Another World’s Versatile Crafting Master c1-1074, page 549
Of course, submission wasn't simply a matter of speech. The parties would still have to be bound by a contract and subject to laws. However, those matters were reserved for after the meeting. Seeing that no one expressed any objections, Lin Li directly announced the end of the meeting, and stated that those who were willing could proceed to sign the contract, and those who were unwilling…
However, at this moment, an exclamation that was full of resentment sounded amongst the crowd.
"What if I'm unwilling!?"
It would be hard to find out who the person who said that was, since it sounded out of nowhere, but no one in the right mind would be willing to go against a Sanctuary powerhouse. Hence, as soon as they heard the exclamation, everyone in the crowd ran and made space to reveal the person who said those words.
However, that person did not panic even though he had been exposed. In fact, there was a bit of madness on his face, as if he was looking at his archenemy. He gritted his teeth and stared at Lin Li, who was standing on the platform, before ruthlessly saying, "Master Felic, congratulations on stepping into the Sanctuary-realm and unifying the Breezy Plains. I have specially brought you a gift today. I hope you'll like it, Master Felic!"
Upon hearing that person's words, there was once again a strange sound in the square, followed by gasps and exclamations of the crowd. Several people who were originally wearing black magic robes like others suddenly tore their robes apart to reveal their bodies that were made of metal. They were alchemy puppets in disguise. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/old-mage_48698993055689976 for visiting.
Actually, those alchemy puppets didn't seem too intricate in structure, but what was truly frightening was that they each had a Legendary magical crystal embedded in their c.h.e.s.ts, and the crystals were emitting a strange ray of red light under the constant stimulation of some Alchemy Array. An absolutely horrifying mana wave overwhelmed everyone.
This was what caused the crowd to panic as anyone with some knowledge would know that it was the precursor to the eruption of magical crystals. The power that would erupt from a Legendary magical crystal was far beyond comparison to an ordinary magical crystal's power. The might of every Legendary magical crystal launched by a Magical Crystal Cannon was at Legendary-level, but each Legendary magical crystal could allow a Magical Crystal Cannon to launch hundreds of attacks in a row. Clearly, the power contained in a Legendary magic crystal was massive.
It could be said that a level-20 Legendary magical crystal would not be inferior to a level-24 Legendary magic spell if all of its power was released. However, it would not be easy to make a Legendary magical crystal explode, and there were more important uses for the valuable Legendary magical crystals. Usually, no one would be willing to use a Legendary magical crystal as a disposable magic bomb.
However, they had no idea how much hatred that person had for the Tower of Dusk. There were six similar alchemy puppets in the entire plaza, and the power that might erupt from the six Legendary magical crystals would be enough to wipe out the entire place. As for the leaders of the various forces, they would definitely have a hard time escaping their doom even if there were some Legendary powerhouses among them.
"It's Albert, he's really here!" exclaimed Cheyenne from the Malfa Family, who immediately recognized the other party's identity as soon as he saw him.
Albert was the leader of the Dark Blade and the son of the leader Lansdale. Back when the Dark Blade had attacked the Tower of Dusk, Borg and Baldela, the two Legendary leaders, were crippled by Lin Li, and with the loss of those elites, the Dark Blade directly became a second-tier force. The Malfa Family rubbed salt into their wound by besieging the Dark Blade and robbing them of their territory.
Now, the Dark Blade which used to be a top band of bandits could be considered to have been completely removed from the Breezy Plains. However, in the process of hunting down the remaining members, the Malfa Family missed Albert, who was an Assassin and the leader of the Dark Blade, as well as several other elite Assassins who were level-15 or higher. The reality had proven that it was a grave mistake of theirs. Those several elite Assassins had caused great trouble in the process of the Malfa Family acquiring the Dark Blade's territory.
Fortunately, the Malfa Family was supported by the Legendary-mage Cheyenne, after all, and after a series of arrangements, they had set up many traps. They even went as far as using their heir, Hutton, as a bait on several occasions to trap those several elite Assassins one by one. However, as the elite Assassins died, Albert vanished without a trace.
A level-19 Assassin would be a great threat even to a Legendary powerhouse. Although it was embarrassing, the Malfa Family nonetheless informed the Tower of Dusk about it since they were partners. After all, the Tower of Dusk could be considered to be the main party that had led to the destruction of the Dark Blade.
Lin Li informed the various forces of the time of the meeting a month in advance so that they could make preparations. After all, some of them were very far away from the Tower of Dusk. Another reason was to give the hidden enemy a chance to appear.
For a Sanctuary-mage, even a Legendary-level Assassin wouldn't be able to pose any threat to him, let alone a level-19 Assassin. This time, if the Tower of Dusk were to successfully unify all the forces of the Breezy Plains, there would be no room for the enemy anymore. Hence, at this moment, the enemy only had two options. He could either retaliate no matter the cost, or give up completely from then on and find a place to hide for the rest of his life.
The fact that the other party chose to take action against the leaders of the forces in order to affect the reputation of the Tower of Dusk was not beyond Lin Li's expectations. However, to Lin Li's surprise, the other party had a high capital this time, and he was clearly prepared to attack the Tower of Dusk all the way. The six alchemy puppets should have been purchased from Rotterdam, the Alchemy Nation. Although they seemed rather poorly made to Lin Li, they should have been worth quite a lot. Besides, the six Legendary magical crystals were considered a huge fortune to the average person.
Unfortunately, Albert had clearly underestimated the strength of the Tower of Dusk and the power of a Sanctuary powerhouse. If it had happened before Lin Li entered the Sanctuary-realm, the six self-destructing alchemy puppets might indeed have kept Lin Li busy for a while. However, Lin Li now only needed the power of the debris of the stars, Nothingness, to send the alchemy puppets into the chaos of spacetime. Regardless of how powerful they were, it would be useless.
"I know that this can't hurt you, either, but you can't stop the deaths of these cowards. You can't protect anyone, haha!" Albert exclaimed. He resented Lin Li to the core, and although he knew that he couldn't cause any substantial damage to Lin Li, his being able to hurt the leaders of those various forces and destroy the buildings of the Tower of Dusk was bound to be a great blow to their prestige as well.
At this point, the leaders of the various forces were losing their minds, and everyone got into a huge uproar. They all wanted to leave the area as soon as possible.
If that were to go on, the meeting would become chaotic, and Lin Li certainly wouldn't allow that to happen. He reached out to grab the debris of the stars, Nothingness, and planned to send the six self-destructing alchemy puppets to the spacetime chaos.
However, at this moment, a patch of space in the air suddenly warped, resembling ripples on the surface of water. Next, an old mage who was dressed in a black robe and had white hair strode out of the warped space.
Seeing the chaos in the plaza, the old mage frowned slightly, and waved his hand casually while moving towards Lin Li in midair.
Chapter 902 - Arbitrator Chris
With a mere wave of his hand, he managed to cause drastic changes in the plaza. The Legendary magical crystals that were fluctuating greatly seemed to have been doused with a pot of cold water as the mana fluctuations disappeared without a trace. At the same time, the self-exploding alchemy puppets, too, crumbled like sand sculptures that had lost their cohesion, and scattered all over the ground after turning into tiny particles.
The sudden change left everyone stunned, and Albert, who was laughing maniacally, seemed to have choked all of a sudden.
Magical crystals were one of the most stable mana aggregates. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been any magical beasts in the world. The Legendary magical crystals contained a wisp of nomological power that was even more difficult to be triggered by an explosion, but once it was successfully triggered, the process would simply be irreversible unless one had godly power. That was the reason Albert chose that method of revenge. That was arguably the most foolproof method of retaliation that he could think of.
However, the old mage had merely waved his hand—in fact, the people didn't feel any abnormal magical waves at all—yet the six Legendary magical crystals that were about to bring a devastating disaster to everyone as they had already begun releasing their enormous mana stopped silently.
Even the leaders of the forces who had panicked and were feeling hopeless just now were in shock and disbelief, what more Albert. They even forgot to feel the joy of surviving an ordeal. They believed that if the Legendary magical crystals were to erupt, they would definitely not cause any damage to Lin Li, the Sanctuary powerhouse. In fact, he might even protect the people around him. However, resisting the power that emanated from the erupting Legendary magical crystals was different from obliterating it. It would not be an exaggeration to call the old mage's casual actions a miracle.
Everyone immediately shifted their gazes to the mage who had moved through the void, only to be even more shocked because the appearance of the mage actually reminded them of a famous figure from legends. After thinking about the godly power that the other party had displayed, they got rid of the last bit of uncertainty within them.
Seeing that the old mage had resolved the crisis with the wave of his hand, Lin Li was rather astonished as well. As a Sanctuary powerhouse, he could definitely sense the Sanctuary-level aura of the other party. However, the old mage's realm was still far above his because the old mage was an elite—a top Sanctuary powerhouse.
Upon sight of the old mage's meticulously combed silver hair, glistening eyes, neatly trimmed silvery white beard, and the natural elegance he exuded as he stepped slowly in the air, Lin Li could easily guess the other party's identity even though he had only been in that world for a few years. He was clad in the robe of an arbitrator of the Supreme Council, and he was different from the austere and old-fashioned Megard and Apophis who lacked restraint. He was an old mage who was poised, naturally elegant, and exuded nobility. He was Chris, one of the three arbitrators of the Supreme Council, and once a prince.
It was said that during the Dark Age, the Highlord Osric's fiefdom included the Felan Kingdom and a large portion of the Breezy Plains. In the Jarrosus region of Felan Kingdom, there was once a small kingdom known as the Garland Kingdom, which Chris the Arbitrator was the former prince of.
Unlike Prince Brahere, the Highlord Osric had always resorted to ruthless means when ruling over the various forces in his territory. He would squeeze them dry and mercilessly exploit them to the very end. Osric claimed that he would rather leave them with no strength to get up than allow them to have the strength to retaliate.
Under the cruel rule of Osric, the small kingdom of Garland, which was unable to provide much value to Osric in the first place, was reduced to a miserable state, and the royals were turned into commoners. When Osric began building the Eternal Furnace, he used the entire kingdom of Garland as a bait to lure a powerful ancient wyrm.
In the process of capturing the ancient wyrm, the entire Garland Kingdom became a battlefield. Be it the ancient wyrm or Osric's Magic Legion, no one paid attention to the lives of those humans below. During the intense battle, powerful and massive magic spells landed on the ground of Garland Kingdom incessantly like a terrifying natural disaster. It seemed to have almost overturned the ground of the entire Garland Kingdom.
In that disaster, the Garland Kingdom's population was wiped out, and the royal family had it worse. The original royal palace was destroyed, leaving behind only a massive pit that was created with the dragon breath of an ancient wyrm. Back then, Chris, the prince, was negotiating with neighboring countries for food aid after the famine that had occurred in the kingdom before, and thus managed to escape the disaster by fluke.
Chris, who rushed back to the capital of the Garland Kingdom, ran into Geresco, who was attracted by the intense battle. After witnessing the amazing power of magic, Chris swore to avenge his parents and nation, and was introduced to the path of practicing magic by Geresco.
Unfortunately, by the time Chris stepped into the Sanctuary-realm and followed Geresco to wage a war against the High Elves to overthrow them, the Highlord Osric had already begun his long slumber in his mausoleum.
After the end of the Dark Age, Geresco established the Supreme Council, of which Chris, Megard, and Apophis became the three great arbitrators. At the same time, he also established the Jarrosus Guild of Magic, and became the first President of the Guild of Magic.
Although Lin Li had guessed the identity of the other party, he did not stop feeling shocked. Legend had it that it had been more than a decade since the Arbitrator Chris appeared in the Supreme Council. He had even missed the numerous Supreme Council meetings previously. Hence, there had been rumors about his death and departure from Anril because he had followed in Geresco's footsteps.
Hence, many misunderstood the reason for the conflict between Andoine and Rosen to be the vacant position of Arbitrator that resulted from Chris' absence. After all, in the Supreme Council, Andoine and Rosen were the only underlings of the three arbitrators. From an outsider's perspective, the two of them were the most qualified to compete for that position.
Now that Arbitrator Chris had appeared there, all the rumors were naturally dismissed, and Lin Li could also feel that the Sanctuary-level aura of that arbitrator was also much stronger than those of Apophis and Megard. Of course, it was also possible that when Lin Li first met those two arbitrators, he had yet to step into the Sanctuary-realm, and thus did not know much about the power of the Sanctuary-realm, which gave birth to such a misconception. However, no matter what, Lin Li was certain that the other party had to be many times stronger than himself.
Arbitrator Chris' arrival had allowed the crisis to be resolved, and the issues that were supposed to be addressed during the meeting had also been resolved a long time ago. Hence, with Lin Li's sign, the meeting ended, and the members of the Tower of Dusk led the shocked leaders of the various forces and proceeded to sign the contract expressing their submission. As for Albert, he definitely faced a terrible end.
Lin Li, on the other hand, led the senior executives of the Tower of Dusk and the leaders of several top forces to the sky to wait for the arrival of Arbitrator Chris.
Chris slowly stepped down from the air, and first looked at Lin Li with a genial smile. He then nodded slightly, and said in a tone of admiration, "Felic, not bad."
"Respected Arbitrator, I didn't know you would descend at the Tower of Dusk, so I didn't arrange anyone to receive you. Please forgive me." While speaking, the people behind Lin Li bowed respectfully to Chris.
Although all the leaders of the top forces of the Breezy Plains did not have a unified relationship with the Supreme Council, no one dared to show the slightest disrespect to the arbitrator of the Supreme Council who was a mythical figure that made them feel uncontrollably excited. In fact, they even found the opportunity to salute him in person to be a supreme honor.
Chris waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for them to bow and salute. He teasingly said to Lin Li, "I heard from Apophis that you were never that uptight about rules initially. Why have you learned to become so proper after being a President for a few years?"
When Lin Li was inaugurated as the President of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic, Arbitrator Apophis had personally attended and given Lin Li some pointers about magic. Back then, Lin Li was tormented during their spar, but he burnt Apophis' beard with fire. Since it was the beard of an arbitrator, it wasn't exactly a loss.
Hearing Chris mention Apophis, Lin Li touched his nose in embarrassment and smiled awkwardly. "Well, it has been a long time since that happened. Lord Apophis' beard should have grown back, right?"
"Huh?" When Chris heard those words, he glared at him in surprise, and asked, "His beard? What's wrong with that bushy beard of his? He didn't mention anything about the beard to me when I arrived."
"Hahaha, Master Chris, it's really too rude of me. How can I stand here and talk? Hurry and come in, please." Upon hearing his words, Lin Li had an ominous hunch; he almost spilled the beans about the embarrassing matter that Apophis had been through. He quickly changed the topic and invited Chris to go to the Tower of Dusk. Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%E2%80%99s-versatile-crafting-master_11275087605321405/arbitrator-chris_48698993324125435 for visiting.
Although it was just a simple and light-hearted conversation between the two of them, everyone else was overwhelmed with emotion. The arbitrator of the Supreme Council was a figure that truly stood at the pinnacle of Anril. If they were to have a conversation with such a figure, they probably wouldn't even be able to speak in complete sentences, and it even felt like a fantasy for them to watch.
Lin Li and Chris walked in front and headed to the Tower of Dusk, while the rest of the crowd followed cautiously behind as they could not help but slow down their breathing. Although it was a great honor for them to meet the arbitrator of the Supreme Council, enjoying it wasn't that relaxing for them.
