In countries where there is ongoing war, reaching the age means compulsory enlistment.

Anyway, his uncle was quite fortunate, having a decent talent and catching the eye of a high-ranking figure from the Merfolk Race, so he was kept in the royal city of the Merfolk for training.

Not only did he have a comfortable life, but he could also take care of his hometown.

However, accidents always occur unexpectedly.

Later, when that high-ranking figure went to the main battlefield between the Merfolk and Gana, he took his uncle along.

The intention was good; he wanted to broaden his uncle's horizons.

Unfortunately, there was an unexpected event on the main battlefield. The high-ranking figure failed to protect his uncle, causing his uncle to die due to the collateral damage in the battlefield.

Since then, his father's village underwent drastic changes.

People who were once offended by his uncle began to exert their efforts secretly.

Subsequently, someone came to their village and issued a conscription order for the entire village.

The conscription order meant that ordinary Merfolk were conscripted to clean up the battlefield.

However, when drafting from a village, normally only a few to a dozen people are taken.

This direct conscription of an entire village was clearly problematic.

Without much thought, it was evident that this was related to his uncle's death.

The spokesperson for the village opposed this, but the other party directly ignored him.

Everyone understood the situation, and the spokesperson knew there was nothing he could do, so he used the excuse that the village had too many people and needed time to prepare.

Thus, the other party gave them three days, after which they would send people to 'escort' them over.

After the one who issued the order left, the spokesperson immediately began discussing the matter with the influential people in the village.

His father was one of them.

After careful discussion, they realized there was no way to avoid this situation.

If the entire village went to the front lines to clean up the battlefield, they would all undoubtedly die there, with no one able to escape.

So, they ultimately decided unanimously to defect, leave the territory of the Merfolk Race, and head to the Chaotic Sea Domain, seeking a hidden place to live in survival.

At least this way, there was a glimmer of hope for survival.

After overcoming numerous hardships along the way, the Merfolk of the village finally reached the Chaotic Sea Domain.

And shortly after arriving, they encountered a mage. Initially, they thought they were doomed, but unexpectedly, the mage was quite lecherous and took a liking to two female Merfolk.

The mage then told them that if the two female Merfolk willingly served him, and every five years they chose two new female Merfolk to persuade to serve him voluntarily, he would then provide protection for the Merfolk.

Moreover, he promised to find them a safe place to live.

In the end, the Merfolk humbly agreed to this demand, and the two Merfolk, for survival and family, consented to serve the mage.

The mage then brought the Merfolk to this archipelago, allowing them to live here in peace from then on.

The mage, who originally lived here, did not seem to want to live with the Merfolk, so he took the two Merfolk to a distant island at the western part of the archipelago.

After settling in the archipelago, his father and mother had him two years later.

When he was three, the mage returned to the archipelago, bringing back the two Merfolk he had taken before.

He then selected two new Merfolk, and upon learning there were many newborns over the past five years, he tested the Demon Source and Vital Acupoint of the infants.

Discovering some infants endowed with Vital Acupoints and Demon Sources, the mage left the Merfolk with a Meditation Method and a method to cultivate battle energy, as well as a large amount of Light Magic.

He was one of the lucky ones gifted with a Demon Source.

All these were told to him by his father after he grew up.

In the 10th year of the Merfolk settling on the archipelago, the mage came to the island again.

As usual, he brought back the two Merfolk who had served him five years ago and selected two new Merfolk.

This time, in addition to testing the Demon Source and Vital Acupoint of a new wave of infants, the mage found the Merfolk who possessed Demon Sources during the testing five years ago.

There were two in total, one of them being himself, now eight years old. The mage then handed them a Light-Stealing and Shadow-Recording Sub-Magic Array Carrier.

He explained to them how to use the 'Light Stealing and Shadow Capturing' technique, instructing them to send images when they encountered trouble.

Upon reaching adulthood, he was assigned to this small island in the archipelago, serving as the spokesperson for this island.

During this period, he hadn't encountered any trouble and had never sent an image to 'Frankie,' the self-proclaimed Light Mage... until today.

It had only been two years since Frankie's last visit to the archipelago, which meant there were at least three more years before Frankie would come again.

And since he received the Light-Stealing and Shadow-Recording Sub-Magic Array Carrier at eight, he had never sent any image to Frankie until now.

Hence, he had no idea when Frankie would see the image he had now sent...

After all, he had never asked Frankie whether he activated the Fleeting Shadows Main Magic Array daily for viewing.

To date, there were only four mages on the archipelago.

He and another Blue Merfolk were among the first tested mages identified by Frankie, currently both being Middle Tier Mages.

One could say their magic talent was only mediocre.

As for the other two mages, they were newly tested when Frankie came to the archipelago two years ago.

At that time, one was a four-year-old child, and the other was three; now, two years later, one is still four, and the other five, and both are still at the Mage Apprentice level.

Those two young mages and the other Blue Merfolk mage also feared Frankie and had never sent him any images either.

That is to say, Frankie never received any images before.

Even if at first he activated the magic array daily for viewing, he probably grew frustrated over time and wouldn't activate it daily anymore.

In other words, hoping for assistance from Frankie would be left to fate.

Beside him, there was a Middle Tier Knight, and according to his senses, there were ten pulses stronger than him.

What does this signify? It signifies there are at least 10 High Tier Knights!

Over the years on the archipelago, knight prodigies have been born as well.

On the archipelago, there were already two High Tier Knights, each taking charge of two of the largest islands.

But, two against ten?

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