"Bold, who is that? Dare to secretly enter the palace!"
A white knight clad in silver armor, accompanied by a group of soldiers armed with weapons, surrounded George. Upon seeing his appearance, their expressions changed dramatically.
"It's you!"
The guild leader of Fairy Tail, the mage, who wiped out five mage guild members with a single force during the day, has already been identified by the Kingdom's intelligence department as possessing the power of Saint Ten. How could he not recognize him?
"Good evening, who are you?"
George did not attack, but instead, he raised his paw and greeted with a smile.
The knight paused for three seconds, and a smile appeared on his face:
"I am Alcardius, the captain of the Sakura Saint Knight Corps, responsible for protecting the safety of the palace. May I inquire what business brings Mr. George to break into the palace?"
"If there is nothing else, please leave here as soon as possible. This place is not open to the public."
If other mages trespass into the basement of the royal palace and see the Eclipse Gate, he would definitely arrest and imprison them immediately. The Eclipse Gate Project is the highest confidential matter of the kingdom, and it must not be leaked.
However, the cat across from him possesses the power of Saint Ten. He does not want to provoke a conflict unless absolutely necessary.
Moreover, the cat across from him may not necessarily know what the Eclipse Gate is or its purpose.
"That won't do. I discovered something today at the arena; something in the palace is absorbing the magic energy dispersed during our battle. I didn't expect it to be a door."
"I believe I have the right to know the purpose of this grand magical combat event hosted by your royal family."
George raised his paw to point at the door.
Of course, if you don't want to say, I will make all that happened here public. I believe tomorrow the palace will be crowded with mages who want to know the answer."
In this situation, the king's family is using the grand magical combat to orchestrate a conspiracy, which has been uncovered and caught by him. Therefore, he has nothing to fear. It should be the royal family that is afraid.
"Since it has been discovered by you, there's no turning back."
Alcardius waved his hand:
"Arrest him!"
Those soldiers in the kingdom immediately dropped their weapons and rushed towards George.
George's eyebrow raised:
"You think these ordinary soldiers can catch me?"
"Actually, I originally didn't want to cause trouble. After all, if you're absent tomorrow, there will definitely be a commotion. You just need to act like you don't know anything and leave."
But since you have already discovered that the Eclipse Gate absorbs magic, I have no choice but to detain you first.
As for whether or not they can catch you, I think it's best for you not to use magic."
Alcardius showed a confident smile on his face.
The Eclipse System, made with the Eclipse Gate at its center, can absorb the magic energy dispersed during battles by mages in the entire city. And in front of the Eclipse Gate, the effect of absorbing magic will be even better.
So, if a mage uses magic near the Eclipse Gate, their magic energy within will be forcibly absorbed by the gate entirely, thus causing them to enter a state of magical depletion.
Although George has the power of Saint Ten, if he cannot use magic, he is just an ordinary cat.
"Oh, so your trump card is this door. Do you think I can't see the absorption of magic energy in the arena, let alone here?"
Upon hearing Alcardius' words, George couldn't help but shake his head.
As a alchemist master, he had already discovered this feature of the Eclipse Gate while studying the gate just now.
However, Alcardius' bottom card may be useful for other mages, but it poses no threat to him.
Firstly, his body is the foundation of wizard bloodline, which can continuously generate magic power. Even if it is left to be absorbed by the Eclipse Gate, it would never be exhausted.
Secondly, he practices meditation, which gives him strong control over magic power. He can completely prevent magic power from leaking and being absorbed by the Eclipse Gate.
Lastly, even if his magic power is depleted, he still possesses superpowers. Half-grade Uzuku Maikou's electricity, top-grade Magneto's magnetism at the third level, and third-grade mental abilities.
Even without mentioning these, his current physical condition alone would be enough to overwhelm this area's palace guards.
It can be imagined that all the power of so many clones is concentrated in a small cat that is only slightly larger than a palm. The physical body of this small cat must be incredibly terrifying.
This is like a person who can stomp on an ant with one foot, and an ant that can lift items weighing more than 400 times its own body weight. When the ant has the power of a human, it is much easier for the ant to kill a person than for a person to stomp on an ant.
"One, two, three."
George didn't use any abilities, relying solely on his physical speed, he kept jumping on the shoulders of those soldiers, his movements so fast that only a faint blur could be seen.
With each leap, he would casually hit the soldiers' back of the head with his tail.
So by the time he had jumped around all the soldiers' shoulders, they were all unconscious on the ground.
"I don't need magic, I can still beat you all."
"It seems I must handle this personally!"
Alcardius drew his long sword and aimed it at George.
He never expected that the other party would have such powerful strength without using magic.
However, as the captain of the Sakura Saint Knight Corps of the kingdom, he was not to be underestimated. His swordsmanship was the most top-notch in the entire kingdom. Even without magic enhancement, he had a certain chance of winning.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, as long as I don't want to, the gate can't absorb my magic power, so I can still use magic."
George spread his wings behind him and flew in front of Alcardios.
Upon seeing this, Alcardius drew his sword back into its sheath and spoke in a serious tone:
"I actually think there's no need for a fight. We can sit down and have a good talk."
"What a joke! With swordsmanship and the power of a Saint Ten, he's brain-dead if he thinks he can win."
It is also true. He should have thought about it earlier. Since the other party can use invisibility magic in front of the Eclipse Gate, they should have a way to counteract the Gate's absorbing power.
"There's no need to talk. I'll just have to see it for myself."
George's figure flashed and he appeared above Alcardios, extending his paw and pressing it down.
After a moment, he was somewhat surprised and said:
"It turns out that your goal is to kill Jelph and alter history."
From Alcardius' memories, he knew that the kingdom was holding the grand magical combat to collect magic power. This was so that they could open the Eclipse Gate seven years later during the lunar eclipse and travel through time to go back in time.
The time laws of the Celestial World and the Human World are different. The Eclipse Gate can rely on the power of the twelve golden keys to borrow the time laws of the Celestial World and travel through time.
With enough magic power collected, on the day of the lunar eclipse, star spirit mages can open the Eclipse Gate by holding the twelve golden keys.
