Chapter 76: Departure

There were very few staff-type weapons in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. Most of the weapons were blades, spears, swords, or halberds. Now, a new staff weapon appeared. Perhaps its owner thought it was time to add this type of weapon, after all, magic-based Professionals were the major providers of Mana.

Warriors also had Mana, but how could they compare to Mages?

The newest staff updated in the Summoning Book had a crystal-like blue color. Its overall shape resembled two short spears joined together. The middle part was the grip, while both ends were elongated triangular prisms with particularly sharp tips. No one could doubt that this strange Magic Wand had the lethal power to stab someone to death!

Though its appearance was unusual, it was indeed a staff… Well, for magic-based Professionals, a staff was purely a tool to assist in strengthening and casting Magic. The form was not very important. With such a lethal shape, holding it might even yield good results in close-combat situations.

A spike was always more lethal than a regular staff—the former could stab someone to death, while the latter could only be used to knock people around.

Staff of Destruction—that was the name of this staff. Apart from having decent offensive capabilities, its remaining function was to strengthen the magic attacks released by Mages. This was very staff-like, since Mages themselves could master many spells. So, when it came to their needs for a staff, rather than diverse effects, they valued its ability to amplify Magic more!

Of course, besides amplifying magic attacks, it was not completely without additional effects. Magic released by a Mage through this staff would carry a certain degree of ‘Destruction’ attack effect, similar to the physical ‘Shatter’ attack.

After toying with this staff for a while, Dan Marina dismissed the summoning. Overall, for those pure damage-output Mages, this staff would be quite popular. After all, if they pursued pure magic output, they naturally wanted their released spells to be even more powerful!

As for support-type Mages, this staff was a tool that could backfire on teammates. Even though it could greatly amplify support-type Magic, the amplification process would still attach the Destruction attack effect. This meant that while teammates received support magic boosts, they would also suffer from the caster’s sudden attack…

Of course, for her, almost all the Magic Arms in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book were basically useless. Her strength was simply at that level. Dan Marina felt that the Magic Weapon Summoning Book would only become useful to her when High-Level Magic Soldiers appeared.

For now, the Magic Arms inside were just some nice little toys to her!

For example… that Lance of Piercing Death Thorn, which claimed to have a sure-hit effect, seemed rather childish in her view. Although continuously consuming Mana allowed it to pursue a target until hitting it, this could only be called pseudo-sure-hit. If she added her own ability to it, this weapon could achieve true sure-hit… Well, she was not interested in perfecting the Magic Arms in the Magic Weapon Summoning Book right now.

Dan Marina even speculated that the reason the Magic Weapon Summoning Book only reached Intermediate Magic Weapon level was likely due to the Creator’s insufficient ability. These Magic Arms probably weren’t real magic weapons either!

The potential of the Magic Weapon Summoning Book itself seemed to come from a Witch’s hand. As for the Magic Arms, they were probably created by that Dragon, right?

“Sister Dan Marina, have they given up on pursuing… him?” Seeing Dan Marina return, the waiting Petty immediately stood up and asked hopefully. During this time, while the Pursuit Squad was chasing Zheng Yichen, her heart had been constantly gripped with worry, repeatedly thinking about what to do if Zheng Yichen was caught.

“Give up? With clues related to a Witch, they wouldn’t give up so easily. However, that Dragon performed quite well, causing the Sanctuary Church to temporarily halt their current actions.” Dan Marina smiled. “You can’t return to your School. Stay with me for a while. We’re leaving this place now.”

Seeing her confusion, Dan Marina continued, “If we wait any longer, we won’t be able to leave. Let’s go.”

Not long after they left, several knights with dark patterns on their armor barged into their residence. But seeing the empty house, the knights left immediately. When they came, they had received orders: if the person was still there, take the girl named Petty away; if not, return to report. If Dan Marina really wanted to take someone away, they couldn’t stop her anyway.

As for finding her… if her ability made her untraceable, even if someone was just a wall away from her, they still couldn’t find her!

“So it was discovered!” Zheng Yichen frowned slightly as he stared at a stone in his hand. By now, most of the Surveillance Stones he had scattered were used up. The last one that functioned was at a branch of the Sanctuary Church.

Zheng Yichen had no intention of walking into a trap, so no matter how the Surveillance Stones drifted, they wouldn’t end up there. The reason it appeared there was because that Surveillance Stone was brought by someone! The person who brought it was that woman who was with Petty, the one who didn’t look like a proper, innocent big sister.

Even though the thing was hidden well enough, almost like an ordinary stone, how was it discovered? Could it be that the holes on it were too many, making it look abnormal? That shouldn’t be the case. If that were the flaw, a few among the many in the Pursuit Squad should have noticed, right?

Not only that, but that Surveillance Stone lasted surprisingly long. It seemed the woman used some method to extend its duration. The last scene Zheng Yichen saw was after Petty and her left, those knights barging into their room. After that, no more images came back. That Surveillance Stone either ran out of Mana or was ruined by Mana Erosion.

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Yichen set the matter aside for the moment. He couldn’t figure out how it was discovered. As for getting to the bottom of it… he couldn’t just go up to that woman and ask, could he?

That felt like asking for trouble. However, he couldn’t just ignore that woman either. In short, he should lay low for a while and develop properly. During this time, he could try to gather more information about her and Petty, to see if there was a chance to bring Petty back. Speaking of which, after leaving the Sanctuary Church, the previously blocked connection of the equal Summoning Contract between him and her had restored.

The Sanctuary Church people had temporarily stopped pursuing, but Zheng Yichen still didn’t dare let his guard down. He planned to take the chance to make a few more ‘body doubles’ and place them in different locations to continue confusing his trail. Then, even if the Sanctuary Church truly acted, as long as he wasn’t particularly unlucky, he would have some extra time to react. For now, he would treat this as his recent plan and set it up carefully.