Chapter 467 (2/2)
A bizarre smile appeared on Rinser's face as he said, ”Even if you didn't come looking for me, I would have summoned you myself. Just yesterday, Shadow Dancer Xue Wei visited me and told me that our ally, the human alliance, has already been pushed to the brink of destruction. If we do not save them, Sky City will soon fall.”
”What!?” Rinser's words greatly shocked me. ”How is it possible for Sky City to fall? I just came from there and it looked completely peaceful. There wasn't a threat in sight!”
Rinser laughed before he raised his head to the sky and spoke in a somber voice, ”I used to be a human, but when those necromancers used that forbidden art on me, it caused my heart and soul to begin decaying, even though my appearance remained the same. The current Sky City is exactly the same, its ten great armies are strong and robust, but the authorities that rule Sky City have already fallen into depravity. Kiddo, did you come for a cla.s.s-promotion quest? If so, finish this quest that I have for you!”
I nodded my head. ”Okay! I await your orders!”
Rinser's expression grew grave as he said, ”You are to immediately depart for Sky City. Go and find the Royal Magus Mylin. She used to be one of my students. Pa.s.s this Fragment of Phantasma to her and deliver this message—'The forbidden spatial magic will soon be cast, Sky City is in mortal peril'. This will warn her to be on her guard against any visitors from faraway lands.”
”Alright, I understand!”
Ding~!
System Notice: You have accepted the main quest [Betrayal]! (Current Quest Rank: SS)
Description: The first part of this quest is to find the Royal Magus Mylin in Sky City.
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This was great! To think that it was an SS Rank main quest! I had lucked out again!
My heart danced with joy as I took out a return scroll and went back to Sky City!
I heard that familiar ”whoosh” as a beam of light engulfed my body. By the time it dispersed, I was standing on the main road in Sky City. I opened up my map as I sprinted toward where the royal palace was. All the royal magi stayed near the altar which was located at the edges of the royal palace. As one of the royal magi, Mylin should be there as well.
I summoned the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf. An SS Rank quest was bound to be fraught with danger, so I was prepared for ambush at any moment.
This time, the group of NPC soldiers did not attempt to stop me as I entered the royal palace. Perhaps it was because my fame in Sky City had risen, so I didn't have any trouble entering the area around the altar. I could see magic formations flickering in the distance.
Rustle...
I climbed up the stairs leading to the altar and in the distance, I could see a group of grand mages standing around it. All of them wore somber looks of concentration on their faces as they raised their staves high in the air, their magic energy pooling around the staff that stood in the center of the altar. The staff looked extremely unique. It was about two meters long, and it looked rough and sinister, a scarlet gem crowning it. All in all, I could sense a malicious energy deeply buried inside of it.
As my eyes swept over the gathered mages, I saw a female mage standing at the corner of the altar. She looked to be about twenty-seven years of age and her long golden hair was tucked inside her hooded robe. She had an oval-shaped face and her features were exquisite. Her beautiful nose had a high bridge and her skin was flawless and white as snow. Both her eyes were closed as she chanted a sonorous and ancient spell
I gripped the Heaven-stealing Sword tightly as I walked forward and whispered, ”Mylin?”
”Hmmm?”
Mylin opened her eyes and shot me a look that contained both curiosity and confusion. ”Adventurer, you're looking for me?”
”Yes. My teacher is the Bone Soul Rinser. He was the one who tasked me to find you!”
”What? Lord Rinser…”
A strange look crossed Mylin's face as she broke off her spell mid-chant. She reached out to grab my arm and said, ”Follow me, this isn't a suitable place to have a conversation…”
”Oh…”
It was only when Mylin brought me to the back of an artificial mountain in the corner of the altar that she stopped and started speaking again, ”Lord Rinser, is he… is he doing well?”
I nodded my head, ”As a spirit, he's both eating and sleeping well. He's so energetic he might as well be called immortal.”
Mylin, ”...”
I retrieved the Fragment of Phantasma from my inventory and said, ”This is something that Rinser told me to pa.s.s to you. He also told me to tell you this—The forbidden spatial magic will soon be cast, Sky City is in mortal peril.”
Mylin looked slightly taken aback at my words. She then stretched out a hand and lightly brushed her fingers over the Fragment of Phantasma. A burst of light suddenly erupted from the Fragment of Phantasma, causing a scene that looked like it had come straight from the apocalypse to appear in front of us.
The first thing that caught my eyes was the lava. All around me stood blood-red volcanoes that were bubbling over with lava. A crystal coffin quietly lay in the middle of those volcanoes and after a gentle ring, the lid of the coffin began to slowly move. A hand the color of the deep ocean appeared to grasp the corner of the coffin and the arm connected to the hand was covered in a s.h.i.+ny metal bracer that matched the color of its skin. After the lid had slid off the coffin, the man inside of it began to slowly climb to his feet. He was fully clad in armor and he held a longsword that was inscribed with flickering runes in his hand. As he gazed at the world around him with eyes that were filled with a haughty condescension, he suddenly let out a long howl before saying, ”So this is h.e.l.l? I, the ever-victorious Coldblade, have returned once more!”
After that, the armored general stretched out his hand and summoned a magic circle on the ground below him. A long and spindly magic staff that resembled human bones rose up from that magic formation and it was the exact same staff that I had seen in the middle of the altar! The magic staff shone with a cold light and the general's mouth curved up into a sinister grin. He rumbled, ”My previous capital, accept my return! Those lonely and discontent warriors who dwell restlessly in h.e.l.l, rise up! All of you will soon return with me to the human world!”
At his command, the entire earth started rumbling and shaking violently. b.u.mps began appearing in the earth and the ground started breaking apart in explosions of dirt and ash as countless dark creatures of the night began crawling up from the ground. There were beastmen warriors with rotted skulls, who trundled along the ground as they dragged their war mauls behind them. Huge Death Beasts whose bodies were swathed in chains and countless skeleton warriors and dark knights. All of the sudden, the volcanoes were swarming with monsters as far as the eyes could see, sending a chill down my spine. I was utterly shocked by what I had just seen. If such a strong army of Night Creatures were to invade the human world from h.e.l.l, there was no way the current players would be able to overcome it!
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