Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the underground city, the battle in the square ended as the team had temporarily halted to treat wounded members while the wizards resumed their meditation.
But there was an odd, peculiar ambiance clouding the team.
All of this originated from the tent where Kevin and his daughter resided. Blue Void and a few Great Wizards would throw their glances to Kevin’s tent from time to time
The largest piece of treasure was grabbed by that evil, white dragon. The remaining people did not obtain even the least bit of share hence one could understand their sore disappointment, but they dared not breathe a word given Garen’s overly brutal abilities.
Inside the tent.
Garen sat in the middle with his legs crossed. Kevin and his daughter, Maria, sat on the side preparing his meal.
“So, you’re saying that after being here for a few years, apart from some undead materials, you only encountered the Pearl of the Temple as some sort of treasure?” Garen asked, feeling a loss of words.
“Indeed,” Kevin smiled bitterly.
“This underground city is simply too huge,” Maria muttered begrudgingly.
“It’s true that it’s huge…” Garen could also sense the underground city’s complexity that it even possessed a Pearl of the Temple of Demigods. Still waters do run deep…
He was actually considering to stop meddling now.
However, he thought of the wizard tower that was still not within reach due to limited finances. The Wizard Tower was needed to break through to level five Arcane Technique for isolated research, as well as using its powers to execute research on the dimensional leap. That would require a large number of expenses, perhaps the underground city before him was an opportunity.
“I want you to accompany me to a place,” Garen said suddenly.
The moment he spoke, Kevin and his daughter instantly knew which place he was referring to. They had overheard a little of the conversation between Garen and that Undead Butcher.
“Are we, a little weak?” Kevin was helpless.
“Yes, you’re too weak but with protection from this team, it wouldn’t pose much of a problem,” Garen dully replied. “I believe the team would be glad to venture into a place with great treasure.”
He needed to get to the bottom of the situation regarding the treasure, otherwise, he might be sent back once the summon time limit is up. It was unknown whether the team would summon him back again.
“That should not be a problem,” Kevin believed that nobody would reject at the mention of treasure.
As the decision has been made, Kevin on behalf of Garen stepped out to discuss the plan with Blue Void and the rest. Blue Void shared the same views and reached a mutual agreement with Kevin without wasting any words.
After resting for a while more, the team headed towards the direction pointed by Garen with the Undead Butcher in the lead. The Undead Butcher actually has a good ability in controlling a few advanced vampires. The advanced vampires, in turn, controlled a large number of mid to low-level undead creatures. These were the same creatures that attacked the campsite earlier but were now the team’s main forces to sweep off enemies.
With a large group of undead high on alert, any small-scale battle was settled without needing help from the campsite team. Any wounded and death could be replenished through summoning and this resulted in the campsite advancing at more than doubled the speed.
Without much hindrance, they hustled to the destination mentioned by the Undead Butcher.
It was the second day’s mid-noon, and not a ray of light shone in the underground city. The wizards themselves only had a pocket watch to tell the time.
Blue Void and the rest finally arrived before a large, black water lake. Reaching the lakeside, the Undead Butcher ceased his footsteps, hesitating to move forward.
“Master, it’s just up front,” he transmitted his voice to Garen through soul telepathy.
The dirt around the black lake was black and soft. There were a number of various sizes pit holes around similar to an ant’s nest as if some bugs dug the dirt out.
Garen flew out of the campsite and landed beside the Undead Butcher. He looked towards the lake.
“What a heavy scent of death…” His heart sank, and he could indistinctly feel the energy turbulence from deep within the lake.
His dragon eye looked far towards the distance, and at the furthest depth of the lake, a white light soared into the sky. That light source traveled in light years that even Garen could feel his skin scorching just standing by the lake.
“What a powerful energy!” He was solemn. This energy turbulence was definitely a level nine.
“You guys stay here. I’ll go take a look!” He said to the team. It should not be a problem for a dragon to temporarily leave the contractor for not more than a day.
He spread his wings and flew. His body expanded in size and swooshed in lightning speed towards the exploding light source.
Before Blue Void, Kevin and rest could respond, he disappeared out of sight.
The black lake was as vast as the ocean.
A flutter of Garen’s wings brought him several kilometers in front yet he was still unable to see the end of the lake. The lake water beneath him was smelly and as thick as mud,
As the distance grew closer, he could clearly see the source of the turbulence.
It was a large, four-tailed scorpion, wielding its sharp tails. A young man with dark hair and purple eyes was standing beside it.
The four-tailed scorpion was longer than a hundred meters. Its four tails swung overwhelmingly and made a deep pit wherever it hit.
The man was holding a large sword, and his other hand was burning a purple flame.
Both parties were not moving fast. The man looked tired, it was obvious that the battle had gone on for a while now.
The large sword could automatically expand and stab, while the purple flame could interchange between a large net, spear or javelin, disrupting the scorpion from far range.
Beside them laid a huge beetle the size of an elephant that had died long ago. This must be the thane mentioned by the Undead Butcher…
The sound of Garen’s fluttering winds attracted the attention of both parties.
The four-tailed scorpion swiftly retreated by a few steps and attempted to escape into the lake.
Wham!
Garen pounced over, one of his wings struck the four-tailed scorpion. The thunderous collision rumbled and fumbled the scorpion, making it rolled on the ground a few rounds before getting up in a daze as if it was knocked out of its senses.
“Where’s the treasure? My treasure!” Garen’s dragon eyes stared at the two fellows. They were obviously at level nine but as they were battling for a while now, it was the best time to reap the bargain.
“Treasure?” The man gazed back in bafflement. “White Dragon, you’re here in time. Help me to finish this thing off and I will reward you with a level eight demon core!”
His purple flame blazed, and a clear purple holy emblem emerged in the air.
Garen’s hair raised when he saw this holy emblem.
This guy was a God-Favored!
He dreaded anything God related.
God-Favored may not be very strong but they have a special ability which was called Clone of God… in other words, they could summon a God’s clone into their bodies. Their abilities would temporarily arch the peak of the mortal world.
Therefore, nobody would offend a God-Favored, no matter how low of a level they were. This person was at least a level nine God-Favored. No one would dare offend such a being.
Garen was left with no choice with the calling from the God-Favored. As he dared not offend him, he could only lend a hand. He was about to go after the four-tailed scorpion when a familiar sound wave came to ear.
“Help me! We are the same kind! You can’t leave me to die!!” The four-tailed scorpion’s screeching voice stabbed into his mind.
This fella!!
Garen was in for a headache.
The four-tailed scorpion was a Void being and a Void Demon Lord with high intelligence! He would have never thought that he would come across a battle between a void existence and a God-Favored in an underground city.
“How dare you kill an underground guard placed by my master, unforgivable!” The God-Favored man declared solemnly.
He was referring to the thane beetle that was dead on the ground. This thing had a master. Garen was fortunate that he was not the first to take care of this thing himself.
Now the problem was how to attend to the matters concerning these two.
The four-tailed scorpion was stronger than the God-Favored, but it must be wary of his final trump card which was Clone of God hence its only thought was to flee.
Garen thought quickly and made a call. Its large dragon body lunged towards the four-tailed scorpion.
“Die, blasphemer! Die!”
He dived over threateningly, his fangs and his claws spread open. His large, dragon tail whipped out heavily…
Wham!!
The God-Favored was caught by surprise, flying away as he was struck hard by the tail and was briefly knocked out of consciousness. Garen spun around swiftly and opened his mouth and bit the man on his waist. Crack!!
It was all over…
“You…!!” The God-Favored’s face of disbelief vanished in Garen’s white dragon breath. He did not think that Garen would attack him.
“Hahaha! He must have stayed below the surface for too long that he’s not even wary about his surroundings!!” The four-tailed scorpion burst out laughing in delight.
“If it were a God-Favored just a level below god then you’d be in big trouble. It’s a shame that this fellow was only a regular Holy Knight. He even dared to forge a holy emblem.”
Garen chewed the guy into pieces and spit him out. He did not want to eat him. He might have killed him, but the God behind him would not put this to rest. There sure would be trouble in the future, but this has nothing to do with him. Only a God-Favored could transmit the scene to God prior to his death, while a regular Holy Knight could only do so with a special technique. When that happened though, they would be after the four-tailed scorpion that killed the thane.
“What’s next? I saved you, so how should you repay this debt of gratitude?” Garden looked at the four-tailed scorpion.
As a level nine giant dragon, he could crush any beings at the same level. Garen was confident he could take down any non-dragon species of the same level. It was not him only, any giant dragons would have the same confidence.
“My name is Manfey, and I have been reproducing here for over a thousand years. I have a large group under me. What sort of repayment are you looking at?” The four-tailed scorpion started to bargain, “You and I are beings of the Mother Stream Void, hence you must have heard about the God-Lure Operations, right? I can recommend you to my monarch to have you participate in the operations.”
“God-Lure Operations?” Garen frowned.
“You didn’t know?” The four-tailed scorpion cried out loud in exaggeration. This person was so strong, yet he was not aware of such an important operation.
“Why don’t you tell me about it?” Garen swept his glance over the God-Favored’s corpse. He retained his composure after he confirmed that nothing was out of the ordinary.
He was bound to go against God sooner or later, so killing now or later would not make much of a difference. He was just a God-Favored after all.
“Our alliance has teamed up with this world’s Dragon of Disaster. Using the strongest existence in the mortal world as a threat, we lure the Clones of Gods to descend and kill them off to gradually weaken them,” the four-tailed scorpion explained briefly. “The divinity obtained from killing the clones will be made into a Bottle of Holy Blood. I’m here to create a special trap using the treasure here.”
“I have not been in contact with the Alliance for a long time now,” Garen explained. “So, you’re saying that you intentionally lure this fellow down?”
“No way!?” The four-tailed scorpion blurted with two of its clamps kicking about in high emotions, “I am a noncombatant!”
“Dragon of Disaster?” Garen paid attention to this phrase.
“Yes… a group led by the three Dragons of Disasters, Ann, Jessyca, and Lucy. Right, if you were to participate, you get a share of the Bottle of Holy Blood. Participate or not, that is still a Bottle of Holy Blood that could strengthen the soul!”