The only puzzling thing for La was how Kyran mastered the use of Void magic in a short span of time. Initially, she was convinced that the current Time Keeper had a hand in his improvement. But after thinking it through, even if Ste manipted time and let him train his magic, it would be impossible for him to improve this much, especially if little information about Void magic was avable. Apart from this, no training partner was strong enough for him to practice with. The Conve was not short on powerful mages, but even their most powerful one— Malek— La believed he was not good enough to put pressure on Kyran.


    La slightly shook her head and put aside all her doubts. Now that she had a better understanding of Kyran''s mastery over his magic, she realized how disadvantageous it would be for her if they fought.


    For one thing, she could not use his n as hostages. Since Kyran knew how to send souls into the Void, La was sure he knew how to free others under her Soul Control. Apart from this, she had little control over the Macabre cier.


    If La could return Haylee to her original body, her control over the Macabre cier would definitely improve. But it appeared that Kyran had already gone to the Tower of Conve to stop Osric from taking the girl.


    An ironic smile appeared on La''s face as she thought of Can again.


    Can had been protective of her before, and now, as the new Void Master, Kyran appeared to be protective of the girl who was supposed to be the next Soul Emperor.


    Such irony.


    "You appear in good spirits even though yourplexion says otherwise."


    White Lily''s voice brought La out of her musings.


    La evaded the continuous bombardment of energy beams that shot off from the numerous lilies on the ground.


    "What about you?" La taunted while ncing at White Lily, hovering in the sky on her huge diamond lily. "Aren''t you tired of summoning these lilies that can''t even hit their target?"


    White Lily did not respond to La''s taunting and only continued to focus fire on her.


    Meanwhile, True Void could no longer see the confrontation between the two because he had already entered Ravenpass.


    The moment he entered the Ravenpass''s premises, his body shivered involuntarily. This surprised him. After all, his consciousness was only upying the shapeshifting tes, and even if he made the tes appear like a miniature Void Armor, technically, he could not affect it ''emotionally.''


    Err.


    Actually, True Void was not even feeling emotional at the moment. That was not quite right. He was feeling a particr emotion, but it was not strong enough to make him shiver the way he did just now.


    Obviously, his reaction had something to do with the Macabre cier hanging above Ravenpass.


    True Void stopped abruptly and looked at the Macabre cier. His eyes narrowed, their color dimming slightly after sensing the ominous auraing from within. He could already sense that aura from afar, but it had gotten worse now that he was closer.


    As soon as True Void looked at the mirror of the Macabre cier, he felt his illusory insides churn.


    From the mirror, he saw countless ''human bodies'' wrapped in silk threads, making them appear like cocoons. A ck mist oozed out from the bottom of the mirror, and True Void could sense life energying from that mist.


    It made one think that the ck mist was basically the converted life energies of the ''humans'' inside the cocoon.


    Seeing this scene worried True Void. His desire to get his body back grew stronger by the second. If he was in his true body, he might be able to do something about the Macabre cier. Of course, he did not believe he could destroy it. If he could, he would have done it before when Can fought the original owner of the mirror— the original Dark Sage.


    However, True Void did not have that ability. Thus, Can could only seal the Macabre cier and hide it. Still, True Void could at least iste its influence. Maybe if he did that, he could find a way to take those ''humans'' out of the mirror.


    True Void did not need to be well-versed in what the Macabre cier could do to understand that those ''humans'' were the Regis n members and Euan''s people that La had ''taken.''


    However, True Void did not know what the Macabre cier was doing to them. It seemed to be ''feeding'' on their life energy, as seen in how those ck mist oozed with life energy, but he also felt that it was doing something more to them than that.


    The light in True Void''s eyes dimmed further as different possibilities of what the Macabre cier was doing to those humans shed through his mind.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ''No! Don''t think about such grim thoughts!'' True Void scolded himself as he vehemently shook his head.


    True Void put all unnecessary thoughts aside and continued inside Ravenpass. Others might wonder why he would bother going there when it was apparent there was no longer a single soul inside because the Macabre cier already took them. But True Void had an inkling that it was not the case.


    If his guess was correct, those ''humans'' in those cocoons were only representations of its target. Basically, their real bodies were still somewhere in Ravenpass, and those cocoons were their souls.


    The Macabre cier was a magic weapon that targeted one''s soul, not one''s physical body.


    With this in mind, True Void flew inside and searched for the whole ce.


    ''ARGH! This is too troublesome! Really troublesome!'' True Voidined as he flew at a low altitude while searching the whole Ravenpass. ''If I can use my magic energy, I probably found where they are already. s, if I used my magic energy, that annoying mirror would detect me, and I might also get cocooned.''


    The thought made him shiver involuntarily once more.


    From a distance, True Void could still hear the explosions from White Lily''s attacks against La. However,pared to the frequency of explosions from before, he noticed White Lily''s attacks had decreased. This only meant that thetter was near her limits.


    True Void only hoped that the one not nearing her limits was White Lily''s contractor. He heard their conversation and how La guessed that White Lily''s human contractor was Kyran''s mother, Rin. If this was true, and something happened to Rin, True Void was worried about how it would impact not only Kyran but also his father, Cade.


    True Void thought of it because he knew Cade had already seeded in Azaloth''s Inheritance, and it was only a matter of time before he returned.


    If Cade returned and Rin was put at risk— or at worse, fatally injured— he might not be able to control his newly found strength. When that happens, the Human ne might suffer.


    Might— because if Cade''s threat did show that he would end up destroying the Human ne, Nn would be forced to make a move. After all, as the new Sovereign of the Human ne, he was bound to his new responsibility: to protect the ne from certain destruction.


    Such a turn of events would be a sad one.


    ''Right,'' True Void suddenly remembered something and sighed inwardly. ''Nn is Rin''s twin brother. It will be a tragic one if that does happen.''


    True Void immediately shook his head, ''Argh! Stop thinking about ominous thoughts! This is bad! Really bad! I think the Macabre cier is already affecting my thoughts!''


    True Void''s worry was actually correct.


    The moment he entered Ravenpass, he also entered the Macabre cier''s magic influence. Although he was not directly facing the mirror, or he was not reflected by it, it could still influence his thoughts slowly.


    ''I had to move fast, or else I''ll really be cocooned like them!'' True Void thought and picked up his pace.


    *


    In the Tower of Conve, Kyran busied himself with restoring the tower''s defensive array. He had to restore the defensive array because he needed something to withstand the next wave of attack from Osric''s side while he warped them away.


    Since Kyran could only warp a certain number of people at a time, he would not have to do it several times.


    Previously, it took him five or more times before he finished warping all of Euan and Mannick''s people. Although a great deal of their numbers had been reduced, they now had to include those from the Conve, so the headcount was pretty much the same as before.


    In any case, Kyran had to create a barrier that would allow him to warp all the members of the Conve and the Army while under siege.


    That was right. Under siege because Osric had already mobilized all the Grand Masters on his side and they were already marching toward the Tower of Conve.