"Forbidden defensive magic? What's going on?" Lake Witch perked up immediately upon hearing this.
Chu Yun then told her about Kreiss's revelation — that the Elf High Priestess might use forbidden magic to flatten the main city of Anatolia.
"If the Elf High Priestess really does that, she's crazy. Casting forbidden magic not only consumes massive amounts of Magic Power, but also drains a large portion of life essence."
Having cultivated in the Dark Forest for so long, Lake Witch had studied many ancient texts from the old times.
A Ninth Level Archmage casting forbidden magic would lose over half of their life essence.
Normally, a Ninth Level Archmage's lifespan is only about a thousand years.
Losing that much life essence would be unacceptable for anyone.
After saying this, Lake Witch asked Chu Yun to show her all the defensive forbidden spells stored in his ring.
Soon, she selected one called "Light Shield Technique," a defensive forbidden magic spell with harsh casting conditions.
Besides requiring a huge amount of Magic Power, it also demands more than half of the caster's life essence.
"Lake Witch, can you cast this Light Shield Technique?" Chu Yun asked beside her.
"My Magic Power is only one step shy of a Ninth Level Witch, and among forbidden spells, Light Shield Technique is one of the easiest to cast. I can barely manage to perform it," Lake Witch replied slowly.
"As for the life essence consumed by casting forbidden magic… that part will be up to you, Knight Master."
"Please feed me more energy later so my life essence can gradually recover."
Lake Witch winked seductively at Chu Yun.
She dared to commit to casting forbidden magic because Chu Yun was there.
Chu Yun's internal Magic Source Energy not only increases Magic Power limits but can also be refined to restore his life essence.
After a few deep interactions with Chu Yun, Lake Witch could recover her lost life essence.
Hearing this, Chu Yun nodded. This was something he did daily — just spending a bit more time on Lake Witch.
Since Lake Witch could cast forbidden defensive magic, even if the Elf High Priestess attacked Anatolia's main city, Chu Yun would have some means of defense.
Anatolia, Lord's Mansion.
Chu Yun had stayed in Count's mansion for a long time. Though Countess treated him well, it was still not truly his place.
After thorough cleaning, the original Anatolia lord's mansion was now spotless.
Located in the center of Anatolia's wealthy district, the mansion occupied a vast area with complete facilities — artificial hills, ponds, lakes, gardens, fountains, everything imaginable.
The buildings were constructed from exquisite marble, styled like European villas, with knight-exclusive patterns on the walls.
Each room had excellent lighting, and from the balcony, one could see the entire wealthy district clearly.
"Knight Master, congratulations! Your mansion is finally cleaned!"
"There's plenty of luxurious furniture inside, all specially bought for you!"
Count forced a smile despite some disappointment at Chu Yun moving out of his mansion.
With Chu Yun living in his mansion, no noble in Anatolia dared to provoke him.
"That's thoughtful of you."
"Count, I see you have some ability. It would be a waste for you to laze about in your mansion all day. I have some tasks in the lord's mansion that I could assign you. Would you be willing?"
Chu Yun was short on talented people, especially in this dark fairy tale world where most commoners were illiterate.
Those usable were rare. Count was greedy but timid.
Otherwise, his two enchanting wives wouldn't keep their silk-clad legs crossed tightly, their bellies always slightly swollen, while he served them faithfully, sleeping in the guest room and never daring to overstep.
"Knight Master! Really? I'm willing to give my life for you!" Count's plump face lit up excitedly.
Being assigned duties in the lord's mansion meant he was truly under Chu Yun's command, and no one in Anatolia would dare mess with him.
"Of course, do your job well!"
Chu Yun patted Count's shoulder and sent him off, then walked alone into the mansion.
"Welcome home, Knight Master."
Just entering, rows of young and beautiful maids clad in white silk miniskirts or black silk high heels and maid uniforms greeted him in unison.
These maids were all carefully recruited by Countess and Second Wife.
They knew exactly what Knight Master liked. Thus, the mansion had no men, only fair-skinned, beautiful, and virgin maids.
Chu Yun nodded in satisfaction.
Entering the lord's hall, Chu Yun sat on the sofa as a maid immediately stood behind him, placing her tender white hands on his shoulders to massage and relax him.
Two voluptuous black silk-clad maids wearing revealing outfits sat beside him, letting him warm his hands on their silky legs.
"Where's Lake Witch?" Chu Yun asked the maid beside him.
"She's in her room preparing high-level potions, Knight Master," the maid smiled coquettishly, squeezing Chu Yun's hand with her silky legs, urging him to massage harder.
These maids were rare beauties with flawless bodies, thighs thick and supple.
Wearing glossy black silk stockings, they felt as smooth as if soaked in oil.
"Go call Lake Witch. She'd been brewing potions for a while now — it should be nearly done."
Chu Yun looked behind to the maid massaging him and gave the order.
"Understood."
The maid clicked her white, red-soled high heels and walked out swiftly.
Soon, Lake Witch appeared in the hall.
"Knight Master, you just moved into your mansion and are already disturbing me brewing potions?"
Lake Witch wore a sexy black mage robe, her long legs clad in black fishnet stockings, feet in over-the-knee mage boots.
Though her tone was complaining, it was more coquettish than serious.
She approached and placed several bottles of red potions on the table.
"Knight Master, these are the basic Health Recovery Potions you asked me to brew. Anyone below Third Level, be it Paladin or Magician, can immediately replenish their health after drinking them."
Lake Witch explained softly.
Chu Yun looked at the potions on the table and nodded in approval.
Now that he was the lord of Anatolia with two hundred and ten thousand resistance troops under him, just the gold to feed the troops daily was enough to give Chu Yun a headache.
Not to mention the gold needed for crafting superior equipment and powerful weapons.
Without gold, progress was impossible.
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