Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 87 Ahead of Time
"Congratulations on successfully obtaining Yotsuba's magic book, Imita."

Julius looked at Xin Lailai and congratulated him sincerely.

"By the way, if you are willing, can you chat with me alone for a while? Let me introduce myself again. My full name is Julius Novancrono, and I am the Magic Emperor of this country."

Xin Lailai's eyes suddenly widened with shock on his face.

"Magic...Magic Emperor? Mr. Julius, you...you are actually the Magic Emperor! I...I just..."

I saw Xin Lailai talking excitedly and incoherently, without any preface and follow-up, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Haha, don't mind it. Speaking of which, I often worry about this identity."

Julius patted Xin Lailai on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Troubled? Does the Magic Emperor also have something to worry about?"

Xin Lailai followed suit and asked.

"Yes, not only are there, but there are many."

Julius sighed helplessly and scratched his head in annoyance. At the same time, from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Asher, or the noble badge on Asher's body, which frightened the other person.

Then, Julius looked at Xin Lailai with relief and said in a gentle tone:
"So, I am very happy that the kingdom can have outstanding young people like you. After all, the more people like you, the stronger the future of the kingdom will be."

"Well, Imita, I wonder if you can take some time to go shopping with me now?"

Hearing this, Xin Lailai quickly nodded with great excitement and said excitedly:

"Yes! Very willing, Yuri...Master Magic Emperor!"

"Haha, Imita, you don't need to be so outspoken, just call me by my name."

Julius said with a smile, and then led Xinlailai out of the magic book tower slowly. Asher behind him saw this and wanted to say something, but after seeing Julius’s back, his body Shrinking, he finally returned to his position honestly.

……

On the other side, on a deserted path.

"It seems that the relationship between Julius and some of the nobles of the corpse level is indeed quite bad."

Xin Lailai followed Julius with a strange light in his eyes.

So far, his goal can be said to have been successfully achieved.

He specifically planned the time when Julius would come to the Magic Book Tower, and after seizing the opportunity to contact him, he first used his identity as a citizen of Ide Village to gain Julius' initial favorability.

Then, he used Zara Idel’s name and some remarks unique to the passionate young man to further deepen Julius’s favorability.

The key point is that for Julius, the name Zara Idel has special meaning.

Zara Idel, the first magic knight with the status of a servant in the history of the Clover Kingdom, was a close friend of Julius Novancrono during his magic knight days. He dedicated his life to protecting and helping the low-status servants at that time. However, he was accidentally attacked and killed by a magic knight of noble origin on the battlefield.

Although the incident was suppressed in the end, the death of Zara Idel was like a powerful medicine, which seriously stimulated Julius, who was confused about his life at the time, and made him determined to break the aristocratic monopoly and The idea that the kingdom’s classes are solidified.

Therefore, the importance of the name Zara Idel to Julius is naturally self-evident.

He was born in Ide Village, was a commoner, and had strong ambitions. He also obtained a four-leaf clover magic book. These buffs were stacked together and directly killed Julius' favorability.

"In this way, Julius's thigh can be held firmly."

Xin Lailai was thinking about it.

"But Lailai, you looked so funny just now, didn't you? My goal is to become the Magic Emperor! Hahaha~ burp"

Ling Yuzi laughed so hard in the soul space that Xin Lailai's expression froze slightly.

Indeed, even he himself didn't know why he could say that kind of secondary remark so smoothly and naturally.

"It doesn't matter, I will slowly change Julius's impression of me in other directions."

Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi communicated. This was not self-comfort, but a solid plan.

Although hot-blooded young people are convenient to win favor, they are not so convenient when it comes to arranging matters.

Moreover, the Clover World already has Asta, an extremely passionate protagonist. Although the two passionate swordsmen Hanhan are very good, it is better not to have two characters with completely overlapping personalities in one stage.

"By the way, Imita, what do you think of the nobles in this country?"

Julius was walking and suddenly asked.

"Mr. Julius, this..."

"It doesn't matter, there is no one else here, just say what you want to say."

"I……"

A flash of hesitation flashed across Xin Lailai's face. He lowered his head, clenched his hands unconsciously, and whispered:
"I hate them."

"They don't even care about us, the common people. They only keep collecting taxes from us, and..."

When Xin Lailai said this, he paused for a while, gritted his teeth, and said in a trembling voice:

"I heard that Uncle Zara was killed by them."

"..."

After hearing this, Julius was silent for a while, then stood in the alley and looked at the sky.

"Do you hate it? Yes, for you, the word aristocrat will probably only bring back bad memories."

Julius said, turned around, looked at Xin Lailai quietly, and said:

"Imita, do you think all nobles should die?"

"This…"

"Don't rush to answer, Imita, your idea is not wrong. As you can see, this country has indeed been corrupted by the nobles, but one thing I hope you understand is that not all nobles They are all our enemies.”

“The right path is important, but so is the right way to walk.”

"I know this may be difficult for you to accept, but I believe that after you meet some people, you will understand what I mean."

Julius said as he walked around a corner and stopped.

"But before that, we have one more thing to do."

Xinlailai followed Julius and saw that at the end of the alley was the large arena used for magic knight assessments.

"Mr. Julius, may I ask what you want..."

Xin Lailai asked puzzledly.

"Because I am impatient, I can't wait to take you to meet some people now, but according to the rules of the Knights, you are not allowed to enter the inner city of the royal capital without permission before becoming a magic knight, so..."

Julius turned to look at Xin Lailai, smiled and said:

"Imita, you don't mind if I take the assessment of the Magic Knights for you in advance, right?"

Xin Lailai was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, nodded quickly and said:

"No problem, Mr. Julius, it's an honor for me to allow you to examine me personally!"

Xin Lailai said, a look of hesitation flashed on his face, and he hesitated:

"But, Mr. Julius, is this really okay? Won't the assessment of the Magic Knights start in three days?"

"Haha, it doesn't matter. I am also the Magic Emperor after all. Even if he is overstepped in his duties by this little thing, he probably won't mind."

Julius laughed, but unconsciously scratched his head with his right hand, making Xin Lailai chuckle as well.

Julius's fun-loving character who doesn't like to stick to rules is exactly the same as in the original work.

……

After half an hour.

"Well, Imita, your talent is really beyond my imagination?"

In the large arena that resembled an ancient Roman duel, Julius looked at Xin Lailai who was leisurely strolling in mid-air on a magic broom and praised him.

"Because I encountered many unexpected situations on the way to the capital, I had more opportunities to practice my magic power."

"I also found these equipment in an abandoned ruins. Without them, I would probably have died on the road."

Xin Lailai stood on the magic broom, shook the magic bracelet on his wrist, looked down at the magic broom at his feet, and said.

……

【Magic Broom】

Origin: Black Clover
Quality: blue

Category: Flying props

Durability: 40/40
Equipment requirements: Intelligence must be no less than 10 points, and any energy manipulation passive must reach proficiency level LV.1 or above.

Equipment effect 1, flying: The internal wind element array can be activated by injecting magic value, and the wind elements gather to form a strong airflow at the tail of the broom to achieve the flying effect.

Rating: 50
Introduction: Invented by a certain wind magician, it is a product that has been improved and optimized for thousands of years. It is simple, practical, and more importantly, it can be mass-produced.

Price: 6000 park points
……

There is a saying, the magic broom produced in the Clover World is really useful.

However, being able to use blue props as daily equipment further proves the danger of this world.

"Well, he is worthy of being a magician selected by the Four-leaf Book. Speaking of which, the holders of the Four-leaf Book in the past seem to have been very lucky. Maybe luck is one of the requirements for obtaining the Four-leaf Book. Yeah, haha."

Julius smiled very happily. During the basic test just now, he borrowed Xin Lailai's magic bracelet to observe for a while. He studied the principle of magic bracelet storing mana for a while, and came up with some brand-new ideas. The idea is now in an extremely exciting state.

If Xinlai hadn't finished his work, Julius might have gone to work on his idea at a loss.

"Okay, Imita, now comes the last step."

Julius said, motioning for Xinlailai to return to the ground.

Xinlailai controlled the magic broom to descend, and then came to Julius.

Julius looked at Xin Lailai in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

"Your magic control, magic strength, magic control and magic creation levels are undoubtedly excellent. Therefore, I am looking forward to your performance in actual combat after coming to the Royal Capital from Ide Village alone for two years. "

Xin Lailai smiled shyly and did not deny Julius's praise.With both spell specialization and mana specialization, he would really be damned if he couldn't easily control magic and magic.

His talent in magic is just relatively poor, not as bad as his sword skills.

"If you're ready, just attack me directly. Just do your best. Don't worry about hurting me."

Julius said with a smile, his tone revealing a strong sense of confidence.

"Please give me more advice, Mr. Julius!"

After Xin Lailai said something polite, he stepped hard with his right foot, and his whole body rushed towards Julius like an arrow. At the same time, he held his hands in the air, and the magic book floating beside him suddenly bloomed and unearthed. Yellow light.

Rock creation magic sword
boom--!
The rock sword composed of rock creation magic hit Julius hard, but the opponent did not dodge, simply raised his hand and caught the sword easily.

Xin Lailai immediately prepared to swing his sword again, but found that the rock sword in his hand was directly grabbed by the opponent and could not be pulled out at all, so he decisively abandoned the rock sword and kicked Julius in the abdomen while controlling the rock sword. It turned into a ball of sticky mud and rolled towards Julius.

Bang!
An indescribable feeling came from his ankle, as if he had been kicked against a solid wall.

Julius pushed lightly with his palm, and an irresistible force instantly came from the front, knocking Xin Lai and the dirt away.

"Okay, here we go."

Julius looked at Xin Lailai, who had adjusted his body shape in mid-air and used the magic broom to attack him again, and shook his hand.

Xin Lailai felt that his consciousness suddenly fell into a trance. When he came back to his senses, he found that he had landed on the ground. Julius was standing in front of him at some point, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"That was...?"

Xin Lailai asked a little confused.

"It's my time magic. How about it? Doesn't it feel amazing?"

Julius smiled and answered Xin Lailai's question.

Xin Lailai nodded, and at the same time he realized how terrifying the man in front of him, who always had a peaceful expression, was.

"Ling Yuzi, what did you see just now?"

Xin Lailai asked Ling Yuzi who had been watching the battle in the soul space.

Ling Yuzi shook his head, his face full of confusion.

"I don't know why the pictures I just shared from you, Lailai, were all frozen. It took a few seconds before they suddenly changed."

In other words, did he suddenly "stay" at that point in time in Ling Yuzi's eyes?
"I can't think of a way to deal with it at all... Things like the time system are indeed bug-level things."

Xin Lailai sighed inwardly and stopped worrying about Julius' ability.

Anyway, no matter how you think about it, this thing is an unsolvable one-on-one existence.

Unless you can directly crush the opponent in terms of the amount of magic power, or have the ability to eliminate magic like the protagonist of Black Clover, or have also mastered similar time-based abilities.

Otherwise, at the same level, it would be almost impossible to fight such a perverted existence head-on, not to mention that Xin Lailai and the opponent are several levels apart in level.

"That's fine. The stronger Julius is, the safer I will be in the future."

Now that he has hugged Julius' thick leg, Xinlailai naturally hopes that this leg will be as thick as possible.

So, Xin Lailai looked at Julius with admiration.

"So... so powerful! Is this the strength of the Magic Emperor? Time magic... Mr. Julius is too strong!"

"Well, I'm glad that you can praise me so much, Imita, but you are also very good yourself, Imita. At your age, I don't have the same fighting ability as you."

Xin Lailai felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. Julius said this because he simply misunderstood his age.

Because the human development speed in Black Clover is obviously faster than that in the current world where Xin Lailai lives, Xin Lailai naturally chose to disguise his age as 18 years old.

In fact, considering the impact of increased physical strength on the activity of life energy, even if Xin Lailai says that he is a 17-year-old boy now, it is not unreasonable, but the expression on his face has to be disguised.

If calculated based on his true age of 23, Julius should be able to hang him up and hammer him at this time.

"But I am no match for Mr. Julius. How did Mr. Julius become so strong?"

Xin Lailai asked with admiration and curiosity.

"Well... I probably got this power because there was something I had to accomplish."

Julius said, his eyes suddenly became a little deep, he looked up at the sky, his tone was a little sad, as if he was thinking of some memories.

After coming for a while, Julius, who was freed from his memories, looked at Xin Lailai who was waiting quietly and said with a smile:

"I almost forgot, Imita, congratulations. From now on, you are a member of the Magic Knights."

A look of excitement appeared on Xin Lailai's face:

"Really...really! Can I really join the Magic Knights?"

"Well, no matter in every aspect, you can be called excellent. I believe that the leaders of the Knights will definitely welcome newcomers like you to join them."

Julius praised him, then seemed to remember something and asked:

"By the way, Imita, have you decided which magic knight group you want to join? If you can't make up your mind now, you can wait until all the group leaders are here in a few days and contact them before deciding."

When Xin Lailai heard this, he looked thoughtful. After thinking for a while, he replied:
"I plan to join the Black Bulls, Mr. Julius."

"Yami's group... It's a little surprising. I thought you would choose William's Golden Dawn group. After all, in the Golden Dawn group, you should be able to accumulate the achievements needed to become the Magic Emperor at a faster speed."

Julius was obviously a little surprised by Xin Lailai's choice.

"Because I heard that the Black Bulls are the only knighthood that has recruited servants, so I think it should be the most suitable for me."

Xin Lailai gave his reasons, and Julius was thoughtful after hearing the words.

"Recruiting subordinates...I see. Indeed, this is a good choice for you. Although Yijian's style is rather unique, I believe you will be able to grow outstandingly under his leadership. of."

"It's a pity. William happens to be in the inner city right now. If you plan to enter the Golden Dawn, I'm afraid he will be very happy."

Julius sighed with some regret.

Xin Lailai didn't say much about this.

He had decided early on to join the protagonist group of Black Bull, and he didn't really intend to become the Magic Emperor, so why would he go to the early boss's lair just for that little bit of performance?

At this stage, the soul of Patley, the leader of the White Night Demon Eye organization and the big BOSS in the early stage, is staying in the body of William Fangans, the leader of the Golden Dawn.

Given the opponent's strength, he would definitely not be able to stab him in the back, so there was absolutely no need to run to the opponent and join in the fun.

As for revealing the identity of the other party to speed up the pace of the plot?
I'm afraid he doesn't think his life is too long.

Black Clover is not a world like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba where the individual power level is stuck at the first level. If you mess around here and advance the pace of the plot, you may not know how you died.

Take Patley, the early BOSS, as an example. As long as you dare to shake the opponent out, under the world's balance mechanism, it is very likely that the plot of Julius being stabbed in the back will be advanced directly, allowing Xin Lailai to Losing this thigh that I finally held onto.

Of course, there is a certain possibility that it directly caused the awakening of Lucius's soul in Julius' body. In that case, he would probably burp directly.

Therefore, he just needs to follow the protagonist group to get some benefits. In the guide provided by 04296, there is a hidden ruin near the Black Bull Group that has not been discovered. If he can get the benefits inside, His strength will definitely improve significantly.

"Let me tell you, this feeling of hugging your thighs and walking through the back door... is so refreshing!"

Xin Lailai looked at the light blue text in front of her and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

[Completed the main mission and the first ring: admission qualifications]

[Task reward: Paradise points*2000]

[Tip: The second ring of the main mission has been opened]

[Tip: The difficulty of the world has increased, current difficulty: LV.15 [Clover Kingdom]]

[Main Mission·Second Ring: Undercurrent]

Task Difficulty: LV.10
Mission introduction: Please improve your camp's reputation as soon as possible to prepare for subsequent missions.

Mission information: Before the end of the mission period, the reputation of the Clover Kingdom camp reaches more than 3000 points.

Mission period: 59 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 51 seconds

Mission reward: Attribute points*3, Paradise points*9000
Mission penalty: All attributes reduced by 4 points

……

By hugging Julius' thigh, he completed the main mission three days ahead of schedule, leaving all the other contractors behind.

This is just a little sweetness. As time goes by, his advantage will only get bigger and bigger as time goes by.

Not to mention anything else, just in terms of the right to speak, he directly defeated everyone else.

Do you understand what the power of the wind is?

"Sure enough, the second ring task is to accumulate reputation?"

Xin Lailai looked at the mission information and his eyes moved slightly.

It is exactly the same as the route mentioned in the guide. From this point of view, the main line of the third ring is most likely the defense battle of the royal capital when the White Night Demon Eye attacks.

"In this way, the main tasks of the second ring and the third ring are already worry-free."

A touch of joy rose from Xin Lailai's heart.

With the intensity of the Black Clover world, normally, if you want to gain reputation safely, you can only accept a large number of scattered errands. After all, those high-level reputation tasks basically require around level three strength to complete.

But he is different.

——With the guide, he already knows where all the low-difficulty tasks with high reputation rewards are, and he already has a perfect route to earn reputation.

In this way, when the main plot of the third ring comes, others can only fight alone and carefully clear out the miscellaneous soldiers, but he can blatantly follow each powerful plot character to pick up the pieces with confidence.

"However, we still have to seize the time to improve our combat power, and we must not miss those side missions."

With his current strength, he can work as a handyman, but once he meets the important members of the White Night Demon Eye in the battle to defend the royal capital, he will probably be killed in an instant.

If something happens accidentally and you see a leader with residual health rush forward confidently and find that you can't break the opponent's defense, it will really make people's brains bleed.

"Ling Yuzi, please help me find out if there is any in those guides..."

Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi discussed the next action plan, and continued to maintain a happy look on their faces as they chatted happily with Julius. Under the leadership of Julius, they flew towards the royal capital on a magic broom. .

……

(End of this chapter)