Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 210 Online help from late at night

A crystal-clear illusory barrier immediately appeared around Jin's body. The two twisted tentacles slammed into it and then quickly bounced back to the center of the magic circle.

This is the fifth-level defensive spell of the arcane spellcaster - Mirror Veil.

"What's going on? Why doesn't the ritual have any effect at all and it even causes accelerated mutations in Teacher Duncan's body!" Benoit was shocked and angry, speaking incoherently.

"Jin, didn't you say that according to Mr. Kel'Thuzad's research, completing this ancient ritual array can re-analyze and transform the chaotic energy within the teacher's body?"

Jin Gang had escaped the disaster by casting the spell subconsciously in an instant. At this moment, he was sweating profusely and took several steps back, leaving the range of the magic circle.

"I don't know either. According to the description in that ancient ritual atlas, all the steps we've taken and all the materials we've used are flawless..."

He slapped his head suddenly, his face filled with horror as realization dawned on him. "I know! I know! That high-ranking priest who was devoured by the teacher after he transformed into a dragon! Because he... he was a blood relative of the teacher, so being devoured triggered an ancient blood curse. So that's why the teacher's body changed so strangely!"

Melissa was filled with shock and anger, and her voice trembled as she demanded, "Why did you wait until now to speak out? Is this why you haven't allowed me to publicly seek help on the forum? Teacher Duncan's family actually has a high-ranking priest of the church!"

Benoit clearly knew some of the truth behind the matter. He sighed softly, "Teacher Duncan comes from a prominent ancient wizard family. His family has been around since the ancient magic empire. He is a true descendant of the ancient wizard bloodline. If this were to become public..."

"So the cause of the blood curse recorded in that ancient ritual atlas is exactly what we're seeing right now. The physical changes that occur after devouring the blood of one's own kind... The secrets and unknowns contained within the ancient wizard's bloodline are truly too terrifying."

While speaking, Duncan, who was in a strange state, had more dark red twisted tentacles emerging from his ears, nose and mouth, dancing continuously like strange snakes. However, they seemed to be restricted by the magic circle and could not penetrate the area covered by the magic circle for a while to attack the three people standing outside.

Melissa hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and asked Benoit and Jin, "What should we do? Should we use the Judith Demon-Breaking Crossbow? Jin, make a decision quickly!"

Benoit immediately pulled out a small golden crossbow from his storage ring. He held it tightly in both hands but didn't dare aim it at Duncan in the magic circle. With red eyes, he looked at his best friend and asked in a trembling voice, "Gold?"

Jin's body swayed slightly, but he regained his resolute expression. "No, no! Wait a little longer. Let's wait and see what happens. The magic circle can still trap these things that have mutated from the teacher's body..."

He also twirled the storage ring on his finger, but unexpectedly pulled out a small brass typewriter and tossed it into Melissa's hands. "Quick! Melissa, log in to the Spellcaster Forum and ask for help from any Legendary Lord who's still online!"

Melissa subconsciously took the magic brain device, took out the charging magic stone, activated the login, then turned to look at the two people with a pale face, and said blankly: "It's midnight now, and no one is online in the forum. I... I only see that person, Mr. Neumann's code name is still lit. Should I... send him a message for help?"

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Harvey sat in the castle study, surfing the Magic Encyclopedia intensively from after dinner until late at night, almost missing the best time for midnight meditation.

Although the ancient magic texts and magic historical documents compiled and uploaded by the Federation in the Magic Encyclopedia were not of much help to his current research experiments, they could greatly improve his horizons and knowledge reserves. There were also some theoretical research and experimental ideas that were discarded by orthodox spellcasters, but in his opinion were extremely interesting and creative.

He was about to log out of the forum and go offline for meditation guidance when he suddenly noticed that a member code in the server was flashing rapidly and a separate message was sent to him at a rapid speed.

This message actually directed at his unpopular alias - Observer Neumann.

"Huh? It's this not-so-active astrologer. Why did he suddenly contact the forum administrator?" Harvey clicked on the one-way message with a lot of questions in his mind, and found that the other party only sent an unusually short line of words.

[Astrologer: Dear Mr. Observer, forum members Astrologer, Eye of Illusion, and Mithril Unicorn urgently need your help! We are currently in an extremely dangerous situation and are eagerly praying for your response!]

A message for help? Forum members actually sent him an urgent request for help...

Harvey immediately sat up straight and quickly typed: [Observer Neumann: I'm here, what happened?]

While replying "Astrologer", he separated his mental power and sank into the magic network space, rushing towards the location sent by the message.

[Astrologer: I'm sorry to bother you. We...we've encountered an unexpected problem during an ancient ritual. This ritual is to save a high-level spellcaster who is in an abnormal state. He is our academy mentor...]

When Harvey received all the information about the incident from the other party, he also used the magic network to shuttle directly to the target location located by the members.

Three magic patterns flashing with light were suspended in the magic network space, surrounding a strange creature with a weird shape... which seemed to be two magic patterns twisted and entangled together.

"No! These aren't two magic patterns. This... this is a magic pattern and the soul projection of a church priest. They're strangely intertwined, forming a twisted substance that fuses divine energy and magic."

Harvey was surprised and curious as he slowly approached the dim substance and found that a large number of fine earthworm-like vascular tentacles grew from their fusion points, connecting with each other and forming a complete set of energy circulation pathways in an extremely harmonious manner.

The divine energy of the Radiant God Cult actually achieved a flow and balance with the caster's magical energy in such a strange way...

"Someone was secretly conducting an experiment to blend divine arts with magic, and then some unforeseen accident occurred, leading to the creation of this thing. I'm afraid that in the real world, the condition of the spellcaster conducting the experiment is worrying."

He immediately guided his mental power to connect directly to the spellcaster forum and sent a message to the "Astrologer".

[Observer Neumann: I saw this, a creation that twisted the taboo. You... and your teacher, are conducting... a forbidden experiment that seriously violates the spellcaster's treaty?]

Melissa looked up with horror at Benoit and Jin, who were desperately trying to infuse the ritual circle with magical energy to maintain its seal and stability. She trembled and said, "The Observer actually responded to me... But, but He actually told me that He saw everything we're doing now... Are we going to get into big trouble?"

While Jin was trying hard to pour his magic power into the ritual circle, he took out the arcane magic stone to replenish the lost energy. Beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead. He responded to Melissa without turning his head.

"What else? From what I know, Mr. Turing and Mr. Neumann are both suspected to be ancient demigods. There's no doubt that since their honorific name is Observer, they must be immediately aware of our current situation."

Benoit's face was pale. He kept taking out magic materials from his pocket and throwing them into the brass brazier to maintain the core energy of the ritual array from being extinguished. He urged Melissa anxiously.

"Hurry, ask Mr. Observer for help! Pray for him to help us extract and transform the chaotic magic within Teacher Duncan! We will do our best to satisfy him in the future, regardless of the price he has to pay!"

(End of this chapter)