Transcendent Dawn

Messiah looked at Su Lu, who seemed to be sinking into memory, and gently spoke up.

“Where is Ham now?”

Su Lu opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

“He is within the Palace. I hired him as my court wizard.” Messiah said, “Do you want to see him?”

“Let him come here.”

Su Lu waved his hand.

Messiah went out, and gave a few orders to attendants waiting at the door. Before long, hurried footsteps came and the door was knocked.

“Your Majesty!”

Ham had aged a lot compared to the past, with more wrinkles on his face and a somewhat haggard salute to Messiah.

Then, he raised his head and saw the other figure in the room.

Ham seemed to pause, rubbed his eyes, and asked, “Mentor?”

“It’s me.”

Su Lu turned around and looked at Ham in this state, sighing involuntarily.

The other party must be in great pain and regret, right? Otherwise, his Fourth Level strength shouldn’t have aged him like this.

“Really, Mentor?”

Ham fell to his knees and cried like a child, “Whoo… I’m sorry… I was wrong… I caused the entire school to be split… I should have listened to Silver Eye’s advice, and executed them with an iron fist before they got powerful…”

Looking at Ham like this, Su Lu frowned, “Get up!”

As a Fourth Level wizard, such emotional instability was unusual.

Through his spirit vision, he immediately saw Ham’s spiritual body.

Although it was stronger than ordinary people, it had been contaminated with a lot of murky colors, showing expressions of madness and confusion.

‘Is this… a common issue of Arrogant Wizards? Or a curse, or damage from a ritual?’

Su Lu stepped forward, reaching out his hand, and it plunged into Ham’s chest.

Messiah quietly watched this scene. Although it seemed like Su Lu was about to take a vicious action against Ham, she believed it wouldn’t be that simple.

Shortly thereafter, her red lips slightly parted, and her pupils constricted.

She saw Su Lu’s hand retracting from Ham’s body, pulling out a semi-transparent spirit body.

The spirit body looked a lot like Ham, but it was in a state of chaos, with disordered colors and the external confusion and madness steadily spreading to its core.

Ordinary people couldn’t actually see spiritual bodies unless they were purposely revealed.

However, as a fourth-class occupational person, she was different.

“Sigh…”

Su Lu looked at Ham’s spirit, and sighed, “Heart Trick!”

A burst of violet light appeared, washing over Ham’s spirit body as if cleansing the madness and filth on it.

Sizzle!

Ham’s spirit showed a painful expression, and its colors suddenly came to life, like continuously squirming worms.

Some were shrieking, some were drilling deeper, and some wanted to spread to Su Lu’s hand.

“Dream Seal!”

Su Lu’s expression remained unchanged. A materialized crystal of a dream appeared, acting like pieces of natural amber, sealing the small worms, and eventually forming an amber with black spots inside.

With the power of the Heart Trick combined with Dream Seal, it was just some surgery on the surface of the spiritual body, which Su Lu could still manage.

After all this, Ham’s spirit became much clearer than before.

However, deep within, remnants of dark rust were present, similar to an eight-legged spider, stubbornly situated in the depths.

Upon seeing this, Su Lu’s expression became extremely solemn: “The influence of Wild God—Shewinado?”

However, that was not something he could interfere with.

Regardless of rationale or insanity, the spirits of Arrogant Wizards had long been contaminated by the Language of Arrogance. This was an inevitable reality.

In order to possess transcendent strength, one inevitably had to pay a ‘price’!

‘Nothing happened in the past, but now that Shewinado has resurrected, Beryl is like a ticking bomb beside me…No!’ Su Lu gave a bitter smile as he glanced at the Language of Arrogance skill in his properties bar: ‘And myself too… Even though the nature of the fifth level makes my resistance stronger and there are no signs of spiritual body contamination after multiple inspections, the opponent is, after all, a deity!

It can be said that ever since he obtained the Language of Arrogance, he established a ‘connection’ with Shewinado.

In the mystical studies, having a connection with such a great existence was not a safe thing at all.

‘Attention from a god cannot be replaced, it could only be substituted by another deity… I need to use my own imprint to replace all other external influences!’

As Su Lu’s thoughts rushed, he looked at the awakened Ham: “How do you feel now?”

“Much better.”

Ham’s expression showed clarity and rationalism, yet still contained excitement: “Master… You have finally returned. I’m sorry… I did not take good care of the school you left behind; the Violet Territory was even occupied by them.”

“It’s not your fault.”

It was normal for the rationalist school, which maintained reason, to be incapable of defeating the radical school.

Su Lu helped Ham up: “Tell me about this Allen Smith!”

“He’s a genius, a true genius!”

When talking about the leader of the radical school, Ham appeared rather conflicted: “I discovered him when he was just a slightly talented wizard… I took him as my disciple, taught him the Language of Arrogance and the Way of Rationality, but he betrayed me.”

“Your disciple?”

Su Lu paused, thinking of the orphans Ham had adopted.

If they were to calculate, Allen only seemed to be in his teens. Very young, almost beyond the boundary of genius?

“Yes, he’s only nineteen this year! With his talent, he’s almost a monster!” Ham confirmed: “I suspect his spirit is not normal, he’s turned into a monster!”

“It does seem strange…”

Su Lu nodded and seriously asked Messiah: “Have you had any contact with this Allen? How does he seem to you?”

“I don’t know…”

Messiah shook his head, reminiscence flashing on her face: “I just felt that he’s very terrifying, not the madman type, but… how shall I put it? A kind of insanity hiding beneath rationality, his essence is madness but his actions are very rational… At that time, his strength might have been stronger than mine, yet due to fears about the kingdom’s power, he avoided conflict and let me take Ham and the others away.”

“A rational madman?”

Su Lu understood: It wasn’t the madman that was terrifying, it was the madman who operated logically.

For an insane objective, they could develop numerous meticulous plans and implement them step by step!

‘Messiah is already at the pinnacle of the fourth level; stronger than her probably indicates entering the legendary domain? It’s impossible for a teenager, but if he has contact with Shewinado, anything is possible.’

Su Lu felt a kind of urgency: “Messiah, Ham… I need to hold a ritual, and it needs at least ten thousand people to assist.”

Originally, he had intended to use Messiah’s manpower and resources, along with the transcendent individuals from the Arrogant School, to hold a grand and perfect ‘Spirit Sacrifice’.

But now, he could only make do with what he had.

Regardless, the ‘Spirit Sacrifice’ is just a prerequisite for the advancement. As long as it is completed, it would be fine.

Although the completion degree relates to the success rate of the advancement, Su Lu had his attribute bar and was never reliant on success rate!