Chapter 730 - Penetrate the Backlines (3) (2/2)

But it wasn’t invincible, after all. If not, the Carlesdine wouldn’t go extinct along with the White Elves after the Creation War. However, now wasn’t the time to think about these matters. Rhode shifted his attention to his spiritual communications and ordered them to take action while he observed everything through their eyes.

What a fascinating line of sight.

The two girls didn’t sneak through the shadow like typical scouts or spies and advance only after the guards left. Instead, they pulled down their hoods and paced as though they were in their own garden. From time to time, Death Knights and fully-armored Skeleton Guards passed by them, but no matter what, no one detected them. Even though Gracier’s and Madaras’s white robes were extraordinarily glaring among the sea of pitch-black Undead Creatures, they were as though nonexistent.

Shortly after, the two girls arrived at the middle, where the elemental teleportation door was. Through their line of sight, Rhode saw a thin, invisible barrier decorated with luxurious looking runes that stopped their path. Behind the barrier was a stone platform in the middle and five Necromancers stood around it with staffs in their hands, scanning the place. It was apparent that they were maintaining the operations of the defensive barrier and those who trespassed would instantly be found.

Little tricks by the Undead Creatures.

Rhode let out a snort. He was familiar with how annoying this defense formation was after years of experience. But Gracier and Madaras weren’t taken aback. They strolled forward gracefully without the slightest hesitation.

In an instant, they passed through the defensive barrier that was secured by numerous webs of detection spells, and the Necromancers who stood 15 meters away from them didn’t notice anything. They clutched their white staffs and focused their attention forward.

The two girls arrived before the slate. Indeed, through their line of sight, Rhode spotted his target.

Fantasy Key.

It was a hexagonal crystal which resembled his water elemental Fantasy Key. But after taking a closer look, he discovered that the ball of flames burned continuously in its center, which showed that the Fantasy Key was in an activated state. Rhode also realized that several magical trap protections surrounded this small crystal, but he knew that they weren’t effective on Gracier and Madaras.

Rhode sensed a spiritual signal from the two girls asking if they should snatch it. But he pondered for a while and came up with an amusing idea.

“Gracier, Madaras, let’s put on some fireworks,” Rhode said.

Schrodinger put away the work in his hand and stepped out of the tent hesitantly. Tears flowed down his cheeks as he scanned the surroundings. All he saw was the Undead Army preparing for battle silently. The Necromancers were also engaged in their jobs. He felt that he had made a wrong decision joining this front line. If it was possible, he would rather be imprisoned, but perhaps the situation would be even worse. He knew that among the Vampires, many had mocked him for fleeing from the battlefield while some Undead Creatures disapproved his actions. Even though the higher-ups were interested in his story and experience from that battle, what purpose did it serve? Schrodinger was born into a Vampire family far from civilization and always reared of rumors as one with a low status. He heard that the mighty Vampires were resentful for his humiliating actions and were going to punish him by sunbathing him: this was the most painful and terrifying punishment for Vampires. They would store him in a sealed jar, toss it into the Light Dragon’s territory, and reveal a small opening. The sun would rise and shine into the jar while he couldn’t break free from the shackles and waited in pain to be slowly burned to death. He heard about this rumor and the thought of it made him shiver. It was due to this that he had chosen to return to this place with Cullen once again.

But now, something was off.

Schrodinger’s nose twitched. He felt unsettled as though some kind of danger was approaching. This was his only talent. He was always able to sense dangerous omens. Of course, many Undead Creatures ridiculed him for being craven and only interested in saving his neck, which was the evilest insult to an Undead Creature.

“…!”

At this moment, the ground trembled.

Bam!

Schrodinger widened his eyes in shock. Suddenly, the magma inside the enormous furnace in the middle surged. Then, a monster of flames emerged from within. It looked around fiercely and slashed its razor-sharp claws at the Skeleton Soldiers around its feet. Then, it snarled and shattered one of them into dust.

Oh my goodness, what exactly is going on?!

Schrodinger hugged the cat in his arms tighter and stepped back frantically. The surrounding furnace teleportation doors shook and scarlet, scorching flames spurted. Then, several fire elemental creatures jumped out and attacked everything in their line of sight. The entire camp was in a tizzy.

“What happened!”

Cullen stepped out of his tent in big strides and his expression froze instantly. At the same time, a fire elemental creature detected him, let out a snarl, and pounced on him. Of course, Cullen didn’t feel threatened at all. He brandished his staff and the fire elemental creature shattered instantly as though it was squashed by an invisible hand. It shrunk abruptly into a small ball of flame and vanished into thin air. Cullen stepped forward and his expression turned ashen as soon as he spotted the other fire elemental creatures leaping out of the furnaces.

“Who activated the summoning stone?!”

After Cullen stomped his way to the summoning stone, most of the fire elemental creatures had been wiped out. Fortunately for them, the fire elemental creatures weren’t high in level, so they weren’t threatening at all.

Then, Cullen noticed that the magical barrier, which he easily dispelled at the swing of his hand, was still in place. On the other hand, the five Necromancers stood in their original positions and everything appeared to be fine.

“Who activated the summoning stone?!”

Cullen repeated, but no one answered. Not only that, but he also discovered that the Necromancers behaved strangely.

He sulked and approached one of the Necromancers. The Necromancer clasped its staff and stood still in its place. However, the spiritual radiance in its eyes were gone.

A gentle breeze blew.

“—”

The Necromancer collapsed like a doll and its bone scattered everywhere. Shortly after, the other four Necromancers also crumbled before him.

Cullen gritted his teeth. After he lowered his head and gazed at the pedestal, he clenched his fists and the spiritual flames of his eyes burned in wrath.

The Fantasy Key was missing.