1225 The Cosmos Part 2 (2/2)
The Tower had veritably tortured the Holy See's forces or days. The 3,600 demonic spirits were all enchanters, and, with that many enchanters under the magic net, it had felt as if they were fighting 3,600 mages at the same time.
Theisio could clearly see the tower flying away all of a sudden and was puzzled as well. He then smirked, having come to realize something, and prevented his men from chasing after it.
Saleen's tower seemed like a piece of very tough bone. Theisio had been unable to kill Saleen when he had previously thrown the mage into a divine kingdom. Now that he had come to possess all three godly items, he had no intention of wasting his time and energy on Saleen.
The great head inquisitor is still here, anyway.
The great head inquisitor had revived himself using the Divine Stone tablet and advanced to level 11, placing huge pressure on Theisio. His plans to consolidate the Holy See had to be pushed back as a result.
If the three godly items are really able to work as they should and can bring forth the power spoken of in legends, then the Tribunal and the oracle will have had no choice but to bow to me.
He was puzzled as to why his god was reluctant to grant him more power. If he could acquire the god's blessing, the three godly items' power would grow exponentially.
The Magical Element Tower flew southward and passed by the wardens' main camp. The great head inquisitor was there.
The great head inquisitor was stunned when he saw the tower fly by, but quickly burst out in laughter.
”So, this Saleen is baiting me, eh?” At his level, he could vaguely sense his fate and the looming crisis, despite never having trained in astrology.
Saleen's intentions were laid bare for all to see. He hadn't concealed anything at all.
”Sir, shall we mobilize the Crimson Army and chase after it?” A newly-advanced inquisitor asked for the great head inquisitor's thoughts.
”Theisio didn't bother doing anything about him, so why should we? Saleen's wife is in that city right now. I sure as hell don't believe that he would just leave her behind like that.” The great head inquisitor then paused for a bit before saying, ”Send several shadow wardens after him and see what this Saleen is baiting me with.”
”Yes, sir.” The young inquisitor received his orders, bowed, and left the building which the great head inquisitor was in. The great head inquisitor had set it up to serve as his residence. There was a dungeon below it, keeping under lock and key some unknown beast that roared and howled every day.
Nothing within a hundred miles radius could escape the eyes of Saleen, who was inside the tower. He could have even used the tower itself to watch over the are that lay within dozens of miles of it.
Several wardens clad in armor tailed the tower. Saleen could have simply killed them on the spot, as the Thunder Dragon Blaster surpassed any level-ten magic spells when in range. However, Saleen simply let the wardens tail him while he observed the red armor that they were wearing.
Those wardens were fairly powerful, and seemed to be at level five or six. Having people of such levels serving as rank-and-file soldiers spoke volumes of the Tribunal's power. However, warriors at level five or six were incapable of flight.
There were only two reasons that the six wardens were able to catch up to Saleen's tower. The first was that Saleen was having it fly at less than 100 miles per hour, waiting for them patiently; and the second was that the red armor that the wardens wore allowed them to obtain a decent flight speed, enabling them to keep up with mages of at least level six.
The distance between Daliang City and the Separation Sea was only several miles. The bone castle on the shore of the Separation Sea had been rendered useless.
Without the Winged Skull taking charge of the place, Mu En the great sorcerer was unable to hold it for long. He had never been a ”great sorcerer” or whatever in the first place; that was only a title that Saleen had used to intimidate others.
The city at the Separation Sea's shore was still intact, as the Holy See had not razed the place. They did want to take it, raze it, and rebuild it.
The city was still in Saleen's hand and there were fewer than 1,000 of the weak, old and disabled in it. It would be impossible for them to hold the place, as their numbers were so low that they could not guard the city's gates.
Saleen left over 10,000 demons in the city as he passed it. The demons and the magic bugs made the place into their turf for the time being. The leading demon possessed level-nine power. That would suffice to hold down the fort unless the Holy See decided to send huge forces to take the city.
Saleen assigned his people there for a while before flying the tower toward the Separation Sea again.
Things were calm on the Separation Sea, and Saleen flew close to the water. His Elemental Eye scanned everything below, and he flew all the way to the sea's center, but he did not find the eye of the sea as had been deduced by calculations using magic formulas.
Seems like it's truly being suppressed then. Deep down, Saleen was elated.
Even if there were a water-type element spirit below, it would not be all that powerful. Such a spirit would probably be hiding in another space, not daring to emerge.
He turned around to look at the wardens tailing him and then dropped the tower into the water without warning.
The general depth of the Separation Sea was about several hundred meters, but no one had ever bothered to check the depth at the center. The Magical Element Tower continued to drop for a mile or so but had yet to reach the bottom. In this location, Saleen's Elemental Eye caught sight of the ocean floor below.
Someone capable of controlling the water element enough to fool Saleen's Elemental Eye was definitely one very powerful being!
Saleen accelerated the tower and dived for the deepest depth of the lake. The tower just shook violently and stopped, having dived over ten miles down.
They finally reached the bottom. Saleen peered outside the tower and saw the leg of a very huge turtle.