Chapter 1198 - 94: Kill and Kill Again!

Chapter 1198: Chapter 94: Kill and Kill Again!

Moon Sea, Hidden Black Town.

In a concealed underground laboratory, a wizard with a black robe covering his face and a magic prosthetic left arm appeared. He had placed two clay golems outside the basement. As the magical device was activated, an even more secretive space appeared before him.

Inside the secret room was a bald man submerged in a crystal container, the light green liquid inside resembling amniotic fluid. As the masked wizard removed his mask, he revealed an almost identical face, though the one in the container appeared slightly younger.

Clone.

And not just one, for in the adjacent room, another clone was under cultivation, though it had not yet fully formed into a human shape.

—Mansong (High Tier Legendary) (Founder of Scantlin Association) (Seven-star Silver Gray).

As the founder of the Scantlin Association, Mansong had always concealed his power. He was a level 20 mage/level 2 archmage/level 3 legendary advancement and had even studied the power of arcanists, given that the Netheril ruins were nearby.

Mansong’s signature characteristic was his numerous clones, secretly cultivated and placed in every region he was active.

Lately, he had been researching a new outcome: the ’synchronized consciousness network.’

Mansong wanted to simultaneously control multiple clones through spell power, akin to a divine spirit manipulating incarnations.

Essentially, it was multi-line operation, though not as potent as divine incarnation.

"Master." A golem handed over a piece of intelligence.

Mansong trusted no one else. His life was filled with conspiracy and betrayal, and he dealt with threats within the Scantlin Association in a straightforward and ruthless manner.

Here is a superior magic staff; take it and kill Elminster.

Just that blunt.

Mansong’s wizard talent wasn’t great, primarily because of insufficient intelligence, which had led him to face many challenges. Several ambitious and gifted young mages were sent to Elminster.

—"Stasis Clone Spell (9th Circle): This spell can create a stasis clone. If the original body is still alive, the cloned body remains in stasis without decay. But if the original body dies, the soul enters the stasis clone, which immediately starts functioning as a backup replica.

If the original body was killed and multiple stasis clones existed, the soul enters the most recently created stasis clone."

Mansong created many clones.

However, due to the excessive creation of clones, some recently exhibited signs of consciousness emergence, but with his main body’s suppression, it wasn’t troublesome.

"Such a bunch of useless creatures."

"Can’t even deal with a single woman." Mansong’s expression carried a hint of anger.

A short while ago, the Scantlin Association attacked the region of Tivendon to control the trade of the Golden Route.

The current main action plan of the Scantlin Association is to establish monopolistic positions on trade routes between major towns around Moon Sea, Fallen Star Sea, and Sword Coast, especially Deepwater City.

They have already mastered a trade route crossing the great desert from Dagger Falls to Santier Castle, and another in Tivendon, leading to Sambia and even Dragon Bay.

Shortly after attacking Tivendon, a fierce sorceress suddenly appeared.

A woman.

Identity unknown.

She targeted the killing of Scantlin Association members, using extremely ruthless methods, and had already killed several mid-level personnel. Her power increased rapidly, growing stronger with each appearance.

So far, over a dozen Scantlin Association members had died at her hands.

At this pace of killing, the mid-level ranks of the Scantlin Association would be perilously endangered.

"A woman of vengeance."

"Must I personally deal with her?"

Mansong looked at the list, and upon seeing that Eltru was among those killed, his expression finally changed. Eltru was one of his assassins, skilled in stealth assassination.

The woman suspected to be named ’Luna,’ originally an ordinary housewife, gained sorceress power by sacrificing to a demon or devil.

It was said that her arcane flames were more robust than those of typical sorcerers.

With a blank expression, Mansong stood up, took the magic staff beside him, equipped the storage ring and wizard ring, and tidied up his archmage’s robe. Since his incompetent subordinates couldn’t handle it, he would personally take care of the woman.

He first cast a prophetic art, gaining some intelligence fragments.

Unless targeting divine spirits, divine-like power, divine favored, etc., prophetic art was generally effective against most mortals. But when it involved divine spirits’ aspects, it was completely ineffective and could even mislead.

Looking at the miserable figure of the prophecy god–Savras, one could understand how relying completely on prophetic ability led to misery.

Mansong’s figure departed Hidden Black Town.

Relying on the powerful intelligence network of the Scantlin Association, coupled with the enhancement of high-tier prophetic art, Mansong locked onto the general location of the target, near Fortress Raven.

The woman traveled from Tivendon via Moon Sea Highway to Shadow Valley, crossed the mountains to Dagger Falls, killed several Scantlin Association members, and finally lurked near Fortress Raven, slaughtering a mid-level manager responsible for slave trade.