Chapter 007: Human Hearts

Seeing this scene, Chenchen was still unaware, but Ringtone understood immediately. At this moment, Du Fan’s body had been reshaped back to its original state. From now on, no one on the Roland Continent could have greater talent than him… unless… someone else used the magic to reshape the origin…
Thinking of this, Ringtone glanced at Chenchen, who was now drenched in sweat, and hurriedly said, “Stop! Stop! It’s enough! Don’t go any further! His body has healed… Now we need to gather the scattered magic and combat energy inside him!”
Hearing these words, Chenchen’s body went limp, and she slowly opened her eyes. The beam of light that had descended from above was fading away… All that remained was Chenchen’s faint breathing.
She collapsed weakly on Du Fan’s body, seemingly devoid of any strength left. Her eyes were filled with extreme shyness. Even though she was an extraordinary beauty, doing such a thing for the first time, and in front of strangers, made her extremely shy.
Ringtone, who had witnessed quite a bit from Du Fan, blushed at this scene. Though flustered, she still managed to stay composed. She took a deep breath before saying, “Chenchen, according to the procedure, his body has already been reshaped. Hurry up and deal with the combat energy and magic inside him… If you’re slow, your sacrifice might be in vain.”
Upon hearing Ringtone’s words, Chenchen exclaimed in shock. She got up from Du Fan’s body, her face red, but her legs felt weak, almost causing her to fall.
Ringtone watched with hidden amusement. She had felt similar emotions before, but she never expected Chenchen, who seemed so powerful, to show such a reaction.
Looking at Du Fan, his skin had fully healed, his original wounds completely gone, and his once frail body had become strong and attractive in every way. A faint silver-white glow emanated from his body, giving him a mysterious aura, except for a small patch of deep red in his lower body, which was somewhat amusing.
Seeing this, Ringtone’s face also turned red. Initially, she had resented Du Fan, but now, seeing him like this, some reason made that resentment vanish, leaving only deep longing.

The two of them stared blankly for a moment before noticing that Chenchen had already gotten dressed and stood up. Though somewhat weak, she still managed to stretch out a finger and point at Du Fan’s forehead… A golden flame appeared at the tip of her finger, and as she pointed, it seemed to sink into Du Fan’s body… With that golden flame disappearing, the silver glow on Du Fan’s body gradually retreated inward, vanishing entirely in no time, as if it had never existed at all. Looking around, the magic array drawn with dragon blood and those strange magical materials were all gone. If not for Du Fan being unharmed now, who could believe what had just happened? After completing this final task, Chenchen finally sighed, saying with a complex expression, “Alright. Now the combat energy and magic power in his body have been absorbed by me, and the two have perfectly merged. I’m afraid once this little brat wakes up, his strength will soar rapidly. Although he won’t reach the Saint level… it will be easy for him to reach level eight or nine. Let’s hurry away. When we used the magic to reshape his origin earlier, our movements were too large. Surely the people in the imperial city have already arrived!” By now, half of the sky was lit up. That magic to reshape the origin had unknowingly taken up an entire night from the two of them… As they were talking, they heard noise coming from outside. Chenchen and Ringtone exchanged a glance, nodded at each other, then their hands joined together, and their figures slowly disappeared into the air. That night, the entire imperial city was in an uproar. Originally, the defense of the side palace had been a top priority since the coup, and to ensure safety, several shifts of soldiers—both night guards and patrol soldiers—were changed every night. But during the midnight shift change, the incoming soldiers found that the soldiers originally guarding the side palace entrance were like wooden statues. No matter how they called out to them or appeared in front of them, they remained motionless, clearly under some kind of illusion magic. The officer in charge of the shift change was shocked and naturally didn’t dare hide this, so he reported it immediately to his superiors. Soon, Redcliffe personally led a team to investigate.

Seeing the appearance of those soldiers, he realized even more that unless one was an unparalleled warrior, no one would dare attack the soldiers at the side hall’s entrance, as that would mean confronting the Gavin Empire. Even experts like Francis would not want to do such a thing.
In shock, Redcliffe ignored everything else and rushed into the side hall on his own, but after just a few steps, he collided with a transparent energy wall. He tried several times with the same result, which filled him with even greater panic.
Unfortunately, Redcliffe didn’t know that there was a powerful protective magic array inside the side hall. He immediately reported the situation to Abraham, which eventually even alarmed Prince Fisher.
Yet both Abraham and Prince Fisher knew well that what Redcliffe had collided with was the protective magic array that had existed since the founding of the imperial city. Unless it disappeared on its own at sunrise, even if all the court mages came together, they might not be able to break through its protection.
Moreover, deep down, wasn’t Prince Fisher somewhat worried about this?
The intruder had a clear goal—since he came for Du Fan, he was likely an assassin sent by the failed coup faction of the eldest prince or the remnants of the Purple Blossom faction… If they killed Du Fan… the Gavin Empire would naturally issue a nationwide manhunt to avenge him…
After all, Du Fan was like a time bomb in that place, unknown when it might explode…
But despite these thoughts, given Prince Fisher’s shrewdness, he would never let such emotions show on his face. He immediately summoned Abraham and a large number of court mages to the side hall’s entrance to see what was going on.
Before arriving, Abraham had already used court magic to contact the two court mages left in the side hall, but upon trying to contact them, he found that they seemed to have fainted and could not respond at all.
After arriving, he reported this to Prince Fisher, who was extremely “angry and shocked.”
He then ordered Abraham to forcefully break through the magic barrier—under no circumstances could Du Fan be harmed…

Abraham’s extraordinary skills were perfectly demonstrated on the day of the coup. The soldiers around saw this immensely powerful head of the court mages charge in, followed by a brilliant multicolored light, after which he was flung backward, directly collapsing several walls opposite the side hall. Prince Fischer was extremely enraged and immediately ordered the remaining court mages to launch a stronger attack. Yet, without exception, not a single mage was able to set foot inside the side hall, which in some sense proved just how powerful the protective magic array there was… Just as everyone was stunned, a milky white light column suddenly appeared in the sky. From within this column, angelic feathers seemed to drift down, exuding a sense of holiness and piety. This light column, as if descending directly from heaven, blinded everyone. When it illuminated the side hall, those with sharp eyes realized that the area covered by the light column was precisely the room where Du Fan was… Most of these soldiers were devout believers, and upon witnessing this scene and recalling Du Fan’s reputation as the most pious person in history, they fell to their knees. Prince Fischer’s expression turned somewhat grim, but under such circumstances, no one else paid attention. This light column persisted for several hours. Eventually, even the Holy Church and the Mage Guild became alarmed. However, since the location of the column was too delicate, these two powerful factions did not send anyone to investigate, content to observe silently. After waiting through the entire night, the light column finally disappeared, and the first hints of dawn appeared in the sky. This meant that the protective magic array, which had been active that night, was now ineffective. Prince Fischer took a deep breath before clapping his hands and saying, “Master Abraham, send a few people in quickly to see what happened… If… if Duke Du Fan is still alive, inform me at once! If he’s dead… then find out the cause of his death!”