I am a mage, with an infinite mana bar!

Instantly, Lynn felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart and quickly spread throughout his body.

He felt a deep gaze fixed on him from afar.

Through this lock, he could also feel a trace of desire, like a sticky thread wrapping around him and tightening continuously.

"Cough cough—" A strong sense of crisis made his hands and feet go cold, and cold sweat instantly soaked his shirt.

This power far exceeded his comprehension.

Under such a powerful gaze, he felt like an ant, utterly powerless to resist.

Fortunately, the feeling was fleeting, leading Lynn to suspect that he had just experienced a strange hallucination.

He regained his composure and looked at Harold in front of him.

The halfling was completely out of his mind, his skin and flesh were showing signs of ulceration, and his limbs were twisted strangely.

"It seems that the sound that came through his body just now caused him great harm."

Seeing that Harold was already beyond saving, Lynn dared not relax his vigilance in the slightest, always ready to use the "stalking step" to move to a safe area.

"Ahem... Mother... I can finally hear your... voice..."

A broken sound came from his twisted and bent neck.

It was the prayer of a devout, obsessed, and even mad believer, more like a bewildered child pleading with his mother to take him back to his homeland.

But at the same time, his life finally came to an end.

Harold's already short and stout body, which resembled a sphere, suddenly swelled up even more.

Lynn immediately thought of the horrific scene of the corrupted demon wolves in the Whispering Forest self-destructing before their deaths.

"The corrupting power within this guy has gone out of control..."

He could sense that the evil power within Harold was far stronger than that of the corrupted wolves. If he were allowed to self-destruct like this, the entire inn and even a large area of ​​surrounding villages would probably be razed to the ground.

Lynn subconsciously wanted to use "Drain Magic" to absorb the magic power in Harold's body that was the energy source for the explosion.

But the moment the magic net touched him, its incredibly evil aura made his hair stand on end.

"This magic has been severely corroded; it's not something I can absorb directly..."

Lynn quickly made a judgment and summoned the right arm of the Nature Guardian once again.

As a guardian of nature, its attacks have the effect of purifying corruption and evil.

In an instant, the giant sword wrapped in brilliant green light slashed towards the ever-expanding body.

Harold's skin was cracked open inch by inch, and foul blood flowed out from the cracks. Wherever it passed, long gray hair grew on his arms, scales grew on his neck, and even fish-like gills split open.

Lynn had no time to pay attention to these anomalies. He was manipulating the Nature Guardians to launch a series of attacks. Although they had some weakening effect, Harold's body was collapsing much faster than he was attacking.

Lynn sighed inwardly, realizing that with his current strength, the situation was beyond saving. He prepared to use the "Stealth Step" and was about to abandon the place and escape.

Suddenly, a whooshing sound came from afar.

Immediately following, under the moonlight, a wave of molten gold swept across the sky.

It was Luke who arrived.

Lynn quickly warned, "Mr. Luke, that guy is finished. He's lost control of his internal power. Be careful when attacking his body!"

Just now, when he controlled the Nature Guardian, he only used the power of nature on the greatsword to weaken the corrupting force in Harold's body, and did not directly strike his body.

Upon hearing Lynn's reminder, Luke immediately abandoned his plan to use arrows fired from molten metal to pierce Harold's heart.

He controlled a large amount of molten metal to sink and envelop Harold, just as he had done with the red-haired dwarf Ganderlen.

However, the situation cannot be compared; the power brewing within Harold's body is significantly stronger.

After Luke finished the furnace, he instantly stripped it of its heat, causing it to solidify into a thick steel sphere.

At the same time, he controlled the metal spikes inside the sphere, piercing Harold's swollen flesh as if popping a balloon.

"boom--"

A tremendous tremor suddenly erupted from inside the metal furnace, and the one-inch-thick iron wall suffered a powerful impact, causing many cracks to appear.

"These metals were all collected from nearby villages. They have too many impurities, and they are too fragile after being formed..." Lynn judged.

Just as the furnace was about to shatter, Lynn caught a glimpse of a figure dressed in a white robe out of the corner of his eye.

"Mr. Barton!" he exclaimed in surprise.

Barton, a veteran mage who had worked at the Magic Association and the White Tower for many years, naturally realized that the situation was not good.

He immediately unleashed magic, and layers of white light enveloped the metal furnace, forming a protective barrier comparable to steel.

With the combined efforts of several people, the out-of-control evil forces were finally suppressed.

Lynn, however, suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Barton, "Where's Gray?"

The old man waved his hand, "Don't worry, that guy is perfectly safe."

After he woke up, he glimpsed Lynn's situation through the window and rushed over to help. However, before leaving, he specially set up a barrier magic with concealment and protection effects to protect Gray.

Lynn was still a little worried, so she and Barton immediately returned to their room. Only after seeing that Gray was safe and sound did they feel relieved.

On the other side, Luke reinforced the metal furnace multiple times.

Although the outbreak was successfully contained, the power did not dissipate as a result.

If such a large amount of corrupting power were to spread in the center of the village, it would surely cause a great disaster.

Therefore, he has already notified the Green Tower in Luoan City via "Short Message" and asked them to send a spellcaster to deal with this matter as soon as possible.

Before this, he summoned the village chief and ordered him to gather the villagers and try to get away from this place to a safe place to hide for a while.

The three of them remained at the hotel to monitor the furnace.

After settling down a bit, everyone was quite tired. As they gathered to rest, Lynn asked:

"Mr. Luke, where's the cook?"

Luke shook his head and said helplessly, "That guy is too good at escaping; I couldn't catch him."

"What a pity..." Lynn looked at Gray, who had a blank expression, "That Harold was also involved with the corrupt church. It's a pity that his death was too suspicious, otherwise we could have extracted something from him."

Luke laughed and said, "However, his actions also prove to us that this orc is indeed hiding a secret. We just need to wait for good news."

Seeing Lynn's confusion, he explained meaningfully, "In the eyes of the Blue Tower people, there are no secrets in this world."

Upon hearing this, Lynn's heart skipped a beat, but he simply nodded as if nothing had happened.

"The spellcasters of the Blue Tower are so dangerous... I guess I should stay away from them as much as possible," Lynn thought to himself.

Before long, the support that Rumi had invited from the Magic Association of Roan City, along with the three spellcasters from the Green Tower, arrived almost one after the other.

It was past midnight. After discussing it, the group handed over the task of escorting Gray.

The Green Tower clearly possesses the magic to deal with the Corruption Cult, and the work of cleaning away the corrupting forces is progressing very smoothly.

Tonight, a senior mage from the Golden Tower happens to be on duty at the Magic Association, and his attitude towards Luke is clearly much better than that towards Barton and Aldolf.

He suggested that Luke and Lynn were exhausted and that he should take care of them, letting them rest at the hotel tonight and return to Collin Town early tomorrow morning.

The two did not refuse. The situation had stabilized, and several senior mages were present. This country inn had never seen such a grand scene before.

After returning to his room, Lynn intended to go to bed to rest, but he sensed a slight disturbance in "The Root of Demonic Path".

"Thankfully, no spellcasters from the Blue Tower came today..."

As he thought this, he summoned the "Root Magic Codex," but his expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

On the illusory magic book, a dark line had appeared out of nowhere, like a vine, and it seemed to be growing and reaching the three stars above!