792 Nightfall (2/2)
”What happened?” Melmax looked at the sky, hoping to find some clues. In the meantime, he activated the divine power circle of the Holy City in case of unexpected attacks. Whether or not Benedict III gave any order, he had to do that. It was the responsibility of the captain of Temple Knights who was stationed in Lance.
In the dark and sunless sky, stars that felt both real and illusionary shined brilliantly, with indescribable mysteriousness.
They were moving in the sky slowly, as they had always been and would always be.
”This… This is the starry sky of destiny!” Although Melmax was a knight, he had fought sorcerers for many years and had a deep understanding of them. So, he realized what the starry sky was without any trouble.
Suddenly, his pupils constricted violently, and one of the illusionary stars in the sky glowed, eclipsing all the other stars of destiny. Then, the star launched down a brilliant but flashing light, which landed on the ground somewhere far away like a laser.
Melmax turned around abruptly and appeared out of Benedict III's residence in a blink. He had a terrible feeling!
”What? His Holiness is praying and not to be disturbed?” Faced with the red robes that guarded Benedict III's residence, even Melmax, an expert who had the manners of a knight, could barely control himself.
Did the pope not notice the astonishing phenomenon outside?
The red robes shook their heads. ”His Holiness did not give any instruction on that.”
”Then, go in and report it immediately. I believe you've seen the changes in the sky,” Melmax urged while he searched for the source of the anomaly with divine power items.
”The City in the Sky? Douglas is trying to break into the demigod level?” Melmax clutched his longsword tightly.
At this moment, the trajectory of destiny that had been covered by Douglas and Brook was already clear. After all, everybody had seen the unusual phenomenon!
”Lord Melmax, I have used the way of contact for emergencies, but His Holiness did not give any reply…” The red robe looked rather scared.
Melmax calmed down. ”I'll go to Allyn now. Perhaps His Holiness has gone there to stop them when the sky was darkened without having the time to inform us.”
He could only comfort himself in such a way. How could the pope be out of reach at such a critical moment? He couldn't have been in an alternate dimension, could he?
Inside the Dark Mountain Range…
”What? The Primordial Ancestor cannot be found?” Dracula glared at Danisos with his crimson eyes. They were shocked by the unusual phenomenon even though they were in the Dark Mountain Range.
The wounds on Danisos' back hadn't even recovered yet. He replied, not in a good mood, ”We can't find her or reach out to her. The Observer is gone too.”
The legendary experts like the Demogorgon of Eyes and the Elder Mind all felt a headache coming on. They knew that their president wasn't too reliable, and they had been prepared that all of them had to search for her through hard work, but they did not know that it would happen so quickly…
The Elder Mind thought for a moment and said, ”Perhaps, she's already gone to Allyn. The president is close to the Congress of Magic. Douglas must've asked for her protection before he made the attempt.”
”That should be the case… We ought to take a look at it too. Perhaps we can learn a thing or two from the process.” Ogre, the Umbral King, was both frustrated and delighted.
Similar things were happening in the depths of the Boundless Ocean and the ninth level of hell. As for the abyss, the Demogorgon of Darkness could not allow the Will of Abyss to arrive at the main material world without preparations.
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One of the stars of destiny left a narrow, long, and brilliant path behind, which fell at the center of the cognitive world and the Land of Truth precisely.
”Mr. President is trying to break into the demigod level…”
Oliver and the other legendary sorcerers realized what was going on. They looked at the process in both shock and wariness.
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Inside the World of Souls, in the projection of the Dark Mountain Range…
After the Lord of Hell leaped out of the crater, the burning fire of hell on the ground surged toward the spherical magic circle. From the projection of hell, huge devils arrived in legions that looked like tides.
Caught unprepared, Fernando only had the time to stop Maltimus with the Storm Barrier, but he was unable to block the other devils and the fire of hell.
At this moment, a cold wind that felt like it came from the darkest and filthiest place blew out of the power of the World of Souls that was absorbed by the spherical magic circle. Immediately, the fire of hell died out, and the devils attacked their companions or brutalized themselves crazily…
The strong sense of familiarity stunned Viken who was fighting the Silver Moon in the sky. Had he come, too?
It was exactly Monster Viken, his other self!
Although he still couldn't leave the Realm of Gates, he could briefly spread out his power in the World of Souls through special arrangements!