Chapter 976: Dark Demon, Angel’s Liquid (Seeking Subscriptions and Votes)
Dark’s gaze flickered as he asked, “Can you sense the direction?” “Yes!” Lucilla Artemis immediately raised her hand and stepped out of the train car, saying as she walked, “Not only can I sense the direction, but I can also pinpoint it instantly.”
Dark immediately picked up Shenmi and got up to follow. The imp beast agilely flew onto his shoulder.
Aurora frowned as she looked at the wind elemental blessing wrapped around her fingers and followed suit.
The demon king Aldrich, huddled outside the train car, blinked and let out a “mewl.”
Lucilla Artemis raised her left hand, and the green gem on her bracelet shot out a very thin beam of green light.
As if in response, another similar green light shot upward from somewhere in the AD direction.
“Little kitty!” Dark called out loudly.
The demon king Aldrich, who had been lazily lounging just moments ago, suddenly perked up. The natural aura he exuded made the fairy tale animal, a little rabbit, unhappy enough to slap him.
“Mewl…” The demon king Aldrich immediately showed a pouty expression.
It was over in an instant.
Dark’s face darkened as he pointed towards where the green light appeared and said, “Go!” The demon king Aldrich immediately spread his wings, transforming into a pitch-black lightning bolt in an instant.
The fairy tale animal, the little rabbit, turned its carriage around and flew in that direction.
The thousand-meter distance passed in an instant.
“In the name of Dark Demon, mana summoning — [Pride Level 3]!”
The spell cage: imp beast evolved into a mature demon beast under the light of [Pride Level 3].
Dark grabbed the demon beast’s arm.
The latter immediately used instant teleportation to bring it to the ground. Lucilla Artemis waved her hand lightly, and one of the golems clinging to her back spread out a pair of light wings, carrying her down to the ground.
Aurora thought for a moment and still followed the chariot of the moon goddess as it slowly descended. On the ground,
When Dark arrived via instant teleportation, he saw the demon king Aldrich… instantly tackle an elven girl with emerald-green hair!
“Stop!”
Dark’s eyes widened, and he hurriedly shouted.
The demon king Aldrich immediately froze, stopping the bite on her delicate neck.
But the attack of the elven girl did not stop.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and green vines extended from her back, piercing her arms, making them abnormally thick and powerful.
But she faced the demon king Aldrich.
The demon king Aldrich simply lay on top of her, unmoved by her scratching, biting, or clawing.
Her tiny body seemed like a mountain, completely suppressing her.
However, the situation on the other side was not so clear.
The one engaging in combat with Angrey was none other than the elf girl Zeni Burns’ golem!
At this moment, Angrey was already armed with the Aquarius Sacred Armor, which looked like crystal carvings, flawless and exquisite.
She maintained the Aquarius Sacred Armor through the consumption of the Lesser Phoenix Blood Pill, having fought for three hours straight!
But her opponent was not just a forest elf.
“What happened?”
Dark noticed that the wind elemental blessing still had no reaction, so he waved his hand and said, “Shenmi, aromatic healing!”
Shenmi’s eyes narrowed, and the petals on both sides of her body violently trembled, releasing more fragrance toward the forest elf girl.
The forest elf girl was clearly in an abnormal state, and the aromatic healing was perfectly targeted.
As she gradually calmed down in the fragrance, the demon king Aldrich leaped off her and turned to pounce on the two golems attacking Angrey.
—The battle ended quickly.
Zeni Burns’ two golems lost their support from the magus and were no match for the demon king Aldrich. They were soon sent back to the mana card.
At this point, Lucilla Artemis finally descended from above, looking at the scene in shock.
Then she immediately rushed toward Zeni Burns.
On the other side, Angrey, released from combat, lifted her helmet and breathed heavily.
Dark approached her and handed her a bottle of [Gushing Milk]. Angrey took the milk bottle and drank it all, regaining her energy. “What happened?” Dark asked, voicing his doubts.
Angrey replied succinctly, “A monster that drives people mad.”
Dark frowned and asked, “Where is that monster?”
Angrey deactivated her armor, pulled out a gold medal from her bag, and said, “It’s dead.”
She handed the gold medal to Dark, saying, “This is something that appeared after it died. I think it should be useful.”
Dark took the gold medal and glanced at it. The front of the medal was carved with the goddess Aphrodite dancing among flowers.
This statue of Aphrodite indeed bore a striking resemblance to the one they had seen before.
Dark casually put the medal in his backpack, somewhat regretfully saying, “What about the other one? I mean, the one we were chasing.”
He pointed to the forest elf girl over there.
Angrey frowned and said, “I encountered her not long ago. Does every person get chased by monsters?”
Dark nodded and said, “Based on what I know, it’s basically everyone. And as long as those monsters are killed, one can obtain a gold medal. With yours, I now have four.”
Angrey immediately realized, “So you’ve found Aurora?”
“I’m here, Sister Angrey,” Aurora greeted as she descended with the chariot of the moon goddess.
Angrey immediately felt relieved and said, “That’s good. By the way, where’s Headmaid Olivia?”
Dark said, “We haven’t met up yet. Tell me about that forest elf.”
Angrey said, “Nothing major. The monster chasing me could control other monsters. I’ve been evading it since I entered here. I intended to kill it, but it kept blocking me with the monsters it controlled. Not long ago, I encountered the forest elf over there. She helped by holding off the other monsters, allowing me to finally kill the monster leader. But that forest elf also received a curse from the dying monster, causing her to go berserk. The curse doesn’t affect me, but I couldn’t dispel it. Fortunately, the young master found us.”
She spoke lightly, but the whole process was clearly much more complicated. Otherwise, her wind elemental blessing wouldn’t have been consumed.
Dark didn’t reveal anything and said, “We were too far apart; otherwise, we should have met sooner.”
Angrey said, “It’s not too late now.”
Dark sighed inwardly and walked toward the forest elf, saying, “Let’s go and see her.”
The condition of the forest elf Zeni Burns was very poor.
But that was not caused by madness.
Before meeting Angrey, she seemed to have already suffered severe injuries.
She herself possessed quite excellent healing spells, which allowed her to treat the surface wounds.
But her vitality had been severely depleted as a result. Additionally, it appeared that her mental energy had also been damaged.
The subsequent mental curse caused her mental trauma to recur. Even though the curse was purified by the spell “Aromatic Healing,” it ultimately led to her losing consciousness.
“Let’s move her into the train car first.” Dark said.
Lucia Artemis was reminded by him and quickly snapped out of it, carrying Zenny Burns onto the carriage.
Their relationship seemed to be quite good, with Lucia showing deep concern for her.
With Aurora’s help, Zenny Burns was carried into the train car and laid down flat.
After Dark followed in, he further confirmed Zenny Burns’ injuries through Lucia’s mouth.
“If it’s an injury on the mental level, we can only wait for her to wake up naturally.” Dark said.
Lucia Artemis said with a slightly heavy tone, “That’s all we can do.”
Dark comforted her, “Fortunately, we have a vehicle, don’t we?”
Lucia Artemis said, “Alright, this is indeed very fortunate.”
Dark said, “Her mental state doesn’t seem too serious; perhaps she just needs enough sleep.”
Aurora echoed, “Sleep is the best treatment; maybe she’ll be fine after waking up.”
Lucia Artemis sighed, “Alright, I know you’re trying to comfort me. I’m fine. Zenny won’t be either. Like you said, she just needs some time to recover.”
Dark said, “We’ll take a break here for a while.”
…
Not only does Zenny Burns need time to recover, but Angrey also needs time to rest.
In fact, once she sat down, she immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep, her head slowly sinking.
Dark placed her flat on the bench, tidied up her messy hair, but his gaze remained on Zenny Burns.
About ten minutes later.
Everyone’s emotions had returned to a stable state.
Only then did Dark suggest, “Shouldn’t we check if Zenny Burns obtained the gold medal?”
Lucia Artemis pondered slightly before saying, “Although I’d like to say we should wait until Zenny wakes up, the situation doesn’t allow it. Let me check.”
She acted surprisingly decisively, diving right into the search.
But a few minutes later, her expression turned somewhat heavy as she said, “Unfortunately, there isn’t one.”
The weight of the gold medal would be significant if it were in the bag, making it obvious.
Unless Zenny Burns also had a space skill similar to the Dimensional Stomach.
Otherwise, Lucia Artemis’s search proved that she didn’t have the gold medal.
But if she could detach herself to help Angrey fight, how could she not have the gold medal?
Could it be that after killing the monster chasing her, she didn’t find the gold medal? But according to Angrey, the gold medal would appear from the monster’s corpse upon death.
It was impossible to miss!
“Could it be that even with such severe injuries, she didn’t manage to kill the monster chasing her?”
Dark clasped his hands together, interlacing his fingers, and said with a heavy tone, “Although, this is the most reasonable explanation.”
Lucia Artemis said, “If that’s true, then we should already have been targeted by the monster chasing her.”
Lucia Artemis furrowed her brow slightly and asked, “Is this good or bad news?”
Dark suddenly smiled and said, “This is definitely good news!”
As he straightened his back, he added, “I hope it will act soon. My cat is already ravenous.”
Life often does not go as one wishes.
The monster chasing Zenny Burns, which might still be alive, had not made any move and left no trace.
After resting in place for half an hour, Dark ordered the “Fairy Tale Animal · Little Rabbit” to drive the “Chariot of the Moon Goddess” toward the central city’s “Endymion Tower.”
“Endymion Tower” was directly beneath the large halo. Regardless of how you looked at it, the person behind the scenes was guiding them toward “Endymion Tower.”
The overall structure of “Endymion Tower” was incredibly slender. Without divine grace, it would be impossible to build.
Yet, the current “Endymion Tower” stood tall, as if it had never been broken.
At the very top of “Endymion Tower,” there was a spacious circular platform compared to the tower itself—the roof!
Dark speculated that the final gathering point should be on that roof. But if twelve gold medals couldn’t be collected, what use would it be for everyone to reach the roof?
The “Chariot of the Moon Goddess” slowly drove toward “Endymion Tower.” Dark restarted his plan to excavate divine artifacts.
With the help of the “Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes,” he collected more divine relics containing residual divinity as he walked.
The “Fossil Pterodactyl” absorbed all the “Ancient Power” from those divine relics, pushing the progress to 93%!
After breaking through 90%, the collection of “Ancient Power” became increasingly difficult.
But if one wasn’t enough, two would do. If two weren’t enough, then ten.
Anyway, in this “Heavenly Court,” there was no shortage of shattered divine relics with residual divinity.
Dark continued to excavate divine artifacts, contributing to the “Fossil Pterodactyl’s” “Ancient Power.”
In the blink of an eye, another hour passed, and the monster chasing Zenny Burns still hadn’t appeared.
But by then, the cooldown for the “Magical Beast: Destroyer God”’s “Lost Prophecy” had reset.
Dark took a deep breath and said to it, “Make a prophecy! Find Sister Olivia.”
The “Magical Beast: Destroyer God” gave a charming smile and cast “Lost Prophecy.”
Moments later, she extended her finger and gently pointed toward the direction of “Endymion Tower,” saying, “It’s over there.”
“Over there?” Dark asked doubtfully.
The “Magical Beast: Destroyer God” said, “Yes, it is over there. But this prophecy feels somehow off.”
Dark frowned and said, “Tell me the distance and the time.”
The “Magical Beast: Destroyer God” hesitated for a moment and said, “Around two hundred fifty kilometers, the time is unknown.”
“Unknown time?” Dark pressed on.
The “Magical Beast: Destroyer God” carefully thought and then said, “Something interfered with the prophecy… I don’t know.”
“How can you not know?” Dark’s tone intensified.
The “Magical Beast: Destroyer God” spread her hands and said, “I just don’t know!”
Her voice grew louder, and Dark realized his concern was clouding his judgment. He felt embarrassed and said, “My…”
Aurora felt equally nervous in her heart, furrowing her brows.
Pondered, “Sister Olivia, it might be that we have entered a special place. Let’s get to the location first and see?”
Dark rubbed his temples and said, “I hope nothing goes wrong.” Fortunately, half of the prophecy by the Magical Beast: Destroyer God had already come true. They clearly knew the direction and distance the prophecy pointed to. Thus, they could roughly determine the location Olivia was about to reach. However, the two hundred and fifty kilometers distance was indeed too far, making it highly unlikely for them to meet Olivia.
Yet, these were not reasons to stop moving forward.
This period would allow Angrey to get some proper rest.
The chariot of the Moon Goddess rose again, maintaining its ten-meter height as it continued towards the Tower of Endymion.
However, every time the Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes saw a faint divine aura flow, the carriage would pause, and Dark would disembark to dig for divine items while hunting nearby creatures.
This went on for about half an hour.
When Dark stepped down from the carriage again, he found himself at the edge of a well!
This well appeared like a fountain, except for the statue in the center being cut in half; there were no signs of pollution anywhere!
The liquid in the fountain was crystal clear, giving a feeling of purity.
Dark immediately checked his surroundings and was astonished to find that there were no concealed creatures around—it was clearly unreasonable!
Upon noticing this, Dark instantly became alert. But after a while of vigilance, no creature appeared. This made him ask, “Where is the flow of divine aura?”
The Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes pointed at the fountain and said, “This time, it came from inside.”
Throughout this journey, Dark had encountered many wells, mostly choosing to bypass them. But the Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes had been observing, and none of those wells showed any divine aura flowing. Why did only this fountain well have divine aura coming out?
The only conceivable explanation was that a divine item was hidden in the well. But the water in this fountain was crystal clear, allowing one to see through the entire pool, with no other items hidden.
Unless the divine item was buried deeper under the fountain. But if that were the case, searching above the fountain would be meaningless.
Moreover, this fountain gave him an extremely ominous feeling.
He stared at the fountain, pondering briefly, then took out the water bottle from the side of his backpack, asking the Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes to fill it with water.
One reason why there were no concealed creatures around the fountain was that this wasn’t a special kind of well, and the water in the pool was just ordinary water.
But Dark instinctively felt that this couldn’t be possible.
He observed his surroundings with great caution, ready to have the Demon King: Eldridge intervene at any moment.
But the danger didn’t come from the surroundings.
Instead, it suddenly emerged from the crystal-clear fountain! Almost as soon as the Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes dipped the water bottle into the pool, the water in the entire fountain pool suddenly stood upright!
“Water elemental?”
Dark guessed aloud and quickly retreated.
A pure water elemental lifeform indeed looked exactly like water. It lay in the pool, indistinguishable except for a higher concentration of elements.
If this water elemental had blocked the well opening and driven away the creatures hiding around, it would be a reasonable explanation.
However, when the “water elemental” fully revealed itself, Dark was suddenly startled to realize it wasn’t a “water elemental” but a… Water Angel!
Water Angel!
Completely different from the makeshift ones on the Mountain of Gods.
This Water Angel, which suddenly revealed itself, emitted an incredibly pure divine aura.
It had previously hidden itself in the form of water, but still leaked a faint divine aura, which was captured by the Magical Beast: Goddess of Heartful Eyes, leading Dark here.
Now exposed, it no longer concealed its aura, and the pure divine aura and the sacred pressure of an angel spread instantly.
The only thing to be relieved about was that it wasn’t a light attribute angel, but a purely water attribute angel!
This Water Angel stood up from the fountain pool, its body rapidly taking shape, but its skin remained translucent like water.
It looked like a statue carved from water, with delicate facial features and muscular contours, radiating a neutral beauty.
It had no gender, with angelic wings spreading out, sprinkling droplets of water, and a halo above its head emitting pure light.
But it wasn’t flawless.
Its hair was thick, resembling snake-like water elements entwining atop its head, causing a shiver upon closer inspection.
—This Water Angel had no expression! “Retreat!”
Dark had no intention of engaging with such a semi-divine species. But he didn’t have the Imp Beast that had evolved into a Demon Beast beside him, so he couldn’t use Instant Teleportation to retreat immediately.
Although he didn’t know what problem this Water Angel had, it was clearly off.
Dark quickly retreated, while the Demon King: Eldridge on his shoulder lunged forward.
“God-devouring Beast!”
Dark’s voice had barely echoed when the Demon King: Eldridge began transforming.
Clearly, the mere presence of the Water Angel made it feel threatened enough to instinctively transform and fight back.
“Goddamn!”
As the Demon King: Eldridge transformed into the God-devouring Beast, it instantly regained the memories of Demon King Number Two and immediately cursed.
Even though it had once been a Demon King, it had never seen a real angel before.
The angels summoned by Magus and the false angels summoned by the Church of the Saints were all “fakes.”
But this Water Angel made it instinctively feel that it was a “real” angel!
An alarm bell sounded in its soul. It almost instinctively wanted to flee.
But the command chains bound it tightly, forcing its body to lunge towards the Water Angel.
“Iron Body!”
Following the command, the Demon King: Eldridge’s fur turned silver-white during its transformation and pounce, symbolizing steel.
It transformed from a black cat into a silver cat.
The Water Angel also attacked fiercely, its calm expression unchanging.
Its palm lifted, a water elemental spear rotating at high speed, shooting lightning-fast towards the Demon King: Eldridge’s chest.
The battle began instantly, undeniable and unstoppable!
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