I am a mage, with an infinite mana bar!

Although summoning magic doesn't require a constant supply of mana like concentration magic, the mana consumption for low-level mages is still considerable.

Sure enough, after the wanderer lingered in the shadows for a moment and his blindness was fully restored, he saw the strange arm protecting Lynn's side slowly disappear.

Blue-purple lines also faintly appeared on the surface of the skin, a sign of the depletion of magic power.

"His magic is failing, he's dispelled the spell!" Seeing this, the wanderer finally prepared to emerge from the shadows and launch a surprise attack.

As a seasoned professional, he was far too cautious, which was understandable, as Lynn's initial performance was quite unexpected.

But in this situation, no matter what trump cards Lynn has, without magic power, he can hardly use even magical items.

Without a sound, a jet-black dagger, seemingly crafted from black fragments, emerged from behind Lynn, pointing directly at his vest.

"boom!"

Just as the wanderer broke free and launched a mid-air attack towards Lynn, the strange arm that he had personally witnessed Lynn disarm suddenly reappeared!

The Nature Guardian Greatsword cleaved down like a massive boulder crashing down; its power was so great that even a seasoned professional wouldn't dare to take it head-on.

Let alone the frail wanderers?

Suddenly, the guy let out a muffled groan and was slammed onto the stone floor by the giant sword.

As blood splattered, bones snapped repeatedly.

"So weak?" Lynn was clearly taken aback.

He had just seen that guy hiding in the shadows, and realized that the other party was waiting for him to run out of magic before making a move.

To save time, he had no choice but to use "illusory light" to erase the existence of the Nature Guardian's right arm, and incidentally create the appearance of mana depletion symptoms on the surface of his body.

Such tricks are hard to fool a skilled spellcaster, but thankfully, this guy is just a half-baked one.

He immediately summoned the fiery serpent to act as a rope, binding the temporarily unconscious wanderer tightly.

She wanted to pick up the magic dagger in his hand, but sensing the evil aura tainted on it, she stopped and kicked it into the corner of the room.

After checking and confirming that the other party was no longer able to fight, Lynn waved his hand and used "illusory light" to tear off the black shadow used as a disguise on the guy's body.

"This is..." Lynn's pupils contracted slightly; he immediately recognized the person.

"Isn't that Harold, the vice president of the Adventurers' Guild in Colin Town!?"

This was the halfling wanderer from the Adventurers' Guild who had taken him and Eli to see Gray.

Lynn marveled at the guy's thick belly.

"No wonder someone with the experience of a veteran wanderer is so weak; it seems he hasn't been training much..."

Lynn was completely baffled as to how the vice president of the Adventurers' Guild could be involved with the Corrupt Order.

He planned to wait for Luke to return before interrogating Harold together.

With that in mind, he walked toward Barton, intending to wake the old man up first and have him use mental magic to control him.

Suddenly, the serpent let out a cry of alarm, and a deep black aura spread from its body, which was engulfed in flames.

Harold, who had been unconscious, spread his arms and tore the Flame Serpent to shreds.

Then he made a grasping motion with his right hand, and the black aura swirling around him transformed into a pitch-black dagger identical to the one before, which he then hurled at Lynn.

"Thump—"

A dazzling white light suddenly appeared, and Harold's powerful sneak attack, along with the evil aura emanating from the shadow dagger, was blocked by a layer of magic barrier.

It was Old Man Barton who cast the Ring-Up "Shield" spell on Lynn!

This was Lynn's strongest protective measure, but now that it was activated, it was gradually showing signs of weakening.

On the transparent shield, tiny cracks were spreading rapidly.

Lynn immediately became alert, seeing the dagger about to break through the "Shield Spell" defense.

He immediately ordered the Nature Guardians to attack Harold, and as he swung his greatsword, he unleashed "Stealth Step".

In the blink of an eye, they were moved from the room on the second floor of the hotel to the open space behind it.

This was precisely the direction Luke was chasing after the cook.

But to his horror, he discovered that the jet-black dagger, which looked like a shard and had almost no thickness, was still hovering in front of him!

For a fleeting moment, Lynn wondered if the dagger was not a physical object, but some kind of illusion.

He activated "Illusory Aura" but could not dispel it in the slightest.

Just as the dagger was about to break through the "shield spell" and point directly at his brow.

The scent it emitted grew stronger and stronger, which stirred up Lynn's memories.

This is extremely similar to the corrupting aura emanating from the dark elf Rigel; they seem to originate from the same source…

A thought struck him: they had relied on Charlotte's "Nature's Sacred Heart" to suppress Rigel's corrupting power, and then used his own ability to "absorb magic" to barely win.

"Nature's Sacred Heart" is a sacred relic of the Green Tower, a magical item of extremely high rank, and he happens to possess an item of similar rank.

Thinking of this, Lynn quickly took out his dark gold pocket watch, and after inputting magic power, a stone-like object the size of a baby's fist appeared in his hand.

It was Fenrir, the king of the wolves, with his eyeball.

As the eyeball appeared, the jet-black dagger indeed trembled, seemingly wary of the powerful bloodline energy contained within it.

Lynn quickly realized that this corrupting power must have come from the Corruption Cult, which naturally possessed the instinct to erode and pollute natural organisms.

However, it will be suppressed when facing the strongest being at the highest level in nature.

Having figured this out, he no longer hesitated, holding the eyeball in his hand and using it to block the black dagger.

Then, the "protection spell" shattered, and the dagger shot out, piercing straight into Fenrir's Eye.

Lynn felt a sharp pain in his palm, as if an electric current was flowing through it.

In the blink of an eye, the dagger disappeared completely into his eyeball, and the extremely evil and corrupt aura vanished with it.

After waiting a moment and seeing no further abnormalities, Lynn lowered his hand to examine the condition of the eyeball.

It remains unremarkable, like a round stone.

Under the moonlight, the sphere faintly revealed a hint of blood.

Seeing this, Lynn thoughtfully put away Fenrir's Eye, but hesitated about his next move.

He was now very worried about the safety of Barton and Gray in the room; the sudden awakening of the wanderer Harold was completely unexpected.

"Hehehe—"

Just as he was hesitating whether to wait for Luke to return, a strange, inhuman laugh came from the bushes near the back window of the hotel.

A twisted, stout figure stumbled out from within.

It was Harold.

However, he was attacked by the giant sword of the nature guardian one after another, and his body was severely injured. In addition, he forcibly extracted his life force and poured it into the black dagger.

At this point, he was already half-dead.

Lynn dared not let his guard down any longer, concentrating on mastering the "Stealth Step" technique, ready to escape at any moment.

But Harold's eyes were unfocused, and he seemed to have lost all reason.

Even his walking posture was extremely distorted and bizarre, like a puppet being manipulated.

He opened his blood-stained mouth and let out a strange laugh, but his voice was an eerie, feminine tone:

"The root cause... I've finally found it..."