CHAPTER 383: CHAPTER 383: CHANGE OF PLAN

While it was true that Rezen’s modified ghost berries can corrupt Senior Beasts, it actually doesn’t need him to become a Senior Mage.

As long as he has enough resources, he will be able to elevate the farm to the next rank, and it will have the ability to grow spirit plants at the Senior Rank.

"I hope that is indeed the case and you are not lying" the Guardian said with a serious tone. He was willing to take a risk and gamble on Rezen all in the premise that he really can corrupt Senior Beasts in the future.

If he were to find out that Rezen was lying, then...

The Guardian’s eyes sharpened, and Rezen clearly saw that, and he hastily said "Rest assured that I am not lying. I can vouch for this with my life"

Thinking that it wasn’t enough, Rezen spoke again. "In fact, while I feel like my ability will grow easier when I reach the Senior Rank, as long as I have enough mid-grade mana stones along with other treasures containing a huge amount of energy, I might be able to grow my ability even before I reach the next rank. It’s just that growing my ability while I am still a Junior Mage will cost more"

At first, Rezen wanted to fool everyone and make them think that he had to reach the Senior Rank first before his ability could be upgraded. Unfortunately, now that his talent was known to be unremarkable by the Guardian, Rezen can only change his mind.

At the end of the day, Rezen is currently more focused on increasing his own level. Even if his farm grew enough to the point that it could grow second rank spirit plants, if he were to remain weak, he might still lose his life.

He wants to prevent the mages from turning him into a ’breeding hub’ of the modified Ghost Berries. They might force him to focus on creating and supplying berries instead of cultivating him.

Such a thing was not what he desired. That was the reason why he made them think that growing his ability required him to be a Senior Mage first.

Unfortunately, to receive ’investment’ from the Guardian, he had to change his plans. He is aware that with the Guardian’s help, he would be able to elevate his farm’s rank instantly.

This person, after all, is the only Great Mage of humanity. He surely holds the most amount of resources out of all mages. Even Elder Priss cannot beat him when it comes to the number of resources.

Even then, at most, Rezen would show that he can only create a new Ghost Berries capable of corrupting Senior Beasts while he is still a Junior Mage.

In this way, he could still force them to ensure that he would grow as a mage. It’s a classic case of giving the carrot and the stick.

"How much do you need?" The Guardian inquired. If what Rezen said could indeed be done, then the better!

"I need at least a few hundred thousand mid-grade mana stones and a hundred treasures of heaven and earth, preferably those with various attributes" Rezen replied, and he knew that this was an astronomical amount.

In the Savage Beast Realm, low-grade mana stones are extremely abundant. It wouldn’t be a problem for the city to supply Rezen with billions of low-grade mana stones.

However, mid-grade mana stones are different. Their numbers far failed in comparison to low-grade mana stones. Even just a few hundred thousand is already more than enough what most Senior Mages.

While Rezen is sure that even if he were to ask for a million mid-grade mana stones, it could still be given to him, at that point, even the Guardian would feel some pinch.

He only quoted a few hundred thousand because once he showed that he really can corrupt Senior Beasts, then even if he doesn’t ask for it, the human mages themselves would voluntarily provide him with mid-grade mana stones.

While mana stones are strategic resources, even if you have millions of mid-grade mana stones, it still takes time and effort to nurture a Senior Mage.

Compared to investing the mana stones in Rezen with immediate returns, nourishing a Senior Mage is too slow. Painfully slow!

It was better to give the mana stones to him and let him corrupt Senior Beasts.

As expected, although the Guardian raised his brows a bit, he still threw a spatial ring to Rezen.

"How long would it take until we can see the result?"

Giving away such a large number of resources does not matter as long as Rezen’s claim can be realized. His only concern now is whether Rezen was saying the truth.

"Please give me a few weeks, Guardian" Rezen humbly answered.

In truth, it might just take him a few hours to rank up his farm but that would be too shocking. It was better to lie and make people think that such a thing required time and effort.

"Hmm, that’s not long. I will return in a few weeks. If you lie to me then the City of Hope will not let you off lightly" The Guardian threatened before he vanished to return on his own Magic Tower, specifically the Underground Facility below his Tower where the Tree of Hope is located.

"Heh... after a few weeks, not to mention punishing me, all of you would definitely do your best to keep me safe" Rezen thought with a chuckle.

In the past, he didn’t dare show too much of his cards and trump cards. But now, with the ongoing war, and the humanity on the brink of extinction, he could deter most people with dark motives as they still need him to win the war and survive.

—-

In the endless sea of void, a majestic void ship was sailing. Its speed was incomparably fast. Not to mention a Great Mage, even mages at the 4th rank definitely cannot possess speed comparable to the void ship.

Inside the void ship, a man with a hair of half black, half white with golden pupils can be seen.

His face was extremely handsome and he looks like someone that you could trust with your life. He has this distinct Saintly aura that seemingly detests evil.

This man was none other than one of the survivors of the now destroyed Earth Realm; Claude Preston!

After he survived and was taken in by an old mage, the transformation brought by creating an Embryo of the Earth Realm in his Elixir Field changes his physical appearance.

His hair now was half jet black and half white as if they were forming a Yin-Yang Symbol. Even bis pupils turned golden.

Currently, he was inside the Void Ship’s training room while sparring against a middle-aged mage who was a mid rank Senior Mage. This mage was specifically at the 4th cycle of the Senior Rank.

As for Claude Preston, he was astonishingly also a Senior Rank mage now!

"[Innate Magic: Yin-Yang Field!]" Claude uttered and a large magic circle that covered almost the entire training room was formed.

This magic circle was unlike the common magic circles that are commonly used by mages. It doesn’t even look like a magic circle but more like a Yin-Yang symbol!

Half of the magic circle was black while the other half was white. On the white side was Claude who was standing on the small black circle. As for his sparring partner, he was standing on the black side of the Yin-Yang symbol, specifically on the small white circle on the black part.

With the activation of Claude’s Innate Magic, their auras had a change.

Claude Preston was originally only at the first cycle of the Junior Rank but his aura and level actually grew real time.

From the first cycle Senior Mage, he suddenly entered the realm of the peak third cycle Senior Mage! An astonishing feat.

As for his sparring partner, his situation was the exact opposite. His aura actually grew weaker. He was originally at the fourth cycle of Senior Rank but his level was forcefully brought down by a single level.

From the fourth cycle, he was demoted to the peak of third cycle. Right now, Claude and his sparring partner are on the same level, the third cycle of the Senior Rank!

The middle-aged man had never seen such a bizarre magic spell before. He didn’t even expect that such a thing was possible.

The [Yin-Yang Field] ensures that the caster can fight mages above their level, as the magic spell forcefully brings them to the same level. A rather special magic spell indeed!

This was not the middle-aged man’s first time experiencing this magic spell, but he still couldn’t help but admire it.

He tried to block the effects of the spells, but no matter what he did, he simply was unable to prevent himself from being affected by the spell