The Replica Magic Starting from Black Four

Chapter 161 The Bet! If you lose, the Diamond Kingdom is yours to keep!

Do you need my help?

Mogi looked at Mars in the magical projection and suddenly laughed. It would be hard for others to imagine that Mars, who usually appeared cold and unapproachable, was now putting on a show of composure.

Upon hearing Yumu's laughter, Mars's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

"Tell me, attacking a border town like Qidian, your Diamond Kingdom probably doesn't want to start a war, right?"

After laughing for a while, Mumu stopped laughing when he saw Mars's increasingly stiff expression and spoke with interest.

Of the four kingdoms, the Diamond Kingdom may seem the most unruly and aggressive, but in reality, it is the weakest.

Often, only the weak deliberately put on a fierce and aggressive posture.

Unfortunately, there is no concept of a unified world, and the natural barriers between the kingdoms, such as the "powerful magic zones," would have made the Diamond Kingdom the first country to be swallowed up.

"The assassination squad is a relatively strong force in the hands of the nobles, which to some extent restrains the kingdom's army and our Eight Radiant Generals."

"This attack on Qidian Town was an operation by the nobles to weaken the Eight Star Generals. There may also be royal family members involved. In addition, there are some problems within our Eight Star Generals as well."

"So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the three remaining senior generals from the Eight Radiant Generals will be sent this time: Argus, who uses 'Slime Magic'; Broxigar, who uses 'Brown Earth Magic'; and Lacas, who uses 'Lightning Magic'."

Mars's voice came through the communication projector.

Yuki nodded slightly, just like the three members of the Eight Generals who attacked Kiden Town in the original story.

Of the current Eight Generals of the Diamond Kingdom, apart from the three members of the previous generation mentioned by Mars, the remaining five, including Mars, are all artificially bred magical warriors.

The existence of two different systems of mages inevitably led to some internal divisions within the Yagami Shogunate.

"You want to use this incident to gain control of the Eight Generals and use their power to bring about changes to the Diamond Kingdom, right?"

Mumu leaned back against a large tree, relaxed, looked up at the moonlit night sky, and chuckled softly.

"Yes."

Mars frowned slightly as he looked at the lazy smile on Mumu's face in the projection: "You don't seem to agree with this approach."

Mumu first shook his head, then nodded.

"I just think you've overlooked something very important—'strength'."

To bring about change, the real opponents are actually the royal family and the nobility. Power may be one way, but in Yumu's view, only the strength to crush the royal family and the nobility can make the final decision.

Ultimately, "power" is simply the power bestowed upon others by royalty and nobility. If you use the power of royalty and nobility to deal with them, the outcome is self-evident.

Moreover, this is a world where strength reigns supreme!

Zenon Zoglatis, one of the "Black Triads" of the Spade Kingdom, single-handedly annihilated the Eight Generals and the entire kingdom's army simply by passing through the Diamond Kingdom, bringing the Diamond Kingdom to the brink of destruction.

Faced with such power, all talk of authority is just a joke.

Forget about change or protecting your friends; you might not even be able to keep your own life.

"I don't think my approach is wrong."

Mars remained expressionless and spoke earnestly.

"Never mind, you and I are a bit similar in this respect; neither of us is easily swayed by the opinions of others. Time will tell."

Momo waved his hand dismissively and continued:
"Helping you is no problem. I can even find someone with similar ideas to assist you, so you can take control of the Eight Generals more quickly, but..."

Speaking of it.

Momo paused, her smile unchanged, but her eyes suddenly shifted, staring indifferently at Mars on the other side of the projection:

"What can I get?"

Mars showed no surprise at the question, as if he had expected it.

"The higher my position, the greater the help I can provide to you."

Mars spoke calmly.

As soon as these words came out.

Looking at Mars in the projection, Miki's eyes were unreadable: "That's true. What if you fail in the end?"

"I will obey your orders, and my life will belong to you," Mars said calmly.

Yimu shook his head.

"You seem to have misunderstood something."

Momo's eyes suddenly turned cold as a thought crossed his mind.

In the Diamond Kingdom, in the secret chamber where Mars resides.

As the last word "love" came from Mumu's words, Mars suddenly found that his magic power was erupting uncontrollably.

boom!
A surge of magical power overflowed from his body, instantly transforming into countless incredibly sharp mineral daggers in the air!
In the blink of an eye!

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Mars' pupils contracted as he realized he was surrounded by a dense array of mineral daggers, one of which was positioned at his neck.

In this situation, Mars found that no matter how he manipulated the surrounding mineral daggers, he received no response; it seemed that all the magic in his body no longer belonged to him. What was happening?!

Mars's face showed shock. He suppressed his disbelief and quickly looked up at the magical projection in front of him.

"Although we are partners, from the moment you were defeated by me last time, your life no longer belongs to yourself."

"So this bet is invalid. If you lose, the Diamond Kingdom will be mine."

"Of course, if you succeed, I will also give you, as my companion, a congratulatory gift of considerable value."

In the magical projection, Miki appeared before him with a bright smile, but it suddenly made Mars feel a chill in his heart.

Using a kingdom as a wager seemed like a joke, but Mars didn't sense any jokingness in the words of the man.

I will succeed!

Mars paused for a moment, then spoke in a firm tone.

"I'm really looking forward to it and I'm eager to see how it goes."

A relaxed voice came from the projector again, and then the projector turned off completely.

The conversation between the two ended.

Mars regained control of his magic, and the countless mineral daggers surrounding him dissolved into magic and merged into his body.

"How on earth is it done?"

Mars reached up and touched his neck, then brought his fingers to his eyes. A bright red bloodstain caught his eye, making his expression darken.

He recalled that during the Demon Palace incident, after the battle with Miki ended and he was preparing for the second attack, his own magic power had also become uncontrollable.

At the time, Mars thought that Miki had used some kind of secret magic, so after returning to the Diamond Kingdom, he went to check it out.

As a result, no abnormalities were found. Now that the magic has gone out of control again, Mars realized that the tricks that Mu had done to him were much more secretive and powerful than he had imagined.

As expected of you.

From initially looking down on him to now being wary of him, Mumu has become increasingly mysterious in Mars' eyes.

Given his capabilities, it would be impossible for him to eliminate an entire assassination squad of over 60 people without making a sound.

"A bet?"

Mars' expression turned cold again, and he turned and walked out of the secret room.

Mars never cared about "life". If he could make the Diamond Kingdom into what he imagined, what did it matter if he lost his life?
Mars knew this very well, and so did Miki, because the other seemed to understand him better than he understood himself.

Whether the claim of betting the kingdom is true or false, he will not admit defeat!

the other side.

After turning off the communication projector, a look of fatigue flashed across Mumu's face.

"Manipulating it from such a distance is definitely not an easy task."

"But Mars, that guy, actually dared to play the trick of getting something for nothing with him."

Momo raised his hand and rubbed his temples, muttering softly to himself.

The idea of ​​"giving up your life if you fail" is nothing short of a scheme to get something for nothing.
If Mars fails, his life will be in danger, and the royal family and nobles will not let him off the hook. This is the reason why Miki warned Mars.

The method just now seemed to have controlled Mars's magic, but that was only a facade; his replication magic was not yet that powerful.

What Muki controls is only the grimoire he creates, and since Mars has lost control of the grimoire, he naturally cannot use magic to manipulate spells.

It is a basic understanding that mages release magic through grimoires, and it is precisely because of this that Mars felt his magic was out of control.

Breaking Mochi's control is actually quite simple; all you need to do is destroy the grimoire he created.

however.

While Miki has revealed his ability to bestow magic upon others, he has never revealed his ability to devour and create grimoires—this is his most fundamental secret.

Without knowing that their magic book was artificially created, probably no one would think of this.

Besides actively destroying their own grimoires, there is another situation: spirit messengers like Yuno, especially Yuno's wind spirits, reside in the grimoires.

As an elf born from the wind element, no mage can wrest control of the wind element from the wind elf Sylph.

At most, Miki is immune to the wind magic used by Yuno himself. Once the wind spirit uses spirit magic, or the wind spirit Sylph merges with Yuno and uses magic, Miki will have to dodge.

"Speaking of which, Vanjeel should be arriving in this area around now. Perhaps he can place some ordinary magical items made by Dominai in the black market."

"It's a good time to get rid of some useless magical artifacts that Domina has made during this period."

As Yu Mu pondered this, he realized that he was not short of money, but he also had no intention of wasting it.

With a swift movement, he vanished from the spot.

(End of this chapter)