Chapter 295: Dekan Doesn't Want to Fast Forward to the Final Battle |
"World-Ending Battlefield?"
"How does he know? Is he guessing blindly?"
The audience who saw this scene in the broadcast all frowned, asking each other with puzzled expressions.
They knew Dekan would likely use his unique brain circuitry to ask a question that might extract more intelligence.
They didn't expect Dekan to directly bring an answer to verify a conclusion.
But, was this really not a wild guess?
Such a reckless question could very likely waste a precious opportunity for nothing!
Dekan's question obviously caused Sheen's surprise.
She also hadn't expected Dekan to directly announce the name of the Shadow World.
"Alright, then I will divine this question for you."
Her smile was faint, but at the corners of her eyes and brows, a trace of satisfaction was revealed, as if she had finally waited for something.
Although she couldn't divine more intelligence about the Tier 10 Shadow World.
After becoming interested in Dekan, she had divined about him.
She discovered that he seemed to have an indescribable connection with a certain Shadow World that even she couldn't probe clearly!
Since then, Sheen had been paying attention to every one of Dekan's Shadow World challenges, becoming more convinced that Dekan had some destined karma.
Even Imperial Sword Saint Adair and Holy Knight Commander Argel couldn't help but stare at Dekan.
It was specific to this extent.
Even using a Tier 9 card to divine a Tier 10 related question would probably yield a definite answer—"Yes" or "No."
But the problem was.
Could he really guess correctly?
However, having crossed paths with Dekan, they felt Dekan didn't seem like someone who would make an unsure attempt.
He seemed to truly know some secrets unknown to anyone else!
Sheen raised her palm, and a Magic Card shining with blinding orange-red light emerged above it.
It was even closer to red than Dekan's [Dekan’s Gospel], and as a Tier 9 Magic Card, the energy contained within it made even Dekan, a Card Maker, unable to stop his palms from trembling.
Rather than looking away, Dekan seemed to prefer having his eyes stung by the light of this card just to observe it more.
Even though it had reached or even surpassed the limits of Magic Card crafting techniques, it still hadn't reached the Red Legend level.
What exactly was the difference between Crimson Epic and Red Legend?
What else was needed to possibly create a Red Legend?
Dekan wanted to understand this question incomparably.
Sheen raised this Tier 9 Epic Divination Card and began to seek the answer to the question for Dekan.
[Destiny Divination]
[Category: Spell Card]
[Grade: Crimson Epic]
[Tier: 9]
[Effect: Perform a divination of the future, present, or past. The detail of the answer depends on the degree of impact the answer has on the world. Cooldown 360 days.]
[Remark: A unique authority magic from a certain lost god of another world.]
The flowing halo transformed from [Destiny Divination] encircled Sheen's hand. Her pupils had now turned into flawless pure white, like a god surrounded by stars looking through the truth.
All the audience, including Adair and Argel at the scene, became nervous.
Because whether Dekan's question just now was genius or nonsense would soon be revealed.
They might be witnessing history.
...
However.
Just as Sheen's astrology spell was in progress.
As if something was about to descend.
The entire sky suddenly became incomparably dim, and silence fell between heaven and earth.
The live broadcast image was also completely cut off.
Starting from a moment just now.
Dekan felt as if he couldn't even hear the sound of his own breathing.
He looked up at the sky, as if facing a formidable enemy.
At this time, amidst the silence, a "RUMBLE RUMBLE" of thunder suddenly came from the distance. Accompanying this ear-piercing thunder were gusts of fierce wind.
A deep purple crack appeared in the sky, and terrifying magic power surged out from that crack.
Immediately after, that crack stretched longer and longer, extending all the way to the horizon.
As if a purple aurora was about to break through this sky, the real culprit causing all these changes was revealed at the breach.
It was a suspended gate-shaped magical device. Embedded in the gate was a purple meteorite constantly emitting terrifying electric arcs.
It was right above the Filowen Arena, constantly expanding the spatial rift.
Just as all the audience were surprised by the anomaly of heaven and earth happening in the Filowen Royal Capital, Sheen also retracted her divination spell.
The changes in the sky were not caused by her.
She understood that a real crisis had descended.
If she forced the spell to continue, once interrupted, she would suffer severe backlash and be unable to fight, and the spell would also enter cooldown.
But voluntarily interrupting it would not trigger the cooldown.
The enemy seemed to be warning her that she could not proceed with this divination any longer.
The moment Sheen retracted the spell, she attempted to attack that spatial gate.
However, the result was that the spatial gate magical device seemed hidden in the void; no attack could hit it.
"CRACK CRACK..."
The sky was like glass being gradually shattered; that crack actually spread slowly, soon occupying more than half the space.
In the next instant, the sky above the entire Royal Capital seemed to brighten up a lot all of a sudden, and faintly, some rays of light shone onto the ground through the crack.
Subsequently, a figure stood amidst the brilliance. No one could see his face clearly; only a pair of eyes could be seen, eyes that seemed to have already peered through everything in the current world, emitting dazzling light.
And in the deepest part of these eyes, there was an endless coldness. This coldness did not seem to be due to ruthlessness, but because having seen through everything, he no longer needed any emotions.
Just like a god needs no emotions.
Behind him were six mysterious black shadows, waiting with him for this spatial gate to be completely constructed.
Soon.
They would descend into the Filowen Royal Capital from this breach!
"Agamemnon... you actually really obtained the power of space..."
Sheen looked up at this figure in the sky, her expression gradually becoming severe, and murmured.
Undoubtedly, this figure was the most dangerous person of the Resurrection Church—the Pontiff.
Although the Resurrection Church publicly claimed the Pontiff's name was Agamemnon, no one knew what this mysterious figure's true name was.
And behind him were exactly the six Bishops who should have been in the northern kingdoms!
They had jumped across an ultra-long distance through space magic along with the Pontiff!
The people of the Filowen Royal Capital all looked at the situation in the sky, their expressions changing from panic to terror.
The sky of the entire Royal Capital seemed to have turned into a mural of a calamity epic, and the lives of mortals would become like grass in the moments to come.
The tragic situation of the attack on the northern kingdoms previously was about to be replicated in the Filowen Kingdom.
People finally knew what the Resurrection Church wanted to do.
Adding the three Bishops already in the Filowen Kingdom.
The Resurrection Church, using a feint to the east while striking the west and defying common sense with space magic, had gathered all its combat power to sweep through the Filowen Royal Capital!
PART 2
Even with many Tier 8 powerhouses and Sheen.
It was impossible to resist the Resurrection Church's surprise attack!
Unless a large number of Tier 8 powerhouses or Tier 9 powerhouses from other kingdoms provided support, only then might it be possible to survive this calamity.
The moment this space magic was completed would probably be the time the end of the Filowen Kingdom arrived.
Moreover, the Resurrection Church's goal was very clear.
They were targeting Sheen at the award ceremony!
Astrologer Sheen was undoubtedly a thorn in the Resurrection Church's side, even arguably the intelligence core of the Kingdom Federation, having restricted the Resurrection Church's activities in the current world for years.
As long as she could be killed, the Resurrection Church would be completely liberated in the current world.
At that time, they would transform into true calamity.
In the mansion where the Norton Kingdom delegation was located, Cloix and Ice Snow Princess Judith had already rushed towards the direction of the arena where Sheen was.
Other Tier 8s were also rushing towards the arena at full speed to support.
However, watching the formation speed of the spatial gate in the sky, they probably wouldn't make it in time.
Under the siege of the Pontiff and the Bishops, not only Sheen but even Dekan and the others would be easily crushed.
Cornelia and Mi’e took Flora and Alice, protecting them to evacuate from the Filowen Royal Capital at full speed.
In the sky.
The Pontiff seemed to pay no attention to Sheen, only staring coldly at the [Destiny Divination] in her hand.
"This is a domain you should not touch."
The Pontiff's voice came from the sky, like a god pronouncing judgment on human crimes.
Originally, his goal this time was just to kill Sheen, but he didn't expect an unexpected harvest.
At other times, even if he could detect Sheen's movements, he couldn't determine if it was her true body.
Only now, with Sheen personally using a Tier 9 Epic spell, could he ensure catching Sheen's true body!
"Sure enough, you're anxious?"
Hearing the Pontiff's words, Sheen was stunned for a moment, then laughed awe-inspiringly.
She knew that the domain mortals shouldn't touch, which the Pontiff referred to, was the Tier 10 Shadow World!
This also indirectly confirmed that Sheen's guess had some accuracy.
When Sheen and Dekan, each holding a fragment of the puzzle, truly met, they would piece together intelligence that threatened the "mysterious clan" possibly existing behind the Pontiff!
"Originally, the goal this time was only to kill you, the biggest hidden danger. I didn't expect, Bishop of Agony, that you are the biggest hidden danger."
The Pontiff was not angry at Sheen's provocation but turned his gaze from Sheen to Dekan.
The moment he was stared at directly by the Pontiff, even across the void, Dekan felt as if he was standing on a sliver of thin ice, liable to fall into an endless icy abyss at any time.
Dekan had faced Tier 9 powerhouses directly.
Back in the Demon Realm Prison Shadow World, the four of them had fought against the incomplete Tier 9 Warden.
Reasonably speaking, even if it was Tier 9, Dekan felt there was a way to deal with it.
But this Pontiff, even from far away, emitted an oppressive feeling that made Dekan feel surrounded by bone-chilling stormy waves, with countless turbulences surging through his consciousness!
He was on a completely different level from the Warden!
Dekan finally understood why Sheen said the Pontiff, who was also Tier 9, was strong in a way that didn't seem human.
But Dekan also smiled.
Compared to Adair and Argel beside him, whose expressions were already filled with fear.
Dekan's expression was more like Sheen's.
A bitter, helpless smile.
As if about to face a tough battle that he had mentally prepared for but didn't want to face no matter what.
Really hacking, huh, Little Pontiff?
If Mi’e hadn't mentioned it casually, even Dekan wouldn't have cared about this situation.
The current situation was truly the worst.
Dekan had considered many ways the Resurrection Church could cause trouble.
But what appeared happened to be this least probable and most magically realistic situation.
In the sky, the spatial gate seemed almost formed, and soon the Pontiff and the Bishops would also successfully descend.
The Pontiff seemed somewhat puzzled by Dekan and Sheen's attitude.
These two people didn't look like they were about to die at all.
As if they still had a backup plan.
"Little hater, didn't expect we'd have to fight the Pontiff so soon."
Dekan turned his head and said to Sheen.
"You really have a blessed mouth. Saying it casually that day, who could have thought that just a few days later, I'd really have to accompany you to fight the Pontiff."
Sheen also shook her head helplessly, her tone becoming a bit more like that usual little reporter.
Their conversation obviously surprised everyone present.
Why did Dekan's attitude towards Sheen become so casual? And Sheen wasn't angry?
And what did "little hater" mean?
Could it be these two actually knew each other well?
Now it looked more like both of them were getting serious, and since the live broadcast was cut off, they could let their true natures loose a bit more.
Just at the instant the spatial gate was about to completely open the passage.
As if the energy was cut off, the spatial rift started to shrink rapidly after expanding to the maximum.
"Insufficient payment, Little Pontiff."
Dekan breathed a sigh of relief seeing the spatial gate finally start to recede.
It seemed this gamble was a narrow victory.
Just a little bit more, and this spatial gate would have been completed.
Fortunately, the energy from the magical energy station of the northern kingdoms seized by the Resurrection Church wasn't enough.
To deal with this "opponent using space hacks" situation, Dekan had given the barrier formula principle of [Temptation of the Mortal World] to Sheen when he met her!
They had almost no defensive measures against ultra-long-distance space magic.
Only ancient books had relevant records of this kind of magic.
The information available was scarce, but useful.
Space teleportation magic consumed enormous energy; it either required precise coordinates or the caster needed to have been to the target location.
Throughout the entire process of the spell's operation, whether starting the spell or finishing the spell, it would be accompanied by huge mana consumption.
So Sheen, who held the central authority of the Filowen Royal Capital, also added a function of double mana consumption to the city defense barrier!
And she had activated this function.
Thus, the energy consumption of the spatial gate increased dramatically.
Seeing that he was about to descend into the Filowen Royal Capital, the Pontiff's expression finally turned gloomy.
"Sheen...? Or is it you, Dekan? Did you guess it? Or did a mole leak something to you?"
The Pontiff stared at Sheen and Dekan, smiling mockingly.
"But aren't you underestimating me too much?"
As his voice fell, black hole-like materialized magic power surged on the Pontiff's body.
This was a terrifying magic power intensity and mana volume that made everyone capable of sensing magic power tremble uncontrollably.
As if it had surpassed the limit a human could reach in a lifetime by countless times.
The Pontiff raised his hand and pressed against the gradually thickening spatial barrier.
Instantly, the sky let out a mournful cry as if completely shattering.
Using his monster-like mana, the Pontiff filled the energy vacancy of the spatial teleportation gate and forcibly descended here!