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Chapter 503: Elites (4)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

Angele ignored Becky, he took out a red leather notebook from the mirror and turned several pages.

He rolled his left sleeve up and checked the five scorpion patterns—only two of them were glowing.

Angele's brow furrowed, he lowered his arm and ordered, 'Remove the restriction.'

Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.

'Removing the restriction, releasing the realm power…' Zero's mechanical voice echoed in his ears.

'Recovering attributes… Checking Nightmare Realm's coordinates… Increasing power… Modifying your information…'

Angele turned around and intense red light appeared around his body. The light spread to all angles and illuminated the white clouds.

*CHI*

A dark shadow flew to Angele and stopped in front of him. It was a man with a muscular body; the half-naked man was wearing a battle dress and a white bone helmet. There were also totem tattoos on his face.

"Well, master Anchura, you should've gone for the other wizards." Angele smiled and four balls of dark flames appeared behind him.

The four flame balls turned into four lion men; the lion men had red bodies with large white wings on their backs and each of them was around four meters tall.

Anchura narrowed his eyes and stared at Angele.

"You think you can win a fight against me? Naive," he spoke in a deep tone. He glanced at the lion men. "What can you do with the four weak beasts you summoned?"

"You'll know." Angele stopped talking. The red light around his body turned into a red string and flew to Anchura at full speed.

Angele's red hair was growing like crazy, flying at Anchura from all angles; dark-red flames coated the hair as it flew in the air.

Angele's body blurred for a second after initiating the attack and four shadows that looked identical to Angele appeared in the air. The shadows were also using their hair to attack Anchura, but they looked weaker.

The endless red hair was flying to Anchura from different angles like it was alive.

Anchura blocked his mouth using both hands and silver light appeared on his palms.

*Roar*

He moved his hands away from his mouth and roared like crazy.

The energy waves were vibrating in the air and the clouds under them moved away, revealing the dark land.

The intense sound waves were spreading in all angles; the red hair was slowed down in the air, and it disappeared into the void after several minutes.

*CHI*

Suddenly, a strand of hair slashed through the left side of Anchura's face.

Anchura stopped roaring after taking the hit.

His expression changed—Anchura thought he would be able to take out Angele easily, however, he did not expect Angele to be so strong. He realized that Angele had been hiding his true power.

Anchura rubbed the wound on his face and dripped the blood onto his white bone helmet.

"Ancestor's Call!" he shouted and threw the bone helmet down.

The size of the bone helmet quickly increased and it turned into a skull of a beast within seconds. The skull was more than 30 meters long and Angele was covered by its shadow.

*BAM*

Thick purple smoke filled up the skull quickly, leaking outside.

*CHI*

The skull released a ball of purple smoke through its mouth and tried to bite Angele.

Angele remained calm and raised his right hand. He waved his hand and countless purple stones jumped out of the black mirror.

The stones gathered around his right arm—they were turning into a piece of stone armor. The size of Angele's arm increased like crazy; it was wider than his waist, and looked like the arm of an ancient giant with the stone armor.

He swung his right arm and hit the skull.

*BAM*

Thunder rumbled in the sky as his arm landed on the skull's chin.

The skull was pushed more than ten meters away and its chin was completely destroyed.

The stone armor could not handle the impact and part of it crumbled in the air. Although the purple smoke successfully went through the stone pieces, it was easily blocked by the red light around Angele's body.

Anchura's expression turned serious after he saw that the skull did nothing. He drew a circle in the air and pushed it forward. The totem tattoos on his faces started moving. They turned into purple worms and disappeared into the air.

After everything was done, Anchura took out a bloody thing that looked like a long intestine, and started chanting an incantation.

A white eyeball appeared on the tip of the intestine that was several meters long while he was chanting; there was a strange mouth under the white eyeball. The mouth looked like it was formed by three human mouths that were full of sharp teeth.

"Go, devour him!" Anchura pointed Angele.

*BAM*

Angele hit the left cheek of the skull hard and the purple smoke was still being blocked by the red light. His body was surrounded by red flames and the purple stones from the armor were splashing in the air.

Suddenly, a distorted energy wave appeared behind Angele; two purple worms jumped out of the wave and tried to bite Angele's neck.

*BAM*

The purple worms bit Angele's neck, but it was like biting a piece of hard metal and his neck was not damaged at all.

Angele's brow furrowed, he grabbed the two purple worms and broke them into pieces.

The scorpion sign between his brow flashed as he leaned to the left slightly. A red shadow passed by on the right—it was the strange intestine Anchura created.

The intestine missed, but there were black electric pulses flashing around its mouth. It almost looked like the intestine was tearing through the air.

Angele tried to attack the intestine using his hair, but the hair could not even get close to it.

Angele's expression changed slightly and he tried to hit the intestine with his right arm. His arm was moving so fast that it blurred in the air.

The intestine had no way to handle the attack, it broke into pieces within seconds.

*Ugh*

Anchura groaned; he looked surprised.

"You forced me to do it!" He sounded anxious. Anchura took out a silver dagger and cut the left side of his chest open. Blood spurted out of the wound and a pink worm appeared on the tip of the blade.

The worm was slowly moving in the air and the color of its body changed. It turned from pink to metallic yellow. A golden plant spurted out of the worm's body and quickly branched out; the branches were expanding quite fast.

Several seconds later, the golden branches turned into golden vines and covered the whole area around Angele and Anchura.

There were countless vines floating in the air, releasing strange energy waves.

"Die now!" Anchura shouted furiously. "This is the best golden vine worm I created!"

The golden vines quickly charged at Angele and Becky.

All the remaining energy in the air was cleared by the vines.

Angele's brow furrowed, he observed the vines carefully. He wanted to teleport away when he saw the worm, but the vines expanded so fast that he had no time to escape. Also, the vines were ridiculously long, each of the vines had a length of over ten thousand meters.

All the energy movements were paused by something and he had no way to teleport away.

The vines had a metallic glow on their surface and a gentle fragrance permeated the air. Angele's head was getting dizzy after he inhaled the fragrance and he quickly held his breath.

Angele looked a bit speechless as he glanced at the vines.

"Becky, I'm counting on you." He looked at the woman in white armor. "I'll give you freedom for a second. Make sure you hit the target."

"No problem," Becky agreed.

Angele tapped on her right shoulder.

*CHI*

Becky released a strong ray of white light—it was flying to Angele's head.

"Die!" she was shouting furiously; the white ray was getting intense. The ray was more than two meters long and pierced through the golden vines.

Angele's body was penetrated by the white ray, but slowly disappeared into the air like a shadow.

*PA*

Angele patted on Becky's shoulder.

"Good job! I knew you can do it!" Angele reappeared in the air, a gentle smile on his face.

"You!" Becky glared at Angele, but she noticed that she could no longer release any energy particles. It seemed like her power was restricted by Angele again.

Becky realized that she had no way to fight Angele if she could not see through the illusions.

The white ray released by Becky pierced through the vines and created a tunnel that led to Anchura. Anchura's body evaporated in the white light, but his head was still floating in the air. Anchura's eyes were wide open, it seemed like he was killed before he could figure out what happened.

A translucent red soul was drawn to Angele.

*CHI*

Angele inhaled deeply and Anchura's soul moved to him quickly.

It seemed like Anchura's soul had no idea about the situation and was swallowed by Angele right away.

*WOO*

One of the scorpion patterns on his arm glowed, but the light only covered a fifth of the pattern.

"Great, the soul of a top-level rank 4 wizard. I only need five more souls like this to complete one more sign." Angele was satisfied with the result. "Alright, let's return to the vine and see what's going on."

Becky gritted her teeth, she was enraged but she could not control her own body.

"You'll die if you encounter Legion Commander Alice!" She cursed.

"I don't fear death." Angele blinked his eyes and chuckled. "It's great that I have you with me, otherwise, I'd have to reveal my true power."

Chapter 504: Completion (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Whatever!" Becky turned her head around and closed her eyes.

Angele checked the surroundings, the golden vines above the clouds were melting and the golden liquid was dripping into the clouds.

Most of the vines melted when Angele was talking with Becky.

Angele took out a black robe from the mirror and threw it to Becky.

"Put this on so that Alice will not recognize you. Let's go." Angele moved toward the clouds; it looked like he was walking on an invisible staircase that was surrounded by white clouds.

"I've never traveled through a sea of clouds." Angele looked at Becky, she just put on the black robe. "How do you like it?" He was happy after he absorbed a quality soul.

"Are you dumb?" Becky responded in a cold tone.

Angele was not concerned; they increased their speed.

"Alright, we need to move as fast as we can. Also, I might still need your help later."

Becky remained silent.

They drew two black lines in the sea of white clouds and, rushing to the enormous vine.

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On top of the green vine.

The platform was a mess, there were burnt marks and ice shards everywhere; however, the place was empty. The platform almost looked like a piece of cracked emerald.

The platform was surrounded by white glow and golden sunlight illuminated its surface, reflecting green light.

Two black lines flew to the platform from the left, they landed on the platform and turned into two black robes.

"I knew it. No one is here." Angele glanced around; the place was deadly silent.

However, the stone pillar was nowhere to found. It seemed like someone took it away and only a hole was left on the ground.

Angele walked to the hole and raised his left arm. He rolled his sleeve up and revealed the five scorpion patterns.

*CHI*

A ray of red light flashed in the air and sank into the patterns quickly.

Several more rays of red light flashed in the air, they were sinking into the patterns.

Two more patterns were filled up—he just needed one more.

Angele was collecting the souls of the dead wizards. The last soul entered the last pattern, but only a small part of the pattern started glowing.

"Not bad." Angele was satisfied with the number of strong souls here. He looked at the east and said, "Alright, let's head to the battlefield,"

"You know Legion Commander Alice is there, right?" Becky questioned.

"I need more souls for my creation. I have a general idea of what they're planning now."

Angele took out a palm-sized mirror and tapped on it.

*DING*

The surface of the mirror cracked with a noise. The cracks looked like a spider web that was moving to the east.

Angele observed the cracks carefully and scrunched his brow.

"Mirror Prediction? Well, it seems like something unfortunate will happen if you go to the east." Becky chuckled. "They'll know that you killed Anchura sooner or later and you'll be in trouble."

"Let's go," Angele said. He turned around and flew to the east.

Angele was not absorbing the souls during the battle because he did not want the other wizards to find out. That was the reason why he chose to absorb the souls after the battle ended.

If the battle between the alliance and the Dark Wizard was intense, he would be able to absorb more souls since more wizards would die. If one side was much stronger than the other, the battle would end quickly and he would not be able to collect too many souls.

Currently, the Dark Wizard Tower had the advantage.

They flew east at full speed while hiding in the sea of clouds.

Ten minutes later, Angele heard something roaring and exploding ahead.

His expression changed and he stopped moving. He quickly put up a barrier in the front.

The barrier absorbed the remaining energy waves and disappeared. His black robe was wet due to the clouds.

"Don't move," he muttered and overlooked the area on the front carefully.

He saw two humongous creatures fighting.

The one on the left was a large eyeball created by blue electric pulses. The blue electric pulses formed electric tentacles that attacking the enemy.

The one on the right was a deer with a human head; the deer was white and it was more than ten meters tall. White frost was dropping down the deer's body and the human head looked like it was from a young human being.

The frost rays released by the deer were fighting the electric pulses released by the eyeball. The noise they made sounded like rumbling thunder.

Angele and Becky hid in the clouds. The energy waves in the sky were so strong that no one was paying attention to the clouds.

'It's Fiona's energy waves… She's probably the one who released this eyeball. The deer is releasing mixed energy waves. It doesn't seem like the deer was summoned by just one wizard,' Angele thought.

Through the chaotic electric pulses and frost rays, Angele noticed that there were several gray robes with pale faces observing the battlefield from the far side. There were several black robes floating around them; Angele was not sure if they were killed or just unconscious.

"The battle is ending. We can approach them without being detected and finish them off." Angele sent these words to Becky using energy particles. "I think you know Alice's personality, although you're a member of the Dark Wizard Tower, she'll still kill you without asking any questions. We need to weaken the Dark Wizard Tower so that alliance will have a chance to win."

Becky was a bit disappointed, but she still nodded. "They're all strong wizards like me, what'll you do?"

"Let's take out the gray robes first. We can backstab them when the time is right. The deer will be distracted even if we fail; it'll be slowed down and its abilities weakened." Angele came up with a plan. They moved to the left and tried to approach the gray robes from behind.

It took them about half an hour to go around the battlefield.

The gray robes were focusing on the battlefield and one of them was chanting an incantation. It seemed like the old man was preparing a strong spell.

Angele was a bit surprised when he saw the black robes that were floating in the air. The black robes were in Angele's group.

He was a bit surprised. He saw Miray, Mira, Aria, Justin, Monteria, and a female wizard that he did not know.

Those wizards were still breathing, it seemed like they were still alive but could not move.

The wizards opened their eyes as Angele approached them. They were floating behind the gray robes and could see the white clouds.

The wizards noticed that Angele and Becky were moving to them.

They were a bit surprised but looked excited.

"Help us! This is just a Force Prison!" Mira sent a message to Angele using the communication rune. "Miray, Aria, and I can release a strong spell, but you need to help us to get out first!"

"Wait, Green, help us first!"

"Here! Release us from the Force Prison!" Justin and Aria were also talking to him using energy particles.

The wizards all looked at Angele since he was their only hope.

'Force Prison? It's a simple spell, but it's hard to deal with. Without the energy code, the energy pulse will damage my body if I try to break it using pure power.' Angele checked the information in the database and his brow furrowed.

"Should we help them first?" Becky sent the question through energy particles.

Angele shook his head slowly. "No, we need to finish our thing first."

He slowly moved past the wizards and a black scorpion sign appeared between his brow.

Angele and Becky were hiding behind the illusions Angele created. Also, they were still behind the clouds.

"Damn! Are you stupid? Do you really think you can backstab them?" Aria got impatient after she noticed that Angele was not going to help them first.

Miray and Mira remained silent. Angele could see the desperation in Justin and Monteria's eyes. It seemed like they had given up.

"How stupid can you be?! Damn it! Damn it! We're stronger than you, but we were still captured by the enemy..." Aria started cursing; she did not sound like a noble woman at all, and fear was written all over her face. It seemed like she was upset about losing the battle.

"The gray robes are protected by at least three divine shields and I don't think you can backstab them…" Mira heard some noise before she finished her words.

Angele slowly pulled his right hand out of a gray robe's body, blood dripping down his palm.

Mira remained silent, she could not believe what she just saw. She was wondering how Angele broke through the three barriers like nothing.

The wizards lost the battle because the enemies had strong defensive barriers. Each of the divine shields could only be broken through by attacks with over 1000 degrees damage. There were three shields and they could block over 3000 degrees of damage.

Mira looked at the blood on Angele's palm and the gray robe that fell to the ground.

'Maybe the gray robe was careless…' Mira assumed.

The rest of the wizards were also surprised because Angele killed a gray robe like killing a chicken.

Becky was trying to do the same thing, however, she only broke through two divine barriers, and the gray robe turned around quickly. He tried to cut Becky's head off.

Angele quickly moved to the gray robe and broke through the last barrier, hitting the gray robe in the head.

*CHI*

The gray robe's head was cut in half and his brain splashed in the air.

Chapter 505: Completion (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Enemy!" the two other gray robes shouted. They tried to take something out from their pouches, however, Angele was right beside them. He created the stone armor again and hit the space between the two wizards to create a distraction.

*CHI CHI*

The gray robes' heads were pierced by Angele's dark-red hair.

The four gray robes were eliminated like nothing.

"Is it over?" Becky rubbed her wrist. She failed to break through the barriers and it seemed like she was disappointed.

Angele nodded. "Yeah, they're just rank 4 wizards who were injured. We can take them out easily. The problem is the deer." He was getting stronger and stronger as the Nightmare Realm approached. He was already stronger than the moment he entered the Blood Throne. Also, his abilities were buffed by the realm power of the Nightmare Realm.

Although his physical attacks were relatively weak, they still had the damage of strong offensive spells. The gray robes were top-level rank 4 wizards but their defense was lowered due to the injury, so Angele could take them out easily.

Also, Angele was confident that he could take out four top-level rank 4 wizards even if they were not injured.

"Huh?" It seemed like the deer noticed the situation. The deer released two purple lasers from its eyes at Angele's chest.

Becky appeared in front of Angele before Angele said anything and blocked the purple lasers.

*CHI*

The lasers penetrated her robe, leaving two holes on the white concept gear, but they failed to damage Becky's body.

"Those lasers can easily penetrate the divine shields the gray robes had." Becky's brow furrowed. "With Fiona, the deer can't focus on us; should we release them from the prison first?"

Angele looked at the black robes after he heard these words. "Who's the strongest wizard here?" he questioned.

"Me!" Mira responded first. "Sorry that we were disrespectful to you; I'm the strongest wizard of the group." She looked at Angele with a complicated expression on the face, it seemed like she thought Angele was hiding his true power because the alliance told him to do so.

"Alright, I'll release you from the prison so you can help the others. You can do that, right?"

"Yeah, I can."

Angele flew to Mira and crouched. He turned Mira's body around.

There was a complicated green rune on Mira's stomach.

Angele put his finger on the rune and started drawing. The green glow faded away after Angele redrew the whole rune.

Several seconds later, intense green light was released by the rune.

Angele quickly slapped the rune.

The green rune collapsed as the light slowly faded away.

Mira quickly straightened her back as she blushed. Most of the female wizards would not care, however, Mira was a royal member from the Golden Flower Empire. Her behavior represented the royal family. Unlike the female wizards from other empires, the golden flower was the symbol of elegance and purity—although Angele was helping, she still felt ashamed that her stomach was touched in public.

"Thank you." Mira felt a bit strange that she had to thank the man who just touched her stomach.

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Somewhere above the clouds.

A white doll that was around one meter tall was arranging her hair. She was observing the white clouds and it seemed like she was looking for something.

"Come to me now… Cutie…" Her voice was gentle but hoarse.

"Don't try to hide… I can see you…"

A male voice came from the clouds. "As a commander of the Dark Wizard Tower, why are you going so hard on a young wizard like me? You should go for the important members of the alliance."

"This is a war, young one. No one cares." Alice chuckled. "Ask the important members of the alliance to come and fight me... but they'll die too, ha."

Alice looked to the right. "Found you!" She grasped forward with the right hand.

*KA*

Part of the large cloud disappeared into the air. It almost looked like an invisible beast took a bite off the clouds.

It seemed like her attack landed. The man groaned.

"You're a dead man…" Alice licked his lips. Her tongue looked like a tongue of a snake. It was red and sharp.

Raising her hands, she clapped slightly in front her chest. A large shadow that looked like a wing appeared on the right side of her back, spreading toward the clouds at full speed.

Suddenly, Alice's expression changed. A light screen appeared in front of her eyes, and she saw the gray robes being backstabbed and skilled.

"New toys… Wait, that man is… Purple Eye…" she muttered. "Hey, young one, you're lucky that I have something else to take care of today…"

Alice turned around and disappeared into the clouds.

Several minutes later, a male white robe appeared on the far side. He was holding his injured right arm and sweat covered his face.

"What's this monster planning?" the man wondered.

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Angele's expression changed.

"Hurry up! Alice is coming!" he suddenly shouted.

Mira had released three more wizards from the prison. She helped her younger brother first and they started helping the others together. It seemed like they still needed some time.

Aria was just released from the prison.

"How do you know that the monster is coming back?" Aria was not happy. She was around 100 years old and it seemed like she could not control her emotions like a grown woman.

"I set up multiple runes on my way here. She'll be here in half an hourglass." Half an hourglass was the same as half an hour. The wizards' expressions changed after they heard Angele's words.

"Now!" Angele exchanged eye contact with Becky and Becky nodded. They knew that it was a life or death situation.

"Also, if we failed to solve the problem, I'll remove the restriction. Do whatever you can and see if you can eliminate that deer." Angele sent the words using energy particles.

"I'll try," Becky responded in a deep tone. "I'll have to warn you first. Alice also owns a concept gear and no one knows how strong she is. She'll make it look like she's only slightly stronger than her opponent so she can have more fun during a battle."

"No worries." Angele nodded. He wanted more wizards to die during the fight so he could collect all the souls he needed.

"Mira, how can we leave the Blood Throne?"

He looked at Mira.

"Fiona has the plate with the coordinates," Miray responded before Mira said anything.

They finished speaking and stopped wasting time.

The wizards started to prepare for the incoming battle. They were waiting for Angele's order since they realized that Angele was the strongest wizard in the team.

"Everyone, prepare your area lightning spells! I'll locate the target!" Angele raised his hand and swung it down hard.

A large purple lightning rune the size of a human head appeared above him.

The rune gathered the electric pulses from the void and absorbed them. It felt like the rune was a spacious pouch designed for electric pulses.

The other wizards also cast their spells and the created electric pulses all went into the rune above Angele's head.

The electric pulses surrounded the wizards and they were getting intense. An enormous electric leopard was created by the electric pulses.

The clouds below them turned dark and they started moving.

The deer got anxious after it noticed that the situation changed, but it was still having trouble with the purple electric lasers released by the eyeball.

*Roar*

The deer roared as more and more frost was released by its body. The area around the deer turned into an ice aura.

The white frost in the ice aura turned into ice shards that had the shape of flowers. The ice flowers started rotating around the deer slowly.

"Watch out! The deer is going all out!" Fiona's voice echoed in the air.

Angele was not concerned, he just pointed at the deer.

The leopard roared and charged to the deer.

The eyeball released two electric snakes and they were also flying to the deer.

The ice flowers exploded as they contacted the electric snakes. The frost energy in the air was moving like crazy.

The sky suddenly turned dark.

*Rumble*

After the thunder, light returned to the sky.

The deer was burnt black and its head was cut off its body. The deer was still floating in the air, but it was no longer moving.

"It's over! Let's retreat!" The eyeball turned into Fiona. Her black robe was broken. Fiona's body and face were covered with blood. It seemed like the battle was intense.

Fiona opened her book quickly and turned the pages several times.

The wizards all flew to Fiona.

Angele was the last one, he collected the souls of the dead wizards when everyone was moving to Fiona.

Fiona quickly chanted the incantation that would lead them to the correct coordinates, however, the wizards saw a white dot was flying to them at full speed from the other side of the sky.

"You shall not escape!" Alice's high-pitched voice was still hoarse. A terrifying force field surrounded Alice's body, almost like a tornado.

"Come on! Hurry!" The wizards stared at Alice anxiously and Fiona increased her speed.

*BAM*

The wizards disappeared into golden light and teleported away.

The last thing they heard was Alice's furious curses.

Chapter 506: Teleport (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

The golden light was flashing.

Angele's sight was blurred for a second after the teleportation. He realized that he was in front of a clear lake after he could see things again.

He was lying on a white beach. The other wizards were also lying around him in different poses.

The eye-blinding sunlight was hot and strong. Angele could smell blood in the gentle wind that was brushing over his face.

"What's this place?" Monteria was on the right; she just woke up and was rubbing her temples. It seemed like she was still dizzy.

"I don't know. We were teleported here." Angele stood up and wiped the sand off his robe. He checked the surroundings quickly.

The wizards were teleported to an area that was surrounded by mountains and there was a small lake in front of them. Angele could see silver fish swimming in the clear water.

Angele put his hand into the pouch, but it seemed like he failed to find the item he needed.

"Do you have an item that can show our location?" He looked at Monteria.

Monteria shrugged. "I don't, but I heard that Justin learned a spell that can help locate us from an ancient ruin. We should ask him after he wakes up."

Angele nodded but did not say anything. He looked at the wizards and noticed only several of them were waking up.

"Becky?"

White light flashed and Becky appeared behind Angele.

Becky's body was covered with white sand and dirty.

"Damn, I was teleported into the sand!" Becky was wiping the sand off her body anxiously.

Angele was not concerned, he just wanted to make sure that Becky was still alive. He looked at Monteria—the woman was trying to craft potions using different materials.

"I need the potions to keep my body stable due to a lab accident," Monteria explained as she noticed that Angele was looking at her.

"I'll leave now since we returned safely. Can you let them know after they wake up?" Angele looked at Monteria. "I assume you've completed the mission. I saw that the stone pillar was taken away."

"Yeah, Fiona took it during the battle. It was the core of the Blood Throne and I think things will be fine. We completed the mission, but I'm not sure about the other teams." Monteria's brow furrowed. "You're not heading back to the alliance?"

"I will, but I need to check on my other friends. They live in remote areas; although the Dark Wizard Tower might not be able to find them, I want to make sure that they're safe," Angele responded in a calm tone.

"Sure, go ahead." Monteria shrugged again.

Angele exchanged eye contact with Becky and they walked into the forest by the beach.

Becky followed Angele into the forest and started laughing after they walked for a while.

"You're done! Master Alice has already recognized you." She chuckled. "The winner of the competition, the leader of the elite team, Purple Eye, is now identified as a traitor. The Dark Wizard Tower will definitely go after you."

Angele stopped moving and remained silent.

"What? Are you scared?" Becky sneered.

The two stood in the forest. The golden sunlight landed on the ground after passing through the gaps between the leaves which were shaking slightly in the wind.

Angele opened his mouth after he remained silent for a while.

"The contract states that my benefit and the people that are important to me will be protected in exchange for my service. I didn't want to join the alliance's operation, but my mother was attacked by you and that's a breach of the contract."

"No… it's not…" A deep and old voice echoed in the air.

Angele's expression changed, white light flashed in the air and Becky appeared in front of him.

A silver bat appeared above the tree; the silver glow around the bat was brighter than the golden sunlight. The bat almost looked like a silver statue.

The silver bat landed on a branch in front of Angele and Becky and stared at Angele with a pair of deep eyes.

"Alice has informed us about the situation, but we had no time to confirm it. However, we've confirmed it now. Green, are you sure you want to join the alliance?" the bat spoke slowly.

Angele looked at the bat with a serious expression on his face. He recognized the voice immediately—it was his teacher, the head of a department. Angele had never met his teacher after joining the department and it was the first time they had a serious conversation.

"Teacher?" he wondered. "Is this your physical form, or...?"

"This is my physical form," the bat responded in a calm tone. "I've been using this body for over one thousand years. Come back to us, Green. I'm one of the department heads and your guilt can be remitted. Also, I can protect your mother."

Becky's eyes were wide open, it felt like she found the situation hard to believe.

Angele remained calm. "I've never breached the contract. Everything I did was allowed. Also, I still think that the Dark Wizard Tower is the one who breached the contract."

"Is this your real thought?" the bat questioned back.

"Yes."

The conversation was not going well.

Several minutes later, the old bat loosened its expression.

"I was going to teach you my technique after the war, but I didn't expect you to betray the organization at this critical period."

"I'm just doing what I have to do," Angele spoke in a light tone.

"Good." The bat nodded. "I can understand, but the Duke will not. You're the only student I accepted in recent years and I respect your decision. You must have a strong mind to walk further, that's how wizards strengthen themselves."

"However, the Dark Wizard Tower will not forgive a traitor." The bat opened his wings and released some eye-blinding silver light.

"You're no longer my student, but I'll let you go this time. Leave now…" The bat finished its words and disappeared into the air, its voice echoing in the forest.

Angele just stood there and remained silent.

"The department head is not here just for you. He'll kill the wizards from the alliance. Your teacher has many shadows and forms. It's incredible that he decided to take you out by himself." Becky sighed with mixed emotions.

"The strong wizards of the alliance will come and help them. Let's leave now, I don't want to be caught in the mid of an intense battle." Angele just realized that the Dark Wizard Tower was trying to give him the last chance.

Angele was never a man that knew how to set up a perfect plan. He failed to analyze the situation and it became awkward.

"The Dark Wizard Tower will release my information to the public sooner or later," Angele spoke in a calm tone. "I guess the alliance and the Dark Wizard Tower will all go after me."

"You're in the middle of them. They'll send people to track you down. Do you have a plan?"

"A plan?" Angele started advancing. "I joined the Dark Wizard Tower because I want to protect the people that are important to me during the war. I'd never have betrayed them had they given me what they promised."

Becky looked at Angele and advised, "The department head was here to deliver the message and that's an honor. Think twice before making the decision. I'm sure your teacher will help you if you ask. The department heads all had strong power in the organization."

Angele did not respond. Raising his left arm, he looked at the five scorpion patterns; they looked like five glowing rubies.

He did not want to connect the Nightmare Realm to the wizard world if he had the choice. The lords would change the wizard world completely.

"The Dark Wizard Tower can track you down and kill you easily. If you make the wrong choice, you'll become a wanted criminal." Becky was still trying to convince Angele for some reason.

The trees of the forest looked like coconut trees; they were traveling through it at full speed.

*BAM*

They suddenly heard some loud noise from behind them.

Angele turned around and checked the situation.

A silver vortex appeared above the forest. Dark lightning was striking the area under the vortex constantly.

Angele looked at the lightning and made the decision.

"I need to go somewhere alone. Find a place and hide. Don't try to contact the Dark Wizard Tower. I can track you down whenever I want."

Becky snorted but did not say anything.

Angele was not concerned. He pressed on his chest and disappeared into a ball of flames.

'Creating your shadow…' Zero's voice echoed in his ears.

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Angele felt like that he was traveling through an intestine. He jumped out of the exit like a fish jumping into the sea. The feeling was great.

Angele regained his consciousness quickly.

The sky was dark and the clouds looked like burning flames. There were red electric pulses flashing in the sky. The dark land was covered with white bones and dust.

A tall statue was standing on the ground quietly. The statue was red and it almost like it was connected to the sky. It was a giant wearing heavy armor.

The giant's head was covered by a red helmet and surrounded by a red glow. The upper body and the bottom body of the giant were separated. There was a floating eyeball on its waist.

The giant was chained up on four stone pillars.

"A shadow?" Eye Devil's voice echoed in the sky. "Any good news, Phoenix? Have you prepared the souls?"

Angele nodded. "I've collected all the needed souls. Ready your army. I can't teleport back to Nightmare Realm at the moment because it'll be hard for me to return to the wizard world."

"Great, thanks for your hard work." Eye Devil sounded excited. "Maybe there's something in your world that can help me."

"Maybe, don't forget what you promised me."

"Of course."

*GA*

A large black bird appeared in the sky and made some loud noise.

Angele raised his head and looked at the bird.

*BOOM*

The black bird exploded into pieces and turned into a rain of blood, landing on the ground.

"Although you may not care, I need to double-check the location of the runes because I want to minimize the risk. How long do you need to open the dimension fissure and enter the wizard world?" Angele questioned.

Chapter 507: Teleport (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"If it's me, it'll take one day," Eye Devil responded, "but they'll need two days."

"That's too long." Angele's brow furrowed. "The wizard world in a chaos right now. The creatures from the Fairy Realm are also in the wizard world. They'll try to seal the fissure if you're too slow."

"Fairy Realm, huh? It sounds like a party…" Eye Devil's eyeball rolled.

"I have a good idea. The dimension fissure that brought the residents of Fairy Realm to the wizard world must be weak and they have to keep the world altar going. You can use their dimension fissure without being noticed and open the portal for us. It'll shorten the required time greatly."

"I heard that there are many rare bloodlines in the Fairy Realm but I don't really like such places, you know." Angele was implying something.

"I thought you were having trouble teleporting to the Nightmare Realm." The man with a cape joined the conversation.

"I've never explored the Fairy Realm. I heard the realm is great. If you can open the portal using their altar, we'll have a much easier time accessing that realm."

"Alright, I'll find the closest world altar so you can teleport as soon as possible."

"Good luck."

"Thanks." Angele nodded and glanced at the pyramid but did not find the woman in black.

"She's in my molten palace and won't be able to leave without your permission," Eye Devil explained. "I don't think she'll leave my palace even if want her to. She's been reading my books all day and only stops when it's food time."

"Great." Angele pressed on his chest. His body turned translucent and he disappeared into the air seconds later.

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In the coconut tree forest. A ball of red flames appeared and formed Angele's body.

He pulled the broken black robe off, revealing the tight black armor on his body. He collected some special stones and crafted the armor by himself. It was perfect for his muscular body.

The forest was quiet; Becky was sleeping under a large tree. Her face and hands were still covered in dirt. There were dead crabs on the ground, each the size of a wheel. The crabs were smashed to pieces and for some reason, their blood was red.

Angele walked to the tree and kicked Becky. "Wake up."

"Damn! What're you doing!" Becky stood up; she sounded angry.

"Do you know where the closest world altar is?" Angele wondered.

"Why're you asking?" Becky inhaled deeply and shook her head slightly. "Most of the altars are reinforced and I don't think you can break any of them."

"Has the alliance already tried it?" Angele wondered.

"Yeah, they tried many times. Do you know Suman? He's the inheritor of the Thousand Waterfall City's lord. Suman is not talented, but he has some weird abilities and tried to destroy the world altars," Becky explained. "However, he failed."

"Which means… Suman is familiar with world altars?" Angele almost forgot about the incident.

"Yeah, he entered the world altars multiple times."

"Is he still alive? Do you know where he is?"

"The central area. The last time we found him was at the Rayton Highland and that was probably the only world altar he missed. The main forces of the alliance and the Dark Wizard Tower are moving to Rayton Highland. That place might be the location for the final battle," Becky responded. She knew that Angele could read her memory if she tried to lie.

"Let's head to Rayton Highland as well." Angele pointed at the broken black robe on the ground and ignited it.

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The base of the alliance in the Molten River area.

In a cave among the volcanos. The important members of the Elemental Hand were all in the cave. The elders sat around a black stone table.

*BAM*

The Second Elder hit the table with his fist, there was a serious expression on his face.

"That's all we get after traveling for days?"

"We left our Legacy Magic Circle and we've never been friends with the three lords," the First Elder spoke in a calm tone, "it's understandable…"

"It's fine that they don't provide us with supplies, but our base is way too close to the front line. It'll be a serious problem if we're attacked by the Dark Wizard Tower," Vivian interrupted.

The elders remained silent after hearing that.

Suddenly, a soldier in black armor stepped into the cave.

"Masters, the leader of the alliance, Prince Evil Dragon, wants to invite you to his meeting hall."

"All of us?" The First Elder stood up. "What's the matter?"

"The messenger said that he wanted to move our base to another location," the soldier responded.

"Really?" The elders sounded surprised.

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Four days later.

In a dark underground cave that was close to the volcanos.

Green patterns flashed on the walls and there was a black table with a ball of red light floating over it in the center of the cave.

Angele stood in front of the red light quietly and moved his left arm to the light. The red souls were being absorbed into his left arm. He could hear the souls' groaning and screaming echo in the cave.

It took around ten minutes until all the souls were absorbed by the scorpion patterns. Angele felt relieved after everything was done.

"Great, the souls absorbed by the five scorpion patterns are all here. I just need to find a suitable location and open the portal." He lowered his left arm and covered the scorpion patterns using the stone armor.

Becky leaned against the wall and watched the whole process, but she was not interested in what Angele was doing.

"Is the war still going on?" Angele looked at Becky.

"It never stopped. The alliance successfully surrounded part of the Dark Wizard Tower's army and they would not let this chance slide," Becky responded in a light tone.

*BOOM*

It seemed like something exploded above the cave.

"Lead me to Rayton Highland. I've prepared everything." Angele had a blank expression on the face.

"I think you're planning something dangerous. Collecting souls was never allowed by the alliance or the Dark Wizard Tower. You're done if they find out about the truth. No one will forgive you," Becky warned in a cold tone.

"It's what I have to do," Angele said in a light tone.

"The more souls I collect, the more easily they can travel through the portal, and the timing will be perfect," he muttered. Angele disappeared into red flames and Becky disappeared into some white light.

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Several days later. Rayton Highland. Noon.

It was snowing and the whole land was white.

On the plains of the highland, there was an army in white confronting an army in black.

Rows of knights in white armor were in the army on the left, riding tall bulls that only had one horn. The hooves of the bulls had the size of wheels. They were standing on the ground steadily.

A white robe was floating in front of the army with a pearl necklace in hand. He was staring at the dark army quietly.

The dark army was formed by black robes with beasts around them. There were lions, birds, dogs, and goats that were over three meters tall.

The dark army was led by an enormous black goat; its horns were twisting slowly, almost like two moving snakes.

"I didn't expect to meet you here. This is the only path we have and you better move away or I'll destroy you along with your army," the goat said slowly.

"Snake Horn? I thought you were at the volcanos." The old wizard scrunched his brow. "Well, I guess I'll just take you out since you're here."

"Try me." The snakes on the goat's head were moving much faster than before.

They traded the words, however, none of them initiated the fight. It sounded like they were just having an argument.

One of the white armored knights yawned as he looked at another knight.

"Hey, how long will this argument last?"

"I have no idea. I guess it'll take several more days," the knight responded.

"Won't they get tired? The argument is initiated by the captain, our vice-captain and elder also joined the argument…" The soldier sounded tired. "Why don't we just fight?"

The wind and the snow was getting stronger.

The soldiers were all covered in snow.

Angele and Becky stayed in the sky above the two armies. They activated stealth technique and were barely noticeable in the white clouds.

Angele looked down and could see the soldiers on the plain clearly.

On the far side, there were several other white armies moving down the hills. There were also dark armies moving down the mountains quickly.

"How long have they been confronting each other by the entrance of the world altar? I can see that they're gathering armies," Angele talked to Becky using energy particles. There were several owls patrolling the are below them.

"This is the location of a possible final battle. The alliance probably knows that the Dark Wizard Tower is still having trouble with the Shadow Realm. This is the perfect time to start the battle since most of the Dark Wizard Tower's strong wizards are fighting with Shadow Realm," Becky explained.

"How long until the next teleportation? They'll send more soldiers here, right?"

"They bring more soldiers to this world once every half month. We just need to wait several more days."

"Great." Angele looked at the armies. When the Dark Wizard Tower activated the world altar, he would be able to create a portal for the lords, and would be saved a lot of effort since he would not have to create the dimension fissure by himself.

Chapter 508: Ancient City (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

Angele thought for a while and flew to the empty ground on the side. The empty ground was far from the battlefield, so he was not worried that he would be detected. He was certain that the patrolling soldiers would not be able to see that far.

The wind and snow were getting stronger. Angele could barely see any objects after he landed on the ground. The white snow was the only thing in his sight.

The chilling snow covered Angele and Becky's bodies, they almost looked like two snowmen.

"Follow me!" Angele spoke in a deep tone. "The wind and snow here are strengthened by the wizards. I won't be able to find you using mentality waves in this situation."

There was a twisted path between two hills in the front. The path was covered in snow. A deep hole would be left on the ground every time Angele stepped forward.

Angele and Becky were advancing slowly.

"There should be some caves ahead; if they're here, they'll probably hide in those caves," Angele said as he took out a yellow map.

The route on the map was changing constantly and the red marks on the routes were also changing. They turned into twisted red lines.

"How do you know that?" Becky questioned. She knew how she should communicate with Angele after all these days they spent together. She just needed to follow Angele's orders when necessary and Angele would not get angry if she was disrespectful; however, Angele would play jokes on her sometimes.

"I have a friend that lives in this area." Angele lowered the map.

"Although I don't know why he responded so fast after I tried to contact him, it's great that I can still find him," Angele explained.

Becky stopped asking questions. They were advancing in the snow and increased their speed. Their footprints would be covered by the snow within minutes.

The snowflakes were brushing over their faces. Angele did not want to be detected so he did not cast any spells. It took them about half an hour to arrive at a cliff.

Angele stepped on the cliff and looked down.

Below the cliff was an area covered with small caves. There were a couple hundred caves down there; they looked endless.

Angele stopped. With a flick of his finger, he released a ray of blue light, leaving a blue trail in the snow. The blue trail was clear and eye-catching.

"Who's there?!" A white robe appeared on the left of the two. The white robe was observing Angele and Becky carefully.

"I'm a friend of Mincola," Angele responded in a calm tone.

"Dorman, calm down, he's my friend!" A tall man stepped out of the snow. He was wearing white armor and his skin looked a bit dark in this outfit.

The man's sight fell upon Angele.

"Long time no see, Green. You helped me the last time and I finally have the chance to pay you back."

Angele remained silent, he was not sure how he should respond.

"Come in now. You're almost an enemy to both the alliance and the Dark Wizard Tower," Mincola spoke in a deep tone. "Follow me, I'll take you to Suman."

"Thank you for your help." There was a bitter smile on Angele's face.

The white robe named Dorman disappeared into the snow again.

Angele and Becky followed after Mincola. They walked down the hill and entered one of the caves.

The tunnel was dark.

"You already knew that I was once a member of the Dark Wizard Tower?" Angele asked as he walked.

"Of course. The Dark Wizard Tower released your information to the public and said that you were a traitor. I think the whole central continent knows about your situation since the rumor is spreading so fast. I think you brought some serious trouble to Elder Vivian," Mincola responded. "What you did is much more eye-catching than what we did to the world altars."

"Do you know how Vivian is doing now? Do you have any intel?" Angele was a bit anxious after he heard that.

"Price Evil Dragon is protecting Vivian, he's one of the alliance's leaders and things should be fine, but other members of the alliances are unhappy. They think that you're the reason why the Fairy Realm is invading our world," Mincola responded.

"That's fine." Angele sighed with relief.

The conversation ended as the atmosphere got heavy.

They advanced for around one hour in the cave and saw a bright campfire ahead. The flames of the campfire were dancing in the air.

There were several people sitting around the campfire. One of the men in white leather armor had long black hair and was cleaning a scimitar.

Angele also saw a woman wearing a short green skirt—she had to be Sella, Suman's partner. They left Thousand Waterfall city together.

The other people were around 30 to 40 years old. There were a man and a woman sitting opposite each other. They had blank expressions and were wearing tight black outfits.

There were two long swords hanging on the woman's waist and she was wearing silver bottom armor. She looked like a royal knight.

They all looked at Angele and Mincola after hearing the noise.

Suman stood up and asked, "Mincola, is he the man you talked about?" He looked at Angele and Becky with a pair of sharp eyes.

"You were just kids when I met you and Sella at the party." Angele smiled and said, "You look like a great warrior now."

"It's you!" Suman's expression loosened. "You helped us escape and won a fight against the rank 4 wizards. I've never forgotten what you did for me, Master Green."

"Just call me Green. I assume that you already know why I'm here." Angele glanced around.

The other people all stood up, but they looked confused.

"We need to plan this out, let me introduce my team members to you first." Suman pointed at his friends.

"This is Bella, she's a Blade Dancer." He pointed at the woman with two long swords.

"This is Messiah, he's an assassin."

The man forced a smile on his face. "Nice to meet you."

"You already know me and Sella. Also, I think you already met Dorman, he was in charge of the traps." Suman pointed at the campfire. "Take a seat. We moved to this location not so long ago."

Angele and Becky followed Mincola to the campfire. They sat down together and started cleaning the snow off their bodies.

"Green, greetings. I wonder what brings you here." Sella's voice did not change—it was still crisp and attractive.

Angele looked at the girl and checked the energy wave she was releasing. She had the same power level as a rank 1 wizard; also, her energy wave was a bit strange.

The Blade Dancer named Bella only had the power level of an apprentice, but she was releasing a mysterious energy wave. She was sitting with her eyes closed and it seemed like she was resting.

The assassin named Messiah had clean skin and, for some reason, reminded Angele of the people who were from the underground world. Most of the creatures in the underground had clean white skin due to the lack of sunlight. Messiah also had the power level of a rank 1 wizard, but it seemed like the golden dagger in his hand was a special item.

Mincola was a rank 2 wizard, but Suman was not releasing any energy wave. It felt like he was just a mortal.

Angele noticed the wrinkles around Suman's eyes.

"Your body…" Angele did not respond to Sella, he just talked to Suman after checking his condition.

The atmosphere got heavy again.

A bright smile appeared on Suman's face. "No worries. My life expectancy was greatly reduced because I used the concept gear too much. Maybe I'll die earlier than other mortals, but it's worth it. My life is more exciting than others' and I have so many friends supporting me."

The young man lightened everyone's mood. Suman was different than before, he looked like a talented leader.

"So, why are you here?" someone asked.

Angele glanced around and his sight fell upon Mincola.

"Mincola, do you know why I'm here?" Angele questioned. He was the strongest wizard here.

No one knew that Angele was a rank 4 wizard, but Mincola probably noticed the difference.

"You're here for the ruin of Dream Lord that is in the dimension fissure?" Mincola questioned.

Angele was a bit surprised, he had no idea what was going on, but he made it look like Mincola was correct.

"It has been a while since the last time I met you, but you're correct."

Mincola smiled; his white teeth were eye-catching.

"You're a wanted man and I assume you did something that the Dark Wizard Tower didn't like. Your mother is having a hard time in the alliance and you must be worried, so you want to help your mother by helping the alliance. The most recent event is the opening of the Dream Lord's ruin. This is the best chance to redeem yourself." He stopped for a second and continued, "I knew what you were trying to do when I received your message."

"The shadow of the strongest ancient wizard, Dream Lord, is sealed in the dimension fissure. If the shadow is unsealed by the Dark Wizard Tower, the whole world will be in trouble." Sella joined the conversation.

"According to the history, Dream Lord tried to conquer the world. If the shadow is unsealed, there's a chance that Dream Lord will return to the wizard world. They sent soldiers into the ruins of other ancient wizard lords as distractions and their true purpose was to unseal the Dream Lord," Suman explained in a deep tone.

"The true goal of the Dark Wizard Tower is to unseal Dream Lord?" Angele wondered. "The alliance is trying to stop the Dark Wizard Tower, so they chose to start the final battle here?"

"You're right. The strong members of the alliance are heading to the battlefield." Suman nodded.

"How do you stop the Dark Wizard Tower? Do you have a plan?" Angele continued to ask.

"We just need to destroy this world altar. They need the altar to open the dimension tunnel; if we can destroy the altar, the coordinates of the ruin will change. They won't be able to find the next coordinates since they used all the resources they had. This is our plan," Sella explained.

"Green, I learned that you were the leader of an elite assassin team, right? What exactly is this team?" Mincola suddenly asked. He was staring at Angele.

"Well, I…" Angele was a bit speechless.

"Wait! I remember him!" Messiah's expression suddenly changed. He stood up and pointed at Angele with his dagger. "The elites who attacked us said that they were from the elite assassin team of the Dark Wizard Tower!"

The situation suddenly changed. Suman and his friends were looking at Angele like looking at an enemy.

Suman's brow furrowed and Mincola was glaring at Angele with his eyes narrowed.

Chapter 509: Ancient City (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

The smile slowly disappeared from Angele's face as the man pointed at him with a dagger. "You're right. I was the one that sent the assassins. However, I'm no longer the team leader. Don't worry."

He started explaining, "We were working for different organizations and I had to send those assassins."

Angele knew that he needed a good excuse because he did not want to fight. Suman and his team survived multiple assassinations, they had to be stronger than they looked.

"Mincola is my friend. Do you really think that you can escape the assassinations by yourself? You know that you would be dead already if the team was not led by me, right? The reason why I betrayed the Dark Wizard Tower is not just my mother." Angele looked at the campfire calmly as he explained.

"If you really can't trust me, I won't explain any further. I'll leave and you can treat it like we've never met."

Suman remained silent for a while and his expression finally loosened. He looked like his team members.

"I trust you, but several of our team members were killed by the assassins…"

"Do you know Count Wheat? I don't like him at all and the main force was sent by him. There were some elites in my team that never followed my orders, like Victoria." A bitter smile appeared on Angele's face. He was talking nonsense. Angele made it look like that he hated the Dark Wizard Tower and his elite team never followed his orders. He sounded like he was a spy that was sent to the Dark Wizard Tower by the alliance.

"Come on, let's all calm down. We would already be dead if Green was not the leader of the team. Green helped us and we should not go too hard on him." Sella smiled and tried to help Angele.

Bella and Messiah looked at Suman.

Suman remained calm, he stared at Angele for a while and said, "You're right, Sella. We thought that we escaped the assassination because we were lucky, but it seems like Green was the reason why we survived and we should thank him for that."

"Our goal is the same. We need to figure out a way to stop the Dark Wizard Tower."

"We should have some rest and head to the world altar in the afternoon." Suman sat down and returned his scimitar into the sheath. "Let's just rest for now."

Messiah slowly lowered his dagger and sat down, but it seemed like he still did not like Angele.

Angele was still smiling, he sat down by the campfire and it looked like that he was thinking about something.

Becky had a blank expression on the face, but she knew that Angele was lying.

Time passed.

*RUMBLE*

The thunder almost made the whole cave shake.

Suman suddenly stood up. "Sella, what happened? Contact Dorman now!"

Sella quickly took out a fist-sized crystal orb and rubbed it slightly. White light flashed on the orb, but it disappeared quickly and nothing happened.

"I can't, the energy wave outside is too strong and I can't get in touch with Dorman!" Sella spoke anxiously.

"Messiah, go check the situation. Get ready everyone!" Suman looked at Messiah.

"Sure." Messiah nodded and he was about to head outside.

"Don't." Angele pointed at the crystal orb. "I can check the situation using the orb."

He smiled and rubbed on the surface of the crystal orb. Shifting images were quickly displayed in the orb.

On the snow land, hundreds of knights in white armor were charging to an eagle with two heads on the other side.

One of the eagle's wings was injured. It was trying to attack the knight using the other wing. The knights were blown away one by one. The knights would be injured or killed every time the eagle swung its wing.

The eagle's body was surrounded by dark smoke and its red eyes looked like two spinning vortexes.

"An abomination eagle! One of the war beasts from the Dark Wizard Tower. The knights probably followed the eagle here. The war started!" Messiah said.

"What should we do, Suman?"

"We should move now! The Dark Wizard Tower's defense is weak right now and this our chance!" Suman spoke in a deep tone. "Green, do you want to go with us?"

Angele was a bit surprised, he thought Suman was not going to let him join the team.

"Of course, we have the same goal." Angele grabbed the crystal orb.

"I wouldn't be here if I can find the route myself."

"With Green, we'll have a much easier time to win the fights and complete the mission." Mincola was relieved.

"Good. Let's start moving now!" Suman aimed at the campfire. The fire was frozen and extinguished quickly.

Angele narrowed his eyes, he had no idea what Suman did. There was no energy movement at all, it almost looked like Suman extinguished the fire using his hand, but he did not understand why the fire was frozen for a second.

The team started moving out of the cave quickly.

Angele stayed in the center of the team. It seemed like Suman and his teammates had not fully trusted him yet.

The Blade Dancer was right beside him. The woman was around 30 years old, she did not talk a lot and her hands were on the handles of her swords.

They left the cave and met Dorman safely. Sella sprinkled some powder in the air and Messiah span the ruby on his golden dagger several times.

The team quickly disappeared into the air like they were never here.

Mincola chanted the incantation and their bodies were lightened greatly. It was a simple but effective spell.

"Leave no trace behind," Suman warned. "Mincola, explain our route to Green when we're moving."

"Sure, no problem." Mincola moved to Angele and started explaining through energy particles.

The team was moving to the opposite direction of the battlefield. The only thing making noise was the wind and the heavy snow covered the thin footprints they left on the ground.

The team went around the abomination eagle and rushed to the right. The fighting noise slowly faded away, Suman stopped and entered a cave.

Angele learned about the route through the information Mincola sent him.

"You mean there's a sewer built by the ancient wizards? That's new… Are you saying there's an ancient city under the ground?" he questioned.

"This is one of the legendary cities, the City of Dream." Mincola moved as he explained, "Dream Lord had a battle with two other wizard lords and destroyed this city. The whole city sunk into the ground after the battle."

Angele hesitated for a second and looked at the sky before they entered the cave.

Under the white clouds, there were black flying mounts fighting against white flying mounts. Feathers and bloody flash were falling. There were also countless energy explosions in the sky. The wizards kept summoning storm elementals and wind elementals.

In the center of the sky, a man in black and a man in white were hitting each other while releasing translucent energy waves. The intense energy movement drove the clouds away and it almost looked like there was a hole in the sky.

"What happened?" Mincola turned his head around and the others also stopped.

"Nothing, I just want to look at the sky… for one last time." Angele glanced at the sky, turned around, and ran to the team.

They advanced for around ten minutes in the cave and passed through a large spider web. They entered a room with glowing blue walls.

Suman stepped into the room and checked the walls. "It's just normal glowing substance."

"Is this the first time you're here?" Angele suddenly asked.

"Yes, why?" Suman looked at Angele, he was confused.

"Be careful, everyone. This wall is…" Angele noticed that there was an incense table behind a door on the left, covered with white spider webs.

He pointed at the incense table and released a ray of red flames.

*WOO*

The flame landed on the table.

The walls started burning, it looked like the flames ignites all the walls. The flames in the room were intense and they could barely see the blue glow.

Suman and his team quickly stepped out of the room.

Sella hesitated for a second and said, "This is the… tunnel guard?"

A stone pillar appeared on one of the burning walls and the stone pillar formed a blue flower bud.

The flower bud was surrounded by red flames and slowly blossomed. The flower petals of the blue flower were translucent. A human eye and a mouth appeared in the center of the flower.

"Password required." The flower was speaking the universal ancient language.

"What does it mean?" Suman and his team had no idea what the flower was talking about.

Angele was a bit speechless, he was not sure why password was required here.

He stepped forward and explained, "Password is a code or some specific words. You'll need it to pass this area or you'll be attacked."

"A code…?" Suman started thinking.

"Stone wall," Bella suddenly said.

"Yeah, it must be stone wall!" Suman clapped his hands. He was excited and said some words in a strange tone that sound it was from a monkey.

The flower spoke again, "Password correct. You can pass now."

*CHI*

The flames in the room extinguished as the blue glow faded away. The blue flower was also absorbed by the wall.

"Let's move!" Suman said and walked to the exit on the other side of the room.

"Thanks for your help." Sella walked to Angele and said, "We might still need your help later…"

"No worries. We're pursuing the same goal now." Angele smiled and stopped talking.

Chapter 510: Prediction (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

The team passed through the room and entered a dark tunnel.

The arched tunnel was covered with white spider webs and they could hear rats rushing through the tunnel.

Angele glanced around, but the only thing he could see was darkness.

Suman was in front of the team; the torch he was holding brightened up the area around the team.

"From now on, please only cast spells when necessary so that the wizards above will not notice us. The sewer of the ancient city is not protected by any defensive devices so we have to proceed with caution."

"Understood."

"What about the temperature aura?" someone asked.

"Same for the temperature aura," Suman responded.

Mincola and Sella were a bit speechless. Their bodies were weak and they could not handle extreme cold.

After the temperature aura was deactivated, the tunnel was much colder than before.

Suman was leading the team in the front and Angele was still in the middle of the team.

*BAM*

A loud noise came from up ahead; it sounded like something fell.

Suman's brow furrowed, he drew his scimitar and stopped.

"I'll go take a look, proceed with caution. Messiah, go check the rear end."

"Sure."

The two left the team and started moving slowly.

Angele stood in the middle of the team. Bella trusted him a bit more after the incident, but she was standing close to Angele with her hands on the sword handles.

Becky was walking beside Angele and Mincola was checking on her constantly.

"They still don't trust you." Becky sent these words through energy particles. Angele restricted her ability to cast spells, but she could still transfer words using energy particles.

"Of course, they wouldn't even talk to me if they don't need my help." Angele shrugged slightly.

He looked at Suman.

Suman was slowly advancing with the torch in hand; suddenly, his body blurred and made some loud noise.

"Suman! What happened!" Sella questioned right away.

Suman waved his hand and said, "I'm alright, but I found something strange. Come here, everyone."

The team quickly moved to Suman and noticed that Suman's body was sinking into the ground. The bricks on the ground all broke into pieces.

The bricks under Sella's feet also broke and she started sinking as well.

"Huh?" Mincola sounded confused. He walked to the right of the Sella and Suman.

Suddenly, he slowly floated in the air. It almost looked like he was flying.

"What…?" Suman and the other team members all looked at Mincola.

"This is probably the legendary force trap…" Mincola was not sure if he was correct.

"Gravity trap to be exact." Angele raised his arms and it felt like someone was pressing his arms down as he leaned forward slightly.

"Huh? Do you know anything about the trap, Green?" Mincola looked at Angele.

"Yeah, gravity trap will prevent small creatures or insects from moving through the area. It's designed by the ancient wizards and it shouldn't be a problem for us." Angele nodded. "Areas like this are usually safe, but we still need to proceed with caution."

Messiah stepped forward and said, "Let's keep moving then. Let me lead the way."

The team started advancing again; the gravity was constantly changing randomly.

Time passed slowly. Around 20 minutes later, they finally saw something different ahead.

A woman with long blonde hair appeared in Angele's sight.

The woman was wearing a gray cloak, her skin was clean, she had large breasts and long legs—the woman's body was quite attractive.

She was standing on the left quietly, not moving. She was wearing a brown leather skirt and tight leather armor. The outfit was quite revealing.

The woman was facing the other side and her face was covered by a golden helmet. The only thing Angele could see was her back.

"Hey!" Messiah shouted with the dagger in hand. "Are you alive?"

The woman did not respond.

"Be careful, this is a sewer of an ancient city."

"Don't worry, it's just a dead body, I think," Angele spoke. "She was probably left here by the ancient wizards. It's a special punishment called Devour; but, her location is a bit strange."

"Devour? I've heard about it," Mincola interrupted, "however, I don't think the body should be here."

"Let's go take a look." Angele shrugged and stepped forward. He moved closer to the woman.

Angele walked to the woman and covered his right hand with black armor. He took the helmet off the woman's head and turned her around.

"Damn…"

The team members all inhaled deeply.

Suman walked to Sella with a strange expression on his face.

"Well, at least her body looked great… I guess imagination is always better than the reality…" Messiah wanted to observe the woman's body before he saw her face.

Angele smiled. "I didn't expect her to look like that. I thought she must be a beauty..."

The woman's face was extremely weird. It was not rotten and her skin was still clean.

However, the woman had the face of a middle-aged man with a long beard. The face just did not fit her balanced body.

Suman stepped forward and said, "Alright, let's keep moving. According to the information I collected, there are three more dangerous areas ahead." He started advancing again.

More and more dead bodies that looked like statues appeared in the tunnel as they walked. Most of the dead bodies were perfectly preserved and it almost looked like they were just sleeping.

"Be careful, everyone!" Suman advised. "The first dangerous area is ahead."

"What do you think, Green? There are so many dead bodies here." Mincola looked at Angele and Becky.

"I think we just need to be careful. The nest of spider men is ahead. The spider men consumed their brains and preserved their bodies using poison. That's why they look like they're alive," Angele responded in a calm tone. "Spider men are weak, even apprentices can handle them; the only problem is the spider queen."

"Spider men, huh? I didn't expect to see them here." Sella took out a notebook from the pouch and started writing things down. "You know a lot, Green."

"I collected information from random books." Angele smiled.

The team increased their speed.

The walls of the tunnel were covered with white spider webs and it almost looked like the tunnel was frozen. However, the tunnel was not cold at all and they could feel the warmth as they advanced.

The further they walked, the more spider webs were there in the tunnel.

The team prepared their weapons and proceeded with caution.

*CHI*

Suddenly, they could hear insects making noises ahead.

A white shadow appeared in the light from the torch. The team stopped and looked at the white shadow. The men on the team were a bit excited.

Messiah whistled and said, "So, these are the spider men? I think the nobles of the countries will love it. They'll pay a big price for them."

"She's beautiful…" Sella praised. As a female, she also thought the creature she saw was pretty.

What they met was a spider girl that was half naked. The bottom half of her body was that of a spider and translucent. Her long black hair was smooth like seaweed.

The girl stared at the team members and her sight fell upon Suman. Her upper body was naked and it seemed like she did not care that her breasts were exposed to the air.

Strangely, the girl looked innocent and lovely for some reason.

*CHI*

The noise was from her mouth and it almost sounded like she was asking something.

Mincola's brow furrowed. "She was speaking the spider language and I can understand some of it. Be careful, everyone, she might be a threat."

"Don't worry. Spider men are weak and they shouldn't be a threat to us," Angele interrupted. "I think she's asking if we want to reproduce with her. Spider men want to strengthen their bloodline by reproducing with stronger beings. They think that stronger partners will bring them stronger children."

"We? With spiders? How do we even do it…" Messiah looked speechless. "I'll volunteer if you tell me how to have sexual intercourse with this thing."

"Well, it depends… You just need to accept their body features…" Angele blinked his eyes.

"They have pretty faces and their bodies are soft. That's part of the evolution. Most importantly, the spider men's gender will change based on how you want them to be." Angele chuckled and explained, "So, if you're really interested, just go ahead and do it. Don't worry, spider men won't attack the strong beings that are willing to reproduce with them. Also, I heard that some people think the spider men give them more pleasure than human beings."

"I'll pass…" Messiah glanced at Bella and gave up.

"Let's keep moving then, I'll handle her." Angele stepped forward and drew a black dagger slowly.

The spider girl was scared, she took several steps back.

"This is the first time I saw a living spider man and I want to do some experiments." Angele rubbed the blade of the dagger coated with a red glow. The blade was eye-catching in the darkness.

"Wait, Green, what are you going to do?" Sella suddenly questioned.

"I'm going to dissect her here so I can do experiments later, why?" Angele waved his dagger, it was just a normal procedure for him.

"She's young… and I think she wasn't the one who killed those people…" Sella looked at the spider girl.

Angele nodded. "You're probably right. I think her ancestors did it."

"Can you let her leave?" Sella stared at Angele in the eyes.

Angele was a bit surprised after he heard that and looked at the others.

Suman and Bella supported Sella's words, but Messiah remained silent. Dorman was just standing there with a smile on the face.

Mincola could understand why Angele wanted to kill the spider girl, but there was a bitter smile on his face.

Chapter 511: Prediction (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Seriously? You too?" Angele decided to remain silent after finishing these words.

Angele had no idea how Suman's team survived in the wizard world, they were too naive.

However, he finally understood why Mincola decided to stay in Suman's team.

Angele looked at the spider girl who was shaking. Dissection was normal for wizards, but the people in Suman's team were asking him not to do that.

He noticed that Suman's team was so different that it almost felt like they did not belong to the wizard world.

"Are you taking pity on the spider girl?" He wondered.

"Will you still protect her if she's the one who killed those people? You can't judge something just by its looks."

"I'm not judging her by her looks. I can feel that this girl is not going to hurt any of us," Sella answered calmly.

*CHI CHI*

The spider girl realized that the team would not kill her so she moved closer to them.

Angele wanted to collect the new bloodline; fresh bloodline and the bloodline he extracted from the bones were different, however, it seemed like he would not be able to do it in this situation.

He lowered his dagger slowly. "Fine then. I won't do it if you insist."

"Let's go," Suman said. They noticed that Angele's thoughts were completely different from theirs.

They walked past the spider girl and started advancing again.

The spider girl followed after them, but she kept a distance from the crew.

They passed through the spider webs, but the spider girl was still following them.

Messiah was confused. "Why is she following us?"

"Maybe she wants to join us," Angele responded. "She noticed that we decided not to hurt her. She probably lives in the sewer and eats rats or insects. The girl doesn't want to be alone after she realized that we could communicate with her."

"We should ask her why she is following us," Sella suggested.

The team members all agreed.

Mincola talked to the spider girl using the spider language, but it seemed like she still feared Angele.

The spider girl moved closer to Sella.

Mincola asked the spider girl with Sella's question.

The spider girl hesitated for a second and glanced at the team.

"Who do you like the most in our team?" Mincola questioned.

The spider girl's sight fell upon Angele.

"Me?" Angele was surprised, the other team members were also surprised.

The spider girl walked to Angele, but she still kept a distance from him.

"Are you kidding me?" Messiah had high expectations because he was confident in his own power.

"That guy was trying to dissect you!"

"Green is the strongest being here. She just wants to reproduce with the strongest one in the team," Mincola guessed.

"You're just a spider. Get out of my way!"

*BAM*

Becky kicked the spider girl in the stomach and she almost hit the wall.

She sneered and stepped forward.

Angele had an innocent expression on the face. "Sorry, it seems like my partner is jealous. She won't let me have fun with other girls because she loves me so much."

"Are you serious?!" Becky sent the words through energy particles. "You controlled my body. I have nothing to do with this and now you're saying that I love you?"

"I had to do it," Angele responded quickly.

"Alright, alright, calm down," Suman said. "We're not here to play. Sella, ask the spider girl to follow you. Mincola, please ask her some serious questions so we can learn more about the sewer."

"Sure."

The spider girl hid behind Sella after she was kicked away. It seemed like she had given up on Angele. She was rubbing her face and breast against Sella's body.

Mincola asked her several questions and the team started advancing again.

The tunnel was getting wet.

There was gray mud on the ground, soaked in some liquid.

The further they advanced, the muddier the ground became.

"That's it." Suman remembered something and his expression turned serious. "If I'm not mistaken, this must be the first dangerous area."

Angele checked the stone walls quickly.

The walls were covered with yellow mud.

"Ah!" Sella suddenly screamed. "Something is trying to grab me!"

Angele noticed that pairs of women's hands appeared in the mud and were trying to grab the team members.

"Don't move!" Bella drew her swords and slashed through the hands.

The hands were all cut into pieces after just one hit.

Bella slowly lowered her swords and the hands on the ground turned into mud.

Sella was the only one that was attacked. A pair of handprints was left on her ankles; they were turning dark.

Sella gritted her teeth and took out some white herb. She broke the herb into pieces and applied them on the wound.

Green smoke rose from her ankles; the handprints faded, but they were still on her skin.

*CHI CHI*

The spider girl walked to Sella and pressed on her wound. A lot of white smoke rose from her ankles.

"Great!" Sella looked happy. "Thank you!"

Angele crouched in front of Becky and watched the hands that were broken by her turn into mud.

"Are you alright?" Mincola looked at Angele.

"I'm fine. I just want to study this thing. I tried to collect the broken hands using a container, but I failed. My container melted after it contacted the mud."

Angele stood up and the team started moving again. They started checking the mud on the ground constantly.

All the mud they encountered later attacked them. They dodged all the attacks and the tunnel ahead branched out.

They stood in front of the two tunnels and hesitated.

Suman took out a black map and checked the route. "I don't see any branch here."

He hesitated and turned around. "There are two tunnels ahead, but I don't know which one will lead me to the destination. I decided to enter the tunnel on the right."

"We'll go with you," Sella said, "but what about Green…?"

Angele noticed that the others were staring at him. He knew that the team did not like him. He was once the leader of an assassin team; also, Suman and his friends were too naive.

"I heard that the doors of the ancient city are protected by codes. I don't think I can unlock the doors."

"Don't worry, it has been years and I think the codes are no longer working," Suman explained. "Also, only one of the tunnels will lead us to the destination."

Suman had similar thoughts about Angele as the other team members. He just could not trust the man. Also, Angele did not hesitate when he drew the dagger and tried to dissect the spider girl. He could feel that the man was cruel and it seemed like the spider girl considered Angele the strongest being in the team.

"Alright, then. I'll choose the other tunnel and I'll see you later." Angele glanced at the spider girl one last time before leaving.

"Let's go, Becky."

Becky snorted and followed Angele into the tunnel on the left. They disappeared from the team's sight quickly.

Suman's expression loosened as Angele and Becky left.

He raised his hands and stopped the others from talking. They walked for a while before Suman suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Mincola, he's gone now, what were you trying to say?" He looked at Mincola with a serious expression on the face.

"There's a problem. The spider girl fears Angele due to her instinct. It was not due to how Angele treated her. I heard that white spider girl could see the future and I wonder what she saw."

"See the future?" Sella dragged the girl to her. "You mean this girl could predict the future? Is this part of her ability?"

"You're right, her ability is special. Although Green has the same goal as us and I think things will be fine, I just don't know why the spider girl fears him so much. Let me ask her." Mincola looked at the spider girl and spoke in the spider language.

The spider girl hesitated for a second when she heard the question, but she still responded.

"The sky and the ground are torn apart…" Mincola translated. "I can see dead bodies, many dead bodies. So many creatures were killed that their bones formed mountains… That man is dangerous and strong!"

Suman was surprised after he heard those words.

"Is this real? That's our future?" Messiah wondered.

Mincola shook his head. "I'm not sure, but I'm certain that Green is not telling the truth if the spider girl is not lying to us. What do you think, Sella?"

"I don't think the spider girl is lying." Sella shook her head.

Mincola's brow furrowed, he tried to talk to the spider girl again, but she just kept shaking her head.

"What are you doing, Mincola?" Sella asked.

"I want her to use her ability on Green so that we'll know the truth. I want to make sure that our mission can be completed. I don't know if Green is a threat to us or not."

Sella hesitated for a second and patted the girl's head. "Help us, please."

The spider girl was moved by Sella's gentleness. She looked at Sella in the eyes and slowly nodded.

Closing her eyes, the spider girl's body started shaking and a spider mark appeared between her eyebrows.

The team was waiting for the result quietly.

Several minutes later, the spider girl's face turned pale and there was blood leaking out of her mouth. It seemed like she was suffering from severe pain.

*BOOM*

The girl's head exploded, her brain and blood splashed on Sella's body.

Everyone was surprised by what happened.