I am a mage, with an infinite mana bar!

Lynn looked away and, seeing that Luke hadn't noticed his movements, didn't bring up what he had just seen.

Before long, the two arrived at the cell where Gray was being held.

The once mighty orc warrior appeared extremely weak. The wounds left by the ulcerated vines on his blue skin had healed, but many pitted marks remained, making him look particularly ugly.

Just as Lynn had heard, he was now unable to speak, his eyes were unfocused, and he was practically collapsed in a corner of the cell, already half dead.

"Stand up." Luke waved his right hand, and the blue gemstone ring on his ring finger gleamed faintly.

Gray immediately stood up as if he were a walking corpse, following his command.

Lynn then noticed that his hands were shackled with what appeared to be a piece of white marble.

"These are magic-suppressing handcuffs. Although this guy is an orc who doesn't know magic, there may still be unactivated magical imprints lurking within him."

Apart from that, Gray was fairly clean and tidy, dressed in simple linen clothes, so it seemed that the people from the Magic Association had not treated him too harshly.

"It's getting late, time to get going." Luke glanced at his pocket watch and continued to use [Command] to control Gray's actions.

The hired carriage was already parked in front of the Magic Association, but there was no driver.

This mission concerns the "Corruption Order" and the secrets of the magical world, so we must avoid contact with the outside world as much as possible.

The coachman was a staff member of the Magic Association, whom Lynn recognized as Mr. Rumi, who had previously served as Barton's assistant.

"Mr. Lynn, it's been a long time," Rumi greeted Lynn warmly.

He is between Lynn and Luke in age, a newcomer to the workforce, and currently at the beginner mage level.

At this age, even a novice mage already possesses talent surpassing that of most people.

However, when facing Lynn, he toned down his previous arrogant attitude, after all, as a member of the Magic Association, he had a deep understanding of these magical organizations.

This Mr. Lynn is young, yet he has already reached the same level as me, and has also gained the attention of three senior mages and magic association administrators: Barton, Luke, and Aldolf. He is not to be underestimated.

Lynn smiled and nodded at him.

Rumi wanted to chat with Lynn for a bit, but when he saw Luke approaching, he immediately fell silent, seemingly afraid of the rotating chairman.

As Luke passed by, he only glanced at him briefly before raising the corners of his mouth in a sarcastic tone, "Mr. Rumi, I suggest you don't be too greedy for small gains next time you rent horses."

Lynn looked at the horses in front of the carriage and noticed that the horse looked rather listless and was not a fine steed.

Rumi hesitated for a moment, then swallowed back the words of rebuttal.

Without another word, Lynn followed Gray and Luke into the carriage.

This is a box-shaped carriage used for transporting goods. It has no windows, and the two rows of benches inside the carriage look like they were temporarily placed there. It is very simple.

Gray and Luke sat close together on one side, while Lynn sat opposite them.

Under Luke's control, the tall and strong Gray sat upright like a well-behaved child, even keeping his legs neatly tucked together.

The carriage slowly started moving and headed southeast along Lucky Street.

To maintain his "Command" spell, Luke remained somewhat silent.

In this atmosphere, Lynn began to doubt the necessity of his participation in the mission.

"Is it just to offset one 'voluntary service' for me?"

There were originally two roads leading from Colin Town to Luoan City, but due to rising temperatures and the flooding of the Coan River, only one main road remains passable.

As a result, there were many vehicles and pedestrians on the road, making it somewhat crowded.

Some of them were also caravans from Colin Town, some even belonging to the "Magic Merchant Guild" of the Golden Tower.

The others were mostly merchants from the area north of Luo'an City who came to Luo'an City to do business.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth, and at this speed, we should have more than enough time to reach Luo'an City before dark.

After noon, pedestrians along the way would occasionally deviate from the road to rest on the open ground, take out their dry food, and swallow it with difficulty with water.

"Let's take a break too," Luke said, and then told Rumi to stop the carriage.

Lynn felt that Luke's attitude was a bit casual, and he seemed more like he was out for a spring outing than on a mission.

They had only just set off, and even if they had plenty of time, they shouldn't have wasted so much effort.

Rumi parked the carriage by the roadside, and Lynn and Luke got out one after the other. He also brought Gray with him, but he took out a large cloak beforehand to cover the orc warrior's entire body so as not to attract the attention of passers-by.

However, this approach is somewhat like burying one's head in the sand.

A number of pedestrians had gathered where Rumi parked his car, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Oh, people do business in places like this?" Luke strolled into the crowd with interest.

Lynn followed and soon saw a middle-aged man cooking food in the crowd.

His carriage had clearly been modified; the carriage was now unfolded to form a makeshift kitchen.

"Sizzle, sizzle," accompanied by an enticing aroma, tender pork chops are being grilled on a sizzling hot griddle.

The people around swallowed hard.

"Isn't this just a food stall?" Lynn muttered to herself.

However, encountering such a mobile restaurant in the wilderness is undoubtedly very attractive to travelers.

In addition, the owner's cooking skills were superb, and the business was extremely popular.

"He's a good candidate for business. If this guy knew some magic, I'd like to recruit him into the Golden Tower," Luke commented.

"Aren't you going to patronize his business?" Lynn asked.

Luke smiled. "No need, I've prepared our lunch."

As he spoke, he raised his chin, gesturing for Lynn to look towards the distance.

Not far away, under the shade of a tree, Rumi had set up a small dining table and matching chairs. A clean tablecloth was laid out on the table, and food for three people was laid out on it.

"...So you're really here on vacation?" Lynn clicked her tongue in amazement.

The four of them sat around the dining table, enjoying the exquisite dishes from "Demon Tongue Restaurant," which were still warm from the heat.

This scene drew envious glances from many passersby.

Luke even opened a bottle of Bordeaux wine from the cellar next to him and poured it for Lynn.

Rumi watched with envy, but he only moved his lips and ultimately didn't dare to say anything.

"Mr. Luke..." Lynn stared blankly at the wine glass in front of him, which was sparkling in the bright spring sunshine.

Are they on a picnic?

Luke sipped his wine, smiling as he looked at Lynn, but his grey-blue eyes behind the crystal lenses appeared remarkably calm.

"Wait a moment, the show is about to begin."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a noisy commotion came from behind him.