The young lady wore the same attire and held the same stick that resembled a magic wand, which he saw earlier. Marybelle gazed at him and didn’t say a word. She sized him up carefully from head to toe. Upon sensing her gaze, Rhode twitched his brows and said.
“Marybelle.”
“…”
Marybelle didn’t respond and just stood on the spot. In fact, Rhode didn’t know how long he had been waiting. The two of them simply stood in their place. He didn’t know what Marybelle was trying to do, while the latter continued to stare at him silently like an artist appreciating artwork. He couldn’t figure out where she had gotten that much patience from…
However, he wasn’t a fool either. He reckoned that this must be some kind of a test. It was just like a blind date, where the man and woman must be to their liking, and not only in terms of hobbies and communications. It also involved a series of strange tests. For instance, whether one had the bad habit of arriving late for dates by two to three hours, or if one had a good drinking capacity to entertain the other party’s family and friends… Why does it feel more inappropriate and wrong the more I think about it?
Rhode shrugged at this thought. He dwindled the odd ideas in his head and continued waiting on the spot. After an unknown period of time, Marybelle lowered her gaze and laid down the magic wand. But even so, Rhode still felt her aura locking onto him from all directions. Even though Marybelle stood before him, he was certain that it was only a phantom of hers. Her real self must be still hidden in the mist somewhere and didn’t show up yet. This piqued his curiosity and left him amused because judging from her behavior, Marybelle wasn’t being cautious anymore, but was acting timidly instead. The impression she gave him was like a crime boss hiding in an underground shelter several hundred meters deep from a surface that was built with bulletproof glasses. Not only would she contact her men using the satellite system, but she also wouldn’t accept food from outsiders. She also wouldn’t take a bite before ensuring that the food delivered to her was tested to be non-poisonous. She must be on edge all the time to be so afraid of death.
That was why Rhode was dubious about her. Even though his younger sister was confident about her personality, humans tended to change, after all. Perhaps even a childhood friend might change after not meeting for 10 years, not to mention 65 million years. Moreover, Rhode didn’t know what Marybelle had encountered here, which was why he could only act according to the situation.
After some time, Marybelle seemed to confirm her doubts. She tapped the air lightly with the magic wand before nodding at Rhode. Shortly after, the mist surrounding them dispersed and rolled forward once again, devouring her entirely. The thick, dense mist covered his vision once again and he shrugged helplessly. He didn’t know what was going on and could only continue moving forward.
But he quickly realized that the mist seemed to become thinner. It was entirely white earlier, but had gradually dissipated, revealing traces of shadows before him. And as soon as he saw the shadows, a strong gust of wind forced him to close his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he was astonished to see that everything around him had transformed.
The white mist and towering pyramid were gone. At a glance, the murals and dome around him were also no longer there. Instead, it was a dark blue sky, verdant land, tall trees, blue rippling lake in the distance, as well as…
———!
In a loud, sharp hiss, an enormous figure strode out and emerged before him. It was around 20 meters tall. Its long neck and massive body made one feel like it was an indomitable creature and every step it took shook the ground. Rhode lifted his head and narrowed his eyes. The towering creature had even concealed the radiance of the sun above him.
At this moment, several magical radiance flashed across his eyes.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lightning bolts descended from the heavens, penetrating the dinosaur before him entirely. The pitiful dinosaur was only able to let out a tragic shriek before its enormous body collapsed to the ground. Shortly after, Rhode witnessed three to five men clad in luxurious robes falling from the sky and arriving before him in trails of magical radiance. However, they didn’t seem to notice Rhode at all, not even when he stood only a few steps away from them. Those men didn’t seem to have the intention to shift their gaze toward him either.
“Your Highness, everything is going well. We’ve cleaned up this area entirely.”
“Good.”
A gentle voice rang in Rhode’s ear. He turned around and saw Marybelle strolling toward him. She scanned the vast land before her and at that moment, Rhode discovered that he was standing on a plateau. However, Marybelle didn’t emphasize anything. She simply gazed at the dead dinosaur and gestured with her hand.
“Bring this monster back as food for everyone. Everything is going well. All we need to do next is to build a palace and activate the Door of Akasha. Everyone, this is the Lord’s wish. We need to give our best.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Suddenly, the scene accelerated like a movie being fast forwarded. Rhode clearly witnessed how the people built a towering palace and tamed the dinosaurs into becoming their mounts. While Marybelle commanded her subordinates to explore the outer areas, she began contacting the others. Up until this moment, Rhode realized that before the five Creator Dragons sent their subordinates to the new world, they had specially given them a crystal ball each that could release a spatial shield to prevent them from being swept away by the spatial turbulence. Of course, considering that there were hundreds of people in each team, one crystal ball wasn’t enough to enfold everyone. That was why the representatives went separate ways and due to this reason, they didn’t reunite after transmigrating to Earth, but were sent to different parts of Earth instead. Judging from this point, Rhode felt like this resembled a strategy simulation game where one was born in a random area, began to establish territory, and got into wars with other territories…
After witnessing the various scenes, it could be seen that these inhabitants of the Dragon Soul Continent who came to Earth were able to adapt well. Be it the weather, plants, or animals, none posed any threats to them. Although there were occasional spreads of illnesses, they weren’t defeated by them like the pitiful Martians in the movie, War of the Worlds. After all, the effects of spiritual spells from the Dragon Soul Continent still worked here. Even though their effectiveness declined, it was more than enough to deal with the ‘armless’ dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Period.
According to this speed of development, there shouldn’t be any problems for the Dragon Soul Continent to colonize Earth. In fact, everything seemed to turn out fine to Rhode as there weren’t any potential dangers either. At that moment, Marybelle was just like what his younger sister described: a meticulous and cautious person. She considered all possible dangers and accidents and set up everything orderly. Judging from this aspect, she was like the ultimate evolution of Marlene. But unlike Marlene, Rhode realized that Marybelle was correspondingly more flexible as though her brain were coming up with countermeasures against every situation at all times and could be utilized whenever would be needed. Based on this aspect, she was much more capable than Marlene who needed to plan ahead in order to be flexible. Perhaps this was why the Void Dragon had eventually chosen her and not Marlene to lead the team.
Everything seemed normal and nothing was unreasonable or dangerous, which was why no matter how, Rhode just couldn’t figure out what exactly went wrong. The only possibility was that something happened to the representatives. But after witnessing Lydia’s and Erin’s reactions, Rhode knew that Marybelle was the strongest among them in terms of strength, while the others couldn’t match up against her. So, what exactly went wrong?
At this moment, the scene changed abruptly.
Rhode returned to the warm, comfortable room in the palace. Marybelle who sat opposite him was engrossed in recording her findings. Frankly speaking, Rhode didn’t understand why Marybelle and the others didn’t activate the Door of Akasha right after arriving at Earth. Then, Rhode learned from his younger sister that activating the Door of Akasha required a certain amount of time as it was an ultimate creation artifact, after all. If the representatives were the Creator Dragons instead, they would be able to activate it anytime. But even a mighty deity warden like Marybelle had to wait for the power in the Door of Akasha to decline to a certain stage before the seal could be activated. This was the only way to ensure that the sealed dragon soul powers wouldn’t be devoured by the Door of Akasha and they wouldn’t fall short of success.
And now, everything went on well. After contacting the other four representatives, Marybelle and the rest assembled the Door of Akasha and all that was left was to find an opportune timing to activate the seal of the dragon soul powers, followed by the Door of Akasha.
Rain was pouring outside with occasional lightning striking across the sky like a wild storm.
At that moment, someone knocked on the door hurriedly. Marybelle twitched her brow.
“Come in.”
The door opened and a man entered in a fluster.
“Reporting, Your Highness. We’re under attack!”
“Oh?”
Upon hearing his report, Marybelle stopped her work and turned to him. At that moment, Rhode also pulled himself together. It was apparent that if he wasn’t wrong, as he was witnessing now the ‘accident’ portrayed on the murals.
“Where?”
“The sentries stationed around the Door of Akasha sent a signal two minutes ago. Should we…”
“I will check it out myself.”
Before he finished his sentence, Marybelle stood up and headed out of the room. At the next moment, the scene changed yet again. The roaring storm, as well as dark clouds and flashing lightning bolts enveloped the entire world. The forest below them swayed to the violent storm. Rhode followed Marybelle closely, witnessing the flickering magical radiance on the ground below.
Almost at the same time, Rhode determined this to be a fierce battle. All sorts of magical radiance enveloped nearly half the forest. Not only that, but the frequent eruption of flares and explosions also proved his guesses. This fight was on the other extreme end than it was with the enormous dinosaur before, where everyone could take it down effortlessly. It was apparent that they were in a tough battle.
Looking at this scene, Marybelle narrowed her eyes, leaped off the plateau, and landed safely on the lower ground.
“Your Highness Marybelle.”
Upon witnessing her arrival, the eyes of the people in the tough battle glinted with hope, and Rhode used this opportunity to witness their battle style. Unlike Rhode’s era, it seemed like spell casters from that period of time were experts in positional fights. They used magic and spiritual spells to cast an indestructible turtle shell of a magical barrier, before hiding in its safety from all sorts of enemy bombardments. Not only that, but Rhode also discovered that these people had mastered this style of skills. They had a clear division of labor among themselves within the small turtle shell, where there were also members appointed responsible for rotation. It could be seen that they were prepared in facing such attacks. Facing ambushes, the most important thing to do was to stabilize their footing and wait for reinforcements. Based on this, they did pretty well.
At that moment, Rhode finally saw the ‘enemies’ who encircled and attacked them. He had to admit that even though he was mentally prepared, he was still astonished when he saw them with his own eyes!
A Tyrannosaurus that was almost ten meters tall stood outside the magical barrier, bellowing at them fiercely. From time to time, several pitch-black, mysterious figures shuttled past the dinosaur like roaming ghosts, leaping high up and launching attacks on the people. However, the mages quickly cast their magic spells to repel them. Based on this observation, it seemed like the creatures weren’t any different from ordinary dinosaurs. However, Rhode sharply detected a layer of mystical dark mist around them!
“What exactly is going on?”
Apparently, Marybelle also seemed to notice this. She knitted her brows and asked softly.
“I don’t know, Your Highness Marybelle. We were attacked by these monsters all of a sudden. I don’t know what is going on exactly but something is definitely wrong with these monsters!”
Roarrrr———!
At the same time, the Tyrannosaurus leading its pack let out a raging growl, turning around to swing its long, humongous tail at the edge of the magical barrier like a whip. This powerful blow caused the sturdy barrier to flicker and not only that, but the Tyrannosaurus also widened its jaw, took in a deep breath of air, and spurted out dark flames that turned into a fireball that struck the barrier in front of it. The defensive barrier that was able to resist its previous attack turned dull almost instantly. If it weren’t for the people inside who upheld it, perhaps the attack would have punctured it completely.
Looking at this scene, Rhode was so astounded that his jaw almost dropped. At that moment, he truly suspected if he had transmigrated to the wrong place. Even though he had seen introductions of dinosaurs in movies, science films, and museums, none of them mentioned that ‘Tyrannosauruses were capable of spurting flames’… Could the archaeologists please get the facts right?
On the other hand, Marybelle’s expression turned grim. She extended her arm and held the magic wand, tapping it lightly toward the enormous dinosaur.
If it was said that Rhode didn’t have a chance to directly observe this so-called ‘Presence Deity Warden’ before, this time he finally witnessed what a ‘Presence Deity Warden’ was.
Marybelle held the short magic wand and tapped it forward gently.
Just a single tap.
Sudden changes occurred to the high and mighty Tyrannosaurus. Not only that, but the other creatures around it also came to a halt entirely, before turning into light dust that vanished into the darkness. In the blink of an eye, the dozen terrifying and mysterious creatures disappeared completely. They existed in this world no more.
Witnessing this scene, Rhode took in a deep breath of cold air.
This power… is absolutely godlike.
It wasn’t that he didn’t imagine Marybelle’s style of battle and power before, but he still found it unbelievable after witnessing it for himself. She merely tapped her wand once and it was enough to turn the enemies into ashes. After witnessing her actions, the spell-casters apparently felt assured. Marybelle turned around and scanned everyone from head to toe.
“Is anyone hurt?”
“No, Your Highness Marybelle.”
“Good.”
Upon hearing the answer, Marybelle sized up everyone. After ensuring nothing was wrong, she nodded in certainty.
“You guys, head back and get some rest. I will check on the Door of Akasha,” she said.
