Chapter 125: The Mysterious Figures (1/2)

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An elf with long blonde hair and crimson eyes glanced at the scene displayed to him from within a large holographic screen.

In such a battle, a giant dragon of azure colors coated in beautiful and shiny ice scales fought desperately against one of his creations, a titanic humanoid machine with enough power to defeat Rank 3 Peak Stage Cultivators with moderate ease…

Yet this dragon… somehow defeated it and survived without any problems?!

”It is all thanks to that abnormal Mana regeneration, its good magic, and… that regeneration, which seemed endless…” said the elf, squinting his eyes as he watched the entire recording slowly, analyzing everything he could.

And then he suddenly realized something he hadn't noticed before… the dragon was protecting the other Unique Skill user, the ice giant girl… this entire time he has been protecting her!

He was using some strange invisible force that wasn't projected in cameras, which was of course Drake's Phantom Body.

”Is it protecting it through some sort of Telekinesis? Or maybe its own wind magic? Hm… Further investigation on that specimen would be needed… And I didn't get to see anything that the girl had to offer, sadly…” he sighed, closing his eyes and walking away.

Despite being an elf closer to nature, he was within an immense highly technological underground structure, where many other Elves walked around, assessing things through computers, repairing mechs, or creating more of them by the use of gigantic technological 3D printers.

These immense structures were fueled by thousands of mana cores and through the use of special materials, they instantly printed several materials needed to craft more equipment.

”That War Machine was very costly… And it is gone like nothing! Well, I was ready to have losses the moment I decided to attempt to capture them with my equipment which I had placed on standby there but… Still, it is rather impressive and frustrating that this dragon managed to destroy it so easily…” he sighed.

The elf man walked through the entire facility as he was led into what seemed to be a large area where many people were inside, probably captive, as they were wearing strange magic collars that restricted what they could do.

He glanced them through the transparent window as they were being used to make experiments, mostly the scientist here were seeing how far their special abilities could go…

”How are things going?” he asked.

”It seems that these two subjects are Unique Skill users of Rank A, sir,” said the elf wearing a lab coat.

”I see. Useful enough… Put it on military training and brainwash them asap,” said the elf man.

”Yes sir.”

The elf man smiled, as his crimson-red eyes flashed with an eerie light, as he saw the young boy and girl being hurriedly carried away from the place, their eyes seemed concerned and fearful.

”Hmph… Unique Skill users are blessed with such fantastical powers, why are they so insecure? They should rejoice themselves… Seeing these faces only fills me with disgusts. They have a chance to change the world, yet they are fearful to use their powers as they should… Don't worry, I will make sure to use it well for you…” he thought, as he walked away.

The man quickly walked through a long corridor, taking an elevator that led to the surface, where he was suddenly greeted by a large shrine made of fine wood, he walked out of the elevator as it was quickly covered by a moss-covered floor made of stone bricks.

He walked outside of the empty shrine and was greeted by the beautiful scenery of one of the large cities of the Region of Alfheim.

Large trees that went hundreds of meters into the skies, connected by many branches covered by houses constructed by the elves, elves walking as if nothing down below, living their lives leisurely, it seemed to be a world completely apart from what was happening underground… Yet many of these people were well aware of what was happening there.

The crimson-eyed elf man took a walk through the streets made of gigantic tree branches, reaching into a large palace, where a few people greeted him. Unlike him, they were not elves.