Strongest Mage with the Lust system

"A teleportation formation disk?"

Ashroth's eyes lit up for a brief moment before he smiled bitterly.

It would have been a good way to escape if they had some time to set it up properly and could make sure their pursuer didn't find out where they teleported to.

Now, however…

'Even if it can be set up quickly, they will know where we teleported over to.' He thought, 'Damn, this is absurd. Who said the elven race was a gentle and peace-loving race?! They are greedy and ruthless like everyone else.'

"Place your hands on my shoulders."

Max's sudden command snapped him back to his senses, and his eyes widened in surprise upon seeing Max had already placed the formation nodes—small metal flags—and activated the formation disk.

He didn't have time to think about how he did it so fast and placed his hand on his shoulder. Amara did the same.

Max looked in the distance and calmly stepped on the formation disk before placing a mana crystal on the formation nodes.

Buzz~

Fwosh!

A moment later, the formation buzzed to life, and they disappeared from the place.

Swoosh!

Just a moment later, a figure appeared there. She was the same female elf who had been suppressing Ashroth and Amara with her aura.

Her expression was dark because they managed to escape, and it grew even darker when she saw a grayish energy was rapidly disintegrating the formation disk and flags.

She waved her hand, sending a wave of her mana to separate the energy from the components, but her eyes narrowed when she failed.

'What is this energy?' She thought and sent a stronger wave of mana, which immediately ripped the grey energy off the formation disk and flags before condensing it and bringing it over to her.

First, she looked at the formation disk and flags, which made her expression ugly—they were both ruined and wouldn't be able to help her find the location Max and others had teleported to.

For a moment, she entertained the idea of searching them blindly. After seeing the formation disk, she knew they wouldn't have been teleported too far. So, if she flew at her top speed and was a little lucky, she might be able to find them quickly.

However, in the end, she shook her head, not willing to put in so much effort.

Then, her focus shifted to the grey energy. She looked at it carefully for a while but failed to recognize it. In the end, she released her divine sense, wanting to scan it to find its secret, but… Just as her divine sense was about to touch it, she had a premonition and hastily stopped.

"Just what kind of energy is able to give me such a dangerous feeling despite having such a weak presence?" She muttered. Then she took out a small bronze container and put it inside before storing the container back into the spatial ring.

Swoosh!

She then disappeared from the place.

High up in the sky, two figures stood. If Max saw them, he would immediately recognize them, as they were none other than Mina and the Elf Monarch who kidnapped her.

"Hehe, that little boy is really something to be able to escape from the pursuit of an emperor." The monarch chuckled, impressed.

Mina sighed in relief before muttering, "After seeing how good the city lord and others were, I had mistakenly thought all elves were kind and benevolent."

As she said this, she subtly glanced at the monarch, who laughed uproariously in response, "Keke, it's a good thing your illusion broke and you learned a lesson. Now, you won't judge a whole race, family, or organization based on their reputation, and this might save your life in the future."

Mina didn't notice it, but a complicated glint flashed in the wild beauty's eyes when she said this.

"Alright, let's go. I can't wait to get stronger."

Swoosh!

…

Shua!

Max's trio appeared in a forest, right above the withered corpse of a large ox.

Fwoosh!

"Grab me. Let's escape." Ashroth flourished his wings, ready to fly away to increase their chances of escape.

"No need to rush," Max said. "We are safe for the time being."

"What do—wait, you mean those elf bastards wouldn't be able to track us down?" Ashroth asked, surprised.

"Yeah." Max nodded, and knowing he would ask why he was so sure, he added, "I left something behind to destroy the formation."

Ashroth frowned. "What if they manage to save it?"

"No need to worry about that. When we were teleported, the formation disk was about to become useless." Max said,

Ashroth was a little concerned, but seeing how confident Max was, he didn't say anything and looked around. "So, where are we now?"

Max shrugged.

Amara was looking at them with a smile on her face.

The duo noticed this and asked simultaneously, "What is it?"

"I-It's nothing." Amara shook her head. While she liked the fact these two were getting along quite well, she wouldn't say it and jinx it.

Ashroth and Max raised their brows but then stopped thinking about it.

A while later, they left the forest, and Max recognized the place—it was a town north of Claymore town.

It was deserted as the people seemed to have left when the demon invasion happened.

They found a decent house and went inside.

"What do you plan to do now? Return to the elven city?" Ashroth asked, curious.

Amara looked at Max worriedly. Seeing how he helped them escape from the pursuit, which she didn't even know about before Ashroth told her, if he went back, the chances were he would be targeted by the people who came after them.

But she also knew he had no choice but to go back as his family was there.

To her surprise, however, he shook his head, "No, I can no longer return there. Even if they don't make things difficult for me, I would be under their constant watch and wouldn't be able to do anything."

"But what about your family, my lord?" Amara asked.

Ashroth scrunched up his nose hearing how she addressed him but managed to suppress his displeasure. However… his expression became a little unfriendly as he looked at Max.

Max ignored him and said, his gaze flickering, "They should already be in the Royal Capital right now."

"Oh?"