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Chapter 456: Teleport (3)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The sky was orange.
The light from the setting sun illuminated the clouds, they looked like boiling blood.
A hole appeared in the sky above a beautiful silver city, spurting out countless black dots, which looked like insects leaving their nest.
The black dots gathered and turned into a black cylinder that connected to the sky. The cylinder was spinning slowly.
On the balcony of a luxurious palace, there was a woman in white dress with a platinum crown on her head. She was wearing a pair of long white gloves and staring at the black cylinder.
"The prophet was right… The disaster is here…" The woman did not open her mouth but her voice echoed in the air.
A knight in silver armor appeared behind the woman—he kneeled and spoke in a loud voice, "Your Highness! The guards are ready, please head to the sanctuary now!"
"Don't worry. I want to see how this disaster is going to destroy our home. I'll memorize everything I see!" the woman responded in a deep tone. "My father and my mother spend all day dealing with the political wars but no one expected that the disaster will start at my country, the South Cross Empire…"
*BOOM*
Something vibrated in the red sky and the clouds were moving much faster than before.
*CHI*
A green star pierced through the clouds and flew to the city.
*CHI CHI CHI*
Two purple stars and one red star also pierced through the clouds, dropping to the city.
*Cry*
It sounded like an infant was crying.
Giants with the heads of infants slowly walked out of the cylinder, they shouted and cried. Greed and excitement filled up their eyes. It seemed like they knew that the Soul River Realm had a much better environment than the Nightmare Realm.
Some of the giants kneeled and grabbed some white mud, sniffing at the muddy fragrance.
"A realm with a clean environment! Go! My children!" A strange voice echoed in the sky; this neutral voice was neither male nor female.
"Princess! We must leave!" The knight in silver armor sounded anxious.
The princess glanced at the red sky, hesitated for a second, and turned around, walking to the exit of the balcony.
She suddenly stopped before leaving the balcony. "Where are my brother and my father?"
"The King and the Prince are preparing for the war," the knight responded right away.
The princess remained silent for a while.
"I'll avenge them!" She left the balcony quickly and started running. Tears ran down her cheeks as she disappeared into the hallway.
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The dark monsters with bats in their hands were destroying the buildings in the center of the silver city. Dust would splash in the air every time they hit a building.
The well-decorated silver buildings fell as the residents of the city screamed while running.
The black bats rotated in the sky, they picked up the residents and bit them into pieces, dropping the remains to the ground.
Only two areas of the city were still trying to fight back, the rest of the city had already fallen. The residents were slaughtered like pigs.
Angele was the red star, he fell as he watched the beautiful city being destroyed by the monsters.
The warriors wearing crystal armor did not fear the death, they charged forward in the explosions and tried to stop the bats or dragon knights; however, none of them could handle the attacks from the infant giants.
The knights were like toys in front of the giants. They were slapped to the walls and ground, turning into piles of blood mixed with flesh.
There were many tall buildings that looked like towers in the city; however, none of them stood a chance against the giants' strikes.
The city had a diameter of more than three thousand kilometers and looked like a large silver pancake from the sky. However, the pancake was being devoured by the invaders that looked like ants.
Angele held the metal bar tightly and changed the direction slightly.
A strange pressure that came from nowhere was making him anxious. Also, he noticed that his power level was reduced to a rank 2 wizard.
The city was getting larger and larger in Angele's sight as he moved closer.
'The pressure is from the realm difference I think. My body structure is not used to the rules of nature in a completely different realm. I guess that's how the realm protects its ecosystem,' Angele thought as he started landing. The cage was still surrounded by red flames.
The flames were getting more and more intense as the cage's altitude reduced.
Angele checked the city that just turned into a mess, he hesitated and turned left with the cage.
The energy waves in the city were all over one thousand degrees and some of the group leaders were releasing energy waves that were over five thousand degrees. Angele told others that he was in sealed form—they would realize that he was lying if he was damaged by the energy waves.
Eye Devil would probably capture him and devour him during a party.
Bone was treating Angele well, however, he would just kill Angele and collect the bones if he found out the truth.
There was no point for Angele to approach the battlefield, he decided to go to the edge of the city.
It was a hill that was covered with green grasses and there was a lonely building on the hill.
Angele could see the fear and desperation in the mortals' eyes through the fire. A man with a muscular body was screaming and crying as he looked at the red star. There were two boys hiding behind him.
"Run!" the man shouted at the boys like crazy.
Angele landed on the ground as he had no time to change the direction.
*BOOM*
The left side of the building was crushed and a large smoking hole with a diameter of more than 30 meters appeared on the ground. Angele's landing almost killed the man.
The hole was filled up with flames and lava drops. It looked like a small molten pool.
*PA*
Angele stood up from the lava pool and his long robe was destroyed, the only thing left on his body was the pouch.
Angele looked confused. He was naked and the bottom half of his body was in the lava pool.
The lava was just warm water to Angele since his attributes were extremely high.
"Where am I?" Angele spoke in the universal language of the Soul River Realm. He learned the language before entering the portal. Bone and Eye Devil all learned the languages of the realms they invaded in the past. It was important that they could communicate with the locals.
Angele raised his hand and created a dark-red armor using the lava from the pool.
He stepped out of the hole and lava was dripping down his long red hair. The lava drops were smoking on the ground.
Angele looked at the man, it was just a mortal from the Soul River Realm. His skin was burnt under the high temperature and blood was coming out of his ears. It seemed like he could no longer hear anything but he was still holding a blade in hand, facing Angele.
*WOO*
Suddenly, the vibrating noise came from the sky again.
Raising his head, Angele stared at the sky—there were countless green light dots around the black smoke cylinder.
Green light dots, bloody red sky, black smoke cylinder, and a destroyed city—the place had turned into a nightmare.
"We're the believers of the lord, we shall never give up, and we shall fight until the last minute. There's always hope in our mind. We can open the sky with the key of destiny, even if the land is cracked, the sun is blocked…" the man was saying something in a shaky tone.
One of the boys behind the man was also saying something with a thick book in hand. It seemed like they were relying on the lord they talked about; they were approaching Angele.
Angele was not sure how he should react as he looked at the book in the boy's hand. The title of the book was: The Bible.
Strangely, it was the first time Angele met the three, but he could feel that the three were sending refreshing energy waves into his body. It felt like he was connected to the three by some invisible energy particles.
The energy waves kept entering Angele's body but disappeared within seconds; also, the scorpion woman's bloodline was strengthened in his body.
Angele recalled the day he met Eye Devil for the first time. Eye Devil was scared when he was about to activate the scorpion woman's bloodline signet and it seemed like this bloodline had a mysterious background.
The scorpion woman's bloodline was being strengthened by the energy that was sent into his body from the three strangers.
However, the energy waves weakened as they read the sentences from the bible.
Angele ordered the chip in mind.
'Zero, analyze the energy movement.'
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes.
'Analysis completed, the terror mentality wave is absorbed by an unknown gene in your body, and your body is strengthened.'
Angele was a bit surprised. He checked the condition and noticed that his true form had become stronger. The height of the true form reached seven meters and the attributes of the true form increased. It only took around ten seconds for the procedure and Angele would need a year to accomplish something like this under normal circumstances.
'Wait, maybe the scorpion woman's bloodline is the…' Angele remembered something. 'The bloodline of the magic energy race that can strengthen themselves using strong emotions…'
Magic energy race was a general name for the races with such power. They could absorb the strong emotions and strengthen themselves at an incredibly fast rate. However, the bloodlines of the magic energy races had never become the strongest bloodlines in history and they were extinguished for some reason.
*Dang*
Angele was interrupted as a blade hit his left shoulder.
The man was blown away by the impact, hitting the wall on the side, and could barely stand up again.
"Father!" The two boys ran to the man immediately; they looked anxious.
*WOO*
It sounded like a bull was shouting and there were dragons swinging their wings.
"Mirror in the River! Ha! There is a Mirror in the River here!" An eyeball knight started shouting in the ancient language.
Angele did not look at the three, he turned around and quickly moved in the direction of the voice.
After moving for several minutes, he noticed that two eyeball dragon knights were attacking a golden carriage on the ground.
There were two warriors in heavy black armor around the carriage, they were around three meters tall and looked like berserkers. They were holding shields and axes in hands.
Every time they traded strikes with the eyeball dragon knights, they would make some loud noise and scars would be left on their armor. Blood was leaking out of the gaps in their armors, dropping to the ground.
Angele slowly flew to the scene and the red armor turned black after the lava cooled down. He noticed that one of the eyeball knights looked a bit different. He was riding a red dragon and it seemed like he was an elite eyeball dragon knight.
The ones that were fighting quickly noticed Angele's presence.
"…Supervisor!" the elite eyeball dragon knight spoke in a polite tone and bowed to Angele slightly.
"You should go to the palace, there's no good loot here…"
Chapter 457: Teleport (4)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
The other dragon knight also put his right hand in front of his chest and bowed to Angele. Although Angele was just a supervisor, the knights would still respect him as he was a friend of the lords.
The knights that were guarding the carriage looked hopeless. The door of the carriage was slowly opened, revealing a girl wearing a black dress. The girl was holding an egg-shaped mirror in hand, fear written all over her pale face.
Angele glanced at the ground. There were more than ten dead bodies of the knights in black armor lying on the green grass which was soaked in their blood.
"Mirror in the Lake… I already heard your conversation… Don't you think you should share the treasure with me?" He gave the elite dragon knight a cold glare.
"I'm Maharaj, an elite dragon knight, and I'm not going to share the treasure." The elite dragon knight sneered. "You're a sealed form, but the Mirror in the Lake is mine!"
"Huh?" Angele narrowed his eyes. "Are you trying to start a battle?"
"Lord Eye Devil respects you but she never takes anything from us… It's the only chance that we can get our hands on some treasure…" the elite knight said as he untied the long spear from his back.
"As a captain of the elite dragon knights, I want to know why the Lord respects you so much! You're still in your sealed form after all…"
He licked his lips and it seemed like he was serious.
The other eyeball knight also untied the long spear from his back, it seemed like they did not use all their power when fighting against the mortals.
'A captain?' Angele was slightly surprised, he did not expect to meet a captain of the elite dragon knights that served Eye Devil. The elite dragon knight probably had the same power level as a rank 4 wizard. Although the knight was weaker than the elders he met at the dinner party, he was still an elite among the soldiers.
Angele was having trouble with the frost damage and he was not sure if he could win the battle…
'Mirror in the Lake is a storage item that is used to keep a large amount of resources and rare items. I can use it to store my items and materials… Also, this item is rare even in the Nightmare Realm. They thought I'm at the same level as the lords and I can't just back off from their challenge…' Angele's head ached, he thought the knights that served Eye Devil would at least respect his words.
However, he could understand why the monsters would risk their lives for the treasures. The realm difference had already weakened those monsters and they would not just give up the reward that they were about to acquire for no reason.
Those monsters did not fear death.
"Alright then, come and fight me…" Angele narrowed his eyes but he did not move an inch. Silver light flashed on his chest.
The elite eyeball knight chuckled, he looked crazy.
"Let's go! Karen!" He patted the dragon.
*Roar*
The dragons and the knights charged at Angele; wings appeared on the handles of the spears in their hands. The wings swung several times and released some mysterious energy waves.
Angele quickly moved his right hand and pressed his chest.
A ball of silver light exploded in the air—it turned into liquid and dropped to the ground, transforming into a twisted rune.
*BAM BAM*
Two silver cylinders came from the sky and flew to the two eyeball knights.
The terrifying energy pierced through the clouds and turned into two bright silver light cylinders.
Wind was blowing grass and mud into the air and it felt like the carriage was about to collapse. The two knights in black armor lowered their bodies and pushed the wheels of the carriages, making sure that the carriage would not be blown away by the strong wind.
A roar that sounded like it was from a tiger came from the right when the two silver light cylinders were about to hit the eyeball knights.
"Wait!" It sounded like the tiger was speaking in the ancient language.
Angele sneered, he had already fully activated the bloodline signet of the Star Giant.
The silver light cylinders landed on the ground and a black shadow charged to the cylinders at the same time.
*BOOM*
Mud splashed in the black smoke and the intense silver light blurred the area.
Angele waved his hand and used the wind to clear the scene.
The two eyeball knights and the black shadow were erased from the world, nothing was left on the ground.
Silver light was flashing under Angele's feet, originating from some silver spikes.
It was the one-time effect of the Star Giant's bloodline signet. The creatures that were in the effective range would be considered enemies and attacked by the terrifying silver light cylinders.
"Come if you want to die." Angele snorted and looked at the black shadow.
There were two giants with serious expressions on their faces standing in the shadow. They were wearing red armor and their teeth were sharp. It seemed like they were servants of Eye Devil, they both had the power level of a rank 4 wizard.
Angele needed to end the battle as fast as possible, the bloodline power of the Star Giant would run out in ten minutes.
He walked to the carriage and looked at the girl in a black dress.
"Hand it to me… The Mirror in the Lake!"
The girl gritted her teeth; she did not say anything, but it seemed like she would not let the black mirror in her arms go.
*WOO*
Angele heard some noise made by the wind from behind.
Balls of black shadow rose from the land and charged to Angele, they surrounded him in the center and tried to attack him with their claws.
*BAM BAM BAM*
Silver light cylinders that varied in size landed on the ground. Angele stood by the carriage calmly, staring at the girl in black dress. He slowly raised his hands.
"No!" The girl's eyes turned white, she jumped to Angele with the mirror in arms, and an unstable energy wave surrounded her body.
*BOOM*
A bright silver cylinder landed on the ground and the black mirror flew into the air. It rotated several times in the air and landed in Angele's hands.
"It's mine since it's already in my hands." He looked at the two giants in the shadow. "I'll let you go since you serve Eye Devil. Leave now…"
The giants, who were more than ten meters tall, hesitated for a second and disappeared into the shadow.
*BAM BAM*
Two more silver light cylinders landed on the ground and eliminated the knights that were guarding the carriage.
Angele exhaled slowly and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
'I acquired the bloodline signet not so long ago and it's already gone… I should probably stay away from the battlefield. I need to collect more information and study the power of the terror…'
The power of the Star Giant boiled in his body and it felt like the power would leave it at any time. Angele felt like his body had turned into a bright fireball.
Angele's organs were slightly damaged and he would be severely injured if he activated the bloodline twice in a day. It would take him years to recover.
*BAM BAM*
Suddenly, Angele heard a deep and slow noise from the far side.
It was from the area outside the city.
Angele flew to the air and increased the altitude. He looked at the direction that the noise came from and his expression turned serious.
An enormous gray turtle was slowly moving to the city on the vibrant green grass. Strangely, the size of the turtle was horrifying, Angele was about ten kilometers away from the turtle, but it filled up his sight.
There were tall green trees that varied in width and size over the turtle's back. There was also mud and grass below the trees. Angele also saw a river between the trees and rabbits eating grass.
Although the back of the turtle was green, the vibrant grass around the turtle turned into cracked gray land and it felt like the turtle was surrounded by an aura of death.
The whole area around the turtle all turned gray and all the plants dried out. The only color left in Angele's sight was gray.
*AH*
It sounded like there was a woman giving birth to a child and the noise echoed in the air.
Raising his head, Angele overlooked the area. He noticed that it was Eye Devil who was screaming. Her body was growing quickly and she almost looked like a balloon. Eye Devil's height increased from one meter to more than 100 meters within seconds.
Dense red bone armor appeared on her smooth body. She was almost one thousand meters tall and stood in the center of the city like a bar that connected the land and the sky.
*Crack*
Eye Devil's body cracked in the middle and a red eyeball slowly appeared from the wound. The eyeball rolled, observing the surroundings carefully.
Eye Devil's face was covered by the bone armor and Angele could only see red light spurting out of her helmet through the gaps.
*Roar*
The turtle raised its head and its voice made the earth shake.
*Roar Roar Roar*
Angele heard the same voices from three other directions. It sounded like they were communicating.
"War… War never ended…" Eye Devil spoke, her voice was echoing in the sky. "Inpulous! I'm glad that you're still alive!"
"I'll bury you here this time!" Four turtles opened their mouths at the same time, their voices sounded like an old man's.
Angele's expression changed as he detected the strong energy movement. He disappeared into flames quickly and moved to an empty hill.
He moved for about ten kilometers and landed in front of a small bush, staring at Eye Devil and the turtle.
"That must be Eye Devil's true form…" Angele spoke with a serious expression on the face. He could see the translucent flames burning around Eye Devil's body and her movements would create energy vortexes that were extremely powerful. Her flame breath could easily destroy this land.
Eye Devil created fireballs with her force field and the fireballs were dropping to the ground. Angele felt like he was witnessing the end of this realm.
Chapter 458: Sneaking in (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Eye Devil and the turtle flew into the air after their short conversation.
The cloud was blown away by the intense wind, revealing a blood-red sky. The five huge creatures flew into the sky, turning into tiny light dots.
Angele raised his head and looked at the dots with a serious expression on the face.
'It seems like they don't want to hurt their own armies so they decided to find a better battlefield. I wonder where Bone is…' He looked over the whole silver city—it was a mess, Angele could hear people screaming and smell the blood in the air.
However, he had no idea where Bone was.
Angele stood on the vibrant grass; behind him was a quiet forest. The scene was completely different from the terrifying situation in the city.
He thought for a while, took out a green skull of a human being from the pouch, and pressed on the eyes of the skull slightly.
"Phoenix? What's the matter? Are you going to accept my offer?" Bone's voice came from the skull.
"No, but I have a question. Eye Devil's true form is still recovering, right? How's her progress?" Angele questioned in a deep tone.
"Eye Devil?" Bone thought for a while and responded, "Her true form is different, it's larger than usual; also, she has the female troll's bloodline in his body. I guess what you saw was her refined true form. Don't worry, you usually see her in her unrefined true form, and her large body comes from her refined true form."
"Refined true form?" Angele felt relieved. "I thought it was her unrefined true form…"
"That'd be impossible!" Bone chuckled. "She's slightly stronger than us, but that's it. Also, I already arrived at the Crystal City. Why don't you come and join me? There are many rare resources here… and I can share them with you…" Before Bone finished his words, Angele suddenly heard that something was vibrating.
"Lord Bone… Come… Meet your old friend…" A high-pitched male voice came from the skull.
"Urpara! Why do you even come here? You were seriously injured the last time and you'll die if you don't leave now!"
Bone sneered.
"Alright, a fool is trying to attack me for love and justice… I need to eliminate him now. Ah, one more thing, be careful, I've noticed what happened to you. Someone else might go after you." The skull broke into pieces as Bone finished his words.
Angele's expression turned serious; he looked at the sky, Eye Devil and the four old turtles had already disappeared. It seemed like they were fighting in the sky. He could see some black and waves exploding in the sky like fireworks.
The aura of the Star Giant signet would last for one more minute.
'I can't waste time like this, I need to move now…' Angele glanced around and quickly disappeared into the forest.
*KA*
The bushes were slashed down, Angele took out the black mirror as he ran. He reached into the mirror with his hand quickly.
His hand moved into the mirror without any problem, it felt like stirring the water in a vase.
An item appeared in Angele after he stirred for a while, it was a piece of black ore with silver dots on the surface.
*Crack*
Angele broke it easily, revealing a white and smooth pearl.
The pearl was releasing some gentle white light and its surface was covered with complicated patterns. The patterns looked like vines with spider webs on the surface.
"What's this…?" Angele's brow furrowed, he quickly scanned the item using the biochip.
'An edible item with strong life energy inside,' Zero quickly concluded.
Angele did not look at the item, he threw it into his mouth right away.
The pearl turned into a ball of sweet sticky liquid. The liquid ran down Angele's throat, but nothing happened.
Angele reached into the mirror with his hand again. He took out a black helmet that was made of wood.
He then took out a silver sword, a piece of chest armor, a bottle of black seeds, and a football-sized gem.
Angele took out all the items that were stored in the mirror and tied it to his belt. He suddenly stopped and disappeared into flames after detecting some movement ahead.
"Huh?" someone spoke from the deep forest.
Two old men in green robes stepped out of the bushes after some noise, they were checking the area that Angele was standing at.
"A teleportation ability?" The old man on the left wondered.
"There's a sulfurous smell in the air." He sniffed.
"We have no time to waste. We need to get to the silver city as soon as possible. Let's move!" the old man on the right spoke in a deep tone.
They started moving to the silver city again. Their bodies were coated with a green glow and their feet were not moving—tentacles spurted out of their legs and supported their bodies instead. They almost looked octopuses moving forward with their tentacles attached to the ground and the tree trunks.
The two old men disappeared into the forest within seconds.
After about ten minutes, a fireball appeared at the location Angele had been standing at. The fire turned into a human being quickly. It was Angele with his long red hair and white robe.
He stopped looking at the bushes that the two old men disappeared into and started advancing again.
"Eye Devil, Bone, and the other lords are much stronger than me… I should stay away from the battlefield just like I planned." He sighed, increased his speed, and moved to an unfamiliar direction.
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In the vibrant green forest, there was a large jade statue standing among the tall trees.
It was a half-naked young woman with a long bow in hand. It looked like she was about to move forward and the bottom half of her body was covered by a white skirt. The woman's long hair and pretty face were quite attractive.
The statue was holding a long bow in a hand and there was a small city in the center of the woman's other palm.
In the center of the city, there was a white building that looked like a temple. There were half-naked men and women walking around the temple.
In a large bush around the statue, Angele was staring at the statue through the gaps between the leaves.
"It's beautiful…" He sighed as he looked at the statue. The statue was at least ten thousand meters tall; he was about ten kilometers away from the statue, but he could see every detail of it.
The bushes were several meters tall and the enormous trees were thousands of meters tall. The plants in the area were all humongous.
Angele noticed the plants around were getting taller and taller as he walked. It felt like entering the kingdom of giants.
He thought he was shrinking in size, however, it was the vegetation that was increasing in size.
Angele looked at the city on the statue's palm and checked the information.
'The Goddess of Hunt… This must be the place. I heard that there's no strong army guarding the place but there is a large library here. I should go collect the information I need.'
He could see a waterfall running down the palm but he did not find any ladder. It seemed like no one was leaving the city and no one would try to enter it.
According to the information Angele acquired from Eye Devil, there was no rare item in the temple, and the books stored in the library were just general information, so the lords would not focus on this area.
However, it was the perfect target for Angele.
Angele checked the surroundings, took out a green potion, and drank it all.
*CHI*
After the noise that sounded like water being evaporated, Angele's body slowly disappeared into the air.
He raised his right hand, but could not even see his own palm.
Angele stretched his body, jumped forward, and flew to the temple.
The place was extremely quiet, it felt like the people in the temple did not notice that there was a war going on. There were rabbits and deer running around the trees.
Angele tried not to touch the trees or tall bushes as he moved to the city on the palm.
A strange scene appeared around Angele as he got closer to the city.
He saw fish that were more than one meter long swimming on the grass. It felt like the air was water for them. There were also shellfish with water spurting out of their shells. Also, those shellfish were swimming in the air.
More and more fishes appeared as he approached the statue.
Angele dodged the fishes carefully as he was flying in the air.
About half an hour later, he finally reached the temple on the palm.
The temple was quiet, he saw several men and women in white outfits walking around, and there was a large shrine in the center of the white buildings.
A group of priests wearing white outfits was cutting a flying fish open while chanting some strange incantation.
Angele moved passed the men in white without making any noise. Those people had the same power level as a rank 1 wizard and it was impossible for them to detect Angele.
No one was guarding the shrine, the only people Angele found were the priests.
Angele moved to the left of the shrine and entered it through a small door. He started searching for the things he needed right away.
Minutes later, he entered a hallway with a black gate by the end. A white cat with two heads was sleeping in front of the gate.
Angele approached the gate, looked at the cat, and pressed on the surface of the black gate. The gate slowly opened without making any noise.
He entered the gate and closed it slowly, then started observing the room carefully.
Chapter 459: Sneaking in (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
Glowing white books were lined up on the wooden bookshelves. All the books were thick like dictionaries.
'Finally, this must be the library.' Angele felt relaxed, he flew to the bookshelves and started reading from the first shelf on the left.
God's Song, Jonna's Moon, Anserine Collection, World Structure…
Most of the books were poems or lyrics that were praising the God, only some of them were related to general theories.
Angele checked the books and scanned more than 30 of them into the database.
He had a general idea of the Soul River Realm after reading the books.
Also, Angele had a better way to check his power level with the help of the theories he discovered.
In the Soul River Realm, a class that was named Light Priest had the similar power level as a rank 4 wizard in the wizard world.
Light Priests were the most respected priests in the countries; there were also Star Priests and Moon Priests who were at lower ranks. It seemed like the Light Priest was the highest rank a mortal could reach in the Soul River Realm.
After doing some comparison, Angele realized that the Soul River Realm was similar to the west coast of the wizard world.
Light Priests were rare here and the rest of the priests were like rank 1 or rank 2 wizards.
'So, I can check the power level of the lords now…' Angele thought as he read a book about the history.
Creatures with power level higher than Light Priests were considered as Realm Gods. The four turtles were Sea God 1 , there were also Goddess of Hunt and God of Sky—they were all guardians of this land and the first several living beings that appeared in this realm.
There was a total of three Gods here and people built many temples for them in the Soul River Realm.
God of Sky was relatively weak but he had the ability to predict the future. Urpara was the God of Hunt and Inpulous was the Sea God, they were Gods of Wars. Angele heard their names earlier.
Angele's expression suddenly changed as he turned the page.
Rows of complicated information were listed on top of the page; below the information, there was a photo of a war.
'Sea God Year 77651, dimension fissure was detected by the temple. Monsters of the Nightmare Realm invaded our land. The Elder Priest sacrificed his body and soul to summon a strong being that was called Yale from the wizard realm. Yale said that he was the son of the earth and people called him the Red Wizard.
'Sea God Year 77692, the Red Wizard defeated and expelled Evil Sword Vapor with the help of the Goddess. Red Wizard was a rank 8 wizard. He was severely injured when he returned to the wizard world. The Goddess fell in love with the Red Wizard during the war. They had one child that was named St. Shirota. That was the start of the Holy Family…'
'Wait… The ancestor of the Holy Family was a rank 8 wizard…' Angele turned the pages quickly but he found nothing else that was related to the Red Wizard.
However, Soul River Realm was invaded multiple times thereafter and the inheritors were all eliminated.
According to the information Angele found in the books, Anglee assumed that the Gods of this realm had the similar power level as a rank 8 wizard.
They used a certain ritual to summon a strong wizard from the wizard world and defeated the monsters of the Nightmare Realm together.
According to the record, there were four invasions in the last 20,000 years.
The priests of the Soul Realm had to summon strong beings from other realms to help them fight the monsters and the rank 8 wizard was summoned during the Holy Light War.
'Which means, the Red Wizard might be a strong wizard from the underground world. His power was also weakened when he came to this realm, but he could defeat the lords of the Nightmare Realm with the help of the Goddess.'
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes, he quickly analyzed the power level information he collected from the books and created a system.
'Bone and Eye Devil's refined true forms probably have the same level as a rank 8 top-level wizard. The Sea God and the Goddess of Hunt are also at rank 8.
'If Eye Devil's true form is always active just like Bone told me, according to the Erin's Funeral Oration, Eye Devil's true form had the similar power level as a rank 5 or rank 6 wizard. The situation should be the same for the other wizards.'
Angele quickly analyzed.
'If everything is correct, my true form had the similar power level as Eye Devil since the power level of my true form is the same as a rank 6 wizard. The true form's power was improved greatly when it advanced to rank 4 and it became even stronger after reaching rank 6. With the help of the Erin's Funeral Oration, I know what I should do. However, I have no idea how my true form will advance to the next rank…'
Also, Angele noticed that he could enter the Nightmare Realm however he wanted after his true form was strengthened.
The problem was that Angele's real form was weak in the wizard world.
'My soul will be strengthened after I reach rank 4, but what about rank 6—or even rank 8? I have no idea…' Angele narrowed his eyes. 'In the Nightmare Realm, I have the Erin's Funeral Oration, and I can keep advancing with my true form; also, my true form is full of potential.'
Angele was trying to make a perfect plan in mind. 'I don't care if I'll become a monster in the wizards' mouths… Power is the only thing that matters…' He decided to focus on the Nightmare Realm instead of the main world.
The path of wizards was full of blocks and Angele already lost his direction; however, the path of the ancient wizards was clear.
Angele closed the book and made sure that no one would know he read the books.
The information from the books helped him a lot.
Angele had a deeper understanding of the rank 5, rank 6, and rank 8 wizards.
Rank 4 separated a strong wizard from a normal wizard and the true form separated a strong bloodline wizard from a normal bloodline wizard.
The power of the true forms was different from the power of the wizards. Rank 5 and rank 6 were considered as just one rank for the true form, it was the creation of the natural magic patterns.
It was mentioned in the Erin's Funeral Oration that after rank 4, Angele needed to create the magic patterns on his body in a natural way. The magic patterns would only appear when his bloodline was dense and extremely pure.
Angele learned a lot from the information he just collected.
Magic patterns would appear in one's genes when his true form reached rank 5 or rank 6. According to the strange cells he found in the skeleton soldier's body, he would reach the top-level of rank 6 after his cells were covered with the natural magic patterns.
This level was called Undead True Form on the Erin's Funeral Oration.
Angele would be able to be reborn even if his physical body was cut into pieces as long as the magic patterns on his cells were not destroyed. At this point, only spells that would eliminate his soul would threaten his life.
At rank 7, his body and soul would become one. His soul would never die under normal circumstances and he could easily live for more than ten thousand years. He would be able to quickly recover even if his body was destroyed as long as part of his soul was still alive. Also, his body would be strengthened.
At rank 8, according to the description on the war history and the Erin's Funeral Oration, he would be able to reach the rank with a refined true form. The magic patterns inside his body and soul would become part of the realm power. Also, rank 8 was probably the highest for a living being.
The magic patterns in his body had to be unique and the magic runes he created would be strengthened greatly at that point.
After reaching rank 8, he would be able to start a ritual and summon the things he needed.
For example, magic patterns would appear when one's true form reached a certain level. Those magic patterns had no power in them, but they would be unique.
After he reached rank 8, the useless magic patterns would no longer act as decorations, they would become the core of his rune circle.
Strong beings over rank 8 would be able to detect the rune circle as long as they were not interrupted by special auras. Those magic patterns were similar to fingerprints.
Eye Devil had them, Bone had them, Eye of the Destruction also had them.
Blue light dots disappeared from his eyes and Angele's expression slowly loosened.
'That's why a rank 8 wizard can fight with the Gods… He had the similar power as the Realm Gods…'
Also, others would be able to identify him through the special power of the magic patterns.
They were like the Gods and Demons from the legends. Different Gods or Demons all had their own special signs or features.
'It's no longer following the rules of the realms. It's a way to become the rulers of the realms. When a level 8 wizard or a Realm God arrived at a new realm, he would become the strongest being of the realm, or the realm might be destroyed.'
It was the same as inserting an irregular brick into a small wooden house. The house would collapse if the brick was too large.
'Which means, the ancient rank 8 wizards' power was greatly reduced by the realm power.' Angele inhaled deeply, he finally understood why Eye Devil decided to bring a whole army here.
The realm power would weaken the lords and it was impossible for them to sneak into the realm without being detected.
'But why? The Nightmare Realm had the power to change the rules…' Angele felt like that he was getting close to the secret of the Nightmare Realm.
Chapter 460: Mysterious Stranger (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
*PA*
Suddenly, Angele heard that a book was dropped to the floor on the other side.
"Who's there?!" Angele raised his head and saw a book with a white cover on the floor.
He checked the surroundings, walked to the book, and picked it up.
*PA*
Another book dropped to the floor, Angele narrowed his eyes, and walked to the book.
Suddenly, a pair of black boots with golden edges appeared in front of his eyes.
Angele stopped moving immediately.
Raising his head, Angele saw a man with a pale face staring at him. The man was about one meter away from him, smiling.
The length of the man's neck suddenly increased, his head moved to Angele and stopped right in front of Angele's face.
"Who're you?" Angele disappeared into a ball of flames and moved several meters away from the man.
"Me? Ha…" The man was wearing a black noble suit with golden badges on his shoulders. The man's neck shrank and slowly returned to normal.
Angele's sight blurred and everything in front of disappeared. The man disappeared with the book on the floor and the place was extremely quiet. Angele thought he was seeing illusions.
He glanced around and his sight fell upon the bookshelf on the right.
He carefully pulled one of the books out of the shelf.
*KA*
A cave slowly appeared on the white wall and he could see stone stairs leading down. There was chilling wind coming out of the cave.
With a flick of his finger, a ball of red fire slowly flew into the cave, brightening up the walls.
Angele hesitated for a second and stepped into the cave.
He released more than ten fireballs, they floated around Angele's body and brightened up the surroundings.
The cave connected to a black tunnel and he had no idea how long the latter would be.
Angele started walking down the tunnel.
*Ka*
After about ten minutes, Angele heard some light noise from behind, he turned his head around and saw a black shadow flashing in the darkness.
'Is that the door?' He remained calm and started advancing again.
After about ten more minutes, a black metal gate appeared in the front.
Complicated vine patterns were engraved on the surface of the two-meter-tall gate and the handles on the door were shaped like an angel, whose wings acted as handles.
Angele walked to the gate. The fireballs around him illuminated the angel, reflecting bright white light.
The ground was covered in thick dust and there were cobwebs in the corners, an unpleasant smell permeated the air.
*Ka*
Broken pieces of substances that looked like shells dropped to the ground from the gate.
The white angel slowly raised its head like it was alive, staring at Angele who was standing in front of him.
"Who're you?" The angel's deep voice echoed in the tunnel; bright white light was released from his eyes, landing on Angele's chest.
"I'm just a mortal that wandered into this area…" Angele responded in the universal language of the Soul River Realm.
"Leave now…" The angel was no longer looking at him. "The secrets of the temple are kept here."
Angele stared at the angel for a while. He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the angel's wings, pulling them open.
*WOO*
The metal gate suddenly vibrated.
The angel lowered his head and stopped talking.
The angel's body separated into two even parts as the gate opened. Inside the gate, it was a short hallway with another black metal gate at the end. The gate looked identical to the one that Angele just opened.
The angel on the gate slowly raised his head again. "Give up now… You're trying to pass through the Endless Tunnel…"
Angele's brow furrowed. "I'm here for the secret! There's no way that I'm going to give up when I'm only one step away."
He stepped forward and opened the door again.
*WOO*
The second gate opened, there was a short hallway inside with a gate by the end of it.
"Give up now…" The angel's voice was still echoing in the tunnel.
Angele turned his head around and noticed that the gates he had opened were still there. It felt like he was trying to enter a place that was sealed behind countless gates.
"So, this is the dimension hallway… Interesting…" Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes and a pair of golden eyes appeared above his brow.
Seconds later, he suddenly hit the wall on his left.
*BAM*
A black stone gate appeared on the wall and it was cracked open. White dust splashed in the air.
There was light coming out of the gate, it was a tiny stone chamber with numerous black metal chains on the ground.
Angele walked to the door and peeked inside.
The interior of the stone chamber was blurred under the dim light. Angele quickly released several balls of orange flames.
*PA PA*
The fireballs perished in the air as they entered the stone chamber.
*BOOM*
Suddenly, the ceiling of the stone chamber started shaking, dust and broken pieces of stone were falling to the floor.
"Ah!"
Angele heard that someone was screaming—the voice sounded identical to the voice of Eye Devil, it seemed like she took some damage.
"Come in, friend." A deep female voice came from the stone chamber. "This place is going to collapse soon."
Angele stepped into the stone chamber slowly. The blue light released by the walls brightened up the room.
In the center of the stone chamber, there was a naked woman that was tied up by some metal chain.
The woman's head and limbs were all tied up and she was hung in the air.
The chains were bound to the ground or the walls. They looked just like normal iron chains.
"Are you summoning me?" Angele stood in front of the woman and raised his head.
"You already knew." The woman's body was coated with a black substance that looked like silk and the substance completely sealed her inside. Angele thought she was naked.
The woman lowered her head and her face reflected on the black substance.
"I need you to do me a favor, I was…."
Angele glanced around and interrupted, "Are you sealed here by someone?"
The woman hesitated, it seemed like she did not expect Angele to go straight to the point.
"You want me to help you, right? Cut the crap, just tell me what you can offer if I let you out." Angele checked the surroundings. "I don't think there's anything valuable in this chamber."
"Offer… Well… I can smell something familiar from your body, this thing might be helpful to you…" A mouth appeared on the woman's chest, it released a ball of black smoke, which slowly flew to Angele.
Angele reached to the center of the smoke ball.
A lot of information was transferred into his brain through mentality waves.
'Unknown mentality wave detected, accept it now?' The biochip suggested.
'Yes.'
Suddenly, Angele felt dizzy, there was so much information that he could barely handle it.
"Scorpion woman is good at controlling people's emotion. That information might help you control the emotion," the woman opened her mouth again; however, her voice changed, and it sounded male now.
"I was sealed by the Goddess of Hunt thousands of years ago and I'm extremely weak right now. This is the best chance for me. You'd better hurry before the servants of the temple come." She sounded anxious.
The black smoke slowly disappeared into the air and Angele stopped thinking.
"I don't know who you are and what you are, but I'll help you if you're sealed here by the temple. An enemy's enemy is my friend." He grabbed a chain and gripped it.
*Crack*
The metal chain broke into pieces with a noise and some translucent blue smoke was released from the broken chain. Angele could also hear a woman screaming.
Angele narrowed his eyes and disappeared into the air. Several seconds later, he appeared in the chamber again.
*KA*
All the metal chains inside the chamber broke into pieces.
The blue smoke from the chains were souls that kept screaming.
The woman started falling and slowly landed on the ground.
"Finally… I'm finally out…" The woman looked at her hands, looking confused. It seemed like she could not believe that things could be this easy. The woman slowly raised her head and looked at Angele.
"I don't know what I should say about you… A fool or a crazy man… I didn't think you would help me…" The woman sighed, she sounded surprised.
"Ah!"
Eye Devil's scream echoed in the air again.
Angele's expression changed, he noticed that Eye Devil sounded anxious and angry. It seemed like her voice could penetrate any substance.
However, it seemed like the woman in front of Angele could not hear anything. She just stood there and it looked like she was thinking of something.
Angele was about to say something, but he noticed someone was calling him. He quickly took out a dark-red map from the mirror and opened it. The surface of the map was coated with blood.
A strange mentality wave was transferred to Angele's brain.
"Phoenix, things have changed, I need your help!" Eye Devil's nervous voice was sent from the map. "Sea God is trying to sacrifice himself and kill me. He found the ancient tree, he's trying to seal the dimension vortex!"
Chapter 461: Mysterious Stranger (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"Seal the dimension vortex?!" Angele's expression changed. He knew that they would not be able to return to the Nightmare Realm if the vortex was sealed. It was impossible for him to return to the wizard world using the scorpion woman's bloodline. The bloodline was too weak for long-distance teleportation. If the vortex was completely sealed, they would have to spend the rest of their lives in Soul River Realm.
Angele nodded slightly. "I have something I need to take care now. I'll inform Bone for you."
"Sure!" Eye Devil responded and cut the disconnection.
The woman in front of Angels stopped thinking, a translucent but strong force field surrounded her body. The broken pieces of stones and chains all floated in the air.
"One thousand years… It has been one thousand years! I'm Enya and I'm finally free!" Countless large mouths appeared on the woman's body. The mouths were full of sharp teeth.
The woman lowered her body and started shaking. Bumps appeared on her back and head. It seemed some new body parts were growing.
"I'll have my revenge this time! Goddess of Hunt! You sealed me for more than one thousand years and I'll make you pay! Ugh…" She suddenly felt dizzy and her body was grabbed by a large pair of hands that came from nowhere. She was picked up by the hands, whose owner started running right away.
Angele deactivated the shadow of the giant and started running with the woman under his right arm. He was holding a green skull in the other hand and saying something with a serious expression on the face.
"Bone, Eye Devil is in trouble and she needs your help. We can't let them seal the dimension vortex or we'll be trapped in this realm forever!"
"What?! Nime is helping her and she can't even deal with Sea God?" Bone responded right away.
"I'll be there soon, where are you now?"
There was a bitter smile on Angele's face. "I'm trapped in a dimension hallway and I have to follow a specific route to escape this place. I'm counting on you."
Bone had no idea that Angele would not be able to help.
"Oh, right, you're still recovering… I'll go help her now. Damn it! Eye Devil promised me that everything would go as planned!" Bone cursed and his voice slowly disappeared.
"Ah!"
Angele heard the scream from Eye Devil again.
"Inpulous! Are you crazy! No!" Eye Devil kept shouting, her voice was echoing in Angele's ears.
"The Soul River Realm will be peaceful for the next one hundred thousand years if I can kill you! I'll sacrifice my people and soul to accomplish my goal…" a deep and old voice spoke.
Angele quickly ran down the endless hallway; after about ten minutes, he suddenly stopped, and hit the wall on the left, opening a small door.
He entered the door without any hesitation and successfully returned to the first hallway.
He increased his speed and ran down the hallway. He wasted no time and returned to the library within two minutes. The entrance to the cave closed slowly.
Angele sniffed in the library and a confused look appeared on his face.
"The fear is thickening in the air…" Angele noticed that he could detect intense emotions from others. The fear smelled like tasty cream to him and it was making him angry.
Angele could smell fear before, but the smell had never been so intense.
The area around the library was deadly silent and there was nothing moving outside the door.
Angele walked to the door and pushed it open.
It was quiet. and the old two-headed cat had already disappeared.
"Huh… What happened?" The woman in Angele's arm woke up. "Damn it! How dare you…"
*BAM*
Angele lowered his hand with no expression on the face. The woman fainted again, Angele checked the surroundings and disappeared into the shadow.
He appeared in the shadow of the temple within seconds.
He could hear monsters roaring and people screaming outside the hall. Children were crying, warriors were yelling, and weapons were making noises.
Fear was everywhere in the air, it felt like there were pieces of tasty cream cakes floating around.
'What's going on…? I felt so hungry, and this attractive fragrance…' Angele was confused. It seemed like he was more sensitive to the emotions of others after receiving the information from the woman. It felt like one of his organs was changed because of the information.
'This woman is weak but she was sealed. I assume she has some sort of special ability,' Angele assumed. Blue light flashed in front of his eyes and scanned the woman.
Angele lowered his head and understood the reason.
'The woman will be strengthened after she absorbs the negative emotions of mortals. She can purify an emotion and convert it into her power. That's why she was kept in the deepest area of the dimension hallway…'
He entered the dimension hallway and took the woman out of the cave without any problems. However, everything would not have been so easy if he lacked knowledge.
For example, Angele was certain that Bone lacked knowledge. He had the ability to analyze the information he collected and more than ten ways of handling the dimension hallway.
Bone or Eye Devil would probably destroy the hallway with pure force, but it would take them much longer to do so.
Angele had amassed a lot of knowledge and information after he reincarnated into the wizard world. He was certain that most of the people he met only gathered whatever knowledge they needed. The old eye-gouging dragon had a whole library of rare books, but it lived much longer than Angele.
The biochip helped him store the information and he did not have to memorize everything he saw using his own brain.
Angele moved in the shadows of the hall with the woman in his arms.
Dead bodies of the temple guards lay on the floor, countless black bats and dragon knights were rotating around the hand of the statue.
Angele rushed to the edge of the hand and jumped forward, landing on the back of a large black bat.
"Supervisor?!" the bat said; it sounded surprised. "Why're you here?"
Angele had no time to explain. "Take me to the dimension vortex, I need to get back as soon as possible."
"Yes!" The bat was from Bone's army and knew that Angele had the right to give orders to the soldiers. The bat turned around and started flying to the silver city without any hesitation.
*WOO WOO*
The black bat released some sound waves—it seemed like the bat was communicating with other bats.
The black bats that were about to help returned to their positions after receiving the message.
Angele grabbed the bat's fur tight and asked it to increase its speed.
He noticed that the fear in the air was getting intense as they flew.
Also, fear was not the only emotion he detected, there was also sadness, pain, and anger. All the negative emotions gathered around his body.
Actually, they were just moving to the woman in Angele's arm.
Other creatures would not be able to see negative emotions; however, Angele could see that negative emotions turned into black smoke and moved into the woman's body.
He sniffed at the black smoke and a ball of smoke was sucked into his nose.
'How pleasant…' Angele was enjoying the negative emotions. He started to absorb the black smoke that was created by the negative emotions unconsciously.
With the negative emotions in his body, Angele noticed that the scorpion woman's bloodline was changing, and the bloodline of the single-eyed giant weakened.
After about ten minutes, Angele and the woman in black were surrounded by a large ball of black smoke as the black bat flew.
The black smoke balls rotated around Angele's body, they turned into terrifying faces and disappeared into the air.
Angele was absorbing the black smoke at a fast rate, the black smoke gathered around the woman's body was all absorbed by him.
The woman in black woke up again, she noticed that the black smoke was not absorbed by her body, and was surprised.
'How is that even possible?! Scorpion woman doesn't have the ability to absorb the negative emotions directly, this guy…'
White ghost masks appeared around Angele's body. There were many types of masks: angry masks, crazy masks, smiling masks, and blank masks. They absorbed all the negative emotions except the fear. Fear was absorbed by Angele directly.
The Sound of the Knell created those ghost masks and it seemed like they were just taking what they needed.
The white masks rotated around Angele's body, it felt like they were floating in the black smoke.
The black bat felt that his body was surrounded by some chilling air. It was terrified by what was happening on its back and was about to drop Angele to the ground.
Angele lowered his body on the back of the bat; his body was surrounded by the black smoke and he was absorbing it through his nose.
'The bloodline of the scorpion woman was greatly strengthened…' the biochip reported.
'The effect of Erin's Funeral Oration has changed. Unknown changes happened to the bloodline of the scorpion woman and the changed bloodline conflicts with the bloodline of the single-eyed giant…'
'The conflict has become a problem. Do you want to give up the bloodline of the single-eyed giant?' the biochip questioned.
Angele was woken up by the warning.
'Give up?' Angele started thinking after hearing the question.
The bloodline of the scorpion woman helped him to teleport into the Nightmare Realm and mysterious changes had happened to it; however, the bloodline of the single-eyed giant also offered a terrifying power. His attributes would decrease if he gave up the bloodline of the single-eyed giant.
If Angele did not give up one of the bloodlines, he would reach a bottleneck and stop improving sooner or later.
Chapter 462: Forced to Leave (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"Come on, who're you?!" A female voice snapped Angele out of his thoughts.
He realized that he was holding a woman in his arm.
"It doesn't matter. I'm the one that saved you from the prison after all. Don't you think you should pay me back?" Angele responded in a calm tone.
"There's a furious and strong aura around your body, but you're releasing the energy that smelled like death at the same time. Scorpion woman is only a part of your bloodlines… Wait, your bloodlines are not conflicting, how's that even possible?" The woman in black stared at Angele in fear, it seemed like she was not trying to escape.
Angele smiled, it was impossible for him to tell that woman that he had a biochip. Also, none of the strong beings in the realms that he had visited knew that it was possible for a man to choose his own bloodline structure since they usually just inherited the bloodlines from their ancestors.
There were three major bloodlines in Angele's body: The bloodline of the Son of the Sun, the bloodline of the scorpion woman, and the bloodline of the single-eyed giant. There were also other bloodlines in his body, like the bloodline of the tree elf that he inherited from his mother.
The black bat was flying at full speed in the dark sky and its wings were making loud noises.
He could not see any living beings in the area and the land was covered with dark red cracks. The trees and the grass were dying and it felt like the whole realm was decaying.
Angele stopped talking, he lowered his back and started thinking. The woman in black stopped talking as well for some reason.
After reading the report from the biochip, Angele was wondering if he should just give up the bloodline of the single-eyed giant. However, his true form was close to the power level of a rank 6 wizard, and he did not want to just give it up.
Angele needed to increase his power level as fast as possible since the lords were all much stronger than him. He would have to start from the beginning if he decided to abandon the bloodline of the single-eyed giant.
"Soul River? There is a Soul River here…" The woman suddenly opened her mouth.
Angele looked down as he heard these words.
There was a large egg-shaped river on the dark-red land and Angele could see silver fish swimming in the vibrant green water slowly. Each of the fish was more than 100 meters long.
The water was clear and Angele noticed that the fish had strange appearances.
There was something coming out of each fish's large mouth. He looked at the tiny things and realized that they were white fish scale men with fish bones on their backs.
They were leaving and entering the fish's large mouths. It seemed like those fish were moving buildings to the fish scale men. Angele also saw that some of the fish buildings were actually stores. He could see weapon, armor, and herb stores.
"That's the Soul River?" Angele wondered. "There's a fight going on, right? It seems like those creatures in the river were not impacted."
The woman in black sneered. "They have nothing to worry about. The Soul River is in a different dimension, it looks like an ordinary river, but we won't be able to enter it. Also, the residents of the Soul River never liked mortals. They'll laugh if they know this land is being invaded."
Angele smiled but he did not respond. He knew that Bone and Eye Devil were fighting for the Heart of the Soul River. This Soul River would be attacked sooner or later if Eye Devil could solve her problem.
"Those fish are interesting, are the fish scale men living in the stomach of the fish?"
The woman in black nodded. "Yeah, we call them residents of the Soul River and they build their houses in the stomachs of the fish. Also, they've already changed the fish's body structure over the years. The sign that increased their size was from Sea God and some mysterious ancient sign strengthened the fish's bodies… which means…."
"Wait!" Angele interrupted. "You mean you can separate the gods' signs and the separated signs have different effects? I thought their signs only had one unique effect."
"Of course! Do you know the Sabulous Snakes? They live in many different realms and their signs are all different. Do you know the Destruction Eyes? Do you really think their signs are made of simple runes?" The woman in black was surprised, it seemed like the words she just said were common sense. "You're an inheritor of the scorpion woman, right? Didn't you inherit the knowledge?"
"What about the signs of the races that have already extinguished?" Angele questioned; he sounded excited.
"It depends on their power level. Some of the ancient creature's signs can still be used but the weaker ones will become normal signs without any power," the woman responded.
Angele felt much better after hearing these words, he was worrying about the bloodline of the single-eyed giant before.
"Thanks for the information." He closed his eyes before the woman replied and blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
A translucent blue light screen appeared in his sight after he closed his eyes.
'Scan the cells of the single-eyed giant's bloodline,' he ordered in mind.
'Scanning… Recording the data…'
About ten seconds later, a pyramid-shaped red cell appeared on the light screen.
The cell was quickly zoomed in and he could see white dots that looked like worms inside it.
The white dots were floating in the cell sap, they looked like random things that floated in a river.
'Scanning the field mitochondria…'
Field mitochondria was a new thing that Angele discovered a while ago when he was checking his body. It looked identical to the normal mitochondria and supplied energy to the cell. However, the field mitochondria could only be found in the cells of the ancient bloodlines, and Angele decided to give it a random name.
The white dots were zoomed in and Angele found the complicated hook-shaped rune circles inside them.
The black rune circles were flashing and it felt like they were following a certain pattern. Countless small circles that varied in size were inside the rune circle. They looked like a complicated machine that was built with gears that varied in shapes.
Angele noticed that it seemed like the rune circle was incomplete as part of it was blurred for some reason.
"This must be the runes of the single-eyed giant's bloodline; now, the only thing I need to do is change the part that caused the conflict… I should probably utilize the runes of the Son of the Sun."
He lowered his body again and started checking the runes in the bloodline of the scorpion woman and the bloodline of the Son of the Sun.
Scorpion woman could still be found so all the runes were still working. Also, Angele was absorbing fear so he could easily figure out which part of the runes gave him the ability.
Part of the single-eyed giant's runes was no longer effective, so Angele removed them. He did the simulation and moved the useless runes into the scorpion woman's runes.
Most parts of the Son of the Sun's runes were useless, only a tenth of it was still working. Angele felt relieved—if he did not hear the information from the woman and chose the Son of the Sun as his main bloodline, the situation would be much worse.
Angele recorded all the runes and compared the runes of the three bloodlines with the runes from the Destruction Eye. He then tried to modify the runes by himself.
He decided to make the runes of the scorpion woman his major runes after removing some of the basic rune parts that were related to the illusions. He added the remaining runes from the Son of the Sun and the single-eyed giant to the major rune. The biochip did countless simulations and finally found the perfect result.
The final rune looked a strange circle with a triangle inside.
'If I'm not mistaken, the rune should be able to utilize the strengths of the three different bloodlines. However, I still need to do some experiments to test the actual result.'
The bloodline rune was a special sign that was related to the ancient bloodline. Changing the rune circles inside the cell was the same as changing the bloodline; however, Angele was the only that had the ability to do something like this with the help of the biochip.
'I'm done modifying the rune circle, but I need to recreate it and insert it into my cells… Wait!' Angele suddenly recalled the strange feeling he had when looking at the runes of the scorpion woman.
'Show me the runes of the scorpion woman.'
The rune of the scorpion woman was displayed on the light screen; part of the runes looked identical to the strange patterns he found in the Erin's Funeral Oration.
'It's possible that the purpose of practicing the meditation technique is to strengthen those special runes… However, those runes will not appear if one keeps strengthening the original runes in his bloodline, which means the runes appeared naturally, and the process of practicing the meditation technique is to make sure that the runes will expand to every corner of one's body…'
It was just Angele's assumption. No one knew if people developed the advanced meditation techniques by strengthening the runes or if the runes appeared after people started practicing the meditation techniques they found.
However, Angele was certain that the bloodline of the scorpion woman changed after he practiced the Erin's Funeral Oration. Without the ancient bloodline inside his body, the Erin's Funeral Oration would not do anything for him. Also, the Erin's Funeral Oration was not effective as it did not fit his bloodline.
Angele understood how the ancient bloodline was improved in the Nightmare Realm; however, it was just one of the paths from a random realm. The exciting part was that he was getting closer to the truth of the ancient wizards.
The ancient wizards communicated with countless realms and found many paths to become the strongest wizards in the world. There had to be a different way than improving the bloodline runes; however, this path would help Angele reach his goal. Different evolutions would happen due to the realm differences.
For example, creatures with physical forms were different from the creatures with just energy forms.
Angele was tired but excited after analyzing all the data. He stopped looking at the light screen created by the biochip.
'The bloodline rune is probably just part of the ancient bloodline. I've analyzed countless bloodlines but I only found the runes once in the cell of the skeleton soldier, it was the same for the large tooth I found in the main world. The owner of the tooth probably walked a different path. Anyway, I've found what I needed.
'After I get back, I'll follow the method mentioned in the Erin's Funeral Oration and modify it according to my needs. Also, I can absorb all the bloodline to the bloodline runes during the process and create a stable bloodline rune. It's a new path that's discovered by me…'
Angele had always been cautious, he wanted to make sure he did not make any mistakes. Finally, there was a clear path ahead.
Angele decided to make a plan and find out what resources he needed to collect.
'The current bloodline should be the basic part, I need to find the bloodlines that can help improve my bloodline runes. Also, I need a technique that fits them. My progress will be accelerated greatly after everything is accomplished!' He almost wanted to travel back to his lab room and start working right away.
The black bat was still flying; they passed by the Soul River and got closer to the silver city. The negative emotions were getting more and more intense in the air.
The black smoke created by the negative emotions gathered around the woman. Angele, the woman, and the bat were all surrounded by the black smoke.
Angele and the woman were the only two that could see the black smoke and the bat had no idea that he was in a ball of smoke.
The dark-red land turned black and black smoke was coming out of the cracks on the ground. The buildings were damaged and burnt black.
Angele could see that there was a rotating smoke tornado in the sky ahead.
Beside the tornado, Eye Devil's body was being attacked by four blue lasers and she could not move at all. She was being dragged to the center of the smoke tornado.
"Ah!"
Eye Devil screamed again; the large eyeball on her waist was vibrating and its size was changing constantly—it felt like the eyeball could explode at any time.
The clouds were cleared as Eye Devil screamed, revealing the dark-red sky.
Chapter 463: Forced to Leave (2)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
On Eye Devil's left, a man in bone armor was floating with green flames around his body; there was a shell-shaped object on his back.
The man's body was slightly larger than a dragon knight and similar to the size of Angele's true form, but he was still much smaller than the Eye Devil.
The man in white armor noticed Angele, he drew a green line in the air and flew to Angele.
"Phoenix! Is there a way to stop Eye Devil from being sealed by Sea God?!" Angele noticed that it was Bone after the man approached.
"Sea God… Bone, I'm still recovering and there's nothing I can do." A bitter smile appeared on Angele's face.
"Well, we're in trouble then." Bone moved to Angele and they watched Eye Devil being dragged to the black smoke.
"Sea God is trying to seal the black smoke and the dimension vortex completely; however, it's impossible. The problem is, if the vortex is sealed, only creatures weaker than us will be able to access the portal, and it'll take us more than one hundred thousand years to unseal the portal. Also, Eye Devil will face serious consequences…"
"What do you mean? Is there anything you can do?" Angele questioned with his brow furrowed.
"Well, if I go and try to save her, she will escape and I'll become the one that gets sealed… Half of my power will be gone and I'll be sealed for more than one hundred thousand years." A bitter smile appeared on Bone's face.
"Eye Devil is selfish, it's highly possible that she doesn't care about us at all!"
"So, you're saying that guy has similar concerns?" Angele pointed at a man with a white cape that was floating in the air.
"Yeah, you're right. Although we're all here, no one is trying to help her." Bone shrugged.
Angele realized that the woman in black and bat were no longer moving. Lowering his head, he saw that white smoke was rising from the bat and the woman's bodies. Their skin was boiling and it felt like bones could pierce through their bodies at any time.
"Ah, my bad, I should've kept some distance." Bone noticed the situation. "They're too weak and my voice is making them… uncomfortable…"
Angele's skin numbed but the situation was much better for him. He moved his body slightly after hearing Bone's word.
The size of his body increased and a long black horn appeared on top of his head. It looked like a long black ponytail. His brow was replaced by a pair of golden eyes.
Angele was more than seven meters tall and his muscular body was terrifying.
More ten white ghost masks slowly solidified and floated around Angele's body. The masks were chuckling and screaming.
Strong black light landed on the bat and the woman in black, the light protected them from being damaged by Bone's aura.
Angele noticed that the normal true form of Bone had the similar power level as his true form, which was about the same as a rank 6 wizard.
He checked the fan of bones on Bone's back and noticed that there was a complicated rune circle on the fan. It had to be the bloodline rune circle Bone had.
Bone already reached the top-level of the first true form since he already recreated the rune circle. Angele had not recreated his rune circle, which meant that his normal true form could still be improved.
"Well, your true form is… artistic…" Bone glanced at Angele. "It seems like you still need some time. You haven't recreated your rune circle and sign yet."
"Well, let's focus on Eye Devil," Angele interrupted.
They turned to Eye Devil and watched her struggle.
"I would've offered help if Eye Devil didn't lie to me… Actually, we should both help her under these circumstances. No one expected that Sea God has the ability to seal her. We'll be weaker than the lords of the northland after all." Bone shook his head. "There's nothing I can do now."
Angele nodded.
"No!" Eye Devil's dark red body started exploding and countless tiny explosions appeared on the surface of her skin. Half of her body was dragged into the black smoke and there was nothing she could do.
"Let's leave before it's too late!" Bone turned into a green star and disappeared.
Angele kicked the black bat to the ground and created a solid object in the air using the energy particles. He stepped on the object and jumped into the air.
The air around Angele's body turned into red flames, following after Bone.
They turned into a green star and a red star, heading to the black smoke.
The man with a white cape also moved to the black smoke at full speed with a golden spear in hand.
Angele's body was surrounded by the flame and he was absorbing the negative emotions that came from the battlefield.
The negative emotions were so intense that he was having trouble breathing. The negative emotions were absorbed by his body, turning into black liquid, and the ghost masks in the air were changing their expressions constantly.
Angele could feel that his mutated scorpion woman's bloodline was being constantly strengthened.
*CHI*
Suddenly, Angele was hit by the pain from the tailbone, and he could feel that something pierced through his skin.
Turning his head around, Angele noticed a tail appeared on his body. The tail was about five meters long and covered with spikes.
He tried to control the tail and it quickly turned into the shape of an "S". The black spikes on the tail all stood up, they were hard and reflective.
'Great, I didn't expect the mutated scorpion woman's bloodline to fit the Erin's Funeral Oration so well. The only thing I need to do is modify the Erin's Funeral Oration and I'll be able to acquire a new purified bloodline.' Angele was happy that his power level was increasing.
'Unknown energy absorbed. Mentality increasing…' Zero's voice slowly echoed in his ears.
'Recording the changes: 200… 213… 238… 278… 311… 355… 396… 421… 478…' His mentality stopped increasing after reaching 478.
Angele's mentality increased to 478 from 200.
Angele had a general idea about the situation. 'So, based on the biochip's calculation, each increased unit is the total of a mortal's fear. My mentality is increased by 278 units, which means I absorbed fear from 278 mortals. Also, the fear I absorbed was already purified. I probably absorbed more fear than I thought.'
He could control his mentality perfectly after the changes and finally understood why Eye Devil feared the bloodline signet of the scorpion woman.
The scorpion woman's bloodline increased his mentality like crazy; although the mentality might come with impurities, it was still a perfect way to strengthen his power. Also, the power of the negative emotions could be used during battles—it could damage the target's mentality and soul.
'Such a powerful bloodline… The original scorpion woman can't absorb the pure emotion power like me but her mentality power is much stronger than other creatures even with the impurities,' Angele thought as he flew. 'The scorpion woman feeds on war, that's why she is born in the Nightmare Realm…'
Eye Devil was finally dragged into the black smoke by the four blue chains and disappeared into it quickly. The four blue chains also disappeared into the smoke.
Angele, Bone, and the man with a white cape charged into the smoke and disappeared as well when the blue chains disappeared.
*BOOM*
After the explosion, the black smoke cylinder turned into a black smoke ring and slowly faded away, revealing a dark-red vortex in the sky.
The dragon knights, giants, and bats all flew to the dark red vortex, disappearing into the portal.
The red sky slowly turned gold and the light penetrated the clouds, landing on the ground. It looked like the Soul River Realm successfully survived the invasion again.
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Angele rushed into the smoke, he felt like he just entered a pool of red liquid. There was a red vortex behind him and a large black vortex in the front.
He protected the woman in black using some black light and started swimming to the black vortex.
Bone and the man with a white cape were also swimming.
"Part of the dimension vortex is destroyed and we have to swim back in the dimension pool…" Bone looked a bit anxious.
"Dimension pool? What's that?" Angele was surprised, it was the first time that he heard of it.
"I don't know. Sometimes, there'll be a pool in the dimension vortex and time will be stopped there. Also, all your power is restricted—no matter if you're a living being or a soul, you can only move at a certain speed," the man with a cape explained. "No one knows about the liquid in the pool. You can't carry the liquid with you and you can't drink it.
"There are so many strange things in the realms. I've seen realms that are more terrifying than the Nightmare Realm," the man spoke with a low voice.
"Well, tell me more about the dimension pool. I never heard that the time is stopped here." Bone was curious.
A smile appeared on the man's face. "I know a lot of secrets here and I've explored many realms. I can give you more information, but you need to do me a favor."
"What do you want?" Bone scrunched his brows.
"Help Eye Devil. We still need her."
"Well, sure, the lords of the northland are invading other realms like crazy. We haven't even finished the first one and we're already interrupted. The northland will attack us sooner or later if we can't gather our power!" Bone nodded.
"I agree." Angele nodded. "But I'm still too weak right now and I'm not sure if I can actually help you."
"No worries. I'm sure you'll recover faster when the situation allows." It seemed like the man noticed something and smiled.
Chapter 464: Ten Years (1)
Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu
"Is that so?" Angele smiled and stopped talking.
The three swam to the gate on the other side. They were the only creatures that were left in the red dimension pool.
Bone and the man with a white cape were talking about the things they both knew and it seemed like they were having a friendly conversation; however, Angele noticed that Bone kept a distance from the man intentionally.
After about ten minutes, the three arrived at the gate and entered the black vortex.
Angele's sight turned black for a second, but he could feel that he was landing on the ground.
The surroundings were slowly brightened up and Angele heard something vibrating from behind. A red land appeared in his sight.
Turning his head around, Angele noticed a large red vortex, however, there were no electric pulses sparking in the center.
"Where's Eye Devil?" Bone was standing beside him.
"She's there!" The man pointed at the dark red plain.
Angele looked where the man was pointing at; he noticed that there were countless blue chains coming down the sky, they were dragging a large eyeball. It seemed like the chains were trying to sink into the ground with the eyeball.
Eye Devil had a high power level and a strong force field. She was still struggling and all the chains were taut.
"The same situation will last for one hundred thousand years. We're not in a hurry. We should wait until she has the strength to create a shadow before making any decisions. I'll be going back to my bone ship now." Bone left those words, then turned around and slowly flew to the empty sky.
The man looked at Eye Devil and nodded. "It'll take two to three years for our army to return to the Nightmare Realm. I'll be resting too, see you later. Also, this is a book written by him, I hope it'll be helpful to you." He handed a golden book to Angele.
Angele grabbed the book, nodded, and watched the man disappear into a ray of golden light.
He was the only one left in front of the portal. The chilling wind was soaring and it sounded like terrifying voices of ghosts.
Angele held the woman in one hand and the golden book in the other hand. He checked the surroundings quickly.
'I shouldn't go back to my shelter. I need to find a place that is safe and easy to access.' He started advancing on the empty plain.
The ground was black, it felt like the land was burnt by some furious flames, and there were cracks everywhere.
Angele cast the elemental teleportation numerous times and arrived at a forest by the edge of the plain after traveling more than one hundred kilometers.
The red light illuminated the vibrant green forest.
Angele stopped moving; he could see Eye Devil's body that was chained up. He cut down some trees and decided to build a wooden house here.
He dropped the woman on the ground as he was not worried that she would try to run away.
The woman looked confused after entering the Nightmare Realm, she watched Eye Devil struggle and saw that Angele broke down trees like breaking chopsticks using his true form.
*BAM BAM BAM BAM*
Angele sharpened the ends of the tree trunks and stabbed them into the ground. His long red hair pulled down the branches and tree leaves like tentacles, and quickly created a complicated green roof with the available materials without any problem.
He placed the roof on the tree trunks and took several steps away, drawing an e-shaped rune in the air.
Seconds later, the tree trunks started growing again, turning into four enormous trees. The new branches and tree leaves expanded, turning into green walls.
The tree branches followed a certain pattern and quickly formed the walls of the house, connecting to the roof made by the hair.
"Incredible…" The woman sighed as she watched the scene. "It's the first time that I see someone that can easily utilize the power of nature."
Angele smiled, what he did could be accomplished by any rank 1 wizard in the wizard world; however, people in the Nightmare Realm and the Soul River Realm never thought of doing something similar. They thought only the masters could do something like this.
The wizards refined the general techniques as their power was too weak. The strong beings in other realms leveled up so fast that they did not need any refined techniques.
"We'll be living in this house," Angele spoke in the universal language of the Soul River Realm.
It was a large tree house—the walls were more than one hundred meters long, and it could easily fit two people inside. The tree branches separated the house into two levels and created multiple triangular rooms.
The woman entered the house and did a quick check. She stepped out of the house with a surprised look on face.
"Your technique is incredible!" She walked to Angele and praised him. Angele was building the fence using some vines he found in the area.
Angele glanced at the woman and responded, "Don't you hate me? I forced you to leave your home."
"Why? I don't hate you at all. I'm a wanted criminal in the Soul River Realm. I wouldn't be able to leave the prison without you," the woman responded in a calm tone. "This is the Nightmare Realm, huh? Well, the environment is as bad as I expected."
Angele nodded and responded, "You can do some hunting in the area or collect some fruits for food. Wear black when you're outside and make sure your skin is not exposed. Some strange creatures here feed on fresh blood."
The woman nodded, it seemed like she already knew that information.
Angele held the golden book in hand and returned to his normal form.
"Do whatever you want, but don't walk too far. Bone has an army here and you might be killed if they thought you're a spy." Angele stretched his back.
Angele disappeared into the flames with the book after finishing the word while the woman in black was thinking about something.
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On the second floor of the tree house.
Angele slowly recreated his body in the green room with the book in hand. He looked at the empty room, raised his right hand and created some furniture using the green vines. A chair, a table, a bed, and a lab table were created within seconds.
He walked to the lab table and opened the golden book. He started reading the book slowly.
The man recorded what he experienced when he was traveling in the Nightmare Realm, the Sea Realm, the Soul River Realm, and the Voice Realm.
It took Angele about ten minutes to scan the whole book. He closed his eyes and started thinking after going through everything.
After the scorpion woman's bloodline mutated, he opened a new path that was never discovered by anyone before.
Angele retrieved the new rune that he asked Zero to simulate; he decided to modify the Erin's Funeral Oration based on the new rune.
Rune and the Erin's Funeral Oration were associated with each other closely, but it still took Angele couple days to finish the procedure. He finally found a way to modify the technique.
After the technique was modified, the complete procedure was separated into three steps: Mutation, True Form, and Refined True Form. The new system was developed using the oration's original system, however, he had a way to utilize the bloodline of the Son of Sun with the new system.
Angele named the new technique the Book of Fear—the name came from the features of the new technique.
He started practicing the new technique immediately after the modification.
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Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
Angele sat on the ground with his legs crossed, his body surrounded by black smoke and white ghost masks.
A ball of golden light was flashing in front of his chest and the black smoke was coated with a clean golden glow.
Angele slowly opened his eyes after a while and pressed on his chest.
"The bloodline of the Son of Sun… I'll see if I can absorb it using the new technique…" He pulled a light ball out of his chest.
The light ball was struggling and screaming. It was almost like that the light ball was alive, and it was covered with golden tentacles.
Angele did not look at the light ball and his dark-red hair floated in the air.
*CHI CHI CHI*
The hair stabbed into the golden light ball and golden energy was being absorbed by the hair.
Also, Angele started chanting some strange incantation. The speed of the incantation changed constantly and he was releasing a noise that sounded like it was from a knell.
The translucent sound wave started expanding with Angele in the center.
'Monitoring the procedure…' Zero's voice echoed in his ears.
'Absorbing the bloodline of Son of Sun. Controlling the energy… Creating the rune for the true form…'
Angele's red eyes slowly turned blue with countless blue light dots flashing in front of them.
It felt like the light ball in his hand was filled up with endless power and his hair was sucking the energy out of the ball; however, the size of the light ball never changed.
The shadow of the true form was created in the boiling black smoke behind Angele.
It was a shadow that was long and slim.
Angele's true form changed after the single-eyed giant's bloodline was weakened. His long horn was shortened by half and his true form was covered by black armor. His face was also covered by a black mask, only revealing his chin and lips.
His long sharp tail was also waving in the air.
Angele looked weaker than before, but his new appearance was mysterious.
Also, the large purple rune behind the true form's shadow was eye-catching. The rune was complicated and it looked like a spider web that came from the voice.
Also, the tree house was surrounded by some heat waves, it felt like the air was burning, but there was nothing around.
Seconds later, the light ball in Angele's hand exploded, turning into countless golden light dots. The light dots formed small balls of light, but they were not moving at all.
The shadow of the new true form disappeared with the boiling black smoke.
Angele rested on the ground for a while with his legs crossed and slowly stood up.
'The strength and stamina of the true form are still the same. I also have the illusion ability and the ability to absorb fear. I recreated the unknown ability of the bloodline of the Son of Sun with the extracted bloodline essence. The only thing I lost is the ability to read people's memory since my single-eyed giant bloodline was weakened. Also, I'll not be able to acquire the strongest talent ability of the single-eyed giant, the Death Stare. I hope I made a good decision…'