I Created Scientific Magic-Chapter 136 - 123 Lynn: What? I’m actually the Evil Mage Merck? (Please Subscribe)

Helram looked at Yiyeta, bound and twisted in agony on the elevated platform, with an expression of pity, but his face soon hardened as he turned to Lynn and asked.

"It seems you’re not surprised?"

"Surprised? Maybe a little, but Yiyeta Harbor has only one Great Wizard, doesn’t it?" Lynn, seeing that Helram seemed to have no intention of attacking, responded with ease.

At the sight of him, all the confusion that had filled Lynn’s head before had been unraveled.

The person who could gather so many third ring Wizards, create the "Faceless," and craft a Virtual Domain was most likely a Great Wizard.

Previously, Lynn had thought that these events were related to the Evil Mage Merck, especially since many of the Spiritual Energy tomes collected in Radak bore his signature, and the Soul Devouring Array was his doing as well.

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But now, thinking about it, there were too many unnatural things happening in Yiyeta Harbor. Despite the council’s complete ban on the study of Spiritual Energy magic, an organization like the "Faceless," whose members were all Spiritual Energy Wizards, was born here.

And the "Bloody Thorn" force, formed by North and others, was too massive, with six third ring Wizards as core members, more than a dozen official Wizards, and hundreds of Wizard Apprentices, even the constable Lea had some murky connection with the "Bloody Thorn."

Add to that the chaotic scene of magic workshops standing row upon row in the southern district...

Either Helram, the controller of this harbor town, was too incompetent, or it was the result of deliberate neglect.

Now it seemed to be the latter!

"So, North’s actions today, they were also your instructions?" Lynn couldn’t help but ask.

"No, that was his own idea. North was probably planning to break through using the Soul Devouring Formation while I was away, to escape from my control, nothing more," Helram replied tersely.

Lynn, however, didn’t believe a word. Helram’s presence here meant that North’s little plot was still within his expectations.

Or rather, Helram had deliberately leaked the news, letting North know that he had left Yiyeta Harbor, emboldening him to hunt the Eye of Death while setting up the Soul Devouring Array.

Poor North was just a puppet.

Lynn could imagine if it weren’t for his interference, North would probably have successfully advanced to a Great Wizard, only to find the Soul Devouring Formation mysteriously out of control, spreading through the entire southern district, causing even greater chaos. Helram would then arrive in the nick of time, killing this instigator to put an end to the disturbance.

Casting North and the entire "Bloody Thorn" as pawns, using a third ring Wizard’s promotion as a scapegoat to offer an explanation to the council, thereby disassociating himself from this incident, Helram’s ruthlessness and meticulousness were undoubted.

"So, the person who wrote that letter inviting me to join the ’Faceless’ was also you?" Lynn asked again.

Helram did not respond but suddenly asked, "What should I call you... Lynn? Carl? Or perhaps... Evil Mage Merck?"

Even though Lynn was appearing before him in Radak’s guise, Helram did not judge by one’s outward appearance but distinguished through Magic Power.

What? I am the Evil Mage Merck?

Lynn’s expression turned somewhat strange, as he couldn’t quite understand why Helram would think so...

"Two weeks ago, on the training ground when you were accepting Luo’er’s challenge, you were still just a Wizard Apprentice, right?" Helram was asking, but his tone was very certain.

The essential difference between an apprentice and a formal Wizard lies in the mastery of Magic Mimicry Elements, a fact well known throughout Wizard Land. However, only a Grand Wizard can discern the subtle differences in the nature of Magic Power, a distinction that becomes clearest during battle.

Yet Lynn had defied his expectations by, as a Wizard Apprentice, casting a "Frost Domain" with might surpassing ordinary third-circle Magic, and mastering a vast array of novel knowledge, clearly beyond the capabilities of a Wizard Apprentice.

Helram could only think of one possibility, which was soul transfer!

Three years earlier, he had volunteered to join two Grand Wizards on a mission to the North to annihilate the entire school of Spiritual Energy, but unlike his colleagues, he had another motive—to acquire the results of the Evil Mage Merck’s research in the field of Spiritual Energy!

Although he ran into considerable trouble along the way, Helram eventually still obtained what he desired.

However, due to the intense battles that had destroyed many precious magic books, a lot of the research material on Spiritual Energy was incomplete, which led to the creation of "Faceless" and "Bloodthorn".

Helram carefully selected more than ten third-circle Wizards eager for a breakthrough, spreading the Spiritual Energy materials he had acquired to these people and having them continue the research in secret on his behalf.

Just as he had anticipated, with North and the others’ relentless efforts and countless bloody sacrifices, in just three short years, they managed to recreate the methods for setting up the Soul Devouring Array and the technique for transferring souls to a different body.

They were only missing the material to replace the Heart Demon’s blood, as well as another, more critical technology.

It was at this crucial juncture that Lynn suddenly appeared at Yiyeta Harbor, bringing with him two extremely key items!

An airship capable of defeating the Eye of Death, along with an intact witch’s body that had lost its soul.

This seemed almost too perfect, like a gift prepared specifically for him, and it was for this reason that Helram felt a shiver of fear...

Just like the "Bloodthorn" puppets he manipulated as if they were marionettes, in that moment, he vaguely suspected that he too might just be a player in the game.

In that great battle, everyone believed the Evil Mage Merck had died, but having read through extensive Spiritual Energy texts, Helram had a premonition that the adversary hadn’t truly perished.

For three years, the Evil Mage Merck seemed to have vanished completely; perhaps he had left Wizard Land, but Helram believed he would return one day!

Helram gazed at the Lynn before him, and although the Magic Power fluctuations completely did not match, there was potential for change after a soul fusion, so he couldn’t help but suspect that this person was, indeed, the Evil Mage Merck!

After all, the timing of his appearance was just too coincidental!

Faced with Helram’s questioning, Lynn retorted, "If I were the Evil Mage Merck, a former Grand Wizard, I certainly wouldn’t have shown a flaw on the training ground, thereby exposing my identity."

"Clearly you’re mistaken. I am Lynn, nothing more than Lynn," Lynn declared emphatically.