Uhe guidance of the boatman, Lyhe bustling harbor and traversed several streets until they reached an abandoned, run-down house in the northern part of the city.

  "Please e in, Lord Raebel. Mr. Loude is waiting for you ihe boatmaured, inviting Lynn to enter.

  Lynn nodded and pushed open the door, only to discover that the dipidated exterior was but a facade. The interior of the house was airely different world.

  The walls were built with heavy stone blocks and adorned with precious oil paintings and sculptures, giving the p air of elegand the faint st of perfume filled the air.

  In stark trast to this elegaing, burly men wielding rge axes stood oher side of the room, eyeing Lynn like a mb beio sughter.

  Lame Loude, his wooden leg clearly visible, stood by a long table. He appeared to be around fifty, with a head full of white hair and a thin, hunched figure. His most strikiure was, of course, his wooden prosthetic leg.

  Upon seeing Lynn, Loude's anger welled up, and he scolded him vehemently, "Raebel, have you gone mad? I've told you not to cause any trouble for me retly..."

  "But today, you got into a brawl with Bob at the harbor over a cargo shipment! Do you know that the Church is likely to have noticed us by now? Two batches of sea vessels have been fiscated in the past three days..."

  Loude chastised him, deeply troubled. However, he soon realized that something was amiss with the Raebel standing before him. Despite his reprimands, there was no fear or pani his demeanor. Instead, Raebel was steadily approag him.

  "Wait... You're not Raebel!" Loude's thoughts raced, and he realized this. With a look of shock, he took several steps bad ordered the guards by his side in a loud voice, "Stop him!"

  Only Loude's most trusted guards were allowed into this room, so upon hearing the order, they, along with the burly men around, didn't hesitate and raised their axes, attag Raebel from all sides.

  [Initiate Overload Mode, time is three seds!]

  Just a moment before the axes struck, Lynn silently ted in his mind.

  In an instant, the positions and movements of everyone in the room were dispyed as data in his mind.

  Lynn effortlessly sidestepped one of the burly men's attacks, disarmed him, and then kicked him away. He swiftly turned and struuard iomach with the back of the axe, before charging forward, defeating the remaining guards.

  During this brief moment, Loude had mao flip over the long table in his path. His wooden prosthetic leg was incredibly agile, more so than a real leg. With a whooshing sound, he covered a siderable distan just a few steps.

  Lame Loude... was surprisingly fast!

  This spectacle left Lynn momentarily stupefied, but he quickly snapped out of it. He raised his hand, and several sparkling ice bdes materialized in the air.

  At the same time, Loude felt the intimidating presence behind him, but he paid it no mind, for the secret passage was right in front of him, within arm's reach.

  However, the ice bdes were faster. The ohat had been unched earlier struck his prosthetic leg, causing him to lose band fall to the ground. Then, another [Icy Bde] flew and embedded itself in his robe.

  "Keep running!" Lynn closed in step by step, coldly instrug. He had spent the past feutting in a lot of effort to find Loude and wasn't about to let him escape easily.

  Lynn quickly realized that his words might sound somewhat like those of an antagonist, but he ged his tone and expined, "In fact, I've e to rescue you, Mr. Loude!"

  Lame Loude, feeling the chill around him and looking at the seemingly "friendly" Lynn, nervously swallowed a mouthful of spit.

  Well, he would have to trust him for now!

  After a friendly exge, the previous misuanding was resolved. Loude called a few of his subordio up the somewhat messy room, and then invited Lynn to take a seat.

  "Wizard, is there something specific you came to discuss with me?" Loude inquired cautiously.

  "Of course, I've e to rescue you!" Lynn decred without hesitation. "As far as I know, the Church has secretly dispatched three thousand guards to Harbor Town, and they seem to be targeting the Dockside Guild."

  "That may not be the case..." Loude shook his head, as he had also received this information but did not share Lynn's judgment.

  "Just three days ago, the Archbishop of Nordnd and his forces unched an atta the town of Uhl and entered a powerful wizard. It was only after paying a heavy price that they mao drive the wizard away. These three thousand guards are likely here to guard against that wizard."

  At this point, Loude suddenly looked at Lynn, and a speerged in his mind.

  "Yes, I was the one who fought against that Archbishop," Lynn nodded, not hiding the fact.

  Seeing Lynn admit it, Loude couldn't help but be amazed. Based on the information he had received earlier, Archbishop Anluke mao drive off the wizard but suffered from severe, incurable injuries himself.

  Rumors had it that the pce where they cshed had been turned into a white wastend, and the horrifying bze had not beeinguished to this day.

  This illustrated the immense power and mystique of this magic.

  Could it be that he was sitting across from a grand wizard?

  No, that was highly unlikely.

  Loude quickly dismissed this notion. He had withe power of grand wizards before. A grand wizard could even temporarily freeze the cataclysmic vortex known as the "Eye of Death" with their full power. If Lynn possessed such power, Archbishop Anluke would have been the oo flee.

  Given this, Loude immediately deduced that Lynn owerful wizard of the third circle.

  Unaware of Loude's thoughts, Lynn tio expin. "If you think that the Church is making all this noise just for me, that would be foolish. Archbishop Anluke's real goal is to find the route to the Wizards' Sanctuary. Otherwise, he wouldn't have go of his way to e to Harbor Town."

  "Furthermore, I've received information that on his way to Harbor Town, Anluke captured several wizard apprentices."

  "They are all disciples of Kora and are well aware of this route and its e to the Dockside Guild. The Church has not yet taken a against them, most likely because they haveracted enough information from them."

  "I don't have much time left for you!" Lynn said solemnly.

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