Chapter 40
The mana crystal prism on the tower… swish, swish, swish… fired beams toward the Royal Capital.
Every second… is a mage being locked onto and hit by a beam just for using magic?
I can imagine how baffled those mages must feel after being hit.
Dammit. And that guy Einstein is completely unconcerned.
I estimate the magic tower is still quite a distance from me, with Einstein in the way—he won’t let me get close easily.
If I throw my hammer… can it successfully hit the magic tower and make it stop? But even if it hits, what if… it explodes?
It’s because of this that I didn’t act rashly.
“The firing frequency will be a bit high at the beginning. When the mages realize that using magic will incur ‘heaven’s condemnation,’ they will slowly learn restraint. At that time, humanity will have no choice but to adapt to a life that doesn’t rely on magic. And the goal of stagnating magic… will be achieved,” Einstein said, unconcerned.
“Do you think you’re a god?” Lian Qi pointed at him, saying coldly.
Hearing Lian Qi put it that way, I felt even more strongly that Einstein was insane.
“Children, if you must blame someone, blame yourselves for not agreeing to abolish the Mana Furnace. You use the Mana Furnace to provide convenience for daily life. Of course… I can also use it for… this.”
“You really are insane.”
“You admit you’re doing evil, then?” I said.
“Child, everything has two sides.” Einstein glanced at me with a smile, leaning on his staff, then turned to Lian Qi. “Transmigrator, I’m very curious… how do you plan to defeat the Demon King, as the prophecy says?”
“How I defeat the Demon King is my business. It has nothing to do with you,” Lian Qi said coldly.
“Is it… by a contest of magic? Although it’s a bit late now… I’ve noticed you’re working very hard at learning magic. Is it because of the Saintess?”
“You’re so annoying!” Lian Qi frowned, glaring at him angrily.
But I felt… her tone, plus her attitude… it was basically an admission.
Anyway, Einstein already knows my relationship with Lian Qi is… unusual. Is he trying to pull some trick by probing like this?
“Do you know why I haven’t told the Demon King about your existence?” Einstein said.
“What trick are you trying to pull now? Are you preparing to use this as leverage to threaten us at this moment?” I glared at him, remaining vigilant.
“Go ahead and tell the Demon King. Fei’er and I aren’t afraid,” Lian Qi said, each word clear.
“No… The reason I haven’t told the Demon King… is actually… I have my own selfish reasons,” he said.
Lian Qi and I, in perfect sync, froze. What?
I’ve been wondering… since he’s the Demon King’s confidant, he could have told the Demon King about Lian Qi’s existence at the earliest opportunity. That way, no one would be obstructing his plan. If he wasn’t planning to use this as a trump card to threaten us, then what is he planning?
Einstein smiled, his smile as kindly as ever.
“Transmigrator… would you like to cooperate with me? Don’t forget, the Demon King is also a mage. The Heaven’s Condemnation System… can also be used against the Demon King.”
I was shocked!
“So you’re… planning to betray the Demon King?”
Einstein… just how deep does his scheming go?
And… how much of what he says is true?
“The Demon King only ordered me to stagnate the entire power structure of magic… She never expected I could take it to this extent. I’m talking about the Heaven’s Condemnation System.”
He tapped the floor with his staff.
“Transmigrator… child… the prophecy of the Holy Light was destined to send you to my side. Ever since you broke my Timed Collapse Magic Array, I’ve become even more convinced. Perhaps… you, plus me, really can change this world! How about it? Join me, and we shall supervise all the mages of the world, like gods?”
His tone was already that of a great sage, guiding the hero to save the world.
“I refuse,” Lian Qi said coldly.
Although I guessed Lian Qi would answer this way, I still couldn’t help but smile, gratified.
“Child, what did you say?” Einstein’s smile faded a little.
“Because nothing you say is worthy of belief,” Lian Qi threw this sentence at him without a shred of politeness.
Einstein turned his gaze back to me.
“Saintess, isn’t defeating the Demon King what you’ve always hoped for? Right now, before you, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, you may never get another chance to defeat the Demon King. We use the Heaven’s Condemnation System to checkmate the Demon King. The only price… is that all mages are forbidden from using magic.”
“I also refuse,” I replied without hesitation. “I don’t trust you. You’re just using smooth words to try and stabilize us.”
“Don’t think we’re as easy to fool as the environmental volunteers at Nature’s Home. I promised Fei’er I would defeat the Demon King. I don’t need to cooperate with you at all,” Lian Qi said.
“Just as Lian Qi said, we’ll find a way ourselves.”
“That’s truly a pity,” Einstein said faintly.
“Not a pity at all.”
“Hoho… children, what do you plan to do next? Stop me? With the Heaven’s Condemnation System as a deterrent, even if Aijieliya came, she couldn’t do anything to me. A mage who dares not use magic is a toothless tiger, nothing to fear. Without magic, they can’t even fly up here to stop me.”
“So that’s why you made this land float?”
“Let me tell you the truth. My planting crops on this land at Nature’s Home… was also for this moment. In the future, I can be completely self-sufficient living in the sky.”
“But you miscalculated two people,” I said.
“And… aren’t you afraid to use magic yourself?” Lian Qi pointed at him, saying coldly.
“Child, that’s where you’re sorely mistaken. I am the inventor of the Heaven’s Condemnation System. Although I cannot use magic… I can manually designate it to attack any target.”
The moment he spoke, he raised his staff and pointed it at Lian Qi.
The tower’s mana crystal prism shot a beam down, striking the mana crystal prism on his staff, as if charging it.
I was secretly alarmed! Not good!
“Farewell, Transmigrator.”
Einstein said, expressionless.
The staff flashed. A powerful beam of light shot at Lian Qi!
After the violent explosion sound faded, swirling white smoke obscured everything in my vision.
“You thought that just because Lian Qi would use her magic to defend, it would trigger the Heaven’s Condemnation System… and if she didn’t, she’d be hit by your staff? You really thought that one through.”
The white smoke gradually dissipated.
And I… was shielding Lian Qi behind me, my pure white Holy Light hammer held horizontally in front of me.
Uwaah… that blast just now… my hands are numb.
But I stopped myself from showing it.
The power of the Heaven’s Condemnation System… is greater than I imagined.