Bab 100: Soul-absorbing Bells

The dark mage stood behind Lin Ming and did not attack—it seemed like what the black-robed man was saying was true.

Lin Ming turned to the black-robed man and asked, "What is it that you said only Dark Mages can do?"

"An Ebony Pool, sir. Only a Dark Mage could enter."

"Ebony Pool?" Gandulf had never mentioned this before. Perhaps the black-robed man was the right person for the job. "But what does the pool do?"

"There is a key in the pool. All the mages coming in here must be looking for it."

His words piqued Lin Ming's interest. "Then no one has been able to obtain this key for such a long time? Or rather, no one has tamed you before?" Lin Ming asked. He thought the man's bones were soft—it took him only a few punches before the man knelt and begged, revealing so many clues. The Juncture opened once every four years, and he found it hard to believe how his seniors weren't this man's match.