Chapter 512: Immolation （1）
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele walked down the tunnel slowly with Becky following him.
They did not cast any spell to brighten up the area. They just advanced in the darkness since Angele had no problem seeing things ahead.
He noticed the road ahead was no longer wet.
"It seems like we chose the right tunnel," Becky said.
"If nothing happens, this tunnel may not lead us to the destination."
Angele turned at the corner and found a collapsed tunnel ahead, the path was completely blocked by broken stone pieces.
He walked to the stones and pressed on a stone with his eyes closed.
Several minutes later.
"Let's teleport through the tunnel. The two tunnels will merge into one ahead. I'll go through it first and you can teleport to my location using the bloodline ability."
*BAM*
Angele disappeared into a ball of dark flames.
On the other side of the collapsed tunnel.
In the darkness, red light flashed in the tunnel and Angele recreated his body. Some white light flashed beside him and turned into Becky.
They could hear the noise made by the rats; a rotten smell permeated the air.
With a flick of Angele's finger, a pink aura appeared around his feet. He remained silent as he started advancing.
His footsteps were quite loud in the tunnel, echoing.
Becky hated the dirt on the ground and decided to stay away from it.
There were balls of black sticky liquid on the ground, they were wet and stinky.
"How long do we have to walk?" Becky was getting impatient.
"Calm down. We're getting close. I know where Mincola is and our direction is correct. Don't worry." Angele increased his ability slightly.
Time passed.
Several hours later, Becky wanted to say something else again, but Angele stopped her.
"Something isn't right. The two tunnels will merge ahead and it must be Suman's team. They're in trouble. We should check on them."
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On the other side of the tunnel.
The walls of the tunnel were glowing. Suman held a scimitar and was staring at a man that was walking to him. Sella, Mincola, Messiah, and Dorman were lying on the ground.
Bella was leaning against the wall, one of her swords broken. She supported her body using the other sword. She was not sure if she could stay conscious if she fell to the ground as well.
"Damn… This guy was waiting here the whole time." Suman inhaled deeply, he could feel that his lungs were burning and there was blood in his throat. Suman used most of his power and his lung was slightly damaged for that.
"Guys, are you still alive?" he questioned in a low voice.
Messiah who lay on the ground responded in a low voice, "We're alright. Don't worry."
"If we can't figure out a solution, we'll lose the ability to fight back. Mincola, do you have anything that can help us?" Sella asked; she sounded weak.
"I would've used it if I had one." There was a bitter smile on his face. "The man has an aura that reduces our stamina gradually and the effective range is incredible. Also, the man is definitely stronger than us since we didn't even last a minute in his aura. There'd be nothing I can do even if I had a secret technique."
"I didn't expect the Dark Wizard Tower to guard a random spot with a strong wizard." Suman was speechless. "Damn, not again!"
He suddenly jumped to the left and some twisted energy waves exploded where he'd stood.
The man walked toward Suman. He was a strong man with a muscular body. The man had no hair, no beard, and no eyebrows. His face was smooth and clean. The man's paper eyes were coated with a silver glow and it felt like there was liquid flowing in his eyes.
"Sorry, young ones. Your journey will end here." He walked to Suman slowly with a strange smile on the face. His upper body was naked, but it was covered in wounds left by Suman's scimitar.
Suman lowered his body and inhaled deeply. "I haven't used all my power yet."
"Qansi!" he shouted.
*CHI*
Color disappeared from the tunnel, the world turned black and white.
Everything stopped moving.
Messiah and Bella's bodies were surrounded by purple light and dark blue light, it seemed like they could still move.
Sella and the other team members all stopped moving.
The muscular man was also stopped by the concept gear, but it seemed like he did not care.
'Same crap.' Suman tried to guess what the man was thinking.
He inhaled deeply and slowly slashed forward using the scimitar.
*CHI*
Suman's body turned into a silver line, charging at the man.
He was aiming at the enemy's throat; the scimitar was moving so fast that it felt like there was wind blowing.
However, the scimitar was stopped when it was several centimeters away from the man's throat.
Green blood veins appeared on Suman's face and his muscles' size increased like crazy. There were tiny red dots on the surface of his skin, it seemed like the capillaries in his body were breaking.
A golden rune appeared on the blade of the scimitar. The rune started glowing and intense golden light covered the man's body.
*WOO*
Color returned to the world slowly after the noise.
Suman's scimitar hit the man's throat and blood was running down the man's neck.
"It's over." Suman moved his scimitar away and took several steps back.
The man could not believe what just happened and tried to stop the bleeding, but he failed. A green glow surrounded his hands; it seemed like he was trying to heal the wound. Nothing worked, he fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Mincola stood up and asked, "How much power did you release?"
Suman lowered his scimitar and responded, "Around 82%."
"That was a short distance and you released 82% of the concept gear's power…" Mincola's expression changed. "Should we keep moving?"
"I'll take care of the rest. You guys should head back. The enemies we encounter will be stronger as we advance further. Although we can stop them from sending the information out, we'll be detected sooner or later," Suman spoke in a low voice.
"What are you talking about? We're here for the same goal!" Messiah shouted. "Bella and I also put our hands on concept gears so that we can move even when the time is paused. We'll go with you. Sella, Dorman, and Mincola, you should head back."
Suman shook his head. "I can activate the sun rune five more times and I can make it to the end. Alright, let's stop wasting time. Also, you know that I can escape when necessary. Don't worry."
Suman's team quickly recovered after the man was eliminated. They all stood up and checked their condition.
"Just go. We have no time to waste." Suman returned the scimitar to the sheath and hugged Sella. "I need to start moving. Wait for my good news." He finished the word and disappeared into the darkness.
Messiah and Bella followed after Suman. Mincola, Sella, and Dorman were speechless, but they knew there was nothing they could do.
"Alright, let's head back. We'll become their burden if we decide to go with them. Suman has to rely on the concept gear to deal with the enemies," Dorman said.
They were a bit disappointed, but what Dorman said was true. They turned around and decided to head back.
*BAM*
Suman, Messiah, and Bella were blown away by the impact, they rolled several times on the ground and stopped after hitting the wall.
*CHI*
The colors disappeared from the world. Suman stood up and charged forward.
*BAM*
With a noise, Suman was blown away again, his face pale. He stabbed the scimitar into the wall. The tip of the scimitar left a black trail on the wall—that was the only way to handle the impact.
Suman had no time to think, he just shouted, "Bella!"
*CLANK*
Fire sparked in the tunnel ahead before he could say anything else. Messiah rushed to Suman with Bella in his arms after he dodged the attack made by a large hammer.
*BAM*
The hammer left a large hole in the wall. Broken pieces of stone and dust were everywhere.
A creature that was half human and half snake appeared. He was holding a hammer in one hand and a shield in the other. Intense yellow light surrounded the man's body.
"Concept gear? That's how you sneaked into the sewer." The snake man sneered. "My name is Anman and this will be the ending for you."
The snake man swang his hammer and some yellow energy waves spread into the air.
"Wait! He's trying to inform the Dark Wizard Tower. We need to hurry. We'll have no chance if the Dark Wizard Tower decides to send more people here." Suman pulled his scimitar out of the wall and charged at the man.
Bella stopped Suman and said, "Let me handle this guy. You need to go, we don't have much time left and we can't let the Dark Wizard Tower summon the Dream Lord."
Suman and Messiah exchanged eye contact.
"Take care, Bella." They tried to move past the snake man from left and right.
The snake man tried to stop them, but he was attacked by a short sword with black strings on the blade. It seemed like the black strings were formed by some mysterious energy and the snake man had to block the strike.
*Clank*
Messiah and Suman successfully passed the snake man.
"Damn! I'm going to devour you!" The snake man was enraged; he charged at Bella at full speed.
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Angele was still in the other tunnel; he looked confused.
"Suman's team separated into two after they encountered the enemy, but we haven't seen anything. I already casted a spell and I think this might be an abandoned tunnel. Let's move faster, we just need to find the altar."
Becky had a blank expression on the face. "There's no point to explain it to me. You can do whatever you want."
"We're partners, you know." Angele smiled and patted Becky's shoulders. They started advancing again.
They turned to the right and proceeded with caution.
Finally, they heard people fighting ahead. Angele checked the energy waves they released quickly.
Angele increased his speed again and grasped forward using his right hand. A large rock appeared on the ground and turned into a one meter wide and three meters long blade.
He did not check the situation, he just grabbed the blade and slashed forward.
*BAM*
Broken pieces of stone splashed in the air with a noise and the two people that were fighting ahead quickly leaped away from each other.
Chapter 513: Immolation (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"Green, hurry! The tunnel is ahead! Destroy the altar!" Suman's voice came from ahead.
Some chilling wind blew the dust and stones pieces away, revealing the scene ahead.
Suman and Messiah were fighting against a dark snake man that over three meters tall. The snake man was surrounded by some red-purple light; it seemed like the light was released by an aura. There were human heads on the snake man's arms. Each of the human head was releasing poison gas from their mouths—the scene was terrifying.
There was some distance between Angele, Suman, and Messiah. He checked the situation after hearing their voices.
There was a spacious dark hall in the front, its floor covered with countless snake men. Those snake men were all killed by just one hit.
There were also soldiers from the alliance that were lying on the ground. It seemed like there had been an intense battle here before Suman arrived.
*BAM BAM*
The last snake man charged at Angele but he was stopped by Messiah and Suman.
"I'll go destroy the altar!" Angele shouted. "Becky, guard the entrance for me. It'll take me some time before I can destroy the altar! Just do whatever you can!"
Becky did not say anything, she just walked to the entrance of the hall. Angele was controlling her body.
Angele's body disappeared into a ball of flames and he teleported to the center of the hall.
*BAM BAM BAM*
Another tall snake man appeared on the other side of the hall; he noticed Angele's presence immediately and charged at Angele while roaring. However, Becky hit the snake man's head and he changed his direction. He hit the wall after several seconds.
In the center of the hall, the floor was covered with countless glowing red patterns. It was not a regular altar.
Angele stood on the red patterns and spread his arms. More than ten balls of flames were released and turned into lion men.
However, it seemed like he was not trying to destroy the altar. He just started drawing something on the ground.
Suman and Messiah were trying their best to stop the snake man, but they did not expect that Angele was not even trying to destroy the altar.
"Green! What are you doing! Destroy the altar! This is one of the altars they need, destroy it and we can stop the summoning!" Suman shouted.
Angele was still drawing runes on the ground like he did not hear anything.
Suman and Messiah would have destroyed the altar if they were not stopped by the snake man. They wondered what Angele was trying to do.
Suman realized that Angele was trying to do something else with the altar.
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On the area above the ancient city.
The war drums sounded like rumbling thunder. White and dark armies were fighting on the snow plain.
They were attacking each other using area spells, blue and red explosions were everywhere in the sky.
Beasts that looked like elephants were running around among the soldiers. Fireballs and ice shards were attacking those beasts like crazy. Some of the beasts were still charging at the enemies even though they were severely hurt.
The wizards were charging forward like warriors. No one was casting strong spells due to long incantations. Only the talent abilities and magic devices were working since they could be activated instantly.
Colorful energy particles were floating in the air, they were from the intense energy waves.
Reyline was riding an armored unicorn with a black hammer in his hand; he was wearing white armor, charging forward with the knights.
The intense noise made by the unicorns was the only thing he could hear.
The elephants were charging at the riders.
"Get ready!" The captain was giving the order.
The knights all raised their black war hammers.
"Ready!"
White glows appeared on the hammers, their intensity varied. It seemed like their power levels were different.
"Release!" the captain shouted.
Reyline roared and threw the war hammer at the elephant.
The war hammer was coated with a white glow; it was mixed in the rain of war hammers and flew at the elephant.
*BAM*
The earth shook with a loud noise. The elephant in the front fell to the ground, its body covered with blood holes that varied in size.
"One more down!" Reyline felt relieved, he turned around and retreated with the team. "I wonder if Sigma and Green are doing well in this chaos."
"Reyline, what are you thinking?" A wizard sent the words using energy particles. "Stay focused! There's a war going on!"
"I know, Hank." Reyline calmed down and checked the surroundings carefully. They needed to make sure that they were not ambushed.
A team of riders in black armor was moving toward them. Those riders were well trained and there were flying creatures standing on their shoulders.
Reyline recognized them quickly, they were the Watchers from the Elemental Hand. They were the reason why Reyline chose to fight in this area.
"Watch out!" the captain suddenly shouted.
Reyline's skull numbed; he had no time to check the situation, he just jumped off the horse.
*BAM*
A large ball of flames appeared in the center of the team, more than ten knights were swallowed by the flames and many knights were groaning.
The knights tried to put up energy barriers, but the barriers were broken through easily. They were screaming and rolling on the ground in flames.
Reyline quickly rushed to their base, but an ice ball landed right in front of him.
*BAM*
The ice ball exploded and blue ice shards splashed in all angles.
Reyline lay on the ground and dodged the ice shards. There were only several people alive in his team.
They had no time to think. They would be safe after they returned to the base.
Dark clouds covered the sky as thunder rumbled. The clouds turned into two vortexes that were attacking each other.
Countless white airships were flying over the plain and there was a golden bird's shadow above the airships. The shadow blocked most of the lightning attacks.
The small airships were led by an enormous egg-shaped airship. A team of white robes was standing on the deck of the large airship and there was a golden birdcage on the railings. The bird in the cage was overlooking the battlefield quietly.
"The Dark Wizard Tower is not thinking about the consequences… Half of their wizards died in the battle and it'll end here," the bird spoke in a deep tone.
A girl with long black hair stepped forward and said, "It's not our fault; are you thinking about the next step, Prince Evil Dragon?"
"All the forces of the Mirror City are here and the mortal soldiers also joined the battle. There are millions of people here and there's no going back."
A handsome man with hair that looked like burning fire nodded. "We can't let the Dark Wizard Tower enter the dimension fissure and summon the Dream Lord. No one will be able to handle the power of an ancient wizard lord; I think this world will collapse."
"The energy waves here are so chaotic that no wizard can utilize his power. We need to gather everyone's power and win the team fight. Vella, is everything prepared?" Prince Evil Dragon questioned.
An old female wizard nodded. "Everything is prepared. Vista is protecting Elder Vivian of the Elemental Hand. However, I don't understand why we need to protect her in this critical period. Vivian is an elder of the Elemental Hand and she's a strong wizard."
"I promised Green and I can't tell you the details. I trust him and I'll make it right," Prince Evil Dragon responded calmly. "The summoning ritual is almost ready. There are 200000 elite soldiers here, they're ready to sacrifice themselves for us; we must complete our mission."
The white robes started checking the condition of their magic devices and all released different auras.
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"That's it!" Angele stood up and looked at the runes he just drew with a smile on his face.
The light from the red runes was getting more and more intense. There were spinning red vortexes above the altar and he could hear souls screaming.
Something made the air sticky and it almost felt like there was blood in the air.
The snake men noticed that Angele was not going to destroy the altar, so they decided to focus on the armored wizards and Suman. The tunnel and the hall were filled up with random energy waves.
Becky walked to Angele and questioned, "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing." Angele smiled and rolled his left sleeve up. The stone armor decomposed and revealed the five red scorpion patterns.
"It shall begin…" Angele stabbed his fingers into his left arm.
*CHI*
He slowly pulled the skin with the scorpion patterns off his arm.
At the entrance of a tunnel ahead.
A man in a long white robe was releasing ice energy waves and spitting white tentacles out of his mouth. The white tentacles were trying to grab a snake man in front of him.
"It won't work!" The snake man laughed and destroyed the ice tentacles using poison gas. "This is just a branch and we're the weakest guardians. The summoning rituals are still going on in the other five branches. Only the main altar will complete the ritual. You have no chance to win! There are three Legion Commanders and the Duke guarding the major altar!"
The purple poison gas was fighting the white frost. It felt like there was an invisible barrier between the two, they were all having trouble winning the fight.
"The Prince, the Sky Lord, and the Mirror Lord are here. You'll lose and you shall not conquer our world," the white robe shouted.
"The dimension movement is getting stronger! They're summoning the lord!" The snake man was holding large blades in hand and charged toward the white robe at full speed.
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Nightmare Realm. On the red plain.
The rocks on the plain were extremely hot and countless human-shaped creatures slowly stood up from the ground.
Some of the creatures had black wings on their backs. They flew into the sky quickly.
Several minutes later, those creatures covered the land and filled up the sky.
"Go now…" A loud voice echoed in the air. "Go now, my children…"
*CHI*
Countless cracks appeared on the ground, they looked like blinking eyes.
The creatures shouted and jumped into the cracks quickly.
Chapter 514: Beautiful World (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Somewhere in the forest by the entrance of the highland.
"Hurry! Hurry! We need to move!"
On the green grass, there were teams of armored wizards crossing through the forest, holding short wands in their hands.
Their bodies were floating in the air and their faces were covered by big white hoods.
"Hurry up, everyone! We need to reach the main world altar in two hourglasses. Our forces need our help!" The leading wizard had a long white beard and he was shouting in a loud voice; the birds in the forest flew away as they thought it was a beast that was roaring.
The team lined up and increased their speed. They were traveling in the opposite direction of the highland.
There were more than one team in the forest and there were hundreds of wizards traveling to their destinations.
The teams were around ten meters away from each other and people were shouting all the time. The forest was quite noisy.
The last team had around six wizards in it.
Five of the wizards in the team had sigils that looked like a golden palm on their chests—the golden palm was the sign of the Elemental Hand.
"Captain Andorra, are we late or something? I thought we'd be leaving much earlier." The First Elder of Elemental Hand was also in the team. The bald man looked tired and was slightly injured, it seemed like he'd just got through an intense battle.
The captain named Andorra shook his head. "I don't know. Prince Evil Dragon gave the order. I assume he has a perfect plan and we just need to follow it."
He was holding a black plate with a blinking green light dot on it. The plate was a magic device that would lead the team to the destination.
"We appreciate the help Prince Evil Dragon offered, but we don't want to hide when the whole central continent is fighting the Dark Wizard Tower. It's just not what we do." The First Elder sounded disappointed.
"That's right. The Elemental Hand never fears battles!" The Second Elder interrupted.
"Elder Vivian's Watchers already joined the battle, right? It's not like you're not part of the war," Andorra explained with a bitter smile on his face.
Vivian was in the middle of the team and was a bit speechless. She arrived at the highland and was about to join the battle, however, Prince Evil Dragon ordered her to help the other elders of the Elemental Hand. Those elders were far from the battlefield, so she had to travel back to them.
That was the reason why the Watchers were still fighting but Vivian was not on the battlefield.
"Calm down now. Prince Evil Dragon must have a valid reason for that," Vivian said.
The wizards were advancing at full speed but none of them was out of breath while talking.
Andorra sighed with relief, the other organizations would be happy if they did not have to fight on the battlefield, but elders of the Elemental Hand thought Prince Evil Dragon was looking down on them.
The First Elder and the Second Elder were a bit short-tempered. Vivian was the only one here to lighten the mood.
"Alright! Let's take a rest here." Andorra suddenly lowered the plate and send words through energy particles.
"Resting again? We had some rest two days ago. Wizards are different from the mortals. We can at least advance for three days without resting!" The First Elder was getting angry again.
"Calm down, First Elder." The Fourth Elder was wearing a black robe under the white armor. "Our armies already arrived at the battlefield and we're definitely helping on the battlefield."
The First Elder glanced at the Fourth Elder. "The commander of the White Eagle and all of our Soul Masters are fighting at the front line, but we're left behind. We're much older than those kids and we should be the ones fighting."
"What about the White City Alliance? How are they doing?" The Fifth Elder tried to change the topic. Without the Legacy Magic Circles, the elder council no longer had the power to change the outcome of the battle and some of the small organizations that worked for the Elemental Hand already left.
"The White City Alliance is working with the Black Earth, they formed an army that is under Mirror Lord's order. Cities that were not invaded like Mermaid's Song and Titan's Honor joined their side, including the wizards. Elder Council is only supported by the Academic Power and the Watchers. Most of the elite soldiers from the Wind Valley and the Golden River were eliminated during the battles," the Fourth Elder explained. "Fifth Elder, I think your Wanderer's Farm is still working for us."
Fifth Elder hesitated for a second after hearing that. "Well, Wanderer's Farm has joined the White City Alliance. Without the Legacy Magic Circle, there's nothing I can do."
The elders remained silent, they knew this day would come when they left their territory, but they still felt a bit sad.
"Without the Legacy Magic Circles, we still have the Zero Plant Ball. We're stronger than average rank 4 wizards, we should be fine." The First Elder forced a smile on his face.
No one responded. Andorra was sent here by Prince Evil Dragon and decided to stay away from the five elders. He was just an average rank 4 wizard and had no idea what the elders were talking about.
Although the elders had a special item called Zero Plant Ball, they were just top-level rank 4 wizards and there were stronger wizards in the alliance. They could not do anything without their Legacy Magic Circles.
"Let's stop it here and have some rest." The Fifth Elder sighed.
The team slowly stopped and the wizards started cooking.
The sun was setting and it was getting dark outside.
Vivian and the Fifth Elder were sitting beside each other in front of the campfire. The long blonde hair trailed over her shoulders and she looked worried.
Several young wizards from a different team walked to the campfire with a plate full of fruits.
"Elder Vivian, we found some wild fruits in the forest and they taste great. Do you want to try?"
A handsome male wizard walked to the campfire as well; he noticed what Colin was holding and said, "Colin, where did you find those fruits? You'll get diarrhea if you're not careful enough. I think there are many single-eyed beasts in the area."
"I tried it myself and I made sure they're edible. What are you talking about, Vincent? I thought we agreed that this should be a fair competition." Colin sent his voice through energy particles.
"I'm not trying to make you look bad. I'm just worried about you, come on." Vincent's brow furrowed.
The other one glanced at the two, he walked straight to Vivian and sat down.
"Vivian, are you worried about Green?" This man was elegant and attractive, he sounded like a scholar.
"Yeah…" Vivian nodded. "Before Green came back to me, I've never had such feelings. I'm scared and I don't what I will do if something happens to Green…."
"Don't worry," the man spoke in a gentle tone, "my father is the commander of the alliance's air force. With him at the front line, Green will be fine."
"Is this what Prince Evil Dragon said, Valla?" Vivian forced a smile on her face.
"Yes. My father… thinks that Green is someone he can trust." Valla nodded, he wanted to hug Vivian after he saw a hint of weakness in her eyes.
"Don't worry, with my father's help, Green will be fine." He slowly put his hand on the back of Vivian's right hand.
"Tell your father that I appreciate his help." Vivian moved her hand away with a blank expression on her face.
Valla stood up and spoke in a gentle tone, "Sure. Alright, I have something else to take care of right. Don't think too much. You need to focus on the mission." He watched two angry young wizards walk to him.
Valla glared at the two young wizards with a smile on the face, he turned around and walked to another team.
"You!" Colin was enraged, he almost threw the fruits away and charged at Valla, but he was stopped by Vincent.
"Calm down, did you forget what Ana told you?" Vincent sent these words through energy particles.
Colin's body trembled after he heard that name.
He gritted his teeth and said, "One day, I will…"
They looked at Vivian, who was sitting by the campfire, and remained silent.
Colin walked to the campfire and put down the fruits carefully. Vincent took out a tube of fruit jam and put it down by the fruits.
They decided not to say anything since Vivian was just staring at the campfire. They left the campfire and returned to their own teams quietly.
The fire faded and the temperature decreased after a while. Vivian looked at the fruits and fruit jam. A smile finally appeared on her face.
The Fourth Elder sent some words to Vivian through energy particles.
"Vivian, you don't have to talk to Valla. The Elemental Hand will be fine even if we leave Prince Evil Dragon. We can join the other two commanders."
"It's fine." Vivian shook her head slightly.
"You're still talking to Valla because of Green, right?" The Fourth Elder sighed.
Vivian hesitated for a second and smiled. "Green was working for the Dark Wizard Tower and now his information was released to the public. The alliance and the Dark Wizard Tower are all going after him. He's in trouble and Prince Evil Dragon is the only one helping us."
She was forcing the smile on her face.
"I'll do whatever I can to help Angele."
"You're still bothered by the things you did years ago…" The Fourth Elder closed his eyes slowly.
Vivian remained silent. She recalled the days she had with Henn's partner. The man was so attractive that she just could not give up.
She backstabbed Henn because of that man and almost gave up everything for that man. Angele thought Henn was lying to him when he heard the story.
However, she still failed and returned to the Elemental Hand.
The two elders stopped talking. The dancing fire was the only thing disturbing the silence.
Chapter 515: Beautiful World (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Somewhere by the edge of Rayton Highland.
The snow was heavy and the snowflakes almost looked like falling feathers. They piled up on the ground and it seemed like none of them were melting.
Broken pieces of human bodies covered the land and the snow was soaked in blood.
Two wizards were confronting each other among the bodies—a handsome man in a black outfit and one wearing a long red robe with a blood aura around him.
"Turin, any last words?" yhe man in a long red robe asked.
"Last words?" Turin raised his head, revealing his pretty face.
The sky was dark, there were black dots and white dots fighting. Turin could hear the explosions and random noises made by the energy movements. The black dots were black eagles from the Dark Wizard Tower and the white dots were armored flying mounts from the alliance.
The flying mounts looked like sesame in the sky, but each of the mounts was more than three meters tall. They were war machines.
Turin was not worried that Victoria might attack when he was not paying enough attention. He just looked at the sky quietly.
"Victoria the Blood seeker, someone must have informed you about the route of my elite team, right?" Turin finally responded.
"You're just wasting time. The alliance has already retreated. This area is controlled by the Dark Wizard Tower now." Victoria's red eyes looked like two blocks of solid blood and the blood aura around his body was getting intense. "When the rest of my army arrives, you'll have no chance."
"So what?" Turin chuckled. "You're also severely injured. Do you like the Seth Rune I applied on you?"
"It'll only take several days for my eyes to recover; I can just get a pair of new eyes if I want to." Victoria snorted and shouted, "I don't know what you're waiting for, but you'll die sooner or later."
"Come and get me then," Turin said as he opened his arms. It looked like he had given up. "I lived for over 500 years and I'm happy with that."
However, Victoria was too scared to attack. Turin acted like this the whole battle and Victoria was damaged by the Seth Rune twice already. Part of Victoria's soul was taken away when he tried to initiate the attack. For that reason, his eyes were no longer functional; although he could still see things using his mentality wave, his power was still weakened.
Turin was doing the same thing again and Victoria hesitated. He had no idea what the Seth Rune was, so he decided to wait for his army to arrive.
Also, he was a bit scared after seeing Turin's movements and had no intention to initiate the attack.
"Turin, you and I are from the same era. You shall not die here for love and peace. You've been increasing your power over the years and you should join the Dark Wizard Tower. You can become a team captain here. Come on, look at you, you're working for the weakest beings of this realm, is this what you really want?"
Turin heard the word and laughed.
"The leader should've listened to my suggestion. I asked him to take you out. If he did that, you wouldn't be standing here and talking like you don't care. Lela returned to the underground world with her people and I'm the only true follower of the leader. Things shouldn't be like this if you didn't change your mind."
"Why would I work for him? For a ridiculous prophecy? Anything is possible in the future, Turin; when you're strong enough, you'll change the future," Victoria responded in a cold tone.
"That might be true, but I've never regretted my decision. I'm not wasting my time. I knew this day might come when I made my decision and I'm here to accept my fate," Turin said as he thought of someone; for some reason, he was talking in a gentle tone. "That's what my sister told me. One should never regret his decisions."
Turin heard beasts roaring in the snow; there were some intense footsteps approaching him.
Turin smiled and slowly drew a long silver dagger with a blue blade from the sheath. He was not scared or anxious at all.
"Victoria, you might win the battle today, but you'll see what the leader is capable of soon." He was implying something but Victoria had no idea what Turin was talking about.
For some reason, Victoria could feel the chill climbing up his spine.
"Damn it! Kill him now!" Victoria shouted like crazy.
The armored wizards on the back of roaring beasts charged at Turin. Their eyes were surrounded by red glows.
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In the dimension fissure of the Fairy Realm.
There was an enormous tree standing quietly in the center of the fissure.
There were white rivers running down the vibrant tree. They looked like waterfalls that were falling to the abyss below the tree.
The rivers were from the gaps between the tree branches and no one knew where they came from. It felt like the water in the rivers was the fluid of the tree. There was some thin mist over the rivers.
The air was cold and wet. There were birds twittering around the tree. The black sparrows were chasing after each other.
The place seemed so peaceful and quiet.
The tree was covered with brown windows.
In front of an arched window, there was a silver bat standing on the windowsill, checking the surroundings without moving an inch.
"Teacher, Department Head Cardivan has responded," a yellow egg with a pair of glasses on its body spoke in a deep tone. The egg was in the reading room behind the window.
The egg had the size of a palm. It had arms, legs, and the face of a human being. It was wearing a pair of gold wired glasses and there was some leather paper under its feet.
"Show it," the old bat spoke in a light tone.
"Yes." The egg nodded and its whole body was shaking.
Rows of words appeared on the leather paper after the egg finished its words.
The egg kicked the paper away and the paper flew to the old bat slowly.
The old bat raised its wings and caught the file easily. The bat's expression turned serious as he checked the file.
"I knew it…" He sighed. The paper turned into silver light dots and disappeared into the air. "I never supported this war. The old bastards from the tower trusted the Fairy Empire too much but the Dukes are in control of everything and there is nothing my department can do now."
"Why are you worried?" There was a silver glint on the egg's glasses. "Dream Lord's shadow will be summoned; the alliance can't stop us."
"I don't know why, but it feels like we're not pursuing our original goal. We just wanted to return to the wizard world," the old bat spoke calmly. "The wizards of the empire listened to the fairy lords and they changed. Everything changed."
"Teacher, you're just too kind. The head of department change is treating you like you're nothing. Why don't you fight back?" the egg wondered.
"Fight back?" The bat turned around and smiled; actually, it looked more like he was sneering. "I've already submitted a file to the empire. I have nothing left and I don't care."
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The main altar at the Rayton Highland.
A golden bird and two strong beings were floating in the gray sky.
They were looking at a white altar on the ground and their bodies were surrounded by translucent golden waves.
The golden waves came from the humongous golden bird and they turned into a golden crown.
The bird had four wings and there was a white string on its back.
Strangely, the golden bird's shadow did not look like a bird, it was a shadow of a monster that looked like a terrifying dragon.
"So, you really are the Prince Evil Dragon…"
There were three dark shadows around the white altar.
A man in a noble outfit was standing behind the white altar. He was wearing long fake hair and it almost looked like his muscular body could break his luxurious noble suit.
The man was over four meters tall and his suit looked like a long black coat. The bottom of the coat was around his knees and it was decorated with silver patterns.
"Greetings, I'm Duke Mystery, the Commander of the Dark Wizard Tower."
There were five flower patterns on the half-moon white altar and they formed the shape of a shell.
Three of the patterns were covered by blue glows.
"Three of the five branches are ready and this altar is guarded by three commanders. Prince Evil Dragon, you're out of luck," Duke Mystery spoke in a light tone.
"Luck?" The golden bird in the sky chuckled; its voice sounded female. "Aren't two still not activated? This much time is enough. All lower existences in the surroundings left. Now, we just need to see if you three are stronger, or us three will prevail over you."
"I want to know what the legendary Terror Dragon is capable of!" Mystery took out a pair of black leather gloves and slowly put them on.
An enormous snake formed by white smoke appeared behind the Duke and quickly twisted around him. It raised its head and looked at the bird in the sky.
"Secret technique, the Eternal Smoke!" Mystery shouted and the smoke snake expanded. Its width turned from one meter to two meters, two meters to three meters, three meters to ten meters... it finally stopped at 30 meters.
The snake was around 30 meters wide and hundreds of meters long. The snake surrounded the whole altar and stopped growing.
The other two commanders exchanged eye contact, they turned into two black strings and charged to the bird in the sky. Some intense noise echoed in the sky; it sounded like the noise was made by dying beasts.
Chapter 516: Nightmare (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
In the ancient city.
In the spacious stone chamber, there was an egg-shaped red vortex floating over the altar.
On the runes of the red altar, there were some smaller complicated runes. Those runes were also red, surrounded by intense red light.
Angele stood by the runes quietly; the skin he removed from his arm was still in his hand. There were five red glowing runes on the pattern and his body was surrounded by black smoke, however, he was the only one that could see it.
*WOO*
The red vortex above the altar solidified. The color of the light turned from red to blue.
*BOOM*
It sounded like something exploded on the ground and the ceiling of the chamber was shaking.
Raising his head, Angele looked at the ceiling and glanced around. It seemed like he was waiting for something.
"Green! Are you crazy?!" Suman and his team members arrived at the chamber. They saw Angele standing by the altar with a blank expression on his face, however, it seemed like Angele had no intention to destroy the altar.
Suman, Bella, and Messiah eliminated the snake giant. They saw stopped the others from charging at Angele.
"Calm down. We need to stay away from Green before we can figure out what his plan is."
Messiah stabbed his dagger into the wall on the right. "What is this guy trying to do?!"
The other members looked at Mincola as they knew that Mincola was a friend of Angele.
"Don't look at me… I don't even… Wait! Green! Don't!" Mincola noticed that Angele was reaching to the red vortex before he finished speaking.
"Don't touch the core! This guy is transferring energy to the world altar! Damn!" Suman realized what Angele was trying to do.
He had no time to think, he shouted and charged at the other snake giant who was trying to recover. They needed to eliminate the snake giant who was blocking their way as soon as possible.
"Don't worry." Angele looked at Suman. "I'm not summoning the Dream Lord. The energy I sent to the altar is impure and this branch will be destroyed when the summoning is about to complete."
Energy waves were released by the vortex as Angele finished these words. It seemed like the vortex was getting unstable.
"Human beings…!" The snake men realized that Angele was not helping them so they charged to Angele at full speed, but they were stopped by several armored wizards.
"Green, I knew you wouldn't betray us!" Mincola was happy.
Suman caught the chance and hit a snake man in the neck. A large wound appeared on the snake man's neck. He did a backflip in the air and jumped at Angele.
"Hurry, green! The elites of the Dark Wizard will come for us when they receive the message!" He was several meters away from Angele, Suman decided to guard Angele using his scimitar.
"No worries. It's almost over." Angele remained calm, his palm surrounded by intense red light. He reached into the vortex and grabbed the core tightly.
The core was a blue diamond-shaped crystal the length of a palm.
The people in the chamber could feel that the altar was about to collapse. People were not sure what he was doing. However, most of them knew that the altar was about to be destroyed and the snake men were no longer treating him like an ally.
They realized that Angele might be working for the alliance.
"Done yet?" Suman stepped forward, but he noticed that something was off. The lion men prevented him from moving closer to Angele.
"Green?" He was confused.
Finally, the vortex exploded and turned into countless blue energy waves.
A diamond-shaped crystal appeared in Angele's hand.
Becky was standing behind Angele, glaring at the crystal.
"This is just one branch, there are four more branches and a main altar. The summoning is probably completed. This is the only altar that the alliance destroyed."
*Pump*
No one heard Becky's words, but they all heard the noise that sounded like it was made by a pumping heart.
*Pump*
Again, the same noise and the noise was getting louder.
Several seconds later, they heard someone singing in the air, and it felt like the voice was coming from the far side. The loud voice was echoing in everyone's ears.
"They succeeded…"
Someone sighed with mixed emotions, but no one heard it since the singing voice was too loud.
*BAM*
A ray of blue light struck into the air from the altar; it penetrated the rocks and the mud, and connected the altar to the sky.
*CHI CHI CHI CHI*
The same noise repeated four times. The creatures on the highland all raised their hands, staring at the five blue rays that drove the dark clouds away.
The five blue rays formed a pentagram and surrounded the main altar.
The snowflakes were spinning in the white vortexes that were created by the blue rays.
The snow on the ground was soaked in blood. The soldiers at the frontline were still fighting, but the legions all stopped and looked at the sky.
The earth started shaking.
Five blue rays all came from the altars and five long fissures appeared on the ground. Five blue runes appeared in the fissures.
The blue petals on the main altar already turned red.
Duke Mystery had not won the fight yet, but he smiled.
"It's over… Everything is over! The Dream Lord is summoned!"
The other two legion commanders were severely injured. One of them was lying on the ground and the other one was sealed in a blue ice pillar.
The claws of the golden bird were cut off and there was a golden wound on its stomach. There were countless small smoke snakes attacking the wound.
Prince Evil Dragon swung his wings several times; he looked a bit helpless.
"Prepare to retreat!" His high-pitched voice echoed over the whole battlefield.
Two golden shadows were released from his feathers.
"I thought they would fail. We activated the merging technique, but we were too slow," one of the golden shadows said. It was the Mirror Lord and the Sky Lord. For some reason, they became one with Prince Evil Dragon, and their power level increased temporarily due to that.
"We have to use our final resort to handle the situation." Prince Evil Dragon made the decision. "Retreat, everyone, follow our plan!" he ordered.
On the highland, the soldiers in white armor started retreating in groups. The soldiers of the Dark Wizard Tower did not go after them, they slowly moved back and regrouped.
The soldiers retreated quickly with the help of spells. Prince Evil Dragon and the other captains also returned to the highland. They quickly disappeared into the horizon with the soldiers.
A blurry red shadow slowly appeared in the center of the pentagram formed by the rays.
It was an enormous red dragon that was around 600 meters tall.
It almost looked like the dragon was about to fly into the sky. The dragon remained quiet; it looked like a ruby statue.
The dragon's body was solidifying slowly, and gentle red light appeared in the dragon's eyes.
The song in the air was getting louder and louder. The dragon moved; its mouth opened, but the dragon had no teeth and its tongue looked identical to the tongue of a snake.
*BAM*
The dragon's invisible force field was so strong that the land around the dragon all cracked and a large hole appeared under the dragon's body.
Duke Mystery sighed with relief, he looked at the red dragon with excitement written all over his face.
"The Dark Wizard Tower will end the war for the two realms… This is our destiny!"
He felt much better as he watched Prince Evil Dragon retreat with his crew. Mystery slowly took out a silver box from his mirror.
*PA*
The box opened, revealing a spinning red energy vortex.
"How's the situation?" Mystery asked in a low voice.
"Duke, everything is going well. The summoning ritual is still ongoing and we're about to enter the second phase." An old woman's voice came from the box.
"Second phase, huh? That's great…" Duke raised his head. "Watch out for the traps around the ancient city."
"Don't worry, Duke, we're fully prepared," the old woman responded in a deep voice.
Duke Mystery knew that he had succeeded. He watched the clouds disappear from the sky; the golden sunlight was blocked by red runes. The sunlight went through the red runes and it almost looked the whole sky was releasing red light.
"Is this part of the ritual?" For some reason, Mystery felt uncomfortable as the red light landed on his body.
"What do you mean?" The old woman sounded surprised.
"The sun is blocked by some red runes and it's releasing red light." Duke's brow furrowed. "I don't like the red light."
"Red light? Are you sure? I'm certain that this is not a part of the ritual. We're not blocking the sun with runes…" the old woman quickly responded.
"Are you sure about that?" Duke's expression changed.
"Yes!"
Mystery's expression changed.
"What are those runes…" He wanted to ask something else, but he was interrupted by some loud noise.
*KA*
It sounded like a piece of cloth being torn apart.
A fissure appeared in the sky.
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"Run! Keep running!" Victoria was laughing like he was crazy.
Turin's body was covered with wounds and his blood was being absorbed by Victoria.
The dark beasts separated into three teams and kept attacking Turin from different angles. Their attacks made by the claws were empowered by the dark energy.
Turin's body was much stronger than an average rank 4 wizard's, but he was still severely injured.
He could easily kill those dark beasts, but he was so tired that he had could not fight against the beasts and Victoria at the same time.
Turin leaned to the right and dodged a claw, however, his shoulders were attacked again. Part of his muscles was torn apart.
Turin groaned and quickly leaped away. Silver runes appeared on the bodies of the beasts around him.
Red electric pulses appeared on the beasts' bodies. They trembled and fell to the ground within seconds.
Turin sighed with relief and his pupils retracted. His body suddenly numbed and he could no longer move.
Red blood spurted out of his wounds and floated in the air. Victoria recreated his body using Turin's blood.
"Farewell, Turin…" Victoria tried to stab Turin's heart using his fingers that were sharp like needles.
*KA*
A loud noise echoed in the sky.
A strong force field appeared and everything within it stopped moving.
Victoria's fingers stopped right in front of Turin's chest, but he could no longer move. The force field was so strong that he was having trouble breathing.
Chapter 517: Nightmare (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
*ROAR*
The red dragon roared and swung its wings, flying toward the blood sun in the sky.
In the sky, a black fissure that was around three thousand meters long appeared beside the blood sun. A large pair of hands was trying to widen the fissure.
A large head slowly appeared in the fissure, it was a male's head with a bronze mask. The man was glancing at the people on the ground.
The head of the man had the size of the red dragon and the man seemed surprised after he saw the dragon flying toward him.
*BAM*
The sky and the earth were shaking, it felt like the whole dimension was vibrating.
A ball of red shadow landed on the ground like a bullet and created a humongous hole.
Mystery was standing right beside the hole made by the falling red dragon.
"Wait…!" He stared at the giant in the sky with a surprised look on the face. "This can't be…"
"Nightmare…!" One of the legion commanders slowly stood up and looked at the sky with a pale face. "I thought we were summoning the Dream Lord, right? How? Why are those ancient monsters here?!"
Mystery finally understood what happened. He stared at the red dragon on the ground and his expression changed. He looked scared.
He knew how strong the monsters of Nightmare Realm were.
Mystery was one of the ancient wizards who fought in the ancient war. The war was so terrifying that the whole world almost collapsed.
"Now! Everyone! Retreat! We need to go back to the dimension fissure and leave the wizard world. Hurry! Berean, send my order to all the legions!" He grabbed the box and shouted like crazy.
Mystery breathed deeply and tried to calm down.
"I'm not a weak wizard anymore," he muttered, "I'm a Duke, a Duke from the empire and I'm part of the Dark Wizard Tower…"
It almost sounded like that he was lying to himself, but he felt much better.
"Maria!" Mystery suddenly raised his head, the black box in his hand broke into pieces and he dropped them to the ground.
"Mystery." A translucent shadow of a woman slowly appeared behind him.
Mystery calmed down and spoke, "When was the last time we fought side by side?"
"I don't know. That was two or five thousand years ago. I don't remember," the woman responded in a gentle tone as she looked at the sky. "You won't summon me unless there's an emergency."
"I apologize. I don't have too many resources to spare." A smile appeared on Mystery's face. "We're fighting for ourselves this time."
Raising his hand, the woman turned into a slim sword with smoke surrounding it.
"Let's go, we must make sure they don't find the coordinates to the Fairy Realm! As a Duke, I can't let that happen!"
*CHI*
Mystery disappeared into the air.
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"Frox… Frox…"
The voice was still singing, but it sounded like the lyrics only contained one word as it got louder.
Frox was the name of the Gold Titan in the legends. Gold Titan was the unbreakable realm barrier.
The snowflakes that were falling all turned red and looked like drops of blood.
The soldiers started retreating slowly, but most of them were still looking at the terrifying monster in the sky.
The flying dragons in the sky were screaming and tried to escape. The clouds gathered in the sky and the earth was still shaking.
*WOO*
The head in the fissure inhaled deeply, flames in his eyes.
"The air… it's so clean." He inhaled again and said, "Well, I haven't had such refreshing air for years…" The man's voice was so loud that the soldiers' ears were aching.
Angele raised his head and stared at the giant in the fissure... actually, he focused more on the dimension fissure.
The familiar power was being transferred to the wizard world through the fissure—the invasive power was trying to break the realm barrier.
Angele stood quietly in front of the blue ray. He felt relaxed as the power filled up his body. There was a gentle smile on his face.
"You…"
The altar was already on the surface of the ground.
The battlefield was a mess, several captains from the alliance were breathing heavily by a stone.
The snake man with a pair of poisonous arms was holding his stomach, kneeling on the ground without moving an inch. The surface of his body was coated with a silver glint and it seemed like he was sealed.
It was Suman who spoke.
They finished their opponents, entered the stone chamber, and rushed to Angele before the altar was lifted.
However, only Suman, Mincola, and Sella were still around the altar, the rest of the members were left in the tunnels.
Suman was surprised after he saw the giant.
"You never planned to destroy the altar… You were just using us. The dimension barrier was weakened when the ritual was completed. You were planning to summon that giant from the beginning." Suman glared at Angele.
Angele stood by the blue ray quietly. "This has always been my goal. This is the true display of power."
Becky had a serious expression on the face and there was fear in her eyes.
The force field released by the giant was strong, almost like a fear force field that was formed by pure power.
The force field was not created by energy, it was created by the natural power of bloodline.
The mortals in the wizard world were like rabbits and the giant was like a lion. The rabbits feared the lion because it was their instinct.
All the living beings on the battlefield were terrified as they saw the giant.
Suman, Sella, and Mincola had the same feeling.
"What else will you do?" Suman questioned Angele with hatred in his eyes. "You helped the Dark Wizard Tower and now you brought the nightmare to us. You don't care about your friends, you don't care about your relatives, and you don't care about this world!"
"Calm down, Suman, Green must have his reasons, maybe the Dark Wizard Tower forced him to—" Sella was trying to help Angele.
"Reasons? What's so important to you that you decide to abandon this world? That must be the reason why the Dark Wizard Tower released your information to the public." Suman was terrified by the giant, but he was trying hard to raise his head. Although he was moving slowly, Angele could see the resolve in his eyes.
*Crack*
The armor on his body cracked loudly.
"You sold this world for power… How dumb you are! I should've kicked you out of the team!" The noise made by Suman's armor was getting louder and louder.
"You can gain power through many different ways and you just need to work hard! Why! Why do you have to do this?!"
"Why?" Angele remained calmed. He turned to Mincola instead of Suman. "I just did what I had to do."
"Do you know how terrifying the Nightmare Realm can be? Do you know how many creatures will be killed? Do you know how painful it will be when your relatives die? You don't. You don't know anything!" It seemed Suman was searching through his memory. "Power… I'll show you what true power is if you really want to know!"
*BAM*
Suman drew a scimitar and slashed forward. The blade looked like silver light and the surface of the blade was covered with complicated patterns that looked shells.
It felt like the blade was heavy like a hammer and Angele could hear it soar through the air.
"Light Blade!" Suman chanted the incantation furiously as the blade was about to hit Angele.
*Clank*
An arm blocked the scimitar accurately from the right. It sounded like two pieces of metal that were hitting each other.
He looked at Suman calmly from the other side of the blade.
"That's your power?"
*BAM*
With a flick of Angele's finger, Suman was blown away by the impact and left a long fissure that was about one meter deep on the ground.
Becky was the one that blocked the attack. Angele controlled Becky's body and used her arm to block Suman's attack on time. Although he removed Becky's restriction, the woman was still standing beside Angele quietly. It felt like an ant that was standing beside an elephant. The elephant could kill the ant by accidentally stepping on it, so Becky decided to let Angele do whatever he wanted.
It was also part of the instinct from the bloodline.
Suman's head was dizzy after he took the hit.
"You can say whatever you want, however, you're too weak to do anything. Dying here might be the best ending for you." Angele shook his head slightly.
"Green, no!" Mincola rushed to Suman and stood in front of him.
Angele looked at Mincola in the eyes. "You were the one who sent the spiders to my room and now you're in my way again… Mincola…"
"Please, we traveled to the central continent together, right?" Mincola was trembling, he could barely stand straight under the pressure.
Angele stood there for a while and slowly turned around.
"Let's go, Becky."
Becky was too scared to move so Angele had to control her body again. They slowly disappeared into the red snow.
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By the exit of Rayton Highland.
There were more than 100 white airships in the dark sky.
There was a golden bird cage on the deck of the first boat. Prince Evil Dragon stared at the large fissure in the sky; the giant's head surprised him.
"Is that the Dream Lord?" he wondered.
"I don't know, the giant is too far from us. I would be able to identify him through the energy waves he was releasing if we were closer." Bismarck's brow furrowed.
Prince Evil Dragon blinked his eyes. "I don't why, but I think something is off. It's possible that we missed some important details."
"Dream Lord is one of the wizard lords and he's strong. We can't even win a fight against the Dream Lord's shadow. We should just retreat."
Mirror Lord's brow furrowed as well. "We'll be fine with that item in our hand."
"True."
Chapter 518: Nightmare (3)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The heavy snow was blowing hard and the snowflakes looked like bloody shards.
The snowflakes had the size of nails and were flying over the hills, passing through the valleys. Several pieces of snowflakes landed on the palm of an old man who was standing on a cliff over the forest.
The snowflakes melted and turned into red liquid. The liquid was corroding his skin and there was white smoke rising into the air.
The old man clenched and lowered his fist.
The old man was wearing a long robe and there were wrinkles all over his face. The man's long white beard was flying in the air.
He stood on the cliff and overlooked the dark fissure in the sky above Rayton Highland. The giant in the fissure was trying to widen the fissure and the were countless flying monsters that looked like flies coming out of the fissure.
There was a large cloud vortex spinning in the sky and the sunlight was coming through the gaps in the clouds, illuminating everything on the ground.
The voice was still singing in the sky; it sounded like a group of people that varied in gender.
The old man held a cane in his hand and looked at the scene quietly.
"The nightmare… is here…" He took out a translucent gray pendant from his sleeve; there was a fist-sized gray crystal orb in the center of the pendant. The orb was filled up with complicated gears.
There was no incantation or energy wave. The gear inside the gray crystal orb started spinning slowly in the sunlight. It felt like the sun activated a small machine.
"The change has started… Nothing is predictable right now…"
The old man lowered the pendant, turned around, and his body started melting along with his outfit. The old man turned into a wolf with a horn that was over three meters tall.
*Roar*
The wolf roared and charged into the heavy red snow.
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In the dimension fissure between the wizard world and the fairy realm.
There was a spacious golden hall in the center of the humongous tree.
The chandelier on the ceiling was releasing gentle yellow light. The walls were illuminated by the light from the chandelier and the lamps.
Nobles wearing black outfits with golden edges were dancing to a slow and gentle music.
There were people playing harps, bagpipes, and balalaikas.
It almost looked like the nobles were coated with yellow glints.
On the other side of the hall, nobles were drinking wine while talking about the situation on the front line. Those nobles were wearing suits that looked like military outfits.
"Quiet, everyone, quiet. Please spare me some time." A man in a white suit walked to the band and clapped his hands. There were rows of badges that varied in sizes on the right side of his chest. The man stood straight and looked like a soldier.
The music slowly faded and the man spoke. The nobles stopped dancing and looked at him with smiles on their faces.
"Bossier, you again? I'm having fun right now, can't you find a better timing to do this?"
Someone from the crowd sounded unhappy. "How are you going to compensate me?"
"Alright, alright… After this is over, I'll invite you to my private party. Well, it'll be even better if the ladies can join us." Bossier blinked his eyes.
"Fine…" The nobles chuckled and stopped complaining.
"Alright, let's get to the point."
*PA*
With a flick of his finger, Bossier released some purple light waves.
The waves turned into a purple bud and it slowly blossomed. The color was clean and attractive.
"Mystery the Purple Duke has sent another message to us even though he was busy at the front line. It seems like our victory is near and he wants to have some fun with one of the ladies." Bossier smiled and grabbed the purple bud. "Let's see what he wants to tell us."
The nobles chuckled again.
"Master Bossier, if you were the on the battlefield, you'd be even more impatient, right?" someone spoke in a loud voice.
"It must be some good news from the battlefield. Duke probably has already eliminated the main force of the alliance," a young lady spoke in a cute voice.
Bossier waved his hands and looked at the crowd. "Let's go to the balcony and read the letter together. I think I should share the happiness with everyone."
"With pleasure." The nobles raised their wine glasses. "For the empire!"
The nobles sipped from the wine glasses and shouted, "For the empire!"
The fragrance of wine permeated the hall and maids quickly refilled the glasses for the nobles.
Bossier walked to the balcony on the right side of the balcony. He was holding the purple bud in hand and the rest of the nobles followed him.
They talked and laughed as they gathered on the balcony made of white jade stones.
The balcony was built inside the tree and the white jade stone was surrounded by some dark green vines. The balcony was luxurious and vibrant.
Bossier walked to the railings and threw the purple bud into the air.
The purple bud flew into the air; it was quite eye-catching under the dark clouds. The bud was translucent and the purple color was quite attractive.
*Crack*
The purple bud broke as if it was made of glass and exploded in the air, turning into purple mist.
The purple mist slowly turned into a large purple mirror, images flashing within.
"Wait…?" The smile froze on Bossier's face.
The red light from the mirror illuminated the nobles.
They could hear the strange song.
"Frox… Frox…"
There were countless people singing, their voices distant.
The red light was from the blood sun in the mirror. The dark clouds were moving past the sun and turned into a large vortex.
A large dimension fissure was hiding behind the clouds and it looked like a crack on a sheet of paper.
A golden giant was trying to climb out of the fissure.
The nobles on the balcony were all surprised.
*PA*
Someone's wine glass dropped to the ground and broke into pieces.
Bossier finally realized what happened.
"The night… It's a sealed form from Nightmare Realm! Prepare to seal the dimension tunnel! Now! We need to retreat from the dimension fissure as soon as possible and seal the tunnel!" Bossier shouted like crazy and he loosened his tie.
"Hurry! Now!"
"Luke, send my order. Open the beast cage and release the…"
"Inform the departments use the crystal orbs, now!"
"Get ready, everyone! The danger level is five! Deliver my messages! Now!"
The commanders started giving orders right away.
The other nobles put down their wine glasses and rushed out of the hall. The commanders quickly returned to their offices.
Loud alarm echoed in the tree; the band had no idea what happened, but they started running away after hearing it.
The residents of the Fairy Realm knew how terrifying the Nightmare Realm was. They were taught about it when they were still students. The commanders had no time to waste and started preparing for the retreat right away.
Bossier turned his head around and looked at the scene on the mirror.
"The legendary sealed form of Nightmare Realm… Mystery… I hope you can survive that…" His body turned into countless white birds and disappeared into the sky.
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Victoria's fingers stopped right in front of Turin's chest.
The two remained quiet as they could not move. The beasts also stopped moving.
The red snowflakes slowly landed on their bodies. Some of the snow had already melted and the liquid looked like blood.
Victoria tried to raise his head. He looked at the sky, fear in his eyes.
*BAM*
Turin caught the chance and finally found a way to deal with the fear. Turin hit Victoria in his chest and they were blown away by the impact—it almost looked like something exploded between them.
*CHI*
Their bodies left two long lines on the ground.
The snow was soaked in blood and there were some black stones on the ground. The place was a mess.
"Cough."
Victoria coughed several times and finally could move again. He slowly stood up.
"It seems like the situation has changed… You're lucky, Turin. I'll kill you the next time I see you." He finished the sentence and disappeared into red light. It seemed like he did not care about the beasts.
Turin did not respond. He looked at the sky, his expression complicated.
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There were countless monsters flying out of the dimension fissure.
Some of the monsters had wings, some had two heads, and there were also monsters that had no limbs under their black outfits.
They were all charging into the wizard world.
The golden giant was surrounded by strange creatures, widening the fissure slowly.
The soldiers of the Dark Wizard Tower were moving quickly toward the blue light rays. Some of the monsters devoured the soldiers who failed to dodge the attacks.
The monsters were so strong that they had the same power level as a rank 4 wizard each and were much stronger than the soldiers of the Dark Wizard Tower. The flying dragons were groaning and screaming as they fell to the ground.
Under the blood sun, the green frost was burnt dark slowly and the land was covered with red snowflakes. The vortexes formed by clouds were still spinning in the sky.
It felt like black and red were the only two colors left in the world.
Chapter 519: Nightmare (4)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele raised his head and looked at the giant in the fissure; he was standing in a forest and there was a blank expression on his face. He was not scared or excited.
Becky was trembling behind him. They were so close to the dimension fissure that the pressure was extremely strong. It felt like the air turned into sticky liquid and they were swimming in it.
Becky tried her best to breathe, but was still having trouble. She was standing behind Angele. Becky was trying so hard that her face turned red and her heart was still racing.
Becky was confused—they were so close to the giant, but the place was silent. The giant and the monsters were not paying attention to them.
It felt like they were ignored; however, Angele and Becky were standing right below the dimension fissure. They could reach the fissure with Elemental Teleportation easily.
"Why are we still here? Are you trying to suicide?" Becky finally questioned.
Angele did not respond, he was still looking at the sky.
"I know you're the one who summoned them, but I don't think those monsters will let you go," Becky sneered. "You're naive. The monsters will devour you even though you helped them open the fissure. You don't know how terrifying and cruel they are because you don't know about the history."
Angele was not concerned, he just stared at the dimension fissure in the sky.
"You helped them, but you're too weak and they won't respect you. They'll rip you apart and devour your whole body. I heard that you won't die even if they break your body into pieces, but you'll feel the intense pain. You'll watch them eat your feet, your arms, and your organs. They'll treat you like a snack and chew your flesh like meat jerky." Becky was trying to scare Angele. "Also, your head will be kept for later. They love eyeballs, and your tongue is great with wine. You won't be able to fight back and you'll be tortured until you die!"
None of the words went into Angele's ears.
"Hey! Are you listening?" Becky tapped Angele's shoulder. "It's fine if you want to die, but I don't. Just give my power back and you can do whatever you want."
"You won't die," Angele finally responded in a low voice and stopped talking. Becky was still making noises, but he focused on the giant in the dimension fissure.
There were several people that looked like beans when compared to the giant flying toward the dimension fissure. The leader was a man with a sword made of smoke; he would slay a monster every time he slashed forward.
"I need to lay low and wait until all the channels open…" Angele narrowed his eyes and watched Mystery fight.
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Mystery was flying at full speed in the sky; rays of white smoke were being released from his sword and easily pierced through the monsters. The monsters died and turned into white smoke; the white smoke was then absorbed by the sword.
The more monsters he slew, the larger the smoke sword would become.
"Stay close to me and follow my lead!" Mystery shouted at the two legion commanders behind him. The one on the left was Alice—she looked like a doll. The other one was a man with a dragon head, wearing a black robe. The man's eyes were bright as silver stars.
"Don't worry, Commander, I'm much stronger than the ants on the ground," the dragon man responded in a cold tone. "Alice, I thought you already escaped. Something changed your mind?"
There was a white rabbit toy in Alice's hand. The force field around the giant was strong, but it seemed like she was not concerned.
Alice blinked her eyes as she responded, "I won't leave when there's something I'm interested in. Wood Dragon, you're the one who always escapes." It seemed like she did not like what Wood Dragon just said.
"Well, if you try to escape, I'll just finish you off. To be honest, I never liked you." Wood Dragon stared at Alice with hatred in his eyes.
"Focus on the monsters!" Mystery shouted in a cold tone. "I've already informed Duke Bossier, he should bring the elites here. The channel to the Nightmare Realm is not fully opened yet. The giant used too much power to defeat the Dream Lord and the channel almost collapsed, so he's being careful right now. Also, we have a chance to kick him out of this world since only a small part of his body entered through the fissure."
"The only thing we need to do is to seal our dimension fissure, right? It's great that we don't have to fight this big guy." Alice rolled her eyes; it looked like she was relieved.
"Yeah, we need to buy the team time!" Mystery shouted again and slashed forward, however, the smoke ray failed to eliminate a single-winged wolf that was charging at him.
*BAM*
A ray of black light blew the wolf away and Wood Dragon slowly lowered his short wand.
"Master, the monsters are getting stronger; the wolf already has the same power level as a rank 4 wizard, be careful!"
"Got it." There was cold sweat all over Mystery's forehead; if they got too close to the monsters, they would be attacked by countless monsters. The smoke sword was too slow since there were too many of them; they would die if they were not careful enough.
The auras around their bodies were removed by the blood sun and area attacks would do no damage to those strong monsters. They needed to focus on a single target.
Also, the red light from the sun hardened the monsters' skin and increased their resistance. They had the power level of a rank 4 wizard, but they could easily handle the damage dealt by the wizards with similar power level.
"Don't give up! Duke Bossier will help us! The channel is unstable at the moment and the giant will not attack us with his true power. Although the power of the Nightmare Realm is leaking into this world, his body is still in the dimension fissure and it's nearly impossible for him to utilize his power. This is our only chance," Mystery quickly explained. "I've sent our coordinates to Duke Bossier so that he can teleport to us. The dimension barrier is weak and we should be able to destroy the channel as a team."
Wood Dragon and Alice exchanged eye contact, they both flew to Mystery and prepared to finish off the monsters that were damaged by the smoke.
The smoke rays were piercing through the monsters and Mystery's face turned pale. It seemed like he did not have a lot of energy left.
Several minutes later.
The three were having trouble in the sea of monsters. Mystery's white wig already fell off his head, revealing his short black hair. Strangely, his hair was drying out while turning yellow.
Also, the hair on his temples turned white and wrinkles appeared on his forehead.
"Mystery." A naked woman formed by white smoke appeared beside him. "A third of your life energy is gone. I suggest that you retreat as soon as possible, or you'll die here."
"Don't worry, something similar happened the last time. I can recover with the Sand of Time." Mystery smiled as more wrinkles appeared on his face.
"There is not that much Sand of Time in this world. You were lucky the last time and you should know that—"
"Don't worry, Maria. This is a fight that I have to fight. We almost died when we entered the Fairy Realm and I swore on my life that I'll help our teacher revive. This is our best chance to return to the wizard world," Mystery responded in a light tone. "I'm old, Maria. I found you when I was young, but everything had changed." The woman was interrupted before she could finish.
The two remained silent and the smoke formed a barrier. The barrier handled the attack from the monsters easily.
"They're here!" Wood Dragon shouted in a deep voice.
A strange vortex appeared in the air; the vortex turned black and rotated. The vortex quickly formed a tall egg-shaped mirror.
The noise sounded like flowing water. People in white outfits were flying out of the mirror; their leader was Bossier, who was still wearing the military suit.
"Sorry, Mystery, we're late."
"I'm counting on you." Mystery smiled, his face covered with wrinkles. Light faded in his eyes and it felt like he could die at any time.
The mirror was a portal and the elites were coming out of it.
"I brought all the elites that were in the dimension fissure. I'll take care of the rest." Bossier looked at Mystery. "It seems like I teleported in time; you'd be dead if we failed. You owe me this time!"
"Yeah, let's get rid of this big guy first." Mystery swung his smoke sword and absorbed all the white smoke around.
"The monsters of the Nightmare Realm… Mystery and Bossier, long time no see. We decided to offer help since the situation is getting worse every second!"
A deep voice echoed in the sky.
Three dark shadows stepped out of the portal.
There was a middle-aged woman wearing white armor inside a black robe, an old man with messy white hair, and a shiny silver bat.
"Department heads? So, everyone is here… That's it, we have to win!" Bossier looked excited. "I thought you wouldn't make it."
"We almost missed the portal. We need to move." The middle-aged woman smiled; she was the head of Department of Change. "We can seal the channel here if we work together."
"Yeah, and we should be able to eliminate all the monsters!" the old man with white hair spoke in a deep tone.
"They're trying to seal the channel… How arrogant…" The giant looked at the wizards like looking at insects. "Maybe people don't remember how strong the Nightmare Realm is… I didn't participate in the ancient war, but I'd love to pay Fairy Realm a visit…"
Chapter 520: Nightmare (5)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The giant slowly raised his hand and tried to grip the wizards.
"We're the members of the wizard tower, we should be able to seal that thing." Bossier stepped forward. He was floating in the sky like he was standing on the ground.
"I'm counting on you, then." Mystery had looked like a young man before the fight, but he looked like a dying old man now and the smoke sword had already disappeared. Wood Dragon helped him float in the sky using his force field.
The three members of the Dark Wizard Tower stepped back together.
Bossier looked at the golden hand that was moving toward them and his expression turned serious.
Raising his arm, he shouted, "Prepare the formation! Darkness of Ankarus!"
The armored soldiers started rotating around him and turned into white strings within seconds.
*WOO*
Red and blue flames appeared on Bossier's hands. His left hand looked like it was formed by translucent blue liquid and his right hand was covered with lava.
The elites were chanting the incantation around him.
*PA*
A pair of black wings appeared on Bossier's back and grew quickly. Its size increased greatly within seconds.
The black wings blocked the red light from the blood song and were slowly moving toward the golden hand.
The wings did not make any noise and covered the giant arm; another pair of black wings appeared on Bossier's back. The wings kept flying to the giant hand and covering its surface.
The black wings covered the golden hand; the feathers on the wings were getting heavier. The movement of the hand was greatly slowed down and it could no longer move when it was about ten meters away from Bossier.
*Roar*
The giant roared and countless golden runes that looked like blinking eyes appeared on his skin.
"A sealing spell!"
The giant suddenly gripped hard.
*BAM*
The black feathers exploded and started falling. However, the removed feathers were quickly replaced by the endless black wings.
The monsters in the sky charged at the wizards at full speed, but they were easily finished off by the department heads and turned into black ashes by the black feathers, disappearing in the wind.
The monsters kept perishing in the falling black feathers and it seemed like they were having trouble reaching the wizards.
"It has been years since the last time Bossier cast the Dark Sealing and it's the first time I witness it with my own eyes." The head of the department of change, Sando, praised, "I heard that he learned the spell from a strong being of a mysterious realm and sealed numerous creatures from other realms."
"The good thing is that this golden giant is slow and all he can do is using the force field to drag his prey into his hand so Bossier has enough time to cast the spell," the silver bat spoke in a deep tone. "Dark Sealing is a strong spell, but the required resources are hard to prepare, like 99 pairs of Dark Royal Birds' wings, the blood and the flesh of Molten Giant and Frost Giant."
A bitter smile appeared on Sando's face. "This'll probably be the last time he cast the spell. The last piece of Frost Giant's flesh is here and the Frost Giant became extinct thousands of years ago; the empire has no way to find him another piece of flesh."
The wizards looked at the feather-covered hand and felt a bit sad.
"I hate this spell…" The golden giant sounded angry and the eye-blinding golden runes on his skin were flashing at a fast rate.
A ray of golden light was released from his golden mask and hit his right hand right away.
The golden light connected his left eye to the right hand; it looked like a golden line. The giant started chanting incantation as he gripped again.
"Akuda… The heat mother from the chaotic world…" He was speaking a language that was never heard of, but everyone could understand him.
It almost felt like the incantation was not used for spells, it was a prayer before a certain ritual.
The place became silent after the giant finished the incantation. The wizards tried to continue their incantations, but they failed.
It seemed like the sound in this world was blocked by some invisible energy waves.
*CHI*
A ray of golden light was released by the hand and pierced through the wings easily.
*CHI CHI*
More golden rays were released and kept piercing through the black wings.
Bossier's expression changed as the flames faded from his hands. The black feathers around his body suddenly few to him after the flames were weakened.
Bossier's expression turned serious.
*PA*
Opening his mouth, Bossier spat out some purple blood on his hands and the flames were strengthened again. The black feathers also stopped flying to him.
"Ah!"
One of the elites disappeared into the air with a scream. The wizard was turned into ashes after touching the black feathers.
More and more wizards were screaming. The black feathers stopped before they touched Bossier, but they still reached the elites. Only four elites were still alive after several seconds.
The screams of the wizards were not blocked by the barrier for some reason and were extremely loud.
*BAM*
The golden hand was no longer bothered by the black wings. The hand passed through the four elites and tried to grab Bossier.
The hand was blocked by a silver brick before it reached Bossier. It was spinning at full speed and the translucent force field it created formed a barrier in front of him.
Bossier used this chance and flew away. The four elites saw the situation and backed off as well. They moved away from the monsters and disappeared into the sky.
'I hope they can get out alive.' Bossier was a bit depressed. The flames disappeared from his hands and the remaining black feathers in the air barely blocked the monsters for him.
"Die!" The golden hand reached toward Bossier and tried to grip him again.
*BAM*
A loud noise came from the sky and the sound returned to this world.
The hand was blocked by a giant black greatsword that was about 10 meters wide and 30 meters long. The old man was holding it in his hand.
"Watch out, Bossier! This guy is strong even when his power is restricted by the dimension channel." The old man was still blocking the attack with the greatsword.
"Thanks, Department Head Cannon." Bossier took a deep breath and said, "I don't think I can do it myself. Half of the elites I brought here were killed. The good thing is that the energy forms can be revived using the energy sea, otherwise, it'd be a big problem."
"We should fight him together. Your Dark Sealing failed and we have no time to waste." The old bat sent these words through energy particles. The other department heads also nodded.
The old bat flew to Cannon. The old man was still blocking the golden hand's attacks.
"Alright, Cannon and I will try to stop the hand. We should cast our strongest spells. If we fail, you'll have to fill in. We need to kick this sealed form back to the Nightmare Realm! Also…" He looked at Mystery and the legion commanders. "Wood Dragon and Alice, take care of Duke Mystery. You should leave this area if possible so that you won't be caught in the energy waves."
Mystery struggled when Wood Dragon tried to help him; there was a bitter smile on his face. "I can't leave. I have my final resort ready and I want to see the channel destroyed. I'll sacrifice my life for my teacher, and—"
"Mystery!" the old bat interrupted and looked at the Duke. "We have no time to waste. The energy waves we're going to release will be strong. The conflicting energy waves will weaken our spells. At our level, more doesn't mean better."
"The bat is correct. We need enough space to utilize our power." Sando nodded. "Dark Sealing will protect us for a while, you should leave using this chance."
Mystery still decided to stay. "Stop it. We need to focus on the fight!"
The department heads saw the dedication in Mystery's eyes and stopped talking. They looked at Cannon who was still fighting the hand.
Cannon was holding the greatsword in his hand and his body was surrounded by black smoke. There were blood veins on the handle of the sword that connected his hand to the handle. Also, the greatsword was sucking his blood through the veins.
Cannon's face turned pale within minutes and he looked tired.
"Seal break! Go, my sword!" Cannon shouted.
*DING*
Countless black and red eyes appeared on the blade of the sword. It almost looked like the blade was a large piece of flesh.
Cannon held the sword using both hands and slashed forward. The attack was slow, but the energy waves released by the eyes pulled the golden hand toward the blade.
*CLANK*
The sword hit the hand, but neither of them was damaged. Cannon's face turned pale and there was blood spurting out of his eyes, running down his cheeks.
Cannon's expression changed after he realized that the attack dealt no damage.
This was one of the strongest abilities he had, but it was not effective at all. The sword was a strong magic device that he found in an ancient ruins. He thought that the greatsword was a concept gear but he could not activate it after doing some tests and the sword did not have the features of a concept gear.