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“Master we have arrived!”
As Leylin was travelling with his temporary companions to Düz City, suddenly he heard a soft melodious voice relayed to him from the connection of A. I. Chip.
From the voice Leylin immediately knew that it was Lancy as he affirmed her notification. For this operation Leylin has called all of his high ranking subordinates together to capture as much profit as possible. Not only Lancy but Lita, Ivy, Anna, Bowens, Gilbert, Adam and Emma all were summoned from their postings to temporarily form an impressive line up.
All of their work and responsibilities in different worlds have been postponed due to the importance of this mission.
The situation in Spirit Mark World is manageable after the downfall of the sovereigns and the resistance from the inhabitants would be dealt with eventually as all the task could be handled by the subordinates nurtured by them and with the clone there, safety is guaranteed. Similarly the Lava World is also infiltrated very deeply by Leylin’s people and a few days absence won’t matter much. An elite team from the Ouroboros clan has been sent there and with the clone as the leader the advances are very smooth.
As for the Warlock Union, Leylin already took everything of utmost importance with himself and prepared for complete sealing of his residence and laboratory, which let alone a Radiant Moon not even an average Monarch would be able to open before it completely detonates. Obviously such an outcome is highly unlikely but Leylin prepared for the worst case scenario even leaving a clone just in case.
The Rank 4 subordinates of Leylin now have only one mission which is to effectively conquer the city as Leylin carries out his operations.
‘I have made a lot of preparation for you, even modifying my prior arrangements, now let’s see how much powerful a Monarch is actually!” Leylin thought with no whatsoever fluctuations in neither his expression nor his psyche as if it was something he had no relations with.
Leylin made no reservation and tried his absolute best to overestimate the ability of Blazing Flame Monarch. From what he knew the monarch is very strong, not only is she unaffected by her previous injury but she made improvements and her grasp of law of fire also made a breakthrough. It is absolutely terrifying to think about the lengths someone at her level is willing to go to, once her life is in question.
As Leylin was silently following his allies he slightly turned his attention to a prompt from the A. I. Chip looking at his stats.
[Beep! Leylin Farlier. Rank 5 Warlock, Bloodline: Adhishesh. Strength:138.6, Agility: 120.8, Vitality: 239.8, Spiritual force: 3840.7, Magic power: 3840 (Magic power is in synchronisation with spiritual force) Soul force: 384 (Full Moon)]
Leylin is now a Full Moon Radiant Moon Magus! In order to deal with his biggest obstacle so far he didn’t pull any punches and used all of the sentient force gathered from dreamscape as well as three sovereign seats to push himself to reach at the cusp of peak Full Moon.
Leylin was definitely not very happy about using the sovereign seats now because it’s best usage would be when his soul completely matures and evolves to breaking dawn rank, Nevertheless he still made this investment.
‘This is going to be fun.’
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Düz City. The capital of the Blazing Flame Monarch’s organisation had thick city walls that had many reinforcement runes on them. Giant adamantine cannons had their own great history as they displayed the prowess of the Monarch to his people.
There was an unending flow of wandering Magi and scholars here, each of them having arrived due to its reputation. Most of the new arrivals were full of reverence towards this gigantic Magus City.
This was Düz! With the protection of a Breaking Dawn Magus like the Blazing Flame Monarch, it was said that this place would never fall!
Düz City did not have any floating techniques like Sky City, nor did it have such rich reserves of knowledge, but it did occupy much more land than Sky City. The city was divided into many districts, with the Monarch’s residence occupying the centre.
A bundle of unending flames burnt at the heart of the city, radiating a holy light that proclaimed its glory and might to the masses.
However, all of Düz’s glory and might would become history today!
It all started with the rumble of an earthquake. The sand on the ground began to pulse without pattern, the vibrations becoming increasingly intense. This earthquake spread through the houses, rocks, and mountains. It was as if the ground had softened, forming constant waves like the sea.
A large number of clouds filled the skies, completely blocking the sunlight. Dazzling white snakes made of lightning rolled about in the clouds, seemingly shattering space itself.
Terrifying spells rippled with boundless might, pressing closer towards the city.
Countless Magi within the city looked up, staring at the scene with incomprehension. Only a tottering old man seemed to think of something, beginning to tremble, “SPELL ATTACK!”
*Pu!* He immediately turned into a white streak of light. Grabbing a few youngsters behind him, he ignored the ban on flying and fled quickly.
‘There’s actually someone who’d dare attack Düz City? We’re in a huge crisis!’
An existence that could disregard the might of the Blazing Flame Monarch and brazenly challenge him was definitely no fool. Since they had come here, then they must have been extremely confident.
The Blazing Flame Monarch was a rank 6 Magus, a peak existence in the central continent! Even a finger from either party could crush an average Magus. They probably didn’t even need that, just the stray undulations from battle would reduce their body to nothingness.
Hence, a few smart and experienced ones immediately thought of fleeing from this place that would soon become a battlefield
Terrifying earthquakes and thunderstorms could be seen in the direction of the city. It was as if a natural catastrophe had struck Düz city, and was now wreaking havoc.
The Magi below the Morning Star realm could not withstand this apocalypse, and died in swathes.
Faced with the ire of high-ranked Magi, all these low-ranked Magi were as minute as ants. The acolytes and regular humans, who were even weaker, obviously suffered massive casualties.
Only those like the old Magus who acted quickly and fled from Düz City left the scope of the disaster with some difficulty, watching Düz City in fear.
“The capital of the Blazing Flame Monarch has been attacked. Oh, goodness. Heavens, am I dreaming?”
A few children exclaimed in shock, “Quick! Look!”
Following the direction of a child’s finger, the old Magus looked into the sky where there were five existences that seemed like gods.
The berserk lightning disappeared around them, forming a strange vacuum.
Tens of figures appeared in the air, surrounding them. However, it was the side that had more people that seemed to be feeling dread.
‘Perhaps only existences at Morning Star and above have the qualifications to take part in this battle…’ The old Magus sighed inside and flew even quicker.
Only a few intelligent experienced Magus were able to grasp the situation with their awareness and run away, as for the rest due to the years of comfort and safety under the Monarch they have forgotten the essence being a Magus.
Melinda spoke disdainfully, “Magi like these are a disgrace to our Magus World, vermin! Let me purge them!” Her hands pushed downwards with complete coldness.
*Rumble!*
*Ka-cha!*
The earth rumbled and countless lightning snakes crackled, their berserk behaviour intensifying tenfold as they charged towards Düz City. The earth seemed to cave into some formless pressure, forming a pit. It was as if the air itself was being crushed.
Countless acolytes and regular humans instantly turned into a bloody mist.
The thunderstorm crashed down on Düz City, causing the rank 2s and 3s who’d been lucky enough to flee to suffer massive losses.
“Thunder Purgatory! Wash away all that filth!” Melinda’s expression was callous, her voice strangely spreading far and wide. Lightning struck down violently, ploughing through the city.
‘In a sense they are your people crazy woman!’ Leylin almost rolled his eyes backwards as he witness her senseless slaughter, but immediately after he almost broke in laughter at the irony of his disapproval of her actions.
Leylin himself has killed ridiculous amount of people time and time again, an action which was committed for benefits. While Melinda’s actions made it seem like she was venting repressed emotions after a long period of time.
“Enough!” It was at this juncture that someone like a retainer to the Monarch yelled from amongst those Magi at Leylin and the rest, “Even if all of you are Radiant Moon Magi, you can’t trample on the territory of a Breaking Dawn like this! The Blazing Flame Monarch will punish you!”
The tens of Morning Star Magi surrounding Leylin and the rest all wore Magus robes with flame runes carved into them; it was similar to a uniform. This Magus who was like a Retainer was their leader.
“Hoho! He said they want to punish us. I’m so scared!” Melinda covered her mouth, voice turning into that of a young girl.
“How are you going to punish us? Just burning our souls? It’s been long, have you no creativity?” Though she looked innocent, what Melinda said caused the surrounding Magi to shrink back.
“What? Aren’t you going to come and punish me?” Melinda took a step forward, and the tens of Magi around her couldn’t help but retreat, cold sweat on their faces.
Good heavens! While they were subordinates of the Blazing Flame Monarch, they were only Morning Stars facing five Radiant Moon Magi. If Carol, Eugene or the other Radiant Moon were around, they definitely had the courage to do so, but now?
“Hehe… If you’re not coming here, then I’ll go there!” Melinda’s eyes seemed to flash with white lightning, and she turned into a gust of wind.
“What do you want to do?”
“I won’t let you do whatever you want! Morning Star domain! Arcane Art…” The Morning Star Magus that looked like a retainer struggled, the rings of light that represented four innate spells beginning to flicker behind him.
*Boom!* In that moment, Melinda had arrived in front of him and raised her arms, her pale slender palms penetrating his innate defences. Under his astounded expression, the rings from his innate spells were extinguished.
“You… How’s that possible?” The old retainer spat out blood. The backlash from his spell being interrupted had even cracked his sea of consciousness.
“Power of isolation again? You really do lack in creativity,” Melinda shook her head, grabbing him by the neck.
“Peak Radiant Moon! She’s a peak Radiant Moon Magus!” Everything Melinda had just done was executed exquisitely, but even so, it would require a strength at the peak of rank 5. Only that would suffice to suppress a Morning Star Arcane Art and even cause a backlash.
After this was made obvious, the many Morning Star Magi stared at Melinda in immense fear.
The retainer who was being held by the neck flushed red, gritting out a few words from between his teeth, “Ma– Master Blazing Flame Monarch won’t let you off!”
“I’ll be waiting. Even if your master doesn’t come for me, I’ll go look for them!” Melinda chuckled. Her outrageous words resulted in even more dread on the part of the Morning Stars.
“Warning! Warning! Large numbers of enemies have appeared. Determined to be at rank 5. Automatic defences have been activated, dispatching Discipline Legion.” A robotic voice sounded in the golden flames at the heart of Düz City. This was the spirit genie that controlled the city’s defences. The giant adamantine cannons and defensive runes on the city walls that were yet to be destroyed flickered to life with its words.
*Rumble!* A short distance away, two legions of Magi advanced like a black tide.
“More lambs to slaughter!” Leylin said with a stoic expression. He has made no moves whatsoever as of now, his full attention was on all of his allies as he kept trying to unravel their abilities and search for weakness, although he knew of their prowess it would be more effective to witness it himself. His biggest share of attention was on Melinda and the Spirit Magus disguise of the Sky Monarch, them being sly old foxs definitely had reservations against Leylin too.
“Hehe… That’s the Monarch’s elite corps, the Crimson Fire Legion and the Discipline Legion. It’s a pity that their leaders have all fallen at our hands.…” Melinda surveyed the area, and then asked disdainfully, “Which of you are going to take care of this?”
The moment she jabbed forward, a black streak charged into the Discipline Legion. A gigantic black sword could be seen weaving through the troops, spilling blood and flinging flesh.
Their terrifying magic attacks seemed to have no effect on the giant sword, and the legion immediately fell into chaos.
“Keke… Since Clarke has chosen the Discipline Legion, I’ll go for the Crimson Fire. Just as well, I need a large number of spirit bodies as supplements anyway…” Jin snickered from nearby. He currently looked like a hologram, his extremely blurry body suddenly increasing in size. His black robes spread around to cover the Crimson Fire Legion like a curtain.
“Woo woo…” With a strange whistling, the Magi of the Crimson Fire Legion collapsed one after another, rays of light that seemed like souls floating from their heads. These things that were similar to white flames were all absorbed by the black robe.
Whether it was rank 1 and 2 Magi troops, or even the squadrons of rank 3s and 4s, everything completely fell apart. Numerous Magi howled as they cast blindingly bright spells, with some Morning Star Arcane Arts even, but Jin easily blocked them.
With ruthless resolution, the black robe continuously absorbed the souls.
A spell that specifically targets the soul. Though it can only deal with Magi below rank 5, it’s best for harvesting weaklings.
In their short confrontation, the Blazing Flame Monarch’s two elite legions completely crumbled down, and many of their Magi immediately tried to flee.
The few Morning Stars at the corners exchanged glances, coming to a mutual understanding as they turned into streaks of light and disappeared into the distance.
“Don’t… Go…” The Magus that Melinda was holding onto by the neck was still struggling, but unfortunately, it was to no avail. In a situation where the two elite legions were decimated, and the Blazing Flame Monarch was not showing himself, the Morning Star Magi would be fools if they continued to stake their lives on this and fight Radiant Moons.
“Let me also flex my muscles a little bit.” Leylin stood up at the moment, staring at the giant cannons and adamantine puppets controlled by the city’s spirit genie.
“Rank 4 spell—Poison Domain!” Leylin laughed evily, creating a thin corrosive grey mist in the air.
This spell is inspired from the Toxic Bile, possessing unrivalled venomous capabilities, the grey mist spread from his hands, constantly increasing in volume until it covered all of Düz City in a few moments.
The giant adamantine cannons on the city walls creaked as if under an incredible burden, eventually collapsing with a rumble to reveal a frame that had been completely corroded. A thick layer of molted metal formed on numerous adamantine puppets, as if soaked in acid for a period of time. They turned into a huge pile of scrap iron.
Numerous runes lost their lustre inch by inch, and even the spirit genie’s voice from the heart of Düz City seemed to lose its coordination, as if something powerful was interfering with it.
“Hehe, good job Leylin! If the spirit genie continues to control the defensive forces of the city it would’ve been comparable to a Radiant Moon. Though we aren’t afraid of it, it’s best to eliminate such troubles.” Melinda encouraged him with a smile on her face.
“How did you know?” The retainer in the air widened his eyes in astonishment.
“You don’t need that information. Look how the city has crumbled, you should die and rot with it.” Melinda sighed, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
*Swish!* At this moment, something strange happened! The void beside Melinda crumbled, and a translucent figure emerged to form a bayonet spike that pierced towards her abdomen.
Rank 5 energy was emitted from this translucent figure, even if only at New Moon. This sudden attack was enough to land Melinda in trouble!
However, she still chuckled as she let go of the retainer’s corpse, a crystal shield appearing in front of her.
In the distance, Joanna suddenly ended her inaction. Large amounts of vines spread through the space, wrapping around the assassin.
“So you’re the hidden trump card of the Blazing Flame Monarch. A Radiant Moon assassin? Just Düz City alone has tens of Morning Stars and a Radiant Moon guarding it, I’m growing more interested in my future profits!”The translucent figure being bound by the vines had a pair of deathly still eyes. Even though the assassination had been unsuccessful, there were no undulations whatsoever despite his life being at risk.
*Rumble!* A terrifying force from his truesoul formed five different rings of light.
“Radiant Moon Arcane Art…” His voice was hoarse, as if he had not spoken for a long time. The surrounding Morning Star Magi also gritted their teeth, power pouring forth from their point masses to support their Morning Star Arcane Arts.
This Radiant Moon evidently had made contact with these Morning Star Magi at some point and arranged a counter-attack!
*Pak!* Leylin glanced at a Morning Star Magus, and instantly hundreds of giant serpent figure appeared from behind the Magus ruthlessly piercing through the other party’s innate defences, causing him to cough blood while quickly retreating.
The backlash from a Morning Star Arcane Art being interrupted caused that Magus to howl in agony.
“Not even the sentient force from them is a good enough appetizer.” Leylin looked towards Melinda. A terrifying rank 5 energy storm was swallowing the region around her.
However, Leylin could sense Melinda’s aura. She was fine.
“At the end of the day only personal strength matters, all others are merely illusion. If not for the loyalty from my servants I won’t be so laxed with them and trust them as much as I do. The control from my bloodline leaves no room for betrayal.” As Leylin’s eyes scanned past the area, the Morning Stars could not stand the immense pressure and the rings of light from their Arcane Arts collapsed behind them. They held their heads and escaped.
*Rumble!* Radiant Moon soul force spread brazenly about the battlefield. A few rays of light suddenly pierced through and dispersed the energy storm, revealing the figure of that rank 5 Radiant Moon Magus.
Although there was a cross-shaped wound on him that was corroding into his body, a terrifying Radiant Moon Arcane Art had taken form in his hands. “Void Flames…” The Radiant Moon murmured under his breath.
Melinda saw her opponent casting Void Flames from in front of her, but surprisingly her expression was as if she’d gotten away with something.
She began chanting, seriousness emerging on her face. Her right hand pointed in the direction of the Void Flames.
“Adhering to the ancient agreement of the truesoul, Void Flames! Devour everything before me for my sake…”
