Chapter 560: Fallen Angels
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Looking at the vast star map on the Dimension Star Indicator, Yang Ling was beyond excited. Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, he was still unable to find the familiar Big Dipper, nor could he find the blue Earth.
Could it be that he had come to another galaxy or even another universe?
Looking at the completely unfamiliar star map, Yang Ling shook his head helplessly. At first, he had still thought that the so-called dimension is a planet, and after finding the position of Earth on the Dimension Star Indicator, he would be able to ride on a Wandering Divine Beast to go back one day. He did not expect that even after looking for a long time, he did not even manage to find the star map of the Milky Way, much less the tiny, tiny Earth.
“The Dimension Star Indicator, according to legend, is a Divine Weapon made by the Dimensional Wanderer, and could accurately pinpoint the position of every dimension. Not to mention in an ordinary physical dimension, it is extremely rare to find it even in the various large core dimensions. “You can’t buy it even if you have money!” Hydra, who had transformed into a Snake Maiden, was beyond excited. She did not expect to encounter this type of treasure here.
“Where is the Tailun Continent? And where is the Magical Beast Dimension that you talked about?” Yang Ling passed the Dimension Star Indicator to the excited Hydra.
“My Lord, this…” Hydra smiled awkwardly, a light pink blush on her cheeks. “I only know that this is the Dimension Star Indicator, but as for how to use it, I’m not sure.”
“If you don’t know how to use the Dimension Star Indicator, then how will you return to the Magical Beast Dimension in the future?” Yang Ling shook his head.
At first, he had thought to go the Dimension of Dead Souls or the Magical Beast Dimension to look for the traces of the Ancient Wizard after getting the Dimension Star Indicator. But he had not thought that even Hydra did not know how to use it.
“When I came out here, I already planned on not going back. Unless…” Hydra’s face fell, and continued, “Unless one day I can ascend to the peak level of an Upper Deity. Otherwise, even if I were to go back to the Magical Beast Dimension, I would not be able to take back the swamp of our Nine-headed Snake Tribe.”
On the Tailun Continent, a Mid-level Deity could almost lord over everyone. But on the Magical Beast Dimension, he would even have trouble surviving. Compared to the Upper Deity Divine Beasts like the Violent Dragon, the Poison Dragon, and the Soul Eating Demon Wolf, Hydra knew that he was far below them.
Back then, after getting attacked by a group of Violent Dragons, she had, with difficulty, managed to lead part of the Pythons and escaped from the big swamp. To go an alternate dimension to practice cultivation, she had gritted her teeth and came to the Tailun Continent through the Space Crack she had discovered by accident.
Going back to the Magical Beast Dimension, before training till she reached the peak level of an Upper Deity, would definitely be courting death!
“Hydra, don’t worry. One day, we will go back together to fight. Not to mention a small piece of swamp, it will be no problem even if you want to take over the whole of the Magical Beast Dimension!” Looking at Hydra’s depressed expression, Yang Ling comforted her with a few words and waved his hand to summon the Blood Angels like Ophelia.
Even if Hydra, whose power was at the peak of a Mid-level Deity, did not know how to use the Dimension Star Indicator, it did not mean that no one else would not know how to use it. The Angels of the City Amongst the Clouds often descended onto various physical dimensions to do battle. Maybe, they, including Ophelia, might have an idea.
After explaining things in a few words, Yang Ling passed the Dimension Star Indicator to the Six-winged Angel Ophelia. After the latter looked at it carefully, she shook her head helplessly. “My Lord, under ordinary circumstances, there are only two ways for an Angel to descend to the various physical dimensions. One is to follow the Church’s summoning and descend through the Space Crack, and the other is to descend directly under the arrangement of the City Amongst the Clouds. An ordinary Angel would not need to use or even to be able to come into contact with the legendary Dimension Star Indicator!”
Looking at the slightly disappointed Yang Ling, Ophelia hesitated for a while before continuing, “The Battle Angels of the City Amongst the Clouds can be divided into two types. One type is responsible for descending into various physical dimensions to do battle. The other type is responsible for doing battle in Space Turbulence. The latter is truly the Main Battle Army Troops of the City Amongst the Clouds. In order to be able to go in freely and out of the Space Turbulence, the Angel Leader of the Main Battle Army Troops should be able to use this type of Dimension Star Indicator.”
It looked like he would not be able to understand the mystery behind the Dimension Star Indicator within a short period of time!
Yang Ling kept the Dimension Star Indicator away and continued to keep the things in the treasure room into the Wizard Pagoda’s Space. An ordinary Twelve-winged Angel already had the peak level power of an Upper Deity. An Angel Leader who could lead the Angel army to enter and exit the Space Turbulence freely would be even more exceedingly powerful, and would definitely not be someone he could go up against at this point in time. More importantly, the chances of him encountering the Angel Leader were extremely slim, so there was nothing he could do, no matter how powerful he was.
The treasure room of the Church was very big and stored numerous treasures. Apart from Crystal Coins, Crystal Stones, Mineral Stones, and Magical Beasts Essence Crystals, there were also plenty of extremely well-made weapons and armor. Most of them were enhanced with various Blessing Spell Techniques and equipped with various extra attributes. Yang Ling spent almost half an hour just to empty the items in the treasure room, moving them all to the Wizard Pagoda’s Space. He planned to let people like Yuna, Goode, and Ophelia slowly sort them out when he went back.
Apart from the treasure room, the Church still had a warehouse that stored various battle supplies like food supplies, ordinary armor, and Crystal Stones. They also had a library of books that took up a large area of space. All of these were of astonishing value. The library, especially, had large amounts of information, covering everything under the sun, including astronomy, literature, geography, Magic, and Battle Energy. Their total value far exceeded the various battle supplies like food supplies and Crystal Stones they had collected.
No matter the Magical Beasts Realm or the Hunters Association, the time they had been established was extremely limited. Compared to the establishments like the Troops Association and the Spellcaster Association with a long history, they might not be any less powerful, but due to a lack of history and inside information, the mechanism that developed talents were imperfect. But after seizing the Church’s archives and incorporating their people, it would inject a burst of vitality to the long-term development of his Domain and the Hunter Association.
If the Church’s accumulation of tens of thousands of years was put to good use, it would no doubt be an unprecedented fortune!
After getting the news, Goode and Yuna led a large group of people to hurriedly arrive at the Holy City using the Teleportation Portal, helping to tidy up the fortunes left behind by the Church, and incorporating prisoners-of-war that could be of use. After busying themselves for a whole day, they managed to finish the first part of what needed to be done.
“My Lord, my Lord, the soldiers have discovered an underground palace. Within it are many Angels that are unmoving!” Just as Yang Ling was getting ready to go back to the Magical Beasts Realm and make use of the time to make preparations to enter the Graveyard of the Deities and Demons, the Corpse Wizard King dashed quickly over while speaking.
After handing over the mission of the city defense to Argus, who had led the great army and hurried over, Yang Ling joined the team as well that was exploring the Holy City. The Holy City was the main camp of the Church and had been expanded countless times. Nobody knew how many secret rooms there were within the city, and nobody knew how many treasures were buried. One might be able to pick up something good unintentionally. The Corpse Wizard King, who could not stand being lonely, naturally would not give up such an excellent opportunity. Sure enough, under his command, the people very quickly found a hidden underground palace.
Large numbers of Angels that are motionless?
Yang Ling was a bit surprised, and under the leadership of the Corpse Wizard King, he led his party, including the Six-winged Angel Leader Ophelia, and Hydra, to dash straight to the newly discovered underground palace, walking past many sharp-tipped arched doorways full of carved drawings, to reach a giant entrance.
The entrance was very big and was able to accommodate ten people walking in a straight line side by side. It was creepy and deeply unfathomable. Once in a while, a gust of chilly air would blow outwards. Looking far inside, there was a huge palace after the entrance. Once in a while, a ball of firelight would appear. Vaguely, one could tell that there were many Angels on the plaza, all motionless as if having died a long time ago.
Could it be that this was an Angel Mausoleum?
Puzzled, Yang Ling pulled out the Battle Soul Blade, leading his party, including the Corpse Wizard King and Hydra, to carefully walk inside. High-level Angels were the main battle force of the Church and even the City Amongst the Clouds. If they accidentally triggered a switch of Spell Formation, allowing the motionless Angels in the hall to come back to life, there would be a lot of trouble!
Under the dim light, everyone walked forward cautiously. As they got nearer, slowly, the strange hall also got clearer and clearer.
They only saw that the whole hall was the size of a few golf courses. There was column after column of bright red fire stakes. Tied to them were Angel after Angel, with tortured and anguished expressions on their faces. Some had their mouths wide open as if crying out loud in anguish, some had wounds all over their bodies, wounds that were deep enough to see bone could be seen everywhere as if they were terrifyingly tortured before they died. Some were gritting their teeth, blood pouring out from all orifices on their heads, as if they had suffered inhumane pain while they were alive…
What was even more surprising was that there was a big hole dug from behind each of the Angel’s head, and their brains had all mysteriously disappeared, not a single one had his brain left behind. No one knew if it was a terrible torture method when they were alive, or the brains had been sucked out by a terrifying creature!
“This is weird. The descended Angels are the main forces of the Church. Why have so many Angels died here?” Yang Ling was full of questions.
It looked like these Angels had died in the hands of their own people, the Church. If this violent treachery was done by someone outside, the Angels’ bodies would not have still been tied to the fire stakes, and all the more, their bodies would not have been left here. If it was done by an outsider, the Church could not have not known about it all this while.
The only explanation was that all these murderous schemes were done by the Church!
Before their deaths, they went through inhumane suffering. Even their brains were dug out. Even after death, their bodies were unable to be freed and were tied to the fire stakes to be tortured. What hatred did the Church have towards these Angels exactly, for the Church to commit such violent treachery against them?
Looking at Angel after Angel with expressions of suffering on their faces, Yang Ling shook his head, greatly puzzled.
“Fallen Angels, they are all Fallen Angels!” Looking at the tortured Angels one after another, with their bodies being tied tightly to the fire stake even after death, Ophelia had tears running down her face. She led the many Blood Angels to fly over. With a wave of the giant blade, they cut away the chains tying the bodies of the many Fallen Angels, with a clanking sound, and gently laid their bodies on the floor.
They wept over every corpse of a Fallen Angel that they had rescued!
The Angels might have known that the City Amongst the Clouds was cold and merciless towards the Angels who had self-awareness and had become so-called Fallen Angels, but they had never thought that they would be violent to such an extent!
