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Chapter 446: Destiny (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The golden ray lasted for more than ten minutes and slowly faded away. The ray shrank and disappeared into the air after several seconds.
Angele lowered his hand, stepped forward, and peeked through the hole that was made by the blade.
The hole was filled up with a golden substance that looked like liquid and was slowly rotating.
Angele quickly drew several dark-red runes around the hole and created a rune circle, surrounding it in the middle
He tapped on the rune circle slightly and leaped away after finishing the last rune.
*BAM*
Golden light spurted out of the hole and turned into an eye-blinding glowing golden cocoon.
"Finally… The dimension fissure of wizard world…" Narrowing his eyes, Angele stared at the cocoon quietly.
An energy wave that did not belong to the wizard world was released from the cocoon.
He checked his belongings and made sure that the flame lion was still guarding the well. Angele hesitated for a second and slowly approached the golden cocoon.
*CHI*
He disappeared into the cocoon with some light noise.
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*Rumble*
The dark clouds were boiling in the sky as the thunder rumbled.
On a large dark plain, there were tall trees that shot into the sky. The trees were so tall that they looked like black pillars connecting the land and the sky. Every object on the land was covered with thick black ashes and there was no living being in the area.
The sky was completely dark.
Suddenly, a golden light dot appeared beside a tree. The light dot quickly increased in size and turned into a golden cocoon, releasing eye-blinding light.
A man in black slowly stepped out of the cocoon. The cocoon shrank and disappeared into the air after the man landed on the ground.
Angele checked his belongings.
'I didn't lose anything…' He put his right hand on the black tree and raised his head.
The black tree was so tall that Angele could not even see its crown.
*CHI*
Angele lowered his right hand and noticed that his hand was covered with some sticky liquid that had the texture of a glue.
"This place…" Angele waved his right hand as his brow furrowed. The sticky texture of the tree trunk was unpleasant.
*Woo*
A ball of pink flame appeared on his hand. The sticky liquid dried after contacting the flame, it turned into pieces of solid white substance and dropped to the ground.
'Did I teleport to the wrong area?' Angele could not recall if the area was recorded in the information provided by Prince Evil Dragon.
The chilling wind brushed over Angele's body and a stinky smell permeated the air. The ground was covered with thick black ash and it felt like stepping on a soft carpet.
Angele crouched and grabbed some black ash.
'Something was burnt in flames and the ash is what left of it…' Angele had visited Eye Devil's territory in the Nightmare Realm and the black ash looked familiar to him.
Angele dropped the ash to the ground, stood up, and glanced around.
The area was empty and all he could see was darkness. The black trees were standing on the endless plain quietly and the distance between each of the trees was long.
Angele lowered his hand and hid in the silky black robe.
He sniffed at the air and his expression changed.
'Warning! Warning! Eggs of unknown parasites detected in the air. Danger level unknown. Analyzing the air…' Zero's warning echoed in his ears.
'Analysis completed: 56% parasite eggs, 32% unknown combustible gas, 10% nitrogen, and 2% unknown poisonous gas. Suggestion: Stop breathing and cycle the energy particles in your body.'
Red light flashed on Angele's face as he stopped breathing. Seconds later, he exhaled some black gas from his mouth.
'This place is dangerous…' Raising his hand, he started drawing white runes in the air. Angele chanted some incantation in a low voice, the runes rotated around his body, and slowly disappeared into the air.
*WOO*
Angele inhaled deeply and then felt much better.
'I wish I knew an air purification spell, but it seems like I'll have to rely on the energy particles.' Angele raised his left foot and stepped forward.
*KA*
His left feet landed in the ash, it felt like stepping into snow. Angele started advancing step by step.
After about ten minutes, a tall black mountain appeared in the front.
The black mountain blocked the path ahead and it looked like a tall wall. On top of the mountain, there was purple lightning flashing and Angele could still hear the thunder rumbling.
Raising his head, Angele looked at the mountain.
"Finally, I'm here…" Angele recalled the coordinates Prince Evil Dragon gave him and started moving again.
After about half an hour, Angele arrived at an entrance to a small path.
The entrance was built on a hill—it was the path that could lead him to the top of the mountain. Stones piled up on both sides of the path and the soaring wind sounded like ghosts making noise.
Angele did not hesitate, he stepped on the path and started climbing the mountain.
After advancing on the twisted path for about two hours, Angele finally reached the end of the path.
By the end of the path, there was a black cave with a height of 60 meters and a width of 30 meters. It looked like a large black mouth with chilling wind coming out of it.
Angele felt like he was standing beside the mouth of a giant.
"Glen Van Vartan… Do you remember an old friend that visited you 1000 years ago…?" Angele sent the message into the cave and his voice echoed.
No one responded but Angele was not nervous, he just waited quietly by the entrance.
After about ten minutes, an old, weak voice came from the cave.
"Sorry… I haven't talked in years and I forgot how to use my voice… I didn't expect that someone still knows about my existence… Come in please…" The voice was speaking in Metia but it sounded hoarse and tired.
"Do you mind if I bring some light with me?"
"I don't."
Angele pursed his lips into a smile.
*PA*
With a flick of his finger, a white glowing flame circle appeared around his body. The circle was made of white flames and floated in the air. The chilling wind from the cave made the flames lean.
The light from the flames brightened up the area around Angele's body.
*Crackle*
A blue lightning flashed in the sky and the sky turned white for a second.
Angele slowly stepped into the cave with the white flame circle.
It was deadly silent in the spacious cave, it felt like the darkness ahead was leading him into the abyss.
Several minutes later, the area became warm and Angele could hear something breathing. The noise was getting louder and louder as he advanced.
With the help of the white light, Angele saw a humongous creature lying on its stomach in the front.
It was a dragon.
The dragon looked identical to an enormous white lizard and had more than ten pairs of white wings. The wings looked identical to the ones the bats had.
The dragon's ears looked like two sharp blades and it had no eyes. There were only a large mouth and a nose on its face.
It surprised Angele that although the dragon was around 40 meters long, it looked extremely weak and its body was surrounded by a frost aura. Also, its skin looked translucent for some reason.
Angele narrowed his eyes. "You're probably the last eye-gouging dragon in this world…"
The distance between Angele and the dragon was around 30 meters, but they had no problem talking to each other.
"Well, you might be right…" The dragon's skin was covered with wrinkles, the dragon's skin was no longer glowing, and there was a rotten smell in the air.
"Sorry, I'm too old to move… Also, it seemed like my back has already become part of the stone wall because I stayed here for too long…"
The dragon inhaled deeply and spoke slowly. Its breath created a vortex in the cave.
"It has been a while since the last living being visited me… I don't care about your intention, evil, selfish, or just. As long as you can make me feel that I'm still alive, and the smell… Your smell makes me feel that I still exist in this world…"
"My smell? You mean the energy? Do you know why I'm here then?" Angele questioned in a light tone.
The dragon moved its head slightly and responded in a deep tone, "Yes… You're surrounded by the frost energy of a young one in my race… Get closer to me, son…"
Angele narrowed his eyes, hesitated for a second, and walked to the dragon.
He noticed that the dragon's claw had the size of a wheel after he approached it. It was the first time that he saw such an enormous creature lying right in front of him.
It was obvious that the dragon's claw had shrunk in size and was not sharp at all, but it was still extremely hard.
Angele felt like he was an ant that was standing in front of a lizard.
The dragon moved his head to Angele slowly and Angele could see the long black hair in the dragon's nose and the boogers that coated the hair.
*Woo*
The dragon inhaled deeply.
Angele quickly grabbed his pouch as the dragon almost sucked his pouch into its nose.
"Ah… how familiar… It's a young one from my race… He's strong… I know why you're here now…" the old dragon quickly understood Angele's intention.
"So, can you help me?" Angele questioned in a deep tone.
The dragon hesitated. "I'm sorry… My power weakened and I can't remove the dragon breath from you. Although he's one of us, his power is much stronger than mine… The dragon breath is more than ten thousand years old…"
"Is there another way to do this? Do you have any information related to the dragon breath? Or can you just release some dragon breath so I can do some research on it?" Angele said as he took out a dark red brick.
"This red jade brick will help you recover your stamina."
He carefully threw the jade brick into the dragon's terrifying mouth.
Chapter 447: Destiny (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The dragon tasted and swallowed the brick; seconds later, some red light flashed on its body.
It seemed like the dragon was more energetic after consuming the brick.
"This is our favorite food, I wish you had more. I'll pay you back, I'll let you enter my book cave. For the dragon breath…" The dragon sighed and created another chilling vortex in the cave.
"I don't have enough strength to release a dragon breath… As you can see, my body is decaying and I'll die sooner or later…"
"A book cave? But you don't have eyes…" Angele was a bit surprised.
"You'll understand when you're there…" The dragon smiled and moved its tail, revealing a small cave on the wall.
Angele glanced at the dragon and walked straight to the cave.
He entered the cave, passed through a short black hallway, and arrived at a spacious garden.
The white flame circle around his body brightened up the whole garden.
Red, white, purple, and blue flowers were about to blossom. The white leaves, green leaves, and the vibrant vines on the wall turned the area into a fairy garden. The place was quiet and peaceful.
Waving his hand, Angele turned the white flame circle into a lot of white flames, splashing on the walls. The flames stuck on the walls and started burning, releasing bright white light that brightened up the whole garden.
Angele noticed the flowers in this garden were much larger than the flowers in normal gardens. The buds had the size of a human's head and some buds had a diameter of one meter.
He walked to a large red bud and stopped.
*CHI*
The bud slowly blossomed and there was a book hidden inside the bud. The book was covered with blue runes and complicated patterns. The book was made of the petals, which were connected by the pistil.
"That's…" Angele sniffed, he noticed that a floral fragrance permeated the air as the bud blossomed. The fragrance was intense and complicated, it felt like it consisted of the fragrance of more than ten different flowers.
'So that's how the dragon reads? By smelling?' Angele was interested, he turned the flower book to the first page.
He realized that he could not recognize any of the words on the book. Those words were written in strange runes and were mixed with complicated patterns that looked like they were drawn by a robot.
Angele felt like he was reading the blueprint of a laser gun, but the blueprint was explained using pictographs.
"I can smell it… This is a travel log of the Lost Realm… A friend of mine gifted me this…" The dragon's voice came from outside.
"Lost Realm…" Angele had never heard about the realm before.
"It's a realm that's far from us… The coordinates are more than 100 characters long… You don't want to go there…" the dragon explained.
Angele turned several pages and realized he could not understand any of the content.
He closed the book and took two steps back. The flower returned to the shape of a bud quickly.
Angele then walked to a black bud.
*CHI*
The black bud blossomed, revealing a black book inside. The words written in the book were white and easy to read.
The floral fragrance permeated the air again and the fragrance was changing constantly.
Again, Angele could not recognize the words in the book; however, the colorful galaxy on the book cover reminded him of the science textbook on Earth.
"This is the book of light from the Chaos Realm, it's written in the Chaos language. Why don't you try and read it? The book might aid you…" the dragon suggested.
"This one?" Angele knew the Chaos language and it seemed like the dragon was not lying to him.
He carefully turned to the first page.
'The land will crack when the star flashes! Recorded by the 30060000005th morning light.'
Angele was confused, the name of the author was strange.
"Yeah, this book is written by a ray of ancient light. The light went across thousands of years and recorded everything it saw on this book. That's why it a book of light. This is the only book that was written by a ray of light," the dragon explained.
Angele was surprised after hearing the explanation. He slowly turned to the next page.
'The next day, fire is burning.' There was only one sentence on two pages.
The book of light suddenly started burning after Angele read the sentence and the flame was white.
The shadow disappeared from the cave as the book burnt. The cave was bright like it was somewhere else and there was no darkness left.
Angele stood in front of the book and stopped moving. Light and fire were being redefined in his mind as information was transferred to his brain.
People would eat when they were hungry and they would drink when they were thirsty. He understood how to turn light into fire like he was just eating and drinking.
Angele had no idea how much time had passed, he finally stopped thinking.
"That was close…" The dragon's voice echoed again. "You only read the second page, if you can read all five pages, you'll be able to understand the truth of the light."
The white light had already disappeared from the cave and the book was not burning. It felt like everything was just an illusion.
Angele opened his mouth and tried to talk, but he was thirsty and his head was aching. It felt like he could fell asleep at any time. He spent way too much mentality on the book.
The book of light closed before Angele stepped away and the flower turned into a black bud seconds later.
"What's going on?" Angele groaned as he rubbed his head. His body numbed and he lost all the strength.
"I spent more than 10 thousand years to collect those books and all the books were infused with mysterious power. Your soul echoed with the book of light, but it was too weak to finish the book. The garden is about to die and you're the last visitor, but you only read one page of a book… That might be the destiny…" The dragon sighed with mixed emotions.
Angele's eyes widened as the dragon finished its words.
The colorful buds in the garden turned translucent and slowly disappeared into the air.
"What? There are so many rare books here! Is there a way to save those books?!" Angele could not just stand here and watch all the books disappear. All the books had the same level as the book of light and he was not sure how long he needed if he wanted to study all of them. He did not expect that the flowers would die with the books.
He learned a lot just by reading the second page of the book of the light. Angele felt like his soul was evolving when the information was being transferred into his brain.
Angele could feel that his soul was burning while releasing light. His life energy was consumed naturally and he could stop the procedure if he wanted to. Also, he noticed that his body was strengthened when his life energy was consumed.
If he could turn his life energy into a power that would strengthen his body, he would improve much faster than other creatures, since the other creatures were just wasting their life energy.
"My body was changing and my soul was changing…" Angele muttered as he watched the garden decay. All the green plants turned black slowly, they decayed and dropped to the ground, creating pools with black liquid.
He felt like he was waking up from a sweet dream.
"Leave now… It's the guidance of the destiny…" the old dragon spoke in a deep tone depressingly.
Angele's cheek twitched, he had read many books from the ancient era, and they all talked about the guidance of the destiny for some reason.
Shaking his head, Angele stepped out of the book cave and returned to the dragon.
Angele stood by the dragon's head and questioned in a calm tone, "Anyways, your book helped me a lot. Let me know if you want anything from me."
"I've lived for so long that there is nothing I want after all those years… I don't want anything from you, I could live for several more years if you didn't come here, but now, my goal has been fulfilled and I have no regrets. I wanted to meet another living being before I go… It seems like the destiny treats me well…" the old dragon responded.
Angele noticed that the dragon's wings were covered with holes, they looked like broken kites.
It seemed like the dragon had seen everything in its long life.
"I spent more than ten thousand years fighting against the Terror Dragons and I ended up dying in this cave…" The dragon shook its head and turned to Angele.
"I'll give you a gift before I go since you're the last living being that talked to me…" The dragon touched Angele's body with its mouth.
The two white horns beside the dragon's ears started glowing.
Angele's body was covered with a strong mentality wave. The dragon's mentality wave was like an endless sea that was filling up the cave.
Angele closed his eyes, he noticed that the dragon's mentality wave was rotten for some reason.
'The dragon's soul is dying—although his physical form is still alive, his mind will be gone…' He finally understood why the eye-gouging dragon was dying despite such a strong mentality wave.
The mentality wave surrounded Angele like water.
"Tell the mortals, tell the creatures, tell the world! Me! Glen Van Vartan is still alive! Inherit my dragon sigil and pass it to someone else when you die… this is my last request…"
The sentence echoed in Angele's ears as the mentality wave entered his body. He had not understood the meaning of the sentence yet.
The information of the Lost Realm, the Lost language, the Eternal Realm, the Eternal language, and the eye-gouging dragon's dragon breath were transferred into Angele's brain.
The mentality wave weakened and disappeared into the air after a while.
Angele slowly opened his eyes, and he noticed that the dragon was no longer moving under the light from the walls. The dragon was trapped in a dream that would never end.
The last eye-gouging dragon had disappeared from this world.
"This marks the end of an old era and the start of a new era…" Angele stared at the dragon's dead body with a pair of glowing red eyes.
The dead dragon slowly turned into ash and merged into the dark surface of the ground.
Chapter 448: Return and Changes (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"Thank you for your help."
Angele bowed to the dead dragon, turned around, and disappeared into red flames.
A ball of red flame appeared outside the cave, turning into Angele's body.
"I finally have the information on the dragon breath in hand. I didn't expect it to be a strange bioenergy with its own will… The dragon breath from a dead eye-gouging dragon will be strengthened and there are only two twos to deal with it. The dragon is dead so the first method won't work, which means…"
Angele muttered as he slowly walked down the hill.
The dragon that released the dragon breath had already died, if he wanted to deal with the frost damage, he would have to deal with the dragon's will that was sealed in the dragon breath.
Eye-gouging dragons had different wills, so the only way for an eye-gouging dragon to deal with the dragon breath that was released by another eye-gouging dragon was to fight it with a stronger will. However, the dragon Angele met was too old to do that.
'That's why the dragon told me that he was too weak to help me…'
Angele stood at the entrance of the black mountain and turned his head around. He noticed that the mountain looked like a dragon that was lying on its stomach.
*BOOM*
The whole mountain started collapsing with a loud noise.
'Wait… Don't tell me this mountain is the dragon's body…' Angele recalled the information on the eye-gouging dragon. The dragon's body had the size of a city.
The black mountain turned into a large pile of black ash within minutes; the dust splashed in the air, and it looked like a large ball of boiling black mist.
*Crackle*
Lightning flashed in the air and brightened up the area. Angele could see that the black mountain had turned into a small hill that was made of black ash.
Angele watched the mountain collapse and turned around after all the ashes dropped to the ground. He started walking back the way he came. All the boiling mist was blocked by his energy barrier.
He stopped by the black tree after about half an hour, and slashed forward lightly.
*CHI*
A golden scar was left in the air and started expanding immediately—it turned into an eye-shaped golden crack that could barely fit one person.
Angele suddenly stopped before he stepped into the portal, he crouched and grabbed some black ashes.
"It's the same ash as I found in the cave… Ah…" He realized that all the ashes on the plain were from the old dragon's decaying body.
Angele stepped into the golden crack as he dropped the ashes.
Golden light flashed in front of Angele's eyes and he could hear some strange noise echoing in his ears. After about ten seconds, the golden light disappeared from his eyes and was replaced by a dark hall.
On the dark red altar, Angele shook his head as he was a bit dizzy and his face was slightly pale.
'Well, this is totally different from the method I used to enter the Nightmare Realm, it feels like I'm about to vomit even though I have high attributes…' Angele pressed on his chest and he felt much better after a green light flashed on his palm.
Glancing around, Angele noticed the hall was deadly silent and the dark red lava already solidified. There was still some white smoke rising from the cracks and a burnt smell permeated the air.
Angele walked down the altar and stopped in front of the three coffins. He lined up the coffins by the wall before the teleportation.
He waved his hand and the lids of the coffins dropped to the ground without making any noises.
Angele walked to the first coffin and muttered, "Vampire…"
The dead body of a female vampire was lying inside.
He rubbed the left cheek of the girl's face. It was soft but cold.
Angele opened the girl's mouth and checked her teeth. He noticed that the girl had two extremely sharp teeth.
He lowered his body and checked the sharp teeth, they looked like two needles that were used for injection.
'So, they're like syringes, I suppose?' Angele thought as he widened the girl's mouth, he reached into the mouth with a finger and started rubbing the sharp teeth.
Seconds later, Angele found a soft tube that was attached to the surface of the teeth. The tube was slim and had the size of a hair.
Angele pressed the tube slightly and some sticky liquid was released from the tube. He moved his hand out of the girl's mouth and there was some pink liquid on the tip of his finger.
He sniffed at his finger, the fragrance of the liquid smelled like it was made of musk.
'I heard that when a vampire is sucking blood from his target, the target will experience some extreme sexual pleasure… That might be caused by this liquid. It's pink and no one will notice if it's mixed in blood. I can probably use it since it's a type of biological poison…' Angele took out an empty glass tube using the other hand and carefully collected the liquid.
Several minutes later, Angele collected all the liquid from the dead vampires and returned the glass tubes to his pouch.
Angele returned to the first vampire and drew the short scimitar from his belt, staring at the dead vampire.
'The main purpose of extracting blood from other creatures is to refine their bodies. First, I need to see how the blood is cycled by the vampires.'
Angele carefully took off the girl's black one-piece, revealing her clean and smooth skin.
Her average-sized breasts were exposed to the air.
Angele stayed calm and slashed through the center of the girl's chest.
A slim wound was left by the tip of the blade and pink blood spurted out of it quickly.
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes as the blood spread on her chest.
'Create a task and name it as the Secret of Vampire. Analyze the vampire blood and genes for me,' he ordered.
Zero reported back immediately, 'Task created… target: young vampire… material collected: blood…'
A blue hologram appeared in Angele's sight—in the center of the hologram, there was a three-dimensional model of the vampire girl. The model was spinning slowly.
In the center of the translucent model, Angele noticed that there was a glowing red core that was bright like a light bulb.
"The location is correct, right above the core of the vampire…" Angele nodded and lowered his scimitar, clapping his hands.
"Purification!"
*CHI*
A red energy wave was released by Angele and spread to the cave. The stinky smell in the air was getting more and more intense.
'Air purification completed. The air is now 95% cleaner than normal.' Zero's voice echoed again.
Angele nodded with a satisfied look on his face. He raised the scimitar and slowly cut the vampire girl's stomach open.
*CHI*
A red string was left on the girl's clean skin.
Angele quickly created a translucent force field using his palm, stopping the blood from spurting out of the girl's body.
The dead vampire was cut open from the chest to the stomach and all the blood that was about to spurt out was stopped before it left the veins. The translucent force field was necessary for the operation.
The clean skin and the red flesh contrasted each other, the scene was cruel but beautiful.
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes again as he scanned the girl's abdominal cavity.
'Her digestive system is weaker than average creatures. I assume vampires feed on blood and they don't need too much solid food…'
He then removed the girl's skirt.
'An incomplete reproductive system… So, they don't reproduce through sexual intercourse. Interesting, her lung is somehow connected to her skin by countless tiny veins, which means, she might not need the nose to breathe…'
Angele slashed the vampire girl's body many times using the scimitar and took out some of her organs.
He already created a lab table using the energy particles and lined up the organs on it carefully. No blood was spilled onto the table.
After about ten minutes, Angele slowly grabbed the dark-red core in the girl's chest.
The red core looked like a walnut that was connected to countless veins.
He grabbed the core and pulled it out of the girl's chest without any problems.
'The Heart Core, this is the secret of the vampire. The vampire's organs do similar things as the organs of other creatures, which means, the core is the most important part, and about the evolution…' Angele held the core in hand and narrowed his eyes.
'Unknown gene structure detected, recording the data…' Zero's reported with its mechanical voice.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, the core started screaming—the voice was the same as the vampire girl. The sound was so loud that Angele almost dropped the core to the ground.
"Yuliaiers! Imprison!" Angele chanted the incantation and tapped on the core quickly.
The scream disappeared, he noticed that all the organs on the table and the girl's body turned into black ashes, disappearing into the air.
The vampire girl's face slowly appeared on the surface of the red core.
"I'll curse you! Moron!" The girl's high-pitched voice was getting weaker and weaker.
A smile appeared on Angele's face.
"I heard that the vampires will be reborn as long as their cores are still alive… I finally found the secret after your body turned into black ashes… I can recreate your body and throw you to a minotaur's tribe. You know what they will do to you, right?"
Angele pursed his lips and looked at the core.
"As long as you're imprisoned in the core, you can't even suicide…"
"No!" Fear was written all over the vampire girl's face. "You… You're a devil!"
Chapter 449: Return and Changes (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't attack me first. I just wanted to extract a small amount of blood from your body but you attacked me without saying a word. This is not my fault." Angele pursed his lips.
"It's my fault… Sorry…" The girl still feared Angele's power; also, it seemed like the vampire girl had low intelligence. "Please… Don't throw me to the minotaur tribe… I'm scared…"
Angele's brow furrowed. 'It feels like I'm talking to a child…'
He looked at the core as blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes. "Alright, answer my questions."
Angele asked the biochip to create a simple intelligence test and tested the vampire girl's soul that was inside the core.
About ten minutes later…
Angele stood there with a disappointed look on his face.
'She has the intelligence that's same as a two-year-old… What happened to the modern vampires.'
Angele thought for a while and pressed on the surface of the core using his right hand. A pair of translucent golden eyes appeared over his brow.
'Mind Read…'
Countless images flashed in Angele's brain.
Angele lowered his hands after a while; he was speechless.
'It's a father and two daughters. They were so hungry that they had to suck each other's blood and their brains were damaged for that reason…'
In the girl's memory, the three vampires woke and decided to hunt for blood. However, they failed to defeat the fire snake wolves since the wolf leader was alive at that time. The wolf leader's energy wave was so strong that the vampires were severely injured and had to hide in the hall.
Hundreds of years later, the three vampires tried to escape from the cave again, however, the ancient war was going on. The remaining energy waves released by the ancient wizards severely damaged the three vampires again. They had the same power level as a rank 1 wizard and had not consumed fresh blood in a while.
They returned to the hall again and transformed their family treasure into three ice coffins. Also, they had to consume each other's blood to recover from their injuries. Their attributes were lowered and their power was weakened.
The three vampires would wake up every thousand years and suck each other blood as they needed the energy.
The ice coffins lost their power due to the energy leak over time and turned into normal coffins.
The three vampires' intelligence was also getting lower and lower.
'Well, I guess they're just unlucky…' Angele checked the vampire's memory and felt sad for what they went through. 'Energy can't be cycled forever, it will run out sooner or later…'
The biochip was still analyzing the gene structure of the core.
Angele started thinking after checking the vampire's memory.
The three vampire cores were no longer trying to fight back after Angele threatened them. Sadly, their souls were extremely weak since they consumed each other's blood.
Angele did some detailed tests after checking their memories and finally understood everything.
Angele had three vampire cores in hand and two dead bodies of the vampires.
He hesitated for a second and decided not to destroy the vampire's dead bodies. Rather, he let the body of the vampire girl that turned into black ash transform into her flesh again.
Angele returned the three dead bodies to the coffins and sealed them. He carefully applied his own rune on the lids and coated the coffins with poisonous energy particles as a warning.
'I think I can turn the vampire ashes into vampire bodies as long as I have the corresponding vampire cores. The problem is, I didn't figure out how they increase their own power using other creatures' blood…' He assumed that vampires' ability was related to their genes and he could not just simply copy the process.
However, the gene structure was aggressive and invasive. The features of the gene structure might aid Angele in the future; he stored it in the database.
Angele finished handling the coffins and he exited the hall through the well, returning to the dark cave.
*Roar*
The flaming lion was lying on its stomach by the well—it shouted as it saw Angele climbing up. There was a dead body of a snake in front of it along with some fresh blood and broken stone pieces.
It seemed like the lion killed the snake while waiting.
Angele walked to the lion and patted its head.
"Good job."
The lion shook its head slightly and enjoyed the moment.
Angele raised his right hand and a long blade appeared on his right arm along with the armor piece.
"Come back now." He slashed forward slightly.
The lion stood up and jumped to Angele.
*BAM*
A ball of bright white light exploded in his sight.
Angele returned to the normal form as the light faded. The armor disappeared with the lion and the blade.
Turning his head around, Angele walked to the well and took out a tube that was filled up with sticky black liquid.
He removed the stopper and then poured the liquid out.
The black liquid dropped to the ground like oil; it expanded and merged into the black stones on the ground. Several seconds later, a tall stone golem was created.
The golem shook its shoulders and walked to the stone wall. It stepped forward and slowly merged into the wall.
"From now on, attack any creature that wants to enter the range, me excluded. Range, 200 square meters," Angele ordered in a deep tone.
*Roar*
A terrifying face appeared on the stone wall and the golem responded in a deep voice.
Angele nodded and walked to the exit of the cave from the way he came.
The stone golem could last for more than ten years—he found it in the warehouse of the Watchers.
If Angele could survive the incoming chaos era, he would return to the well and continue his research. Also, if he failed, he would no longer need the golem's service.
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15 days later…
In the ruins under the volcano.
*CHI*
A ball of green flame exploded in Angele's hands and illuminated his face.
Angele stood in the spell lab; there were many dead bodies of golden eagles lying around him. The dark-red blood was dripping down the gray lab table.
He grabbed a black towel and wiped his hands. Angele exhaled deeply and looked at his left hand. Someone just sent him a message.
"Leader, we've arrived at the location, the altar is still safe and it seems like the targets are not here yet." A deep voice echoed in Angele's ears.
Angele could not recall who it was at first, he thought for a while and realized that it was an elite that he sent to assist the Count.
"Stay in the area and observe the targets when they arrive. Check if there is a man with dark skin on their team. Let me know if there is," Angele responded after he thought for a while.
The man with dark skin was Mincola, he escaped with Suman the last time Angele met them.
Mincola helped Angele before, so Angele did not want to attack him by accident.
The message was received a while ago and the elite did not respond to Angele immediately, which meant that the distance between them was big.
Angele hanged the black towel on the hanger and rubbed his hands. He walked out of the lab and returned to his bedroom.
He walked to the wall and there was a silver plate on top of a stone cabinet. A translucent crystal orb was floating over the plate and there was a white vortex in the center of the orb.
Angele glanced at the crystal orb and noticed the white vortex as well.
He walked to the orb and tapped its surface.
*CHI*
The vortex expanded and filled up the crystal orb.
The orb turned completely white.
"Leader." Victoria's voice came from the orb. "You were right, the shadow lord interfered."
"Huh? What's the result then?" Angele questioned in a calm tone.
"Well, the first elder of Elemental Hand joined the fight as well. I found the chance and took Eugene. However, the wizards from the underground world…" Victoria chuckled.
"Eugene is still alive?" Angele's brow furrowed.
"She's still alive, but she looks so different now… Ha! Do you want me to bring her to you?"
"Well, show me the image." Angele was curious after hearing Victoria's word.
"Sure, I thought you wouldn't be interested." Victoria's voice slowly disappeared.
The image in the orb changed from white to a black hut.
Victoria was wearing a red robe and there was a pig covered with mud in his hands.
Strangely, Angele recognized that the pig was Eugene immediately as the pig had a face that looked identical to Eugene; the pig was crying.
"This is Eugene. Master, you can recognize her, right?"
Angele's face twitched.
"Permanent Polymorph?"
"You're right." Victoria chuckled again. "Prince Panko cast the spell using his stone wand, that was an expensive item. I don't know how Panko acquired the item, but Permanent Polymorph is a high-level spell. The wand was infused with a rune circle that was probably created by a rank 5 wizard. I guess Panko really hates Eugene."
"Whatever… Just treat yourself with a roast pig meal or you can just finish her off. I'm not interested anymore." Angele was speechless.
He tapped on the crystal orb and the image disappeared before Victoria responded.
Angele stood in front of the crystal orb. He was not sure how he should react to that result. Eugene was a top-level rank 4 wizard, but she was transformed into a pig.
'That might be her destiny,' Angele thought.
Chapter 450: Encounter (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
It was Eugene's own fault, she had too many enemies.
Angele stepped away from the crystal orb and wiped the dust off his long robe. A red triangular rune flashed on the robe and the robe became clean again.
He tested the mind-reading ability in the main world; however, it seemed like the ability was easier to control when he was in the Nightmare Realm.
In the Nightmare Realm, Angele could read an adult's memory without any problem. However, in the wizard world, a lot of mentality was consumed when he was reading the memory of a vampire girl.
It was probably due to the realm difference. Although Angele's true form was strengthened, he could not utilize his true power in the main world.
Although the single-eyed giant's bloodline could increase his attributes, his body was still much weaker than his true form. It was the same for the scorpion woman's bloodline, the ability was weakened in the main world.
As Angele sat on the bed with his legs crossed, a white envelope appeared above the red cabinet slowly, and it looked like a playback of a burning letter.
The envelope returned to its original shape in drops of flames.
Angele glanced at the white letter, raised his hand, and the letter landed on his palm.
"A new way to send a message?" Angele was a bit confused as he turned the letter around.
The surface of the letter was smooth and slightly wet.
A clean and beautiful sentence was written in gold on the front of the envelope.
'To Green.
Vivian Fenrir.'
*CHI*
Angele unsealed the letter and pulled a yellow leather paper out of it.
The paper was covered with Vivian's words, she was asking about Angele's current situation. Then, Vivian mentioned that she had taken care of Eugene and she wanted Angele to rest well. Also, Vivian would be back in a year due to the incident and she wanted to make sure that Angele could reach rank 3 by then. Vivian said she would punish Angele if he could not reach rank 3.
There were many repeated sentences in the letter, most of them were just the caring words from a mother to a son.
Also, it was mentioned that the new method of sending messages was developed by a wizard named Rock last year. Watchers learned the technique not so long ago—they modified the technique slightly, and Angele was one of the few people in the organization who received a message that was delivered using the new technique.
Angele read through the letter and carefully put it into a drawer of the red cabinet.
'One year till Vivian returns. I should probably finish my things before that.'
He sat on the bed and thought for a while. Black and red runes appeared on the walls as he waved his hands.
There were more than 30 runes on the walls—they released a translucent force field that surrounded them.
Angele checked the red light on the walls of the bedroom and nodded with a satisfied look on face. He relaxed and slowly lay down.
There were a dark-red blanket, a quality pillow, and a soft cotton sheet on the large bed.
Angele lay on the bed, enjoying the warmth of the high-quality bed. It felt like lying on a pile of cotton flowers. He could see the red barriers on the wall with a quick glance and he felt safe in an environment like this.
"I haven't relaxed like this for a while…" Angele calmed down and fell asleep slowly.
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"Cough!"
Angele suddenly coughed several times and woke up from the sweet dream right away.
He quickly got up, covered his mouth, and started coughing.
'It's probably morning… I hate this thing… It always interrupts my dreams in the morning,' Angele thought as he glanced at the barriers in the room.
"Well… I'm just paranoid… The ruin is protected by countless traps and I don't even know why I decided to set up barriers in my bedrooms…" There was a bitter smile on Angele's face. He got off the bed, put on black boots, and buttoned everything.
He walked to the wardrobe and selected a white silky cloak with a long white belt with silver edges.
After changing the clothes, he put his hand on the chest, turned into a ray of red light, and disappeared into the air.
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Nightmare Realm.
In the reading room of the mansion by the river.
A ray of red light slowly appeared in the room, turning into a human being.
Angele was wearing a long white robe and half of his face was covered by the tall collar.
He glanced around the room and noticed that the room was separated into two areas.
The area by the window looked like it had traveled through time. It was old and covered with yellow dust. It looked like no one cleaned that area for hundreds of years.
However, the other side was nice and clean. The lab table, the bookshelves, and the furniture looked like they were brand new.
"This is…?" Angele's brow furrowed, he looked at the strange room and recalled the first time that he entered the Nightmare Realm.
He stepped forward and stood on the line that separated the two areas. He raised his right hand and reached into the decaying area.
Nothing changed, his hand was still the same.
Angele was a bit confused. He remembered something and grabbed a red chair from the normal area, putting it down in the decaying area.
*CHI*
After some light noise, the new chair started decaying at a fast rate. The color of the chair turned dark and the chair was covered with tiny cracks.
The new chair turned into an old chair within seconds.
'I was right… This is the decaying area.' Angele scrunched his brow again.
Angele already knew that the decaying area was one of the unsolved mysteries. He learned it from the information that was sent to him by Eye Devil, who had no idea what the decaying area was.
In the decaying area, time would travel much faster; however, only the physical form of the object or creature would change. The soul of the creature would remain the same.
In other words, one might turn into an old man while his soul was still young. The situation happened a lot; however, it could not be resolved or prevented.
There was only one way to handle the situation, which was leaving the area.
'That's why the strong beings in the Nightmare Realm are trying to invade the other worlds. They'll return to this realm after being pressured by the power of the realms. However, they could escape from the strange situations in the Nightmare Realm temporarily during the invasion.'
Angele knew that the decaying area would expand for unknown reasons; however, it would expand faster when the realms were close to each other.
An event was mentioned in the Erin's Funeral Oration.
The last inheritor of the oration was resting in a cave and set up multiple barriers by the entrance of the cave. It was nearly impossible for an invader or a creature to enter the cave without being noticed by the inheritor. However, several days later, when he woke up, he noticed that there was a girl in red standing beside him and staring at him, and he had no idea how long she had been standing there.
The inheritor knew that the girl was not a soul form as whoever practiced the oration would never fear a soul form. However, when the inheritor was certain that he was staying in a safe environment, the unexpected changes terrified him.
Angele was certain that something similar had happened to other strong beings in this realm and that was the reason why they pursued the ultimate true form.
One would not be injured even when he was sleeping if he reached the highest level, since the opponent would not be able to damage him use normal techniques.
Angele was certain that he would not fear anything if he could reach the highest power level.
'I think Eye Devil and the other lords all have things they fear and that's why they're so excited about the invasion. They wanted to stay in a better realm even if they can't stay there forever.'
Angele pulled the chair back to the normal area.
*Crack*
The chair broke into pieces and turned into a pile of broken wood.
Shaking his head, Angele turned around and opened the door. The mansion was empty and deadly silent.
"Freia? Orphie?" he shouted in a deep voice.
No one responded. It felt like there was no one in the mansion.
Angele walked down the stairs slowly; his footsteps echoed in the empty mansion.
He noticed that the control panel for the defensive system was impacted by the decaying area and its surface was cracked. There was no light from the panel.
Angele's expression changed, he looked outside and noticed that the barriers almost disappeared.
By the edge of the barrier, there were countless footprints on the white snow. It felt like there were many people waiting for the barriers to disappear.
"Damn." Angele snorted and pointed at the control panel, releasing a ball of red flame that surrounded the panel completely.
*WOO*
The defensive barriers around the mansion regained the energy and were activated again.
The burning flames around the panel were the source of their energy.
It was one of the tricks that Angele learned over the years. He turned the magic stones into pure power which could support a damaged rune circle temporarily.
However, the damaged rune circle would be destroyed completely in three days.
The control panel was already damaged and Angele had no way to repair it. He had to support it using the power from the magic stone.
"Freia! Orphie!" Angele shouted again, his voice was buffed by the energy waves, and it echoed in the mansion.
However, no one responded. It seemed like the two girls were not here.
Angele's expression turned serious, he quickly glanced around and his sight landed on the floor in front of the gate. He could see the wet footprints that went into the building.
Chapter 451: Encounter (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Angele drew several runes in the air quietly, and a dark-red barrier and a frost aura quickly surrounded his body.
He glanced at the footprints—the wet footprints were hard to notice on the carpet and led straight to the bathroom.
Angele activated the stealth technique and walked to the bathroom slowly.
*BAM*
He pushed the door open.
There was a naked woman with pale skin lying in a bathtub that was full of red blood.
The woman's eyes were wide open, she lay in the bathtub and no one knew how long she soaked in the blood. Her arms and legs were on the edges of the bathtub, the rest of her body was in the blood.
The stinky smell of the blood permeated the bathroom.
Angele followed the footprints to the bathtub and his sight fell upon the woman in the blood.
'Who's this woman…' Angele had never seen the woman.
It was not Orphie nor Freia. The woman looked young.
He approached the woman and grabbed her head.
Angele stared at the woman's widened eyes, it seemed like she died before she realized it.
Angele's brow furrowed, he tried to close the woman's eyes using his hand, but he failed for some reason.
"Fool…" Angele scrunched his brow again and applied some more force.
The woman's eyes were finally closed.
Angele lowered his hand and stood up. He checked the surroundings, but did not find anything. He hesitated, turned around, and walked to the door.
Suddenly, he could feel a chill climbing up his back and quickly turned around.
The woman was standing behind him and her eyes were wide open. There was blood dripping down her body.
*BAM*
A ball of red flame exploded in the air and the dark-red lava splashed in the tiny bathroom.
Angele grabbed the woman's head using his right hand.
*PA*
It sounded like a watermelon being crashed—the woman exploded after being gripped as her body turned into pieces of flesh and splashed on the walls.
Angele snorted and glanced around carefully.
The red blood splashed on the walls, along with the brain tissue and broken pieces of bones.
The red lava drops turned the bathroom into a sauna. White smoke rose from the flesh under the high temperature.
It smelled like someone was grilling meat.
Angele opened the door.
*BAM*
The wooden door was blocked by something and he only managed to move the door slightly.
*BAM BAM*
Angele tried again; however, the door was still blocked by something.
His expression changed, it was just the hallway outside the bathroom, and there should not be anything blocking his path.
Angele peeked outside through the door; he could see a shadow on the floor. It felt like there was someone standing outside the bathroom, pushing the door back.
"Damn it!" Angele's skull numbed. He had not encountered such a weird situation in a while.
He took a step back and kicked the wooden door hard.
*BAM*
The white door was blown away by the impact, landing on the sofa in the living room. However, there was no one in the hallway.
Angele's expression turned serious, he knew that there were too many things that could not be explained in the mysterious Nightmare Realm. They were everywhere and they could happen at any time, just like nightmares.
He stepped into the hallway and checked the surroundings. The mansion was deadly silent and he was the only one making noises.
Angele looked at the bathroom, the room was already burnt black by the lava and the flames.
"Extinguish!" He pointed at the flames.
*WOO*
Some gentle wind blew into the bedroom; the lava drops and the flames were all extinguished. Thick smoke was blown out of the broken window and everything returned to normal.
"Well, it's understandable that the lords want to travel to other realms…" Angele muttered, then looked at the building—he was worried about the girls.
Suddenly, Angele noticed that there was a letter in a black cylinder under the sofa. The cylinder container lay on the carpet quietly, it was placed in the normal area and the container looked new.
It seemed like Freia and Orphie were trying to hide from something. They probably hid the letter under the sofa so that they could tell Angele what happened.
Angele was excited after seeing the letter, he quickly walked to the sofa and used the energy particles to grab the container.
He opened the container and found a piece of yellow paper inside.
'Green, many strange things happened in the garden while you were not here. Orphie and I are scared. We received a letter from my brother and decided to leave the mansion with the one who delivered the letter. Don't worry, the person sent by my brother is strong and we will try to contact you later.'
The letter was written by Freia. Angele treated Freia like his own daughter and he would not want anything unfortunate to happen to her.
'I should leave this place as well…' He closed the letter and checked the surroundings again. Angele walked upstairs and collected the important lab data. He also checked the garden and noticed that Freia took the sunflower with her. He made sure nothing important was left behind and stepped out of the building.
The sky was pale and it was still snowing. Angele could see a thick layer of snow on the ground.
Angele grabbed a snowflake, but did not find any words on it. It was obvious that the snow was not used to deliver the message of a lord this time.
He stepped into the snow and walked to the defensive barriers with a large black leather case in hand.
There was no longer any green vine outside the barrier and the only thing in Angele's sight was the thick snow.
There were no footprints on the snow as he stepped out of the barrier. It almost felt like Angele was seeing illusions, however, Angele had high resistance to illusions and it was nearly impossible for him to be trapped in a fake environment.
Angele glanced at the mansion one last time before he entered the forest. The mansion was the only shelter he had in the Nightmare Realm, but he had to abandon it along with the memories.
"Sadly… Well…" Shaking his head, Angele stopped thinking, and walked to the deep forest.
Angele headed to Eye Devil's territory; the forest was still deadly silent. Angele created a shadow barrier around his body so the weird creatures would not be able to touch him during the daytime. He still had no idea where those creatures came from.
The strikes from those creatures could only be blocked by black objects and that was the reason why the residents of the Nightmare Realm wore black outfits.
Angele checked the map that was given to him by Eye Devil from time to time while he was traveling.
The map would change over time. Eye Devil's servants were collecting new information all the time and would update the map constantly due to the properties of the Nightmare Realm.
Angele decided not to use the elemental teleportation here since he was not familiar with the areas and the landscape might change for no reason.
He needed to have a general idea of his destination so the teleportation could be accurate, otherwise, he might hit a wall or something.
It got dark outside after he traveled for around five to six hours.
Angele stopped and found a patch of empty ground. He built a campfire using dried tree branches and set up an energy sentry in the area. The sentry looked like a palm-sized metal beetle and it could create a weak barrier. The sentry would warn the owner when there was danger.
Also, he could create multiple sentries and those beetles could hide underneath the ground so he could prevent the attack from below.
Angele meditated for a whole night with his legs crossed; he could feel that he was progressing.
After his soul was improved by the book of light, he could feel that his mentality was increasing as he meditated. It felt like pouring water into a bucket that increased in volume.
He noticed that his mentality was increasing twice faster than before.
Angele's mentality would increase by one point every year through meditation, but the needed time has shortened by half after his soul was improved. Although it would take him a while to meet the requirements for a rank 4 wizard, he already had the chance to become a rank 4 wizard. Every wizard needed the time to increase their mentality, but their power level would increase greatly after they advanced to rank 4.
Rank 3 wizard was like a worm in a cocoon. It would take him over 100 years to break the cocoon and become a butterfly. If he failed, he would die as a worm in the cocoon.
Angele had nothing to worry about, he was walking the path of the ancient wizard and his true form was getting closer to the power level of a rank 6 wizard. However, Angele was just assuming the level of his true form. He did it by comparing the data he collected since he had never seen the power of a rank 5 or 6 wizard.
Although the trip with Eye Devil's army would be dangerous, opportunities usually came with risks. Angele wanted to test his power and decided to join the invasion.
Chapter 452: Struggle (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
However, the trip was extremely dangerous. Eye Devil gathered her army and she probably had many strong servants. Angele had to take the risk.
His expression turned serious as he thought.
The campfire was burning in front of him, releasing bright yellow light. The dancing flames were noisy in the quiet environment.
He took out a small metal cage from the pouch, it was a tool that was gifted to him by Eye Devil.
He put everything away and took out a black gem from the pouch. The gem had a black edge and a red center.
'The dragon blood essence stone of the eye-gouging dragon from a ghost child… Without the knowledge of the old dragon, I'd never know how to extract this thing.' It was the blood stone he acquired from the items that were delivered to him by Eye Devil after the trade.
He finally had the chance to use it.
'According to the data, eye-gouging dragons had the strongest dragon roars. They could utilize their other sensory organs due to their missing eyes.
Angele took a deep breath and a translucent shadow of a giant slowly appeared behind him.
There was a long horn on the giant's head and the giant was more than seven meters tall. His body was covered in black armor with thorns and there was a pair of golden eyes over his brow. It was Angele's improved true form.
Angele threw the blood stone to the air.
It felt like the stone dropped into water as merged into the giant's body.
*Roar*
The blood stone melted and turned into pure energy flow. The energy flow transformed into a tiny gray eye-gouging dragon with more than ten pairs of wings on its back roaring furiously. The dragon looked like a large black hedgehog that was trying to use the spikes to defend against the giant's power.
The tiny eye-gouging dragon opened its mouth and shouted, "I wangen spnaien yoau!"
The words meant: "Death is only the beginning".
*BAM*
The giant waved its hand and the dragon charged into his body.
Seconds later, the shadow disappeared and everything returned to normal.
Angele stood up and glanced around with a blank expression on the face.
'Death is only the beginning? What does it mean? Is the dragon's mind power...? What a stubborn dragon… I had to use the power of my true form to absorb it.'
Blue light flashed in front of his eyes and he shook his head, looking depressed. 'Sadly, I can't retrieve the knowledge from the dragon sigil, only dragons can inherit the sigils. The Terror Dragons have strict rules I guess.'
Angele sat down and added some wood to the campfire. He then started meditating again—he wanted to see the changes happening to his body.
He absorbed the blood essence of the eye-gouging dragon and it felt like there was some icy water running through his organs.
There were two possible results after Angele absorbed a new bloodline. The bloodline would either be controlled by the single-eyed bloodline and the scorpion woman's bloodline or the three bloodlines would merge into each other and turn into a new bloodline; however, the eye-gouging dragon's bloodline had to be at the same level as the two other bloodlines.
'There are strong eye-gouging dragons and weak eye-gouging dragons. It all depends on the dragon's level now…'
Angele decided not to control his bloodlines and just let them develop.
It felt like his organs were being slashed through by knives, the pain was getting more and more intense every second.
Angele's brow furrowed and waited for the time to pass.
It was getting bright and the campfire was slowly extinguished; there was still smoke slowly rising from it.
Angele slowly opened his eyes and woke up from the meditation; his body was no longer aching. He quickly checked his condition.
The blood essence had completely disappeared; however, the merged scorpion woman bloodline and the single-eyed giant bloodline was strengthened.
'Zero, check my condition now.' Angele ordered in mind.
'Analyzing… Processing…'
'Angele Fenrir Rio. Strength 20.2 (65). Agility 18.5 (9.5). Stamina 30.0 (71). Mentality 200.7. Mana 157.2. Gene limit not reached. Impacted by the frost damage from the dragon breath.'
'So, my strength decreased from 21 to 20, stamina decreased from 32 to 30, and my mentality increased to 200. The attributes of my true form also increased.' Angele nodded with a satisfied look on face. 'It seems like the frost damage from the dragon breath has weakened. I hope I can get rid of this thing in the Soul River Realm…'
Zero suddenly warned him before Angele was about to move.
'Unknown gene change detected… Checking…'
'Analysis completed. Talent ability of the true form has changed. A new talent ability acquired, the Giant Roar.'
'Checking the talent ability… Comparing data… Roar: Your emotional roar will deal area damage when you're in true form.'
'Warning! Your stamina will be decreased temporarily when you use the roar.'
Angele was surprised by the warnings. He thought for a while and stood up. He waved his right hand and all the sentries returned to his hand.
He collected the sentries and checked the map. He started advancing to Eye Devil's territory again.
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Three days later.
A black shadow stepped out of the dark but vibrant forest.
The man was surrounded by a translucent black force field that blocked all the branches. His white silk robe and long red hair were quite eye-catching.
"Finally, I'm here…" Angele exhaled lightly, he stood on a hill and overlooked at the yellow plain.
On the right of the endless plain, there was a city surrounded by sand. It seemed like the city was abandoned a long time ago.
Angele took out the yellow map, opened it, and tapped on it slightly.
*CHI*
A black light ball was released by the map and it floated in front of him. The ball slowly transformed into a black eyeball.
"This is the mother base! This is the mother base! All the eyeballs, please return to the base, the invasion will start in two days!"
A cold female voice came from the eyeball—she kept repeating the sentence.
Angele was excited. "Finally, I can reach my destination in two days as two days here is longer than two days in the wizard world."
He felt relaxed after hearing the announcement.
A day in the Nightmare Realm was 30% longer than a day in the wizard world. It would only take him half a day to reach Eye Devil's base.
He grabbed a water pouch and drank some water. Angele walked down the hill and headed to Eye Devil's base at full speed.
Wind was blowing on the yellow plain and the sand in the wind blurred his sight. Angele casted a defensive spell to block the sand after he walked down the hill.
He followed the direction marked on the map and walked for about half an hour. He noticed that there were white bones on the ground, some were human bones but the rest looked like they were from some beasts.
*Crack*
Angele stepped on a bone and it broke into pieces immediately.
He glanced around and noticed that there was a rusty blade on the right. The blade was red and a dried body of a wolfman lay beside it.
Angele walked to the blade and checked the wolfman's body.
The body had dried in the strong wind. The wolfman died holding a black shield in hand and his fur looked like a black coat.
"There was a battle here?" Angele checked the wolfman's body, he found a broken water pouch and some dried flesh. There was also a white wooden amulet with an old look—several words were engraved on its back. They were written in the ancient language and meant: "Remember to wash your feet".
Angele chuckled, it felt like that the wolfman's parents made him the amulet.
He checked the wolfman's feet and could see that there were marks left by blisters on the surface of the wolfman's feet.
Angele moved away from the body and started advancing again. He saw more and more wolfmen on the way. He also found several dead bodies of single-eyed men with dark skin.
He recognized the single-eyed men right away—he had seen some in Eye Devil's party.
Minutes later, some dark-red light appeared in the sky. The boiling dark clouds turned into a humongous spinning vortex, releasing red light from the center.
It was getting dark. The night of the Nightmare Realm fell earlier than the main world's. The red light from a vortex that was surrounded by black clouds in the sky was the only source of light here.
Angele slowed down as there were more and more dead bodies on the ground.
He noticed that there was a floating black vortex in the front.
The vortex looked like a spinning tornado and there were red electric pulses in its center.
It was huge and looked like an enormous black shell that had a diameter of three kilometers.
Under the vortex, there were countless egg-shaped buildings that had the height of more than ten meters. There were creatures that looked like ants moving out of the buildings all the time.
The black buildings looked like black mushrooms growing on a muddy land.
Angele overlooked the area and noticed that there were thousands of black mushrooms. There were also black dragons that were five to six meters long lying among the mushrooms.
Over the black mushrooms, there were hundreds of dark-red dots floating in the air. The largest light dot was a hexagonal platform.
The red dragons around the platform were roaring, their voices sounded identical to the voice of bulls.
The dragons rotated around the platform and it almost looked like they were fishes swimming in water.
*WOO*
A loud noise came from behind and a dark shadow covered and Angele's body.
Raising his head, Angele looked at the sky.
A black dragon with a warrior in black armor on its back stopped behind Angele as the dragon was swinging its wings.
Chapter 453: Struggle (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"An anthropoid? How did you find this place? I thought you'd learn from the loss!" The knight on the dragon's back warned in a deep voice and his voice echoed in the sky.
Angele's brow furrowed. "Are you patrolling the area? Take me to see Eye Devil." He showed the knight his black metal cage.
"Teleportation Device?" The knight was surprised. He tapped on the back of the dragon and red light flashed upon his face. Angele noticed that the knight's head was actually a large white eyeball.
Several seconds later, the red light disappeared from the eyeball, it seemed like the knight was communicating with someone.
"I apologize, Master. I've informed the lords of your arrival. Two of the lords sent you invitations. Lord Bone invites you to his floating platform and Lord Eye Devil invites you to the headquarters."
The dragon knight quickly landed on the ground and lowered his body to show respect.
"Huh? Bone is already here?" Angele glanced at the eyeball knight and scanned him using the biochip.
'Analysis completed. File created. Eyeball Knight. Power level estimation: Mid-level rank 1 wizard. Unknown buffs detected.'
Angele narrowed his eyes.
He did not expect that a random soldier had the same power level as a rank 1 wizard. He wondered how strong the captains in the army would be. He was certain the captains would have the same power level as a rank 3 or a rank 4 wizard.
If Angele's assumption was correct, it was impossible for the wizard world to stop an invasion from the Nightmare Realm. There were probably thousands of soldiers that had the same power level as formal wizards. He noticed that the mushroom buildings were endless on the plain.
Angele looked at the knight and questioned him in a careless tone, "How big is the lords' army? How many soldiers will be sent to the Soul River Realm? Lead me to Bone, you can answer the questions on the way."
"Yes, Master!" The eyeball knight tapped the dragon's head and they flew to the floating platform.
"Lord Eye Devil will send 150,000 soldiers to the Soul River Realm, but Lord Bone's army is much larger than ours."
"Huh? How many soldiers will Bone bring?"
Angele watched the dragon knight fly to the right and noticed that there was a gray floating platform in the air. For some reason, he did not see the platform at the first glance.
He drew a red rune in the air and started flying to the platform as well, following the dragon knight.
"He will bring 25 million bone warriors with him. The bone warriors were separated into 25 teams and they'll enter the Soul River Realm from different access points," the knight responded respectfully. "Lord Eye Devil had an argument with Lord Bone. Lord Bone's army is much larger than he stated in the agreement."
Angele chuckled, but he did not respond. The eyeball knight was probably trying to see whom Angele was supporting. That was the reason why he only gave Angele two choices.
Obviously, Eye Devil and Bone were fighting since Bone broke the agreement. They would try to get as much support as they could.
Angele thought for a while and asked, "Are Vapor and Spider here?"
"They're visiting the Deep Abyss, they'll not participate in the invasion," Eyeball knight answered in a low voice.
The red and black shadows covered the sky. They were rotating slowly and the land turned black. The dragon knights were everywhere in the sky.
Angele looked to the left while advancing. He saw that groups of dragon knights flew to the center of the enormous vortex and disappeared into it.
It looked like a pile of black sesame being dropped into water. No one would know that those black dots were dragons unless they looked closely.
"The teleportation gate is unstable so we can only send the groups one by one. It'll take the gate two more days to stabilize," the eyeball knight explained as he led Angele to the platform.
Several minutes later, a team of dragon knights flew to Angele and stopped on the left.
"Master Phoenix, Lord Bone and his friends are waiting for your arrival. Please follow us to the platform." The leading knight was wearing a black-red armor and there was a huge lance in his hand.
The eyeball knight joined the dragon knights without saying anything. He was just a normal soldier after all.
Angele floated in the air and glanced at the dragon knights. He pursed his lips in a smile.
The dragon knight captain lowered his head. "Welcome to the party, Master Phoenix!"
"Welcome to the party, Master Phoenix!"
"Welcome to the party, Master Phoenix!"
Groups of dragon knights approached Angele and surrounded him in the center. They rotated around him slowly and shouted.
Their voices echoed in the sky for a while.
Angele glanced around, the eyeball knights surrounded him and were just flying around.
There was only one path on the left, the dragon knights were turning into a certain formation.
It was a strange and terrifying path.
The dragon knights went around each other and created a cylinder using the dragons' bodies. The walls of the cylinder were bodies of the dragons.
Angele looked through the tunnel and noticed that Eye Devil was waiting for him by the edge of the floating platform. Eye Devil was wearing a black-purple one piece, she looked like a mysterious princess with a glass of blood wine in hand. She was no longer wearing the mask and Angele finally had the chance to see her attractive face. Angele thought Eye Devil would not be on the floating platform.
On the left of Eye Devil, there was a blonde man wearing a white outfit. Only half of his upper body was covered, he was also drinking a glass of wine and staring at Eye Devil with desire in his eyes.
"Welcome to the party, Master Phoenix!"
The eyeball knights started shouting again.
*Bam*
Suddenly, Angele could feel that his heart was pumping after hearing the noise.
It felt like someone was drumming.
"BAM DA BAM DA BAM DA*
The noise made by the drums was deep and loud. It felt like the whole area was impacted by the noise.
The dragon knights that created the path changed their formation again, revealing the black and red sky behind them.
Angele looked in the direction that the noise came from through the gaps between the dragon knights. He could see that someone was drumming on the floating platform. The man roared as he drummed like crazy.
The humongous drum had a diameter of five to six meters. The accessories on his body were all made of skulls.
'Bone?' Angele finally recognized the one that was hitting the drum. He glanced at the Eye Devil and noticed that her expression turned serious. She glared at Bone and left the platform with the wine glass.
The dragon knights were all driven away by the loud noise.
Angele jumped forward and flew to the floating platform.
*BAM BAM BAM*
The noise stopped. Bone threw away the sticks, turned around, and looked at Angele.
"Long time no see!" he shouted from the far side.
"Thanks for the ceremony!" Angele smiled and increased his speed.
*CHI*
A translucent flying creature that looked like a jellyfish passed by. The creature's body was glowing and it looked like a ghost.
Seconds later, countless blue creatures slowly appeared around Angele's body.
Angele looked at the blue jellyfish and noticed that those creatures were naked women with long hair, dancing in the wind. The strange blue glow and their long hair covered their faces, that was why Angele did not recognize them right away.
'Banshees? Banshees! There are so many of them!' Angele recognized the creatures. Banshees could only be defeated by wizards that were at least at rank 4 in the wizard world and he only read about them in the books he found in the Dark Wizard Tower.
The banshees rotated around Angele and the rest of them were flying around the platform slowly. They looked cold but beautiful.
Several minutes later, he arrived at the floating platform and landed on it with no problem.
The platform was gray and the floor was covered with white bones. It looked like the platform was built like this intentionally.
Bone walked to the center of the platform and sat down by the only table. There were two plates that were full of roasted legs on the table.
"That's all I have. Take a seat and have some meat! Those legs are from the Spinal Dragons of the northern area!" Bone pulled a large piece of meat down a leg and threw it into his mouth.
"To be honest, you and Eye Devil have similar personalities, but I like you. Eye Devil lies too much and I feel tired just talking to her." Bone chuckled. "She lied to me so many times and I only lied to her once, but she still got angry."
Angele smiled but did not say anything. He sat down and looked at the roasted leg. The leg was more than one meter long and he decided to try it out.
Angele grabbed a piece of meat as well and threw it into his mouth; however, he was speechless soon after—the texture of the meat was identical to hard rubber. It was nothing like the rhino meat he had the last time they met.
He applied a lot of force and finally chewed the meat down. It tasted like roasted rubber with no salt and it was not a pleasant experience.
Angele's cheeks ached after finishing the meat and he decided not to grab another piece.
Bone was staring at Angele and looked confused.
"I heard that you brought a huge army with you. Where are your soldiers?" Angele decided to change the topic.
Bone finished his meat and a cunning smile appeared on his face.
"You'll know soon. Don't worry about it."
Chapter 454: Teleport (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"There's no point in hiding your army at this point." Angele pursed his lips into a smile.
Bone pulled another piece of meat off the leg and threw it into his mouth.
"What about you? I didn't see your army…" He looked at Angele and spoke with food still in his mouth.
"I didn't bring any." Angele smiled. He would not tell Bone that he did not have an army. "I'm still recovering and I'm not here to show off."
"Well, you're right." Bone nodded, he did not think too deeply about Angele's words. "Whatever, just join my team and I'll give you the right to control one of my groups. We're friends, right? Eye Devil and I will be fighting for the Heart of the Soul River, the only thing you need to do is providing assistance when necessary."
"Five of your groups." Angele pursed his lips. "There's nothing I can do with just one group. I'll help you if you offer five." Angele wanted to act alone and he did not want to join the fight between two of the lords so he asked for something impossible.
"Five? That won't happen." Bone scrunched his brow. "I'll make you the supervisor of my army and you can think again after we enter the Soul River Realm. However, be careful when you're with Eye Devil. She'll never treat you like a real friend."
"Don't worry." Angele chuckled. "One more thing, do you have a map of the Soul River Realm?"
"I do. Here. Copy it down." Bone raised his right hand and a pair of hands appeared in the air, bringing him a yellow scroll.
He grabbed the scroll and handed it over to Angele.
Angele glanced at the hands, they looked like the hands of a female. He grabbed the map and read through it quickly. His brow furrowed as he read.
All the details could be found on the map, it almost looked like the map was created using a satellite.
The was a red dot in the center of the map—it was the teleportation location.
The red dot was surrounded by countless lakes that looked like mirrors. There were also many tall buildings, palaces, and statues.
It seemed like their entrance to the Soul River Realm was the center of a big country or organization.
"We're the invaders to the Soul River Realm. Are you sure this location is fine?" Raising his head, Angele looked at Bone.
Bone licked his oily right hand after finishing all the meat on the table; however, it seemed like he was still hungry.
"Don't worry. We already sent scouts and spies to the area. You'll understand when you're there."
Although Angele was confused, he decided not to ask more questions. He checked the map carefully and memorized all the locations and information before returning it to Bone.
Bone did not grab the map, the woman's hands reappeared and took the map.
Angele looked at the hands but it did not seem like they were connected to a creature.
"Well, is this your… lover or something? That's an interesting hobby," Angele understood who was behind the hands and mocked.
"Cough!" Bone choked on the water that he was drinking, he blushed and glared at Angele.
"I wanted to make you feel better since I don't have an attractive female servant… Anyway, Kura, come and meet the supervisor… He already knew who you're."
"Sure…"
A muscular man that was more than four meters tall appeared beside the table. He used a pair of woman's hands to hold the map.
"Boss, I thought you asked me to hide." He looked at Bone with an honest expression on his face.
"Hide my *ss!" Bone slapped the man's head. "Leave now."
"Alright…" The man was not intelligent. He smiled, turned around, and disappeared into the air with the map.
Angele's cheek twitched, it was more than what he had expected.
"Why don't you just find a banshee or a female… zombie devil…"
"What? Seriously? Banshee and zombie devils are coated with death energy. I thought you outsiders hated the smell." Bone was confused.
"Well, I don't mind that." Angele shook his head.
Death energy would only help Angele progress after he practiced the Erin's Funeral Oration.
"Fine." Bone nodded and moved his lips.
Seconds later, two sexy beauties with clean skin flew to the floating platform, standing beside the two. They were both holding wine and plates in their hands.
They approached the table and poured two glasses of wine for Angele and Bone. They also took the empty plates away.
Angele's nose was filled up by the rotten smell as the two beauties approached the table. It smelled like rotten meat that was cured.
He looked at Bone, but it seemed like Bone was used to such smells. Although the smell was bearable, Angele completely lost his appetite.
"It'll take a while until we can enter the portal. Do you have any unique bones from the undead? Can you give me some of the bones if you don't mind?" Angele was trying to collect as many resources as he could.
The extraction technique of the biochip could help Angele use the rare resources that could not be utilized by the others.
"Bones from the strong undead creatures? You can find a ton of them in my Bone Sea… I can give you whatever you want." Bone waved his hands.
"Oh? Are you sure?" Angele was excited after hearing these words.
"Yeah, sure." Bone waved his hand and one of the bones on the ground flew into his hand. "What about this one? It's a bone from the Son of the Sun. I found it in the dimension fissure." He handed the white bone over to Angele.
Angele grabbed the bone carefully; he could feel the heat from the bone, which was climbing up his right arm like crazy.
"The Son of the Sun…" He had read about the creature in the books, it was a strong being that was born in the center of the sun and released high-temperature heat waves all the time. Those creatures would bring drought to the world—even the ancient wizards feared those terrifying creatures from other realms.
"And this, the neck bone of the Head Bone Dragon." Bone threw a palm-sized white bone to Angele.
"The finger bone of the Hera's Hand! The toe bone of the Star Giant!"
Son of the Sun was the only creature that Angele could recognize. He checked the other bones and none was in his database.
"Those bones…" Bone waved his hand and spoke, "They're yours now!"
Angele swallowed hard and took all the bones. He lined up the bones on the table and observed them carefully.
Those bones had one similarity: they were all surrounded by strong auras.
The bone of the Son of the Sun was extremely hot, the neck bone from the dragon was cold. The finger bone of Hera's hand was translucent, it felt like it could disappear at any time. Lastly, the toe bone of the Star Giant was coated with silver starlight.
"I collected so many bones over the last ten thousand years. I can give you as many bones as you want. My name is Bone and bones are all I have.
"However, I don't think you can extract the power from those bones. You may be able to destroy them, but you can't use them."
"Don't worry. Is there a quiet area here? I want to study those bones," Angele questioned in a deep tone.
"Sure, I can find you a quiet place." Bone waved his hand. "Take my friend to the best lab of the main ship."
"Yes, Master," the female zombie devil responded politely. "Please follow me, Master." She turned around and flew into the sky.
Angele grabbed all the bones and tied them up using energy particles, then followed the female zombie devil to the right.
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Two days later…
There was a huge white plate made of bones rotating in the dark sky slowly, making some strange noise.
The white plate was made of countless white bones—the sea of white bones looked like a roof for the plain.
There were many tiny windows on the surface of the white plate, made of translucent barriers.
In a window on the left.
Angele was standing in front of the shell-shaped window, peeking outside in the warm and spacious room.
The black-red vortex was spinning slowly, surrounded by groups of dragon knights. Angele could hear them roaring in the room.
Turning around, he looked like the items on the lab table.
There was a complicated rune circle on the white lab table and the red light released by it surrounded the golden blood ball in the center.
The blood ball was boiling, floating in the air.
Angele walked to the lab table slowly.
"The bloodline essence of the Son of the Sun… I can use it to improve my body if my body is turned into pure elemental energy. Sadly…"
The bloodline of the Son of the Sun was not helpful to Angele at this point. The bloodline was too aggressive and could not be combined with other bloodlines.
He'd have to give up the merged bloodline of the single-eyed giant and the scorpion woman for the bloodline of the Son of the Sun. It would not be a wise idea since he already put so much effort into the merged bloodline.
'I can't absorb it, but I can use it as my final resort. The power of this bloodline is horrifying and I can turn it into a bloodline signet.'
Similar to the bloodline of the Son of the Sun, the other bloodlines were all aggressive. Angele could only use some of the Head Bone Dragon's blood as part of its bloodline could co-exist with other bloodlines.
Angele tried to turn the new bloodlines he collected into bloodline signets; he failed with the bloodline essence of Hera's Hand, but succeeded with the Star Giant.
Also, he was confident in turning the bloodline of the Son of the Sun into a bloodline signet.
Angele would be able to acquire two more trump cards. He named the bloodline of the Star Giant as the Star and the bloodline of the Son of the Sun as Stellar.
He looked at the golden blood on the lab table and suddenly reached into the blood with his hand.
*CHI*
It sounded like meat being grilled after he touched the blood and green smoke rose into the air.
Angele remained calm and gripped hard.
*BAM*
The golden blood ball exploded. The blood turned into countless golden light dots and sunk into Angele's palm. The light dots turned into a golden string and quickly climbed up his chest.
The golden light dots turned into a pattern that looked like an eclipse on Angele's chest; strangely, the eclipse pattern was releasing golden light and spinning as though it was alive.
Angele lowered his head and looked at the pattern. There was also a silver cross beside the eclipse pattern—it was the signet created by the Star Giant's bloodline—and it was releasing gentle silver light.
Chapter 455: Teleport (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
'It's the same as what I expected. The two bloodlines are so dense and aggressive. I can barely turn them into signets and they're extremely active…' Angele noticed that most strong bloodlines had similar properties as these two, they were dense and invasive.
Angele's single-eyed giant and scorpion woman bloodlines were not dense, so they could merge into each other.
'So, I'll have to focus on a single bloodline if I want to proceed to the next step…' Angele started thinking.
The two new bloodline signets he acquired were all active and it had become a problem.
The main problem was that if he activated the signet during a battle, the bloodline power would be completely consumed and it would be a waste of energy.
Angele was walking the path of the ancient wizard; with the help of the Erin's Funeral Oration, he had a general idea of what he should do. He had no teacher, so he had to proceed with caution. He would only execute his plan when he was fully prepared.
Erin's Funeral Oration was not designed for human beings, after all…
'If I'm going to focus on one bloodline, which one should I choose…' Angele was trying to make an important decision.
He had five choices: the Star Giant bloodline, the Son of the Sun bloodline, the Bone Head Dragon bloodline, the single-eyed giant bloodline, and the scorpion woman bloodline. The other bones he acquired from Bone were weaker than those bloodlines, so he did not consider them.
Based on the general features, the single-eyed giant and the scorpion woman were weaker than the Bone Head Dragon; however, the Bone Head Dragon was weaker than the Star Giant and the Son of the Sun.
Also, single-eyed giant bloodline had already merged into the scorpion woman's bloodline. If Angele gave up the merged bloodline, he would have to start from zero, and the power of his true form would be greatly reduced.
The power of Angele's true form was close to a rank 6 wizard; however, if he gave up the merged bloodline, the power level would drop to the same as a rank 3 wizard. Although he could progress much faster with a high-level bloodline, it still took time.
'I've never heard of the Star Giant and the Bone Head Dragon, but I know that the power of the giants comes with a price. It will take thousands of years for a giant to reach his potential. I won't be able to live that long even if I turn myself into soul form,' Angele analyzed.
'Bone Head Dragon is a dragon; however, dragons take inheritors seriously. The dragon sigil is the most important thing for a dragon and their bloodline is weak without an inheritor's soul. If I can't retrieve the knowledge from the sigil, I won't be able to utilize a dragon's power.
'The Son of the Sun…' Angele liked the Son of the Sun the most.
Based on the information he had, Angele knew that the Son of the Sun made several appearances during the ancient war.
During the wizard war, some ancient wizards communicated with other realms and helped a Son of the Sun teleport his shadow to the wizard world. The arrival of the shadow brought drought to the world and some of the creatures were burnt into ashes under the high temperature. The situation would be worse if the wizard who communicated with the Son of the Sun had stronger power.
Angele was struggling, he did not want to just give up the merged bloodline…
"Whatever… I can wait until I come back from the Soul River Realm… Cough…" Angele started coughing again, the frost damage from the eye-gouging dragon made him uncomfortable again.
"Wait… The aggressive bloodline of Son of the Sun may be able to help me with the frost damage…" Angele muttered as he cleaned the rune circle from the table.
Angele was a wizard, but he was still a human being. If he could not refine his soul, he would not be able to surpass the bloodline owners' power level.
Sons of the Sun were extinguished years ago and it was nearly impossible for Angele to meet one that was still alive.
Angele made sure that no one noticed that he was extracting the bloodline and returned to the window, staring at the rotating vortex. He decided to wait for the teleportation by meditating.
After about three hours, the white plate suddenly vibrated.
A deep voice echoed in the ship.
"Zombie Lord Marco of Group Three, please prepare to enter the portal…. Also, get ready, Group Four…"
Thunder was rumbling outside the window and there were countless black dots that looked like ants below the clouds. They were all heading to the vortex.
Angele looked at the black dots and noticed that they were enormous bats.
The bats flew to the vortex, they looked like flies charging to a light bulb. There were countless black bats in Angele's sight.
*WOO*
A bat passed by the window, it rotated in the air several times and joined the crowd.
*WOO*
A strange noise that sounded like it was from a horn echoed in the air.
*BAM BAM BAM*
Angele could hear loud but slow footsteps from below.
Giants that were more than ten meters tall were slowly walking to the vortex on the ground.
The giants had gray skin and muscular bodies. Their heads looked like giant eggshells with heads of infants inside. Those heads were glancing around curiously.
Each giant looked like an infant wearing a large astronaut suit.
The giants were advancing slowly and there were white wolves passing by.
The noise made by the army was extremely loud, all soldiers were heading to the vortex without any hesitation.
Angele stopped meditating and looked at the scene quietly.
Giants, wolves, black bats, and Eye Devil's eyeball dragon knights, they were all moving into the vortex slowly.
They looked like white and black rivers.
"Master Green, are you ready? We're about to enter the portal." A crisp female voice came from outside.
Angele turned around. "Come in."
*KA*
The door opened by itself and there was a girl with long black hair standing by the door.
The girl was wearing a white dress, but there was no expression on her face. The stinky smell from the girl's body permeated the air as the door opened.
Angele walked passed the girl like he did not notice the smell.
"Let's go. I assume Bone has already prepared everything."
"Yes, master," the girl responded in a cold tone.
"Thank you for taking care of me when we were waiting," Angele said as he walked.
"My pleasure, I hope you don't mind the smell…" The girl was emotionless but it sounded she was complaining for some reason.
Angele noticed the change, he suddenly stopped and glanced at the girl.
"You were a human being, right? It doesn't make sense. You have a nice body but it does stink." He raised his right hand and grabbed the girl's chin. "Don't worry, I can ask Bone to make you my maid if you don't mind. I don't care about the smell."
The girl's expression loosened, it seemed like she was surprised.
She had no idea how she should react to Angele's words.
Angele rubbed the girl's cheek, lowered his hand, and started moving again.
The girl finally realized what Angele just said, she was not angry at all. She was happy that someone liked her.
The girl knew that people around her hated her after she became a zombie devil. The stink and the dirt on her body would never go away. She grew up in the Bone Sea and no one had ever praised her once. The creatures could not handle the smell from her body since it was worse than the smell of the banshees.
The girl had never considered herself as a beauty and a zombie lord's appearance would change when the others looked at her in different ways. If a man thought she was ugly, she would become ugly in the man's eyes. She had already gotten used to it over the years.
It was the first time that someone ignored the smell from her body and treated her like a beautiful woman. The girl was surprised, excited, and confused at the same time.
She had never been treated like a woman and almost forgot that she was a woman. She stared at Angele with happiness in her eyes.
Banshees and female zombie devils would try their best to get the things they wanted.
Angele did not notice that his words had completely changed the zombie devil's thought. He was just trying to cheer her up since she was once a human being.
He walked down the hallway and reached the exit by the end within minutes.
Angele stood by the exit, the strong wind made his hair and long robe dance in the air.
"Let's move, Phoenix!" Bone's shaky voice came from the top.
Angele chuckled and raised his head.
He noticed that there was a ball of green flame flying to the vortex under the dark clouds and Bone was in the center of the flame.
Angele quickly took out the black metal cage and threw it forward.
*WOO*
The cage turned into a large metal cage that could fit one person, the cage was surrounded by green flames and there was an entrance on its surface.
Angele turned into a ball of red flame and entered the cage.
*BAM*
The green flames around the cage turned red and the cage left the exit right away. The cage looked like a red star. It drew a red string in the air and flew to the vortex.
Two other purple stars appeared in the sky, they joined the red and green star. They were all heading to the vortex and the light they released brightened up the land.
Angele stood in the cage, he leaned and grabbed the metal bars tightly. He slowly turned around and leaned against the metal bars, staring at the dark sky.
The cage was shaking constantly and Angele could feel the intense vibration. The cage was traveling at full speed and there were several bats rotating around it like bodyguards.
Angele could see that the edge of the cage was coated with yellow flames—the scene was quite strange.
Several minutes later, he felt like he dropped into a pool of warm water. It was actually a sea of pure dark energy.