<h4>Chapter 394: Wrapping Up</h4>


    The information about ckhaven provided by the three soul ves was regionally limited, given their low life levels and the fact that they had never left the ind they lived on.


    However, by piecing together their ounts, Sein was able to form a rough idea of the situation in ckhaven.


    Combining the information Sein had been continuously collecting on ckhaven over the years with the details extracted from the three soul ves left him visibly grave.


    No one could understand the depth of Sein’s somber mood.


    After a lengthy pause, Sein looked out at the darkening sky and suddenly said, “We get going.”


    Sev hooted softly before returning to perch quietly on Sein’s shoulder.


    Yuri, detecting the shift in the atmosphere, summoned her mecha and positioned herself behind Sein.


    “Master, will you take me with you? I’ll do whatever you want me to, and I have some knowledge of alchemy!” the female ck magic initiate pleaded. She was still on the experimental table, in her tattered clothes that ironically enhanced her appeal.


    As a senior initiate who was likely no older than thirty, she could be considered gifted by the standards of the divine tower.


    Over two-thirds of the information Sein had obtained about ckhaven came from her.


    The female initiate appeared to know how to leverage her assets and was adept at reading Sein’s mood.


    Had Sein been a ck mage, or perhaps an ordinary mage with weaker resolve, he might have done something to her.


    Sein merely cast a cold and detached nce at the female initiate lying on the experiment table. She had served her purpose to Sein after divulging all she knew of ckhaven.


    Sein was unmoved by the other woman’s appealing figure and looks. To him, she was no different than a b of white meat.


    Now in his fifties and having all sorts of experience, Sein was no longer impulsive.


    For him, physical attraction alone was insufficient; emotional connection yed a crucial role too, just like his fleeting encounter with his old friend, Marie, during his visit to the Divine Tower of Dawn.


    Sein promptly gathered the experimental equipment inside the cave before stepping outside without even looking back.


    By then, night had fallen, enveloping the area in darkness.


    Inside, the three soul ves remained securely bound by Aero Chains.


    These chains, applied by Sev, a ranked magic beast, were robust enough that not even a Quasi Mage, let alone mere intermediate or senior initiates, could break free.


    “Do it,” Seinmanded Yuri, who was standing by his side.


    A seven to eight-meter-tall grayish-white mecha hovered behind Yuri, its surface marked with numerous obvious patches.


    Unlike the Burning me Unit, the overall strength of the grayish-white mecha was onlyparable to that of a Quasi Mage. However, thanks to Yuri’s upgrades to its shoulder cannon, it could achieve short-term bursts of power that approached that of a Rank One mage.


    However, its speed, vitality, endurance, and other aspects remained far inferior to that of a Rank One creature.


    For standard mecha units like these, Yuri could operate them entirely through remote control via mental focus without the need to physically enter them.


    Sein had extensively studied the creatures from the Neisse Civilization, including Yuri, whom he had carefully analyzed multiple times.


    He learned that their unique abilities were closely linked to the oval-shaped bump on their foreheads.


    At Sein’smand, the ck cannon mounted on the shoulder of the grayish-white mecha began shing with white light.


    After a three-second energy charge, a white beam shot out, engulfing a small portion of the mountain in front of him.


    A loud boom was heard, followed by the sound of boulders tumbling and the mountain shifting.


    The extraordinary power of a Rank One being was unimaginably formidable to those below Rank One.


    The life level disparity was simply too vast for most creatures to contend with.


    The shifting of the mountain indicated that everything that had transpired here would soon be erased.


    The cave waspletely buried, leaving no trace of its existence.


    After confirming through a detection spell that all three souls inside had been extinguished, Sein turned around to leave.


    Throughout the entire process, Sev perched silently on Sein’s shoulder. Coming from the underground world himself, Sev’s understanding of ck mages was more profound than that of a typical divine tower mage.


    After storing away her mecha, Yuri followed quietly behind Sein.


    Yuri furrowed her brow slightly and seemed to have something on her mind. After hesitating for a moment, she finally mustered enough courage to ask in a soft voice, “Master, I’m also your soul ve. Are you going to abandon me in the future too?”


    This answer to this question clearly mattered to Yuri.


    She was rather afraid of Sein, not due to the effect of the soul magic, but the aloofness and detachment he often projected in her presence.


    Turning to face Yuri’s apprehensive expression, Sein simply replied, “No.”


    He offered no further exnation for his response, leaving one to wonder whether his answer was merely a dismissive assurance.


    Yet, Yuri exhaled deeply, seemingly convinced and relieved by his response.


    The mage, engineer, and magic beast continued their journey westward, flying beyond the jungle, under the night sky filled with twinkling stars.


    Just as they were about to leave the jungle behind, Sein added, “Because you are still useful to me.”


    It sounded both like a casual remark and an exnation to Yuri.


    Surprisingly, Sein’s statement which revealed the cold, calcted demeanor of a rational mage, caused a slight blush to appear on Yuri’s face.


    She firmly believed that Sein would not abandon her.


    Determined to remain by his side longer, Yuri knew she must continually prove her worth and strive for growth.


    ***


    The Jagem ins was indeed vast. Even though Sein was already at the edge of the Divine Tower of Dawn’s influence, it still took them nearly a month to leave this territory and enter the area controlled by the Divine Tower of Crimson in the west.


    The southern coast of the Magus World, more prosperous than the Viridescent Land, owed much to its favorable geography.


    Dominated by ins and low hills, the region supported arger poption with higher reproductive capacity among the human inhabitantspared to the Viridescent Land.


    Sein had long held the belief that the prosperity and strength of any societal superstructure were inseparably linked to the foundation provided by the lower social sses.


    After all, ranked knights and full-fledged mages evolved from ordinary humans.