Chapter 431

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Chapter 431: Mages

Jesse said, "Teron Gorefiend’s spirit tried to take over my body, but couldn’t succeed. However, some of his memories remained in my mind, and I secretly practiced and learned some dark magic."

"I’m not surprised, but why didn’t you ask for help from the Wizard’s Sanctum back then?" Malin asked.

Just as Malin asked this question, the old mage shook his head and said, "Just by using a bit of shadow power to injure me, you almost got yourself into a lot of trouble. Of course, you wouldn’t want to talk about it."

"How is Amy?" Jesse asked. "Is she injured?"

"She only had some minor external injuries at that time." Pausing for a moment, Malin continued, "I really appreciate you, Jesse."

Upon hearing Malin’s words, Jesse felt as if he was back on the battlefield.

Although three weeks had passed in real time, for him, it was just before he opened his eyes.

That demon…

Azgath’s magic eye still seemed to be in front of him, his laughter sounded like it was still by his ear.

"As long as you are all safe, teacher, I just can’t stand by and watch that demon hurt you all!"

Jesse took a breath trying to calm himself as much as possible, then asked the question he had been wanting to ask but was afraid to ask.

"Is Greed Thunderfist still alive?"

"Of course, he is still alive." Malin stood up and said, "But he has been participating in clearing out the remaining demons, so he may not return here immediately."

Hearing that Greed still had energy to fight, Jesse felt relieved.

"Rest well, I will inform you when he returns," Malin said.

Jesse nodded and asked, "So, do I still have a chance to leave Nethergarde?"

"Of course, wait until you get better rested," Malin said.

"Am I not trapped here?" Jesse asked, surprised.

"Not really," Malin said. "Once you are ready to live with a new identity, once your body is healed, and we make sure you won’t be caught by any Gnolls or anything like that when you leave, then you can leave Nethergarde."

Jesse nodded, now he just wanted to go back to Lordaeron for a while.

"Amy also wants to see you, are you willing to see her now?" Malin asked.

Jesse hesitated but sat up, took a deep breath and said, "Of course, Master."

Malin stood up and went to the door, said something outside, then nodded. Amy walked in, saw Jesse, and tears welled up before she could say anything.

She rushed over and hugged Jesse, crying uncontrollably. Old Malin gently closed the door.

Amy cried for a long time, making Jesse’s nose feel a bit stuffy.

"Aren’t you going to thank me?" he suddenly asked.

Amy looked up, smiled, wiped away her tears, and said, "Thank you, thank you, Jesse."

"I’m not Jesse anymore," Jesse said in a playful manner. "I need to choose a new name now."

"What do you plan to call yourself?" Amy asked.

"I’m still thinking," Jesse scratched his head and said, "Let’s see, I can’t just pick any random name."

Amy looked at Jesse softly and said, "You are now the hero of the whole alliance."

"Aren’t you one too?" Jesse said. "If it weren’t for the mages’ Magic Stone, who knows what the consequences would have been… I was afraid that the demon would break through the Mage Tower and ruin everything, so I fought with all my might."

Amy said, "At that time, I was maintaining the crystal’s mana. I didn’t have much mana left, the Mana Potions and mana crystals in the tower were almost used up, and many injured soldiers were helping to carry the potions."

"Maintaining that crystal was really painful, Jesse," Amy said. "Every fire meteor that landed on it, I could feel it. It felt like something was pounding my forehead, banging loudly… And even now, I can still occasionally hear it. Every time, I can’t help but feel nauseous and get a headache."

"But at that time we were almost winning, right? Many mages in Dalaran were saying that we were close to victory, as long as we held on a little longer."

"After holding on for a little while, the evil demon appeared."

"Many mages started crying, even some of the Dalaran mages. They were shouting and screaming, it felt like everything was going to end. I think I might have cried too, I remember tears on my face."

"The whole tower shook for a moment, I thought it was all over, but the mages from Kirin Tor ordered us to keep holding on. I knew I had no other choice."

"Then they said, the demon was blocked by a Mountain King. But what puzzled me was… why was this dwarf keep shouting your name?"

"I thought I misheard, Jesse, but I soon realized others could hear it too. He was indeed shouting your name, as if with each swing… he needed to cheer himself up by calling your name."

Upon hearing this, Jesse couldn’t help but smile.

"Because I almost got killed by that demon back then," he explained, "Greed saved me."

"I knew it was him," Amy nodded, "and then, that thing appeared, the meteor you summoned."

"I watched as it hit the demon, everyone was running away, the archmages of the Kirin Tor also ordered all the mages to leave the Mage Tower… At first, I thought they were escaping the black flames, but later, I learned that the demon would explode its own body."

Jesse’s smile faded slowly.

"Did many people die?" Amy asked. "Those behind the city walls were fine, Mage Tower survived the explosion because of the crystal protection, but many people did not escape on the battlefield."

Jesse’s eyes trembled uncontrollably. Amy said, "No one blames you, Jesse, and Mrs. Vereesa Windrunner said you warned everyone to escape. Without your reminder, many more people would have died in that final explosion. After all, besides some demon experts from the Kirin Tor, no one else understands what it is."

"Hmm, am I a bit dumb…"

"No," Jesse said. "I want to know what happened, Amy, thank you for telling me."

Amy nodded and asked, "Are you in pain?"

"What?"

"I mean…" Amy glanced at Jesse’s arm and said, "I saw your wound, Jesse… that day when I saw you being carried back, you looked like a blood man, even spitting out black blood."

"Of course it hurts," Jesse widened his eyes and said, "I’m just glad I fainted."

Amy gently touched the bandage on Jesse’s arm and said, "I can’t even imagine."

Jesse sighed and said, "It’s all in the past now, unfortunately, we may not be able to meet in Dalaran again in the future."

Amy said softly, "I will definitely find a way to clear your name in the future."

"I’m already dead," Jesse said.

"One day you will come back, Jesse Seso."

After saying that, she slowly leaned towards Jesse’s forehead, looked into his eyes, and then gently kissed his forehead.

Jesse was taken aback, Amy immediately stood up and said, "My father said that you are still badly injured and need rest, I don’t want to bother you for too long. I won’t disturb you, I’ll come see you again."

"Oh, I almost forgot." Amy took Jesse’s pocket watch out from her pocket and placed it on the table, saying, "This watch…"

"Is it the same Gnomishmage who helped last time?"

"Yes, he also came here, but he has been in Stonard."

"Please thank him for me, Amy," Jesse said, holding the repaired pocket watch.

Amy nodded and left the room.

Jesse touched his forehead and let out a sigh.

Everything is fine, what more could he hope for.