End of the Magic Era

Having gained more wisdom, the monster immediately forgot everything it was determined to do. It also gave up the idea of slaughtering all the intruders. Clearly, it wouldn't gain anything else until it kept a friendly relation with those people.

On the ground, everybody waited quietly. The people who had been controlled by the monster were still under its control. The legion mages who came from Lin Yun's Natural Demiplane, on the other hand, weren't controlled by the monster. Needless to say, only the people who failed to resist the first blast were controlled.

They could feel that the earth was trembling, and even hear the painful roar that was coming directly into their souls.

"Merlin, the monster seems to have discovered it. We're in big trouble…"

Feeling the fury and pain in the roar, Lord Shawn pulled a long face with fear all over his eyes.

There were very few things that Lord Shawn was scared of, and this was one of them. Although the monster's soul was of a poor quality, and its core was absolutely vulnerable, it contained terrifying soul power.

Lord Shawn could tear apart the monster's soul easily, but then he would get drowned in the soul too. As long as he got caught, he would be a piece of iron that was drowned in an ocean. No matter how powerful the essence of his soul was, he would still be drowned in the ocean of soul power, unless it surpassed certain limits.

That unreasonable power and the unreasonable monster would lead to an unreasonable ending.

Xiusi had been sent to deliver the message, but he was still not back. Obviously, he was scared, and wouldn't come back until the things here were taken care of. He was terrified of the monster. As a soul creature, he would never mess up with such a monster…

The others didn't react as strongly. Xiuban even grinned with Carnage on his shoulder, ready to fight again. While the monster's level was high, it only had natural instincts, and was incapable of fighting if it couldn't control the living creatures in the plane. They were safe on the surface. The monster couldn't stop them from leaving.

"Shawn, what are you scared of? I've got you covered. That monster doesn't dare to do anything, unless it wants me to destroy its nest…"

Xiuban casually patted Lord Shawn, and almost killed him. However, at this moment, Lord Shawn was in no mood to be angry with Xiuban.

Lin Yun looked at Myers, who was expressionless, and wasn't too worried, either.

"Don't worry. There are too many impurities in its soul. The odds were very slim that it gained wisdom despite so many impurities. My potion might not have worked on other people, and could've torn apart their souls.

"But for this monster, the soul power that it lost is negligible. After its soul was ripped and reassembled, it would be even more powerful than before, and it can sense the increase of wisdom. Of course, the process might be a little bit painful. That should be a good thing for a guy who has never experienced pain…"

Since Lin Yun wasn't worried, nobody else had anything to worry about. As expected, a few seconds later, intense soul waves appeared from Myers, and Lord Shawn put on a weird expression after he understood the monster's intention.

"Sir Merlin, it wants more of the potion. It's very earnest, and repeated itself a dozen times…"

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Don't be hasty. The potion is very effective, but it cannot help you achieve your purpose immediately. Your soul cannot grow powerful so soon without being damaged, either. It takes time. You should wait for a while until you have the next potion.

"I'll ask someone to help cleanse your soul regularly. That will be for the best. It's also the only way for you to gain more wisdom."

Lord Shawn translated the words, and the monster calmed down. Although it didn't understand most of the sentence, it understood that Lin Yun promised that it would gain more wisdom by doing so. That was good enough.

"You are no longer needed here. I'll have someone bring the potion to you when it's time."

After Lin Yun said that, the monster immediately fell quiet. The beasts on the ground, as well as the people of the Thorny Crown, were suddenly uncrystallized. All the creatures on the surface were out of control.

The beasts, after coming back to themselves, didn't attack each other as expected. Rather, they turned around and ran back to their nests like frightened young animals, not caring that they were running along with their natural enemies. All the beasts were having the same thought: they had to return to their nest, which was the only safe place…

Running and stampede…

Countless beasts collapsed, and were reduced to pulps of meat by the following beasts. When a beast tripped over another one, a chain reaction was caused, and thousands of beasts were rolling on the ground. However, they didn't stop the beasts behind them from moving on at all. Even though countless beasts were rolling on the ground, even more beasts were stomping on them.

Blood was flooding the ground. The bodies of countless beasts were left on the ground.

The giant insects that lived in the underground world dispersed like a tide. Carrying the bodies of the beasts on the ground by the way, they all surged back into the underground world through the cavern.

The flying beasts that enshrouded the sky like clouds also dispersed like plumes of smoke…

In only a couple of minutes, not a single beast could be spotted on the ground or in the sky. They were all trembling with fear in their nests.

The beasts had disappeared, leaving only Lin Yun's team, the army of alchemy puppets, and the Thorny Crown's experts, who had regained their consciousness, and were writhing and screaming. Some of them were even too heavily wounded to scream.

Earlier, their bodies had been completely crystallized, and when they unlimitedly made use of their bloodline power, all the side effects were suppressed. But as the crystallization was gone, all the side effects were bouncing back. Even Myers was screaming in pain on his knees. His body was constantly turning into crystals and then backwards…

Some of them were even more unlucky. The bloodline that they transplanted was swallowing their own and transforming them. Eventually, they would be transformed into another species. Their souls would be destroyed in the process. Then, their bodies would still be alive, but they would just be crazy soulless monsters.

Without any surprise, the people of the Thorny Crown would all die here. When they turned into crazy soulless monsters, they would be no different from being dead…

Lin Yun observed coldly. Those people were still alive mostly because the monster couldn't distinguish them from Lin Yun's partners, and also because it wasn't interested in the guys that it could control anytime.

Now that the monster had a way of growing stronger, it naturally listened to Lin Yun's instruction, and waited underground half asleep. It was incapable of complicated thinking. Its brains were more simple than anyone could imagine.

The monster's unrestricted control brought misery to the people of the Thorny Crown. They were already unable to tame their transplanted bloodline…

"Sir Merlin, Sir Merlin, we can swear on our soul and magic power that we will never divulge anything that happened in this plane or anything about you.

"Please help us. We can pay any price. We can even obey you henceforth…"

Myers was on his knees. His limbs were already turning into crystals. That was his crystal bloodline swallowing his bloodline of a human being. When the swallowing was over, he would be transformed into a crystal monster.

The transformation of limbs wasn't too serious, but when his internal organs or head were transformed and his soul was damaged, it would be impossible to turn things around.

Myers was absolutely pale. Blood was flowing out of his single crystal eye. Still, he held back the pain, and stared at Lin Yun imploringly.

Sir Merlin is the only one who can rescue us now. I cannot hold much longer. In 10 minutes at most, someone will be irreversibly transformed. Then, it will be impossible for Sir Merlin to rescue us even if he wants to.

He's the only one who can rescue us now. We'll be able to survive if we have the bloodline stabilizer potion…

When I was controlled by the underground monster, I retained some of my senses, and I remember a thing or two from the battle.

Sir Merlin wasn't controlled by the monster. None of his subordinates was. He must've already seen it coming. His understanding of this plane is unbelievably profound.

He can certainly help us. However, the two idiots of the Ring of Roses offended him, and pissed him off. It's merciful enough that he hasn't killed us yet. Why would he help us?

The greatest price we can pay is to obey him. We must surrender everything of the Thorny Crown to him. Only in such a way might he show his mercy and save us…

Besides, Sir Merlin's expertise in bloodline transplantation has already reached such a height that I cannot understand it. It's nothing even if we must surrender. I believe most people of the Thorny Crown wouldn't disagree.

At least, the men who have witnessed Merlin's expertise of bloodline transplantation here certainly wouldn't…

Despite the physical and spiritual pain, Myers quickly thought of a way of rescuing himself. He even decided to surrender to Lin Yun. The idea had occurred to him earlier, but he didn't make the decision until this moment.

Myers begged in pain, and Lin Yun didn't say anything.

The Shadow Tower and the Ring of Roses were all affiliated with the Thorny Crown. Or rather, they were both founded by the members of the Thorny Crown. After the conflict between Lin Yun and Shadow Tower, the Shadow Tower never showed up again. Lin Yun never marched to the Shadow Tower, either. All his enemies had either been killed or sent to his Natural Demiplane as laborers…

The two maniacs of the Ring of Roses were dead too. At this moment, the Ring of Roses was back under the Thorny Crown's control.

However, it was impossible to let go of their history. Lin Yun hadn't killed them yet only because they were already doomed…

"Sir Merlin, we can swear on our souls…

"Emmy and Sunny are already dead. I really didn't know what they did. Nobody is really in charge of everything in the Thorny Crown. The Ring of Roses is independent. I didn't know anything until Sunny came here. We have wandered for a long time in the boundless void.

"Most members of the Thorny Crown are just looking for a new path to the truth of magic. Many of them are untalented. Had it not been for the transplanted bloodlines, they would've died a long time ago.

"Sir Merlin, we're not hostile towards you. Nobody can represent the Thorny Crown. I don't want all of us to perish here. The people in the Thorny Crown who will give up everything for greater power like Sheldon will definitely take advantage of our deaths and expand, which will be a disaster…

"When our soul is corrupted, we are no longer really a human being. What happened to Sunny has made me realize that this is a disaster…"

Myers struggled to persuade him. Around him, the other people of the Thorny Crown wanted to say something, but they couldn't open their mouths. Their side effects were even stronger than Myers'. Some of them were already transforming.

Lin Yun looked at Myers with complicated feelings.

Lin Yun knew the Thorny Crown very well. At the beginning, the Thorny Crown had been truly founded with the spirit of self-sacrifice, hoping to establish a new path for future generations.

At that moment, everybody had known that the path would've been full of thorns and sufferings, and most of them would've collapsed on the journey.

Then, the spirit had vanished. When the Thorny Crown had expanded crazily, it had already been taken over by maniacs who would sell anything including their own soul for greater power.

Eventually, the maniacs caused a catastrophe that affected Noscent for thousands of years.

Had it not been for them, Noscent would've been even more powerful in its heyday.

Lin Yun was not fond of those lunatics, but hearing what Myers said, he understood something.

There would be thousands of years to go until the Thorny Crown was unified under a tyrant's command. At this moment, most people of the Thorny Crown still remembered what they'd set out for.

People like Sunny and Sheldon who would abandon everything for power were just the minority…

If Myers, the chief elder of the Thorny Crown and the man with greatest power, died with his subordinates, then the process of obtaining dictatorship would be shortened by many years. The lunatics who would betray anything for power would definitely seize the opportunity to seize the Thorny Crown's power.

Myers had already noticed those lunatics, and was even determined to suppress them. If he was kept alive, then it would be a good thing for future development.

At least, those lunatics wouldn't have the opportunity to cause trouble. When the Thorny Crown was controlled by the lunatics, they were bold enough to summon the demon overlord from the abyss and the devil overlord from hell.

They only did that to hunt their targets, and obtain their bloodline power. By crazily summoning creatures from alien worlds, they caused continuous havoc to Noscent for a long time.

Lin Yun frowned, and considered for a long time. He had planned to let those people die partly because he didn't like them, and partly because he wanted to keep everything that happened a secret.

Now that the secret was kept, and the future could be better, should he save those people instead?

After considering for a moment, Lin Yun decided to save the survivors of the Thorny Crown. They were all with Myers, so they probably believed in what Myers did. They wouldn't have joined together if they'd believed in different things.

He had already noticed that Sunny and Sheldon weren't happy to accept Myers' command. They were only forced to listen to him because of pressure.

After making the decision, Lin Yun took out a bunch of materials, and quickly made some potions. He then poured the potions into the mouths of the Thorny Crown's survivors.

Soon, their bloodline conflicts were suppressed. Although the potions were too effective, and they would be in pain for a while, the transformation had stopped, and they were gradually regaining their original looks.

Myers' limbs that had transformed into crystals turned back into flesh and blood. He stood up, and bowed deeply at Lin Yun with gratitude all over their eyes.

The survivors of the Thorny Crown all struggled back to their feet, and stood behind Myers, bowing at Lin Yun deeply. For those people, it was not just a gesture of gratitude, but also one of respect.