Chapter 237 - Situation (1/2)
Roy, Julia, and Fat Tiger left. After the Sky Storm Altar crashed into Ulambus and destroyed it, there was nothing in this city that could stop Roy.
However, Roy did not take the seven Dragon Balls away when he left. To Roy, the true function of the Dragon Balls was to guide him back to this world. Now that he had successfully come here, they were useless.
Moreover, Roy was certain that after this battle, the fact that the Dragon Balls had actually summoned a demon would quickly spread throughout the entire world. At that time, the righteous and good factions of Ashan would probably destroy the Dragon Balls at all costs.
Of course, this did not rule out some ambitious people who wanted to borrow the power of demons, and they would do everything possible to dig out the Dragon Balls… But in any case, Roy had already achieved his goal, so he did not care about the rest.
Among the bookshelves that Julia brought out from the library, Roy managed to find a military map of the kingdom of Bracada. After careful examination, Roy finally determined his location. His previous worries were indeed reasonable. Ulambus was a central city in Bracada. From the map, there were two larger cities along the way to the border of Bracada. They were fortress cities that had accumulated massive military forces for defense. The reason why Ulambus had a relatively small number of troops and population was that the city had been constantly sending troops to the fortress cities.
After discovering this, Roy rejoiced. He would not have been able to escape so easily if there had been tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Academy troops in this city…
Now that Ulambus was destroyed, this situation would absolutely anger the kingdom of Bracada. In addition, his demon identity would certainly attract its attention, and it would definitely send troops to surround and suppress him. Therefore, it was unwise to stay in this city and wait for death.
After carefully studying the map and some documents, Roy found that it would be a little troublesome if he wanted to go east to the newly established kingdom of the demons, Eeofol. Because if he went straight, he would need to cross an extremely large desert. This desert was called the Desert of Death on the map, and it was an important barrier between Bracada and Eeofol. It was precisely because of the existence of this desert that the demon army could not invade Bracada.
This Desert of Death was remarkably vast, and it was said to be over a million square kilometers. Even if Roy and the others flew, it would be very difficult to cross this desert.
However, there was an advantage in taking the route of the Desert of Death. He would be able to avoid the armies and cities of Bracada completely. Roy estimated that if the kingdom of Bracada wanted to surround him, it would definitely send a message to the fortress cities in front of him in advance so that they could prepare to fight against him, a demon. Now, Roy only had Julia and Fat Tiger by his side. He would not be able to charge through such heavily guarded cities with large armies.
Therefore, they did not think too much about it and went on their way.
Just as Roy, Julia, and Fat Tiger flew away and set off, the fleeing Galib appeared from a teleportation platform in Silver City, the capital of Bracada.
As soon as he came out, this artificer hero, who had promoted from a djinn, immediately floated toward the place of the Circle of Nine. His panicked appearance made the mages and apprentices who saw him look at him with their mouths agape in surprise.
At this moment, in the hall of the Circle of Nine, the secret mages who ruled all of Bracada were having a meeting. There were patrolling iron golems outside the hall, and at the entrance of the hall stood two tall titans as guards. When Galib stumbled and wanted to rush in, the titans stopped him.
“Get lost!” Galib said angrily to the titans. “I have important news to report!”
Upon hearing this, the titans looked at each other but still let him in. After passing, Galib charged into the meeting hall.
Bang. The sound of him knocking open the door caused the mages in the hall to go over in surprise. Without waiting for them to ask, Galib shouted, “Demon! A powerful demon has appeared in Ulambus! Nathir has died in battle! We need to send troops immediately!”
Galib’s words caused a commotion in the entire hall, and mages who had been sluggish immediately became tense.
“What’s going on? Galib, slow down!” said the mage elder who presided over the meeting. “Why did a demon suddenly appear?”
Galib calmed his breathing and said, “It’s the Dragon Balls! The Dragon Balls that we collected some time ago were basically a trap! Those damn beads probably have nothing to do with the Seventh Dragon but are spatial positioning coordinates! When we tried to study these beads, a Gate of the Abyss opened! A powerful demon appeared first, followed by a fallen angel and… an enormous three-headed hellhound!”
Although Galib was in the Sky Storm Altar instead of the square at that time, he had already figured it out during his escape. It was understandable that a demon was sealed in the Dragon Balls, but then a fallen angel and an enormous hellhound appeared. This did not seem right. That black portal did not look like a spatial channel for when a seal was undone, but more like a Gate of the Abyss used by demons to summon and teleport troops.
“What?!” The mages were shocked. “Are you sure that it was a Gate of the Abyss?!”