Chapter 44: The Multidimensional Cube

Chapter 44: The Multidimensional Cube

Blackhorn Alley, in the pitch-black night, the entire sky was shrouded by something. Faintly, one could see the shadow of a large hat in the sky.

In a certain quiet little alley.

An elderly Dark Wizard appeared out of thin air. He hurriedly tried to Apparate again, but before he could move, he stared in shock as a black snake suddenly emerged from mid-air and burrowed into his body.

Immediately, dense Incantation Text appeared all over his body. He rolled on the ground in agony. “Th-this is impossible! What kind of Magic is this? Why do I feel pain… And, we clearly sealed off the surrounding eight blocks! How could Magic pass through the magic array and catch up to me…”

“Well… strictly speaking, sir, all people feel pain,” Louis said. “Also, Mr. Ross. That thing you guys set up cannot really be considered a seal—in fact, even a sphere is not truly closed.”

When this voice suddenly appeared beside Ross, Ross widened his eyes, raised his head to look at Louis, as if he had seen a ghost.

When did this Faceless One appear?!

Even more bizarre was that behind the Faceless One, against the corner of the wall, there was also a large chubby girl lying on the ground, and four people squatting with their heads in their hands—clearly, these scattered fleers had all been dragged over together by Louis with one inversion just moments ago.

But to Ross, it seemed different. He wondered if he was under a Nightmare Curse—but with his mastery of Occlumency, even the Witch Queen’s Magic Mirror shouldn’t have been able to invade his mind!

Everything felt too surreal.

To ambush this Faceless One, the entire Voodoo Gang had meticulously planned for over two weeks and set up a massive maze—the Demon Poison Magic Formation!

One could say that, except for that terrifying Magician who recently arrived in Blackhorn Alley, anyone who fell into the hands of their six members today would be skinned alive!

And yet, it ended in a single encounter.

When everyone saw countless black snakes wildly dancing out from Louis’s robes, filling the entire sky, they were dumbfounded.

What a joke!

There were more snakes than people in these eight blocks!

Ross and the others immediately understood what kind of person they had encountered—they regretted it, they should have waited for ‘Magician Harold’ to come!

This Faceless One, perhaps no one but a Magician could handle him!

Obviously, this Faceless person should be a Red King or a terrifying Black Jack!

At that moment, the only hope for Mr. Ross, the leader of the Voodoo Gang, was for the entire maze to buy him a little time.

But that magic array seemed like a mere decoration in the eyes of this Faceless One. What Ross could not understand even more was that he didn’t feel any Mana fluctuation of Apparition at all!

It was as if that person had stepped across the distance of several blocks, effortlessly emerging from the magic array and arriving right beside him.

“Well… you might not quite understand if I put it this way.” As the rumors said, this mentally unstable Faceless One started stroking his chin again, fond of playing the teacher. “You probably need to learn some mathematics. These tools will give you a pair of eyes to help you better understand spatial structures—let me explain simply. It’s roughly like this…”

Mathematics?

What does accounting have to do with Magic?

This lunatic!

Not long after, Ross, who was already writhing in pain on the ground, rolled his eyes back and fainted amidst the incessant chatter.

“So, as long as… cough, cough, cough, wake up.” Seeing that this student had actually ‘fallen asleep,’ the Faceless One’s cheek twitched slightly, seeming extremely displeased.

And very disappointed.

“Utterly ignorant!”

He turned his head and looked at the four Dark Wizards squatting behind him with mouths agape. “Did you all understand?”

Despair showed in the eyes of the four Wizards.

Louis rubbed his face—people in this world were simply anti-intellectual! He was so disappointed!

He pulled a hat from his sleeve, made a grasping motion towards the Wizards from a distance, and then several confused small figures appeared in Louis’s hand.

After tossing the squealing small figures into the hat, Louis waved his sleeve, and the Dark Wizard leader on the ground along with the unconscious chubby girl also disappeared.

Then, Louis turned his palm towards the sky, and the magic array in the dim sky vanished. The moonlight returned to the sky, and a large tall hat appeared in Louis’s hand.

“It seems the Voodoo Gang really likes hats, and they all look like they were made by the same person.” Louis shook his head, pulled out a large stack of tall hats from his sleeve, and placed the tallest one on top.

…

When Ross and the others entered the hat, they suddenly realized that ‘Gray Gloves’ Igner, the Immortal Jason, and about five or six others who had disappeared some time ago were squatting inside playing cards, with small pieces of paper stuck all over their faces.

Four were playing, two were watching.

Clearly, these people had already tried every possible method to get out of this seemingly simple hat Artifact, but the same item, once in the hands of the Faceless One, had become different…

The sudden arrival of this new group made Gray Gloves and the others pause briefly, the two parties staring wide-eyed at each other for a long moment.

Igner tossed them a deck of Playing Cards.

…

A few minutes later, when Stuart saw the hat his Boss tossed to him, he excitedly yet nervously rubbed his hands together and peeked inside. Then, he lifted his head with a wooden expression.

“Sir, are you still planning to play with the Voodoo Gang tomorrow?” Stuart looked at his Boss with a strange expression, asking cautiously.

“Of course. Let’s deal with these small fry first,” Louis said, sitting on the ground and starting to count the spoils. “Don’t forget to feed them, keep them a few more days this time. I still need to give them lessons as part of the fun.”

Stuart forced an ugly smile. It seemed his Boss intended to keep these Wizards as pets. However, there was something he needed to remind his Boss about.

“Sir, you might not be able to find the Voodoo Gang anymore. They might have already disbanded.”

Louis was stunned. He looked at Stuart’s expression and fell into thought.

“Truly a pathetic little gang,” Louis said, slightly disappointed. He threw a few bags in front of him to Stuart, asking him to help tally the spoils, then walked over to the Magic Mirror to look at his reflection.

A note appeared in the mirror.

[Louis Lv7 (55/100)]

[Strength: 13.19 Dexterity: 7.23 Mana: 28.89]

[Storybook Energy: 1]

‘Why did it add to Strength again…’

Louis’s face looked somewhat unpleasant.

Ocris had made up about ten days of lessons, so another two weeks had passed. During these two weeks, Louis had consumed a Welsh Green Dragon (Strength +2, Mana +3)—Louis had thought it would be some huge creature, but it was only about ten meters long.

Ten meters long was a big creature, but compared to real giants, it was indeed a bit like a runt.

After that transformation, Louis discovered that the stronger his Mana and Strength, the larger his body became after transformation, and his power grew more terrifying as well. And if he threw Stuart into his shadow before transforming, he wouldn’t just get bigger; he would also grow two heads.

That little runt of a Fire Dragon was utterly powerless under his torment. Unfortunately, the Dragon District had the most of this type of Fire Dragon. There were only a few of those huge giant dragons, and they all had names. Otherwise, it would have been fun to mess with them—they seemed pretty powerful.

Apart from absorbing the power that the dragon gave him, Louis had also completed two weekly quests over these two weeks.

As a result, after the Storybook gained two units of energy, the randomly allocated energy was used to change his physique. If Louis hadn’t overcompleted the tasks every week, securing that extra +1 Mana, he probably wouldn’t have been able to gain Mana by defeating Wizards.

Aside from these gains in Strength and Mana, the daily Nightmare power essentially increased his Mana by about 0.6 each time. Stuart had basically recovered recently, though he was still far from his peak and needed further nurturing. But now, 10% of Stuart’s Strength 8, Dexterity 21, and Mana 30 was added to Louis as a shadow. That was also a significant amount.

But 28 points of Mana didn’t seem very high.

The Mana on that Mr. Ross he caught today seemed to be considerably higher than his own. Unfortunately, this old gentleman didn’t seem to understand Magic very well. Otherwise, they could have exchanged ideas and progressed together.

Louis shook his head and sighed deeply, full of disappointment.

It seemed the ‘wild bandits’ of beginner difficulty, the Voodoo Gang, had been played out of existence by him.

Recently, Stuart was drawing a map based on information reported by spies. Louis planned to later use three colors—red, yellow, and green—to circle different areas of Blackhorn Alley. Then he would see how many green beginner areas he hadn’t visited yet.

He heard a group of formidable people had recently arrived in Blackhorn Alley. Better to be cautious.

Recalling the feeling when he used Four-Dimensional Inversion Lv7 in Blackhorn Alley today, Louis closed his eyes and pondered for a while.

Then, he consumed the Storybook’s energy and began to comprehend the deeper mysteries of dimensions.

This time, he finally saw more.

He beckoned with his hand, and a box not far away flew into his grasp, turning into a sheet of paper.

Immediately after, Louis opened his eyes and saw a line of Narration.

[You have comprehended ‘Multidimensional Cube Lv8’]

He decided to try out this new thing.

Waves of Mana surged as countless black snakes flew out from Louis’s robe. In the blink of an eye, black snakes were everywhere, and the surroundings turned pitch black.

Seeing his Boss was going to play like this again, Stuart’s eye twitched violently. He frantically gathered the items on the ground into his arms and fled into the Magic Mirror as if running for his life.

Stuart thought his Boss was definitely crazy.