1348 Angering the Heretic God Part 1 (1/2)
A level-11 abomination!
The magic cube was capable of distinguishing between different levels of enemies, Saleen found that was amusing.
”Ojarvis, what do you mean?”
”There'll be level-12 abominations showing up sooner or later. If we send common troops out there, you might as well tell them to dig their own graves. I'll keep pulling back the line of defense and have all troops get inside the magic door. Help us out with that.”
”Wait, you're not telling me to go out there and fight those level-11 things, are you?”
”Of course not. I know you have potent movement skills. Those level-11 abominations would never be able to catch up to you. Just get their attention so my troops can safely retreat. Sooner or later, they will become Lex's troops.”
Saleen glanced at Lex, who nodded. Nailisi snorted heavily but didn't object. That was because all 18 magic clocks were still in her 12 Notes of First Purgatory. Neither Lex nor Ojarvis said a word.
”Alright then, Nailisi, come with me.” Saleen nodded in agreement.
”Saleen, there's only one place with a set of space coordinates in the entire magic cube, and that is my room,” Ojarvis said as he drew the coordinates in the air with his finger. Saleen memorized them.
”Bring those powerful abominations up to the surface while you head back to the Floating City and teleport back here.”
Saleen did not expect the magic cube to have a teleportation portal. In theory, a space like that should have been sealed, disallowing any fixed-space coordinates to exist inside. If there were space coordinates inside, that location would have been the magic cube's weakness.
Ojarvis was definitely not someone who was afraid of death. Those coordinates were left behind for Lex.
If worse came to worst and the magic cube remained incapable of stopping the abominations, then Lex—the heiress to the empire—would have still been able to leave.
Saleen knew that Ojarvis wanted to find out if the teleportation portal was a reliable one and if he was being used as a guinea pig. The goal of the experiment, though, was to ensure Lex's safety.
Saleen understood Ojarvis' intentions and did not argue. After all, he had to give up something in order to take the magic cube. Ojarvis' resurrection was a matter to be considered in the far future.
Saleen did not use the teleportation to get outside with Nailisi. He took the stone instead and came to where the large-scale puppet was being put together.
The other side to the site was the magic door, which served as the core of any route getting in and out of there. The abominations would have had to attack the door sooner or later, as there was simply no other way of getting in there.
The magic cube seemed like a parallel dimension; the space coordinates of that place kept shifting.
Passing those mages, Saleen found them focusing their attention on adding the finishing touches to the puppet. It looked entirely different from how it was when Saleen came in through that door. At the moment, it was filled with offensive weapons.
Saleen was surprised. Then he saw the changes on the magic door, which quickly allowed him to comprehend the reason for its design: The door was a one-way magic defense piece of equipment.
The large-scale puppet would have only needed to attack through the door. Once the magic door was in operation, the ones outside the door would have been unable to attack anything inside. They needed to pass through the magic door in order to attack the large-scale puppet.
But passing through the door came with a hefty price.
”Prince Safilos.” Saleen came before Safilos and displayed a mage's gesture of courtesy.
”Your Highness Saleen.” Safilos' gray eyes looked weary. He had lost sensory connection with his four trusted mages who were probably dead by now. While he never valued mages much in general, those four level-10 mages were his friends.
”If Lex was to become empress, what would you do?” Saleen asked the question before he went off. If Safilo's' answer was not one that he found satisfactory, he would stop helping Qin. That was because Safilos had control of all armies except the Royal Swordsman Camp.
”I shall head to my kingdom, become just a king and stop meddling in Qin's affairs. I think you'd be able to help Lex keep this nation safe, right?” Safilos asked in return.
”I think I'd be able to do that. I myself have no interest in becoming emperor. But then again, Ojarvis said that it will happen someday. Prince Safilos, don't you think that would prove rather troublesome?”
”We'll deal with that when the time comes. Right now, the last line of defense of Qin is right behind me. I need to fulfill my task before I think about those things.” Safilos shouldered his demonic long blade that still emanated an aura of death.
”When the time comes then...” Saleen nodded and turned toward the magic door. Those mages saw both Saleen and Nailisi crackled all over with lightning sparks as they walked outside. All of them were in awe.
They had intended to trip him up because of his insolence at Safilos; nevertheless, Saleen walked outside without waiting for them to open the magic door.
The energies on that door were utterly incapable of preventing Saleen from going in or out.
The lightning's energy broke down the energy at the door, boring a hole in an instant, allowing Saleen to step outside while hardly breaking a sweat.
Safilos simply pursed his lips lazily at Saleen's protest. He had no energy to argue with Saleen about anything. As for the matter with Lex, he was not considering it as a personal perspective.