The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 749

There is such a type of person and thing in the world.

Seeing others' projects falter halfway through, seemingly on the verge of collapse and about to give up, while you yourself feel confident that you can succeed and the profits are substantial, you take the initiative to take over, even if it means enduring hardship.

People have given this type of person a more approachable nickname: "the sucker."

At this moment, Black Rob is trying to be the one to take over the losses.

Moreover, he knew that if he really intended to take over, then he should act now and take the project from Harlan.

Otherwise, once Harlan convinces himself that "life is precious," he might maliciously sabotage the current situation, turning it into a mess where "if I mess it up, nobody can benefit."

So Black Robb took action.

Of course, he waited a moment. Sig was too weak and needed strong enough support to complete the series of actions, including a set of magic artifacts that had been hastily made and the new control equipment that was in place.

When Black Rob actually made his move, Harlan had completely lost patience and made up his mind that he would give Formula B to 049.

Formula B is a temporary name given for ease of description; its actual name is long and difficult to pronounce. In terms of its properties, if Formula A, which was previously used on the monstrous creatures, primarily had the effects of paralysis, slowing, confusion, and lethargy, then Formula B is about sensitivity, stimulation, transcendence, and madness.

A and B are both temperamental traits exhibited by fallen gods after their self-consciousness is consumed by negative energy.

When the fallen gods studied and simulated the generation of corresponding divine soul power, they divided it into two categories labeled as negative and positive, thus creating A and B.

A is used to restrain and store the spoiled items.

B is the Berserk Potion, used to cause maximum destruction.

What about A+B?
To be honest, Harlan didn't know the outcome either.

He's going to give it a try.

Since storage is no longer an option, obtaining some firsthand experimental data is better than nothing.

Just as he was about to gather his soul power, the evil-equipped long-range firepower attack was launched.

"Damn it!" Harlan was furious.

As expected, the situation developed in the worst possible way.

Due to the unique environment, the warning system of the magic circle set up in Lennarzer City is relatively rudimentary, which means that even if the evil device is controlled by Black Rob, it can still get away with it.

Because magic circles are designed to detect evil and unseen forces, not equipment.

Fortunately, the warning system also includes fire monitoring; any attack within the area that reaches or exceeds the rated power will notify Harun, who has primary control of the magic circle.

Therefore, Harun knew as soon as the sinister long-range attack was launched.

He was well aware of the long-range firepower of the patrol squads equipped with the evil weapons. After receiving the warning, he immediately analyzed that at least six patrol squads were simultaneously attacking him.

He couldn't withstand that level of firepower head-on; he'd be blasted to pieces.

Perfect timing. Since he was planning to provoke 049 and make him go berserk anyway, he might as well let the traitorous equipment attack him and attract the hatred of the berserk 049.

With that thought, Harun generated a protective shield around himself using a magic circle.

This wasn't the first time he'd used this shield. He'd added this layer of protection when dodging 049's attack. If he didn't dodge completely, the shield's deflection and absorption of supernatural power would ensure his safety as long as he wasn't hit head-on.

However, just as the protective shield was generated, a golden light burst forth from the ground, striking the shield directly and causing it to tremble and become unstable.

At the last possible moment, the ranged attack from the evil beings arrived. The powerful force brutally destroyed the malfunctioning protective shield. Just as the remaining force was about to harm Harun, Harun transformed into a ball of black light and teleported a hundred meters away.

This is also an effect of the magic circle; it allows you to teleport to any point within the circle, but there is a cooldown period, and it takes at least 2 minutes before you can use it again.

As soon as Harlen finished teleporting, Black Rob controlled Sig to launch a fatal attack. Hundreds of wind blades appeared in the air around Harlen and then shot towards him in a barrage.

If this were to happen, given Harun's defensive capabilities, he would be chopped into pieces on the spot.

Harlan let out a furious, impotent roar and truly began to shift the blame.

The reason I only teleported a little over a hundred meters earlier was because I was unwilling to give up my greatest means of counterattack—to make the forbidden monster go berserk.

Otherwise, knowing the ranged attacks of the armored monsters and having the ability to launch at least six waves of concentrated bombardment, he would have instantly teleported far enough away to interrupt the possibility of the armored monsters launching continuous attacks.

The reason for taking such a risk now is to seize the opportunity and complete the monster's rampage.

However, Black Rob was prepared for Harun's plan. Before Harun could even teleport, Black Rob was already preparing his next attack. As soon as Harun finished teleporting, a new and powerful attack came crashing down on him.

Faced with such a rapid-fire attack, Harlan had no time to properly stimulate the creature; he now only had two choices:

Either activate emergency measures and escape!

Alternatively, one could activate emergency measures to stimulate 049, but then become completely trapped and would most likely die on the spot.

Having already mentally prepared himself for the preciousness of life, he naturally wouldn't choose to perish together with the enemy. He glared fiercely at the spot where Sig was standing, then activated the magic circle's emergency procedure, teleporting once more!

This time, it wasn't just a hundred meters away; it simply vanished without a trace.

Black Rob guessed that Harlen had most likely gone to some emergency evacuation passage, or perhaps a secret node somewhere in the magic circle.

If it's the latter, then it means that Harlan is only temporarily handing over the mess. He may not be able to regain control, but he might succeed in betraying Harlan at a crucial moment.

Of course, if Harlan really makes that choice, then he is confident that he will lose his life here.

What Black Rob didn't know was that Harlen's real choice this time was between the two.

Or rather, the chaotic staircase in this location simply doesn't offer any option for escape.

At the same time, there was no secret node as Black Rob had speculated.

The magic circles in Lennarzer City, like those in many other parts of the Chaotic Staircase, are products adapted to the local conditions.

It is important to know that the predecessors of the members of the Chaotic Ladder were those extraordinary individuals who were bewitched by various extraordinary forces, represented by the Cult of Gods, and were determined to overthrow human civilization and recreate the world.

They already possessed many secrets of various extraordinary forces.

Furthermore, the source of this world's extraordinary technology mainly comes from the gods.

After all, 12,000 years ago, the extraordinary technology of the Elf type was completely buried by the times with the fall of the God of Nature.

The next seven thousand years were the era in which the Church of the Gods played a leading role.

Other factions, not only limited in size, were also besieged by the Church of the Gods. Over the long years, they were either wiped out or went into hiding like the remnants of the primitive legions.

Five thousand years ago, the Church of the Gods began to decline, a significant manifestation of which was the gods' control over church personnel and the church's control over its members, believers, and ordinary people.

The decline in control can be attributed to both natural disasters and human error. The natural disasters are exemplified by the rapid de-magicification of the world, as the belief system of the gods is no longer suitable for the new era.

Man-made disasters affect everyone from the gods to the priests and believers, each with their own demands and various ways of trying to profit from the faith system, or rather, the religious state.

Over the years, the system has become incredibly bloated and corrupt. If you compare it to the end of a dynasty, it's not exactly the same, but it's highly similar.

Against this backdrop, the loss of extraordinary technologies becomes a very normal phenomenon.

The old king has decayed, and a new king must rise. New technologies, new organizational structures, and new individuals and forces are constantly emerging, continuously challenging the old king until he finally suffers a crushing defeat.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see from the historical context that the alchemical transcendence of today was conceived and born primarily from religious transcendence.

Moreover, there is a point worth noting here: as the trend towards lower magic becomes more and more obvious, some technologies have lost the possibility of innovation.

For example, in the past, a major supernatural power, such as the Church of the God of Light, could have gritted its teeth and afforded the costs of its continued research, development, use, and maintenance of the long-distance teleportation technique.

And now? Its physical body has been fragmented again and again, and its divine power has been downgraded from a powerful divine power to a weak divine power, making it no longer able to support its church in the prime material plane as it once did.

The once-powerful Church of Light also fell apart. The old strongmen were either forced to ascend or perished in the great war, while new strongmen were difficult to emerge due to the harsh conditions.

This situation was so prevalent that, in the end, even the rarest resources of all the extraordinary forces in the world were insufficient to construct and maintain ultra-long-distance teleportation portals, let alone iterate on the technology.

As a result, the phenomenon of the present being inferior to the past has gradually emerged. Especially for those large-scale, resource-intensive projects, even if modern people have the financial resources, they will not use them in that way, but instead invest in some more down-to-earth projects with lower costs and higher returns.

This has ultimately led to the fact that, in certain high-end areas, the cult of gods, and even the federal nobility, are still copying the practices of the church of gods from back then.

As for the Wildflower faction, which inherited the technology from the remnants of the original legion, they knew their own limitations and didn't touch those 'sinkhole' projects at all.

Well then, since they all come from the same source when it comes to the extraordinary and high-end, wouldn't it be much easier for the people of the Chaotic Ladder to steal the authority of the large magic arrays of the major extraordinary forces?
Obviously so. After all, these large-scale magic arrays are energy-intensive, and ordinary supernatural forces in the low-magic era can no longer afford to use them, but they are still a highly practical type of systematic supernatural technology.

Thus, after orchestrating the plague, the Chaotic Ladder took over the fixed assets of various extraordinary forces. The stronghold magic circle in Lennarzer City was one of them.

This is the adaptation of the chaotic staircase to local conditions.

It's certainly satisfying to take advantage of such a thing, but it's not all good and no bad.

One of the downsides is that this type of magic circle is not suitable for major alterations.

It's like buying a practice car for a few thousand dollars; as long as it can move and has brakes, that's enough. Investing more than that is not worthwhile.

Given this background, even if Harun wanted to preserve his life, he couldn't achieve his goal in one step.

In contrast, Black Robb is not subject to such restrictions.

Once Harlan was evacuated, he quickly took control of the forbidden evil.

Harlan relied on magic circles and specializing in recipe A, but what did Black Rob rely on?
Naturally, it is anchored by the four elements, as well as the ancient divine nation warship.

The forbidden creature, in its confrontation with Harun, relied on its powerful life instinct to transform various external pressures into a driving force to reverse a series of specific unfavorable situations.

Harlan's ineffective response in the final control phase further accelerated this reversal effect.

In other words, when Black Rob took over, he was facing 049, who was about to completely break free from paralysis and mental confusion.

Moreover, it was a forbidden creature that had accumulated a great deal of anger and was just waiting for an opportunity to vent it properly.

It is indeed very dangerous.

But Black Rob is confident that he can be the expert who relocks the grenade before it explodes.

The four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind suddenly appeared in crystalline form around the evil creature.

This crystal is not only a highly compressed materialized form of elemental power, but also possesses sufficient mystery; its shape itself is the original symbol of the four elements.

When they simultaneously release energy and the mystery representing the corresponding laws, the point where their powers converge abruptly opens a black hole.

The forbidden abomination is located in the center of this black hole.

It certainly struggled and resisted.

But Black Robb is not Harlen. When Black Robb decides to do something, he has the power to deliver a thunderous blow instead of dragging his feet.

Tentacles, their surfaces covered with sharp teeth, a gigantic mouth, and scarlet eyes, emerged from the black hole like an adult's large hand holding a ping-pong ball, grabbed the forbidden creature tightly, and then retracted with a 'whoosh'.

The enormous body of the forbidden creature then completely disappeared into the black hole.

The next second, the black hole closed, leaving only the power of the four elements still converging and emitting stable energy ripples that spread in all directions.

This is the effect of mobilizing the power of the divine kingdom. With proper coordination, the main tasks can be left to the divine kingdom system, which possesses supreme authority over laws and immense power.

Black Robb's movements were so swift and decisive that when Harun tried to check the state of the forbidden creature through the magic circle after completing the teleportation, he found that 049 had already disappeared.

"..." Harlan couldn't understand how such a large aggregate of supernatural power could be moved, whether by itself or by external force. It was an extraordinary thing.

Especially in today's world, such an operation is far more difficult than instantly erasing a mountain.

Final conclusion: A phenomenon that even a superhuman like him finds mysterious and unbelievable must almost certainly be a power that can only be displayed at the Saint Realm or higher. It involves the application of a set of laws, a massive amount of supernatural power, a large number of rare supernatural substances or concepts, and a struggle with the rules of heaven and earth. And such an existence is definitely not one he can afford to provoke.

So, Harun used a magic circle to firmly memorize the original crystalline state of the four elements, and then devoted all his efforts to saving himself.

He knew very well that, given his own abilities and the functions of the magic circle, he would most likely not escape the enemy's lock-on and pursuit.

After the other party teleports 049 to some unknown dimension and gains the opportunity to slowly manipulate him, the next step will most likely be to silence him. Before that, they will probably search his soul to obtain more intelligence.

Therefore, he now needs to exert all his strength to save himself.

So, does he have the opportunity to exceed his potential?
some.

By using his life-saving artifact and paying a heavy price, he can achieve extraordinary results.

The bad news is that the original body he is currently using will be rendered unusable.

The good news is that the cost to the soul will be much lighter, since there is still some harmonized soul power that was originally used to store 049 available.

The destructive use of magic circles can also provide ample supernatural power, increasing the success rate of extraordinary performances.

So, without delay, Harun immediately activated this life-saving measure.

It was a holy emblem from the time of the Church of the Gods, and it was a high-end item that had been worshipped for many years and had acquired its own divine qualities.

When Harun activated the holy symbol, he transformed into a comet-like beam of light, ignoring the obstacles of matter and energy, and flew away into the distance. The ash that kept falling off during this process was the fragments that were separated from his body as it burned away...

(End of this chapter)