Mage Manual-Chapter 118 - 108: It Should Be You Going to Jail

Chapter 118: Chapter 108: It Should Be You Going to Jail

“To add restrictions to the prison guards?”

After vomiting, Ronald wiped the filth from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with disbelief, “But they are not prisoners!”

“Why would you think that only prisoners’ chips can have restrictions added?”

Harvey sneered, “Or rather, why would you think ordinary people’s chips can’t have restrictions added?”

“Sinners’ Catalogue—”

“When you were imprisoned in the Crime Hunting Hall, multiple restrictions were already placed on you, even before your name was signed in the ‘Sinners’ Catalogue’, you were no different from ordinary people. The effect of the Sinners’ Catalogue is just to make our restrictions permanent.”

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Ronald muttered, “I thought it was the hunter who used a miracle on me…”

A chill rose in Ash’s heart.

That meant everyone in the Kingdom of Blood Moon, whether ordinary people or mages, wore a collar that could strangle them at any moment. If the processor received a command, it could make anyone within the controlled area do anything, even thrust a knife into their own throat!

Ironically, until now, Ash had never truly seen the Kingdom of Blood Moon or even its ordinary people, but he had learned many secrets that ordinary residents could not access.

He felt like he was observing the world from a crevice, receiving only fragmented keywords: multi-race, Human Rights Association, foster care, Crime Hunting Hall, Church, Memory Master, Blood Moon Judgement, Woodpecker gang… These keywords formed a bizarre-world—both democratic and autocratic, both rich and poor, both respecting human rights and violating privacy, both obsessively entertaining and stably harmonious.

It was like a Blood Lotus blossoming upon the mire, dazzling yet emitting a filthy stench.

This might have a lot to do with Ash’s sources of information; after all, what humane truths could he see in a death row prison? Nonetheless, a perfect realm has never existed on earth. Perhaps if Ash goes out, he might truly enjoy it, lying on the sofa each month watching the Blood Moon Judgement.

“This is definitely not the type of information a Scavenger could access.” Igula suddenly said, “Who exactly are you? How did you deceive the Crime Hunting Hall?”

“I am just a Scavenger,” Harvey calmly said. “My duty is to deal with the bodies, ensuring they don’t call for help, don’t resist, and don’t run away.”

“Control Master!”

Ronald suddenly remembered something, “In recent years, there were some murders in the industry that are also called legendary; the victims were murdered at home, but there were no signs of struggle in the room, the victims vanished without a trace, and among these victims were mages… Everyone calls this killer ‘Control Master,’ believing he possesses powerful control miracles, even making Two-winged Mages completely lose their ability to resist!”

“You flatter me, I merely exploited existing loopholes.” Harvey shook his head. “As for how I deceived the Crime Hunting Hall, it’s simple—erase the memory first, then find a way to recover it.”

Ash was baffled, “If you can erase memories, why not just erase all the illegal memories directly, wouldn’t that result in an instant release as innocent?”

“He can’t,” Igula said. “His major field is necromancy, most of his memories are related to the Necromancy Faction. If he erases the relevant memories of the Necromancy Faction, it would be no different from making him lose his memory completely; and if he doesn’t erase the Necromancy Faction but erases the memories of handling the bodies, the Crime Hunting Hall would definitely know he erased memories—without bodies, no one could learn necromancy.”

“This was the best outcome he calculated.”

Ash exclaimed, “Wait, since you preemptively handled the memories, does that mean you were deliberately captured? Do you have a reason you had to enter Shattered Lake Prison? Such as… for Narbel?”

Suddenly, a chilly wind blew through the tightly closed chamber.

As Harvey raised his chin and his sinister eyes swept around, Lanna immediately pulled Ronald behind her and Igula stepped forward to stand in front of Ash.

Ash felt goosebumps all over from the wind, even his breathing became difficult, his mind went blank.

Technique Spirit, or perhaps a Miracle?

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The wind came swiftly and departed just as quickly. Harvey lowered his eyelids, “I can add restrictions to the guards, preventing them from taking any action, even from sending out alarms. Can this capability earn a promise from you?”

Igula said, “State your demand first.”

“After escaping prison, you must help me kill someone.”

“Who?”

“Ronald Fernand,” Harvey uttered a widely known name, “the current mayor of Kaimon City.”

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Void Realm, Sea of Knowledge.

“So you signed an unbreakable contract, and although you haven’t escaped from prison yet, you added the mayor, who holds significant power, to the assassination list?”

“Yes, it just so happened that we had a contractor in our team, so there was no possibility to ‘verbally agree first and then go back on our word.'”

“Tsk, you even considered reneging.”

“What else?”

“You could just kill the necromancer right after escaping from prison, and then you wouldn’t have to fulfill the contract! The contract doesn’t say you can’t harm each other, does it?”

“Typical you, probably you should be the one locked up.”

During their casual conversation, the Umbrella Bird Dragon, looking disheveled like a broken umbrella, suddenly contracted its wings and rushed into the mist to escape, while simultaneously throwing a Technique Spirit in the opposite direction!

“Sword Maiden!”

“No problem!”

Ash rushed to catch the Technique Spirit, while Sonia positioned herself right in front of the Umbrella Bird Dragon. Facing the ferocious charge of the Umbrella Bird Dragon, Sonia showed no fear. Assuming a sword-drawing stance, streams of water flowed around her, creating threads of moonlight silk!

Clang!

The moment the Umbrella Bird Dragon touched the moonlight silk, Sonia, tense like a coiled spring, drew a perfect circular arc with her wooden sword, slicing out a crimson Sword Qi wave!

Miracle ∙ Slaughter Moonlight! A novel miracle that incorporated the Slaughter Sword into the moonlight to increase its power!

“Kuru—”

The Umbrella Bird Dragon was cleaved in half, let out a cry of reluctance, and dissipated into a mist, dropping two Technique Spirits.

Seeing this, Ash sighed, “Again, no Experience Treasure Orb. At this rate, how long will it take for you to become a Two-winged?”

Sonia consoled, “These things can’t be rushed. Many mages say that the Void Realm listens to our desires; the more we want something, the less likely it is to give it to us. When we stop caring, it might just present it to us.”

“Sounds like the Void Realm is pretty nasty.”

“Say that a couple more times, and you might never see another Experience Treasure Orb in your lifetime.”

With the help of ‘Exile Secret Poison’ and the ‘Void Realm Telescope,’ Ash could now reliably find and hunt knowledge creatures. To speed up the promotion of the Sword Maiden to Two-winged, thereby allowing himself to benefit from her power, Ash specifically searched for knowledge creatures that might drop swordsmanship treasure beads.

But after hunting both the Fish-Slicing Dragon and Umbrella Bird Dragon tonight, aside from a few Technique Spirits, there was no sign of any Experience Treasure Orbs. This not only discouraged Ash but also made it seem unrealistic to evolve the Sword Maiden into a Two-winged heavyweight within ten days.

“I have no idea how many swordsmanship treasure beads it would take to advance to the Gold Realm.”

Sonia, lying in the small boat, nonchalantly placed both feet on the gunwale, “Mages usually advance their faction realm through learning and voyaging into the Void Realm. They feel overjoyed just to come across an Experience Treasure Orb occasionally. If they find a treasure orb specific to their major faction, they can boast about it for a lifetime. Advancing one’s major faction realm with Experience Treasure Orbs? Even children would laugh at such an idea.”

“An idea worth mocking is one worth achieving.” Ash glanced at her swinging legs clad in black silk and the glimpse of white skin between her stockings and short skirt, “Is it just my imagination, or have you been getting more relaxed around me?”

“Now~ay~, I’m just a bit tired and resting.”

“But I remember you used to sit up straight even when resting.”

“Sitting isn’t as comfortable as lying down. Hey, Observer, can you make the boat a bit bigger? Maybe add some foot pedals? I want to stretch my legs inside the boat.”

“Don’t be too demanding, Sword Maiden!”

“Well, you’re allowed to act cute, but I can’t stretch?”

“What, what, what, what, what acting cute!” Ash stammered in excitement: “When have I ever acted cute! Don’t put words in my mouth!”

Sonia cleared her throat: “‘I feel as light as a balloon, tied to the earth only by a thin string, and Sword Maiden, to me, you are that string…'”

“Hmph, you think you’ve got something on me? You think I’m the type to get embarrassed over this?”

“Well—”

“But I think with your feet like that, it’s very easy for your stockings to get wet, and it would be bad if you slipped during a fight.” Ash calmly patted his thigh, “Actually, I know a bit about foot massages. Why don’t you put your legs on my thigh instead?”