Erica stared at the crow in front of her blankly, not reacting for a moment:
"Can crows... talk?"
Vega held his wings to his chest and bowed politely.
Erica was a little dazed by its gentlemanly appearance, but she could not ignore the fact that it was a crow.
"Please allow me a brief moment to introduce myself, miss."
"I am the evil god - Habika."
"Evil God Habika?"
Erica murmured the name, but it was obvious that she had never heard of it.
She knew the history of the empire very well, and there was no record of such a god.
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't know me. You can call me by my current name, Vega."
"Then allow me to ask again."
"Do you really want to save Victor Cravener?"
Erica finally reacted. At this moment, she didn't care who the other person was, what his identity was, or whether he was capable or not.
As if she had grasped the last straw on the edge of despair, she nodded continuously, just wanting the evil god in front of her to save Victor.
Vega closed his eyes and chuckled.
"The ritual is not over yet. You want to save him. Your power is needed."
"Believe in me, become my believer, and I will help you realize your wishes."
The black magic circle spread on the ground like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, and gathered at Erica's feet.
A black aura began to rise around the magic circle, surrounding Erica.
She had never seen this kind of magic, this kind of formation, and it made her feel very uneasy.
Because it is... an evil god?
Erica had no other choice but to nod and agree.
As long as you become its believer, you can save Victor.
This was Erica's only thought at the moment. She said without any hesitation:
"I promise you, I will believe in you and become your believer."
Vega looked at the devout Erica, his one eye exuding the arrogance of success.
"Very good, I acknowledge your sincerity."
Its eyes glanced at Victor, who had already fainted.
I sighed in my heart.
'Is there a girl who would do this for you, Victor?'
'You have really gained something valuable without even realizing it.'
In an instant, mist spread from Vega's body, as if some magical power was injected into the magic circle on the ground.
The black magic circle seemed to start swinging wildly, and tiny tentacles stretched out from the edge and danced above the ground. Then a burst of light lit up, enveloping Vega and Erica.
The next second, the light shattered like a mirror, and the magic circle disappeared.
Erica opened her eyes and tried to find out what was wrong with her body.
However... nothing happened.
There wasn't even a mark on her body.
Is this the ceremony for signing the contract?
If Vega knew what the girl was thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud.
Because it has no teeth.
Signing a contract is never just a casual talk, and this dark magic circle is nothing more than a one-way connection between believers.
Want to sign a contract with it?
At least you should sign a formal contract like Victor did!
"Is this… all right?"
Erica looked at it in confusion, with obvious anxiety in her tone.
Will this save Victor?
She definitely thought so.
Vega looked at her and smiled without saying anything. He narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Before you save him, I need to ask you a question."
"Why are you here?"
Why, are you on top of a volcano?
Erica paused, she thought for a while, and finally told the truth.
"I heard the volcano screaming."
"It said it hurt."
"oh?"
Vega glanced at Erica with interest, and suddenly, it understood everything.
It squinted its eyes and chuckled, as if it was using words to induce the other party step by step.
"And then? What else can you hear now?"
Hearing Vega's question, Erica frowned and shook her head.
"I can't hear anything," she said.
This is natural.
Vega turned his head and couldn't help thinking:
"Because of the fire disaster, I have been knocked into a deep sleep by this terrifying man…"
It may never forget that scene.
When the last 'magic ark' fell to the bottom of the volcano.
The surging and boiling fire and magma seemed to be frozen and stagnant.
The 'Ark' swallowed everything, including Guldun.
In fact, Guldun was able to withstand that kind of attack.
If it was in its prime, it wouldn't be hurt at all by that kind of war magic.
But at that time, Guldun had been seriously injured, with magma flowing all over his body, and his proud defense had long been reduced to one tenth of what it had been.
Guldun eventually turned into a lifeless rock, shattered inside the volcano, and fell into a forced sleep.
As for why it is sleeping rather than death.
Because disasters will not die.
As long as there are magical elements in the world, disaster will continue to exist.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Victor is in his current state is not because of injury.
Having witnessed his battle with Fire Calamity with his own eyes, it didn't think anything could hurt Victor now.
At this moment, he fell into a state called "magic overload".
Victor used the magic borrowed from it to fight Guldun without any burden for three days and two nights.
But that power is not Victor's own after all.
The magic that Vega can use is not unlimited, and there is bound to be a threshold.
Normally, the level of consumption would not even reach the threshold.
But Victor certainly wasn't normal.
So at the last moment after its mana ran out, its link with Victor was forcibly severed.
But this was still not enough to make Victor unconscious.
What's even more insane is that before Guldun fell asleep, he peeled off a piece of 'magic source' from Guldun's body and forcibly merged it with himself.
That's why it seems like magma is flowing on Victor's body.
Because his body was digesting the source of Guldun's magic power.
Victor had already used up all his own magic power, and was forcibly forced to accept an astonishing external source of magic power.
If he's not dizzy, who is?
But it's not a big deal, just take a few days of rest at most.
At the moment, what interests Vega more is the girl in front of him.
'Interesting, interesting.....'
"The girl who can talk to disasters, I'm afraid even she herself doesn't know how amazing her value is!"
This time I made a lot of money.
While it was still happy, it suddenly heard a sound of hurried footsteps.
'Is someone coming?'
Vega looked towards the hillside with a smile, and with his amazing eyesight he saw a silver figure.
It naturally knew who the other party was, but now was not the time to expose itself.
In order to protect itself and Victor from getting into trouble, it flapped its wings and came to Victor.
The bird's beak picked up Victor's collar.
But the voice rang in Erica's ears as usual.
"You saved Victor. I will let him know about this."
"See you next time, little girl."
As soon as he finished speaking, in front of Erica, Vega's body suddenly began to swell, and the dark crow instantly turned into an astonishing black-feathered giant eagle.
It grabbed Victor by the collar, flapped its wings, and flew up in an instant.
A gust of wind blew away all the surrounding rubble. Almost in an instant, it disappeared in front of Erica.
"Victor..."
The dark figure became smaller and smaller and more blurred under the sky, and finally faded out of her sight.
Gwen arrived late but came up empty-handed. She failed to catch Victor and interrogate him as she wished.
Instead, he looked at the gradually disappearing black spot in the sky and his face became extremely heavy.
"Victor? What on earth is going on..."
Then she noticed Erica.
Erica's body showed many burn marks. She knelt on the ground and tried her best to force a smile.
As if she had used up her last bit of strength, she fell to the ground unconscious with a thud.
Gwen: "…"
She walked forward and slowly picked Erica up.
When I looked up at the sky again, there was only continuous heavy rain.