Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 644  An Emperor Mage

"Young master, even though the threat the Dalton family and Count Wiley pose can't compare to the four noble families' and the Royal family's, we shouldn't be careless and take them lightly." Lily cautioned.

"Don't worry. I won't underestimate them, but I won't overestimate them either." Max said.

"They probably think they can overpower me if they have a few Five star magus or some powerful treasures or talismans."

Hearing this, Emily raised her brows and asked, "Are they wrong?"

"No, they are right." Max shook his head, causing the trio to look at him in confusion. If they were right, wouldn't he be worried?

Seeing this, Max smiled, "If they take action before we leave the city, I would be indeed helpless because even if I can resist them, the four noble families and the Royal family would be alerted."

"However… once we leave the city, they won't be much of a threat because those central plains' people won't let them attack us. This means they have to find some covert way to take action, and in such a way, they can't come at us with their full force."

Emily frowned, "It'll still be troublesome."

"No. It won't be." Max said, his lips curling up in an excited grin, "They will be only helping me."

The trio looked at him in confusion, but Max just smiled and told them wait and see.

…

After Emily left, Sera also left, saying Riva had called her.

Now alone in the room with Lily, Max hugged her, and kissed her forehead, "I missed you."

Lily smiled in satisfaction and nestled in his embrace.

Feeling her warmth, and inhaling her sweet scent, Max's desires stirred but he didn't do anything and just spent some quality time with her, which seemed to have made Lily very happy.

…

Soon, the day passed and the next morning came.

Max, Emily, Lily and Sera gathered once again, ready to set off to the roll call.

Ray, Shasha, Little Ruo, her grandfather, Claire and Kevin came to see them off.

"Big brother, please return safely, alright?" Little Ruo said, a worried look on her face.

"We will." Max smiled.

With that, everyone wished them good luck and left to join Pauline's group.

Over fifty people from the Fuller family had volunteered to go to the battlefield this time as many had left days before.

This group had more than thirty magus in the Three Star realm, around a dozen in Four Star, three at Early-Stage Five Star and one at High-Stage Five realm.

The thing, however, Max found surprising was the fact that Pauline herself was going.

Noticing his confusion, Pauline smirked at him, "What? Didn't expect the Patriarch's weak daughter to take such a risk?"

"I did not." Max honestly nodded, "Still, when did you register? You were with us when we registered, but I didn't see you do the same."

"I had already registered before you guys." She said, smiling in excitement. "Now I only need to find a way to ditch these annoying people my father had asked to protect me."

The High-Stage Five Star mage and other Five Star Magus smiled wryly when they heard her.

"Miss, please don't do that. If something were to happen to you, we'll be done for." A Mid Stage Five Star Mage said before looking at disguised Max, "And who is this? I don't think I have ever seen him?"

"He is my father's bastard child. Don't worry about him. He can take care of himself." Pauline casually said, leaving everyone dumbstruck.

Then, not giving anyone any chance to say something, she clapped her hands and shouted, "Alright, soldiers. Let's depart. Those central plain people must be waiting for us."

Following her lead, the group marched out of the Fuller estate and headed toward the plaza near the city gates.

Just like yesterday, Max once again felt dozens of people hiding in the shadows scan them with their divine senses.

'Hm? Is he from the Royal family?' Max thought, when he felt the divine sense of an Early-Stage King Mage scan him.

Just like yesterday, the Masks were very effective, and no one found anything suspicious.

However, even after scanning the group several times, a few divine senses, including the King Mage's, lingered around them until they arrived at the plaza near the city gates.

"They are not taking any risks, huh." Max muttered after every divine sense vanished.

'Thankfully, these masks are effective, otherwise things would've turned out completely differently.' He thought, lightly touching his face. He then glanced at Emily, and Lily, who were walking in some distance from him.

Since Sera didn't need to hide, she was walking with Pauline in the lead.

'This damned girl, couldn't she have made some other excuse about my identity?' Max glared at Pauline's back view, feeling several strange gazes on himself.

Compared to the divine senses, these strange gazes of the people around him made him more uncomfortable.

On the way, someone had even come to him and asked if he was really Mike's bastard child. He wanted to slap the guy away, but had no choice but to keep his irritation in check.

…

Max looked around the plaza and noticed there were around ten thousand magus.

Although this many magus in one place seemed a lot, when taking into account the fact that almost all of the Kingdom's population–that had survived demons' sudden attack–was gathered in the capital, these ten thousand or so mages was a very small number.

He, however, wasn't surprised because just who would willingly join a war where he or she was almost certain to die?

Then, his gaze moved to the group of seven standing on the raised platform in the middle of the plaza.

Almost at the same time he looked at them, he felt one of them–a stern looking middle-aged lady–look in his direction before moving her gaze away.

"An Emperor Mage!" He exclaimed in a low voice, waves of shock rolling in his heart, while his expression turned grim.