1457 Eruption Part 1 (2/2)

With his Eye of Souls, Saleen saw that the volcano was spewing more than just ash; it was also discharging raging energy that was anything but pure. All sorts of energies were mixed within and he could not tell how they operated.

If something like that happened at the mouth of the volcano, even an extinct one could be brought to life again.

Gusion, who was leading the puppet army, waved his flag and proceeded elsewhere according to plan. Saleen didn't want to lose any of the puppets, as the price of one unit would have been enough for him to purchase several sets of magic armor.

Among the remaining troops were the demon army units, who were all wearing Devil Possession Armors capable of flight. They left the offensive formation first. That armor, designed and crafted for conventional warfare, couldn't resist something naturally occurring like volcano eruptions.

The Bug Angel Warriors were the second to leave. Despite being formidable defensive equipment, they were high-maintenance, and Saleen wasn't much of a spendthrift, to begin with.

Next came the army of figures. They chose to run along the mountain pass instead of taking flight, yet their speed accelerated to the point where not even level-3 warhorses could keep up.

Boom!

The volcano erupted. Red-black smoke shot to the sky while Saleen's armies moved in the other direction in an orderly manner.

This wasn't the result of a divine spell; it was a signal that someone was about to emerge from the volcano.

The place where the head warden took up residence terrified Saleen. He had once been inside the crevasse in the ground. Temperatures in lava lakes were terrifyingly high: Not even Saleen dared to stay in such places for prolonged periods.

Yet the head warden was living in that volcano. It was apparent that he had been training for extended periods where the lava moved.

”Saleen!” The mouth of the volcano was like a huge speaker, amplifying his voice. Even the clouds above took a funnel-like shape before spinning in a frenzy.

Saleen smirked and said to the people near him casually, ”So the head warden knows me, huh? Seems like I'm famous.”

There was no doubt about the extent of his fame. Virtually every professional on the mainland had heard of Saleen Metatrin. His joke, however, lightened the mood around Jola and the others.

Only Rafel said to Saleen solemnly, ”My lord, the rules of the plane have loosened...”

”Great. If they hadn't loosened up, I'd be having a hard time fighting him!” Saleen felt the rules loosening too. For one thing, the seal in his body was crumbling. The seal would have automatically been undone as soon as the rules allowed them to be. There would have never been a stupid thing such as having one's power sealed by one's hands and yet be unable to restore them.

”Master!” The three weapon spirits appeared at the same time right behind Saleen. Everyone thought the God of Magic Net was still at Nature City. There had been several intense fights and even when someone had shown up right before Saleen, the God of Magic Net still did not show...

”Very well. Hold on. Whoever my lightning icicles hit, you all hit them too,” Saleen ordered.

”Yes, master,” the three weapon spirits answered in unison as if they were one being.

Saleen's army retreated at great speed. Not even the wardens dared to stay behind. The volcano was about to erupt, a palpable sign that the head warden's powers were running amok. The Black Dungeon Volcano would have stayed dead for tens of thousands of years had it not been for the warden.

Then a phenomenon occurred around the Black Dungeon Volcano. Many of the opposing sides mixed up with one another as they ran for their lives. Other than Saleen's flying forces, all other troops escaped as quickly as they were able, or they would have soon been engulfed by the volcano.

Saleen climbed to greater altitudes and thought about hurling a level-18 scroll into the mouth right away. But if he missed his target, it wasn't a sure thing that the level-18 would end up killing the head warden.

He practically lived inside the volcano, which meant that the eruption would not harm him.

Saleen wasn't hoping to damage the head warden through sheer dumb luck. Even he, at level-13, wouldn't have been easily harmed inside the lava.

The metal angels circled Saleen. The winds above were so fast that they didn't bother flapping their wings. They simply hovered about quickly and let the winds blow.

”About time you showed up, Saleen. I heard you have lightning powers, and I'm interested in seeing if they're more powerful than my flames of purgatory!” The voice emanated from the mouth of the volcano. A thick ground separated the two men.

Saleen frowned. Damn it. That guy's not a believer. He probably has little respect for the gods. The only thing he devotedly worships is power.

The head warden knew of Saleen's arrival. Coincidentally, his powers were on the rise and he was unable to contain it. The head warden exploited the rules of the mainland by loosening them to unleash all his powers, letting the volcano become active again without any concern for his well-being.

Saleen had shown up at a bad time. If he had arrived earlier, he wouldn't have been put on the defensive.

He observed the speed at which his troops retreated, knowing that the flying units would be fine. Some of those incapable of flight would be trapped there, or even scorched to death by the high temperatures.

Things weren't going well. He wondered if the Goddess of Myers had taken back the luck she had promised him.

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