As soon as the words left his mouth, John directly altered the values on the spot.
[Duration: 0.5 seconds â Duration: 1 hour!]
[Area of effect: 1 meter â Area of effect: 500 meters!]
The moment he confirmed the changes, a ray of golden light appeared in his hand and sank into the contract.
In an instant, the previously unremarkable Anti-Magic Seal began to fill with dense, intricate magic patterns.
All the parts the headmaster had failed to complete were instantly perfected and further improved.
The Anti-Magic Sealâs revised stats became:
[Anti-Magic Seal]
[Quality]: SSS
[Effect]: A one-time-use item. Upon activation, it nullifies all magic-type abilities within a 500-meter radius for 1 hour!
...
John made no effort to hide the modification process from the headmaster.
The old man watched the changes to the Anti-Magic Seal with his own eyes.
His eyes widened in disbelief. "Y-you... how did you do that?"
Even his breathing grew hurried.
"An Anti-Magic Seal of this level... even the legendary creator recorded in the ancient texts could never have crafted one like this.
Brave Hero, your methods are truly astonishing!"
John smiled faintly and put away the scroll.
"You flatter me. I merely made a few minor adjustments."
The headmaster fell silent.
For the first time, he felt like a complete failure.
He had devoted himself to magic for so many years, only to discover that in the end, he could not even compare to an assassin player.
With a casual tweak, John had transformed a nearly useless Anti-Magic Seal into a flawless one in an instant.
That overwhelming gap in "talent" utterly shattered the mentality of the century-old mage.
...
After bidding farewell to the headmaster, who had already sunk into self-doubt, John used his Pass Permit to return to Overlord City.
After many days away, he had finally returned to his own city.
The moment he stepped out of Overlord Cityâs teleportation array, he saw that the streets had grown far livelier than before.
Not only had every player from the Bloodfeud Guild arrived and joined his legion,
but members of several top-tier guilds, along with a number of elite solo players, had also begun settling in Overlord City.
It could be said that, at this moment, nearly all of Zone 5âs elite players had become members of Johnâs legion.
The streets, once somewhat empty, were now packed with people.
Many players camped the shops every day, waiting for the highest-quality potions to refresh.
Others gathered inside the Alchemy Lab, tossing in low-grade equipment day after day,
all in the hope that luck would bless them with a better item through alchemical refinement.
The whole of Overlord City presented a flourishing scene, vibrant and full of life.
...
With a thought, John avoided the crowds and returned to his City Lordâs Mansion.
Seating himself in his chair, he first opened the guild channel.
At that moment, the channel was buzzing with lively conversation.
"This Arcane Training Chamber is insane! Iâm just an ordinary mage, but after training in there a few times, I can already solo some low-level dungeons!"
"The real key is that our guild city is actually connected to the Novice Village teleportation array.
And itâs even free to use.
Thatâs boosted our leveling efficiency by a huge amount!"
"Anyone selling cheap equipment? I need a ton of gear for alchemy!"
"Overlord City is amazing in every way, but thereâs one flaw: thereâs no good way for us to earn large amounts of legion contribution points.
The points from the Contract Hall alone arenât nearly enough for us to enter the Special Structures multiple times."
"That canât really be helped. Boss John still needs time to level up and develop himself.
He doesnât have spare time to keep issuing legion missions for us.
He has to secure that reward for returning to reality for all of us in Zone 5."
"Exactly. Players from other zones are already starting to appear in the top hundred of both the Level Rankings and the Power Rankings."
...
Reading the chatter in the guild channel, John fell into thought.
It was trueâhe had never actually issued a legion mission before.
Then, all of a sudden, he remembered the Pillage Order he had just obtained.
Wouldnât that be perfect for a legion mission?
At that thought, John immediately took out the Pillage Order.
Activating it, he designed a legion mission on the spot.
[Raid Operation] (Legion Mission)
[Mission Objective]: Raid the resources of enemy empire capital cities. All monsters and bosses around other capital cities, as well as treasure chests and goods sold by NPCs, may be plundered.
This raid ignores all imperial border restrictions.
All raiders may freely cross into foreign territory.
[Mission Reward]: All resources plundered by legion members may be turned over to the legion in exchange for an equal amount of legion contribution points!
[Legion Commander Johnâs Announcement]:
This is a legion Pillage Order. Next, I will select a group of elite warriors to follow me into other empires and plunder them.
This raid is specifically aimed at the capital cities of rival empires.
Every resource near those capital cities belongs to us!
Aside from the Eaglecrest Empire, Zone 5 still contains vast amounts of untapped resources across many other empires!
Those NPCs donât know how to make proper use of them, so we might as well take them for ourselves!
Note: For everything obtained during this raid, only 30% must be handed over to the legion.
...
The moment John finished editing the mission, he immediately chose to publish it.
In an instant, whether they were inside or outside Overlord City, every legion member heard the same notification ring out beside their ears.
[Legion mission issued. Please check immediately.]
Hearing it, delight spread across their faces, and they quickly opened the mission panel.
But the moment they read the mission details, they were all stunned.
What did this mean?
They could actually cross into other empires and plunder resources?
This game could even have a legion mission set up like this?
They could even seize goods sold by NPCs there.
This was simply outrageous!
For a time, the guild channel was filled with worship and praise for John.
"The legion commander is way too amazingâhe actually got hold of something like this!"
"The commanderâs right. Zone 5 still has so many enemy empire capitals and so many resources.
Letting those NPCs hoard them is such a waste.
We players should clear everything out insteadâitâll also strengthen Zone 5 as a whole much faster."
"I thought weâd have to slowly grind our way up using only the resources of the Eaglecrest Empire.
But the commander just handed us a shortcut!"
"Iâm definitely going. If I donât strip those NPCs in the other capital cities clean of every last thing they own, Iâll write my name backwards!"
"If Iâm not mistaken, everything we loot this time can also be exchanged for legion contribution points, right?
Thatâs perfect. Iâve been worrying the whole time about not having enough contribution points.
The little bit from the mercenary guild is only enough for one or two trips into the Special Structures each day."
"The commander is truly wise. This raid wonât just ease our development pressure right awayâitâll also redistribute all the resources in Zone 5 and put them entirely into the hands of us players.
If that happens, Zone 5âs strength will absolutely undergo a qualitative leap in a short amount of time.
And we wonât even have to worry about being attacked by local NPCs when entering other empires.
This is truly a plan that kills two birds with one stone!"
Seeing that none of the legion members had any objections, John gave a slight nod inwardly.
It seemed that the players of Zone 5 had no psychological resistance to raiding at all.
That was perfect. This could also serve as training for their real combat experience.
And it would prepare them for the racial war that would come later.