Chapter 484: Confirmation (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele stood there and hesitated for a second, he decided to put on the purple ring again and remove the flame seal.
He tapped on the surface of the ring and the ring released a purple glow.
He walked to a tree and waited for a while until someone responded.
"Master Green?" Turin's voice came from the ring.
"Do you know anything about the Elemental Hand?" Angele questioned in a deep tone. He looked at the sky and the explosions were still going on.
The wooden dragons were still attacking the wizards that were defending and they were eliminating the weaker wizards constantly.
It seemed like Turin heard people screaming and things exploding as well.
"The commanders of Wooden Dragon Legion are fighting with the elders of Elemental Hand. However, it seems like the commanders are losing and they are having trouble escaping the battlefield."
Angele narrowed his eyes after hearing Turin's words.
"Escape? Are you saying that the elders of Elemental Hand are winning the battle?"
"That's correct. The elders started this battle." Turin chuckled. "Also, Lela is with me right now. We'll be joining Prince Evil Dragon. What's your plan?"
"What's my plan? You know I'm a member of the Elemental Hand, right? There's one person that I have to protect in the organization, I can't just give up and leave." Angele looked at the sky calmly. "What's your plan? I think we all know what we have to do."
"We know how the Fairy Empire is treating you and we'll never serve an empire like that. Princess Lela gathered the elites of the underground world and I gathered my servants as well. It might be a wise decision to join Prince Evil Dragon. We're your servants after all…" Turin was trying to imply something.
Angele smiled. Turin knew that Angele signed the chaos contract with Prince Evil Dragon and it meant that Prince Evil Dragon would help Angele when necessary.
"This'll be the last time I contact you using the ring since we're pretty much telling the intel center what we're thinking."
"Sure."
*Crack*
A strange noise came from the ring, it seemed like Turin had cracked his ring.
Angele thought for a while and decided not to destroy the ring, he just put it into the pouch.
The two wooden dragons that were passing by noticed Angele's presence and flew to him.
*WO*
Two black shadows charged to Angele and tried to grab him using their claws. A strong force appeared in the air and it dragged Angele to the wooden dragons' claws.
"Of course they'll attack me after the conversation I just had." Angele remained calm, he quickly stepped back.
A ball of red flames appeared at his original location.
The flames turned into a creature, it was the lion man created by Angele's new talent ability.
The lion man had dark-red skin and there was a pair of wings on his back. The scorpion sign was flashing between his brow. The man was muscular and terrifying.
*Roar*
The lion man roared at the wooden dragons and opened his wings, charging at them.
Angele took out a black glass bottle on the ground.
*KA*
The glass bottle cracked and exploded into a ball of black smoke, flying to the two wooden dragons.
It seemed like the black smoke created illusions and distracted the two wooden dragons. They flew by Angele and landed on the ground. They hesitated for a second and tried to return to the sky.
"My illusion ability only distracted the dragons for a second?" Angele was surprised and quickly grabbed the black wings of a dragon.
*CHI*
The wings of the wooden dragon were ripped off. The dragon turned its head around and tried to bite Angele's arm, however, Angele predicted its action and blocked the attack using his elbow.
*Bam*
The wooden dragon exploded into pieces of black substances and dropped to the ground.
The other wooden dragon groaned and flew into the air. It charged at Angele again and tried to hit Angele's eyes. Also, the dragon released some black flames from its mouth.
The lion man was a bit slow, however, he successfully blocked the claws and the flames using his arms.
*CHI*
Red light flashed on the lion man's body and his chest was hit by the dragon's claws, however, the flames did not do any damage to him.
The lion man groaned after taking the hit and slapped the wooden dragon's head with both hands.
The wooden dragon was dizzy after being hit.
At the same time, a hand grabbed the dragon's hand and gripped it.
*BOOM*
The dragon's head exploded in the air.
Angele finished the dragon off like nothing.
'The same level as a rank 1 wizard but there are so many of them.' His sight fell upon the lion man.
The lion man was devouring the remains of the two wooden dragons. It only took seconds for the lion man to finish most of them.
Suddenly, black light flashed on the lion man and it felt like the lion man was strengthened. Its power level was already higher than the wooden dragon.
Angele analyzed the lion man using the biochip.
'The fire energy in the wooden dragon's body is perfect for my lion man. I shall summon as many lion men as I can and ask them to absorb the wooden dragons' remains. Maybe they'll be strengthened.'
The flames formed more than ten lion men that looked the same around Angele.
Angele checked the mentality cost and was satisfied with the result.
'The lion men are weak at first, however, they can be strengthened by suitable energy and I don't have to do anything after. The lion men have the general fighting skills and they can follow simple orders. There's no time limitation and they'll work great during the war.'
Angele was a rank 3 wizard and his talent abilities were not aggressive.
The Stone Golem was used for defense.
The lion men were great for wars.
The elemental abilities could save his life under certain circumstances.
Angele could use potions and offensive spells he had to attack, also, he had the illusion ability from the scorpion woman and the strong body from the single-eyed giant. He was like a normal rank 3 wizard in the main world, but he would not be killed easily.
He scanned the sky after finishing off the two wooden dragons and noticed that four more wooden dragons were charging toward him. It seemed like the dragons noticed the changes.
Angele saw that the wizards were still fighting in the sky. He quickly disappeared into a ball of red flames.
After the blink of an eye, Angele's body appeared in the forest.
'I should check on the terror core since it's a chaos here. The Elemental Hand chose to fight back for a reason. Price Evil Dragon's alliance might also fight back since this is probably the best chance. I should pay Prince Evil Dragon a visit and collect some information.'
Angele looked at the sky and noticed that the battle was still going on. He sighed slightly and drew several blue runes in the air. With a flick of his finger, the runes turned into a blue plate and floated in front of his face.
"This is Green. Don't worry, Mother. I'm worried about my friends and I want to check on them. I'll be careful and I'll return to the headquarters right after I finish."
Angele talked to the blue plate, it seemed like he was leaving a message.
After finishing those words, he pushed the plate, which turned into countless blue light dots, disappearing into the air.
Although he knew Vivian would still be worried, Angele had to leave the area for a while. He pressed on his chest and was about to teleport.
Suddenly, the biochip reported back.
'Analysis completed. Simulation completed. Task completed.'
Angele was excited. 'Show me the results now and tell me how I can advance to rank 4.'
'First, you need to remove the impurities from your mentality, which is the mentality acquired from the negative emotions. Second, you need to create a drop of elemental light in your body.'
'Impurities?'
There was a bitter smile on Angele's face. He did not expect the dark mentality to be considered as impurities. There was only one explanation for the situation.
He could only choose one method, the bloodline or the normal wizard progression. The normal mentality and the dark mentality could not be combined.
'Elemental light is the sign of a rank 4 wizard and can be created using the wizard's talent…' Angele had read about the information he acquired from Vivian and knew what the elemental light was.
He needed to create a ray of pure elemental light to become a rank 4 wizard. However, he needed a clean body, a purified soul, and the purified mentality to complete the procedure.
'Clean body… There are so many bloodlines in my body, I assume that I don't have a clean body… A purified soul is also impossible.' Angele was a bit speechless.
'I won't be able to advance to rank 4 then.'
The result was as expected, however, Angele was still a bit depressed. He had to try to become stronger in the Nightmare Realm.
Eye Devil and the other lords were stronger, but Angele had no idea how they were sealed. He still had a lot of things to learn.
Angele pressed on the center of his chest and disappeared into the air.
Chapter 485: Confirmation (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Nightmare Realm. The Eye Tower of Doomsday.
On top of the black pyramid, many strong beings were standing on the platform.
Angele was also on the platform, he was staring at the large black smoke ball.
Bone was standing by Angele, Vapor and the man with a cape were also there; however, Spider was nowhere to be found.
"Come on, why are you even arguing?" Bone was getting impatient. "Eye Devil said it was fine, why are you two still arguing?"
"I'm not trying to argue." Vapor's broken cape was flying in the air and his green eyes were flashing.
"I don't know why you failed to identify his form, but I won't question him since he created the refined true form and he's about to become a lord. The only question is why he is still considered as one of us. It just doesn't make sense."
Vapor's sight fell upon Angele.
"I don't care what type of creature he is and where he is from. Phoenix is already accepted by the power of Nightmare Realm." Eye Devil's loud voice echoed in their ears.
"Eye Devil, you're sealed and I won't listen to you." Vapor sneered.
"This man released a bunch of insects and interrupted our plan. My power level would have increased greatly if that didn't happen."
Angele glanced at Vapor and the man with a cape as a smile appeared on his face.
"Go straight to the point, what do you want?"
The man with a cape stepped forward.
"It's simple, we want the coordinates to your realm. Eye Devil's coordinates are running out. We conquered the stronger realms and skipped the weak realms that don't have many resources. Also, it'll take some time until the Nightmare Realm can move closer to the other realms, however, we don't have a lot of time left. The northland is getting more and more resources every day."
"I don't think we're asking too much, right?" Vapor looked at Angele.
"You decided to become one of us and you should give up your realm or we might treat you as a spy later."
Angele was trying to retrieve his terror bead, however, his path was blocked by Vapor and the man with a cape.
Angele left the terror bead here because the bead was just poison to others and it was only a treasure to him. The terror bead took part of the souls that Eye Devil collected.
The terror bead absorbed the negative emotions and the negative emotions were just poison to Eye Devil. They would have to deal with the negative emotions through another method without the bead.
Vapor and the man with a cape were probably just following someone else's orders. They had no reason to behave like this.
Including Bone, they were probably trying to make sure that Angele was not a spy from another realm.
Vapor and the man with a cape were playing as the bad guys.
Angele calmed down and glanced at the lords again.
"It's just coordinates to a random realm. Why are you so concerned?"
The man with a cape nodded slightly.
"With the detailed coordinates for your realm, we can speed up the progress and we'll be able to enter the realm without being pressured by the realm power. Also, we don't know which realm you're from yet."
Angele already knew that the Nightmare Realm would approach the wizard world sooner or later. However, he did not want to just hand over the coordinates.
"I know the coordinates, however, I grew up in that realm and I don't want you to eliminate everything. It'll be better if you can just become the rulers of that realm."
"Of course." Vapor was no longer aggressive after hearing these words.
"To be honest, I was also not a resident of the Nightmare Realm and I didn't destroy the realm I was born in, either. We're eliminating weaker realms because we need resources to help Eye Devil. We'll conquer the realm and get a constant supply of resources under normal circumstances."
Angele narrowed his eyes. "Can you step away now?"
Vapor exchanged contact with the man and slowly stepped away, revealing the woman that was chained up by something green. The woman was holding a red leather book in hand and there was smoke coming out of the book.
The smoke looked like countless twisting dark tentacles that varied in sizes.
The woman already fainted, but she was still holding the leather book tightly in hand.
Angele raised his hand and the handbook flew into his hand by itself.
He opened the book carefully and turned to the second last page.
A white face of a woman appeared on the page as he opened the book. The woman raised her hands and reached out of the book, she held Angele's face carefully in hands.
"Vivian?" Angele's expression changed after he saw the woman's face. The woman looked identical to Vivian.
"Come… We shall be together forever…" The woman's voice was seductive. Angele could see the woman's naked body through the notebook for some reason.
The woman's head left the book and she tried to kiss Angele. However, the woman's mouth opened and Angele saw her sharp teeth. She approached Angele and tried to bite his throat.
"Naive!" Angele shook his head slightly and a black crystal barrier appeared by his neck, blocking the woman's mouth.
"You don't even know how important Vivian is to me."
Angele's long red hair turned into countless sharp needles and stabbed into the woman's upper body.
*AH*
The woman screamed, turned into white smoke, and disappeared into the air.
A triangular crystal quickly appeared on the page.
Angele opened his mouth and the crystal turned into a ray of white light, flying into his mouth.
"It's done." Bone tapped Angele's shoulder.
"No matter which realm you're from, you're now one of us."
Angele turned around noticed that the others were staring at him. Raising his right hand, he showed others his palm.
Some red energy waves appeared on the center of his palm, releasing gentle red light.
"Those are the coordinates," Angele spoke in a light tone.
"This is…" The green light from Vapor's eyes was getting intense and he hesitated.
"Maybe we're mistaken…" The man with a cape was excited as well.
"Trust your eyes," Angele responded in a calm tone.
The place remained silent.
Several minutes later.
"The wizard world…" Eye Devil spoke first. "We might have a chance to win now!"
Bone hugged Angele and hit his back several times.
"With the coordinates, we'll be able to be the first ones to enter the wizard realm! That's great!" He sounded surprised.
"You're right. The wizard world is a strong realm! We need to prepare the portal now!" Vapor was so excited that green smoke rose from his body. "Finally, coordinates to a strong realm."
Angele remained calm. "You're wrong. The wizard world is nothing like the wizard world you know…"
His word silenced the crowd again.
"What do you mean?" Eye Devil wondered.
"The wizard world has been weakened over the years. I think it has the same level as the Soul River Realm." Angele shook his head slightly. "I'm not even a strong being in the wizard world."
The lords looked disappointed.
"Well, it's better than nothing." Bone suddenly laughed, it seemed like he was not concerned.
"Alright, this is my sign, record it. I assume you can teleport to the wizard world. You can summon us after you're there." He handed a white bone badge to Angele. The pattern on its surface looked like a skull with couple bones under it.
"Here's mine." The green blade flashed in Vapor's hand.
A green ball covered with spikes appeared in Angele's hand.
"And mine." The man removed part of his cape and handed it over to Angele.
"I won't be able to go there." Eye Devil sounded a bit disappointed.
Angele smiled. "Alright, how do I summon you?"
"It's easy. If you're using the mortals' souls, you can summon me with just 1000 souls. This is the minimum requirement or the portal will be too weak for me…" Vapor responded.
Bone nodded. "For me, it'll be 5000 souls. I don't know how to control my energy so I need a bit more than Vapor."
"Well, it'll be 7000 souls for me…" The man with a cape hesitated, even Bone's energy control skill was better than him.
"Don't forget about Spider and Storm. We need at least 30000 souls," Bone added.
"30000 souls…" Angele's brow furrowed. "That's a lot."
"Seriously?" Bone's eyes were wide open. "The number will be much larger if you can't summon us using our signs… The situation will be completely different if we can't stabilize the portal using our own power."
"I'll see what I can do…"
The good thing was that the Fairy Empire was invading the wizard world and many people would die during the battles. At least 10000 people died during the first phase of the war.
"It's easy. Release your insects and you can get as many souls as you want."
"No, I'll find a better method. Just be prepared, I'll complete the procedure as soon as possible…" Angele spoke with a calm expression on the face.
"I'll go prepare the materials for the realm altar and release it right after we're summoned to the wizard world." The man with a cape nodded, his body turned in a ball of golden liquid and sank into the gaps between the stones.
Chapter 486: War Continues (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"We have some preparations to do as well." Bone and Vapor left the platform.
Angele watched them turn into a white star and a green star. His expression changed and he was a bit depressed.
"30000 souls…"
Angele knew that he needed to prepare the sacrificial offerings to summon the lords or just the sealed forms, otherwise, the lords would not be able to travel through the dimension tunnel. It would be like an elephant trying to pass through a narrow tunnel.
He glanced at the woman who was still unconscious and raised his hand, picking the woman up using energy particles.
"Eye Devil, how were you and the other lords sealed?" Angele decided to ask the question before leaving the platform.
Eye Devil remained silent for a second and responded, "We're just recovering using the sealed forms."
"Which means you sealed yourselves? Were you severely injured?" Angele was a bit surprised.
"You know the realm war, right? If so, you should know that we're not the strongest beings among the realms," Eye Devil responded in a deep tone.
"Thanks…" Angele nodded and left the pyramid with the woman. They disappeared into the darkness within seconds.
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Three days later. In the morning.
The wizard world.
The forest in the Tarry River area was already partially destroyed.
Black smoke was striking into the air and there were ravens rotating in the sky.
A young man wearing a black leather armor was walking in the forest, checking the surroundings constantly.
It had been three days since Angele left the Nightmare Realm; he did not return to the Elemental Hand, he was heading to the Red Flower Valley. It was the location where Prince Evil Dragon lived.
Angele did not see many people around and the beautiful Red Flower Valley was a mess.
He was slowly advancing in the damaged forest. Angele walked to a half-burnt tree and rubbed its trunk.
*CHI*
A layer of dark ash appeared on the tips of his fingers.
Angele looked at the black ash and scanned it using the biochip.
'It was burnt five days ago and the fire was infused with Ice energy particles somehow.'
He then reached into the black smoke.
*KA*
A black frost climbed up his fingers. The black smoke was cold like ice, Angele thought the smoke would be warm.
'Red Flower Valley… I think Prince Evil Dragon already moved to another location…'
He pointed at the ground on the right, releasing a ray of red flame. The flame ray quickly turned into a muscular lion man.
"Stay here and pay attention to anyone that approaches the area. If you meet a servant of Prince Evil Dragon, ask him to contact me," Angele ordered.
*Roar*
The lion man responded with a roar.
Angele glanced around and walked in the other direction while rubbing his purple ring slightly.
'I remember there's a town in this direction… it should be…' He casted Elemental Teleportation and teleported hundreds of meters. Angele passed through the forest and stopped by a city that was surrounded by dark walls.
Angele was surprised by the scene before him as he recreated his physical form.
There was no guard patrolling around or guarding the city walls. The morning light from the sun shined illuminated the surface of the walls.
The city was quiet and empty, it felt like the place was abandoned. However, rays of sunlight pierced through the black smoke that looked like dark clouds floating above the city.
*GA*
He heard the ravens making noise in the sky.
Angele's brow furrowed, he glanced at the ground and found some bloodstains. There were also armor pieces and weapons lying on the ground.
The whole city was deadly silent, no one was making any noise.
He stepped on the wooden bridge and saw two piles of outfits left by the city guards on the ground. It almost looked like the owners of the outfits took them off and left the area.
'What's this?' Angele sniffed at the air and walked to the armor pieces.
He crouched and started checking the armor. He found a tiny hole on the silver armor and the green shirt, but there was no blood.
Angele rubbed the edge of the hole and started thinking.
Standing up, he rubbed the purple ring again.
'City of Fallen Leaves… The population here was around 250000, most of the residents were mortals and wizard apprentices. It's nearly impossible for them to leave the city without taking any of the resources…'
Angele looked at the ravens and opened his mouth. A black scorpion sign appeared on his forehead.
His eyes turned into two dark vortexes and released translucent energy waves.
"Level 2 spell, Bird Control."
Angele raised his right hand slightly; several ravens flew to him and landed on his arm. Black scorpion patterns appeared in the ravens' red eyes.
'Let me see what's going on…' He tapped the head of a raven lightly.
*CHI*
The scene in front of Angele's eyes changed, the things that happened in the city were replayed.
In the center of the ground, there was a green plant that looked like an enormous tower. It looked like the plant released countless green vines which were spreading to every corner of the city.
The mortals in the city were all pierced through by the vines released by the plant. Their life energy was quickly absorbed by the plant, causing them to groan, and their bodies turned into white ashes, disappearing in the wind.
"Modified creatures…" Angele's expression turned serious.
With a flick of his finger, the scene disappeared and a lion man appeared behind Angele. The lion man slashed the air with his silver claws.
*BAM*
A translucent shadow was hit by the claws; however, it was still invisible.
Angele turned around and looked at the empty ground in front of him.
The gentle wind blew the yellow sand into the air and several invisible monsters that looked like dogs appeared. Each of the monsters was about one meter tall and they were making some strange noises.
The monsters slowly surrounded Angele.
Angele raised his left hand and showed the monsters his ring.
"Take me to the one in charge here. I'm an elite member of the organization, the name is Purple Eye."
"An elite member?" A monster that is stronger than the translucent monsters stepped forward and stared at Angele.
"This area is controlled by the modified creatures and I thought master Thomas is in charge of the elite members now. Why are you lying?"
"Do you understand the situation right now? I can report to the organization immediately and you'll face consequences…" Angele lied with a blank expression on the face.
The monster's mentality wave was bright like the sunlight, the monster had the same power level as a top-level rank 3 wizard. The other monsters were at rank 1 or rank 2, Angele would have to run if the monsters decided to attack him.
However, it seemed like not all the organization members knew that Angele was a traitor.
The monster slowly nodded after staring at Angele for a while.
"Fine, the legion commander is busy right now but the deputy commander will be able to talk to you."
"I'm just here to hand over my right and this is an order from the organization. You'll be punished if I'm late," Angele spoke in a cold tone.
The monster hesitated after hearing those words.
"Alright then, follow me."
It turned around and disappeared into the air.
Angele remained calm, he quickly disappeared into a ball of flames as well.
They passed through the empty streets and buildings. The two stopped in front of a tall building that looked like a church.
"Master Green… I've been waiting for you for two days…" A calm voice came from the building. An old man in a black robe stepped out of the building and looked at Angele.
"Let me introduce myself, this is Thomas, and I'm here to take your position." The old man smiled
Angele checked the surroundings, he noticed that the invisible monsters and the old man were the only living beings around.
The old man nodded slightly. "I hope you can accept the organization's arrangement. We're all serving the empire and we shouldn't be selfish."
"No worries. The war is getting intense and I'm too weak to lead the elite members in the area. The organization made a wise decision," Angele spoke calmly.
"It's great that you can understand. Let's complete the procedure now." Thomas nodded.
"Of course." Angele took off the purple ring and handed it over to Thomas.
Thomas grabbed the ring and checked it. He made sure that Angele did not set up any trap and put the ring on.
"Ah, one more thing. The plan you submitted regarding the Elemental Hand is declined. Also, you're a servant of the empire and you should help us defend against the Elemental Hand."
"What about the people I want to save? I submitted the request too." Angele's brow furrowed.
"I believe you know that if my mother fails to convince the elders of the Elemental Hand, the situation will be awkward for her."
"You signed the contract and your request is being verified, don't worry." Thomas was an important member of the organization and it seemed like he had access to the documents.
Chapter 487: War Continues (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele felt a bit angry.
The Dark Wizard Tower was just using him and the promised reward was being delayed again and again.
"Alright, I don't have much time. You can leave now since the procedure is completed." Thomas did not wait for Angele to response, he just turned around and returned to the church.
Angele's brow furrowed, he noticed that Thomas was acting like he did not care.
Angele did acquire some resources from the Dark Wizard Tower and he barely did anything for the organization so he was not concerned.
'I should collect the resources and prepare for the summoning ritual…' Angele turned around and walked to the city gate with the lion man.
The alliance of the wizard world was fighting against the army of the Dark Wizard Tower at the Molten Core River. There were millions of soldiers on the battlefield.
If he could set up the altar by the battlefield, he would be able to summon the lords without any problem.
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Several days later, noon.
In front of a small town by the edge of the Molten River area.
Angele looked at the terrifying scene in the town with a serious expression on the face. His body was translucent, it seemed like he activated a stealth technique.
The puppet knight of the Dark Wizard Tower was slaughtering the mortals of the town. People were screaming and there was blood everywhere.
A dark knight picked up a baby that was about one month old; the baby was struggling and crying.
"I love the skin of babies, it has a soft and refreshing taste." He said and grabbed the baby's chest, pulling slightly.
*CHI*
A part of the baby's chest was pulled and thrown into the dark knight's mouth.
The dark knights had the bodies of zombies and their mouths were full of sharp teeth. They were riding tall horses, but their arms were so long that they could easily reach the ground using hands.
The dark knights looked liked like a race with long arms and they could easily grab the items from the ground.
The dark knight chewed the baby's flesh, sharing the meat with the other dark knights.
The other dark knights were chasing the residents like chasing pigs. Some darks knights skewed the mortals and just let them bleed on the ground. The scene was terrifying.
Angele's expression turned even more serious. Although he was a dark wizard, he had his own moral standards.
He deactivated the stealth technique after he saw the dark knights devouring a mortal's baby.
It was a small town, there were only two streets that were covered with dead bodies. Six dark knights were patrolling the town and each of them held a dead body in hand. They were treating the dead bodies like snacks.
Angele covered his face with a mask and slowly approached the town.
"Lives and souls are precious. You shall not kill for no reason. Every time you take a life away, the world will be one step closer to the end." Angele stepped into the town calmly.
"Maybe I made a wrong decision…"
A knight noticed Angele's presence and watched him step into the town.
"A black robe?" The knight's brow furrowed.
He turned his head around and shouted at another dark knight, "Karl!"
The dark knight chuckled and took out a dark metal crossbow, firing an arrow at Angele.
*CHI*
Angele grabbed the arrow using his hand easily.
"Puppet Knight Legion…" Angele's hair started growing as he finished these words. The dark red hair charged to the dark knights like snakes.
The red hair quickly formed a large red web that looked like a spider web.
The hair was going after the dark knights.
*CHI CHI*
A dark knight that looked like a captain quickly dodged the hair, but the rest of the dark knights were all pierced through their chests. Seconds later, their souls were removed and absorbed by the hair.
The captain drew his sword with a serious expression on the face. He started cutting the red hair, his movements so fast that no hair could touch his body.
He suddenly started laughing after he saw all other dark knights were killed.
"You're dead… The deputy commander of my legion is in this area. You should've just walked away!" The captain sounded a bit crazy, he was trying his best to block the hair.
Angele looked at the last dark knight but did not say anything.
In Angele's opinion, killing could be a way to reach his goal. He could release the insects in a random realm or eliminate his lab subjects without feeling anything; however, killing for fun was different. The dark knights were not treating the lives of the mortals seriously and he did not like that.
"Lives and souls. They're the history and the future of this world. There must be a reason why I'm still alive and it's the same for those mortals. They shall not be killed for fun," Angele muttered as the dark knight was still trying to fight back.
"What the hell are you talking about?! You're a dark wizard and I'm sure you've done something worse than what I just did," the dark knight sneered. "All the creatures I know fear wizards like you more."
"You don't understand. It's not about evil or justice, it's about the meaning of life." Angele smiled. "You don't understand the meaning of life and I don't like that so I'll kill you."
"Only living beings that respect lives can understand the meaning of life." Angele suddenly thought about his father, his child, and the old dragon he met, they all passed away.
"You'll respect the life if you know how precious it is…" he kept muttering.
Angele narrowed his eyes and the dark knight suddenly hesitated for a second. He stopped moving.
*CHI CHI CHI*
The red hair penetrated the dark knight's body like countless needles.
"No!" the knight shouted, he grabbed the long hair and tried to pull it out of his body.
However, there was nothing he could do. The dark knight turned into a burnt corpse and a soul was pulled out of his body. The hair absorbed the soul quickly.
Angele checked the town. Most of the residents were slaughtered by the dark knights, and he only saved several children and women. However, their eyes looked soulless.
"Death Aura of the dark knights… They'll die sooner or later…" Angele checked the survivors and shook his head. Those people were rotting from the inside.
There was nothing Angele could do. It was the same as turning a skeleton into a live human being.
Angele covered his face with the robe and disappeared into a ball of flame.
In the next several days, Angele encountered many similar events. The legions of the Dark Wizard Tower were just slaughtering and torturing the mortals.
Angele tried to control the situation, however, the scale was getting larger and larger. Also, the soldiers he met were also much stronger than the dark knights. He could not win the fights against the commanders without his true power. However, the Nightmare Realm was not connected to the wizard world yet.
He was walking the path of the ancient wizards and he had already given up the advanced meditation technique. Angele needed to prepare the altars and summon the lords so the Nightmare Realm would move to the wizard world faster.
Dark Wizard Tower transferred his ring to another wizard; also, Angele decided to help Vivian even if he had to become an enemy of the Dark Wizard Tower.
Angele was heading to the battlefield because he wanted to observe the situation before the war started.
If the Dark Wizard Tower could solve the problem from the Shadow Realm, they could easily kill Angele and eliminate the Elemental Hand.
Vivian was an elder of Elemental Hand and she would have to face the Dark Wizard Tower.
Angele would rather have the lords conquer the world since they had an agreement and this was the best option he had. He thought that the situation could not get any worse.
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The Elemental Hand.
In the spacious meeting hall of the elder council.
"I still can't find Green." Vivian sat by the table with both hands on the wooden surface. She looked tired.
"Don't worry, Vivian." The Fifth Elder was trying to calm him down.
"Did you get in touch with the captains? How many soldiers are left?" the First Elder questioned in a deep tone.
"Well, three captains responded and 80 percent of the elite army was eliminated…" the Second Elder responded, his face pale.
The atmosphere in the hall was heavy and the place remained silent for a while.
"Gather all the soldiers we have. We need to join the final battle at the Molten River area," First Elder ordered.
"What about the Legacy Magic Circle…"
The First Elder pointed at the table.
A white map appeared in the air and the areas on the map were marked in green or red.
"The red areas are controlled by the enemy and the green areas are still in our hands. Take a look."
The other four elders looked at the map. Most of the areas were marked in red and there was barely any green area left.
"Without the magic circle, we…" A bitter smile appeared on Fourth Elder's face.
The major organizations all set up their Legacy Magic Circles in their own territories and the elders would be weakened if they left their territory.
The First Elder sighed and replied, "The Fairy Realm is too strong for us and it's a war we can't win."
Vivian inhaled deeply.
"Green left me a message, but…"
"Calm down… Green is a rank 3 wizard and…" The First Elder remained calm. "This is a critical period for us, you need to stay focused, Vivian!"
"Yes…" Vivian hesitated for a second and agreed.
Chapter 488: War Continues (3)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Three days later…
The farms on the yellow plain of the Molten River area were smoking and the mountains were burnt black. There were burnt marks and bloodstains all over the ground.
The green farms were deadly silent and the dark smoke was rising to the sky.
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes; he slowly walked through the farms with a yellow cane in his hand. He was wearing a black hat and his long red hair was trailing down his chest.
It was afternoon. The golden sunlight illuminated the farms.
Angele glanced around.
'These are the farms around a city of the Molten River area… Why is there no one here?'
The area was empty, the only thing he could see were the farms.
On the far side, Angele could see tall mountains that looked like pyramids.
"Tarren Volcano mountains…" Angele muttered.
Suddenly, translucent energy waves appeared around the mountains, they looked like smoke rings that were disappearing into the air.
Minutes later, Angele noticed that the wind was getting stronger and his expression changed.
'The energy waves are so strong…' He stopped.
'I shall stay away from that area and find a location here.'
Angele walked down the path and found a relatively large hill.
He stood in front of the hill and grasped forward.
*BAM*
The yellow hill was damaged and a black crack appeared. The crack slowly turned into a dark tunnel leading underground.
Angele could see that mud, stones, and sand were solidifying—they were turning into the walls of the tunnel.
His face turned pale and his forehead was covered with sweat.
After about half an hour, he sighed with relief and lowered his hand. He walked straight to the crack.
He stepped into the crack, the tunnel was leading down. Angele had to keep digging so that he could keep advancing.
The underground tunnel he created was already more than one kilometer long after a while.
The tunnel was dark and the white fireball that was floating around Angele's body was the only source of light.
Angele stopped digging after the path in the front was blocked by minerals. He sat down with his legs crossed and the walls of the tunnel were slowly pushed back.
He took out many white magic stones from the mirror; the magic stones were covered with complicated runes, and Angele lined them up following a certain pattern.
The magic stones would start releasing bright white light after Angele put them down on the ground. Seconds later, there were more ten magic stones on the ground.
Also, the place was becoming more and more spacious every time a magic stone was laid down.
The end of the tunnel quickly turned into a large stone chamber and it was a perfect cube.
Angele put down the last magic stone and pressed on the ground while chanting some incantation.
*WOO*
All the magic stones on the ground released eye-blinding white light, they connected with each other and formed a complicated magic rune. The white light brightened up the whole stone chamber.
Angele stood up and nodded. He pointed at the tunnel and the tunnel quickly collapsed. The mud and stone melted; it almost looked like the tunnel was never there.
The whole stone chamber turned into a private area that had no entrance or exit.
Angele raised his hands slightly, creating a table and a set of chairs. He walked to the table and took out a dark crystal orb from the black mirror.
He put the crystal orb on the table and tapped it slightly.
Gentle white glow was released by the orb and an image of the farms appeared.
It was the scene that Angele saw before creating the tunnel.
Angele was not concerned, he bit his finger and started drawing a skull pattern on the table using his blood.
Strangely, white patterns appeared on the walls of the chamber as he drew on the table. It felt like there were invisible knives engraving them.
The irregular patterns on the walls looked like random circles and human-shaped creatures.
Angele finished the edges of the skull and he started adding details to the skulls line by line.
'It's a problem…' Angele's expression changed as he started on the details.
He noticed that his mentality was being pulled out of his body as he drew the lines. It felt like the skull was sucking his blood.
Angele almost thought that there was a creature sucking his blood through the wound on his finger.
Time passed.
Angele's face turned pale and he finally finished the details.
'It's the first sign and half of my mentality is gone… It felt like I'm signing a contract…'
He stood up and the wound on his finger quickly healed.
The sign was closely connected to his mentality wave. If the sign was damaged, his mentality would also be damaged.
'Alright, Bone's sign is done but I still need to work on the other ones.' Angele rested for a while and created another tunnel on one of the walls. The tunnel was also leading down.
Angele spent the next several days building two more stone chambers for Vapor and the man with a cape.
The signs of the lords were all completed in the stone chambers and he set up several hidden rune circles for alarm.
Angele still needed to collect the souls for the ritual after completing the signs.
He stayed in the chamber with Bone's sign and observed the crystal orb carefully. He was checking the situation of the war.
Four days later, things finally changed on the plain.
In the crystal orb, a small team of golden eagles landed on the farms. Knights wearing white armor who varied in gender were riding on the backs of the eagles.
The knights jumped off the eagles and checked their equipment. They started checking the surroundings immediately.
"Damn monsters! They should all be slaughtered and tortured!" A muscular knight cursed.
"Be careful everyone, we detected some energy movement here several days ago, there might be a trap!"
The female knight behind him had a blank expression on the face. She drew the silver dagger and carefully cut her left arm open.
Red blood spurted out of the wound and dropped to the ground.
Red mist permeated the air after the blood landed on the ground.
The female knight stopped the wound from bleeding and observed the blood mist. She shook her head after several seconds.
"Nothing? They probably left," a blonde knight spoke in a deep tone. "We still need to be careful. There was a fight in the south and it seemed like they initiated the fight."
"Come on, be brave!" The muscular man grabbed his ax and swung it several times. He swung the ax so fast that the blade of the ax blurred.
A team of dark-red vultures appeared in the sky as the knights talked; there were five dark knights on the back of the vultures.
The vultures looked like mutated vultures, but their claws were covered with silver needles. The claws looked like iron plates with spikes.
"Prepare to fight!" The female knight detected the enemy first, she grabbed the long bow and fired at the dark knights.
The black arrow left the bow and turned into three black strings, flying toward the dark knights.
Each of the black strings was followed by a shadow that looked like a monkey. The monkeys were jumping at the dark knights like crazy.
*BAM BAM BAM*
After the noise, the dark nights were all surrounded by a dark mist.
The arrows flew into the dark mist like stones falling into the water. It felt like the arrows did not do anything.
"It's a dark knight captain! We need assistance!" the female knight shouted.
Two of the knights nodded and jumped on the golden eagles. They quickly left the battlefield.
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In the stone chamber.
Angele observed the situation carefully using the crystal orb.
Two eagle knights were fighting against two dark knights; however, it seemed like the dark knights were just playing around. They had many chances to kill the eagle knights but they were just blocking the attacks.
"They're just bait," Angele muttered.
The other dark knights were rotating in the sky, they were laughing while watching the fight.
The situation lasted for several minutes.
Dozens of golden eagles appeared in the sky; the leader was a young man in silver armor. He was a handsome man with a two-meter-long spear in hand that was reflecting the sunlight.
"Retreat!" The dark knights' expressions changed and they started retreating immediately.
One of the dark knights was slowed down by the man with an ax. His chest was pierced through by some blue lightning and he quickly fell off the vulture.
The dark knight exploded as he landed on the ground, his body turned into black smoke and disappeared into the air.
The soul of the dark knight sank into the ground and no one noticed it.
Angele sat in the chamber and narrowed his eyes.
He raised his head and saw a human-shaped soul coming down from the ceiling, flying to the skull sign on the table.
It only took one second for the soul to be absorbed by the sign.
'The soul of a dark knight is the same as a soul of a normal knight?' Angele's brow furrowed. The dark knight had the same power level as a rank 3 apprentice, but his soul was weak.
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Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Raising his left hand, Angele noticed that some of his communication runes were fixed and a purple rune was glowing.
'So, they can't block the communication forever.' Angele activated the communication rune.
"Leader?" Turin's voice came from the rune. "I have good news and bad news here, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Why are you still calling me leader?" Angele chuckled.
"Well, you know we decided to serve you, right?" Turin laughed.
"I want to know the good news first," Angele responded.
"Alright, the good news is that Prince Evil Dragon fixed the communication and we can now send messages like normal. Also, Prince Evil Dragon is still treating you as his partner and he wants to know if you need help. He said he could send you an army when necessary."
Angele was a bit surprised after hearing these words. "Interesting, I didn't expect him to treat me like this. Tell me about the bad news."
"The bad news is… the Elemental Hand is in trouble…" Turin replied. "That's why Prince Evil Dragon wants to offer you help."
Angele remained silent for a second.
"Why does the Dark Wizard Tower hate the Elemental Hand so much? Because of me?"
"Do you remember the woman you defeated during the competition? She climbed her way up in the organization and she's going after you."
"Thanks, I needed information like this," Angele responded. "How many soldiers can Prince Evil Dragon offer?"
"About 1000 soldiers."
"I need the soldiers that move fast and know how to hide. Will that be a problem?" Angele wondered.
"It won't. I'll let Prince Evil Dragon know."
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In an area around the Molten River area.
The grass on the plain was more than one meter tall, waving in the gentle wind.
The blue sky was decorated by the white clouds. Some purple clouds appeared on the east side of the sky and it looked like they were expanding.
A team of black robes was advancing on the backs of unicorns. They were trying to travel through the plain.
The team looked endless. There were many carriages in the team, protected by groups of knights wearing black robes.
There were also flying mounts rotating in the sky.
Several black robes were leading the team in the front, checking the surroundings constantly.
"This is the Molten River area, we should increase our speed," an old man in a black robe said as his brow furrowed.
"We can't. The Innova Mountains are ahead of us and the area is impacted by a natural magnetic field. We can't travel any faster," Vivian explained. "The First Elder's team might be able to travel faster, but we're too weak to do that."
"Is that so?" The old man scrunched his brow. "I have a bad feeling about this, I hope everything will go as we planned."
"There's nothing we can do without the Legacy Magic Circle…" There was a bitter smile on Vivian's face.
"Let's just move forward… There are too many of us, we'll be detected sooner or later." The old man shook his head.
"If anything happens, take your people with you and leave, Vivian. I'll secure a safe route for you."
"What are you talking about?" Vivian replied in a serious tone.
"It'll only take us three days to reach the Innova Mountains. We just need to be careful and everything will be fine."
The old man looked at the mountains and replied, "Hope so…"
He knew that Vivian was just trying to make him feel better.
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A valley in the Innova Mountains.
In the vibrant green valley, there was a clean river with big white stones on both sides.
On the largest stone, a woman in white armor was sitting with her legs crossed. There was a translucent shadow of a large plate slowly rotating behind her and five different weapons were shown on the plate.
The woman suddenly opened her mouth and asked, "Legion Commander Kareen, have you finished hiding your army?"
A translucent face of a male appeared in the air, it looked like the image was created by clear water.
"Almost done. Are you sure you want to join the battle? You just reached a higher position and there's no point for you to fight."
The woman shook her head.
"Stop. That bastard defeated me during the competition and I'm seeking revenge. Also, I'll kill everyone that is related to him. They must pay!"
"What's your plan then?" It seemed like the Legion Commander knew the woman well.
"Green is nowhere to be found, he already betrayed the Dark Wizard Tower. I have the reason to eliminate him and his relatives. Wait, I should probably let Vivian live and turn her into a sex slave for the beasts in the Department of Change." The woman had a pretty face but the words she said were terrifying.
"The Counts from the Fairy Empire will enjoy a sex slave like her. She's a rank 4 wizard and they might be able to increase her reproduction ability. Ha, it'll be great."
"Whatever, just make sure that you don't put too much effort into it. We need three more days, just make sure you hide your energy waves." Kareen nodded and disappeared into the air.
"I understand." The woman nodded, she suddenly released some dark-red waves that were spreading in all directions and angles.
The red waves covered the whole valley and countless objects that looked like cannons appeared.
The cannons were all aiming at the same direction; there were also several invisible bunkers. The cannons and bunkers would only reveal themselves under the red waves. It seemed like they were set up a long time ago.
The woman sat on the large stone.
"Stay undetected, everyone. Our enemies will arrive in three days. Make sure you hide well."
"Don't worry, Master. We're the modified beasts and we'll complete the mission. With our power and your skill, we can easily finish off five rank 4 wizards." A high-pitched male voice came from the sky.
"Also, without the Legacy Magic Circle, they're very weak."
"We need to end the battle as fast as possible. Eliminate the major force of the Elemental Hand before their assistance arrives. They think our target is Prince Evil Dragon and it's our chance!"
The woman was torn apart by Angele and it was the most shameful battle she had ever fought.
The woman closed her eyes after finishing giving the orders. She turned into a red string and disappeared into the air.
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"Innova Mountains?" Angele rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes. He was sitting in the chamber, staring at a ball of black smoke released by the crystal orb.
"Master Green, we're sent by Prince Evil Dragon and we're just here to assist you, which means our power level is relatively low. It'll take a while until you can reach Innova Mountains but the battle will start in three days. We need to leave as soon as possible," the black smoke responded.
"Who's the commander of the Dark Wizard Tower's army?" Angele wondered.
"I don't know. We have no idea how many soldiers they have and how strong they are," black smoke responded. "We are interrupted by a strange energy wave and can't scout the area for you, so you'll have to give us orders."
Angele was still rubbing his chin.
"Maybe they're just testing our power?" He assumed.
"Maybe."
"Alright, gather at my location within half an hour. I want to meet you."
"As you wish." The dark smoke turned into a small vortex and disappeared into the air.
Angele stood up and wiped the dust off his robe. He disappeared into a ball of lames.
Half an hour later, near the farms on the plain.
Angele looked at the three balls of smoke in the front with his arms crossed.
"Viss."
"Freylin."
"Colin."
The three vortexes spoke.
"Reporting in."
"I'm glad that you're here to help me." Angele stared at the vortexes and said slowly, "I assume Prince Evil Dragon has already explained the mission to you."
"We received the message last morning and we noticed that the modified beasts were moving to a certain area. Prince decided to help handle the communication block to prevent ambushes and succeeded," one of the vortexes explained. "We're not sure what the enemies are trying to do, however, we're certain that they'll attack the Elemental Hand."
An arm that was formed by the black smoke appeared; with a wave of the arm, a red line appeared in the air.
The red line was twisted and there were black light dots flashing on it.
"This is the only path for the Elemental Hand to reach the battlefield," Viss explained. "Master, please looked at the line, there are two critical points on their path." He pointed at one of the black dots.
"This is the Innova Mountains that we'll be heading to. It'll take us around three days and we'll reach the mountains at the same time as Elemental Hand."
He then pointed at another black dot.
"This is the Innova City and also the City of Glass but it's already controlled by the Dark Wizard Tower. Not many people are aware of it yet, but the Elemental Hand will be attacked when they travel by this area.
"In my opinion, the Dark Wizard Tower is trying to test the power of our Prince and they won't send their strongest force here. We're all rank 4 wizards and we'll be able to handle the situation. Prince wanted to make sure that we could win the fight, otherwise, I think I can take care of the enemies just by myself," Viss spoke in a deep tone.
"We're the real target and I don't think they'll go too hard on the Elemental Hand, so we don't need to worry too much." The other black vortex joined the conversation.
"Agree," the three vortexes said at the same time.
Angele rubbed his chin and nodded.
"Your thoughts are reasonable, but…"
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"What if they decide to eliminate the Elemental Hand before setting up an ambush to surprise us?"
"Well, that's possible too…" Viss hesitated.
The soldiers sent by Prince Evil Dragon were not really trying to help Angele. Viss analyzed the situation and tried to convince Angele to solve the problem using an indirect approach. The main force of the Dark Wizard Tower would focus on the army of the Elemental Hand so they did not have to fight the Dark Wizard Tower by themselves.
Angele was not a member of the alliance, after all.
Angele glanced at the three vortexes and sneered.
"Get ready, we'll be leaving soon! We have no time to waste!"
"Yes." The three realized that Angele already knew what they were planning and gave up. The dark vortexes shrank and disappeared.
Angele turned around and looked at the scene on the plain.
'I need to prepare something else since they are not reliable.'
The three signs were prepared and would be activated if Angele had enough souls. Also, the souls did not have to be collected by the signs themselves.
Angele was Lord of Terror and he had the ability to absorb the souls as well. He could absorb the souls first and transfer them to the signs.
'The problem is… I need to make sure the wizards don't know that I'm collecting the souls…' Angele was having a headache.
There were many wizards studying the soul forms in the wizard world and there were also wizards who turned themselves into soul forms. If he collected the souls too fast, he would be noticed, and there would be a big problem.
Also, Angele needed to make sure that the ritual was not interrupted. When the shadows of the lords teleported to the main world, they needed to help him expand the dimension tunnel. The shadows were relatively weak due to the realm power and they needed to travel through the dimension tunnel with their true forms.
It would take them some time to complete the procedure because the Nightmare Realm needed to move closer to the wizard world.
The signs had to be hidden or everything would go down the drain.
Angele reconsidered the plan and took a deep breath.
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Two days later. The Innova Mountains.
The sky was dark and pale, there was no sunlight at all.
In a valley in the mountains, there was a white town in the center and people would have to travel through it to pass the area. The left side of the valley was higher than the right side and looked like a large cliff.
The Innova City was built on the cliff and some of the buildings were inside the mountain wall. The city looked like it was built on a dam.
There were two men with eyepatches standing on the left side of the city, they were wearing black robes and their hair was white.
One of them had an eyepatch on the left eye and the other had it on the right eye. They were staring at the people that were moving to the city.
"How many people are moved to the city?" the man with the eyepatch on his left eye asked.
"About 6000. This is just the first group. The world altar needs the energy to summon the War Eagle Legion. Brother, has the leader contacted us?" the man with the eyepatch on his right eye responded.
"No, we just need to make sure there's no enemy in the area. Go release the butterflies that were sent here not so long ago."
"Sure."
The man with the eyepatch on his right eye tapped on his finger and chanted some incantation.
Seconds later, some green mist appeared above the sky. The mist was formed by countless green butterflies that were spreading to all angles.
The two watched the butterflies moving to the side and hide in different areas.
"Alright, we just need to wait for the ambush, I hope everything is going well."
"We'll take care of the rest if they fail." The younger one chuckled.
"We need to proceed with caution."
On the far side of Innova City. There was a small forest created by pine trees on a hill.
There was a large white stone in the forest and a man stepped out of the shadow under the trees.
The sunlight penetrated the dark clouds in the sky and one of the rays landed on the one who just stepped out of the shadow.
Rays of sunlight were moving as the dark clouds moved.
The sunlight illuminated the man's body and it almost looked like the man was glowing under the shadow.
Angele was wearing a tight hunter's suit. He stepped on the stone and looked down. He noticed that there were visible energy waves behind him.
"This city was turned into a military base…" Angele muttered.
"Master, we probably should…" A voice came from the behind.
Angele remained calm and narrowed his eyes.
A butterfly with green wings flew to him. The butterfly kept swinging its wings, and its translucent wings looked like fragile petals.
Raising his hand, Angele released some energy particles. The butterfly landed on his finger and slowly stopped swinging its wings.
"They know we're here…" Angele sneered and held the butterfly in hand. He gripped and turned the butterfly into a pile of green dust, disappearing into the wind.
"There's no point to hide, then."
He waved his hand and a team of soldiers that were wearing the same hunter's suit appeared. The soldiers passed by Angele and rushed to the city.
Angele stepped forward, followed by three balls of black smoke. He overlooked the valley and saw the two black robes on the other side of the city.
*CHI*
Angele disappeared into a ball of flames along with the smoke balls.
Suddenly, the two black robes' expressions changed.
"Go! Inform the leader!" The man with the eyepatch on the left eye waved his hand and released pieces of broken stones. The stone pieces turned into a small bird and flew into the air.
The bird turned into a pile of black smoke and disappeared after it flew for a while.
The eyepatch brothers had no time to think, they opened their pouches at the same time.
They released some green dust, which surrounded their bodies as they started chanting the incantation.
Angele and the three smoke balls appeared in front of the green dust.
One of the smoke balls chuckled and aimed at the eyepatch brothers using his hands.
*BAM*
A strong invisible force pressured the green dust and turned it into a vase-shaped object.
"Master, you were right. They decided to eliminate the Elemental Hand first so we headed to your location immediately." Vass sneered. "Let's finish them off first and then we can go deal with the other enemies."
*BOOM*
The green dust vase exploded and the eyepatch brothers were escaping in opposite side.
"Die!" Viss released two black strings that were flying to the eyepatch brothers.
The black strings contacted the brothers' bodies and green light dots splashed in the air.
*Crack*
It sounded like eggs being cracked.
The brothers groaned and blocked the strings using energy barriers.
Viss was a bit surprised. "Go! They're both rank 4 wizards!"
Three smoke balls charged to the brothers at the same time.
Angele was not interested in the fight, he was observing the situation of the city. It seemed like the city had turned into a battlefield.
Groups black shadows rushed into the city and they were fighting the soldiers in black armor that were defending the city. They were all wearing black and Angele almost failed to figure out who they were fighting for.
Angele pointed forward and dropped a lot of fireballs on the ground, the fireballs quickly turned into 20 lion men.
*Roar*
Five of the lion men were stronger than the others, they had the same power level as rank 1 wizards.
"Go!" Angele pointed at Innova City.
*Woo*
The 20 lion men were surrounded by dark flames after an explosion. They swung their wings and flew to the city. The negative emotions in the air turned into black smoke, which was absorbed by the lion men.
The 20 lion men lined up and joined the battlefield. They looked like two red lines that were swimming in a dark pool.
Angele watched the battlefield quietly; people were screaming and roaring. The noise mixed together and echoed in his ears. Red and green light balls were flashing in the town.
*WOO*
Suddenly, a vibrating noise came from Angele's body slowly.
The sign of scorpion appeared between his brow and his whole body was coated with a red glow. It felt like the light was released by his body.
*Hisss*
The vibration noise sounded like it was made by a snake.
Angele could sense the familiar power inside his body; it was trying to block the realm power of the wizard world for him.
"Power of the nightmare…" He recognized the power.
"Nightmare Realm is moving closer to the wizard world."
Angele slowly closed his eyes, he could feel that the power restriction was weakened. His attributes were slowly increasing and his energy waves had the same power as the ones released by rank 4 wizards.
"My plan was perfect." Angele smiled. "I gave them the coordinates before I left Nightmare Realm and it was about time that they started moving."
With the coordinates, the lords would be able to build a special building after collecting the required resources and Nightmare Realm would be pulled to the coordinates at a faster rate.
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People who helped in the plan would be buffed and protected by the power of nightmare. Angele would acquire more and more power of nightmare as the two realms got closer and his true power would recover gradually. He would be able to acquire the power of the refined true form after the two realms connected.
Angele was accepted by the Nightmare Realm and that was how he received the power of nightmare through the dimension channel.
The red light around Angele's body was getting intense. The strong power of nightmare was the source of the red light and the light brightened up the area around him.
The ground turned red, the green grass withered, and insects were burnt black under the intense red light.
A sulfurous smell permeated the air and the temperature was raising.
The power was out of Angele's control.
'Power of nightmare is the like an endless pollution. The power will become stronger if the world is a chaos. However, I didn't expect it to create a heat aura around my body.'
His brow furrowed, he hated that he could not control his own power.
The heat aura was out of control, it was the physical display of the power from the Nightmare Realm.
*PA*
He stepped forward and the grass in the front turned in to ashes.
Viss and the other two finished the job, they brought back the fainted eyepatch brothers.
"Master?" Viss was a bit confused as he saw Angele.
The red aura was similar to the high temperature field. The aura was effective on normal creatures, however, it would not do anything to strong living beings.
"Throw them to me," Angele muttered.
Viss's body was a bit blurry in the black smoke. He grabbed the two fainted wizards and threw them to Angele.
*PA*
The eyepatch brothers were illuminated by the red light.
"Ah…!" The two wizards were groaning in pain.
Blisters appeared on the surface of their bodies. Their skin that was exposed to the air was covered with blisters and sticky yellow liquid spurted out of their eyes. Their eyeballs were burnt and that was where the liquid came from.
White steam rose from the two wizards' bodies as their skin started drying. They were struggling on the ground as water left their bodies.
Angele walked to the two dying wizards and stabbed their skulls using hair. The hair pulled two red souls out of their body and quickly absorbed them.
Viss could not see the souls, he watched the two wizards turn into two burnt bodies, but he remained silent during the process.
The eyepatch brothers were killed by the aura easily.
*WOO*
The two dead bodies were ignited and they were turned into two piles of ashes.
"The aura…" Viss was terrified.
"I'm just testing its power. The aura will only be effective when the target loses his ability to fight," Angele explained with a smile on the face. "It seems like you're injured."
The three smoke balls did not respond.
"Were they strong?" Angele questioned in a calm tone.
"Master, their power exceeded our expectations. I suggest that we retreat immediately. Their main force set up an ambush in the area and it's nearly impossible for us to stop them," Freylin said in a deep tone. He was severely injured and the smoke surrounding his body turned gray.
"Don't worry…" Angele remained calm. His power level was increasing gradually as the Nightmare Realm approached the wizard world. His power level was already higher than the power level of an average rank 4 wizard so there was no point for him to hide.
Also, the more people died, the faster he would be able to collect the souls, and Angele had to collect the souls by himself.
"Master, we're here to assist you, but we'll not sacrifice our lives for you," Viss advised. "Prince Evil Dragon won't blame us if we decide to leave you behind."
"I understand." Angele chuckled. "The enemy's main force probably already detected us and they'll come for us. They are not far from here, if you don't want to be backstabbed on the way, you can just leave now."
"We're the shadow force and we know how to stay undetected," Viss responded in a calm tone.
"Go ahead then." Angele was not concerned.
The battle in the city almost ended, two red strings returned to Angele and turned into 12 lion men.
They were all injured, some of them lost their arms during the battle and were still recovering.
Two of the lion men already had the power level of a rank 3 wizard and the rest of them had the same power level as a rank 2 or rank 1 wizard. It seemed like they absorbed a decent amount of souls and negative emotions on the battlefield.
The lion men's power level would increase as they fought. Every time they absorbed negative emotions or souls, they would be strengthened; however, they would never be stronger than Angele.
The highest power level the lion men could reach was the same as a rank 4 wizard. Their attack power and defense power would be around 1000 degrees which were the same as Angele. This power level was not calculated using Angele's true form or refined true form.
If the lion men could reach rank 4, they would be good enough for the wizard world.
Each of the lion men was around two meters tall but they were over three meters tall after being strengthened. The two rank 3 lion men were over four meters tall.
Viss was surprised after seeing those lion men.
"Alright, Master, it seems like you already have your plan, so…" Viss recalled the words Prince Evil Dragon told him.
"...So, we decided to follow you and assist you"
Angele hesitated for a second and smiled. "Thanks, I'll remember that."
Suddenly, he looked at the far side of the valley as he detected a strong energy wave coming to him.
"Our friends are here."
Angele stepped forward, raised his right hand, and grasped at the air.
*WOO*
A large piece of white stone mixed with mud and turned into a large stone bow that was over six meters long and one meter wide. Angele held the stone bow in hand carefully.
The bow looked like a large tower shield.
"First, let me send them a welcome gift…"
Angele pulled the bow using the left hand.
*CHI*
The bowstring was formed by his long red hair and was fully drawn.
A loud noise was coming from the ground.
Broken pieces of stones floated in the air, they mixed with mud and turned into an enormous gray arrow on the bow.
Countless red dots left Angele's body and sank into the arrow. The whole arrow was coated by a red glow and it turned translucent.
"Go now."
Angele pursed his lips into a smile and blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
*CHI*
The arrow drew a red string in the air and disappeared. Countless dark red dots covered the sky after several seconds.
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Somewhere in a valley in the Innova Mountains.
A team of soldiers in white armor was rushing to the deep valley. The leader was a woman in white armor and there was a shadow plate rotating behind her. The woman was surrounded by strong invisible energy waves.
"Hurry! Move!" the captains behind the woman shouted.
There were more than three hundred soldiers on the team and some of them were in charge of the cannons.
The woman had a blank expression on the face.
"How long until we can reach the Innova City?"
"One glass hour!" the middle-aged man behind her responded.
The woman glanced at her team. She was the only one that was not sweating, the other soldiers were all tired. Their hair was soaked in sweat.
"We need to have some rest here. The team is exhausted!" the man advised.
"We have no time to waste. Ask the soldiers to drink the potions," the woman responded in a cold tone, "and keep moving!"
The man was a bit speechless, he asked the messenger to inform the soldiers.
The soldiers took out some pink potions and quickly drank them all.
"Keep moving!" the messenger shouted.
The team kept advancing in the valley.
The woman's expression suddenly changed after they advanced for a while.
"Wait!" she shouted and flew into the air. "Prepare for a strike!"
Raising her head, the woman looked at the sky.
A red dot appeared in the gray sky. Seconds later, the second and the third red dots also appeared.
The sky was covered with countless dark-red dots in the blink of the eye.
The woman quickly grabbed a greatsword from the shadow plate.
*Chi*
*Clank*
The greatsword blocked an arrow.
*CHI CHI CHI*
The endless rain of red arrows started dropping one after another.
The soldiers were groaning after the arrows landed, the energy barriers they put up were easily destroyed like sheets of paper. Each arrow could deal a lot of damage, only the rank 2 wizards could block the arrows. However, none of them could cast strong defensive spells, including the woman.
"Damn! This energy wave…" The woman narrowed her eyes.
"How familiar! It's that guy!"
Chapter 492: War Continues (7)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele held the stone bow in hand and watched the rain of arrows falling down.
"How beautiful…"
Viss the other two wizards remained silent, they were surprised by the spell Angele just cast, and they realized that they'd underestimated Angele's power.
Angele turned around and spoke, "The team we're trying to eliminate is just a small army. There are more than three hundred thousand soldiers in their legions and we must end this battle as fast as possible."
"Yes, Master…" the three wizards responded politely.
"I'll tell Prince Evil Dragon that you helped me a lot this time," Angele muttered. "Alright, let's move."
He turned around before the three responded and jumped off the cliff, flying to the valley.
The areas that Angele passed by were burnt black by the aura; the grass turned into piles of ashes, the stones were red—it looked like a demon flying by.
The gray walls of the mountains blurred in Angele's sight.
He overlooked the area in the front and finally found a team of soldiers in white armors standing among the large rocks.
The leader was a familiar woman that was wearing white armor.
The woman's eyes turned red after noticing Angele's presence.
"You again!"
She flew into the air and the plate behind her started rotating, handles of the weapons appeared on the surface of the plate.
There was a sword, a spear, a dagger, a bow, and a mirror. The weapons kept rotating and they almost looked like blurry shadows.
They floated in the valley and released strong energy waves. The wind in the valley was getting stronger due to the intense energy waves.
Two more white shadows flew into the sky and stayed behind the woman.
"Long time no see… It seems like life has been treating you well." Angele looked at the woman calmly.
The woman had a slim body and clean skin; however, anger was written all over her pretty face.
"I'll never forget what you did to me during the competition."
The tight white armor fitted her balanced body perfectly. Angele was certain that the woman would be attractive without the terrifying expression on her face.
"If that's the case, why are even trying to fight me again?" Angele smiled leaned to the left.
*CHI*
A white light flew past his neck and the strong wind blew his hair into the air.
"Is that how you welcome your guest…?" Angele disappeared into red light; he turned into a red string, jumping around the valley.
Rays of white light were following after him but they all missed.
The woman released countless arrows using her long bow. The long bow blurred and turned into more than ten shadow bows that were firing arrows to all angles.
It felt like the woman had more than ten pairs of arms that were controlling all the bows.
*CHI CHI*
The noise made by the bow echoed in the air.
The two wizards behind her were giving orders to the soldiers. Their bodies were surrounded by a white glow and it seemed like they were preparing a strong spell.
Angele jumped around and kept dodging the arrows.
"You improved a lot… It seems like you worked hard…" Angele's voice was louder than the noise made by the arrows.
"You're the reason why I kept improving!" The woman had a blank expression on the face. "I spent years trying to strengthen my abilities after I lost the battle, however, I didn't expect you to improve that much."
She dropped the white bow and grabbed a black dagger from the plate. The dagger was dark and its blade was not reflecting any light. The wavy blade looked like a black snake in her hand.
"Frost Hand!" she shouted and leaned back, throwing the dagger out.
The soldiers behind the woman raised their hands at the same time. Black light dots were released from their bodies and the light dots landed on the white plate, coating its surface.
The sky got dark and black light flashed in the whole valley.
Angele was slowed down for a second and one of the arrows was right in front of his face.
He quickly drew his dagger and raised it to the air.
*Clank*
The dagger and the arrow broke into countless pieces and spread into the air. The broken pieces interrupted the black dagger—the dagger passed by his waist. The black dagger cracked and released some Ice energy waves, but the ice damage was blocked by Angele's aura.
Angele's brow furrowed, he hesitated for a second and dozens of white arrows appeared in his sight. He jumped forward and disappeared into a red string again.
"Why do you hate me so much? I had to kill you because it was a competition," Angele spoke in a calm tone.
The woman's eyes were full of hatred. "Face me! You bastard!"
Opening her arms, the plate behind her started rotating at a much faster speed, weapons flew out of the plate and charged to Angele.
Most of the weapons were coated with dark energy, tracking down Angele who was still flying in the air.
The woman grabbed two long blades from the white plate after releasing the weapons and disappeared into the air.
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes, he was scanning the area constantly.
"I heard the concept gear will be strengthened if the owner becomes stronger. Is it the same for the concept gear you have?"
He leaned to the right and dodged another flying weapon.
The woman appeared in front of Angele, swinging the blades like crazy.
"I can sense your anger…" Angele smiled.
"Interesting, you're not using your power correctly."
"Shut up! I'll eliminate you!" the woman screamed, black blood veins appeared on her body and her face slowly.
The woman was swinging her blades faster and faster.
The flying dark weapons were also attacking Angele from all angles, some of the weapons went through the woman's body without hurting her for some reason.
The flying weapons almost formed a weapon ball around the two.
Green vines started growing on the ground, they struck into the air and twisted around the weapon ball.
*CHI*
After the noise, the green vines turned the weapon ball into a vine ball. The vines formed a long green pillar and the weapon ball was on top of the green pillar.
The woman flew out of the vine ball, traveled through all the obstacles, and floated in the air.
"Judgemental Light!" she shouted, aimed at the ball, and clapped.
*Crack*
Cracks appeared on the black plate behind her, it seemed like the concept gear could not handle the power. The soldiers all spat out some blood and fell to the ground, it felt like they released all their power.
Tears started dripping down the woman's chin.
*CHI*
A ray of white light penetrated the large ball.
*CHI CHI CHI*
Countless white light pierced through the large ball and brightened up the whole dark valley.
"It's over…" The woman sighed as the shadow plate behind her broke into pieces.
"Yeah, it's over." A male voice came from behind.
The woman's pupils retracted, she could feel the intense pain coming from her back.
Lowering her head, the woman stared at the center of her chest. A black dot spread on her chest and turned into the shape of a scorpion.
*BAM*
The woman was blown to the ground. She landed on the ground like a bullet and created a large hole.
She lay in the hole and he looked surprised. The woman's body was covered with black blood veins and the scene was terrifying.
Angele floated above the woman. His right arm was coated with a red glow, he was recreating his physical form.
'Over 6000 degrees of energy…' he thought.
"You can kill any rank 4 wizard with such strong power but…"
"How… is that even possible…" Blood spurted out of the woman's mouth as she talked.
Angele stared at the woman. "I haven't moved an inch since the battle started. You were just attacking my illusion."
*BAM*
He kicked the woman in the stomach and the land the woman was lying on cracked again.
The woman spat out some more blood.
"Your anger took wisdom away. There's nothing you can do even with such a strong power," Angele spoke in a light tone. "Your mind is not strong enough to control such power."
Angele lowered his body and grabbed the woman's neck, trying to remove a piece of armor off her body.
*WOO*
A ray of white light blocked his hand.
"Huh?"
Angele was a bit confused, it felt like his hand was hit by some electric pulses.
"I thought you were no longer accepted by your concept gear. Why can't I take it off your body?"
The woman was barely breathing and it seemed like she was about to die.
Angele narrowed his eyes.
Suddenly, a lot of smoke appeared in the sky, and three smoke balls landed in front of him.
"Master, we've scouted the area, the soldiers in white armor are all they have. There's no ambush or anything, but we found a lot of cannons," Viss reported back.
"Bring the cannons back." Angele waved his hand. "Have you dealt with all the soldiers?"
"Yes, we killed the ones who tried to fight back and captured about 600 prisoners. How should we…" Viss questioned politely.
"Execute them all," Angele gave the order before Viss finished his words.
"Master… those soldiers are…"
"I said it. Execute them all." Angele was getting impatient.
"If we failed to stop them, they would've already eliminated the main force of the Elemental Hand. I need to make sure that all threats are eliminated. This is a war!"
Chapter 493: War Continues (8)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Viss and the other two wizards did not say anything else, they left the area and returned to the black smoke.
Teams of black shadows appeared around the captured soldiers and started eliminating them one by one.
There were people groaning and begging for their lives.
Angele's brow furrowed and he glanced at the woman in the hole. He thought for a while and took out a silver dagger.
He cut his finger open using the dagger and a drop of blood spurted out of the wound.
Angele grabbed the woman's chin and dropped the blood into her throat.
Seconds later, the woman's pupils retracted and the black blood veins slowly disappeared from her body.
"You!" The woman suddenly sat up and a white dagger appeared in her hand—she tried to stab Angele's stomach.
"Ah!" She suddenly released the dagger from her hand and groaned as she held her head.
Angele stood there, his eyes surrounded by a red glow. He stared at the woman who was rolling on the ground.
"I'm like your ancestor now, you'll be punished if you try to attack me," he spoke in a light tone. "You'd be dead already if I didn't help you. I used my blood to refill your life energy and the drop of blood is why you're still alive.
"Alright, I have no time to waste. Tell me, how to take the concept gear off your body?"
The woman recovered from the headache, she kneeled and remained silent.
"Are you deaf?" Angele narrowed his eyes and grabbed the woman by her hair.
"Just kill me…" The woman looked at Angele with her soulless eyes.
"I have no strong background and I'm just a chess piece that they don't care about. The organization won't care if I can complete my mission or not…"
"Huh? Why is the Dark Wizard Tower so confident?" Angele wondered.
"I don't know…" The woman closed her eyes and raised her right arm. She tried to suicide by sending energy particles into her heart.
Angele snorted and the woman suddenly stopped moving.
"I need to you to be alive before I take the concept gear off your body."
The drop of blood he sent into the woman's body had the bloodline of Lord of Terror in it.
The woman's body had no way to resist the bloodline of a strong being that had the same power level as a rank 8 wizard. The bloodline conquered all the critical organs in the woman's body and the woman was turned into an inheritor of his.
Angele could control the woman's movement using his mind. It was like controlling a puppet with a human soul in it.
He thought for a while and pulled the woman toward him.
"Energy Drain…" He chanted the incantation in the universal ancient language.
The woman's mouth was wide open, white smoke came out of her eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. The white smoke gathered on Angele's palm.
The woman's life energy was being drained as the white smoke left her body.
A living being's life expectancy would be decreased if their life energy was weakened.
Angele wanted to make sure that the woman was no longer a threat to him so he drained her life energy. The woman could still live for around ten years and would have to stay with Angele just to survive due to the bloodline of the Lord of Terror.
To the creatures of other realms, the bloodline of the Lord of Terror was the essence of the power of Nightmare Realm. The creatures would do anything to survive with the essence in their bodies.
The bloodline of the Lord of Terror had similar features as the power of Nightmare Realm. They were both aggressive and they would try to take control of the creatures who were not owners of the bloodline or the power.
Angele assumed that was the reason why he was accepted by Nightmare Realm as Lord of Terror. His personality fitted the theme well.
The situation was the same for the woman, the bloodline in her body would make her try her best to survive even if she wanted to suicide. Survival had become her instinct and the situation would not change even if she was not mindless.
Angele sneered, he lowered his hand and glanced at the battlefield that was full of shadows.
The soldiers in white armors were all eliminated.
Their souls were drawn to Angele and he absorbed them immediately.
"Let's leave after everything is done."
"Yes, Master," one of the shadows responded.
The shadows cleaned the battlefield as fast as possible; the dead bodies of the soldiers were either buried or melted.
Angele grabbed the woman and jumped to a hill, overlooking the far side.
He noticed that there was a team moving to the valley on the other side of the yellow plain. The leaders of the team were riding unicorns and Vivian was one of the leaders. Vivian was talking to an old man beside her, her brow furrowed and it looked like she was worried.
"That woman will be captured by the legion commanders and sold to the nobles of the empire, you can't save her!" The woman recovered a bit and started mocking Angele.
"She'll become a sex slave and be tortured by hundreds of people. Not only her body, her soul will also be tortured! Maybe you'll get some young brothers or sisters later, ha!"
"Ah!" The woman's head started aching again. "Why don't you just kill me?!"
Angele was not concerned, he glanced at the woman and observed the team of the Elemental Hand again.
"Master, it's done." Viss's voice came from behind.
"Retreat!" Angele waved his hand.
The black smoke started moving and disappeared from the valley within minutes.
Angele stared at Vivian for a while, turned around, and disappeared into the valley.
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"Vivian?" The Fourth Elder looked at Vivian.
"What happened?"
Vivian rubbed her temple and spoke in a light tone, "Nothing… Someone was staring at us, but I don't feel anything now."
A teenager that was about 15 years old approached Vivian with a red bowl in hand—it was full of warm blue soup.
"Master Vivian, you're having trouble sleeping lately. I made this blue flower meat soup, would you like some?"
The teenager was blushing; he glanced at Vivian and it seemed like he liked Vivian a lot.
"Thank you, Colin." Vivian smiled and grabbed the bowl.
"It's great." She sipped from the bowl.
"I'm glad you like it." The teenager looked excited, he turned around and ran away.
There was a bitter smile on Fourth Elder's face. "Sorry, Vivian. Well, you know what my boy is thinking…"
There was also a bitter smile on Vivian's face.
The young men of the team all tried to impress Vivian when they were traveling. Colin was the only problem for Vivian, he was a beloved student of Fourth Elder and he liked Vivian as well. There was a war going on and the two elders would rather focus on the situation.
"It has been years, but you've never changed, Vivian…" Fourth Elder chuckled.
"You and Henn are the two most attractive women of the Elemental Hand."
Vivian did not respond to those words, she was a bit speechless.
"The sigil Henn gave Green is no longer working, I hope Green is doing where. If his injury got worse when he was outside, I don't know what will happen…"
"Don't worry." Fourth Elder was not sure what he should say.
"He's your son and everything should be fine. You should think more for yourself so that tragedy won't happen again."
Vivian forced a smile on her face and remained silent.
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In the Molten River area.
A random cave.
Angele sat opposite to a golden bird cage with a blank expression on the face.
The cave was dark and narrow, they were the only two in the cave.
A golden bird was standing in the cage quietly, staring at Angele. It almost felt like the bird was a human being.
"I just become a rank 4 wizard and I'm much weaker than you. Why did you offer me help and why do you want to talk to me?"
"We're friends who signed the chaos contract, I'll help you when you're in trouble," Prince Evil Dragon spoke in a low voice. "I trust the prophet and the guardians. The new Mirror Lord and the general of the Sky Lord are all playing important roles in their organizations."
"I'm definitely not one of them." Angele smiled. "Just go straight to the point."
Prince Evil Dragon nodded.
"Alright, you were promoted in the Dark Wizard Tower, right? I have a plan here. The important members of the Dark Wizard Tower are preparing a secret magic circle. The alliance has gathered an army. Half of our rank 4 wizards will join the operation since we need to make sure that the magic circle is destroyed, otherwise, we'll be in trouble when the war starts." It seemed like Prince Evil Dragon had no idea that Angele was no longer serving the Dark Wizard Tower.
Angele took a sip of the flower tea. "The Dark Wizard Tower is fighting against the Shadow Realm and they still have the time to prepare a secret magic circle."
"We didn't expect that as well, but our intel is trustable. Our strong wizards are fighting against the legions and we need your help to complete the mission." Prince Evil Dragon finally went to the point.
"Why do you trust me so much?" Angele chuckled.
"I'm certain that you're not just an average rank 4 wizard." It seemed like Prince Evil Dragon was a believer of the guardians. "What do you say?"