"You're right, we achieved great goal! Reed contributed the most, of course. I just hope Nicora is okay somewhere!"
Cyrae couldn't help but smile too. The angel's front troops got trapped, so they won't make it in time to take credit. Looks like their risky bet paid off. Even though she didn't like working under Michelle, it's better than always hiding.
But Reed, who contributed the most, still looked worried.
"Don't you think the sky looks a bit strange?"
She pointed up. They were shocked to see the once-clear forest sky was now full of weird dark clouds.
"I feel like things aren't as simple as we think..."
Then something even stranger happened. Reed was talking to herself as she flew a few meters ahead. In the blink of an eye, she vanished!
"Reed? Where are you?"
The other two were stunned. Feliciara thought it might be some invisibility magic, so she went closer to check. But a second later, she disappeared too!
"Feliciara!"
Now only Cyrae was left. She finally realized this wasn't just some invisibility spell. She had no idea what dangers might be ahead. Scared, Cyrae backed up a few steps.
But then, suddenly, the scene in front of her changed. She was teleported to a strange place!
Looking around, she was still in the same battle area, but her exact location was now several kilometers away. She also found herself near the ground.
"Space transfer?"
After experiencing it a few times, Cyrae started to figure out what was happening.
The whole battle area had been split into many small spaces of different sizes. There were no clear marks to show where one space ended and another began! When you left one space, you'd randomly enter another. But these spaces weren't connected. They could be very far apart.
One second you might be in some bushes on the ground in the western part of the empire's base. The next second, you could be in the sky above the eastern part, kilometers away. Why did it become like this?
Was it because they carelessly blew up the empire's magic device earlier?
Cyrae didn't know this was actually the Cycle of Rebirth descending. She could only guess it was because of Reed's rash actions. Luckily, after bumbling through the messy spaces a few times, she finally saw other people.
"Michelle!"
Cyrae's scalp tingled. What bad luck - had she stumbled into the main angel army?
If she hadn't seen two other angels facing Michelle, Cyrae might have run away immediately. But besides them, she didn't see any other angels around Michelle.
Wait a minute...
"So you're here too?"
She almost didn't recognize her, but looking closer, Cyrae realized one of the eight-winged angels facing Michelle was Nicora!
"How is this possible? Weren't you just six-winged?"
It hadn't been that long since she last saw Nicora, but she had leveled up again! Cyrae couldn't help her curiosity and wanted to get closer. But Nicora saw her and held out a hand to stop her:
"Cyra? No, you're not the one I know... Anyway, it's very dangerous here. You'd better stay far away!"
"Huh?"
Cyrae had no idea what Nicora was doing. After a moment of confusion, she noticed the male angel floating next to Nicora had twelve wings, just like Michelle!
His wings were brownish-yellow, very different from Michelle's fire-red wings. They made quite a contrast.
"Hmph! Galadra, I knew you were behind all this! I thought the Ilandra Dominion Empire must have had your support. Otherwise, they couldn't possibly invade Edenmere!"
Michelle ignored Cyrae, who had just stumbled in. Her eyes were fixed on the male angel, questioning him very cautiously.
"What if I told you I never really helped the empire? I just used them to make sure you'd show up here. Of course, to prepare for this day, I called Liana to help me. With her help, I'm confident I can catch you in one go!"
The male angel called Galadra was extremely handsome. Even Cyrae couldn't help but stare for a while. It took her a long time to realize this yellow-winged guy was actually one of the legendary angel ancestors!
"If he's the Earth Angel Galadra, then the Liana he just mentioned must be..."
Based on the situation, could the Nicora next to Galadra actually be another angel ancestor?
This strange turn of events was beyond Cyrae's imagination. But the conversation between them kept confirming her guess.
"I can't believe it's you! No wonder Yvonne told me you leveled up so unusually fast. You've been hiding near me this whole time, and I didn't even notice!"
When she heard Nicora's real identity was Liana, Michelle's face showed disbelief at first. But she quickly recovered and said to Nicora with a cold smile:
"You hid pretty deep. Looks like you two teamed up against me long ago. After more than ten thousand years, you're still the same!"
"Tch, you've got it wrong too! Actually, I just arrived in this world not long ago. The one you saw before wasn't really..."
Nicora seemed a bit impatient. She tried to explain but found she couldn't explained clearly. So she gave up and summoned a beautiful gray transparent sword from her palm. Pointing it at Michelle, she announced loudly:
"Forget it. I'm here this time because Galadra asked me for help! You broke your promise and did damage to the main world. You should be held accountable! Even though we two shouldn't really have any grudges, unfortunately, I just don't like you. Just blame your bad luck!"
"What a joke! I did underestimate you two today, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid of you!"
Michelle got angry right away. A bright red light shone around her body. She also took out her weapon, ready to fight. "You should know that in front of absolute power, any tricks are useless!"
Looks like things were getting serious! The energy burst from Michelle was so strong that someone at Cyrae's level was immediately blown to the ground by a wave of hot air. She could barely even crawl.
Nicora, still in the air, seemed to be struggling too. She raised her weapon, looking very serious as she tried to block the impact. Only Galadra stayed calm. He snapped his fingers, and a thin, strange light appeared in the space around them. He reminded Michelle:
"Don't forget, this is the special time when the Cycle of Rebirth is descending. I can keep most of my power working in the real world. With Liana's help, you don't have any chance of winning..."
His words stopped suddenly. Cyrae found the pressure on her body was gone. At the same time, she couldn't hear anything the three were saying anymore!
It wasn't just the sound. Even though she could see the three people still there, when she tried to fly closer, she passed right through them like they were ghosts. It didn't feel real at all.
All signs showed that their space had probably been separated from the current space! Cyrae quickly realized this might be a space barrier Galadra made to stop their intense fight from affecting the real world.
Outside the barrier, she could see the three of them quite clearly, like she was right there. But she couldn't touch or feel anything...
What happened next was an intense fight scene!
All kinds of dazzling explosion lights kept flashing. But sadly, Cyrae's couldn't keep up with the speed of their movements at all.
Just as she was feeling hopeless, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind.
"Oh, Cyrae, you're here too? What's this place? It's like some big 3D projection is playing?"
It turned out some others had accidentally entered this space too. They also saw the super intense battle in the sky, which naturally made them very curious.
Of course, these two were also familiar faces! One was Feliciara. But when Cyrae saw clearly who the other person was, her face showed great surprise.
"Nicora, weren't you just fighting Michelle? How did you get out here so fast?"
She pointed at Nicora, hesitating for a long time. Then she looked back at the situation inside the barrier and couldn't help but ask.
"Fighting? When did I fight Michelle? I just met Feliciara on the way. She and Reed got separated by accident. That's how we ran into you."
Surprisingly, this new Nicora looked completely confused. She had no idea what Cyrae was talking about.
"Uh, why do you only have six wings?"
But soon Cyrae noticed something was off. Not to mention the difference in clothes, even this Nicora's wings didn't match! Based on how this Nicora was acting, she might actually be the familiar friend Cyrae knew all along!