The edge of Floating Island No. 4.

A square with a high fence.

It's packed with people at the moment.

Roger and Sal walked through the crowd and managed to find a suitable spot to watch.

He looked around.

The horizon seems to be getting more and more distant.

……

"Sixth Sense: You perceive that the floating island and the mountain of truth are slowly rising."

……

It seems that the shaking and weightlessness just now was caused by a change in the center of gravity of the floating island.

The arrival of the Magic Tide is a gradual process.

At first, there didn't seem to be any particularly noticeable features.

At least on floating island 4.

Roger didn't feel much change.

The human settlement under the floating island did not immediately fall into chaos.

Starting today, though.

Pontoons from the six floating islands will stop operating.

According to Share.

After a while, even the "Aether Gate" will be closed.

These facilities will only be reopened to the inhabitants of the floating islands once and for all after the Magic Tide has completely ended and the abundance of mana has returned to normal.

And the duration of the Demon Tide can be long and short.

The fast is a month, and the slow is half a year.

It will be some of the most boring days for the residents of the floating islands.

It's also the time when friction is most likely to occur.

……

The arrival of the Demon Tide did not affect Roger's regular life.

It just made his mood a little heavier.

He wanted to do something about the civilians under the floating island, but in the end he found that he couldn't do anything.

No one can stop the sudden rise in mana abundance.

Floating islands and Mount Truth don't carry that many people.

As for leaving Gem City, it's even more of a fool's dream-

To the west is the Red Soil Heath, followed by the primeval forest on the south side of the Death Trace.

The monsters there will become stronger and more ferocious after being baptized by the demon tide.

Not to mention ordinary people.

Low-level adventurers used to deliver food.

To the east is the mountain range that leads to the "Thunder Heights".

And between the mountains, there is also the existence of the "boundary river", which is very insurmountable.

The south, on the other hand, is a vicious place with a greater abundance of magic.

The only thing that seems promising is the north.

But when Roger crossed the bridge over the Serra River, Alain warned him—

It is the duty of the gatekeeper not to allow large-scale "transgressions".

The inhabitants of the ground want to live.

I can only pray that I am lucky enough to withstand the distortion caused by the excessive abundance of mana.

Otherwise.

They will turn into monsters that are even more terrifying than the outcasts of the Sze that Roger has ever seen.

This feeling of powerlessness irritated Roger deeply.

This is where his thirst for power comes from.

Since there is no power to change the abominable status quo.

Then it can only be done alone.

Getting stronger day by day.

Someday.

He's going to change all that.

That's what he believes.

……

Two nights later.

Roger's house.

In the basement where the "Weak Space Circle" is installed.

A three-meter-tall macho man is lining up in an orderly manner to receive Roger's "physical examination".

The weak space solidification circle cannot open up dimensional space out of thin air.

However, it can greatly expand the original space indoors.

Roger's basement was originally less than 70 square meters, but after the expansion of the circle, it has a usable area of nearly 1,000 square meters.

This made his idea of a macho man in the golden house come true.

Tonight.

He will change the contract carrier for these brave and loyal little brothers.

Along with the arrival of a large number of "ancient stones".

Rabbit skins have lost their usefulness.

Today during the day.

Roger buys a large amount of "Bauhinia Water" and 10 standard "Burning Knives" at an alchemy supply store.

Naturally, the work of a contractor was put on the agenda.

Expansive desk.

But seeing Roger's head, he didn't raise his head, and he carried the knife like flying.

As the stone chips rolled down, the crooked purgatory words took shape.

"Next!"

"Dripping blood!"

"Fool, let you drip blood instead of squirting blood!"

"Next!"

……

Under Roger's efficient command.

Not much.

The contract replacement was successfully completed.

After changing to the "Stubborn Stone Contract", the strength of the horned demons has been invariably improved.

data bar.

……

"You have successfully changed the contract carrier, and the average combat power of your minions has increased by 20%."

……

"You've received an additional reward from the Ancient Stone: Shared Abilities"

……

"Your Servants have gained 'Attack Effect - Thunder' through shared abilities."

"Attack Effect - Thunder: Each of your attacks will have 10% Thunder Element Effect on it."

……

"You have gained the 'Heart of Immortality' through shared abilities."

"Immortal Heart: +1 for your Constitution;

When your heart is destroyed, you don't die because of it, but you quickly grow a second heart;

Cooldown: 30 days"

……

"To play the contractor is to get stones!"

"The Rock Sect is strong!"

Looking at the large handful of heart-shaped stones in his hand.

Roger can be described as overjoyed.

It's not for nothing that rabbit skins have been reduced to a substitute.

After the contract carrier was replaced by a stubborn stone, the strength of the horned demons has increased too much!

Not to mention the extra sharing capabilities.

The attack effect greatly enhances the hunting efficiency of the younger brothers.

The Immortal Heart not only makes up for Roger's weak body (Constitution +1).

On the basis of 100% tenacity, he was given a double insurance!

This combat effectiveness has not been improved by a single star.

Besides.

After completing the contract with an ancient stone.

Roger can finally check the complete list of attributes of the younger brothers - when the rabbit skin was used as a carrier before, he could only use the Qi Hope Technique to make a superficial observation, and he didn't know enough about it.

He gave a quick glance.

The expression was very satisfied.

Devil's blood is indeed a good thing.

The total number of the six attributes of the Horned Demon is around 73 points.

A very small number of outstanding guys, such as the woodpecker - the six attributes add up to 78 points!

"Wait!"

Roger suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and suddenly looked up and asked:

"Why is your closest profession a mage?"

The woodpecker scratched his head, a little overwhelmed:

"Really?"

"Master, I don't know, but I do learn spells easily."

After all, it seems that for the sake of demonstration, he has done a metamorphosis.

looked at the little girl in the black dress in front of her.

Roger put his hand on his forehead and fell into deep thought.

The woodpecker has been fighting with him for so long, and he has always used the other party as a meat shield!

At the end of the day, the profession is actually a potential master.

Who would dare to believe this!

On the data bar, the six attributes of woodpeckers are as follows:

……

"Strength 17 Constitution 14 Intelligence 18 Perception 6 Charisma 14 Agility 9"

……

"No wonder he's always weak."

Roger shook his head silently.

14 points of constitution obviously cannot support 17 points of strength.

He can resist the thunder dragon hard, all because of a simple energy.

As for why he didn't find out until now, he was a mage.

That shocking "Perception 6" says it all.

People with low perception.

It's always a blur.

And the 6-point perception was almost the following situation on Earth in the previous life.

……

"Roar for dinner!"

A moment later.

"Huh? Have I eaten? Didn't you? ”

After a while.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, dinner! (?? ω??)”

……

"From now on, you start learning spells, and I will arrange a spell book for you."

Roger's case concluded:

"But if you want to do any experiments, you have to give me approval."

"Ugu."

"In the future, you will be responsible for following him, the kind that will not leave an inch."

……

It is certainly a joy to find a highly intelligent mage material among the servants.

But the ultra-low perception casts a faint haze over this joy.

In the days that followed.

Roger's life has maintained a constant pace.

But with the gradual increase in the abundance of mana.

The aether-eating dragons near the fragrant tree began to decrease dramatically.

And Shar's hip pain attack is getting worse and worse.

It's almost to the point where you have to drink "sleeping potions" every day without receiving treatment to fall asleep!

In the course of treatment.

Roger found that the effects of Qi were decaying, so he had to increase the dose in order to relieve the sorceress's pain.

And so it goes.

His stay at Villa Shar was also much longer.

……

One day.

After the end of the half-day treatment.

Roger walked out of the treatment room with a sigh of relief, his steps a little vain.

Shar followed with a full face of spring.

"You're amazing, Aba."

"I don't think I can live without you, well, that's today's pay."

"By the way, tomorrow morning, accompany me to a court trial."

Roger just wanted to refuse.

Shar yawned lazily:

"Tomorrow's Court of Truth Hill may be the most exciting scene in recent years. Remember what I told you about the "Aether Eater"? ”

"Someone can't help it."

……

Following.

Court of Truth Hill.

Audience.

Roger sat on a comfy sofa overlooking the crowd below.

At a glance, almost all of them were mages.

This is not surprising either.

The participants in today's trial are all figures with heads and faces on the six floating islands.

Among them are many high-level figures of the Truth Society.

Naturally, there are mostly mages.

If it weren't for Shar to lead.

As Roger, he can't even go up to the Mountain of Truth.

Also because of Shar.

All the way.

Roger noticed a lot of malicious stares.

But those people didn't do it.

Because more of their attention is still focused on the people being judged today.

According to Shahr.

It was a boy named Little Thomas.

He stood alone in the middle of the hall at the moment, looking to be only twelve or thirteen years old, the fluff on his lips clearly visible.

It's hard to imagine.

It was such a stinky kid who trespassed into the forbidden place in the ruins of Gem City half a year ago, and released the terrifying monster "Aether Eater Dragon".

I heard that the Aether Eater has caused a great loss to the Truth Society.

Many spell research projects have been terminated as a result.

This matter was found out half a year ago.

At that time, there was a big commotion on the floating island.

But the trial has not been held until now.

The reason is simple.

Thomas Jr.'s father was the vice president of the Truth Society.

That level 54 transcendent mage known as the "Left Hand of Wisdom"!

Although the vice president has repeatedly stated that he will not interfere in this matter.

But the whole thing is still nuanced because of it.

Today's trial came to a lot of people.

People don't just come to see the show.

……

The trial process at Mount of Truth was streamlined.

All of them spoke short and fast.

It didn't take long for little Thomas's time to plead.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of mages.

The boy looked up.

There was fearlessness in his eyes:

"I have nothing to defend!"

"I don't think I've done anything wrong all the time."

"In comparison, you guys who discovered the Aether Eater Dragons early in the morning but refused to let them out are the problem, right?"

"Your Excellency, can you use the Eye of Surveillance to see what is going on under the floating island?"

"Just take a look, anywhere!"

The judge was silent for a moment.

He is also a transcendent mage, and he is certainly qualified to mobilize the Eye of Truth Mountain's watchdog.

The next moment.

He agreed to Thomas Jr.'s request.

Clear images from the surface began to slowly appear.

……

In a humble shack.

The emaciated girl clung to the quilt and refused to come out.

The middle-aged man with a stubble on his face pulled her out violently, tears the size of beans falling from his eyes, and he said something to the girl.

The girl shook her head frantically, tears wetting the sheets.

The middle-aged man took some trouble and tied the girl to the bed.

Then he pulled back the sheets.

The girl's left foot was exposed.

But see her ankles, there are dense pale blue spots!

The speck was spreading upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's almost up to near the skinny calf.

The middle-aged man ruthlessly wiped away his tears and retrieved a saw from outside the house.

Then he gagged the girl's mouth with a sackcloth.

He hugged the girl gently and said many, many words.

Just when he was ready to do it.

Suddenly, a swarm of annoying "mosquitoes" flew from outside.

The mosquitoes covered the girl's ankles.

I sucked it down.

After a while, they flew away.

The middle-aged man looked at the girl's ankles in disbelief.

Specks of destruction and aberration.

And just gone.

He put down the saw in his hand, hugged the girl who was still crying, and began to cry.

……

Similar scenes are playing out on the surface all the time.

After this moving scene.

Thomas Jr. exclaimed:

"You could have avoided a tragedy a long time ago, but you chose to do nothing!"

"I saved all of their lives!"

"And you will judge me!"

"Doesn't anyone really find it ridiculous?"

There was silence in the room.

The Chief Justice said calmly:

"But you're harming the interests of the Mountain of Truth."

"Aether Dragons are terrible war monsters, I don't know if you just noticed that every time you suck a certain number of 'aberrants', this monster will become stronger, and their reproduction speed will also be accelerated."

"After the Demon Tide, their number and level will reach a point where we can't solve it."

"Can you be held accountable for this?"

The justice's remarks seemed to have been expected by the boy.

He laughed:

"Then find a way to solve it!"

"If the problem is really that serious, why waste time on trial?"

"You who have mastered the power of the ether, you who think you are in a high position, you who claim to be geniuses...... Use your brains! ”

"You ought to have more ways than those poor people on the surface, right?"

"Or are you unwilling to admit your incompetence and to do your part to control the number of these monsters?"

His voice grew more and more passionate.

The silence of the crowd set off him like a messenger of justice.

That moment.

Everyone subconsciously ignored his age.

……

"How?"

Shar took a sip of red wine and whispered in Roger's ear.

"It's great."

Roger smiled:

"I mean, he's very proficient in his lines."

data bar.

……

"Sixth Sense: You Sense Little Thomas is putting on a great show"

……

"He deserves to be the man I fancie."

"In addition to the pleasing tricks."

"Your mind is sexy too."

Shar smiled and took Roger's hand.

Ignoring the surprised gazes of others, the two walked out of the courtroom.

Behind.

Thomas Jr.'s passionate speech continues.

……

"There's nothing going on today, they're all cunning guys."

A sightseeing platform in Mount Truth.

Shar lifted her skirt like a lady and spun around, like a dancing red butterfly.

Her voice seemed a little erratic in the mountain wind:

"Thomas Jr. is just a pawn, even his father."

"There are people in the Truth Society who are dissatisfied with the status quo."

"The Aether Eater is a spear that is of course aimed at the elder who has been obsessed with studying the Talon martial arts and has not been seen for most of the year."

"Don't look at the justice reprimanding the kid, in fact, they are all in a group."

"The forces that have really been beaten are now estimated to be in a hurry to guard the secondary plane of the Mountain of Truth, and I don't know what the elder has studied."

Roger listened intently.

He knows.

What Shar said was a real secret.

"Are you going to do something?"

Roger asked.

Shar said so much, it certainly won't be for nothing.

The sorceress smiled:

"I owe that old guy a favor to the president, and I might have to help him fight this time."

"The next Mountain of Truth will be very uneven."

"You must promise me to stay on the floating island, don't go anywhere, and wait for me to come back."

"If I can't come back."

"I'll allow you to go find other rich women."

Roger bared his teeth and hesitated:

"How dangerous."

Shar smiled sweetly:

"I can't die."

"It may not even be a fight."

"But it's definitely going to be a long time...... Have pity on my hip bones. ”

Roger shook his head silently.

"Promise me!"

"Stay on the floating island, don't go anywhere!"

Shar suddenly became fierce.

Roger was stunned for a moment and nodded:

"Okay."

……

That night.

The edge of Floating Island No. 4.

Bypass the detection range of the Eye of Surveillance.

Roger faced the cold wind.

Take a leap!

The whirring sound of the wind sounded in his ears.

Under the influence of the wind.

It didn't take long for him to make a successful landing.

The abundance of magic on the surface is indeed abundant.

Fortunately, he was a demon, and the aberrant aether could not affect him in any way.

After making sure that there is no one around.

Roger took the gargoyle statue from his arms.

The gargoyle spat out the "last refuge" from his mouth.

The shelter is crowded in the main room.

The Horned Demon Construction Brigade jumped out one after another.

In the night breeze.

Roger gestured silently.

The group rushed to the ruins of Gem City!

"If the Aether Eater Dragon is really allowed to successfully complete its growth in the Demon Tide, the civilians on the surface may not be harmed."

"That's it."

"It's my duty!"

Roger activates the Ultimate Hunter.

began to search for traces of his brother.

……