1306 Calm Before the Storm Part 2 (2/2)

”Out of my way!” The skeletal dragon's claws tore at its side. If the space tear had formed naturally, it would not have been able to withstand its pressure. However, the tear was a manifestation of the summoning array.

It ignored the elemental storm in the tear and did not suffer any damage.

The half-dead's bones shattered to pieces. The soul flames in its eyes were quickly absorbed by the skeletal dragon.

The skeletal dragon spit some of the broken bony residue at the magic tower right before it, killing over half of the mages inside. The essence of the bones were absorbed by the skeletal dragon and made part of its power as well.

”Sh**, why is a skeletal dragon coming out!?”

”Let's get out of here...”

While the mages of the Elemental Hand had many ways of dealing with it, killing the skeletal dragon would be moot if they were lost too many mages, as it would rob them of the hope to restart in the future.

Most of the elites of Alchemy City had been transferred elsewhere, and the mainland was about to fall into chaos. The Elemental Hand had no intention of being caught at the forefront. Many would perish in the upcoming chaos.

The people of the Elemental Hand began to discuss retreat. The skeletal dragon forced itself out of the tear and lowered its head, crashing into a magic tower. The Floating City in the sky remained where it was. Rain clouds were gathering and cold rain fell from the sky on the mid-autumn day.

The Floating City was half of the reason why the rain came to be.

Saleen was researching on how to convert clouds to rain. Clouds were inadequate for generating lightning, but when rain formed, lightning would definitely appear.

The enchanters on the Floating City cast many magic spells to test per Saleen's requests and finally created a thunderstorm.

Countless half-dead emerged out of the tear from behind the skeletal dragon. The tear could not be maintained for long, but half-dead and spirits were different.

Half-deads yearned for flesh and manifestation of souls. The smell of Myers Mainland was enticing, and the half-deads were instinctually tempted. They forced themselves through the space barrier and into Alchemy City without a care.

Many half-deads lower than level seven lost their way in the space tear and were caught in the space turbulence, lost for good. However, half-deads of level seven and above possessed intelligence, and their instincts had been awakened.

The half-deads simply followed the path of energy forged by the skeletal dragon, entering Alchemy City without a scratch.

Heavy rain poured from above and the soul flames in the eyes of the half-deads danced in the rain. They spread out throughout the city.

Saleen and his party had returned to the Floating City. The reactions of the crowd watching the scene from the magic array differed.

Saleen sighed. Alchemy City was doomed. The thousand year-old city had once been the dream of countless mages and was about to be crushed by creatures from another plane.

That spirit plane was definitely not the one that the Winged Skull came from.

No one had any idea what the level of the skeletal dragon was, but it could not be any lower than 13. The rules of Myers Mainland began to loosen. Alchemy City's territory was no longer able to suppress the skeletal dragon's power.

It was great news to mages. Once rules on the mainland changed, advancing would no longer be difficult. To common folks, however, it was definitely a disaster.

Half-deads hunted any living beings to absorb their powers of the soul to strengthen themselves. The rate of hunting would not be high, unlike black magicians. The gods that black magicians believed in might not be able to kill the skeletal dragon.

Imposa sighed. His regret was that he was unable to continue searching the warehouse. With the emergence of the skeletal dragon, the people of the Elemental Hand would rack their brains for ways to retreat, without any spare thoughts to bother about Saleen's party.

The Grand Duke looked at the scene and shook his head. He said to Saleen, ”Your Highness, I urgently need...”

”Equipment, no? Give me a list. I'll try to hasten the crafting processes as best as I can.”

Imposa was unable to hold back any longer. ”Grand Duke, I'm willing to help you, but I don't know what to do with the things I took from His Highness.” He took out a firewing monkey sealed in water element.

”It's one of the god creatures, which can be used to craft tools for amplifying fire element magic powers. If the souls of these god creatures are intact, they can be made into weapon spirits as well,” Saleen explained to Grand Duke Iron Blood. Both he and Imposa did not get what they went into the warehouse for.

They were unsure if the Grand Duke would be okay with the firewing monkeys.

Imposa heard Saleen's words and knew immediately that their worth far exceeded his expectations, but they were not quite as valuable as the fragments.

”I'm fine. I'll take one-fifth of these if that is okay with you?” The Grand Duke asked both Saleen and Imposa.

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