Lord of the Sky City

Rocky stayed with the Guard Corps until the afternoon before he returned to the City Lord's Mansion, and he was very pleased when he left.

He had spent almost the entire day with the guards and witnessed their whole day of training.

It must be said that although Monte's training was somewhat harsh, it was incredibly systematic. After running, came a series of physical exercises, and after lunch, they moved on to group combat practice. Monte had arranged each training segment very appropriately.

For the guards, even though the training was arduous and even painful, it brought significant benefits, especially since they would soon be accompanying Rocky to the land to complete a series of missions assigned by the Mercenary Guild. In such cases, intensive training became a necessity, and it was the only way the guards could survive the battles against the demons.

Seeing how hard the guards worked, Rocky did not dare slack off himself. So, upon returning, he went straight into the workshop and began to inscribe runes on one piece of equipment after another, working until late into the night.

Late at night, after a busy day, Rocky finally returned to his bedroom. Even then, he didn't rest immediately. Although he lay in bed, he took out the Demon's Fang he had bought earlier.

Holding the Demon's Fang in his hand and continuously fiddling with it, Rocky examined its patterns while carefully feeling it, almost unable to let it go.

He indeed liked the Demon's Fang very much. Although he didn't know which demon it had come from, Rocky was fond of it to the extent that he had bought it for experimentation but had not yet inscribed even a single rune on it after so much time.

Because Rocky was somewhat reluctant, he did not want to waste the Demon's Fang in haste. He wanted to wait until he could make it into a dagger, then it wouldn't be too late to inscribe runes on it. Moreover, if given enhancement, he even considered inscribing a Second-Level Rune directly on it.

It was because of this idea that he played with the Demon's Fang every night before sleep, carefully feeling it and becoming familiar with it so that he would be more proficient when he actually began to inscribe runes on it.

Thus, Rocky played with the Demon's Fang for quite a while before preparing to sleep.

However, just as he had lain down and before he could even close his eyes, something unexpected happened. Rocky suddenly felt his magic power stir inexplicably within him.

"This is..."

"A breakthrough?!"

Feeling the agitation of his magic power, the just-lying-down Rocky quickly sat up, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

Although he was only a First Level Mage and didn't know too much about magic power, he at least knew that such sudden agitation typically indicated a breakthrough, which meant he was about to become a Level Two Mage!

This was definitely an unexpected surprise, but it did not surprise Rocky.

That was because Liliya had once said that the best way to achieve continuous breakthroughs in magic power was to use it continuously and preferably to exhaust it every time. Every time the magic power was exhausted and subsequently recovered, it would increase a bit on its existing basis. Over time, this would naturally push the magic power beyond its previous limits.

Since learning the Mana Rune, Rocky's magic power had often been depleted because of his frequent inscription of runes, especially in recent days when he had inscribed hundreds of runes on several pieces of equipment every day until his magic power was exhausted. Perhaps it was this high-intensity consumption that had caused Rocky's magic power to break through!

Realizing that he was about to break through, Rocky quickly sat up from the bed, then focused his mind and began to consciously control the magic power within him.

He had to do this because magic power became extremely unstable during a breakthrough. One had to actively control it to stabilize it, otherwise the uncontrolled magic power could easily rebound and injure Rocky.

However, this task was easier said than done. Though Rocky tried hard to suppress his magic power and calm it down, the more he actively suppressed it, the more obvious the resistance within his body became, until eventually he could not suppress it at all!

"Why is this happening..."

Time and again, he tried to control the magic power within him, but to no avail, causing Rocky to furrow his brows in frustration.

This situation was clearly not normal. He had already spent a long time drawing runes, and there should have been hardly any magic power left in his body. How could he possibly be unable to control such a small amount of magic power?

However, the impossible had happened. The scant amount of magic power remaining in his body not only became difficult to control but also grew increasingly agitated, to the point where even Rocky could hardly bear it any longer.

This was troublesome!

Being just a First Level Mage, Rocky had little knowledge of magic power and encountered a situation he had never heard of before, making him unsure of what to do.

Although he panicked, the magic power inside his body continued to churn violently, and what Rocky couldn't see was that his skin had already turned an intense red. It felt as if fierce flames were burning beneath his skin, scorching him so intensely that he felt he might explode at any moment!

This made Rocky immediately realize the gravity of the situation and hurriedly tried to find Liliya for help, fearing something disastrous would happen!

No sooner had he risen from his bed than he collapsed weakly onto the floor with a thud!

"Some... some..."

"Somebody...!"

Lying on the floor, Rocky struggled to open his mouth, but he could only make a very faint sound. When he tried to crawl toward the door, he found he couldn't muster any strength at all...

Why was this happening, what was this situation!

Powerless, lying on the floor, Rocky wanted to shout but couldn't make a sound, wanted to crawl to the door but couldn't exert any force, causing him to completely break down. He even thought he might just die in such a bewildered state.

But just then, just when Rocky really might have perished confusedly in his room, there was a clattering sound as the Demon's Fang, which he had carelessly placed on the bedside, fell to the ground.

Before the powerless and helpless gaze of Rocky, the Demon's Fang that had fallen to the ground seemed to be drawn by some attraction, rolling toward him until it stopped by his side.

Immediately after, a tremendous suction emerged from the Demon's Fang, suddenly enveloping Rocky's whole body, and sucked away all the agitated magic power inside him...