan. Collecting host's stats.] The A.I. Chip quickly intoned the results.

[Leylin Farlier. Rank 5 Warlock. Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent (Complete form). Strength: 32 (76), Agility: 35 (62), Vitality: 59 (176.9), Spiritual force: 875 (2003.5), Magic power: 875 (Magic power is in synchronisation with spiritual force). Soul force: 88 (200), Half Moon.]

Though it was just a confrontation between a few tremendous conscients, Leylin had been caught in the cross fire and almost died.

The terror of rank 7s and above were something he couldn't stand up to as he was now.

"Due to the Curse Mark of Ten Thousand Snakes, my stats keep dropping! On top of that, I'm grievously injured. If I still had my vitality from before, I'd probably be able to recover in a few hours. It looks like I'll need around two days…"

Leylin observed the beautiful starry sky and sighed slowly.

Meanwhile, he could feel that his body was like a sponge, with the darkness-type elemental particles in the air and even moonlight being absorbed into his cells, restoring his life force.

"This… Kemoyin Serpent's devouring ability, or a natural occurrence in the Purgatory World?" Whatever it was, Leylin was rather stunned at this discovery. Purgatory World truly was most suitable for the Snake Dowager and her clansmen. If not for that damned Purgatory chaotic intent that resulted in a bloodline illness, it could even be comparable to the Shadow World before.

[Beep! World law analysis at 2.16%. Determined to be not letting foreign creatures and souls have too drastic reactions.]

At this moment, the A.I. Chip's newly investigated conclusion was placed in front of him.

"In other words, the Purgatory World has nothing against the entrance of the powerful? It's no wonder the Snake Dowager, Trial's Eye and the rest chose to come here!"

Leylin suddenly understood.

Most worlds' latent wills were very opposed to foreigners. All those who entered would feel a terrifying malicious intent. Even their bodies would be suppressed by the World Force and cause them to drop in rank.

A situation like that would be very obvious in the Magus World or World of Gods.

However, Purgatory World seemed rather exotic as well. It accepted all foreigners and its degree of openness was second only to the Dreamscape. When he had just entered, Leylin had not felt any pressure whatsoever from the World Will.

After he completely adjusted the frequency of his aura and soul undulations to the Purgatory World, he was more like a native. There was no longer the feeling of being pressured and spied on by some malicious intent.

"What a mystical world! However, the will of Purgatory World was initially already very chaotic. That's normal!"

Leylin nodded. For World Wills, all from outside were locusts that would even take over their precious origin source. Hence, they were very against this. Some Worlds even had their natives in chains, and then expelled them after their strength went past a certain level.

Only Purgatory World with chaotic intent like this could tolerate the existence of foreigners like the Snake Dowager.

"Even then, perhaps the Snake Dowager wouldn't brazenly absorb the world origin. If not, no matter how chaotic the will of the Purgatory World is, there would be a powerful opposing force. That might be my chance…"

Gigantic Ship and Merfolk

Leylin never forgot his primary goal— he had to break through his bloodline shackles and rid himself of the Allsnake Curse!

Sneaking into Purgatory World and lying low was the first step to success. While he still didn't have a concrete plan for what happened later, he needed to keep adjusting and then adapting it anyway.

"Now that I've gotten into Purgatory World and have the help of the A.I. Chip, my aura and undulations are now adjusting so that it's more similar to natives. With the bloodline concealing by the Mask of the Dreamless as well as my wooden puppet used as a target amidst the chaos, the Snake Dowager shouldn't be able to find signs of me in a short period of time no matter how powerful she is. Unless she's reached rank 9, where there's nothing she doesn't know or cannot do…"

Rank 9 was the highest realm for all Magi. It was said to be where one grasped truth and there was nothing they could not do or did not know.

In Leylin's eyes, this surpassed the power of gods. However, that was what had been described in ancient volumes. Who knew whether this narration was real or fake.

Even during the most splendid ancient era in the Magus World, the records of the most powerful Magus had only reached rank 8. Real great rank 9 Magi had never appeared before.

Perhaps rank 9 was just a fantasy for a highest rank.

Leylin was certain that the Snake Dowager was at most comparable to a rank 8 Magus. It was impossible for her to have reached rank 9.

Purgatory World was vast and boundless, and also had many rank 7s and above in charge. It was possible that even the Snake Dowager would have to search for him continent by continent.

Hence, based on Leylin's deductions, she would probably trace back to him on the sly using his bloodline or order his capture.

The most stable and possible method she would use would be waiting patiently, because Leylin could not break through the bloodline shackles without any contact with her. In this short period of time, it was impossible for Leylin to rank up several times such that he could be on the same level as the Snake Dowager.

"The priority right now is to blend into Purgatory World, find the natives and understand how the organisations are divided…"

Leylin pondered over this silently and then closed his eyes.

Under the moonlight, there seemed to be a layer of vague luster passing over his body and emitting sparkling rays within the ocean.

...

Night passed and orange rays rose from sea level, the reflection gleaming atop the waves. At the end of the reddish-orange rays of light was a dark red sun.

Dim golden lights spilled down and the surrounding white fog gradually dissipated.

"Hm?" Leylin, who was lying on the surface of the water while recuperating, flexed his fingers. In this situation where he could only rely on the natural ability of his body to heal, he was bored out of his mind and shifted his attention to other things.

"The outline of the sun in Purgatory World seems much smaller than in the Magus World. Based on my deductions last night, the nights here are at least 20 hours long, and based on the speed at which this star is rising…"

Leylin watched the first glimmer of dawn that had now entirely left sea level, and his mind began to calculate things quickly.

Though incomparable to the A.I. Chip, through advancements and nourishments through his spiritual and soul force, the ability and speed of his brain when it came to calculating things did not lose out to the top minds in his previous world.

"Four hours and fifteen minutes! It might be even shorter than that, but that's the time for this sun to complete a whole cycle of ascending and descending."

Leylin was very confident in his calculation skills, "Purgatory World isn't like a planet. This only has a boundless land and sea that are of almost the same volume. That's why whether it's sunrise or sundown, it's uniform no matter where I am…"

"The day is so short, which makes sense why darkness elemental particles are so ample. Beings lacking in sunlight and energy have no choice but to focus on other sources. That's probably why the fire elements are used extensively…"

Leylin was able to see through how Purgatory World had generally changed over time. This ability to see things long-term was the result of his scientific research in his previous world and abilities in magic in this life. This perhaps even exceeded the abilities of many rank 7s.

"The amount of daylight in Purgatory World is rather low compared to many Worlds. Only Shadow World that has never had sunlight can probably top it. It's no wonder that after the Snake Dowager failed to get control over the Shadow World, she led her people and migrated here, which is quite suitable, if one were to disregard the chaotic intent here…"

Leylin's lips quirked in a slight smile, "The chaotic intent of Purgatory World has its pros and cons. It's precisely because of its chaotic nature that the Snake Dowager could take advantage of a loophole. However, her descendants aren't at rank 7 and can't resist the invasion of chaotic intent. That's what resulted in the bloodline hysteria in them. That can only be completely healed with the world origin force of the Icy World…"

"Perhaps I'll be able to find powerful natives of Purgatory World to help me in my plans…"

Leylin's eyes flashed with intelligence.

*Yo yo!* At this moment, a few snow-white seagull-like creatures that were ten times larger than their counterparts flew in the air. The giant birds soaring caught Leylin's attention.

"This is…" Leylin's pupils shrank slightly.

[Beep! Found traces of a large ship. Based on course, possibility of encountering host is 99.999%! Discovered abnormal heat energy and radiation undulations, determined to be existence of Exemplary Strength.]

The A.I. Chip loyally intoned.

"It's been about only two days and I managed to bump into a native already. I'm in such a vast ocean, which means I have pretty good luck!"

Leylin turned slightly, "Is it because the place where I landed is close to some continent?"

In the direction in which Leylin had turned where the water met the sky, a tiny black speck appeared and then increased in size, sailing over like a little mountain.

*Yo yo!* The gigantic birds flying overhead in circles chirped intensely, so excited as if they had found their relatives.

"Someone's pets? Seems like I was discovered long ago!" Leylin's injuries had yet to completely heal, and he could only do very slight movements. For this reason, he was still lying here.

A tremendous black figure that covered the skies finally revealed itself. This was a huge group of ships, and there were three with large white sails like canopies and a hull tens of metres high. At the moment that the ships arrived, the skies above Leylin were completely hidden and created great shadows.

[Beep! Detected life force undulations from large creatures. Position: 1200m below host's location.]

The A.I. Chip's voice sounded at this moment.

Two large eyes that were like searchlights in the deep sea sudenly brightened from the black depths of the water underneath him.

"It must be some creature like the giant dragon-whale in the south coast. Looks like the main driving force of these ships is obtained by subduing creatures!"

Leylin decided. When they were much closer to Leylin, a cry of alarm sounded from atop the deck.

Great eyesight allowed Leylin to see a few heads that seemed to belong to humans from above the deck, yelling at him.

The ship parted the water into waves, and Leylin's body began to move again.

Finding that shouting was pointless, the sound of a bugle horn could be heard from above the deck. The sound that was low and held a hint of fragility was made from maybe a cow horn or conch.

Along with the sounds of the bugle horn, Leylin could sense even more life undulations appearing from deep in the sea and arriving around him.

"Merman? The Marine Tribe?"

Leylin watched the beings surrounding him, shock evident in his eyes.

Those who had been attracted by the sounds were a group of merfolk with the upper body being a human and lower, a large tail. There were shells, corals, algae and all type of decorations on their bodies. They looked very similar to a branch of the Marine Tribe in the south coast, but there were still some differences.

"skngaklng..."

"skngaklng..."

There were scales on their faces and the parotid gland unique to fishes at their cheeks. In their hands were harpoons and other weapons. One of them with the best physique and that was situated closest to Leylin made a sound.

"It's similar to the Byron language, but it's still different!" Leylin had already gotten used to the inability to communicate from the usage of different languages.

"Thankfully, with the recuperation in this period of time, I can use part of my soul force!"

Clear and cool soul force spread from within his eyes and then quickly flitted across all the merfolk, and especially the leader. Leylin's half-moon rank soul force invaded his sea of consciousness without his knowledge, and he obtained large amounts of spiritual force undulations.

The A.I. Chip worked quickly and tidied up a new language, inputting it into Leylin's memories.

"Looks like I'll need to invent a spell that allows me to be proficient in all languages! If not, it's going to be very troublesome every time."

Meanwhile, seeing that Leylin had not replied after a long while, the leading merman asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Though they'd seen many people caught in danger from the ocean, there were truly very few who were like Leylin, floating on the surface of the water.

The atmosphere was stifling, and a few surrounding merfolk grasped the forks in their hands tightly.

"Oh, my apologies. I was just too emotional just now."

Leylin finally spoke, using the same language as them.

His gentle voice seemed to hold some strange ability that caused all the merfolk to relax.

"I am a traveler who got into trouble at sea, which resulted in me sustaining grievous injuries. I had to be in this state temporarily in order to heal up…"

As he spoke, he got up from his previous position, where he'd been lying down.

Watching him get up and stand on the surface of the water, the leader of the merfolk's pupils shrank.

Beholders

"An Exemplary!" The leader of the merfolk cried out involuntarily, his eyes now holding a trace of reverence towards Leylin. However, he wasn't all that surprised either. From what Leylin had done, it was evident that he was no ordinary person.

"We are people from the Eden trading company. If you don't mind, you could come up our ship and get some rest. I believe the rest will be delighted to chat with an Exemplary…" The leader of the merfolk spoke reverently.

This was the reason Leylin showed his strength. In a primitive world in an era during the age of discovery, there must be sins everywhere behind the scenes. The law of the jungle was utilised to the utmost.

If this was just Leylin alone without any power, he would be robbed and then thrown to the bottom of the sea.

Just the luxurious material of his clothing could be the cause of his death.

The moment he showed his mysterious strength, the treatment he got immediately changed.

Without making certain Leylin's strength and his background, the Eden trading company would not dare lay a hand on him.

"Many thanks!" Leylin expressed his gratitude aloofly, refusing the drawbridge that they let down for him and instead flying onto the deck.

Standing on deck, Leylin was slightly surprised by these crew members' strange appearances.

The few sailors beside him all looked very strange. There were some similar to the merfolk that Leylin had seen, but their tails had turned into two legs. They wore what labourers did and clearly did not have a high status here.

Besides the merfolk sailors, Leylin saw another type of creature.

This was a person escorted by the merfolk that evidently had a higher status. However, their appearance was totally different from a regular human being and they only had a large pupil. The pupil alone had a diameter of 1 decimeter, and around its socket, large amounts of tendrils hung down, forming something like limbs.

Appearance-wise, it was very similar to the Beholder Leylin saw in games in his previous world.

"Alright! Though I'd long since guessed that this world wouldn't be made up of humans, this appearance is really quite rare…"

Leylin ridiculed it in his mind. Perhaps due to adapting to the environment or some other reason, there were multiple different tribes but they all had bodies similar to humans. A head, four limbs, a torso became the most common structure of all beings, and there were at least one or two races similar to humans.

Like the merfolk he'd seen, while they maintained having a tail on their lower bodies when in water, that instantly turned into humans' legs once they got on shore.

Creatures that were completely different from humans like the Beholder did exist, but were never that common.

Leylin had already named this being the 'Beholder tribe'. In Purgatory World, it was unexpectedly this sort of race that was in charge and enslaving those similar to the human race.

"Revered Exemplary, please accept the sublime respect of I, Geiger Guguno Axde."

One of the Beholder's tendrils went upwards, and Leylin suddenly received spiritual undulations. The greetings within seemed to be rather flattering.

"Greetings!" Leylin obviously had a more profound understanding of the usage of spiritual force, which was why his usage of it was effortless.

However, what he found strange was that this Beholder tribe used spiritual force, which was similar to brainwaves, to communicate.

"Perhaps this form is because they're highly intelligent creatures!" Leylin nodded inside.

"You must be someone of the Ceraph Continent, yes? It is only at that area that there are humans!"

The gigantic Beholder pupil stared hard at Leylin, and he could even see an inverted image of himself in the eye. After a short moment the Beholder sent spiritual force that held information.

"My apologies, but I must keep my origins a secret. I promised my Mentor that before I gained any fame, I would not reveal my history!" Leylin answered righteously, but that only made the other party more grim and respectful.

"Your mentor must be an amazing Exemplary!" To become famous far and wide was extremely difficult even if on just one continent. To be able to do that meant he must be an extraordinarily powerful Exemplary.

"Mm! He is indeed an elder worthy of respect, full of wisdom and resolution…"

A hint of nostalgia rose in Leylin's eyes, and he then asked Beholder, "I met with some troubles at sea and had to float on the surface for a long time. May I know where this is?"

"Oh, this is the end of the shipping route of the Hail Continent, which makes it very close to the Hail Continent. You came so close but still got into troubles, and I can only say that you and your boat have very bad luck…"

The Beholder seemed to say without malicious intent. Noticing the slip of its tongue, many tendrils waved around, flustered, "Oh, my apologies! I didn't say that on purpose. It's just that there are far too many storms and ferocious beasts in the ocean, and because there's no law or regulations, even the Golden Deity Fleet can't say they're safe until they reach the port and stand on land."

"I understand," Leylin waved his arms, but a hint of of sadness and lingering fear showed on his expression. "I'm quite tired. Would it be possible for me to have a room and get some rest? Also, please send me to the nearest port. I'm willing to pay for it with something of equal value…"

While speaking, Leylin astutely realised there was someone spying on him from the shadows. This should be the Exemplary that he had discovered previously.

Their strength was not half bad and seemed to be at peak rank 3. They also had a few powerful magic artifacts and unique magic items.

"Seems like this is the protector or owner of this fleet who's at rank 3?"

With the A.I. Chip's adjustments, his aura was also at around rank 3. With his Mask of the Dreamless, he was rather charming.

"This…" Beholder seemed to hesitate, but immediately after, a streak of concealed spiritual force undulations was transmitted that caused it to change its words.

"No problem! We were planning to make a stop at the nearby Elias Port, and you can get off there. On our ship you are our most esteemed guest, so please don't mention anything about paying…"

Beholder's eye squinted which seemed to be a way of expressing its respect…?

"Alright!" Leylin nodded, and under the guidance of a merperson that the Beholder called out, entered the hold of the ship.

"My lord, here is your room. If there's anything you need, please tell us!"

The merperson humbly lowered his head, and once Leylin got familiar with his room, retreated.

"It's not bad!" Leylin looked around his surroundings. This was the higher levels of the ship, and besides important personnel, perhaps even the leader of the merfolk did not have the authority to stay here.

Light blue shells and red coral decorations adorned the room, making it look beautiful.

Inside, there was something like a bed that was covered with the fur of some unknown being. Just by looking at it, it was obvious that it was soft and smooth.

What attracted Leylin's attention more, however, was the large blue pearl at the heart of the room.

In the A.I. Chip's scan, the pearl seemed to be breathing, sucking in the turbid air in the room and, after going through some unknown transformation, released pure oxygen and was even able to clean the air. This eliminated the fishy smell of the ocean.

"A.I. Chip, scan!" Leylin commanded.

[Beep! Mission established. Beginning scan.] The A.I. Chip intoned loyally, and immediately after, probing undulations scanned through and did not miss any corners.

[Scan completed! Yet to find any suspicious items or spying spell formations.] The A.I. Chip intoned.

"Alright, looks like they aren't playing any tricks. I just need another layer of protections so I can be at ease though." With a tap of his finger, a blue rune appeared and rapidly disappeared into the wall.

In the blink of an eye, a resplendent blue layer of light appeared within the hold of the ship and quickly disappeared.

[Defence and warning spell patterns completed. Activation of comprehensive control. Simultaneous detections ongoing.]

Once the A.I. Chip sent information over, Leylin could finally completely relax.

"Hah…" He lay on the soft bed and huffed out a sigh, "At least I managed to regain a portion of my mobility before they found me, or things would have gotten complicated!"

"However, after recovering up to this point, the rest of the injuries aren't that bad. I can even use external items…"

At this thought, Leylin's palm touched at his waist. Silver spatial rays flashed and a dark red healing potion appeared in his palm.

WIth Leylin's attainments as a grandmaster at Potioneering, as well as the vast amount of resources provided by the Bloodline Union and Doze Imperial City of the Blazing Flame Monarch, he'd long since made a huge quantity of potions at the grandmaster level that he constantly kept at his side to deal with any unexpected situations.

The expedition into Purgatory World was of utmost importance, and he obviously brought everything along.

"With my vitality and rank as a Warlock, high-ranked potions probably won't do much for me unless they're primordial potions…"

The dark red potion didn't taste all that good and even had a spicy taste that seemed to sting his nose. However, without even a flinch, Leylin drank it.

The potion worked quickly. A flush first appeared on Leylin's face, before the sound of cracking was heard everywhere in his body, as if his bones were breaking. At the same time, it was flourishing with life like a plant.

After treatment using potions was used a few times, Leylin no longer had the feebleness of before.

Continent and Dignitary

"What's most important now is to figure out the general geography of Purgatory World!"

Leylin's face was extremely solemn, hidden beneath the Mask of the Dreamless. He only had about two years left, and the Purgatory World had quite a few continents. He had to determine where the Snake Dowager was. If she'd gone to another continent, it would take years of journeying to find her, which was something he just would not accept.

"It's a pity that those merfolk sailors aren't that intelligent, and even the Beholder didn't seem to be very knowledgeable. In order to gain more precise information, I'd have to rely on the concealed rank 3 Magus…"

*Knock knock!* At this moment, the door was lightly rapped.

"Come in!"

"My Lord!" The merperson from before reservedly bowed towards Leylin, "Esteemed guest, Lord Geiger Dole has invited you to dinner with him!"

'Dinner?' Leylin grew slightly confused by that. It seemed like the healing process he'd gone through had taken quite a bit of time.

"Of course, let us be off!" However, he reacted in time. This Geiger Dole should be the powerful being he'd sensed on the ship before. With his identity as one who gave the orders, he should have great understanding of the Purgatory World.

Leylin had now recovered about half of his original strength, which was enough for him to take control of the fleet of ships and even search the soul of the rank 3 Magus.

However, this was the Purgatory World. Leylin needed to keep a low profile, and the bloodline force he had as a Warlock was best not exhibited.

If not, the chances of the Snake Dowager finding him would be increased by a great extent, which would be very disadvantageous for him.

Besides, now that his safety was guaranteed, Leylin was willing to provide something of equal value to these people who had helped him, in exchange for what he wanted.

Whatever it was, using violence to solve problems might be simple at the beginning, but it was easy to get addicted to this method, resulting in the firm mindset of using violence for all situations. Leylin felt that he hadn't gotten to that point yet, but it was necessary that he change.

"My lord, please come with me!" The merperson led the way respectfully, while Leylin followed behind at an average pace while speaking once in while.

Most of the time, Leylin was the one asking questions while the other party answered. It didn't seem abrupt at all, as if he trusted Leylin and even bared his soul without reservations.

Occasionally using dreamforce and all sort of confusion techniques didn't make Leylin feel the least bit ashamed.

It was a pity that the merfolk weren't that intelligent and information about their world was less important than filling their stomachs.

Hence, Leylin heard things like "the meals of the basic sailor aren't that tasty. That kelp should be fed to Beagle Beasts!", "The caviar of the Liszt Fish is the best!" "The large Tamaha Spur Octopus during the flood season have the most tender flesh!" and similar information, which rendered Leylin speechless.

"These merfolk probably have gotten off their ship once or twice. They move about only on the ship!" Leylin clutched his forehead, giving up on conversing with him further to gain intel.

"Looks like if I want to do anything, I'll need to deal with that Beholder…"

With this thought, Leylin followed the merperson to the top-most floor in the hold of the ship.

A scarlet carpet, white tablecloth, silver tableware and a candle holder had Leylin feeling like he'd returned to Earth and its aristocracy.

The four walls with decorations used by different races as well as this person of another race at the main seat reminded Leylin that this was Purgatory World.

"Hehe… welcome, Exemplary from afar! I am Geiger's father, and my name is rather long, so just call me Geiger Dole…"

Sitting at the head of the table was a large Beholder. Compared to Geiger, the body of this Beholder was even larger. Some of the tendrils on the ground were snow-white, and seemed to be ageing.

However, the dense spiritual force undulations that it emitted showed that it had reached peak rank 3 if using the rating of the Magus World.

"Greetings, Geiger Dole. I am 'Ley'. Thank you so much for your help!" Leylin introduced himself, and then sat at the other side of the table.

"A spiritual energy that isn't half bad. Such purity means there's a possibility of developing into soul force, which seems quite similar to the Spirit-Sucking Creature in the legends…"

Leylin sized it up, realising that the spiritual energy it emitted was different than that in the Magus World.

"The owner of our Eden trading company is a very benevolent and just sage. I imagine they would not mind us saving you. On the contrary, if they were to find out that we had met someone in need and ignored them, they would probably get mad!"

Geiger Dole, who was in the middle, chuckled and then transmitted a spiritual force undulation, "Serve the dishes!"

A few female merfolk from the kitchen carefully walked out holding earthen jars that emitted heat. One of them stood beside Leylin and placed the head of the jar towards Leylin's silver bowl, beginning to pour.

"This…"

Leylin was slightly disconcerted. Seeing this dish that he had no clue was soup or the main course, he began to hesitate slightly.

In front of him was clearly soup. Amidst the dense and creamy light green soup were reddish and white eyeballs floating.

These eyeballs' shape and size were similar to humans, and Leylin frowned slightly.

"A.I. Chip, scan!"

A flicker of blue appeared in Leylin's eyes and quickly scanned the soup in front of him.

[Beep! Scan completed. Derived composition: Protein, glutamic acid, high-energy albumin. Unknown trace element determined to be from the eyes of a physically large tribe. Great effects in regaining energy and can restore some spiritual force.]

"What? Dear guest of mine, do you not like it?" The Beholder Geiger Dole opposite him ate with gusto, its many tendrils agilely using the ladle and making slurping sounds.

"The Merfolk Eyeball Soup from the Deep Gem Coral Sea is quite famous…"

"Oh, I was just wondering about that!" Leylin laughed and scooped up some soup. No matter what the taste was like, it would at least give him nutrition and help him restore spiritual force, which was not bad.

"Could it be because it has such a large eyeball that it has a huge desire for the eyes of other creatures?"

Seeing how the other party was devouring the food, Leylin judged him silently.

With the dinner, time passed quickly. Leylin and Geiger Dole chatted.

While conversing, Leylin astutely found that Geiger Dole had secretly made inquires and spied on his history, and had even set up discreet spells that would detect lies.

Leylin could understand where it was coming from, since it was strange for there to suddenly be a strange being in the middle of the deep ocean.

However, what kind of wily old fox was Leylin? He not only did not reveal his past but spoke in a roundabout way, obtaining much information from it.

After the dinner, Leylin returned to his room and closed the cabin door.

"A.I. Chip, how is it?"

Immediately after, Leylin half-lay on the bed and closed his eyes, silently communicating with the A.I. Chip.

[Beep! Conversation from before has been recorded. Deleted 68.23% of useless portions and obtained definite intel. Beginning reorganisation.]

Soon enough, a 3D projection of the map was projected into Leylin's mind.

As he had been able to see a rough outline from outside the barrier to the world, the map was now more intricate with information from Geiger Dole, and even the precise scale had been obtained.

There were seven gigantic continents in Purgatory World. Each had an area as large as the Magus World's central continent. Between each continent, there was an enormous sea, and there large organisations within the sea that even rank 6 Magi did not dare intrude on.

Around the continents and sea were a series of small islands that were like gems and pearls on beaches, decoration for the ocean.

[Determined host's location!]

Nearby the hail continent, a blue shipping route had been clearly marked out. The area where the route began was where Leylin was situated, marked with a red dot.

At the heart of the shipping route was a fragmented mark of an island, as well as a sign with Magus letters— Elias Port.

"The hail continent?" Leylin stroked his chin and sunk into deep thought.

"Based on what Geiger Dole said, the hail continent is land governed by another race filled with barrenness and primitivism. Many areas still have yet to develop and find joy in killing as well as giving up offerings."

"On the Hail continent, there is one species with the most beings around, and that is the high-energy snakes! It's rumoured that deep inside hail continent, there are temples for all snakes!"

"If I didn't guess wrong, the Hail Continent should be the Snake Dowager's territory!"

Leylin's eyes suddenly sparkled with light.

While traversing through the world barrier, he intentionally moved based on his bloodline and landed near his bloodline source. It seemed that while he was slightly off, he wasn't that off.

If not, if he were to land on some other continent, Leylin would just die of tears if he had to travel such a distance.

Meanwhile, Leylin was pondering other things that Geiger Dole had mentioned.

"Based on what it said, there is a 'dignitary' leader on each continent. They have the power to destroy the continent and are worshipped by all races and turned into a religion of sorts! The Beholder tribe evidently worship the ancient Trial's Eye…"

Leylin thought to himself.

Sea Monster Attack

As its World's Will was in disorder, the Purgatory World was a very suitable place for powerful existences from other worlds to migrate to and settle in easily.

From the distant past to the present, it wasn't just the Snake Dowager who had moved here with all her kin. Over the years, seven 'dignitaries' had appeared amongst the powerful natives and intruders. They each held control over one continent and did not interfere with each other's rule of their respective continents.

Many commoners treated these dignitaries like legends, and even gods to be worshipped. And to some degree, they were indeed quite similar to gods and perhaps even surpassed them.

'But… are there only seven existences who possess laws in the Purgatory World? What kind of joke is that? Forget those living in seclusion, these oceans are even larger than the continents! It would be even more suspicious if there weren't a few dignitaries occupying these vast oceans!' The more he thought about it, the more Leylin felt there was to the Purgatory World, and the more he felt it would become a huge variable in his plans.

'I need to find a way to make use of these dignitaries, or at least stop them from spoiling my plans… There's also the World Will, which could be the most important…' His brows furrowed tightly in thought.

...

A chilly wind blew across the deck, and the sky was filled with shining stars. The moon here seemed to be much larger than the one in the Magus World, and it even glowed with a purple radiance.

*Moo… Moo…* Great sounds of breathing came from under the speeding ship, and white streams of water sprayed out from it on occasion.

"Mister Ley!" "Good Morning, Lord Ley!" Many of the merfolk sailors immediately bowed to Leylin after seeing him come their way. He waved his arms and sent them away, coming to the side of the deck to watch the black surface of the water. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking about.

Below the surface of the water was a large silhouette of what seemed to be some prehistoric creature. Though he could only see only one scale and half a claw [1 Bits and pieces] of it, it still showed off a frightening strength.

'What an enormous body it has, and so full of life force too!' Seeing the image of the creature from the A.I. Chip's scans, as well as the data that had been gathered, Leylin sighed in praise.

'Compared to an Evil Eye like Geiger Dole who is limited to rank 3, this being seems to be the most powerful on this ship. With this beast here, dangerous creatures wouldn't dare to provoke these sailors…'

"Mister Ley!" Geiger Dole dragged his many tentacles across the ground and arrived at Leylin's side. His current expression was more respectful than it had been before.

After all, this Mister Ley was an extraordinary exemplary that was not at all inferior to his father, this was something that his father Geiger Dole had told him himself. That alone was enough to earn his respect.

"Mm…" Leylin only nodded slightly, but Geiger did not find this attitude strange. Exemplaries and other mysterious beings naturally had short tempers, and Leylin's indifference was already a better attitude than most.

"You're interested in our Godric?" He asked with a smile as he came to the edge of the deck. His large eye peered down at the shadow under the ship.

"Godric? Is that its name?" Leylin's interest was piqued.

Noticing Leylin's attention, Geiger put more effort into his explanation, "Godric is the name we've given these creatures. In our ancient language, the word Godric means large and powerful; we named them this because mature Godrics are often as powerful as Morning Stars. Though this one is only an infant and likely won't mature further, we Evil Eyes had to send out quite a few elders to subdue it."

Geiger had a rather proud expression while mentioning that point, "Getting the Godric hasn't just helped the ship avoid trouble. It's even allowed us to speed up even when there's no wind. It's really saved us from a lot of inconvenience."

"It's not bad!" Leylin nodded.

"But it's also because of this Godric that we can only sail along the Hail route. More faraway places like the Deep Valleys, Path of Bones, and Golden Coast have Godric communities, so we can only give up on them…" Geiger's tentacles rose in what seemed to be regret and sorrow.

Leylin knew very well that some intelligent creatures hated seeing their kin enslaved. If the ship was spotted, they were likely to face ferocious attacks. It seemed like it was because they were aware of this that they avoided the areas where Godrics could appear, and only used this shipping route. Though there was still some risk of danger, it was much better compared to the dreadful problems they faced before.

"So you intentionally sealed its growth to block its breakthrough to Morning Star, so it wouldn't become uncontrollably powerful?" Leylin shot a glance at Geiger who was beside him, but did not say more.

The law of the jungle ruled supreme, be it in the Magus World or other unknown worlds. From Leylin's experience, the commoners of the Magus World were considered to have higher standards of living compared to those of other worlds.

However, the commoners and even the nobility of the Magus World did not enjoy lives as good as the ordinary people from his previous life. However, Magi led rather satisfying lives which were perhaps even better than the citizens of his previous life. Yet the chances of joining the Magus community and overcoming one's commoner status was practically negligible.

'In a highly powerful and mysterious world like this one where only the strong survive, the weak can only form organisations to band together and rely on social order…' Leylin looked absentminded, but he was deep in thought.

The robotic voice of the A.I. Chip snapped him out of his reverie. [Beep! High-energy radiation discovered at a distance of 18762m. Target determined to be hostile.]

'There are dangerous beings even in coastal waters? If it doesn't care about the Godric it must be powerful…' Leylin's eyes flashed slightly. He suddenly exclaimed, "Mister Geiger; if I were you, I'd retreat a little!"

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Although he was slightly confused, Geiger still obediently followed Leylin to the heart of the deck.

"Something huge is heading for us rapidly." Leylin didn't conceal anything as he spoke bluntly. After all, mysterious beings and Exemplaries had their means of detection, and even Geiger would've realised it soon enough. He just thought to do them a favour.

Whatever be the case, they had saved him and allowed him on their ship. As long as there wasn't a conflict of interest, he had to repay them.

"Something huge? What do you mean? Wait… Monster attack?" Geiger was stunned at first, but he immediately began to roar. Terrifying spiritual force encompassed the deck, and even spread outwards.

"Attention, crew! Protect our goods! If we lose anything I'll turn you into fish soup for tomorrow!" Hearing this command, the merfolk on the deck froze for an instant before beginning to pull the mooring ropes as if they'd gone mad. Some of them darted into the warehouse.

Just as the situation on deck grew chaotic, a dark red light covered the entire ship and calmed the merfolk down.

"Prepare for enemy attack! It should be a deep sea being, see if the Godric can scare it away!" Geiger's voice resounded throughout the ship. He then thanked Leylin.

Leylin was half-hearted in his assistance, more interested in such spells that could envelop the area. 'Let's see… There's Soul Appeasement, Maximise Potential, Natural Instinct…' Though paths to power varied in different worlds, Leylin would rather analyse such things from the viewpoint of spells.

Seeing the calm merfolk sailors having their strength and agility enhanced, Leylin could obviously notice the changes to their power.

'According to what I learnt from our discussions, the Evil Eye tribe is more like a community of bloodline creatures. Their power grows with age, and they can even awaken some innate abilities.

'But I can't just ask about the Purgatory World's paths to power, they'll grow suspicious…' Leylin stroked his chin in thought, 'Just as well. Though there'll be a little danger, I'll get to see the power of this world's natives, as well as how they channel energy. Anything else will have to wait until I get to Port Elias or the Hail Continent so I can understand in detail…'

*MOOO!* A low voice that sounded like a cow's came from under the ship while Leylin was still speculating what was happening. A gigantic black figure rose from the depths of the ocean, appearing in its entirety before Leylin.

This sea monster was absolutely enormous, and looked similar to a manta ray with many irregular brown stripes everywhere on its body. There were many thick iron shackles firmly binding it to the body of the ship.

The Godric roared, and terrifying sound waves burst out in a specific direction. A large figure slowly emerged from that spot, starting with many metallic spikes that looked like sharp blades rising from the surface of the sea. The creature parted the water into two long white sea waves.

The large head that poked out was like that of a fish, and two pectoral fins followed. The beast's entire body was covered in a metallic jet-black luster, and its orange eyes were like searchlights in the deep ocean. A bloodthirsty, ruthless aura erupted from its body.

Thornback Ironwhale

"Could this be… the Thornback Ironwhale?!"

Traces of fear could be felt in Geiger's spiritual force, "How's that possible? How can there be deep sea predators here when we're so close to the coastline?"

The Thornback Ironwhale was a large being unique to the deep sea. Every single one of them had immense strength upon maturing, but their most terrifying characteristics were their temperaments. Once one set its sights on a target, it wouldn't lose track of it until it managed to seize it.

The Thornback Ironwhale's terrifying aura overwhelmed even the Godric's, and it was the reason for Geiger's fearful expression.

"Watch out!" Just as Leylin gave the warning, the Thornback Ironwhale charged forth, its large metal thorns piercing deeply into the Godric's body.

*Moooo!* The Godric cried out in pain. As the two gigantic beasts collided, huge tremors travelled throughout the ship.

"Ah…" Under such tremendous force, Geiger collapsed to the deck, unable to hold his weight. His numerous tendrils wrapped around the mast like vines.

Geiger was still in quite good shape. In the moment of the collision, there were a few merpeople sailors at the sides of the deck that had been sent flying off by the huge crash, letting out piercing screams as they fell into the waters. Along with their kinsmen in the sea, they were drawn into the battle between the two gigantic creatures. In the end, they were turned into mincemeat. All that was left of them were traces of red on the waves.

Usually, the chains fastened around the Godric were immensely helpful for sailing. Now, however, they were no more than a huge burden. Noticing this, Geiger immediately commanded, "Break the chains!"

A few sturdier mermen soldiers pounced on the control valve with furious eyes, using a thick hammer to split it open.

*Crash!* The Godric's gigantic chains then broke away, and the tremor on the ships lessened greatly.

"Turn the ship at full force! Leave this sea region!" At some point, Geiger Dole's voice could be heard at the bow of the ship, body floating in the air. Great spiritual force undulations swept the area and even forcefully took control over the merpeople sailors, causing them to begin to work with reddened eyes.

*Creak! Creak!* The large ship suddenly turned around and left the two large beasts behind.

Water kept splashing into the air, and terrifying sounds could occasionally be heard from under the sea. Even though they were under the effect of magic, a lot of sailors trembled in fear.

"Prepare the cannons at the bow of the ship! We need to eliminate that Thornback Ironwhale, or it won't let us off until it sinks us to the bottom of the sea!" Geiger Dole exclaimed as he flew towards the scene of the battle. Geiger had evidently regained his composure and scared the sailors witless, making them work even more intensely.

"Hurry! Prepare it!" Geiger's large vertical pupil was filled with blood vessels, and its tendrils seemed to turn into powerful whips that kept hitting the merfolk, hurrying them to carry a large and heavy harpoon that was around 5 meters long above the cannon.

"The Thornback Ironwhale has the metallic skin ability, with an effect similar to physical damage reduction. We need to use this!" Geiger produced a few black and white spotted stones and began to rub them together as if he was starting a fire. A layer of black and white light suddenly enveloped the steel fish.

'Oh? It's using temporary enchanting techniques? What is the medium? Is that a sacrifice or a scroll?' Leylin's eyes gleamed as he watched from the sidelines.

The enormous monsters kept roaring at the other end of the battlefield, causing huge waves that resulted in the ship swaying violently.

The Godric of the fleet was no match for the Thornback Ironwhale. Although it had the potential to reach the Morning Star realm, the sad truth was that after being treated as a slave for many years and being specially sealed, it could no longer completely develop its bloodline power.

The same didn't apply for the Thornback Ironwhale. For all of its life, it had grown up in the treacherous deep sea and was extremely experienced in fighting.

Hence, at the very start of the fight, the Godric had a huge chunk of its flesh bitten off by the Thornback Ironwhale. That was not all, the whale's sharp iron thorns also left many wounds on the Godric's body.

An enormous amount of blood flowed out from the Godric without stopping. The blood shed by the merfolk from before was nothing compared to this, as the entire region was dyed red with the Godric's blood.

*MOOoo…* The Godric's thunderous voice gradually became weaker, and there was even a pleading note in its voice.

"Damn it!" At this moment, Geiger Dole had rushed to the site to support the Godric in battle. After witnessing the scene unfolding in front of him, his large pupil immediately went completely red with rage.

The Godric was still the valuable property of the Eden trading company. If anything happened to it, or worse, if it died, then the amount that needed to be paid in reparations would be astronomical, enough for the company to go bankrupt. Geiger and his crew could be sent to some barren or dark region to be forced labour. On fleets like this, there was a shipment of very valuable goods which absolutely could not be lost.

Geiger Dole immediately acted in violent rage. A great deal of formless spiritual force turned into whips as it was pulled from the void. The seawater in the surrounding area converged to form a large wall of water.

"Mm?" At this moment, Leylin froze on the deck, as if he had discovered something.

"Is there any problem, Lord Ley? What do you think of this situation?" Geiger transmitted to Leylin after noticing his actions. Although he was extremely busy, he'd kept his eye on the area.

"Oh! There's a stalemate right now, and with your father and the Godric working together you have an advantage." At first, Leylin consoled him. However, he then spoke in a solemn voice, "Nevertheless, the Thornback Ironwhale has a high resistance against spiritual attacks. You need to be careful!"

According to most theories, the larger a monster that relied on its physical strength, the more it would be lacking in terms of the spirit and soul. This Thornback Ironwhale was obviously an exception to that rule. Not only did it have a high resistance against Geiger Dole's spiritual force attacks, it could also reflect them back at him.

"The Thornback Iron Whale already has the steel willpower trait. If it goes crazy again…" Geiger was filled with unease, "Mister Ley…" He looked at Leylin expectantly.

"Mm, don't worry. Since you went out of your way to help me, it's only natural for me to return your kindness!" Leylin nodded, and hearing this made Geiger relax considerably. He then began to operate the cannons himself, and aimed at the giant Thornback Ironwhale that was fighting both the Godric and Geiger Dole.

With a loud bang, the giant cannon roared. The force of the recoil sent the ship backwards by a large distance, and even caused the stern to sink slightly below the water.

A thunderous explosion, like the roar of a monster, rang out. A black ray that was tens of meters long shot out, striking the triangular fin on the Thornback Ironwhale's back.

*Roar…* Large amounts of blood spurted out, and the whale let out enraged howls.

*Pak!* At this moment, a chain filled with runes was pulled until it was stretched out.

"Now's the time, pull!" At the other side of the chain was the ship from before, Geiger's spiritual force undulations intensified to the limit as he howled in anger.

The ship was pulled with such force that the hull started to shake abruptly. A game of tug of war was now happening between the Thornback Ironwhale and the ship, hindering its movement. As this opportunity revealed itself, Geiger Dole launched his final attack from the air.

"The King of Evil's True Eye, Death Ray!"

Tremendous amounts of dark red rays appeared from Geiger Dole's large vertical pupil, piercing into the eyes of the Thornback Ironwhale. It suddenly closed its eyes and its body started to convulse and thrash wildly, as if it was having a fit.

*MOOOO!* The Godric immediately roared, and charged towards the Thornback Ironwhale.

After shooting that ray, Geiger Dole seemed to have spent all his energy. He slowly fell to the deck, even the tendrils on his body no longer able to help in maintaining a standing position.

"Father!" Geiger immediately came over, using his many tendrils to help his father stand up.

*Roar!* Following its berserk howls, the Thornback Ironwhale's eyes flew open once more. However, there was now a significant amount of blood pouring out from both eyes.

"The Thornback's Bloodthirsty Berserker transformation! I never thought it would awaken its bloodline!" Geiger Dole stared at the outburst of strength from the Thornback Ironwhale as it sent the heavily injured Godric flying; his complicated feelings couldn't be masked by his spiritual force.

Geiger Dole saw the crazed Thornback Ironwhale charging towards the ship and immediately came before Leylin, pleading with him, "Mister Ley, please help us!"

"Don't worry!" Leylin revealed a good-natured smile from behind the Mask of the Dreamless, and arrived before the giant cannon.

Due to the iron chains and the harpoon anchoring it, the whole fleet's movement was restricted. It was as if there was a deep sea demon that was tugging on the chains, trying to pull the entire fleet into the sea.

'This World's paths of power seem to be reliant on awakening one's bloodline innate abilities as well as on sacrifices… I can't use anything too outstanding, otherwise it'll raise suspicion…' Having decided what action to take, Leylin came beside the chain and placed his palm on its surface.

The ice cold metal was shaking slightly, and only now was Leylin able to deeply understand the immense strength of the Thornback Ironwhale while in its enraged state.

The best spell model for the situation was transferred to him by the A.I. Chip, and immediately after a dim layer of light covered his hands. "Metal Animation!"

The whole length of the iron chain seemed to transform, and it began to ripple like a wave down from the top of the chain until it reached the other end.

Port Elias

The enormous Thornback Ironwhale roared, and didn't charge at the ship again. Its gigantic body continued to spin in place, and it finally began to start twitching.

The merfolk on the deck, and even Geiger and Geiger Dole, were completely stunned as they watched the scene.

This terrible deep sea creature that had nearly destroyed their entire fleet had been left like this with one strike from Mister Ley? They couldn't even understand what method he had used! For a moment, they gazed at Leylin with reverence.

However, it was as if he didn't notice that at all. His eyes were still locked on the struggling Thornback Ironwhale.

After a short while, the whale's struggling grew less and less pronounced, until it finally became completely still. Clouds of black smoke emerged from the harpoon wound it had sustained.

*Whoosh!* The enormous harpoon returned suddenly, bringing with it a white lump of brain matter.

By the time the harpoon was back on deck, Geiger Dole was shocked to find that it had already transformed into a giant palm of steel,. The hand sifted through the brain material of the whale, before finally passing a solid black lump of material to Leylin. Immediately afterwards, it withdrew into the opening of the cannon and returned to being a harpoon once more. It seemed to have lost all of its previous vitality.

'What terrifying power!' Geiger Dole felt a trace of fear in his heart. 'That type of living metal, once it entered his body…' just the thought of it made him shudder all over.

From Leylin's view, it was foolish to wish the entire world would know about every impressive fight one fought. A Magus was someone who grasped the power of the truth, and ought to know how to use a minimal amount of power to reap the maximum amount of benefits.

As a result, he only modestly shook his head and said, "My current strength doesn't count for much…"

"It's all thanks to Mister Leylin's strength that our fleet survived! If not for you, I'm afraid our fleet would have suffered great losses this time." Geiger Dole expressed his thanks sincerely.

"Mm… Also, this is the Thornback Ironwhale's most valuable resource," Leylin raised the dark solid in his hand, a fishy smell spreading from it.

"Congratulations, Mister Leylin! This is the essence of the whale, a resource unique to the Thornback Ironwhale. It's very rare to see such a big piece!" Although Geiger Dole said this with some envy, he didn't have any sinister thoughts. If Leylin was a normal person, he would have already snatched this kind of precious material away and thrown him into the ocean to feed the fish. However, he didn't have the courage to do this to Leylin, in fact he wouldn't even think of it.

"Oh," Leylin nodded, and simply tossed the whale essence to Geiger Dole. "Treat this as compensation for allowing me passage on your ship."

This type of material wasn't worth much in Leylin's eyes, so he'd given it away without thought. However, Geiger felt that Leylin was shrouded in mystery. An adventurer who could so easily give away such a treasure was likely to be very strong.

Under Geiger Dole's command, the fleet of ships then arrived at the place where the battle had taken place and began to strip the Thornback Ironwhale to pieces. Every part of a rank 3 sea creature's body was precious, not to mention the special whale essence. This was worth up to five times more than the original goods they were carrying!

Leylin did not care about that sort of thing, but it was serendipitous for Geiger and Geiger Dole.

Leylin did not interfere with the resource gathering, only watching them break down the Thornback Ironwhale as they cut out pieces of its flesh and skin.

Simultaneously, the Godric was once again called back to the ship, with groups of merfolk sailors roaming around its body, applying a gelatinous material to its wounds.

This continued for nearly a day. Although the majority of the Purgatory World's daily cycle was night, the bright moonlight made it seem like day. By the time the fleet had set sail once again, the smile in Geiger Dole's large vertical eye was so pronounced he was almost squinting. They'd had no choice but to discard some of the miscellaneous low-value goods in order to lighten their shipment weight.

The Godric had recovered from most of its injuries as well and had regained its vitality. It pulled the ship even against the strong headwinds and after the sails had been let down, even the larger ships ran at a decent speed.

An unbroken group of islands appeared on the horizon after the third sunrise, looking like a string of pearls. A few white seagulls let out excited cries as they circled the sky.

"Port Elias? We've finally arrived!" Leylin was leaning against the mast, looking at the nearby waterway.

This was the last supply point on the Hail Continent route, and was a prosperous port. Surveying the area, Leylin was pleased to find many boats. These boats had aged model numbers similar to Geiger's, and there were even metallic warships in the place. There were also many ships far larger than the ones in Leylin's party.

It wasn't just alchemy technology, magic drove the extraordinary ships as well. Leylin even saw a pirate ship that was entirely under the control of undead creatures, with numerous skeletons and flame spirits manning the deck. A tattered black skeleton flag that was triangular in shape hung from the top, reeking of a bloody and savage aura. However, what surprised Leylin the most was that they weren't attacking the other vessels.

"This area is the domain of Port Elias. Under its protection even pirates obey the law. Even if they readily commit crimes in the deep seas, they must obediently restrain themselves in this place," Geiger kindly explained, "Although Mister Leylin possesses awe-inspiring strength, it is better to abide by Port Elias' rules. After all, there are some strong people overseeing Port Elias, who possess power comparable to those of the Star rank."

"Mm, I understand. Thank you for your kindness!" Leylin nodded. He had understood the power ranking of the Evil Eye tribe completely, and they weren't as strict as the Magus World about it. They simply judged strength by age.

The tribe members only had a few stages of strength. There was the stage of infancy, followed by adolescence, adulthood, and at the peak were the elders. There was less than one Elder Eye among ten thousand Evil Eyes.

As for Geiger's description of the port overseers having strength on par with the Star rank and things like that, those who were talked about in that way could be considered Morning Stars. Although a thorough classification was impossible, it was still possible to understand the rankings to some extent.

Once someone was labelled a Star rank, in the eyes of the Evil Eye tribe only the oldest of the Elder Eyes could compete with them.

Geiger was considered to be in his adolescence, possessing a strength similar to rank 1 or 2 Magi. As for his father, Geiger Dole had entered adulthood, and roughly had the strength of a rank 3 Magus. Their innate racial abilities gave them a slight edge over Magi of a similar rank.

"If there is nothing else Geiger, let us part here," Leylin said as he looked at the fast approaching port and the densely populated ships, some of which were unique.

Hearing that Leylin wanted to leave the fleet made Geiger anxious immediately. "Lord Ley! Did we do something lacking in respect? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Leylin was, after all, someone who possessed great strength but wasn't greedy. No matter which ship's captain he met, they would try to rope him in. And although Port Elias was already very close to the mainland, they still required a month of sailing. If they ran into any danger, Leylin would be a safeguard.

"My apologies. I wish to stay in Port Elias for some time, and enquire after my own fleet. Although the chances of my companions surviving is very slim…" Leylin's eyes seemed to grow dazed, and seeing him like this Geiger could say nothing more. After all, it was only right and proper to search for one's companions.

When Geiger Dole received this news, his tendrils immediately blanched white at their ends. He moved on deck. "Mister Ley will be leaving? What a pity!" A feeling of reluctance and regret was transmitted with his spiritual force undulations.

"I've already dallied here far too long. I'd like to thank the Eden Trading Company and the two of you once more for your selfless help. May the glory of the Purgatory World be with you!"

Having spent some time exploring it, Leylin already knew the conversatory etiquette of the Purgatory World. He spoke without a single mistake, and seemed like a real native.

"What a pity! Since it's like that, please accept this gift!" Geiger Dole waved his hand, and a merman immediately handed a scroll made of skin to Leylin respectfully.

This scroll even had a fine layer of fish scales on top of it, and the light it reflected was dazzling. It looked extremely bright and beautiful.

Leylin reached out and took the scroll before gently unfurling it. The scroll unfolded to show a light yellow map, next to which were some simple rules.

"This is a map of Port Elias, and it includes some matters to take note of, I trust that it will be of some use to you!" Geiger Dole sent over a wave of spiritual force.

The A.I. Chip scanned the scroll, and committed the information to Leylin's memory in a flash. He wouldn't ever forget this information now, but he still rolled it up and put it away, and expressed his thanks, "Many thanks. This map will be very useful to me!"

"We will be resting and restocking our supplies here at Port Elias for a while. If Mister Leylin has any other needs, please don't hesitate to come and find us…"

Parting and Underground

Geiger Dole and his son appeared to be completely cordial towards strong individuals, and Leylin only responded with a smile.

"Attention! Attention! You have now entered Port Elias! This area is under the protection of the mighty master of the void, the Flapwing, the Dignitary of the Asak Continent: the almighty Nefarious Filthbird! We advise that you abide by the Port's rules, lest you suffer the wrath of the Port's guardians and the Supreme's punishment!" A mechanical voice transmitted the message onto the ship, carrying a trace of a threat with it. Geiger Dole, however, was evidently used to this and did not react.

After all, the port was being protected by a powerful Dignitary, so they could only follow the rules.

"The Nefarious Filthbird?! Asak Continent's Dignitary?!" Leylin's eyes flickered slightly as he looked towards the top of the Port and saw a giant statue of a bird atop an enormous mountain.

"Isn't this place near the Hail Continent? How can the Dignitary of another continent spread its influence all the way here? Unless…" Many ideas ran through Leylin's mind. On the surface, however, Leylin was calm and collected as he followed Geiger Dole off the ship and into the docks.

There was a flood of people on the ground, and the clamour in the place was spectacular. Even the air in the region seemed to be sizzling slightly. The fishy smell of sea trade, the odour of livestock and other assorted scents blended into a stench that could make anyone feel nauseous. Even Leylin's brow creased a little in response.

*Crash! Crash!* A huge mechanical arm rumbled monotonously, grabbing goods from the holds and decks of the ships and transporting them down. At the end of the endlessly operating transport belt was a gigantic body and, and next to it were tall and very muscular humanoids. They shouted as they transported the boxes of raw goods away. From time to time, the urging and condemning of a yardmaster could be heard.

If they used extraordinary magical power, the entire process could be sped up considerably. However, without even considering whether that would be cost-effective, why would those extraordinarily powerful people condescend to perform such menial tasks?

"Mister, your ship was confirmed to be an ancient type 3 model, accompanied by a huge life form of rank 5 physical status. You will need to pay…" At this moment, a flexible-looking giant octopus that was holding a notebook, a fountain pen, and other such tools arrived in front of Geiger Dole.

"I know, I know!" Geiger Dole waved his hand, throwing a little black bag to the octopus. Furthermore, Leylin saw Geiger Dole stuff a pink pearl into one of the octopus' tentacle suckers. The pearl disappeared in a wink and Leylin was left speechless. Apparently, no matter what era it was, this sort of thing was unavoidable.

"Alright then, Mister Geiger Dole, Mister Geiger! I shall take my leave first."

As soon as Geiger Dole finished his procedures, Leylin bid them farewell with a smile and, shortly after his figure disappeared into the bustling crowd.

Geiger Dole and Geiger looked in Leylin's direction, and they couldn't help but covertly exchange spiritual undulations with each other for a while.

"Mister Ley left just like that?" Geiger still couldn't resign himself to this.

"Cheer up, son!" Geiger Dole's spiritual undulations were transmitted over, "Even without our help Mister Ley had enough strength to arrive at the continent by himself. It was only a matter of time. Furthermore, we have already benefited a lot from the Thornback Ironwhale he gave us, so we shouldn't make too many unreasonable demands. Fair trade and complying with the law, that is what our almighty senior, the Trial's Eye, has taught us. We must follow his doctrine thoroughly.

"Yes, you're right, Lord Father." Geiger's vertical eye showed his low spirits, as did his tendrils. "However, I still feel like it's a pity…."

"Lord Ley's departure is actually good for us!" There was still a trace of dignity in Geiger Dole's large vertical eyes.

"What do you mean?" Geiger didn't seem to understand.

"I am afraid the secret Mister Ley carries isn't a small matter. Although I haven't made in-depth contact with him, I'm already near the bottleneck of the Elder Stage, and even with my spiritual sight Mister Ley was still shrouded in fog. Occasionally, his aura makes me feel oppression and fear that not even the Elders can generate."

Geiger Dole still seemed to have some lingering fear, "If such a person were to have an outburst and attack us, it would be a disaster to the fleet and the entire Eden Trading Company! Now, however, he decided to leave us of his own accord. Since we're still on friendly terms, it's good for both parties."

"So that's the case! Mister Ley was actually this powerful?" Geiger looked at his father. Suddenly, he became aware that there was still a lot of things left for him to learn.

...

'A.I. Chip, what's the progress on the data collection?' Leylin leisurely strolled around the streets while secretly communicating with the A.I. Chip.

[Beep! Collecting data on the outside world… 79 new species were discovered… 34 species match information on the database, 25 unknown. 20 species are completely foreign organisms.] The A.I. Chip's reply was lightning quick, and it projected a great amount of data in front of Leylin.

In ancient times, the Magus World was incomparably powerful and had taken over many worlds. Ancient Magi had even made contact with the Purgatory World, which meant that it was possible to find the descriptions of some lifeforms in the large amount of ancient data that the A.I. Chip had collated.

Leylin opened an image at random and, from the picture, a ball of thick black mist that did not have a fixed form emerged. This was a member of an alien tribe he had seen earlier.

[Blackmist Clan, a semi-elemental lifeform. Enjoys living in environments full of darkness particles, suspected to be native to the Shadow World. In ancient times they had migrated to many other worlds, and there are currently 12 subspecies that have been discovered.]

The many passersby on the street did not make a fuss over the appearance of the ball of black mist, so they were clearly accustomed to it.

In addition to the Black Mist Clan, Leylin had discovered many ancient tribes that were recorded in the ancient books and even some completely unknown creatures. All these existences lived harmoniously and prosperously in Port Elias.

Different tribes had different lifestyles. This could cause some contradictions and disrupt harmony, especially for those kinds of dark existences at these docks, but Leylin didn't notice any intense conflicts or fights. It was clear that they were under strong suppression.

'In terms of biodiversity and number of special species, the Purgatory World has probably surpassed the Magus World…' Leylin's expression was slightly grave.

Just the power of laws that the Purgatory World's seven dignitaries possessed was enough to crush the surface Magus World. If not for the Magus World's World Will suppressing foreign laws to a terrifying degree, perhaps it would already have been conquered by powerful beings from other worlds.

'No. I'm afraid the World Will's suppression wouldn't be enough to deter the Snake Dowager and the others,' Leylin stroked his chin, 'Even if they've been suppressed, entities that wield laws can very easily deal with Rank 6 Breaking Dawn Monarchs. Only creatures of equal rank could make them worry… Could it be that there are some rank 7 or greater Magi from ancient times still in the Magus World?'

'Perhaps they are hiding in a secret location and have become enough of a formidable force to intimidate other worlds. No! It they were on the surface, no matter how low a profile they kept, rumors of these entities would have spread, unless… they are underground!' Leylin's eyes suddenly lit up.

The Magus World still had a deep and vast subterranean world. Even the powerful Magi from ancient times had only explored and discovered seven layers of this underground world.

Going into the subterranean world was too dangerous even for the ancient Magi. If an Abyssal Matriarch-ranked existence appeared in the seven layers of the subterranean world, it was enough to rival the strongest Law Magi. Therefore, ancient magi were not able to completely control the subterranean world they had discovered.

If it was like this within the seven layers then how about even deeper underground? Leylin suddenly felt somewhat fortunate, the underground of the Magus World was indeed deep and no one knew what terrifying existences or shocking secrets were hidden there.

He had boldly cooperated with the Lyas family to develop the underground, and as expected it was a sensible decision. Otherwise, if they attracted the attention of some powerful existence, let alone Magi who wielded laws, even with the assistance of the strongest Breaking Dawn Monarchs there would be no profit left for him and Eam to make. All the influence would be taken over by others, and it would be working for nothing.

This outcome was something he could never accept.

'Although the probability of the power of laws appearing in the first layer of the subterranean world was small, there would definitely be Magi on the level of Breaking Dawn! Then there was that King Arthur who had established the Arthur Empire. He had to be a Breaking Dawn Magus, and could even be a powerhouse among the rank 6 Magi!'

Leylin's eyes twinkled without end, 'Boldly exploring the subterranean world, even if only the first layer, is truly an irrational thing to do before reaching rank 6.'

With this thought, Leylin couldn't help recalling that Thorned Thunderbird Warlock clan's elder- Eam Lyas.

Perhaps Eam was indeed making preparations to explore the subterranean world, and was waiting for Leylin to return?

However, right now it was impossible for Leylin to return in the short term, and the earlier treaty was merely an agreement of intentions. The most crucial point was that Leylin had not agreed on a specific time to explore the subterranean world with Eam. Thus, it could not be said that he was violating the contract.

'I'll have to ask you to wait a bit longer, Eam. Wait for me to advance to Breaking Dawn, then I will definitely go and fulfil our agreement!' The corners of Leylin's mouth curved into a smile.