Chapter 654 - End of Hells Island 3 (1/2)
Chapter 654: End of Hells Island 3
The moment Luke joined, the battle on the ground ended in a breeze.
Until then, the Undead and warlocks, which were sweeping the battle, began to flee the island.
“Your Majesty, we’ve caught all those who fled the forest.”
“However, those who hid inside the pyramid continue to resist. It is a situation where the sacrifice of the knights and soldiers is increasing because the Gigants can’t enter the building easily.”
At the reports from the commanders, Luke ordered a not so very tough option.
“Set the pyramid on fire or the entire island except for the place where we aren’t currently stationed. Let them choose whether they want to burn or crawl out from there.”
“Understood!”
Luke’s frightening order fell, and Thanatos Island got engulfed in red flames.
“Ahk! Fire, fire!”
“Hurry and run!”
“Damn it, where are we supposed to run to?”
Just as Luke said, it wasn’t long before the warlocks and the Undead, who were hiding in the pyramid, began to crawl out.
Luke’s Heatwave magic and Auster’s shelling poured on to them.
Riders were also diligently chasing after the remnants as if they were catching insects.
Three hours after the initial shelling, the battle was completely done.
‘It’s over. But what is this stuffy feeling?’
Something felt like it wasn’t right.
Luke looked over at the pyramid that was being used by the Veritas warlocks as their hideout.
It was the den of the warlocks, so dark energy flowed from it, and it was being purified by the fires the army set.
‘Is it because of Arsene? Or is there any other reason for that energy?’
As Luke thought, Count Reynard approached him and reported, “Your Majesty, all the elders have been taken captive, but they killed themselves.”
“What was that? They killed themselves?”
“Yes, it seemed like they had taken poison. They aimed for the gap when the surveillance was neglected and did that.”
The elders that were held captive were captured by Luke, and their black circle was destroyed, which meant that they were barely holding onto their lives.
Of course, they didn’t have any power to resist. All their weapons and artifacts were confiscated.
So, the knights and guards decided to take their eyes off the elders for a second.
“The fault of the subordinates reflects on the superiors. Your Majesty, please go ahead and punish us.”
Luke frowned at Count Reynard’s plea for punishment.
It was because the elders needed to be interrogated to know where Arsene’s Life Vessel was being kept hidden.
The only reason he went ahead and killed Nestar was because he knew that there would be other elders of the Veritas Magic Tower who would be able to give him the information, and now, everything went wrong!
‘Was this why I was feeling stuffy?’
Luke sighed and shook his head.
“That is enough. It is useless to regret something that has already happened. Interrogate the rest of them as far as possible.”
“Understood, Your Majesty.”
It was after Count Reynard, who went away after taking the orders…
Urrrng!
Suddenly, the ground shook.
“What is this? An earthquake?”
Luke flew around the island with Fly magic to see if there was an earthquake.
However, the intensity of the earthquake wasn’t that strong and it stopped right away. The sea seemed way too quiet for an earthquake.
‘I guess it was just a tremor.’
Thinking so, Luke flew over to help clear the battlefield.
The wounded knights and soldiers were being healed.
“Your Majesty, why don’t you leave this to us and take a rest?”
“Yes. I heard that Your Majesty had killed the enemy’s leader.”
At the words of Shirley and the other knights, Luke spoke with a smile, “If I directly help, things in the field can be cleared quickly. And there is an old saying that a king’s hand is a promising hand.”
“Huh? There was such a saying?”
“I heard that a mother’s hand is a promising hand, but…”
As the servants and Luke were talking, the soldier in charge of guarding duty ran over to report.
“Your Majesty, Sir Belfair and his party are returning!”
“Huh?”
Belfair went to set up a torpedo in the sea at the only exit point of the islands.
Having had his whale and three boats along with him, he returned. Luke asked, “You came later than I thought. Did something happen?”
Belfair responded to Luke’s question, “Well, when I went there, there was a fish that got caught in it. I was late because I had to clean it up.”
“Fish?”
At Luke’s question, he explained in detail.
Belfair, who installed the torpedo, was waiting outside the Hells Island.
Thinking that if there really was someone who was smart enough to escape from the island, they would get caught.
However, the battle ended with no such lucky men.
As a response, Belfair returned and found a ship sunk by a torpedo at the entrance of the other side.
It was too late to get the assets out from the ship.
“There were classified documents that were retrieved from the sunken ship, and if you look closely, we can see where the Grain merchants have sent their cargo from this island.”
“Oh! That is good work!”
In the stamped documents of Grain, the letters, which were all written in ink, were smeared, but it could be made out that the words were supposed to be encrypted.
However, if magic could be used, Luke might be able to restore it.
Still, the elders had all committed suicide, and he was feeling upset that the Veritas men had managed to keep secrets, but this was good news for Luke.
“But, Your Majesty, there is something else I have got.”
“Apart from the papers?”
“Yes, Master.”
As Belfair clapped his hands, the sailors, who were out with him, dragged back a young man in a robe.
The young man with a magic power seal on his hands was soaked wet as if he had drowned.
In addition, seeing that his eyes were closed and he didn’t manage to move, it was like he lost consciousness.
Seeing the young man’s face, Luke frowned. Something changed his entire mood.
‘Arsene, he looks very similar to him!’
The young man resembled Arsene’s youthful appearance before he became a Lich.
‘A bloodline?’
He could be a descendant.
It would be very strange for the Veritas Magic Tower, which had flourished for the past 500 years, to have no descendant of Arsene.
When Luke was full of displeasure, Beflair explained why he brought in the guy.
“I looked through as I found something floating on the broken ship when the torpedo exploded. He seemed to be a high ranking person because of the documents he had in his hands.”
“Ho, really?”
Maybe there was no need for Luke to restore those confidential documents.
Excited, Luke flicked his finger.
Snap!
With a small noise, a small amount of Divine power flowed into the young man.
It was his intention so that the light would seep into the young man’s body, and soon, black smoke came up, and then everyone saw his body burn.