Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 725  Grim Situation [1]

From his experience, he knew the wood would practically snatch the Nascent Energy from him, so he had been careful, not wanting to inject more than half of what he had left right now. However, despite his cautiousness, it still managed to squeeze out a little more.

Furthermore, maybe because he injected just a strand of Nascent Energy into it, he didnʼt have any problem stopping, but as he injected quite a bit into it, a strong connection had been formed, which took him quite some effort to break and stop the almost uncontrollable injection of energy, the reason for his pale face.

ʼIf not for my natural affinity for Nascent Energy, it would have drained me.ʼ He thought, looking at the piece of wood with a solemn look in his eyes. Though he had already believed Wyomin, now he believed it even more that this piece of wood was something very extraordinary.

However, he still didnʼt know why it was so.

His bloodline sense had failed to penetrate it, and the moment Nascent Energy entered it, he lost all control of it, giving him no chance to inspect it in the slightest.

Wyomin inspected it with her divine sense and, sensing no change in it, frowned.

Seeing this, he shook his head and said, ”Whatever it is, it needs a lot more of my energy before it shows any sign of recovery. So be patient.”

Given how wondrous the Nascent Energy was, he believed if it had been any other dead plant or herb in its place, no matter how high its grade may be, it would have come to life, even if it did not recover completely.

Wyomin looked at him silently before nodding. She then asked, ”How many times do you think you need to inject your energy before it recovers completely?”

Max thought for a moment and said, ”If I inject the same amount I did just now, it would probably need almost a hundred or maybe two hundred more injections.”

While Wyomin raised her eyebrows, he added, ”Unfortunately, I canʼt inject the same amount every time because this energy is not easily created.”

Her brows furrowed even more tightly when she heard this.

After staying silent for a few seconds, she extended her hand holding the wood toward him and said, ”You keep it with you then. Iʼll take it after a year. I hope you wouldʼve brought it back to life by then.”

Max didnʼt take it immediately. Instead, he asked, ”What if I die before then? Wouldnʼt it be lost?”

The corner of Wyominʼs lips curled up into a small, confident smile, though just for a moment, as her expression turned normal the next instant as she said, ”You donʼt need to worry about it.”

”Alright, then.” Max took it after thinking for a moment. He then said, ”If you donʼt mind, can you help them train?”

Though he was helping her revive the wood as repayment for saving him and also keeping his secret, given how difficult it was and how important it was to Wyomin, he figured she wouldnʼt mind helping him.

And just as he expected, after hesitating for a while, she nodded, ”Okay.”

With that, he left the war temple. Although Emily, Lily, and Sera were reluctant to stay away from him, they knew he had given them a really big opportunity, so they let him leave, but not before giving him a deep kiss.

…

The moment he stepped outside the temple and saw the scene in front of him, he became surprised.

The number of people had increased by a lot, but contrary to what one might expect, the atmosphere had become more tense, and everyone he saw had grim expressions on their faces.

His brows raised, he sent Martha and Kriss a message. If they left the training rooms earlier, they must know about the situation.

While Kriss did not reply, Martha responded a few moments later with a simple message. [I am at my formation house.]

Stowing away the communication crystal, he moved in the direction of her formation house.

The Five Star mages of the William, Fuller, and Martell families were gathered in front of Marthaʼs house, wearing solemn expressions on their faces.

Martha was sitting in the head seat, listening to a man talking.

Swoosh!

Maxʼs arrival attracted their attention, and when they saw him, while some relaxed, othersʼ expressions turned grimmer.

”Whatʼs going on?” He asked, moving over to Marthaʼs side where a chair was empty.

”After the nearby kingdoms fell…”

When Martha finished telling him everything, his expression also turned solemn.

As for why, it was because after the nearby kingdoms fell, everyone who could flee had fled and come to the Green Leaf kingdom. But because the capital city was already full of people, only some of them—mostly the young and older people who could not fight—were allowed in while the rest were sent to the battlefield.

Though most of them were in the three star realm, they still improved the human sideʼs overall strength, and for the first five days, the human side dominated the demons. If not for the demons having more king rank demons, they would have pushed toward the demon city.

Still, everything was going smoothly, and the human side had started taking initiative, going into the demon territory to kill them.

However…

On the sixth day, two days ago, it all changed when none of the groups that had gone into the demon territory returned. More groups went in, but they also didnʼt return.

Then Alton gave them bad news. The demon tribes that were stationed in the nearby kingdoms had joined the horned and scarlet demons.

Max frowned, ”Then why havenʼt they attacked yet?”

”Itʼs probably because they are having internal conflict.” Martha said, ”Once they resolve their differences…”

She didnʼt finish, nor did she need to, as everyone knew what would happen. Everyone will be killed.

He then asked why there were still so many people present on the battlefield. Why hadnʼt they left?

”Where would they go? Go to the capital that will be attacked once the war temple falls?” Armand scoffed. ”Green Leaf is surrounded. No one can leave the kingdom if they donʼt have multiple king mages. Even then the escape isnʼt guaranteed.”