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Chapter 1795, Section 428: The Wizard's Path
Philosophy's siblings glanced at it and quickly looked away, seemingly embarrassed and not wanting to get involved.

Black Pearl, however, seemed quite pleased. She raised her chin and arrogantly said to the champion rat, "Choose a way for you to die."

"I think……"

"You're not allowed to think about it."

Black Pearl didn't even reveal her true form; a single dragon-language spell scattered the Champion Rat into countless pieces.

In the noble district, a gray-haired rat looked grim. The champion rat, his bodyguard and considered a potential candidate for legion commander, had been easily killed by the black dragon.

The screams of those succubi only made it more noisy.

Wow! The black dragon is amazing!

"The blackest of the black dragons, the female among the females!"

"Black Dragon, Black Dragon, you're the strongest! Black Dragon, Black Dragon, you're the best!"

As the succubus cheerleaders chanted their slogans, an untimely, shrill voice rang out: "I love the Rat King! I love the Rat King!"

The succubi swarmed forward, dragged away the ratman who was shouting slogans, and beat him mercilessly.

"Is this all you did on your trip out?" Berdona looked away.

"How about it?"

Annan looked proudly into the arena, meeting Black Pearl's gaze from afar. Black Pearl nodded to him, indicating her satisfaction with his arrangements.

He went back to the tavern, found a succubus to form a cheering squad, and even promoted the fact that "Black Pearl ranked first with a kill rate of 16,533% on its first appearance" in order to generate hype for Black Pearl and make another big profit.

Making Black Pearl happy was a byproduct.

Berdona understood, yet still didn't quite understand: "If you wanted to win over the Black Dragon, why did you trick her away in the first place—"

With her mouth covered, Berudona couldn't make a sound, blinking her eyes in confusion as she looked at Annan who rushed towards her.

"You could have said it louder so everyone would know."

"Um (sorry)."

Annan released Beldona and sat back down on the stone steps: "If you want someone to depend on you and trust you, there is a way to deprive them of their sense of security. Make a nobleman lose his status, an official lose his position, and a rich man lose his money. When you reappear then, they will cling to you like a lifeline."

Berudona thought to herself, "Sure enough, my uncle made a good point by having me follow Annan. I've learned some valuable knowledge from this."

The second and third rounds were no challenge for the Rat King, Ruth, and Black Pearl. In the fourth and fifth rounds, Ruth encountered a formidable opponent, mainly because she was unlucky and met a very powerful monster named Fromon, who was only one level weaker than the others on the assassination list.

Ruth fought with great difficulty, yet she fought with great relish—this is not contradictory. At one point, Peter unleashed his trump card, wielding two longswords and transforming into a berserker swordsman, unleashing a flurry of sword light around her like a demon general. The arena was filled with her spilled blood and shrill laughter.

If Annan had seen this scene when he first arrived on the continent of Allen, he would have had nightmares every night.

However, Ruth ultimately prevailed with a hard-fought victory, earning cheers from Annan—the succubi remained unmoved, serving as Black Pearl's exclusive cheerleading squad.

The sixth round begins, and the bloody battle will last for a total of thirteen rounds.

Annan calculated that, given the situation where one player died in each round, and sometimes two, there definitely wouldn't be enough players left to start the thirteenth round.

Berudona told him that in the final round, elites from the McKenne clan would join the Bloodbath, essentially guaranteeing them a direct advancement to the finals.

Annan understood. "You, an outsider from the McKenne clan, don't think it'll be so easy to become a legion commander. Either you fight our designated legion commander; if you lose, the designated commander is rightfully in command. If you win, your strength is undeniable, but the McKenne clan won't lose out either."

This scheme seemed to be devised by the Stoun ratmen, but Annan searched the noble district for a long time and did not see any Stoun ratmen.

At the start of the seventh round, following Annan's instructions, the tavern announced that the tournament was halfway through and stopped betting.

Although they could still make a little more money and then withdraw in the final round, there was a risk of being caught.

The tavern maintained the illusion of continuing to operate, leaving the devils with an empty shell, while in reality they had already absconded with the money.

These demons are quite wealthy, having amassed around 80,000 to 90,000 gold nars. I wonder how many poor souls they've plundered. Sigh... I'd better let Annan use it for something more meaningful.

However, making money is just a side effect of the plan; the real key is whether it can help the Rat King and his gang become legion commanders.

Having three close associates might provide some stability, but it doesn't guarantee that things will turn out the way Annan envisioned.

For example, several contestants who had not shown their strength before the bloody battle revealed their ability to threaten the Rat King and his allies during the competition.

In the eighth round, Black Pearl encountered a contestant who required her to take the fight seriously. Although she also ended the battle within a minute of reverting to her true form, Rus would never have been able to defeat her.

In the center of the arena, a Heart-Eating Demon stepped forward.

The Mind Eater is a demon from hell, its power being mind control. In previous matches, it had manipulated its opponents, causing them to kill themselves.

This time was no exception, but its opponent was a powerful wizard—they followed the path of ancient wizards, strengthening themselves, and using primal elements instead of magic networks.

How powerful and unstable were the original elements? To put it simply, the magical elements of today are the result of two processes: arcanists developed methods to use magical elements gently without harming themselves, while the magic net calmed the elements' ferocity, turning them into gentle magic that mages could wield at will, but also reducing their power.

In "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Annan uses primal elements instead of dark magic.

Therefore, wizards are either madmen or extremely powerful.

Yet even such a wizard, whose "great power originates from himself," was still controlled by the Mind Eater, who guided the elements to blow himself to pieces.

After the verdict was announced, Philosopher's siblings turned around and glanced casually at where Annan was.

Annan understood what Philosopher's sister-in-law meant: the assassination list was about to be updated!

The only problem is...

“I have no objection,” Berudona answered quickly.

“You are so cruel!” Annan exclaimed.

Berudona retorted to Annan with a harmless sarcasm: "Do you humans feel guilty for killing other humans?"

Moreover, the Mind Eater and Beldona are like humans and demi-humans—they are not considered to belong to the same race.

Annan and Beldona got up and, before leaving, instructed the succubus to simply cheer when the Black Pearl appeared.

Back at their lodgings, the rats sent by Philosopher's siblings were already waiting in the tree hole.

Annan picked up the "rat skin paper" from the rat's body; the information about the Heart-Eating Demon was written on it.

He could roughly guess why Philosopher's siblings wanted to get rid of the Mind Eater: the Mind Eater's mental control was very effective against beings like the Rat King, who were physically powerful but mentally flawed.

(End of this chapter)