A magic circle was a medium that allowed a caster to leverage a far greater magical force at a smaller cost.
If one were to teleport Audrey and Lu Xin, who were in Silver Crown City, separately to two different places right now, an ordinary person would probably find it difficult to accomplish.
But as long as they were within the range of a magic circle, it could be done with ease.
At night, Victor and his wife, along with Audrey, had all returned to the manor.
Audrey looked at Lu Xin, who had already prepared the meal, and warmth flowed through her heart.
Ruilin came up and asked curiously:
“Sis, what were you all busy with today?”
“At present, all troops have been mobilized as quickly as possible, and a curfew has also been imposed in the city.”
Lu Xin nodded and exclaimed that it really was complicated.
The enemy was still hidden in the dark.
After the few of them hastily finished eating, they all went upstairs.
Audrey watched Ruilin walk into Lu Xin’s room again, wanting to say something but ultimately not speaking.
As all the lights in Wyatt Manor went out, the entire Silver Crown City, except for the Royal Palace, which remained brightly lit, fell into dead silence.
The elves’ plan should have taken another seven or eight days before it could begin, but because of Lu Xin’s arrival, everything began to accelerate.
First, the elves’ primary goal was to kill Lu Xin and retrieve Evelyn.
If one looked down from above at the three Jade Feather Merchant Guild branches located in the city, one would find that the distances between them were exactly equal.
The pattern they formed covered all the buildings in the city, including Wyatt Manor.
With the Jade Feather Merchant Guilds as starting points, lines of patterns began to light up throughout the city, connecting with each other to form an intricate design.
Edmund noticed something unusual outside the window.
He stood up and walked to the window, instantly stunned by the sight before him.
A huge magic circle had formed on the ground of Silver Crown City, dazzling to the eyes.
The energy supply needed for the magic circle relied entirely on the materials stored in the Jade Feather Merchant Guilds.
Whether monster bodies or plants, everything began to turn to ash after having its energy absorbed.
“Are they planning to destroy all of Silver Crown City?”
Edmund snorted coldly and instantly activated a magic circle within the Royal Palace.
The magic circle emitted a silver-white light that swept through the city in an instant.
All the streets and houses were coated in a layer of silver radiance.
This was Silver Crown City’s foundation.
Several magic circles had always been kept in the Royal Palace as a precaution.
But Edmund had still miscalculated.
The huge display was not a killing-type magic circle at all.
Inside Wyatt Manor, Lu Xin sat up from the bed, and complex patterns appeared on his body.
“What the hell, how did I become a rune warrior?”
The same scene also happened to Audrey and the Knights stationed in the city.
The next second, their figures disappeared from where they stood.
After a bout of spinning dizziness, Lu Xin finally felt solid ground beneath his feet.
He opened his eyes and saw that he was inside a warehouse.
He was not alone.
Several Elven men and women surrounded him in the middle, each holding a short bow.
“Where the hell did you bring me? Is this still Silver Crown City?”
“Hello, Mr. Lu Xin.”
A voice sounded, and Leonora walked out from the darkness.
“Oh, so it’s the president of the Jade Feather Merchant Guild. Dragging me here so late isn’t very appropriate, is it?”
Lu Xin said this while reaching his hand behind his back.
“Heh heh, Mr. Lu Xin jests. I wish to make a deal with you. I wonder if you are willing.”
“Let’s hear it.”
Leonora sneered and said bluntly:
“Hand over Evelyn, and we’ll spare your life.”
“You’ve finished listing the downsides. What about the benefits?”
“Heh heh, you really are interesting.”
“Your own life isn’t enough, so what else do you want?”
“Me? I also want your head!”
An Invisible Hand appeared in front of Leonora, reaching for his neck.
But the other party was merely a projection cast here through magic, and the Invisible Hand’s attack passed straight through his body.
“It seems Mr. Lu Xin doesn’t value his life. Then we’ll have to slowly find Evelyn after you die.”
After Leonora said this, his projection disappeared.
Immediately afterward, the arrows the elves had already drawn fully were all released.
Each arrow was enhanced by magic, making them extremely fast and incredibly sharp.
During flight, they also began to split into new arrows, raining down from all sides toward the figure in the center.
A bag of dust appeared in Lu Xin’s hand.
As he scattered it, the dust instantly filled the warehouse.
With the help of [Hardening] and [Stain Penetration], he quickly dodged the arrows.
But facing the barrage, his body was still grazed by passing arrows, leaving streaks of blood, while the ground was pocked with holes from the arrowheads.
However, after this round of attacks passed, it was his turn.
Using the dust, the hand he condensed instantly struck down the elf closest to him.
Crack! Crunch!
The sound of bones breaking rang out.
The elves within the dust could only see flashes of movement around them.
Before they could react, they felt something seize them.
Then more sounds of impact rang out one after another.
When the dust cleared, all the elves in the warehouse had fallen to the ground, unable to continue fighting.
“You think you can kill me with that little strength? You underestimate me too much.”
Lu Xin lifted his foot to leave.
He had a premonition that tonight would not be peaceful, and he was truly worried that Ailya and the others might also run into trouble.
Just then, a flash of light streaked before his eyes.
Then, with a “whoosh,” something shot toward him.
Bang!
The terrifying inertia sent him flying backward into the wall.
Lu Xin struggled to push himself up from the wall.
If he had not immediately released a water orb to protect himself, he might have been pierced through.
After retracting the water orb, he picked up the thing that had just shot at him.
It was actually a copper coin.
“Not dead? Seems you do have something.”
A figure in a leather jacket walked into the moonlight, his chest exposed and a cigarette in his mouth.
Lu Xin steadied himself and asked coldly:
“And who the hell are you?”
“Oh ho, how forgetful. Forgetting this great one so quickly?”
“Sorry, I never remember nobodies.”
Rehab raised an eyebrow, blew out a puff of smoke, and laughed loudly.
Then the leather jacket on his body instantly expanded and wrapped around his entire body.
In just one second, he transformed from a strong young man into a ragged old man.
Lu Xin was stunned for a moment.
Wasn’t this the old bastard who had stopped their carriage and demanded money back then?
Rehab looked at Lu Xin’s expression, then canceled his transformation and said with a wicked grin:
“Remember now?”
“Let me tell you something else. That copper coin I used to hit you just now is the one you threw to me back then, ha ha!”
As he spoke, Rehab pulled out another copper coin, extended his hand to aim at Lu Xin, and looked at him casually.
To him, dealing with the person before him was no different from dealing with a stray dog.
He still had other matters to attend to, especially after witnessing the true nature of the female elf.