Chapter 267: Feelings of Uncertainty (2/2)

”Darling, we launched a counterattack and broke the encirclement they put up. Rael, Emrel, and Oriel fought the three commanding Transcendents. Two died and one was captured. He's now being interrogated.”

From a communication spell which lit up in front of me, Sofiel's elated voice enthusiastically reported.

The battle ended and like what we did here, the other two territories launched their own counterattacks to break the encirclement made by the Noxians and Dark World Transcendents.

Since I still can't use a communication spell, I had Fleur reply to her and tell her what happened here. After that, Sofiel's voice came again reporting what happened at Serenia.

Like at the other two territories, Hikari fought there, leading the Protectors and some of the Elites to battle while Arland remained at his Magus Tower preventing anyone from approaching.

With her copied Domain of Valor and Bulwark of Invulnerability, despite lesser than what I can give, it managed to make a difference. Her troops broke the encirclement but the Transcendents commanding the Mortal Ranks escaped hurriedly, leaving them to be butchered by the combined forces of Protectors and Human Race Elites.

Most likely they received reports of what happened at the other battlefields. They were ordered to go back before the same fate befell them.

They're the ones who encircled the last three territories of this world's resistance, however, in the end, they lost big time.

Midway through that battle, Hikari received a message from two of the Aristocratic Families of the Noxians. The seed of rebellion that was just sprouting back then has already reached the point where two of the Aristocratic Families expressed their desire to surrender or rather they wanted to expel the traitors of the world.

Along the message they sent was the accurate number of Transcendents who descended as well as the information about the true Leader of the Noxian who we never met. They're not sure so they wrote it as a guess that most probably, that Noxian Transcendent passed through the Portal to convert his Source Energy to Dark Energy.

For them to do this, it could be that these two families just wanted to preserve their position. Either way, chaos at their side is good for us.

With the Dark World there, they're no more than just cannon fodder they would send to die on the battlefield. And without a Transcendent appearing from their families, they're also below the families who have their Transcendents fighting along with the Dark World.

”Sounds like everything is going well but somehow, I feel that something's off.”

I couldn't help but mutter upon hearing the reports and thinking about the goal of the Dark World.

”What do you mean?”

Fleur creased her eyebrows as she tried to think of what could be wrong.

”It's too easy. They're not even rescuing their Transcendents. Even if they're from a higher world, it's an accomplishment to become a Transcendent.”

”Now that you mention it, we ambushed the first one to show up, killed another when they ambushed me. Now, seven of them died and one was captured through this failed encirclement. But they're not reacting to it. What are they doing?”

”If the message those Aristocratic families sent were true, then they should still have more than 10 of them there. We also hadn't heard about the World's Will yet.”

That World's Will, did something happen to her?

No, It's just an incarnation, we would've been informed by the World's Will if something happened to it. Then it's safe to assume that she's still searching for the Portal.

”Should we also help her look for the Portal?”

Fleur suggested.

”Master, I can go. I have my Unique Ability. It can help me escape if someone stronger than me appeared.”

Boris presented himself but instead of answering, Fleur waited for me.

”I don't think it's ideal to go out there alone. Let's wait for the World's Will before deciding anything. Also, we have to move everyone in one place. Being separated in three territories like this will be detrimental if they suddenly grouped up and go all out on one of the territories.”

”It will be hard to move everyone… Also, Arland won't leave his territory.”

Upon hearing my words, Fleur shook her head.

Right. Not everyone will like the idea of leaving their homes. Even if everyone can move to Aves, not everyone will be in favor of it.

We now have 9 Transcendents. 10 if I included the World's Will's Incarnation. With the current uncertainty which lingered in the Dark World's plan, it's hard to be complacent.

For now, let's check on the World of Meta.