Chapter 742 - One Cannon Is Enough (1/2)
After getting rid of the first altar, they spent a night outside before returning to the gathering point in Stone Heart City.
After finding out about the successful mission, Lanley was extremely surprised.
“All of you succeeded so quickly?”
He has been leading the gathering point in Stone Heart City for many years already and had always been wary of the demonic spirit army near the altar. Due to the lack of manpower, he did not dare act too rashly. He had originally thought that Han Xiao and his group would need eight to ten days to slowly clear up the demonic spirits near the altar. However, Han Xiao’s efficiency had truly surprised him.
That was especially so after realizing that there were no injuries in the group, and only Tomar looked as though he did not have a good sleep. Lanley was extremely curious about the details of their operation.
“I remember that there should be a few hundred demonic spirits. How did all of you accomplish this?”
“It’s like this…” Tomar swallowed a mouthful of saliva and began to explain.
When they set up camp outside last night, Feidin had given Tomar a subtle mental hint together with the ‘divine miracles’ that Han Xiao had gotten Aurora to perform. Tomar had completely believed that Han Xiao’s group of four were deities.
He was the only one who knew the truth about the ‘deities’, and Tomar was agitated to the point he could not sleep. In order to hide the identity of the ‘deities’, he had spent a full night thinking of an appropriate excuse to report to Lanley today.
As he gave his ‘explanation’, Tomar was extremely anxious that Lanley would spot a flaw.
He did not understand why the ‘deities’ wanted to hide their identities, but he did not dare gamble. He was afraid that the ‘deities’ would choose to leave if their identities were exposed. This would result in the gathering point losing such great support.
Upon seeing the broken fragments of the altar, Lanley did not have any other doubts, and after expressing his gratitude to Han Xiao, he left hastily to contact the leaders of the other gathering points.
“I managed to hide it…” Tomar heaved a sigh of relief.
“Good job.” Han Xiao nodded.
Tomar was extremely reserved in front of Han Xiao. Although Han Xiao’s group of four seemed extremely approachable and were not aloof like in the religious records, Tomar still felt immense pressure. He then said, “Your Excellencies, I have a question that I don’t know if I should ask.”
“Speak.”
“Actually, I have been curious since last night…” Tomar stammered. “The deities in the religious records all have their own names and authority. I wonder if… cough cough, I don’t know if it is rude for me to ask this. If it is, I hope that you can accept my apology…”
In truth, he wanted to ask if Han Xiao’s group of four were the deities in the legends that he had heard.
“Names…” Han Xiao stroked his chin before saying with a smile, “This isn’t a secret. My divine name is Black Star.”
Black Star?
Tomar had a look of confusion. He had never heard of such a deity in all the stories he heard.
Han Xiao then pointed at Hila and Aurora. “They are the deities of death and life.”
Hila had a speechless look on her face and could only allow Han Xiao to joke as he wished.
“As for him…” Han Xiao turned around and looked at Feidin who had an expectant look on his face. After letting out a light cough, he joked, “He is the deity of luck. Let me remind you about something, he is both male and female in one body and doesn’t have a gender.”
Must you really emphasize my gender… Feidin had a look of resignation on his face.
Tomar engraved the names into his heart and immediately expressed his loyalty. “I will spread all of your names and allow the world to know who the real deities are. I will spread your glory in this land.”
“We can talk about this in the future.”
Han Xiao tried his best to stifle his laughter. When Tomar entered the universe, this would definitely be his dark past.
After completing the second phase of the mission and gaining the trust of the gathering point, the gathering point began to treat the four ‘great wizards’ with much importance. In the following days, the gathering point gave many tasks to the four of them as part of the mission.
With his overwhelming strength and galactic technology, Han Xiao completed the missions with incredible efficiency. Some of the missions included destroying the other two altars, clearing up demonic spirits in many different cities, killing some of Vosumede’s henchmen, collecting rare materials, and so on.
The use of a spaceship greatly reduced their travelling time, and Han Xiao was able to easily find the rare materials by scanning the entire continent with his devices. He only needed half a month to solve the problem that had been troubling the gathering point for fifty years.
The entire gathering point was shocked by Han Xiao’s divine efficiency, which was almost like a miracle. Tomar bitterly tried to hide the ‘truth’ and did not expose the identities of the ‘deities’.
However, the result of Han Xiao’s efficiency was the suspicion of the upper echelons in the gathering point. There were some who felt that the four of them were far too successful and might be spies sent by Vosumede. Vosumede might intend to lure them all out to catch them in one fell swoop.
Wulis was the current leader of all the gathering points, and he was the one who suspected Han Xiao’s group of four the most. However, he did not reveal his suspicion, instead keeping some secrets from the four.
His plan was to create a ‘divine weapon’ to fight with Vosumede, and the rare materials that Han Xiao had gathered were the materials for the ‘divine weapon*. However, he did not reveal anything to Han Xiao’s group of four.
This way, even if Han Xiao’s group of four were spies for Vosumede, they would not know his true plan. At the same time, he would be able to borrow their strength to gather the materials for the ‘divine weapon’.
In some secret location, all the gathered materials were sent over. Wulis and a few other wizards of the upper echelons were crafting this ‘divine weapon’ secretly.
The flames of the furnace lit up the dark room, and the ‘divine weapon* was beginning to take shape.
Clank!
As the iron hammer came into contact with the red-hot ores, sparks flew in all directions, and the ores gradually began to change shape.
Wulis and the others released their magical elixirs by the side, chanted incantations, and engraved formations to complete the process.
The last step was soon reached, and the blacksmith quenched the completed ‘divine weapon’ in ice-cold water. Whoosh!
A large amount of water was immediately evaporated, and after a long wait, the blacksmith removed a metallic staff from the cold water. It looked like black vines with many curses being engraved on it.
“It is finally completed! The White Sorcerer Wand!”
Wulis picked up the staff excitedly. This was the ‘divine weapon’ that their gathering point had always wanted to forge. It was able to greatly increase the strength of their magical powers and restrict the demonic spirit army. This was the nemesis of Vosumede’s Demonic Spirit Necklace.
All the wizards present had looks of joy on their faces.
“With the White Sorcerer Wand in our hands, we have the strength to face Vosumede head on!”
Wulis held on to the staff tightly and spoke in a bright voice.
“Everyone, we must keep the existence of this staff a secret. We must not let Vosumede and the four wizards of dubious origin know about it.
“This is our strongest trump card, and we will have to rely on it to kill Vosumede! It has been a full fifty years, and it is time for the final battle!
“Inform the wizards in all the gathering points. It is time to launch an all-out attack!”
Wulis burnt with battle intent.
The Chain Mission was at its second last phase, and its mission requirement was to head to the capital of the Ocean Boundary Kingdom to meet up with the wizards of the other gathering points. The next phase of the mission would be to defeat the final boss, Vosumede, in the palace of the Ocean Boundary Kingdom.
In some secret courtyard, all the wizards of the gathering points were gathered with Wulis as the leader. There were about 230 wizards present.
It was evening, and Wulis was giving a speech in front of the others.
“Tonight is the final battle, and we are going to sneak past the defense line of the palace to ambush the Great Palace Wizard. We will gather the strength of our gathering points to kill him. This is the moment when Vosumede is the weakest, and all of our success is thanks to our four new reclusive wizards.”
Wulis then nodded toward Han Xiao’s group of four, who were seated at the front, with a look of caution hidden in his eyes.
The way he saw it, if the four of them were spies, they would definitely expose themselves that night.
Wulis had already made preparations and got his trusted aids to keep an eye on the four of them.
Han Xiao smiled without replying.
The mission would be at its final phase during the battle, and he would be able to reap the harvest from his half a month of hard work.
Tomar was within the crowd, and his fists were clenched with agitation.
I am the only one here who knows that they are deities…
Night descended after a long wait, and darkness enveloped the entire city.
Wulis no longer hesitated and announced the start of the mission.
Their large gang of more than two hundred wizards then approached the palace and suppressed their auras with magical powder. They snuck into the palace and did not disturb the guards.
Han Xiao’s group of four hid among the group and waited for the mission to enter the final phase.
The journey was extremely smooth, and the wizards very quickly gathered outside the palace of the Great Palace Wizard.
Wu!
Right at this moment, a military horn sounded from within the palace.
The palace doors swung open, and a few dozen wizards charged out from the palace. At the front of the group, an old man stood. He was Vosumede.
“Humph, a bunch of sneaky rats. I have been waiting for all of you for a long time,” Vosumede said proudly. “I have long found out about all of your little schemes over the past half a month and couldn’t be bothered with all of you. Do all of you really think that I was unaware of you sneaking into the capital?
“I have already been operating in the Ocean Boundary Kingdom for fifty years, and my demonic spirit army is hidden all around. I found out the moment you stepped into this city!