Chapter 1017: 317. Magic Shadow Stabs with a Knife

Noland Lee looked out over the City of Exiles, hidden behind the stalagmites.

Having lost three Eighth Circle Combat Wizards in a row, the Upper District of the city must be getting restless by now.

Would the enemy that was about to appear be from the Nine Rings, or even Ten Rings?

Noland had originally thought so.

But now, he could only shake his head, dismissing that speculation.

After deconstructing Jeslow and the other, Noland discovered some interesting things from their memory fragments.

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[Memory Fragment Five: “The Process of Receiving the VIPs of the Exile City”, Completeness: 30%]

This memory fragment was missing 70% of its content, mostly mosaics related to “blood” and “filth.”

The System erased these indescribable contents, which did not prevent Noland from understanding who the so-called “VIPs” were.

Noland actually found an “old acquaintance” of his—Main Lecturer of the Soul Sculpting Society·Gilbert Winchester.

Of course, the professor only sent his magic avatar and a group of students here.

He himself was still in the Sub-Dimensional Plane of the Soul Sculpting Society.

The black-robed people Xander saw were the Death Clan Wizards of the Soul Sculpting Society.

The things that the Soul Sculpting Society and the lord of the City of Exiles were planning meant that they could not leave the city for now, and could only continue to send out Eighth Circle Chief City Guard Wizards to their deaths.

As for what they were plotting…

Uh…

That’s kind of awkward.

Noland had not discovered this in the deconstruction results.

It seems only a Shadow Wizard of the Deputy Mayor’s level in the city could know the answer.

“I wonder if I’ll have the opportunity to deconstruct the Deputy Mayor of the City of Exiles…”

Noland thought to himself.

So far, his gains had been quite astonishing.

On one hand, the number of blueprints and Spell Blueprints involving shadow magic knowledge reached over thirty.

On the other, all the information on the shadow magic materials resource point distribution map and the location of the Magic Treasure Vault held by Hickman Arlington and the others had been fully recorded in Noland’s mind.

At a rough estimate, by emptying the Treasure Vault and the resource points, Noland would gain about 1.5 billion points of shadow energy and approximately three thousand cubic meters of shadow magic materials.

All these magic materials could be used to strengthen the “Shadow Cloak.”

Coincidentally, among the blueprints Noland obtained, there was the “Shadow Cloak.”

Once the materials were gathered and the Magic Circle for shaping the “Shadow Cloak” was engraved, Noland would be able to own this lifesaving artifact.

Regrettably, Noland was not yet able to absorb shadow energy on a large scale…

The Meditation Method of the Shadow Deathers—”Shadow Extraction”—was only suitable for Ethereal Beings.

As a creature of flesh and blood, Noland could not learn the Meditation Method of the Shadow Deathers.

The “Calm Breathing Method” combined with the Magic Power Internal Organs was the only way Noland could absorb and store shadow energy at the moment.

“Let’s go settle that kid Xander first…”

Noland used “Death Flight” and rushed towards where Xander was located.

Along the way, Noland issued several orders to Nolin.

First, use the Capacitor Package Device Spirit enchanted with “Mental Illusion” to dispose of all the shadow death overseers.

Second, there’s no need to protect the Shadow Death Laborers, nor to attack them proactively. However, if the Shadow Death Laborers approach the Temporary Base, then they should be expelled if necessary, or killed if required.

Third, try not to attack the unfinished Shadow Magic Barrier.

In the deconstruction results and Spoils of War from Perifa and the other two, Noland found the blueprint for constructing the Shadow Magic Barrier as well as the necessary knowledge.

However, the main ingredients for constructing this Magic Barrier—things like shadow bread’s drum sacks, the spine, powdered dry eyes, and brain marrow of the shadow earth dragon—were commodities with a price yet off the market, only stored in the Upper City Area. noveldrama

If Nolin destroyed these key materials, then Noland probably wouldn’t be able to replicate the Shadow Magic Barrier in a short time.

Nolin followed Noland’s orders to the letter.

Using Flight Mechanic, she lured the Shadow Death Laborers away from the construction site of the Magic Barrier, then picked them off one by one in the Stone Forest.

Some Capacitor Package Device Spirits hovered above the Ceiling, casting thunder and lightning below, constructing a Lightning Barrier that blocked the Shadow Death Laborers’ way.

Every Shadow Death Laborer that tried to escape towards the Temporary Base was blocked by the Lightning Barrier.

Quite a few Shadow Death Laborers seemed to seek refuge with the rumored “Thunder Wizard.”

They rushed towards the Lightning Barrier thinking they would receive the treatment they deserved.

But regrettably, although Noland was not heartless, he was certainly not the Saint Mother in these troubled times.

All the Shadow Death Laborers that touched the Lightning Barrier were electrocuted, smoking.

They exploded with a bang, turning into Shadow Fragments.

And these fragments, under the attraction of the Magic Circle in the city, quickly returned to the City of Exiles.

Before long, the Shadow Death Laborers shattered by the Lightning Barrier would be revived, to face the fate of enslavement once again.

With these wrong examples set, the remaining Shadow Death Laborers got wiser.

Some of them returned the way they came, voluntarily going back to the City of Exiles, with a sickly loyalty and submission, begging the Upper District for pity and kindness.

The other part of the Shadow Death Laborers were inspired by a deep survival urge.

Some went forth alone, others in pairs, staying well away from the Lightning Barrier, searching for a path to Ground Level in the Stone Forest.

Between the Dark Zone and Ground Level, there is a hard block called the Slate Layer.

Besides the Slate Layer Crossing Technique, is there another way to get from the Dark Zone back to Ground Level?

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