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Chapter 538: Farewell (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

Angele watched the strange man crawl back to the dimension fissure and lowered his head.

He turned around and looked at the fountain by the end of the street. There should've been three human-shaped statues there, but one of them was missing.

The two remaining statues looked like naked men with backpacks, hammers, and long cylinders on their backs.

Angele checked the base of the missing statue carefully and his brow furrowed.

"This man must be one of the three statues; he was turned into a living being by the realm power, but the strange ability he had…" Angele realized what happened.

"I should complete my mission here and leave as soon as possible so that I don't need to worry about all the changes that are happening…"

He glanced around and stepped forward. His body floated in the air and he started flying to Vapor.

The large capital started shrinking in Angele's sight, it slowly disappeared from the green plain; only several yellow roads that led to the far side could still be seen.

Angele's body was surrounded in dark smoke. He was flying at full speed in the gray sky, leaving a long black trail behind. About ten minutes later, he heard something vibrating in the front.

The sky and the earth were shaking and there were some tiny green light dots that looked like fireflies flying around.

Angele raised his head and looked ground. The land in the front was covered with green light dots; the green light illuminated the sky.

He saw a rotating fan ahead after he entered the area with the green light dots on the ground. The fan stood in the air, facing Angele.

The fan was several thousand meters long and blocked the path ahead. The fan was drawing everything around to it—the whole thing almost looked like a white tornado.

Angele suddenly stopped moving in the air, he just looked at the fan.

He noticed that there was a tall man in armor slashing the fan like crazy with a thin sword in his hand. The man's body was surrounded by green smoke, which prevented him from being drawn in by the tornado.

It was Vapor, who arrived at the area first. Vapor was moving extremely fast, he could slash many times in a second with the thin sword in his hand.

Strangely, it seemed like that his sword was not doing anything, it was not even making any noise.

*Clank*

After about ten seconds, his last strike landed on the fan and finally made some loud noise. Vapor quickly moved back after the hit.

Vapor quickly moved to Angele and stopped in front of him.

*Crack*

The humongous black fan suddenly broke into pieces; it felt like the fan was made of some weak materials—it looked like a collapsing hill of sand. It dropped to the ground and turned into piles of black metal sand.

There were around ten dark wizards standing behind the black fan. Their bodies were dried up and turned into the sand before they could say anything.

"Such a strong ability…" Angele praised. "All the power from your slashes gathered and exploded at the same time. You have some impressive sword skills, Vapor."

Vapor looked happy after hearing those words but he still snorted. "Well, I'd rather have a strong body like you."

"We all have our own advantages." Angele smiled. "They still kept you here for a while. Are you having trouble tracking them down?"

Vapor's expression turned serious after hearing the question. "Those rats and insects! The only thing they do is running around using the portals. I'm fast, but they are faster! Also, they still have the technique that can track down the beings from the Nightmare Realm. They leave as soon as I get closer to them!"

He stopped for a second and looked at Angele. "Those insects are heading to the capital of another country. I think they want to gather their power and defend against us. From what I know, you had some problems with the Dark Wizard Tower, right?"

"So what?" Angele questioned back. "We've killed many members of the Dark Wizard Tower since we entered this realm, I don't feel hatred anymore. I'm just here to see how you're doing and see if I can meet any familiar faces from the Dark Wizard Tower. How long will it take for us to get to the city with the strongest energy movement?"

"I don't know, but it should be close. I can feel the power ahead. I think they are ready for us." Vapor swang his sword several times and returned it to the sheath.

They stopped chatting and went over the sand hill that was formed by the remains of the fan. They advanced for around half an hour at full speed and finally saw a large city that was slowly sinking into the ground.

It looked like there was an invisible barrier around the city. Angele could see the people standing on the streets and empty ground among the buildings from the sky. They raised their heads and looked at Angele. Their eyes were filled up with fear, hatred, and anger.

The whole city was slowly sinking into the gray plain without making any noise. It felt like the city was sinking into a swamp.

There were three groups of people floating above the city; they looked like wizards in black, yellow, or red robes. They were all doing the same thing: chanting incantations and drawing runes in the air.

Yellow strings were released from their bodies—the strings were the power source of the barrier.

"Damn! Not this again!" Vapor's expression changed after seeing the scene. He noticed that there were several farms around the city; there were mortals hiding in their own houses. It seemed like only the nobles were protected by the barrier.

Vapor sneered as green flames blinked in his eyes. The mortals on the ground were bright like torches in his eyes.

Raising his hands, he clapped. Countless green light dots were released from his palms and the light dots started falling right away.

"Petty insects… The nobles have given you up… If you want revenge, open your mind and pray to the great Vapor… I'll give you great power…" His voice became attractive and mysterious.

Countless green light dots were falling to the ground, they looked like plant seeds. They quickly sank into the heads of the mortals.

Seconds later, the mortals' bodies started changing. Their skin turned from white to red and their height increased to three meters. Some of them had their arms turned into sharp blades with long spikes rising from their backs. There were also mortals with their feet turned into sharp needles.

Hatred and anger filled up those mortals' eyes; however, some of the mortals could not handle the power and their bodies exploded after taking in the green dots.

Several minutes later, countless mutated mortals appeared on the ground. They followed Vapor's orders and charged toward the sinking city.

"What did you do?" Angele was surprised.

"Nothing. I just turned them into brave soldiers with strong sword skills." Vapor chuckled and lowered his hands. His sight fell upon the barrier again.

"The barrier can probably stop a normal sealed form, but I'm Vapor…" He drew the sword and swang it several times in the air.

*WOO*

The sword started vibrating and made loud vibration noises.

Vapor's body floated in the air; he released a strong energy wave that was drawing all the energy particles toward him. The energy wave was quickly turning into a strong force field.

Angele's expression changed, he moved ten meters away from Vapor and watched his movements quietly.

'It's an energy charging technique… I don't think I can handle his charged strike. The longer he charges, the stronger his strike will be.' Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes and he stared at Vapor carefully.

'120000, 130000, 170000, 200000…' The numbers that were reported back by the biochip were getting higher and higher.

'300000, 380000, 390000, finally, it stopped…'

Angele's expression turned serious, it was the first time that he witnessed the full power of a lord.

Vapor's strike could deal around 390000 degrees of damage. If the strike landed on an unprotected city, he could easily destroy it, and the land would be damaged permanently. Angele assumed that Vapor's strike could destroy a city like New York.

When compared to an atomic bomb, Vapor's attack was easier to control and it could pierce through almost anything.

It seemed like Vapor's power did not come from the bloodline or the true form. What Angele saw was Vapor's real form, but Vapor's strike was more powerful than an atomic bomb.

Angele moved 30 more meters away from Vapor to keep a safe distance.

'Zero, simulate a battle between Vapor and me with my refined true form activated,' he ordered. Angele wanted to know how strong he was among the sealed forms.

'Mission created, reading the data… simulation started…' Zero's mechanical voice echoed in Angele's ears.

The blue light in front of Angele's eyes was getting intense. The light dots drew blue lines in the air and looked like a meteor rain in the sky.

Several seconds later, Zero reported back.

'Simulation completed, you won the battle after losing 11 life masks and 80% of your soul was damaged.'

Angele's brow furrowed. 'How is that possible… The more life masks I lose, the more my soul will be damaged. It's just how this works. Show me the battle simulation.'

*CHI*

Angele's eyes blurred after hearing the noise. An empty space appeared in his sight; a large black scorpion was fighting against Vapor in this space. Vapor barely countered Angele's attacks, however, he could easily cut parts of the scorpion's body off. Vapor was too fast for the scorpion and the only thing the latter could do was release the dark-red hair.

Although Vapor dealt a lot of damage to the scorpion, his body was being impacted by the high-temperature field constantly. He was slowed down as he got tired. Also, Vapor had trouble dealing with the illusions that were attacking his mind and soul. The scorpion would attack Vapor with its claws when Vapor was not paying attention. The claws of the scorpion cracked Vapor's armor and the green smoke around his body was rising to the air.

*BOOM*

Vapor's body suddenly exploded, but he quickly recreated his body in the green smoke.

Chapter 539: Farewell (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

'You refined true form can deal at least 270000 and up to 350000 degrees of damage. You defense power is around 290000 degrees. Agility, 15. With your Stamina, damage that is lower than 300000 degrees can be recovered naturally,' Zero added.

'Vapor's maximum attack power is 400000 degrees and he can deal at least 100000 degrees of damage under normal circumstances. His defense power is around 70000 degrees. Agility, 27. With his Stamina, damage that is lower than 70000 degrees can be recovered naturally,' Zero continued.

With the data, Angele could compare their power levels easily.

'Although I spent years empowering my bloodline, my speed is still my weakness… My refined true form is slower than my realm form. Zero, show my attributes,' Angele ordered.

'Angele Fenrir Rio, Strength 35.2, Agility 19.1, Stamina 34.4, Mentality 627, Mana 597.6. Gene limit not reached.'

A row of blue data appeared in his sight.

'My mentality is still increasing gradually and already reached 600. Not bad… However, my Agility is close to 20 when I'm in my normal form…' Angele was a bit speechless.

Angele stopped thinking as Vapor's body was surrounded by some green strings. It looked like there were countless green fireflies flying around him but the energy waves he was releasing had already stabilized.

Angele only spent around 10 seconds doing the simulations and checking the data.

Finally, it seemed like Vapor's attack was fully charged and he could control the energy waves perfectly.

It felt like the air solidified.

In the city that was sinking into the ground, the wizards and mortals were holding their breaths; they wanted to know if Vapor could break through the barrier.

*CHI CHI CHI*

Vapor started slashing the air like crazy and the energy waves he released turned into a cross. More and more energy waves merged into the object; the eye-blinding light was getting intense. The cross almost looked like it was made of green crystal.

Strangely, the green cross also appeared on the surface of the barrier that was several hundred meters away from Vapor. The cross on the barrier was solidifying and the light it released was getting brighter and brighter.

It felt like that Vapor's sword pierced through the space and landed on the barrier.

"The Scar of Order!" Vapor shouted furiously. A shadow of a man with a pair of legs on his back appeared behind Vapor's body. It almost looked like the legs were the man's wings.

Angele noticed that there was more than one pair of legs on the man's back—there were more than ten pairs. The legs helped the man standing in the sky; he looked like a large spider with the body of a human being.

The man had a cold expression on the face, he charged at the green cross and disappeared into it.

"This is one of the sealed forms that was slain by me… Ha…" Vapor said as he looked at Angele.

"What do you mean? Are you trying to warn me?" Angele sneered as his right hand turned into a large black scorpion claw. He moved the claw slightly.

*Crack*

Black energy waves were released into the air.

"Well, if you think so."

Vapored turned his head around and slashed forward.

The sword only made some light noise in the air.

Suddenly, the cross on the barrier released some intense light that was brighter than the sunlight.

Angele had to blink his eyes after seeing the eye-blinding green light.

He could finally see the city inside the barrier after the light faded away.

The barrier above the city was not damaged, however, everything inside was destroyed. The buildings collapsed and the living beings turned into tiny red pieces of flesh. He did not even see the bones of the dead creatures; the only thing there was a land that was soaked in blood.

The barrier slowly disappeared; the mutated mortals charged into the city and started devouring the red flesh. Their power increased as they fed on the remains of the wizards and mortals inside the barrier.

Angele overlooked the sky from the far side. 'The city almost looked like a blender—everything inside was blended together.'

He also noticed that it seemed like Vapor was tired after the strike.

The strike dealt around 350000 to 400000 degrees of damage according to the data from the biochip. However, Vapor's ability was unique; it felt like his energy waves entered the barrier without breaking it.

'It's a strong ability, but it won't do anything to me. With the bloodline of single-eyed giant, my organs are as strong as my muscles."

The city already stopped sinking. Vapor charged toward the city and landed in its center. He slashed forward and removed the broken stone debris from the ground, revealing a golden portal.

The altar used to activate the portal had the shape of a cylinder and the gem slots on the altar were empty. It seemed like someone removed the gems ahead of time.

"Finally, this time the portal is still in one piece." Vapor walked to the altar and released some green smoke.

*CHI*

The smoke quickly sank into the altar.

Angele stood by the altar and waited quietly. The energy waves they released were so strong that the mutated mortals decided to stay away from them. The area was deadly silent.

Several minutes later.

"I found it!"

Vapor drew his sword and stabbed it into the ground.

*CHI*

A ball of golden glow appeared on the altar and the light covered Vapor.

Angele hesitated for a second and stepped into the golden ball.

He lost his balance for a second and heard some strange noises that were coming from all angles.

The golden light faded away and the remains of red buildings appeared.

The sky was dark but still blue. There were wizards in robes that varied in color floating in the sky. Most of them were injured and only a few of them looked like young.

The wizards gathered and there was a man with a pair of white wings beside them. The man was over 30 meters tall and his wings were swinging constantly.

Vapor was confronting the wizards in the sky but had not initiated the attack yet.

Angele glanced around and found no other living beings around. It seemed like he was teleported to a red building that was built on a random plain.

"That's all we have? Anyway, it seems like their souls are strong… Let's just finish them off." Vapor held the handle of the sword tight and licked his lips.

Desperation filled the wizards' eyes after they heard Vapor's words. The leaders of the wizards released unstable energy waves; it seemed like they were ready to kill themselves.

*CHI*

They suddenly heard some light noise.

The wizards recognized Angele after he appeared and thought Angele was their last straw.

"Green! Why… Why are you here?!" A silver bat left the wizard's team and looked at Angele. It seemed like the old bat could not believe his eyes.

"Huh?" Angele looked at the bat and his brow furrowed, he recognized the old bat immediately. The bat was one of the department heads of the Dark Wizard Tower.

The old bat realized that Angele was not going to help them and was not sure what else he should say.

Vapor heard the word and looked at Angele. "Phoenix, do you know this old guy? Should we let them go?"

Angele remained silent, he looked at the wizards. There were around 30 wizards here, including Duke Mystery. The other students of the old bat like Juventus and Dina. It seemed like those wizards had been hiding around for a while.

Juventus and Dina recognized Angele after hearing their teacher's words.

Angele glanced at the wizards.

"I opened the portal and I brought the sealed forms here. Do you still think I will help you?"

The bat, Juventus, and Dina were not sure how they should respond.

"We… We've already heard the truth… the Nightmare Realm would come sooner or later… It's not all your fault…" Juventus was speaking in a low voice. Angele doubted if Juventus knew what he was talking about.

"Yeah, it's not all your fault, it's our fate…"

"I'd probably do the same if I was you… There's nothing else you can do under that situation."

The other wizards noticed that it might be their chance to survive and started to agree with what Juventus just said. Wizards were selfish, they would do anything to survive. They had long life expectancy; none wanted to die.

Pride was nothing to them. If they could survive this time, they believed that time would resolve everything. Maybe one day they would forget about the incident too.

Angele blinked his eyes and his sight fell upon the old bat.

"It's true that the Department of Spells treated me well when I was part of the Dark Wizard Tower… Let them live and kill the rest…"

Vapor chuckled and tapped on his blade.

*DING*

The noise was crisp and charming.

The wizards suddenly stopped moving; they released multiple energy barriers—it seemed like they were being attacked by something invisible.

The light of the energy barriers faded and the wizards started groaning. Department of Spells' members were the only ones that survived, the rest of the wizards were sliced into pieces. However, one of the wizards turned himself into a silver string and escaped. Vapor was surprised by what the wizard just did.

"Damn!" Vapor cursed, he turned himself into green smoke and started chasing after the silver string.

It only took them seconds to disappear into the end of the horizon.

Angele looked at Juventus, Dina, and the old bat. They surrounded Duke Mystery in the middle, so Mystery survived as well.

"You can leave now," he spoke in a light tone, "I don't owe you anything anymore."

The old bat looked a bit depressed. "Suran Empire, Dark Wizard Tower, and White Wizard Tower… We're the only survivors…" He sighed and gave Angele one final glance. "Let's go."

Juventus and Dina looked tired, but they still bowed to Angele. They helped Mystery to walk and started moving in the opposite direction of Vapor. They were ashamed of what they did but that was the only choice they had. They disappeared into the sky seconds later, leaving no trace behind.

Angele waved his hand but nothing happened.

"Alright, Vapor absorbed all the souls." Shaking his head, Angele flicked his finger. A lot of smoke appeared in the air and started moving to Angele.

The negative emotions were quickly purified and absorbed by Angele.

Angele looked at the direction where Vapor was moving to after absorbing all the negative emotions.

"Whatever, Vapor killed everything in the blink of an eye, so there's not a lot of negative emotions around. He absorbed all the souls, which means that he did not want to share anything with me. This place is worthless to me now and the Dark Wizard Tower is not a threat anymore. I should head back."

Angele made sure the old bat was no longer in the area. He then turned around and disappeared into a ball of flames.

Chapter 540: Leaving (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

The man with a pair of white wings slowly disappeared into the air; it was probably a shadow that was created by the wizards.

Angele was chasing after Vapor and saw some more destroyed cities on the ground. The ruins were full of mutated human beings.

Those mutated mortals varied in body structure but all had sharp blades as part of their bodies. Also, they were just wondering around in the area. It seemed like Vapor was their creator.

Angele flew to the sky and glanced around. With a flick of his finger, he released some black smoke and turned it into a mirror with clear images displayed in it.

Vapor was floating over a city, laughing like crazy. The energy waves from his sword were rotating around him like a green tornado. The energy waves were flying to all the directions and attacking everything in their range furiously.

The energy waves landed on the city like energy bombs. The mortals and wizards in the city were trying their best to run. No one was trying to fight back, it seemed like they already lost the hope in front of Vapor's incredible power.

"Vapor, I'll be leaving now. I just want to let you know that it seems like the realm power of both realms is merging. Be careful," Angele muttered.

"Merging? Ha, it doesn't matter. That will make the situation even more exciting for me!" Vapor floated in the air. "You're way too slow. I've almost eliminated all the people in this city, so I won't be sharing the souls with you."

"It's fine." Angele wasn't concerned. He needed a huge amount of souls and negative emotions to speed up his progress. The number of souls in the city would not help him a lot—he needed much more than that.

Angele entered the Fairy Realm because he wanted to check the current situation of the Dark Wizard Tower. The Dark Wizard Tower barely had anything left and he successfully reached his goal.

However, Vapor was not showing any respect and it made Angele a bit angry.

"Anyway, the changes probably won't be harmful to you. Have fun then, I'm leaving now." He did not tell Vapor about the strange statue he saw earlier.

"Go ahead." Vapor disappeared from the mirror.

Angele pursed his lips into a smile and hesitated for a second. He turned to the right and saw a woman's face that came from nowhere on his right shoulder.

The woman's face was around two centimeters away from Angele's face.

"Huh?" Angele released some dark red light and the furious realm power of the Nightmare Realm drove all the random energy waves away from him.

Angele quickly moved away from the woman and started checking the situation.

The woman was wearing a white dress and her face was pale. Her eyes were dark and she was looking at Angele calmly.

"This is probably the same as what happened to the statue…" Angele's brow furrowed; his right hand turned into a black claw and he tried to break the woman's neck.

*KA*

The woman was not injured, she was just standing there. The realm power and the claw did nothing to her, it almost felt like that the woman was just an illusion.

"My physical attack and energy attack did nothing." Angele narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman. "It's different from the illusions in Nightmare Realm, otherwise, the energy attack would've worked."

*CHI*

The woman suddenly collapsed, her body turned into white light dots and disappeared into the air.

Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes. He turned his head around and looked at the forest that was on the right side of the destroyed city. The forest was right between the mountains and the plain.

Angele lowered his body and flew into the forest, landing on the ground without any problem.

The forest was deadly silent, there were no insects nor birds around. The vegetation was the only thing here; there was some thin white mist among the trees that were around two meters tall.

"I saw those white light dots dropping down here…" Angele's brow furrowed, he started walking slowly in the forest as blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.

*CHI*

He heard a noise and turned around, staring at the tall tree in front of him.

On the surface of the tree, there was an image of a woman. The woman was staring at Angele and looked identical to the woman he saw in the sky.

The image was so lively that it almost looked like a living human being.

However, only half of her body could be seen from the tree but the color of the image was so charming that it almost looked like a photo taken by a camera. Angele wondered if the tree was a mirror and the woman was standing right in front of it.

Strangely, the woman in the image started moving again after staring at Angele for a while. She started walking deep into the forest. Several seconds later, she appeared on another tree that was close to the first tree. Part of the woman's body was not shown due to the gap between the two trees—the scene was terrifying.

Angele looked at the woman as she moved again. It almost looked like she was traveling through the forest using the trees; Angele was observing the whole procedure carefully.

The woman was walking slowly and it seemed like only the trees could display her image. When the distance between the trees was large, Angele would not be able to detect any movement; it felt like that the woman disappeared for a couple seconds at such times.

Angele collected some data and did the calculations. The amount of time the woman needed to travel among trees was always the same.

The woman's image looked like a moving painting in a different dimension; the trees were transporting the image.

'Scan failed… Scan failed…' Zero kept reporting back. The biochip could not analyze the situation.

Angele followed after the woman's image and entered deep into the forest. Several minutes later, the woman's image disappeared completely and a damaged wooden building appeared in front of him instead.

The gray building had two levels, its windows and doors were all leaning to the side. It looked like they could fall at any time. The wind blew over the building and the building made some strange noises.

Angele noticed that something was different as he approached the building.

*PA*

He stopped in front of the black fence and stood by the iron gate.

*Crank*

After the noise, the iron gate opened by itself in Angele's sight; it almost felt like there was an invisible hand pushing it.

"Why did you lead me here? What do you want?" Angele opened his mouth and repeated the sentence in different languages. He used Chaos, Metia, and the universal ancient language.

No one responded, the place was quiet.

Angele stood outside the iron gate without moving an inch.

"I've read about a mysterious realm in an ancient book. The mysterious realm was filled up with strange creatures and unexplainable things. The realm was far from us but strong. It was connected to other strong realms like the Chaos Realm. The strange things happening in the Nightmare Realm are brought by that realm. However, this is just one of the theories that might be false…" he muttered with a blank expression on the face.

No one responded. The gray building was quiet and the wind was no longer blowing.

"The realm power of the Nightmare Realm is perfect for that realm to open a dimension fissure…" A smile appeared on Angele's face.

"The best way to break the curse and leave is to…"

Angele closed his eyes slowly.

He then quickly opened his eyes again.

The building, the iron gate, the fence, and the trees around him all disappeared.

Angele found that he was standing in front of a beautiful painting.

In the painting, there was a gray building surrounded by trees. The iron gate in the fence was half open and Angele could still hear the noise made by the iron gate.

On the second floor of the building, he could see a woman in a white dress looking at Angele. Her eyes were completely black; it was the same woman he saw earlier.

Angele checked the surroundings, it seemed like the painting was kept in a religious building inside a destroyed city and there were long red candles around it. The melted candles solidified on the ground—it almost looked like the floor was soaked in blood.

"I'd probably be trapped in the painting forever if I walked into the gate, right?" Angele looked at the woman in the painting. "Maybe that was how you turned into part of that painting?" he muttered.

Angele opened his mouth and released some black smoke. The smoke turned into smoke chains and twisted around the painting. He wanted to take the painting with him and study it.

The painting was inserted into large stone with the diameter of over three meters. The smoke chains went around the painting several times.

"Come to me!" Angele raised his arms.

However, the stone did not move an inch.

"Energy doesn't work?"

Angele's expression turned serious; he released several balls of dark flames. The flame balls turned into lion men, who tried to lift the stone up.

*Roar*

The lion men roared and tried their best but they could not move the stone.

Angele thought for a while after seeing the situation.

*PA*

With a flick of his finger, the mutated mortals in the city entered the building but they feared Angele's power and lowered their bodies.

"You guys, come here. Carry this painting for me. Make sure you don't damage it." Angele pointed at three mutated mortals that were standing on the left.

Their right arms were red greatswords and there were spikes on their backs. Each of the mutated mortals was around two meters tall and they all had muscular bodies; one of them was a female.

They walked to Angele and kneeled after Angele pointed at them.

Chapter 541: Leaving (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Greetings, master, I'm a sword demon. My name is Gastro," one of them spoke in the ancient language; it seemed like he was still intelligent.

"A sword demon?" Angele was a bit surprised.

"Yes, the great Vapor gave us the power—creatures with such power are called sword demons," the man quickly explained. "Master, do you want just the painting or the whole stone?"

"Yeah, take the whole thing for me. I want to put it into my mirror." Angele nodded.

"My pleasure." The sword demons stood up and walked to the painting. They removed the part of the stones to make thing easier.

Around 10 seconds later, the three sword demons started lifting up the stone together.

The floor shook slightly as the stone was lifted.

Angele took out the mirror and threw it into the air.

The black mirror rotated in the air and floated by the stone. The mirror expanded and it turned into a five-meter-tall black mirror.

"Try to send the stone into the mirror."

"Yes, Master."

The three sword demons moved the stone to the mirror carefully.

The stone sank into the mirror without any problem.

"Won't it break if we just throw it in like that?" a male sword demon wondered.

"It'll be fine. There's no gravity in the mirror, everything is just floating," Angele explained. "Thanks for your help, here are some rewards for you." He released three rays of red light.

The red rays flew to the heads of the sword demons and sank into their foreheads. The red light over the sword demon who communicated with Angele was more intense than the others.

The sword demons' muscles started growing after the red rays entered their bodies. Their skin was hardened and red shells appeared on their bodies. Their power was greatly increased within seconds.

The sword demons kneeled and shouted, "Thank you, Master!"

Angele nodded as the mirror shrank. He jumped into the air and flew to the dimension channel.

'I scored a strange stone with a painting in it, not bad. I wonder if this is the creation of the merged realm power or the realm channel to the realm that was recorded in the ancient book… Anyway, I should study the painting later.' Angele tied the mirror to his belt carefully.

He wasted no time and flew to the dimension fissure at full speed.

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Three days later.

On a green plain somewhere in the northeast of the central continent.

Under the dark sky.

The plain looked like a large piece of green leather paper with a gray string moving on it.

The gray string was a caravan with black carriages pulled by bulls with three horns. There were seven carriages in the team and each carriage could fit five people, however, there was no coachman controlling any of the carriages.

In the leading carriage, there was a young man in a black robe sitting inside, staring at the plain through the window.

There was no one in the area around the caravan.

The dried trees on the plain were just standing there quietly and there were still dried leaves attached to their branches.

By the end of the horizon, there was a gray tornado spinning slowly, the tornado connected the land to the sky.

The tornado was so large that it filled up Angele's sight. It looked like a large cylinder that was extremely wide.

"That's the Nicolas Abyssal Tornado," a crisp female voice came from the side.

"It's incredible…" Angele praised with a nod. "What's the diameter of this tornado? Has anyone done the calculation?"

There was a young woman in a purple dress and a pair of purple tights sitting on the left of Angele. Her face was so beautiful that it almost looked like it was not natural, and her long blonde hair trailed over her shoulders.

The woman sat in the carriage with a smile on her face. There was only a low wooden table between her and Angele; she leaned against the wall, also looking at the tornado.

"I've read about the diameter of the tornado from some random books. Some say that the tornado has a diameter of 1.6 million meters but there's also information indicating that the diameter should be 1.98 million meters. However, the most recognized number was from the last Mirror Lord—2.5 million and 6.5 thousand meters."

"2.5 million and 6.5 thousand meters?" Angele repeated the number. The scale used in this world was slightly different, so after Angele did some calculations, he found that the number would be 764 kilometers if it was on Earth.

"Many wizards who were good at this validated the number through some special techniques. I think this should be the right number." The woman nodded. "We need to pass through that tornado. We're counting on you, Master Green."

"Just call me Green, Fir." Angele smiled. "How long until we leave the central continent?"

"I just checked." Fir took out a small red plate and looked at the map carefully. "We just got on the road, it'll take us around two months to leave the central plain. We can see the tornado from here because of its size. We'll reach the edge of it soon."

"The only thing we'll be able to see by that time will be the tornado," Angele agreed.

"You're right." Fir straightened her back and slowly stood up. "I'll check on the other masters; I need to do some preparations. The wind around the tornado is extremely strong and it's nearly impossible for us to increase our speed. We need to move to the right of the tornado and slowly move through it. I trust you, but I think we need to prepare for the worst."

"Go ahead." Angele nodded.

"Thank you." Fir bowed to Angele, jumped off the carriage, and walked to other carriages.

Angele felt relieved after Fir left.

'I wonder what Vivian is thinking… She assigned me a fiancée, but we don't have to travel in the same carriage…' Angele shook his head speechlessly and looked at the tornado again.

The members of the Elemental Hand that decided to leave the central continent were fewer than Angele expected.

Most of the wizards did not agree with Angele's idea, they did not want to leave the central continent. They realized that the elders already decided to leave, so some of them joined the alliance and stayed in the garden. There were also wizards who decided to go to the White City Alliance. Only around 40 people decided to leave with the elders council.

However, the trip to the destination was long and dangerous, so the elders decided to ask the weak ones to leave the team. Only around 30 people joined the caravan.

Fir was the granddaughter of Vivian's old friend. All her relatives died during the war, and she decided to leave with the elder council after hearing about the situation. There were many people like her in the caravan; their gender and age varied. Vivian decided to take all of them with the team.

Fir was a nice woman, she had good manners and her appearance was attractive so Vivian treated her like Angele's fiancée.

Angele was in the leading carriage because he knew the way. The rest of the people were in other carriages and most of them were relatives of the elders.

He peeked outside the window; the plain was empty and there was no living being in his sight. The chilling wind was blowing through the window.

Suddenly, a gentle white light appeared on the back of his hand and he heard a familiar voice echoing in his ears.

"Green, have you left the central plain yet? Where are you now?"

"Reyline, you just became the area leader of the wizard guild, right? I thought you would have no time to send me messages now." Angele chuckled.

"Well, I wanted to talk to you before you go too far away from the central continent." Reyline chuckled as well. "I didn't know you would leave this area. It might be a wise choice, just like Stigma—he left the area a long time ago. I wonder how he's doing now. Ah, one more thing, thank you for helping our friends secure their positions in the garden."

"Come on, don't worry about it. Actually, the central continent is not as dangerous as you think now," Angele responded.

"I don't think so. Although the Dark Wizard Tower is gone, no one believes what's happening to Rayton Highland. People feel that they're safe in the garden and that's all they need," Reyline disagreed.

Angele decided to change the topic; they talked about the interesting events that happened to the alliance recently.

"I wonder if we can meet each other again…" Reyline suddenly became sad and the atmosphere got heavy.

"You must work your way up then. I won't die earlier than you, so…" Angele joked.

"These should be my words. Remember the day we arrived on the central continent? We were so naive that we didn't know anything about the future. However, we're now leaders in big organizations. Time really flies."

"Yeah. Did you send the items I gave you to Hikari?"

"Of course. I didn't open it. Are you two…" Reyline lowered his voice and laughed.

"No… Come on. Alright, just save my communication rune in your rune book so that you don't lose it. We can still talk after I get back. I'll slap your face if you lose it."

"Come on, you're stronger than me now but it doesn't mean that you'll be stronger than me forever," Reyline responded.

"You know nothing about my power. Ha, it will take you centuries to reach my level—"

*CHI*

Suddenly, the conversation ended and the smile disappeared from Angele's face.

The only thing he could hear from the communication rune was static.

'The tornado interrupted our conversation… the energy waves are…' Angele thought but he realized that he probably would never be able to meet Reyline again.

Although things like this had happened many times, Angele still felt a bit depressed.

Angele lowered his hands and looked at the plain. The gentle wind blew over his face, he calmed down and felt relaxed.

Chapter 542: Travel (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Two more days until we leave the central continent…"

The First Elder looked at Angele sitting in the carriage in front of theirs and spoke in a low voice, "I wonder how safe Green's method is... however, leaving central continent might be a wise decision. We can find a safe area and rebuild our organization."

The Second Elder remained silent, he was stirring a cup of dark drink but he did not say a word.

Vivian was leaning against the window, looking at the plain.

"Sadly, the Fourth Elder and the Fifth Elder decided not to join us." She looked at a black bird that just flew over the sky; she sounded a bit depressed.

"The Fourth Elder and the Fifth Elder never wanted to leave the central continent… They have too many things bothering them here. It's understandable," the First Elder replied calmly.

"Grandpa!" Suddenly, he heard the crisp voice of a child. The door was opened and a boy that was around seven years old jumped into the First Elder's arms.

First Elder hugged the boy and a smile appeared on his face. "What happened, Benny? Why are you here again? I can't give you more rainbow candies."

"I don't like rainbow candies anymore! I want annie cookies!" the boy shouted.

"There's no annie cookies here…" The First Elder was speechless. "Alright, sit down here quietly if you want to stay."

"Fine…" The boy sat down in front of the First Elder with Elder's arms around his neck quietly.

The First Elder looked at Vivian and spoke with a low voice, "Vivian, are you ready for everything? It might not be the best choice to leave the central continent."

"No worries. I'm not bothered by my past anymore," Vivian responded.

Suddenly, the carriages slowly stopped as the bulls made loud noises. The whole caravan stopped.

"Three elders, it seems like something is blocking the road. Green stopped the carriages and he wants you to check the situation," a young man shouted outside the carriage.

"Sure."

The First Elder stood up and exchanged eye contact with Vivian. It seemed like he already knew what he was going to happen. "Let's go have a look."

"Sure."

They left the carriage with Benny and walked to Angele.

There were already some people around the first carriage. They stood in front of a gray tomb, some of them talking.

The man standing in front of the crowd was a man in a black robe. He had long red hair that was almost around his waist. He crossed his arms and looked at the tomb quietly.

It was Angele, who just got off the carriage. He saw the elders and his mother so he walked to them.

He pointed at the tomb and said with a low voice, "Elders, please take a look."

The wizards looked at the tomb; they noticed that the tomb was around two meters tall and one meter wide. Half of the tomb was underground, releasing gentle white light. It looked like the tomb was releasing energy waves.

On the surface of the tomb, it said "Central Continent".

"I knew it…" First Elder was not concerned. "Green, you've lived on the west coast, you must know what this is, right?"

Angele nodded as a serious expression appeared on his face. "That's why I stopped the caravan. I need to tell you something here, something that is very important."

The wizards slowly quieted down as their sight fell upon Angele's body. They were relatives of the elders or at least people who were related to them. They made a choice that a normal person would not make. They were prepared for what was coming.

"Just say it, what's the matter?" A white robe stepped forward. The man had short white hair and it seemed like he was older than others. He stepped forward first, so he might be the one that was trusted by other wizards.

"This tomb, just as everyone can see, is the legendary boundary marker," Angele spoke in a loud voice so everyone could hear. "The boundary marker separates the central continent from other regions, but it's not just a simple piece of stone."

Most of the wizards finally understood what Angele was implying and their brows furrowed.

"Don't tell me that's…" The male white robe's expression changed, he turned his head around as his sight fell upon one of the carriages. A beautiful girl with black hair was sitting in that carriage and glancing around with a young girl in her arms.

"Sorry, what's your name?" Angele did not continue, he just asked the man's name.

"Mike, just call me Mike," the white robe responded. "The radiation in the areas past this tomb will not be purified, right?"

Angele nodded.

"You're correct."

The wizards around the tomb lowered their heads and started trying to figure out a way to handle this. Some of them were looking at Angele.

"You must have a way to handle this since you talked about it, right?" a female wizard wondered.

Angele nodded. "You're right, I have a way to deal with this, but you need to put some effort into it. The tomb marks the end of radiation purification. There are so many wizards in the central continent and they are releasing strong energy waves all the time. The radiation from the energy is collected by the purification tower so that it will increase the mortals' resistances and they won't get hurt."

He stopped for a second and continued, "However, when we left the effective range of the tower, the terrifying energy waves released by the wizards will hurt the mortals."

The wizards' expressions turned even more serious after hearing the word.

There was a total of eight wizards here, excluding Angele and the First Elder. There were more than ten people who were just related to the wizards and around seven people who were just mortals.

Mike spoke in a hoarse voice, "Which means, if we leave the effective range, the people around us will be injured if we can't control the energy waves we release."

"That's right," Angele agreed and nodded.

The elders walked to Angele as the other wizards stepped aside.

"Green is correct, the purification tower is the reason why people think that the central continent is strong. The mortals can live here without any problem," First Elder spoke in a deep tone. "You've all read about it from the books but you never left the central continent and you don't know how serious the problem is. I'll make some quick explanations here. Radiation energy is a deadly drug to mortals. Mortals will mutate or just die if they're exposed to the radiation for too long…"

"So, how do we deal with the radiation?" One of the wizards was getting impatient.

"We'll never be able to leave the central continent if you don't tell us anything."

"Calm down, Green must have the correct answer." The First Elder looked at Angele and smiled.

"Of course." Angele nodded as he took out a purple tube from the mirror. What filled up the tube was some pink liquid. "To handle the radiation, we need to stabilize the energy that's stored in the wizards' bodies. The energy waves they release will be weakened, so the radiation energy will not do too much damage to the mortals. I designed the potion by myself; it'll work, however…"

"What? Stop wasting time," Vivian interrupted, "everyone is waiting for you to get to the point."

"Well, I want to make sure that everyone is interested in my creation…" Angele had a smile on his face. "Anyway, I want you to know that I crafted this potion right before we reached the tomb so I don't know if it has side effects…"

"Alright… I'll be the test subject," Mike spoke in a calm tone. "My wife and my daughter are mortals. I can't put them in danger."

Angele smiled. "Of course, but you don't have to take the risk. I have a perfect test object here... Becky, come to me."

"Huh?" Mike was confused. He just glanced around.

*CHI*

White light flashed around Angele's body and a beautiful gift in white armor appeared. The girl looked sleepy and it seemed like she had no idea what was happening.

Angele looked at Becky.

"Alright, everyone. Open your eyes." He removed the stopper from the tube and poured the liquid into Becky's mouth.

"Huh… What's this?" Becky sounded like that she just woke up from a sweet dream.

Angele lowered the test tube and responded, "It'll make you feel… refreshed."

The wizards looked at Becky who was still swallowing the liquid. They felt speechless.

"It tastes great…" Becky licked her lips and noticed that there was a bunch of wizards looking at her with sympathy in their eyes. She finally woke up.

She grabbed Angele's collar and shouted, "Damn it! What did you just pour into my mouth!?"

"Nothing, just a tube of potion that I crafted. Oh, wait, it's working!" Angele was excited, he pushed Becky's hands away from stepped several meters away from her.

The other wizard stepped away from Becky and started observing her.

Becky's butt started growing quickly, it looked like there were two large balloons in her butt. However, her breast started shrinking quickly, it almost turned flat.

"Oh, lord, what have you done?! What did you do to me?" Becky put her hands on her butt.

"My breasts… are in my butt now!" she shouted in a shaky tone.

"It did stabilize her energy waves… So, this is the only side effect." Angele rubbed his chin.

"Your breasts disappeared but your butt is much larger than before… Maybe I put too much horse rats into that…"

"Alright, Green. Just help her." Vivian decided to help Becky. Vivian was a woman too and felt sorry for what Becky had to experience.

The wizards around were trying their best not to laugh. Benny was the only one here who was laughing like crazy but the First Elder covered his mouth.

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The First Elder and the Second Elder were speechless but Mike felt relieved. He was happy that he did not drink the potion.

"Fine… I'll help her now." Angele had already collected enough data, he felt a bit sorry for what he just did after seeing Becky's expression.

Angele took out a gray potion from the mirror and threw it to Becky. "Catch it and drink it. It'll solve the problem for you."

Becky caught the tube, removed the stopper, and poured the whole thing into her mouth.

Around ten seconds later, Becky's breasts and butt slowly recovered. She sighed with relief but she was looking at Angele with fear in her eyes.

Angele clapped his hands. "Alright, let's rest here for a while. I'll use the time to improve my potion."

"Do you need any help? I'm a potion master." A female wizard stepped forward.

"Don't worry about it. I'll get it fixed by the end of tomorrow," Angele declined the offer. "Just go have some rest, I'll let you know after it's done."

Mike nodded. "We'll be waiting then. I'll talk to you later, elders."

The elders nodded and the other wizards left as well after saying goodbyes. They returned to their carriages. Becky walked to one of the carriages as well.

Angele and the elders were the only people left.

The First Elder's sight fell upon the black mirror on Angele's waist. "Green, is that a storage magic device on your belt?"

"You're correct." Angele had not thought that the First Elder would notice it.

"We have something similar too." The First Elder showed Angele the silver ring on his middle finger. "The elders all have it, they show your position in the organization and they are great for storage. Your mother has one too."

Angele looked at Vivian, who showed him the red ring on her finger.

"Food, water, and our daily supplies are all stored in those rings. The supplies we have will last for years," Vivian explained. "You have something else to tell us, right, Green? Did you find something that we need to know about?"

Angele nodded. "Yeah, I have something else to discuss with you and the two other elders." He waved his hand.

*Twitter*

A bird with a sharp voice charged down from the sky.

A red dot appeared in the gray sky, getting larger and larger. The bird was red and its body was more than one meter long. Its long red tail was surrounded by flames, releasing gentle red light.

The red bird approached Angele and landed on his right hand.

"I found an interesting place when patrolling the area. Phoenix, take us there." Angele waved his hand and the bird flew into the air, heading to the left side of the plain.

"Alright, let's follow after it." Angele started moving first and the three elders followed after him.

They advanced for several minutes on the plain and saw humongous gray objects ahead.

They noticed that the objects were broken vases or tea pots. Some of them were gray and some of them were dark-red. Each of the objects was over ten meters tall and they looked like small buildings.

The First Elder and the Second Elder looked surprised after seeing those objects.

"Why are those containers so large? What kind of creature would use them for making tea or soup? They look like garbage from the giants…" the Second Elder said as he walked to a red tea pot, rubbing the patterns on its surface gently.

The large containers just lay on the plain; some of them were broken into pieces and there was dark liquid inside. Also, there were containers that were covered with moss.

The four wizards separated and started exploring the area.

Angele walked to one of the large vases and tapped on it lightly.

*DONG*

It sounded like there was nothing inside.

Angele's brow furrowed; he sniffed at the air. He glanced around, it seemed like he was looking for something.

He walked around the vase and started checking the grass carefully.

"Who's there?!" the Second Elder shouted in a loud voice from the other side.

Angele rushed to the source of the voice—he went past several tea pots and arrived at a small empty ground. The Second Elder was confronting a group of people with strange appearances.

"Huh?" Angele was a bit surprised after seeing those people.

They stood on the grass, wearing either green armor or long robes. The problem was that they did not look like a normal human beings.

Their heads were huge, at least four times the size of a normal human being's head; they almost looked like large pumpkins.

Their leader was a girl wearing a luxurious outfit, surrounded by several young males with large heads.

If their heads had normal size, their appearances would be quite attractive. However, their large heads looked a bit funny when they were moving.

"Rosie, my sister… I didn't expect to meet those barbarians in such a remote area… Do you think we should we capture them and send them to the elders, or should we just kill them here?" a man with a sapphire spoke in a gentle tone.

"I'm much weaker than you, brothers, you should be the ones to make the decision." The girl covered her mouth with both hands and chuckled.

"We should play a game with them. We'll go for them together but the first one who captures them will get a reward that's prepared by Rosie, what do you think?" Another man stepped forward with his hands on his back.

"Come on, Obsidian… Don't make me do it…" The girl sounded a bit anxious.

"Well…"

Angele and the three elders watched the scene quietly. There were goosebumps rising from their skin.

The Second Elder found the scene a bit disturbing. "I'm done… I knew that people from the Big Head race were narcissists but I never knew that was like this…"

"Second Elder… Can you handle them?" The First Elder did not like the Big Heads as well.

Vivian walked to Angele with a strange expression on her face.

"I heard that there were Big Heads living around the tornado but… Second Elder, please don't kill them. We can make them our guides."

"Fine…" The Second Elder waved his hands and walked to the Big Heads after wiping the dust off his robe.

One of the Big Heads' expression changed after the Second Elder approached them. He saw the badge on the Second Elder's chest and spoke, "Be careful, everyone! I've seen the badge somewhere!"

"You must be joking, this is a remote area with no rare resources, why would a strong being come here? Let me capture him." A Big Head jumped forward and charged to the Second Elder.

"Karotos Sea Slash!" he shouted, turned into a dark shadow, and flew to the Second Elder.

"Hand of Solidification!" the Second Elder chanted an incantation and created a large translucent hand in front of him. The hand flew straight to the Big Head.

*BAM*

The strike made some loud noise; the Big Head was blown away by the impact and was caught by the other Big Heads.

The Big Head breathed heavily and yelled, "Such power! He destroyed my Karotos Sea Slash without any problem! Be careful, everyone! He must be one of the strongest barbarians!"

Angele and the two elders were speechless. They knew that the Second Elder had not fully released the hand yet but the Big Head was already blown away.

The hand released by the Second Elder was still floating in the air; the man was blown away before it made any movement.

The Big Heads stared at the Second Elder with serious expressions on their faces. It felt like they were looking at a terrifying monster.

Vivian could no longer hold it in—she started laughing. "Those Big Heads live in remote areas and barely communicate with the people from the central area. They have their own society and handle things differently. I knew they were different, but I didn't know that they were so funny…"

Angele nodded and shrugged. "Well, Big Heads think they're the inheritors of the giants. They think humans are weak, but they are not strong. They believe in a devil named Haratan, a strong being from a different realm. I want to know how they survived all those wars."

Vivian smiled and explained, "Their power level is lower than formal wizards' but higher than wizard apprentices'. The thing is that there are so many of them and they did inherit some of the ancient wizards' bloodlines. The devil named Haratan is related to the incident of the concept gears. They have no way to fight formal wizards, but they are stronger than the mortals. Also, wizards were not interested in the remote areas so they survived."

The Big Heads gathered and had a short conversation. It seemed like they finally understood what the badge meant and their expressions turned serious.

"Master wizards from the central area… Sorry for our arrogance, please forgive us," the girl apologized first. "As a compensation, if you need any help, we'll do whatever we can to aid you!"

The wizards noticed that the girl's apology was sincere and they did not want to offend the Big Heads who lived on the plain.

The Second Elder looked at the girl and said, "We're heading to the abyssal tornado but we're not familiar with the areas around. If you want to offer us help, you can be our guides."

"Sure, no problem!" The girl looked happy after hearing those words.

"However, the arrogant kids still need to punished." The Second Elder waved his right hand and released the hand of solidification.

The large translucent palm was around one meter long.

The Big Heads who offended the Second Elder screamed in pain. They were blown away by the impact and Angele could hear their bones breaking.

Chapter 544: Exploration (1)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Brother!"

"Oh, my!"

The Big Heads screamed and rushed to the ones who were blown away.

One of them checked their bodies. "Don't worry, it's nothing. Some of my bones are broken but I'll recover."

Rosie slowly calmed down. She stood up and bowed to the Second Elder.

"Thank you, Master."

"It's fine, just make sure that you guide us to the right path. We need the safest route to the tornado. You can do that, right?"

"Of course." Rosie nodded. "I think you only need one of us to guide you. Can you let my friends go? Their wounds need to be taken care of."

"Sure." The Second Elder nodded.

Angele listened to their conversation quietly. He was surprised that the Big Head named Rosie could still interact with the Second Elder in a reasonable way after the fight.

"People like her will become leaders. She was trying to find the best solution for the team while protecting her friends. Although she's weak, her team will be stronger with her in it. Wizards need someone like her in their teams," he muttered.

Vivian nodded after hearing these words. "You're right. Just like Suman from Thousand Waterfall City of White City Alliance. He could sacrifice himself for his teammates. Also, the current Mirror Lord has the same personality."

Angele smiled. "Sadly, I'm nothing like them."

The other Big Heads started leaving. They had to leave Rosie to the wizards. They slowly disappeared from the plain with the ones who were injured and the wizards started moving again.

The team returned to the carriages. Angele returned to his carriage and started modifying the potion he created earlier.

Everything went smoothly with the help of the biochip. Angele successfully limited the consequences by the night. He handed the potions to the wizards and the caravan started advancing. Rosie pointed out the direction for them and led them to the right side of the tornado.

The green and gray grass on the plain looked a bit strange on the ground. After around 10 days later, the grass turned blue.

Ten more days later, the grass on the plain turned pure blue and looked a bit translucent for some reason. The tornado was getting larger and larger in the wizards' sight, it looked endless.

Another five days passed…

*BAM*

Angele was meditating in the carriage when it suddenly shook and stopped.

Opening his eyes, he looked to the left. Fir also opened her eyes slowly, she was sitting was her legs crossed and was impacted by the carriage's stop as well.

"I'll go take a look outside." Angele stood up and opened the door. The chilling wind blew into the carriage right away and the only thing he could hear was the noise made by it.

He lowered his body and jumped out. Raising his head, Angele looked at the sky.

The sky was dark; there were no clouds, but the sun was surrounded by strong air flow—it was the source of the furious wind. Some ice shards in the wind were hitting the surface of the carriages and the noise was quite loud.

Besides the blue grass on the ground, the only color in his sight was gray. It felt like he was in thick fog.

*CHI*

Angele created a red barrier with a diameter of around 30 meters; he wanted to prepare for any possible threats.

He walked to the bull in front of the carriage and started checking.

The bull lowered its head; it seemed like something it feared stopped it from advancing.

Angele tapped on the bull's head with his brow furrowed.

*MOO*

The bull's muscles tightened, it seemed like the bull was getting more and more scared.

"What happened, Master Green?" Fir questioned from behind. "The elders are asking about the situation." The door opened. Fir jumped off the carriage as well. She was wearing a purple dress and the wind was blowing her blonde hair in the air. She was moving to Angele slowly.

"The bull stopped moving. I think the environment ahead scared it," Angele responded. "I'm still trying to figure out a way."

Fir's brow furrowed as well. "There are mortals in the caravan; without the carriages, we won't be able to travel too far." White light was flashing on the back of her hands.

"The elders said that we should use the method we talked about."

"That's all we can do now." Angele nodded and looked at the bull.

With a flick of his finger.

*CHI*

A ray of red light was released from his finger. The ray separated into four smaller rays, then entered the bull's ears and eyes.

*MOO*

The bull groaned in pain and tried to charge forward like crazy but Angele stopped it from moving. The only thing it could do was screaming in pain.

Blood spurted out of its eyes and ears.

"We have damaged all the bulls' eyes and ears. They won't feel scared if they can't hear or see the tornado." Angele sent the words to fir through energy particles. "Ask the elders to do the same thing."

"Sure." Fir nodded and she sent the words to the elders using communication runes.

Seconds later, Angele heard that other bulls were also groaning in pain.

Angele used his hands to stop the bull from moving and checked the surroundings.

There was sand in the wind; Angele could barely see the things ten meters away from him. Several black robes from other carriages approached him.

Rosie was in front of the black robes and quickly took off her hood. "Master, we're almost at the edge of the tornado, we should stop. There should be a wall ahead and the tornado is right behind that wall."

"Alright, did the elders say anything?" Angele did not look at Rosie, he was still checking the humongous tornado with his brow furrowed.

"The elders said that they would let you decide everything since you were the one made the plan," Fir interrupted.

Angele thought for a while and responded, "Alright, you can go back to your people now, Rosie."

Rosie bowed to Angele politely and left the caravan. She ran to the right side of the carriage and disappeared into the sandstorm.

Angele opened his mouth again after Rosie left. "I approached the tornado from a different angle the last time I was here so I need to check the situation. Please just wait here."

He did not send the words through energy particles, he just said it using his mouth. Fir could easily deliver the message to the elders.

Fir did not respond, she just nodded slightly.

"It'll take me a day or two so just stay alert. There should be no threat inside the tornado, but I'm not sure about its edges," Angele advised.

"Sure."

Angele tightened his black robe and started advancing. The carriages quickly disappeared from his sight.

All the objects around were blocked by the sand in the wind. The blue grass on the ground was surrounded by a red glow; it was the only colorful thing here.

'I made the plan but it's actually my first time here… Let me check if the path is safe or not. The legendary wizard lords decided to stay away from this area. I want to know what the reason is.'

Angele waved his right hand and released a ball of red flames. The red flames turned into a lion man.

*Roar*

The lion man roared and released some red light from his wings. He stopped moving and released numerous energy waves. His power level was close to a rank 4 wizard.

Red light surrounded Angele's eyes as well. The mentality waves Angele released surrounded the lion man and started modifying the energy waves the lion man was releasing.

Seconds later, the energy waves released by the lion man were identical to the energy waves released by Angele.

*PA*

Angele flicked his finger; the lion man's body and face started changing. He turned into another Angele quickly.

"Walk around the area, don't do anything else," Angele ordered in a light tone.

*Roar*

The lion man nodded.

Angele's eyes flashed and his body started transforming. He turned into an enormous scorpion monster seconds later. The scorpion was covered with dark-red shell and the red light around its body got intense.

Angele jumped into the air.

*CHI*

He charged to the tornado like an arrow and entered it right away.

All he could see was the sand, the further he advanced, the lower the visibility was.

Angele advanced for around two hours at full speed in the wind. The sand turned from gray to black and he could no longer see the blue grass on the ground.

A strong force was drawing Angele to the right; without the single-eyed giant's bloodline in his body, his direction would already be changed. It was hard to find the direction in the wind.

'Let me land on the ground and double-check the direction.' Angele started landing.

Strangely, he noticed that there was nothing under his feet after flying for a while. He spent several minutes in the air but he still could not reach the ground.

Still, the only thing he could see was the black sand and Angele wondered if he was heading in the wrong direction.

Angele overlooked the area ahead. The red light around his eyes got intense and he asked the biochip for help. He could finally see the humongous tornado ahead, it was still spinning slowly.

'I thought I was getting closer to the tornado…' Angele kept flying down. Several minutes later, he finally landed on the ground and felt relieved.

'The wind is so strong that its power level is the same as a damage spell casted by a rank 3 apprentice. Also, the wind never stops and I'm still at the edge of the tornado…'

He stomped the ground and made sure that the land could handle his weight. Angele lowered his body and started running.

A tall gray wall appeared in the area ahead; it was the only thing blocking the path to the tornado.

Chapter 545: Exploration (2)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

The wall looked endless and was releasing thin white light. Angele could see the dark tornado rotating on the other side through the white light.

Angele glanced around. He was standing by the wall and the wind was weaker here than in other areas. He could easily see the things around him.

The wall was around five meters tall and Angele could not see the end of it. He could only hear some strange noises made by the tornado here that sounded like stones rolling.

Angele checked the surroundings, the only eye-catching thing here was the wall.

With a plan in mind, he started moving to the left of the wall. Several minutes later, a large black building that was built into the wall appeared. The building looked like a large gate with plated road in the front.

Angele stopped in front of the gate and saw two eagle statues on both sides of the gate. Each of the statues was over two meters tall and their purple bodies were covered with tiny holes.

He rubbed the surface of the statue, it was smooth and cold. The material was hard, it was probably the same as the one used for the road.

Angele started advancing and looked at the arched gate. There were three spikes on top of the gate and the white light they released was brighter than in other areas.

Also, there were four symmetrical windows on the surface of the building and there was light flashing inside.

Angele's expression changed.

'There are guards here?'

He stepped into the gate and entered a dark tunnel.

The end of the tunnel was blocked. He could see a dried fountain with a mermaid statue ahead. The statue was holding a silver vase, but there was no water coming out of it.

There was a black stone gate on each side of the walls. Angele noticed the moon and sun patterns that were engraved on the surface of the gates.

Strangely, he heard that someone was playing harp and singing from inside the gate.

It was a crisp male voice, singing in a language that Angele could not understand.

Angele looked at the gates and knocked on the gate with the moon pattern.

*WOO*

The gate slowly opened and the orange light spurted out it immediately.

Angele's body trembled, he quickly covered his body with black smoke. Several seconds later, he transformed back to his human form and stepped into the gate.

Inside the gate, it was a U-shaped hall with several wooden counters inside. Behind the counters, there were people with long sharp ears. It seemed like they were servers.

There were several empty stone tables in the center of the hall and creatures that were releasing strong energy waves were drinking by the tables.

Only two of the creatures looked like human beings, the rest of them looked like monsters. There were black rhinos with two heads, silver eagles in red armor, and humanoid creatures with heads of lobsters. Those lobster men also had six pairs of arms on their bodies.

The only similarity the creatures had was their high power level.

Angele entered the gate and closed it quickly. He glanced around and saw at least three creatures that were stronger than rank 4 wizards.

'Power Seekers?' The creatures reminded Angele of the term.

There were many wizards in the central continent and some of them were extremely strong. Most of the strong beings were exploring different areas of the world; they wanted to find out the truth about the realms.

This was the belief of the ancient wizards. Although the ancient wizards were eliminated when they were exploring other realms, there were still modern wizards who were following the ancient wizards' path. They would rather spend time on improving themselves than enjoying their lives.

Those strong creatures feared nothing and the pursuit of power was the only thing that mattered to them. People could only find them in extreme environments; those strong beings all had strong wills.

The light in the hall came from the burning candles. The man that was playing the music was sitting by an egg-shaped flower pot. He suddenly stopped and smiled.

"Welcome to the Doomsday Inn, young blood." The man had silver short hair and an attractive face. He had no pupils; instead, there were blue and red vortexes in his eyes. The man was wearing heavy black armor and looked like an armored robot. The sharp parts on his armor were dark-red and there were cracks all over the armor. Also, the man was speaking the ancient language—it was a language that Angele was familiar with.

"Huh? Two newcomers in ten years. Impressive," a man with a red beard shouted behind the counter. "Outsider, are you here to hunt or train yourself?" The man grabbed his wooden cup and drank some wine.

The creatures in the hall heard those words and looked at Angele. However, it seemed like most of them were not interested, only the man with a beard and the man playing harp were still looking at him.

"Me?" Angele was a bit surprised. "I'm here to collect something that I need." He walked to the man with a beard and pursed his lips into a smile.

"For your research maybe?" The man shook his head. "This is the abyssal gate, you should find somewhere better to collect the things you need."

"What do you mean?" Angele threw a magic stone to the man. "Give me a cup of that too, thanks."

The man chuckled and grabbed the magic stone. He grabbed a cup poured some wine for Angele.

"The abyssal gate is the gate to block the abyss, which means, if you enter the tornado area through the gate, you'll be facing countless terrifying creatures from the abyss. This is an ancient ruin left by the ancient wizards; without the ruin to stop them, the creatures might conquer the whole world," the man explained and put down the cup on the counter.

Some of the yellow wine splashed on the surface of the counter; it was quite fragrant.

Angele grabbed the cup and sipped some wine. The wine was tasty but strong.

"The wine is so strong! I've never heard about this place when I was in the central continent."

*BAM*

The handsome man that was playing harp slammed his right hand on the counter but the counter was not damaged by his heavy armor at all.

"Central continent? You're from the central continent?" The man rubbed the silver harp in his hand.

"You've never heard of this place… Well… The weak ones are afraid of our names. I've been living here for over 200 years, time really flies. I was a rank 3 wizard when I got here, but I'm a rank 4 wizard now."

"The environment was alright when the shape-shifting old men were still here and the tornado was much weaker than now, sadly…" The man with beard shook his head again after drinking some wine.

"I lived here for over 1000 years and I don't care anymore. Femora, the changes can only be stopped if Colin is here…"

The handsome man shook his head as well. "He already left, there's no point for us to talk about it now. My teacher's decision would never change."

'Over 1000 years…' Angele narrowed his eyes, he realized that this was not a just a random ruin. The shape-shifting old men the man mentioned reminded him of something.

"Beard, the shape-shifting old men you talked about are old men that transform their bodies into different animals, right? They are the definition of privacy invasion."

"You know them?" The man sounded a bit surprised after hearing the word. "Anyway, you must be strong since you found this place; it's understandable that you know them. You're right, those men enjoying peeking…" It seemed like Angele's words reminded him of something.

"They're also guardians of this world; it's not a secret."

"Alright, let's change the topic. Newcomer, you're still young, why are you here?" Femora looked at Angele, it seemed like he was interested.

Angele noticed that Femora's face was covered with strange patterns. He probably cast healing spells on himself too often. The patterns would only appear on a part of his body after he applied the healing effect on his body too many times.

Also, when Femora stared Angele with his red and blue eyes, Angele's body trembled slightly; he could sense something dangerous from the man.

Angele's human form had the similar power level of a rank 5 wizard but Femora still scared him for a second, which meant that Femora had a similar power level as his human form.

"Me? I'm just a traveler that wants to study the tornado. That's why I'm here." Angele dodged the question and drank some wine.

*PA*

Femora rubbed his harp slightly. "Do you really know where this is?" He looked at Angele with a strange expression on his face.

"You can't enter this place using a normal method. The dimension gate was the only way that leads to the dark tunnel. You need to travel through the dark tunnel before you can find the abyssal gate. You can only walk around the edge of the tornado unless you're a rank 5 wizard."

Angele finally understood why it took him so long to land on the ground. He glanced at the two and questioned, "Don't tell me this is the bottom of the tornado…"

"You're correct!" Femora chuckled. "This is actually a forgotten area. You might be the strongest being of this area, you might be a wanderer from other realms, you might a wanted criminal, but none of that matters. There's no rules here. The only thing you can rely on is your own power!" Femora flicked his finger.

*CHI*

An invisible energy ray hit Angele's shoulder but it was blocked by a dark-red barrier.

"This is one of the strongest areas of this world." The man with a beard chuckled.

"He blocked your attack like nothing, Femora, the last one was killed by this."

Angele smiled, he knew that Femora just wanted to test his power, so he was not enraged. He was still sipping the wine from the cup and listened to the man's explanation.

"Strong beings from all the areas are welcomed here. If you can travel through the storm force and enter the underground world in the twisted dimension, you'll be able to reach the bottom of the tornado and find the Doomsday Inn. This place is called doomsday for a reason."

Chapter 546: Exploration (3)

Translator: _Leo_ Editor: Kurisu

"Where did those monsters come from?" Angele went straight to the point. He knew that the two that talked to him were probably in charge of the inn. The reason why they tested Angele's power and explained everything to him patiently was that they wanted to become friends with Angele.

"From the dimension fissure to the Chaos Realm, the ancient wizards opened it," the man with a beard explained. "Those monsters came from the Chaos Realm or some other realms. I don't really know, but the only thing we need to do is kill them. The bastards that are not from the underground world call this place Root of the World."

"Huh?" Angele narrowed his eyes. "I've heard of this term… In the ancient times, wizards tried to find a closed space that was in the underground world. It was mentioned that the three strongest wizard lords had lived in the area. Do you know that there are monsters from other realms on the ground now? They're here for the resources."

"Other realms? Are you talking about the sealed forms or just raiders? Just let them do whatever they want, they can't stay in this world forever. I don't care." The man with a beard was not concerned. "The strongest wizards of the wizard world lived in the fifth level of the underground world. The wizards on the ground are weak. The creatures from other realms are strong but the furthest they can get to will be the second level of the underground world. They'll have to return to their own realms after the realms move away from each other. I know someone that is familiar with the invasions."

Angele felt a bit speechless, he never spent too much on studying the underground world and he did not know that the real wizard world was actually under the ground.

The man noticed the change of expression on Angele's face and pursed his lips into a smile.

"Root of the World refers to the space under the world tree; there are four levels in this space. The size of each level is similar to the size of the gem sea… You know gem sea, right? The sea between the central continent and the west coast. The empire was being destroyed when I was at the gem sea, it was a big event. I wonder what happened after that."

"Can you be more specific? I have no idea how big the gem sea is…" A bitter smile appeared on Angele's face. He noticed that the red beard was a living history book. He knew a lot of information that was considered as secrets to the outside world but he was not trying to hide any of it from Angele.

"It has the same size as the Sky Area, do you know Sky Area?" Femora interrupted, he sounded a bit impatient.

Angele was confused, he shook his head. It felt like he barely knew any valuable information when compared to the red beard and Femora.

"Well…" The red beard put his hand on the forehead. "What do you know then? You're a strong wizard but you're not knowledgeable at all. Femora, help me explain it to him!"

Femora nodded. "Alright, I'll make it easier for you. This area has the size of 20 central continents. You know central continent, right?"

Angele remained silent.

Femora did not say anything else.

"Come on, say something!" The red beard sighed.

"You probably never paid any attention to the underground world. There were so many wars and empires in the history but the only things you can find on the ground are some small ruins. Don't you think it's a bit strange? Where are the big ruins? Dimension fissures are very unstable when compared to the actual realm.

"Have you ever thought of the ruins of the ancient wars? There are so many strong ancient wizards in different areas, they could do whatever they wanted to and ruled the empires. Where are all those ruins?" The red beard kept asking questions.

Angele thought the ruins that popped up from time to time were all what the ancient wizards had but he realized that he might be wrong. "You're right…"

"Understand now?"

"Understood."

The red beard sighed with relief. "Good then. I was worried that you were too dumb to understand everything. What's your next plan then?"

"Actually, I have a question. Do you know what the area was used for before the tornado appeared?" Angele questioned politely, he wanted to show his respect.

The red beard rubbed his chin. "It was just a remote area that was weak and poor. I've only been there once and all I met were mortals. There was barely any wizard there."

Angele nodded. "What about the tornado? What's inside it?"

A lobster man approached them before the red beard opened his mouth.

"I've only been there once," he repeated the sentence the red beard said. "He says this sentence every time you ask him about a location. His nickname is Beard the Living Map."

The red beard rolled his eyes and he threw a green wine bottle into the lobster man's mouth.

"Inside the tornado, there is the dimension fissure and the monsters. Alright, young one, I've told you a lot of things. Why don't you become a member of Doomsday Inn? I'll pay you one Golden Beast every ten years."

"I'll pass. I need to take of my family and my friends first." Angele stood up and smiled. He turned around and started walking to the exit.

The red beard and Femora looked a bit sad after hearing those words.

"That's sad. I think he's scared and he'll just leave." The red beard sent the words to Femora through energy particles.

Femora shrugged but did not say anything.

Angele walked to the stone gate, he suddenly turned around and looked at the counter.

"Red beard!"

"Huh?" The red beard was confused.

"To be honest, I do want to become a member of the inn but it'll take a while before I come back." Angele smiled.

The red beard hesitated for a second and smiled. "For sure, I'll welcome you back no matter how long it's going to take."

"I'll be back in 1000 years." Angele finished speaking and the inn suddenly became silent.

The red beard's wine cup stopped moving and Femora just put his hand on the harp. The wine was dripping down the lobster man's chin.

All the creatures in the hall were surprised by what Angele just said. The flames were dancing on the candle stands and no one was talking. Their sights all fell upon the man that was standing by the exit.

It felt like the atmosphere was getting heavy.

Angele chuckled.

"I'll come back in 1000 years. Don't forget." He pushed the gate open and disappeared into a ball of flames.

The red beard breathed heavily and put down the cup with excitement in his eyes.

"No problem! I'll wait 1000 years!" he shouted and his voice echoed in the hall.

Femora had mixed emotions about this. He was shocked, surprised, and depressed at the same time. "A strong being that can live for 1000 more years… I won't be able to see that day I think."

"It sounded like he didn't care… I think he could at least live for ten thousand years…" The red beard was still excited.

"If he really is that strong, I don't mind waiting 1000 years for him."

"Beard, do you really believe what he said?" a man with a head on his chest asked.

"I trust my own eyes." The red beard pointed at his eyes.

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Angele left Doomsday Inn and stood in the sandstorm. He inhaled deeply and looked at the gray area outside the red barrier. He could no longer see the inn below.

"I didn't expect to find an inn at a place like this, and it was even filed up with strong creatures... Peace will return to this world in 1000 years and I'll come back here to study the truth of the world…"

Angele was being serious when he talked to the red beard. He would come back if the inn was still open 1000 years later.

He started flying in the strong wind that was mixed with gray sand. The only thing he could hear was the wind and he was not even sure if he was moving at full speed.

Angele flew for a while and he slowly stopped in the air after he was certain that he was far away from the inn.

"I'm just moving around the edge of the tornado based on the strength of the wind. The wind is pushing in a certain direction." Angele closed his eyes and checked the situation using the biochip.

Several seconds later, he opened his eyes and looked to the right.

"That's it! I can move through the edge of the tornado ahead."

A large hologram of the tornado slowly appeared in front of his eyes.

'Tornado Model created. 81% of the tornado simulated. 2% of the details included,' Zero's voice echoed in his ears.

"81%, huh? That's good enough…" The blue light dots slowly disappeared in front of Angele's eyes.

"I can't even detect the inn at this range. I think it should be fine."

Angele raised his hand and aimed at the entrance to the tornado. He released a lot of thick black smoke from his mouth and nose. The black smoke surrounded his body in the center.

More and more black smoke was released. The smoke expanded too all angles and it turned into the shape of an enormous scorpion quickly.

The smoke scorpion raised one of its claws and slashed in a certain direction.

A strong ray of smoke was released by the claw and quickly turned into a smoke pillar. There were pale human faces rotating around the pillar, singing something.

"In the name of fear!"

"In the name of fear!"

"Fear is the source of everything!"

"All hail Lord of Terror!"

Those souls were trapped in the smoke pillar and the energy waves they released were tearing through the sandstorm. The smoke pillar was so tall that it looked endless.

The smoke boiled in the pillar and slowly disappeared into the air several minutes later.

It was almost like the black smoke had never been here; only a dark tunnel was left behind.

The smoke scorpion nodded and its body started shrinking. The scorpion released some more black smoke and recreated its human form.

"This tunnel can only last for three days… I should go back now…" Angele muttered as he checked the communication rune. He could locate the caravan using the rune, however, the sandstorm was infused with energy and he could not communicate with others through it.

Angele checked the direction and disappeared into a ball of red flames. He started traveling through the sandstorm again.