Chapter 446: Passerby

Chapter 446: Passing Stranger

"Li Wei!"

Evelyn looked at Li Wei with pleasant surprise.

Seeing him here was also quite unexpected for her.

Hearing this, Xileya secretly glanced at Li Wei's profile and carefully memorized his name.

Then, she felt that this name seemed somewhat familiar.

As if she had heard it somewhere before?

But she couldn't recall where, try as she might.

She could only let it go.

When Li Wei saw Evelyn, he casually inquired about the current situation in Flying Petals City.

"How are things going for you now?"

Evelyn shook her head and said, "The situation isn't too good."

Li Wei was somewhat surprised. "Oh? Didn't Alice say last time that she had a way..."

He didn't continue with what he wanted to say.

Matters involving the Black Cultists weren't suitable for too many people to know.

Evelyn understood what Li Wei wanted to say. She asked, "Li Wei, do you have time now? We can talk."

Li Wei thought for a moment. Since he wasn't in a hurry, he agreed.

"Mm."

Evelyn turned to Xileya and said, "Could you please find us a quiet room?"

Xileya hurriedly replied, "Of course, please follow me, both of you."

Whether it was Li Wei or Evelyn, in Xileya's eyes, they were both important figures.

Li Wei was a great mage from the Elemental Tower.

Evelyn was one of the Four Floral Favorites of Flying Petals City, the Rose Lady of Flying Petals City, and a distinguished guest of the Mage Association.

The two sat down in the room arranged by Xileya.

After Xileya closed the door, she stepped out of the room.

"My lords, if you need anything, please call me anytime. I'll be right outside the door," Xileya said as she left.

Li Wei nodded slightly. "Mm, I know."

After Xileya closed the door, Li Wei looked at Evelyn.

When alone with Li Wei, Evelyn no longer concealed her emotions.

She sighed and said, "The current situation is rather grim."

Li Wei asked curiously, "Aren't you supposed to have a way to catch Kira's weakness? As long as you expose his collusion with the Black Cultists, wouldn't it be easy to bring him down?"

Evelyn said, "That's exactly the problem."

"The Black Cultist is dead."

"Dead?" Li Wei showed a puzzled expression.

Evelyn said, "Dead, yet not dead. Kira deliberately staged it for us to see. He executed the Black Cultist who colluded with him, but that Black Cultist had taken over another person's body and is still very much alive."

"The one who died was just a scapegoat, but we also lost the evidence of Kira's collusion with the Black Cultists."

Li Wei drank some water and said, "Even without evidence of Kira's collusion with the Black Cultists, with your strength, you should still be able to retake Flying Petals City."

Evelyn shook her head and said, "It's not that simple."

"If we use brute force, even if we reclaim Flying Petals City, what we'd get would be nothing but ruins."

"What's more, Kira is now deeply colluding with the Kingdom of Marchel. With their support, his strength has far surpassed ours."

Li Wei shook his head, feeling that Evelyn and the others were simply too hesitant and indecisive.

Worrying about this and that.

If Flying Petals City gets damaged, so what? Just rebuild it.

After all, Flying Petals City was built from nothing by Alice.

By the way, how old was Alice this year?

Li Wei couldn't help but feel curious.

He didn't want to meddle in other people's business. What Evelyn and Alice wanted to do was their own affair.

Li Wei was merely curious and asked casually, "What do you plan to do next?"

Evelyn said, "Alice plans to hold a divine ritual to pass on the power of the Hundred Blossoms Goddess to more people and strengthen our forces."

Li Wei's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately became interested. He had always been very curious about the Hundred Blossoms Goddess.

Just what exactly was the Hundred Blossoms Goddess?

Evelyn said, "Kira will definitely try every means to prevent the Hundred Blossoms Goddess ritual. He might even attempt to seize the goddess's power during the ceremony—this is something he has always wanted to do."

Li Wei immediately sensed the smell of gunpowder.

This Hundred Blossoms Goddess ritual was probably not going to be simple.

Evelyn said, "So we also plan to lure the enemy into our trap."

Li Wei asked in surprise, "Is this a trap?"

Evelyn shook her head. "Not a trap. If Kira comes, it will be a special banquet prepared just for him."

Li Wei understood.

The Hundred Blossoms Goddess ritual was real, and Alice genuinely intended to share the goddess's power with more people.

Beyond that, they were also prepared to welcome Kira's arrival.

Li Wei chatted with Evelyn for a while and gained a fairly good understanding of their current situation.

The situation in Flying Petals City was now unpredictable.

Within the city, there were mainly two factions: the new mayor and the old mayor.

Currently, Alice's faction was at a disadvantage.

Although she did have Otz's support, help from afar couldn't solve immediate problems.

Otz had clearly told her that he didn't currently have sufficient strength to help her retake Flying Petals City.

He could only guarantee that if the Kingdom of Marchel attempted to send troops to attack Flying Petals City, the Northern Mystery Kingdom would definitely send forces to intercept them.

This at least eliminated Alice's worries about what lay behind her.

Knock knock knock!

A knocking sound echoed.

Li Wei called out, "Come in."

The door opened, and the middle-aged mage who had previously received Li Wei spoke respectfully, "Grand Mage Li Wei, the Mage Association's long-distance spatial teleportation array is currently under maintenance and repair. I'm afraid it won't be operational tonight. At the latest, it will be available by noon tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei nodded and said, "Mm, I understand. Thank you for your trouble."

The middle-aged mage hurriedly replied, "Not at all. It is our honor to be of service to Grand Mage Li Wei."

"If there's nothing else, I won't disturb the two of you any further. I'll take my leave now."

The middle-aged mage closed the door and departed.

Li Wei estimated that the Mage Association's long-distance spatial teleportation array was rarely used.

That was why it couldn't be activated immediately.

Speaking of which, even the Mage Association's long-distance spatial teleportation array in Maple Leaf City was used less than once every six months before the founding of Ots.

It was only in recent times that usage had increased.

But it wasn't something everyone could afford.

The cost of a single teleportation was enough to bankrupt many mages.

Even grand mages would feel the pinch.

Li Wei had no choice either.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to part with the expense.

Ivylin and Li Wei chatted for a while longer before leaving.

Shileya arranged a VIP suite for Li Wei to stay in—one of the highest-standard guest rooms within the Mage Association.

Li Wei would spend one night at the Flying Petal City Mage Association before returning to the Elemental Tower through the long-distance teleportation array tomorrow.

Lying on the comfortable large bed, breathing in the faint fragrance that permeated the room,

Li Wei smiled.

He had to admit, the Mage Association's VIP suites were truly comfortable.

Lying on this bed, he felt like sleeping.

Today had been filled with too many events.

Li Wei felt somewhat exhausted.

He closed his eyes, feeling his body sink into the soft bedding.

His consciousness had already begun to roam in the dream world.

(End of Chapter)