"Oh, it's already finished?" Third Head opened her eyes. She looked around and found Franklin dragging Amune. She couldn't help but mutter, "That's it! Amune is a weakling. The elemental properties in the atmosphere are too low. It means that he didn't use [Element Drive] or maybe he hasn't learned it at all."
"Let's follow the old man." Ninth Head said before she walked.
Third Head sighed before she stood up and patted the dust on her clothes. Then, she followed Ninth Head.
She couldn't help but turn her head as she tried to sense any mana fluctuations in the atmosphere. The fluctuations were few so it means that most of the battles were finished.
It's only a matter of time before First Head subdued all the attackers.
...
Souta placed his hand in his pocket and took out a bottle with blue liquid. It was a mana potion.
He removed the cap and poured down the liquid into his palm. A mouth formed on his palm and the liquid simply flow through it.
He was recovering the mana inside the parasite. The spells before consumed a quarter of mana that he had. Although it looks easy, he still had to use a large amount of mana in binding Voser who was a One Shackle Realm. He never intended to use his best feram as he didn't want anyone to discover his identity.
Also, he was forcefully emitting the mana of his parasite as a cover for his best feram. It was a great way but those sensory type One Shackle Realm would be able to feel the best feram even though he was emitting mana.
In the meeting before, Edward Shimpan, a Solidifying Realm expert, discovered his identity by feeling the natural protective field. It was natural since Souta wasn't using mana to confuse his senses back then.
"Souta, Franklin is here." Amanda's voice sounded.
Souta turned his head and saw Franklin. Then, he noticed the person in Franklin's hand.
Amanda was right. This guy was one of the City Lords.
Hmm?
He moved his eyes and saw two people far behind Franklin. They were both woman and members of the Dragon Council.
'I forgot about them. They didn't know that Franklin is my subordinate.' He said inwardly.
Ninth Head and Third Head looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect the old man was connected to Souta, who was the Seventh Head of the Dragon Council.
They flew ahead and landed beside the group.
"Owa, I'm surprised Seventh Head. I didn't know that you were acquainted with this fierce old man." Ninth Head said while glancing at Franklin.
Third Head was also glancing at Franklin from time to time. She didn't forget to examine Amanda who was standing beside Souta.
"He's my subordinate Franklin." Souta smiled wryly.
"Ehhh?! Seriously?!" Ninth Head exclaimed.
"Yeah, he's the one who came with me here in this city." Souta explained.
"Ow, for real? I didn't expect it..." Ninth Head's mouth turned into an "O" shape.
"Anyway, the battle is almost done. We've captured these two people so let's go back and interrogate them." Souta clapped and quickly changed the topic. He was afraid that Ninth Head would still talk about Franklin.
But he found that Third Head was staring at him intently.
"What is it?" Souta asked carefully.
"Nothing." Third Head shook her head.
The group went towards the City Hall. They stayed there and waited for the remaining members of the Dragon Council.
Half an hour had passed, and the elite soldiers had finished clearing the battle. Governor Ray left everything to his trusted aides before he flew towards the City Hall. When he arrived, all the Heads were there and he was the only one missing.
"I'm sorry, It took so long." Ray apologized before he sat down in his seat.
"No worries, First Head. We know that you had to order your men to take precautions." Ninth Head said.
"Okay." Ray forced a smile on his face. He swept his eyes across the room and asked, "How is it? Did you find anything? I've captured some of the attackers and my men are interrogating them right now."
"Three City Lords had attacked us. I don't know where they got their confidence but something feels off about this." Jovi said.
"Three?" Ray narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, Seventh Head captured Voser and his subordinate captured Amune. While Second Head caught Fryzz." Ninth Head flashed a crafty smile and added, "Since they attacked then no one would complain if we attack them, right? Their cities didn't have City Lords so their defenses must be weak. We could conquer it in just one or two weeks."
"That's true. They had a lot of resources too. We could divide it for ourselves." Jovi glanced at her.
"Wait?" Ray raised his hand and asked, "You said that Seventh Head's subordinate caught Amune? Is that true?"
"Yeah, that old man is strong. He trashed Amune around and it felt funny. If you don't believe me you can ask Third Head. Both of us watched the battle." Ninth Head giggled.
Ray and the rest of the Heads turned their eyes to Third Head. They wanted to know if Ninth Head was saying the truth.
Third Head felt helpless when she saw the gazes directed at her. She could only nod her head in confirmation.
When they saw Third Head's confirmation, they couldn't help the feeling of shock in their hearts.
Gasp!
Does this mean that Seventh Head had a subordinate at City Lord's level?
It seems that they underestimated Seventh Head.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had a powerful subordinate?" Jovi nudged him on the side.
"No one ask me before." Souta smiled wryly. He could feel the gazes of people on his body.
It was uncomfortable since he didn't want them to look at him in case they discover that he was a monster. It wasn't the time to reveal his monster identity. Even though they were considered allies now, everyone was still hiding their aces.
Ray could only sigh and said, "Okay, let's go now. We'll check the prisoners to see if my men got some information."
He knew that these people were curious about Souta. Jovi and the rest were the City Lords for quite some time now so they heard each other and they also gathered intel. But Souta was different, he only took the position two months ago so their intel about him was insufficient.
Souta breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned on his chair and said, "I'll stay here. You guys can go over."
"Me too." Third Head said with a yawn.
"Alright." Ray and the rest nodded their heads before they left.
Within Souta'a calculation, they would return half an hour later. He glanced at Third Head only to find her resting her head on the table with her eyes closed.
"Is she always like this?" He said in a low voice that only he could hear.
"Nevermind."
Souta shook his head and placed both of his hands on the table. He opened his left palm and constructed a tier 1 magic circle. Since he had a little bit of time, he should make it worthwhile.
'My speed in spell casting had improved. It turned out better than before.'
In building this magic circle, he didn't rely on his system. He builds it with his own knowledge. He had been trying to learn spellcasting without relying on system for a while so this was a huge achievement for him.
Although it couldn't directly increase his strength, it still made him a little bit excited.
'One of the most important processes is the flow of energy.'
Souta carefully injected the mana inside his parasite into the magic circle on his palm.
Sizzle!
A fist-size fireball formed instantly.
While maintaining the fireball, he glanced at his right palm and tried to construct another tier 1 spell.
Crack!
The magic circle cracked and the mana goes wild. It fluctuates but Souta hurriedly closed his palm eliminating the magic circle.
'Hu~ that's close... It almost explodes. Nevertheless, it's only a tier 1 so it will not harm me. I can't cast two tier 1 spells manually.'
Souta opened his left hand again and the magic circle quickly formed above his palm. He was getting used to this and his mind was clear even when constructing a magic circle.
'I have the basic foundation. But I still haven't mastered multicast. After I mastered it, Eilish said that she will teach me advanced lessons about tier 2 spells.'
He poured a little bit of mana and a fireball formed once again. Using his other hand, he touched the fireball.
'Probably three hundred degree celsius... It's quite good but this level of heat wouldn't even harm me even when I just advanced to the third stage. I even swam through a pool of magma in a sub-world.'
The dangerous thing about spells was the energy they contained. As long as it's within the limit of tier 1 magic circle, he could inject enough energy to level an entire area.
