Mage Legend

"I must have known you, perhaps you looked different then." Briza glanced at the silent Elf Queen, who did not mention leaving again, and sighed, "It seems that all you surface dwellers are saved by this elf's curiosity. Because if no one was willing to listen to what I have to say, I naturally wouldn't need to share these secrets with you."

"I want to listen, because you can't possibly curse me at this moment," Lynch replied. "I will keep an eye on you!"

"Hmph!" Briza glared at Lynch, then recited mechanically as if reading from a history book, "Those snake-men take orders from a human called the Great Serpent, but that guy is probably not just an ordinary human. In my experience, he likely possesses strength above a quasi-god. Here, the Elf Queen and the priest and paladin from Pate know very well that any being with divine power cannot walk the mortal world, except in two situations."

"The gods sent down from the sky by mages a thousand years ago and the ones born in the mortal world," Ambit added, "I think the Great Serpent likely belongs to the latter."

However, Lynch had other thoughts upon hearing this. Because aside from these two possibilities, he knew of a third path—the transmission array that dwarves once experimented with. That thing has the ability to penetrate all earthly protections for spatial transmission, and it can't be controlled as to what might get pulled in. The Great Serpent probably discovered a temporal rift leading to the world of Anriel in a failed experiment.

"Are you saying we're dealing with a god?" Barrend was taken aback, then turned to Ambit and said, "You're not joking with us, are you, Mage sir?"

"In the past, he might not have been a complete god; mortals could still harm him. But now, he has become more powerful," Briza said. "The first time I met him, our strengths were about equal. If it weren't for the thought of becoming the first matron of Ratteris with his help, I would have torn him to shreds. But the last time I met him, I could already sense the change in his power. Without the direct help of the great Spider Goddess, I'm afraid my own power wouldn't be able to drive him away."

At the mention of the Spider Goddess, Hernfurry's face turned very unpleasant. She shifted in her seat, trying to suppress the impatience in her heart.

"Without a divine body, one cannot contain divine power," Ambit said. "This is also why the mages failed in the past when they tried to turn themselves into gods. Despite surpassing those lofty beings in power, they could only defeat them, not replace them. Many gods were imprisoned and forced into slumber at that time."

"No one can obtain divine power by defeating a god unless they themselves are a god," Briza had a hint of worry on her face, "And this Great Serpent has both conditions; he possesses a divine body and lives in a mortal world where other gods cannot reach."

Lynch and the Elf Queen suddenly exchanged glances, both thinking of the already deceased God of Prophecy. Those ancient gods who fell at the hands of the Great Arcanist had long lost much of their power. Although mortals could not kill them, another god could—even if he was just a quasi-god.

"Is the Great Serpent slaughtering those imprisoned ancient gods to absorb their power?" Lynch asked, needing only to look at the expressions of the Great Mage and the Drow's Matriarch to know the answer. Thinking of this, he cast his gaze towards Macken, wondering if the guy who claimed to be Light God Pate inside him was one of the gods defeated by the Great Serpent?

If the Great Serpent possessed the power of the Light God, then as one of the powerful main gods, he would be unbeatable. However, thinking in another direction, if the Great Serpent had won completely, then where did Macken's current power come from?

"Alright, alright, all these things you're saying are making my head spin." Yim's leader, Gude, stood up and said, "I'm a trader, pursuing the most practical things. Let's get straight to it: what should we do about this guy?"