Chapter 594 - I Donst Know What Yousre Thinking (1/2)
Chapter 594: I Don’t Know What You’re Thinking
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Heroto was in a state of disorder when he appeared. His white beard had been sheared unevenly by some sharp object and stained by blood. His clothes were in tatters. He looked around. Feeling that something was not right, he asked, “Halino, what happened here? Did I miss anything?”
Halino chuckled. “No, you’ve arrived just in time, Heroto.”
Eugene said, “Heroto, I’m telling you, the Red Dragon Queen’s lost it. She’s turned on us! She wants to destroy the Book of Creation’s fragment!”
If Heroto had not appeared and Link had chosen to side with the Red Dragon Queen, both Eugene and Halino would have lost all hope of retrieving the Book of Creation’s fragment.
But now, their overall strength had received a huge boost with the appearance of Heroto. They now had an advantage over the Red Dragon Queen. Even if Link allied himself with her, it would not have made a difference.
Also, Link was a reasonable person. He would definitely be able to see that he had no chance of winning against them. Not wanting to risk annihilation alongside the queen, Link would naturally choose to pull out from their dispute.
The Red Dragon Queen might even be thinking about taking all three of them on her own. If she was still intent on stopping them, it would only mean her death.
Gretel had also noticed the sudden change in her situation. She turned to Heroto.
“No, Great Sage, the Book of Creation’s fragment is just too powerful. Whoever has it will… Eugene, you bastard! Are you looking to die so soon?”
Before she even finished, she realized that Eugene had already raced up the mountain ahead of them.
As he streaked up the mountain, he shouted back, “There’s nothing to be said between us, Gretel. Our opinions differ greatly. Trying to persuade the other to see one’s point of view would simply be an exercise in futility. Halino, Heroto, stop her!”
Gretel opened her mouth wide, and a huge fire pillar surged out from it towards the Dark Magician Eugene like a sharp sword.
It did not matter whether Link decided to side with her. It did not matter if she had to see this fight through on her own. Even if it meant risking death, she would do whatever it took to destroy the Book of Creation’s fragment.
And so, she did not hesitate to make the first move against Eugene.
Heroto was still unclear about the situation. The atmosphere was already tense when he appeared in their midst. Seeing that Gretel had struck out at Eugene, Heroto decided to join forces with Halino and Eugene.
He pointed his wand at the ground. “Mountain Surge!”
A rumbling sound came from the ground. In an instant, the ground rose up, forming a 500-foot tall, 1000-foot wide, 100-foot thick stone wall. It was as if a huge mountain had appeared out of thin air.
The five-foot thick dragon breath hit the stone wall. Streaks of fire and light flew off in all directions upon impact, and molten rock flowed from the wall, but the attack did not penetrate the thick stone wall.
“Gretel, what are you doing? !” Heroto could not grasp the Red Dragon Queen’s actions.
Halino said hurriedly, “Save your questions for later, Heroto. Our top priority now is to retrieve the Book of Creation’s fragment before anything happens to it!”
This sounded reasonable. Still unclear about the whole situation, Heroto decided not to think too much about it for now and pointed his wand at the Red Dragon Queen’s feet. “Earthquake!”
With another rumbling, the ground beneath the Red Dragon Queen began to roil like an ocean’s surface during a storm.
Gretel spread out her wings and rushed into the sky in a whoosh. She then spewed dragon breath at Heroto as she flew up.
Another huge pillar of fire surged out from her mouth.
This was not all. A dark purple fireball was now taking shape in front of the Red Dragon Queen’s massive body. It gradually expanded into a three-foot wide purple-black fireball.
“Ball of Destruction!”
Dragon breath surged towards Halino and Mountain Sage Heroto like an avalanche. On the other hand, the Ball of Destruction hurtled towards the Mountain Sage’s huge stone barrier and collided into the huge hole that Gretel had managed to carve into it with her first burst of dragon fire.
In the next second, an explosion shook the earth. The Ball of Destruction had exploded, shattering the stone barrier into pieces. The stone that formed the barrier melted into hot molten lava, which burst out in all directions at incredible speed. In an instant, lava sprayed out as far as a few thousand feet around the point of impact.
From afar, it looked as if someone had set off a lava-filled firework!
This was an indiscriminate attack, covering everyone and everything within its area in an instant. It also had tremendous power. Each blob of lava that was sent flying into the air could reach Level-11 or above in terms of power. Only the Red Dragon Queen was able to unleash an attack of this magnitude with ease.
In the midst of this catastrophic display of fire and smoke, a flash of white light appeared. It was Link’s spatial portal. Just as everyone else was busy taking cover, Link appeared beside Eliard and Nana and conjured a spatial barrier around them.
As soon as the barrier appeared, hot molten lava began falling from the sky and onto the spatial barrier. The barrage of lava was then suspended in midair by this transparent barrier before it hit the ground.
Through the spatial barrier, all three of them saw that Halino, Heroto and even Eugene stopped in their tracks in order to set up their magical defenses against this attack.
Seeing the raging Red Dragon Queen floating in the air, Eliard could not help but exclaim, “The dragons’ queen really is powerful to be able to hold her own against three Legendary masters!”
Nana thought otherwise. She was staring at Halino. She then whispered, “Two seconds.”
“Two seconds until what?” asked Eliard.
Link replied, “Two seconds from now, the Light Magician Halino will retaliate. Judging from the flow of energy within him, the attack he’s preparing will be lethal. She’ll die from it!”
( Updated by BOXNOVEL )
Halino was a Level-13 master who had seen much in the world for the last hundred or so years. He was a peerless master whose power was second to none. The Red Dragon Queen was simply not a match for him.
Link’s hand was already holding up the Ode of a Full Moon sword as he said this. Though his choice differed slightly from the others, Link was still of the opinion that the Red Dragon Queen’s continued existence would benefit Link and Ferde more than her demise.