254 Problem with the soul (1/2)

The reason for the gloom aura around them, despite having completed their core mission, was the number of casualties.

After Tomas and Vapula went after Heinz, to stop him from saving Zatiel, only forty-one Rank 4 warriors remained to face the Magi invader force.

They had just lost four comrades to Heinz's shout, most of them were filled with injuries, and killing energy had invaded their bodies so when they faced a group of warriors who were fired up after their leader reached a level where he could kill Rank 4 life forms with a word, the outcome was obvious.

Vapula had ordered them to resist the enemy for ten minutes and that was inside the Second Layer where their powers were weakened. Oliver knew that as long as they remained in the force field, the Magi would not risk reducing their numbers and put the thousands of warriors and the magic tower beneath them in danger.

But the moment they were pushed out of the force field, it would be very easy for Nero with his immense power or Zitra with her Law of Shadows to go after Zatiel and let the rest to stop them from getting anywhere near the tower.

Not to mention that just running away without a strategy would leave them exposed to a barrage of attacks, so under the guidance of the duke, they slowly made a tactical retreat while making sure to maintain the pressure on the Magi invader force.

In the end, three Angels of Supremacy and one Angelic Paragon died, while eight others had lost their bodies and only their True Souls managed to escape.

Oliver knew that their casualties did not end up there. Tomas had informed him, just before he was expelled from the world, that Vapula had died. According to Tomas, the Angelic Paragon with wings of crystal fell because she underestimated Heinz's power, and by the time she wanted to escape it was too late.

Tomas' message sounded sincere and the truth was that in his mind that was exactly what happened.

The group continued flying for a long time until they reached a castle on the north of the continent. In this place, there was a teleportation formation that would bring them into the Vixus continent.

Vermeil's mission would have been much easier if a teleportation formation was in place just beside him the moment he got Zatiel, but unless you are an Origin Runemaster with a certain domain over the Law of Space, building a formation like that out of nowhere was not realistic.

As for creating a castle with the capacity to do something like that in secrecy, that was impossible. Heinz could have detected it very easily, thanks to the disturbance in space that those facilities created.

The moment Oliver reached the castle, he immediately used the teleportation formation and traveled to Saint City in the Vixus continent, where the headquarters of the Heavenly race was.

In an instant, the Angelic Paragon reached a city full of life where thousands of members of the Heavenly race resided.

There were huge buildings all over the place where people talked and discussed important topics. Many of the members of the Heavenly race in this place gave an erudite aura.

The entire city was spotless and its walls were completely white.

There was an immense castle in the center of the city from which giant wings came out, and each of them released an immense sense of power.

Of course, this was only the visible face of Sain City. The sewers were filled with natives who were forced to perform all types of menial tasks. Their lives were pitiful and death occurred almost every single day, many times for starvation.

Oliver appeared at the entrance of the city. Teleportation was blocked in every part of the city other than that place, for safety measures.