Bab 971: Kekuatan Sihir Cahaya
Energi sihir cahaya bekerja dengan sempurna dengan tombak Lux, dan itu adalah benda yang awalnya berasal dari agama Rygon. Mata dewa Safa menunjukkan padanyacahaya energi konstan mengelilingi Carl dan masuk ke senjatanya, dan dia tidak yakin apa yang bisa mereka lakukan pada titik ini.”Jangan khawatir,” kata Simyon. “Kami akan mengambil kembali senjatamu.”Safa memandang sekelilingnya; ia dapat melihat Liam tengah berdiri siap untuk berangkat lagi, dan kemudian ada Anna—mereka semua siap untuk berangkat duluan.”Hanya ada satu cara nyata untuk menangkapnya,” kata Anna. “Dan sampai ke Charlotte.”Sambil tersenyum, Carl mengangkat bola di tangannya, dan sihir mulai membuat bola itu menyala. Bola itu menyelimuti seluruh area, dan alih-alih menatap cahaya terang, mereka semua menutup mata kali ini.Bagaimanapun, mereka semua merasakan sensasi geli yang aneh, seolah-olah ada sesuatu yang diambil dari tubuh mereka. Saat membuka mata, mereka bisa melihat dengan jelas, tetapi tidak ada perbedaan dari sebelumnya. Tidak ada lagi yang diambil.”Aku rasa benda itu punya semacam pengatur waktu, jadi dia harus terus menggunakannya untuk mengambil kekuatan kita, tapi itu tak akan berpengaruh!” teriak Simyon sambil bergerak maju, dan melihat seberkas energi ditembakkan dari tangan Carl.Simyon menegangkan seluruh tubuhnya, menangkis serangan itu, dan mencoba mendorong ke depan. Ia terus mendorong, hingga mereka mencapai jarak tertentu dan Carl memilih untuk menggunakan tombak. Sihir berputar di udara dan mengelilingi seluruh tombak, berputar.Safa yang melihat itu merasa takjub; ia tidak pernah berpikir untuk menggunakan sihir cahaya dengan cara seperti ini, untuk menjadikannya kekuatan alam yang lebih merusak, tetapi ia tidak sempat terkagum-kagum lama-lama karena ia pun menerjang ke samping.Ia datang tepat dari belakang Simyon, menggunakan tubuh kekarnya untuk menangkis serangan itu. Pria yang melihat ini menggerakkan telapak tangannya dan mulai melepaskan tembakan sementara ia melompat ke udara menghindari serangan itu, dan bahkan menukik ke tanah sehingga energinya justru mengenai salah satu tubuh.Wajah dan pakaiannya berlumuran darah dari tanah, tetapi dia tidak peduli; mereka harus mengalahkan orang ini untuk menyingkirkan target ini.Sesaat, sementara fokus Carl teralihkan, tak peduli pada tangannya sendiri, Anna telah meraih tombak itu. Sihir yang berputar-putar itu melilit dan merobek sebagian kulitnya, sementara nanobot di tubuhnya berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk memperbaiki tubuhnya tepat waktu.”Cukup mudah untuk menyadarinya, meskipun orang ini punya banyak kekuatan yang tidak biasa ia lawan. Mungkin begitulah yang terjadi kalau seseorang baru saja menjadi anggota gereja dalam waktu lama, lalu tidak melakukan apa-apa selain bertarung dan malah menangkap targetnya. Pokoknya, sekarang semuanya terserah padamu!” pikir Anna.
Liam had prepared himself and threw several of his swords as hard as he could, even without Qi he had added strength from his own unique body substance. As the swords came out of his hands they hit the foot of Carl, stabbing right through them.
Liam continued again and again, and eventually had reached Carl’s body, and swung his swords slashing at him left and right. The cuts weren’t deep, as Liam could feel some type of invisible force dragging his swords, weakening them before they hit Carl, but it didn’t matter; he needed to continue swinging them and that he did.
Swing after swing, cut after cut, Carl’s body was becoming bloody, but as quickly as it was becoming bloody, the cuts were healing. There were next to no cuts on his wounds, and when Carl had even realized this, he had just let out a fit of laughter.
“Haha, you can’t hurt me, you can’t!” Carl claimed. “With both of these items in my hands I am invincible, there isn’t a single person that can stop me!”
Right after making that claim, something strange happened where Charlotte was. The magic formation that was on the ground beneath her, it started to light up brightly and consumed all of her body.
Charlotte felt a large pain from her head, that forced her head to be lifted into the air. Deafening screams rang out through the room. The screams so loud that everyone was just looking at Charlotte wondering what was going to happen.
‘The energy I feel now, it’s different, this isn’t Light magic? Is it Qi? No, it almost feels like it’s something else.’
Carl knew what was up, he had seen it multiple times before; he was a little worried at first that it didn’t work because there weren’t enough sacrifices, but he had a feeling that the power of a mage would be able to suck one of those in, one of those greedy people from above.
Little did they know that it was all a trap.
“This is perfect, this is perfect!” Carl said. “And with all of you, maybe I can all use you as hosts as well. Our Sun God will be the strongest being there is. And I will be right there under him.”
“Why does this guy care about someone else?” Liam asked.
As Anna had long let go of the spear and had backed up, a little frightened at what was about to happen.
“These people, they have lost all reason a long time ago, there’s no worrying about that, we just have to put a stop to him.”
Anna was deeply concerned about Charlotte, but at this rate all of them would lose their lives. When she turned her head to look at Charlotte she was surprised to see that someone else was standing there as well though.
“Safa… what is she doing?” Anna thought.
Safa, in all of the focus, in all of the distraction had crawled through the ground and had reached Charlotte.”Dengan energi ini, ada kemungkinan… Kurasa, aku mungkin bisa mengendalikannya!” Safa mengaku saat dia melangkah ke formasi lingkaran sihir, dan sensasi kesemutan terasa di seluruh tubuhnya.tubuh.
Chapter 972 The Smartist Girl
During the fight against Carl, there was a particular thought that was constantly going through Safa’s head—the word ‘useless’ was being repeated over and over. She didn’t want to be useless. In the fight against Sha Mo, she had practically ended up dead.
Thanks to the Lux Sword, she had received a second chance at life, but that chance wasn’t going to come again. With the way she was, she needed to become stronger in order to help Raze.
She had learned Light Magic, studied everything she could about it, and would use that to at least support Raze and the team by healing them, but now that she was no longer able to use Light Magic, was she the most useless in the group?
It was the wondering thought that continued in her mind again and again. She had been called talented by her spear teacher, she had been called talented by Amir for being able to cultivate Qi constantly, but without all of that she knew she was useless.
Right now, Simyon, Liam, and Anna were picking up the slack. They were the only ones able to do anything, and it wasn’t right. Not only that, because Safa had let go of the Lux Sword, now their opponent was even stronger.
Although she had promised herself never to be put in the same situation against Sha Mo, she felt like it was worse if all of the others perished.
So she didn’t care if she was covered in blood, didn’t care if she needed to use the carcasses of the bodies to avoid getting hurt, and didn’t care what she had to bite through or bear the pain—she was going to help.
It was just an idea she had in her head, a simple thought and a gamble, but she decided to go around and step right into the magic circle.
From what she knew, interrupting a magic circle was quite deadly in a few ways. For one, it could interrupt the spell completely, causing it to blast energy to the outside and hurting all those in and out of the circle.
However, various other things could occur depending on what type of magic circle it was. Seeing with her god eyes that she was still able to use, that it was a type of Light Magic, even though she had no mana she could control, she thought she would be able to flow through it.
She stepped into the circle at that moment to help Charlotte, and maybe then they could get away, but when stepping into the circle, something else happened instead. Safa couldn’t control the magic at all, at least not yet.
Instead, Safa could feel it as she dropped to her knees right in the circle. She grunted as she turned her head to look behind her.
“Safa!” Simyon shouted, and charged forward, but Carl’s body looked to have disintegrated into nothing but energy. As he moved, a constant flow of orange energy was left behind in his path. He appeared right in front of Simyon and shoved the spear deep into his chest.
Simyon grunted as he held onto the spear, pushing it with his body. The tip had pierced his skin but he was still holding on strong.
“SAFA!” Simyon shouted out again.
“Safa, Safa, Safa, are you in love with her or something?” Carl said as the winding magic covered his spear again and spiraled around the entire weapon until it reached the tip. It then forcefully pushed, exploding and ripping a large part of Simyon’s skin off from his chest and chucking him into the air.
Liam tried to move out of the way but was knocked by Simyon and the two had practically landed on top of each other.
“That fool,” Carl claimed. “Does she not know anything about that circle? She has just decided to become a willing sacrifice instead!”
This was part of Safa’s worry as well—that depending on the magic formation drawn on the ground, her entering would mean she was a part of whatever was going on right now. She could feel it; strangely, energy was drawing out of her, but this new energy she could feel, that wasn’t magic or Qi, was coming from somewhere.
‘Focus Safa, focus, this isn’t why you came here.’ Lifting her hands up, she tapped the side of her head, and activated the god eyes. When she looked, she could see the links in the room—the flowing of different energies from all over.
The energy from the sacrifices—red lines that connected to the magic formation. From there, the energy from Charlotte, and the threads that were connecting to above, and all of it—the Light Magic that was being used.
“Come on, I thought you were going to save your friend!” Carl laughed. He wasn’t even charging forward trying to hurt the others, or Anna that was still very much standing. Instead, he was just laughing.
At the end of the day, all he needed to do was wait until the ritual was complete, and with two individuals he thought they could gather more energy than ever.
“You laugh and laugh, and although I don’t have my system anymore I can tell you one thing,” Anna said. “That girl is the smartest girl that I’ve ever met, and if she went in there, then she would have done so with a plan!”
Safa moved her hands in the air, grabbing threads of energy, and appearing in one of her hands was a small stone statue. A very particular special statue which was now permanently hers and a gift from Raze.
‘I didn’t want to rely on the statue, as we have to solve the problem ourselves. We have to get stronger, rather than relying on Stoney all the time, but in important situations we have to use him!’ Safa thought to herself.
The issue was, with the strange item that Carl had originally used, it had stopped her magic from working. With it she was unable to activate Stoney that needed magic in the first place to work.
In the dire situation she looked for the one area where magic source was still powerful, so as long as she could use the Light Magic in the formation, she could activate Stoney.
“Help us, Stoney!” Safa called, and the magic inserted into the statue.
It immediately started to grow in size, taking on its full form, and the mass amount of Qi energy could be felt. Carl was quite surprised as he could feel the energy coming off from the statue. If he was to go head to head with it, he wasn’t sure that he could survive.
“Take him out!” Safa called.
Stoney immediately stepped out of the magic circle formation, and charged forward toward Carl. Afraid for his life, there was only one thing he could do. The metallic orb in his hand—he activated its powers, and with a flash, it filled the entire room.
The others were unprepared so this time they were blinded by the strong light. Slowly they started to open their eyes, and all they could hear was the sound of laughter.
“Ha…ha…ha!” Carl laughed with his head in the air. “The Sun God has done it again. The items we have obtained because of him is a blessing—look at its power, it can even stop such things like this! There is nothing that can get in the way of those that support the Sun God!”
The item that Carl used, just like before which had gotten rid of Safa’s powers, of Liam’s and Anna’s systems and Simyon’s magic items, it had also gotten rid of the statue.
“Crap, crap, crap!” Simyon shouted. He knew Stoney’s power was great, and with it he would have been able to beat Carl, if it wasn’t for the strange device that he had. If it wasn’t for that, then everything would have been just fine.
Now Simyon felt like Safa’s sacrifice had gone to waste, and she somewhat thought the same as she looked at Stoney.
‘He won’t be able to be used again…but it’s not over yet, I need to think, I need to think!’ Safa thought.
Her god eyes were still activating and her head was pounding. With mana and energy being taken from her body, it was affecting her severely, but with the energy maybe she could see something, and soon she could.
When she looked above, there was something in the room only she could see—a mystical power that was coming down from above, and looked to be heading toward the formation.
“What…are you?” Safa said looking at the energy.
The energy seemed to be trying to pull away, trying to move back up, but was being forced down.
“You can see me,” the mystical energy said, the voice resounding in her head and vibrating through her body. “It seems like you can. I can see what is happening; this man is trying to take my power…I can see the situation.
“If things continue like this, then I will not survive, and it looks like neither will the rest of you. I suppose, if I am to finally die, after a long life, then I might as well take the one who got rid of me as well…I shall help you, young woman…I shall give you this power of a Divine one.”
Chapter 973: A Transfer Of Power
Unlocking what had happened with her brother, that was the reason why Safa had pushed herself into this situation. Why she had gone further than originally intended. She had somewhat learned the truth already from one of the Rylon Religion members, but she couldn’t quite believe it.
Raze, her brother, was part of the religious cult, and he had agreed to sacrifice their whole family? What for—to summon a Divine being from above, and then take their power to be delivered to another figure known as the Sun God.
Not only did the ritual sound ridiculous and unbelievable, but the reason for her brother doing such actions sounded ridiculous as well. When trapped in the magic circle she thought back again and again to those times.
How was her brother? Was he angry at their parents for never living a life of luxury, for never having a single day with no food in his belly? The more she thought about it, the more she remembered the times she saw resentment on his face.
Although he would always face Safa with a smile, there was something behind the smile. The reason she was having all of these thoughts was because she knew with her god eyes that the energy that she was looking at from above, that was making its way down towards Charlotte, was the power of a Divine being.
‘If this is true, then maybe everything my brother did… it was true as well. I hate to say it, I hate to even think it, but taking the lives of our mother and father… maybe him disappearing from this world was the right thing for him, and for him to be replaced by Raze.’ She hated that she thought this way and her heart ached when she did.
Yet she had to accept this reality as she looked up at the Divine being that was in the room, which was a cloud of mist in her eyes, that was forming a shape of a person. No one else in the room could see the person’s presence.
‘Just like what we had heard from Bargo and the others. A Divine being summoned from sacrifice—it has happened again and might be what my brother originally tried to perform, but with what the Divine being was saying before, is it trying to help us in this situation? Should I try and accept it?’
The Divine being’s form was being pulled closer to Charlotte; there was a clear resistance from its part.
‘If I enter this body, then my life will be taken away,’ the strange voice said. ‘Maybe most would have no idea what this is, but I can read the formations that are present on the ground; I know what is going to happen to me.’
With these thoughts in its mind, it didn’t even let Safa have a choice. It started to lift its hand and the strange energy started to swirl around the room. As it went past the others it felt like gusts of wind hit their faces yet no part of their bodies would move, like if it were wind.
‘The energy—he’s not gathering it around me… I thought he would be,’ Safa realized.
When the energy swirled around the room, it condensed to a certain place, and it was the rubble that was left on the floor-the small pieces of rubble from the statue’s original size before magic was embedded into it.
They rolled across the floor until they had reached the magical transformation, going past Carl with no bother.
Carl had no idea what was going on, only believing that the ritual was a success and that maybe he would be getting two Divine beings. The rubble continued to move until it leapt up and touched Safa’s body.
‘This is a good powerful item. It was the power of many powerful beings, I can tell. With its power added to yours, it should be able to allow you to face most in this world.’
The rubble started to form around Safa’s skin; it grew in size until it covered her body completely. She looked to be a statue frozen in place. Slowly though, the rubble started to melt away—at least in appearance it did-instead it was being absorbed into her skin and the power was being transferred inside of her.
The moment the absorption was complete, her dantian that held her Qi smashed to pieces, and blood spewed out from her mouth. She hurled over, staring at the ground, more blood dripping from her mouth.
“SAFA!” Simyon shouted. His body still hadn’t healed and he ran straight past the others; it was only a moment later that he had been hit by Carl and was knocked back through the air in the direction he had come from.
Meanwhile, Safa could see that the large energy that was above had dissipated. A lot of power had already disappeared from this individual, but she was now far more concerned about her own condition that she was in.
‘Your body was weaker than I thought. The power can’t combine with you, as there is too large of a difference between the two of you. At this rate you will end up dead. I only have one thing that I can do myself. I have to heal you.
“I have already decided that I will try not to survive. I know there is a chance that all of us will perish if I do. So instead, I wish for you to get punishment on my behalf!”
The energy started to come towards Safa instead of Charlotte and then willingly went in her body. It was going right through her eyes, and every single open pore that was in her body.
‘I told you, don’t resist and just accept my power. I won’t take presence anywhere in your body. I have decided to sacrifice myself. Save yourself, save your friends, and heed my warning… never go to the Divine realm, avoid it at all costs.’
Chapter 974: A Divine Power
Inside the underground basement, Simyon, Liam, and Anna were unsure what was happening, but judging by the creepy smile and the smug look on Carl’s face, it wasn’t good news for them.
“He has so much power,” Simyon said, holding onto his chest. “How are we going to take him out without being able to use our own powers?”
“Right, and the guy can just keep healing because of his magic and the weapon,” Liam added.
Anna was beat as well, but could she give up? Would Harvey give up if he was here? Harvey was practically a normal human being, but she never realized how much of a presence he had. With his limited powers and relying on equipment, he was able to do so much.
“I have to… I have to try it!” Anna said as she charged forward.
“Do you think she has a plan? Should we follow her?” Simyon asked.
“I have no idea, I don’t have the system currently!” Liam shouted.
“Useless,” Simyon said as he followed after Anna. “You didn’t have the system before, and you were still one of the most skilled students. I’m starting to think that system is actually holding you back.”
All three charged forward, and Carl, seeing this, lifted his spear in the air. Instead of the magic energy swirling around it like a spiral, now the whole thing was lighting up. The light glow made it look twice the size compared to before.
Carl then swung it, and the energy came out as a large slash aiming to hit all of them. The attack looked far larger than any of the others and even shook the room when it was unleashed. Being hit by this wasn’t going to be so easy for everyone to get up again.
They stopped in their tracks, ready to brace themselves, until a person landed right in front of their eyes. They swung their hand down and crashed right through the energy. Usually, a strike at only one point of such a large attack would only stop one area.
Instead, though, the attack had spread out, breaking all of the light magic, making it turn into nothing but particles.
“Who was that… is it Raze?” Liam asked. “Did he somehow manage to find us and come at the last moment like he always does? I mean, where even is that guy?”
“It’s not Raze,” Simyon answered.
Although the figure in front of them looked slightly bigger, with an arm that seemed to be fortified by a strange type of stone, Simyon recognized the black hair dangling on the back. There wasn’t a doubt in his mind.
“That’s Safa,” Anna added. “I told you, she would have some type of plan.”
Safa stood up, and the transformation covering her hand had come to an end. Standing there looking ahead at Carl, her eyes were glowing just like his, but rather than having a yellow tint, hers looked like pure white energy.
“So you managed to break out of the formation then?” Carl said. “But you seem different. I guess I have an idea what happened. Are you one of the Divine beings? Have you taken over her body? Usually, you guys aren’t so strong like this, as the two of you fight for control over one another, but it doesn’t matter.”
Carl pulled out the silver marble ball from his hand.
“That is precisely the reason why we have this in the first place to take your power away!”
The ball lit up and shined brightly, before flashing and blinding everyone once more. When the flash faded, though, Safa was already charging right ahead toward Carl, and it was fast, just like that of a warrior.
Carl, in a panic, then thrusted his spear, but it was quickly grabbed by Safa, who held it just by the pointed end.
“But how? All of your Qi should be drained from your body, even if you’re a Divine being! How are you still able to move? What Divine being are you?”
“I’m not a Divine being,” Safa answered. “But I do have one to thank in this situation.” Where Safa was standing not too long ago, there was rubble on the ground. Just as the item was used, Safa had been able to cover herself in the stone statue. Now it was linked to her body, and she was oddly able to call its power at will.
When the statue was covering her, she felt an immense strength-the power of all of the abilities of the statue added to her own-and her own power had even increased because of the Divine being.
However, she knew what was to come with the orb having been used several times. If the statue’s power was with her and increased her power when using it, then was it a separate power? What if she covered her body?
She wasn’t sure how it would fully work, and she didn’t really have time for testing, but she used it anyway, and this was the current result.
“Just because you are able to hold your hand on this spear again and are unaffected by my items, you think you can best me? You have no idea about the power that we hold!” Out from the palm of Carl’s hand, a bright light shined and hit directly into Safa’s stomach.
She wasn’t using the power of the spear, nor did she have the power of the statue in use, yet despite the powerful energy that was hitting her, it was doing no harm to her body at all. The energy continued to brush against her skin, having next to no effect.
‘I don’t even really know what’s going on with my own body. If I have reached multiple stages or there is a new power inside me, but right now I have the power to deal with the situation.’
Before Carl knew it, the spear had been yanked from his hands, and straight after, in a smooth motion, the spear had pierced through his chest and through his heart. The healing power that was in him—the light magic-all of it was being drained away, and he knew now that his life was coming to an end.
“You have no idea what powers you are dealing with,” Carl said. “Soon the Sun God will come to this world and deal punishment to everyone on this land!”
Chapter 975: At The Top of Rylon
Carl’s life had come to an end, and all of the Rylon religion members had been defeated in the current church. Safa had pulled out the spear from his chest and looked at him on the ground, remembering his final words.
The situation in the room was finally cleared, as whatever the ritual was that was being done had come to an end.
“Whoa, what happened to you, Safa? How were you able to do all of that?” Simyon asked.
When he went to move forward, Anna quickly pulled him back to his side, stopping him with her hand.
“If a person goes through such a drastic change like that, they might no longer be the same person as before,” Anna informed.
She had been through the same situation several times now. There were far too many examples and cases of this happening that they needed to be careful.
“You don’t have to worry about that,” Safa said as she placed the spear behind her back and wrapped it around with the cloth she usually would that was placed around her waist as well. She had done it in a smooth motion, and even Simyon watching this, it just didn’t feel like Safa was the same.
“Don’t worry,” Safa said. “I got some information from one of the members, so if I explain, I think you might understand.”
Safa went on to explain about what the Rylon religion member had claimed: how they were performing rituals of sorts-magic formations that would bring Divine beings from above down to people in Pagna.
After that, they would store the energy from the Divine being while it was weak, and then that energy would be passed on. She didn’t mince her words, as she also explained about her brother’s involvement.
How he had decided to willingly sacrifice his family for the sake of the goal of the religion. Maybe he wasn’t a devoted member like many of those they had met today, but he had done it in turn for a life of luxury for just a month.
They could taste the pain in their mouths when Safa spoke. After explaining that, she went into the further details of what had actually happened-how a Divine being, rather than going into a body to survive, had decided to just sacrifice its life and pass on its energy to her. Right now, her Qi power was immense, like that of a top-tier middle-stage warrior. Then there was her magic, which was still shining strong with power, similar to what Carl was able to produce.
Lastly, there was also the fact that Stoney no longer existed, and now somehow, they had both melded and merged into her.
After finishing her explanation, the others didn’t say much; they didn’t know what to say to comfort her as they had never been in the situation before. Meanwhile, Anna had gone to Charlotte, making sure she was all better.
“I really thought I was a goner, I really did,” Charlotte said, still having no energy in her body. She was down on her knees and wiping her tears away.
“It’s okay,” Anna said. “I’m just happy I found you, and I was able to complete Himmy’s wish.”
“Himmy’s wish?” Charlotte looked up; hope was shining bright on her face.
“I’ll explain to you when we get to a place that’s somewhere more safe; just here isn’t the right place.”
While everyone was somewhat caring to Charlotte-including Safa, who decided to use some of her light magic-Liam instead had gone to the body on the ground and started scrounging until he eventually picked up the silver-colored orb and held it up in the air.
“This item caused us a lot of pain,” Liam said. “And now in our hands it will be a lot better.” Eventually, Charlotte had regained the energy to move again, and as she got up, they were slowly ready to leave the place, but there were some questions on the others’ minds.
“So what should we do now?” Simyon asked. “You wanted to find out about your brother, and you found out some things, but it’s hard to confirm them or not.”
“Right,” Safa said. “At the end of it, I still have good memories of my brother and I’m still alive today, so there had to be something. Still, I can’t deny what happened. I thought about maybe going to the other churches, stopping what is happening right here, but I have a feeling there is something bigger going on.
“Charlotte, did you know what they were doing here?” Safa asked.
“Not really,” Charlotte replied. “I understand some of the magic formations on the ground; it looks almost like a transfer of energy of sorts, but I have no idea where exactly or the process. I’m just not a high enough mage to understand this type of thing.”
“I think we should find Raze as soon as possible and let him know what we found. I think he’ll know the answer to this. The last he was seen was in the Demonic Faction at the Neverfall Clan base, so we’ll just have to place a visit there.”
In Alterian, inside one of the many warehouses across the planet, there was one with the words that read **Green Magic Pharma**. It was one of the biggest companies in all of Alterian, and they owned several warehouses in a number of places.
Inside was a factory of sorts, with large machinery churning out several items, and in one section in a hidden room, several small capsules of yellow to gold glowing energy were being pushed out in an assembly line one after the other.
There were rows of the vials that were being sent out, but in one row in particular, the vials had stopped; they were no longer being pushed out.
Inside the factory itself, there was a large office room located on the second floor of the warehouse. The operations manager quickly rushed up and then knocked on the door a few
times.
“Sir, there is a problem with another one of the assembly lines, it seems. It might not be a big issue as at times there is a timing issue between production,” the man explained. “But with two so close together, I thought it might be something you would like to look into?” Looking inside the room, the operations manager was shocked to see the sight-a sight only few people had ever seen.
There was a special chair in the room, connected to it two large vats that pushed the same golden and yellow liquid into them. They were linked to the seat, which in turn had a needle attached to a certain individual’s veins.
“Please, Gizin, let me know your order,” the man said again, as he bowed his head down to one of the Grand Magus.
Chapter 976: Raze’s Second Day
Brack had left Raze alone in a place where hardly anyone passed. It was a secret location that was known only to Belil-a place he would frequent and practice his own martial arts. It was void of life due to the powerful disturbance of Qi that would be used frequently.
Now, no life was present there; no grass or greenery was able to grow, and animals and even the few beasts that did roam Pagna didn’t come close. So Brack was pretty sure that Raze would be okay there and that he wouldn’t run into anyone, but he wasn’t so sure about Raze himself.
It was in the middle of the night; it had taken him a long time to deliver the message, and now he was on his way back to Raze. He had taken a few wrong turns at times as he wasn’t quite sure of his way back.
‘Why did I have to rush off? I was trying to get back and help Raze as soon as possible that I didn’t even make note of where he was.’ Thankfully, with Brack now being a middle-stage warrior, he didn’t really tire.
After relentless searching, he could see the large uprooted ground which had created a stadium that appeared to have been created from nature. Rushing over, he had quickly scaled one of the large rocks and then slid down toward the crater. He jumped from where he was and landed right by Raze’s side.
The moment his feet touched the floor, he could feel the inside of his toes tingling even through the shoes.
‘Is this Qi that I can feel… and the floor feels hot as well.’ Brack quickly shook his head. ‘I need to focus.’ He knelt down by Raze’s side and looked at him.
He was on the ground, still but his muscles were moving. The veins on his forehead and on his arms were bulging and twitching constantly. When Brack went to touch his skin to try to see if everything was fine, he could feel his body was burning hot to touch.
“Seriously, what did Belil do to you?” Brack asked.
However, unlike before where Raze was able to say a few words and speak, his eyes were closed shut and his mouth was clenched in pain. So he couldn’t say anything.
“I managed to pass on that item you gave me, all is well so you have no need to worry about that, but I have to focus on you. What do I do?” Brack tried to massage Raze’s muscles for a bit.
But his hands were burning as he did, and the strange energy was somewhat feeding into him. At times he felt like his own energy was being drawn in as well. For around an hour, Brack tried several things but none of it worked, and Raze was still in the same state as he was before.
‘How long is he going to be like this?’ Brack thought. ‘Has he been like this, in pain this whole time while I was away as well? With no food or water, or herbs, maybe I should try and do something at least.’
Brack was kicking himself for not bringing anything with him that could have helped Raze, but the good thing was, at least he would be able to head to the town nearby rather than heading all the way back to the Dark Faction.
The closest town though was a town close to the Neverfall Clan. Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Belil’s body. It was just lying there on the floor still in place.
“I need to do something about that as well. I can’t just leave it like that; it will rot, right? But I can’t exactly bring it to the Neverfall Clan with me as well, there’s just going to be so many questions… maybe Raze will know what to do.”
It was then that Brack had decided it would be best to deal with one problem at a time. Carrying the Neverfall Clan leader’s body wouldn’t be a good idea, and hopefully there would be some type of Qi still left protecting his body, so the worst wouldn’t happen.
With that, Brack was off once again.
“Raze, you helped me, and right now I’m the only one that knows about you like this. I’m going to help you!” Brack rushed off as quick as he could, heading back in the direction of the Neverfall Clan.
Due to how much time had passed, the sun was already rising, signaling that it was the start of the next day. It had been a long time and it was hard to believe that Raze would still be at the same spot but Brack had to believe.
Using all of the coin he had on him, in the small town that he had entered he had bought whatever he could: buying herbs, bandages, and more, and he even went in to try and buy Qi pills as well.
‘I didn’t even buy Qi pills myself to increase my cultivation and they have a hefty price tag, but it should be fine.’
“Do you have any Qi pills that help with healing?” Brack asked in the shop.
The shopkeeper started to rub his hands, and then out from behind the counter he placed a Qi pill out on a bed of felt. A red pill was seen shining in place, and marked onto the Qi pill there was the marking of **DM**.
“This here is said to have the best healing properties and is a special pill made by the Dark Magus himself!” the man said.
There was a sighing look of defeat on Brack’s face. The best pill that the shop had for healing was made by the person that needed healing. Wouldn’t Raze have already used something like this, if one thought it was going to work?
It was the last of his coin and although reluctant and seemingly stupid, Brack had to buy it just in case anyway. With several supplies tied up in a rucksack and placed on the end of a stick, Brack was running out of the city.
Unaware though, in the city there were two individuals following him.
“He’s on the move,” Fing said.
“Right, something is definitely up with Father, and the fact that Brack isn’t with the Dark Magus. We need to keep close to him and see what happens,” Han added.
Chapter 977: A Whole New World
A type of truce had been declared between Zon and Lince, once they both realized that they had a common enemy. This was all because Zon could tell if Lince was lying or not through the system.
Even with his face covered in bandages, the system was still advanced enough to pick up on other factors to give him the information they needed. Not only that, but it also made him aware of just who the other person was the head of the Lost Clan, one of the biggest clans in the Demonic Faction.
The two had gathered in the captain’s hold on the ship and had shared some alcohol that was left on board. As they sat down, they talked to each other because they both had the same destination. It very well meant that they could be after the same thing.
“So you are after this item on behalf of Belil?” Zon asked as he lightly pressed his fingertips against his empty glass.
“Correct. Belil gave me quite a bit of information on it all and passed on more than I would have liked. Now that this item, the Golden Globe, is linked to Pagna… I’ve taken it upon myself to stop it from getting into the hands of others.
“But I do have to tell you something. I do not wish for this item to fall into the hands of the Light Faction or Alter, but I’m not so sure if it was to fall into the hands of your friend Raze it would do well either. There are some things I disagree with Belil doing, especially the extreme measures he has taken.”
Lince knew about it all in his last meeting with Belil-that he had decided to sacrifice his life and pass on his strength to Raze. There was no doubt with the strength Lince had already seen Raze display, now with Belil’s strength added, he was the strongest in Pagna.
“I have to ask, you don’t seem to be from the same world as Raze, yet you are getting your hands on this item because of him? I need to know more of the reason why you want this item as well; otherwise, couldn’t you be just as bad as Alter and the Light Faction?”
It was quite clear that Lince was speaking in fighting words. Although they had agreed they wouldn’t fight now, or on the island when they arrived, who knew when they had the item right in their sights.
“The Golden Globe is just a means for me and the Red Fortis army to get back to our world. Following Raze, I thought it would allow me a way to return to my world. As you know, mages and portals opening are linked in Pagna.
“With Raze’s help, I thought I would be able to get into Alter. I had assumed they already knew great details of a means of such an item, but there was something else that I found out as well.
“A person that I have been looking for is in Alter. To be honest, I planned to use Raze to allow me to head inside. As for whether Raze wishes to take control of Pagna or will be the right person for the item, I don’t know.
“But I can say one thing: he only cares about taking down his enemies, and Pagna is not his enemy.”
All of the storms, the dark clouds, and more had stopped around the island. The rough waves that the ship was handling were coming to an end, and now the island was seen in a clearer view.
It was incredibly large, almost a continent on its own. There was a large mountain in the center, and the area was mostly covered in thick jungle and greenery. While on the edge was a white sandy beach and several rocks and cliff tops in the surrounding areas.
“I can’t believe it!” the captain said with his eyes wide. “These people, did they know the storms would stop? Are we going to be the first ones to ever make land on this island?”
There were no other ships in sight around their area, and no one else from their direction had even thought about coming to the island. He was sure that the news would spread at some point and more would come, but even the captain was wondering what treasures, minerals, and more would exist on such an island.
“Captain!” one of the men shouted. “There’s a fleet of ships entering from the west side of the island.”
The captain walked over and snatched the telescope out of the man’s hand, and they could see it. Lince and Zon both quickly rushed over to have a look. Although they couldn’t see who was on board, with the large banners they could see the Light Faction Clan emblems on board.
“It’s all three of the major Light Faction… I guess it wouldn’t be so easy after all,” Lince sighed. The banners were clear as day: the Illumination Clan, the Dawnblade Clan, and the Aurora Clan were all present.
“This is going to be hard with just the two of us,” Lince stated. “The good thing is that we’re on the other side of the island, and right now we have no clue just where the Golden Globe is. Do you have any idea?”
“No,” Zon replied. “I should be able to search for signs and ideas, but I have no idea. They will have the advantage in numbers, and if they have someone like me on their side, then it will be the same as then.”
Due to the location and length of the island, they were no longer able to see the others on the other side, but they were sure to land at the same time. As the ship approached the beach, both Zon and Lince jumped from the edge, leaving the crew behind and landing on the sand.
In an instant, they both fell to their knees as a strange surge of energy flowed through both of their bodies. The smell, the atmosphere, even the gravity-everything felt different. As if they had entered a whole new world.
Chapter 978: Island Of Terror (Part 1)
On the west side of the island, a fleet of around six ships was seen approaching. Each of them had the banners of the clans they represented, but all of them were from the Light Faction. On board the Illumination Clan ship was Gelgar, a high middle-stage warrior.
He wasn’t a Clan Head or Elder but was a promising man within the clan that focused on teaching many of the students. Then there was Krynic from the Aurora Clan. Krynic was an older man who had a muscular upper build and wore his robe across his chest, revealing his shoulder and half of his bare chest.
He was a member of the Aurora Clan for a long time but had never reached the high position of Elder or leader within the clan. On top of that, each fleet of ships had around ten warriors on board.
There were sixty warriors either at the peak of the initial stage or at the middle stage. On top of that, though, there was extra power in the group, particularly from the Dawnblade Clan that was somewhat leading the expedition due to how much power had been brought. The head Elder, Ricar, who had survived the Martial Arts Tournament; then there was Impress, one of the female Elders, along with Lyon. Finally, there was the latest Elder to the Dawnblade Clan, doing her first tasks as an elder: Beatrix. The Dawnblade Clan had practically brought out four of its strongest warriors to complete the task, and failure was not an option.
With the large force with them, including the invited guest ‘Red’ from Alter, they were a force that couldn’t be stopped.
“Sir, it seems that there were other ships spotted heading to the east coast!” a warrior claimed.
“Ignore them,” Gelgar stated. “We must focus on the main task. Let’s head ashore and find the item; that is the most important task in all of this.”
Due to the large force at their disposal, he wasn’t particularly worried about others approaching the island, especially since it was just a single ship. No matter who was on board, the strength they had could eliminate whole armies and kingdoms.
Eventually, the ships had dropped anchor and the warriors started to jump onto the white sandy beach of the island one after the other. The moment they landed, a strange surge was felt through them.
No matter what position they landed in, it caused all of them to fall to their knees as they braced themselves. The inside of their bodies felt like they were being tickled.
“What’s the matter?” Ricar shouted, as he and the other Elders hadn’t jumped off but witnessed many of the clan members acting this way.
After a few seconds, the warriors turned around, looking at their own bodies. They attempted to use them as they punched the air, but there was seemingly nothing wrong.
“Nothing seems to be the problem!” the warrior shouted back. “It’s just the same feeling one gets when they enter another dimension, but it seems to not affect us!”
Ricar decided to wait a little while, but eventually both Gelgar and Krynic and his group had gotten impatient, jumping off the ship. They had the same reaction but after a few seconds were completely fine.
“Don’t think about it too much,” Red said as he stood at the edge of the ship. “This island, I think we should think of it like a dimension. No one has set foot on it for, what, hundreds of years now? Who knows what could be on here.”
Red jumped and landed on the beach, and even he was affected with his special body. It didn’t dishearten him, but he just had a smile as he stood up.
“Is this what Henio was talking about? This must be the spell that’s still active here. I guess it stops any mages from using their powers, so I’ll be on an even playing field with anyone I meet. The good thing is, the system and the rest of my body works just fine.”
Eventually, all of the others jumped onto the island as well, and the strong force had made it.
Beatrix was exploring the area for a while and could see the leaders talking, and eventually joined them.
“We’ve decided to split up,” Ricar explained. “Into three different expedition forces, to search for the item-the Golden Globe. We can choose how to split up our own groups as we wish, but we have decided to do it this way to cover more ground.”
“Now that we know others are here, it’s important that we are the first ones to find this item.”
Krynic and Gelgar nodded, but there were a few more preparations that were being completed before they headed in. They were heading in to reach for supplies on the ship. Some warriors would carry medical supplies, food, and Qi pills for whatever it was they would run into. “Do you really think this will be needed?” Krynic complained. “With all of us, we’ll be able to explore the whole island in half a day.”
“It was a precaution from the one from Alter,” one of the warriors said.
Krynic turned his head to look at the strange man, who was wearing loose flowing clothing that was tattered and had a beard covering his face. He looked rough, like a person who had lived on the streets for a while.
“He said that we should treat this as a dimension with beasts here as well.”
“Beasts?” Krynic replied. “Do you not remember what this island was like? Volcanic eruptions, whirling tornadoes, and constant lightning strikes going on day by day. If any beasts were to survive that type of weather and still be here, then who knows how strong they would be.”
One of the scouting groups was walking across the beach, on the edge of the jungle-like area. It was then that he had come across what looked like a small bunny with white fur and red eyes, and a small horn on top of its head.
“Oh, there really are beasts here,” the warrior from the Illumination Clan exclaimed. “I guess something this small to survive would make sense.”
The beast turned its eyes to the warrior and opened its mouth, revealing its teeth. They weren’t threatening, but it was a clear sign of aggression.
“What does a bunny think it’s going to do to a middle-stage warrior like me?” the man smiled.
The bunny then bent its back legs and fired off from its spot. It launched itself in the air and with its horn ripped right through the man’s chest. As it exited out from the other side of the body, on top of its horn was a heart that only thumped one more time before it stopped. They didn’t realize it yet, but they had all landed on an island which would be hell to them all.
