Chapter 899 - Truth (1/2)
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
The scorching sun falling from the sky slowly dissipated and revealed a middle-aged man whose body seemed to radiate light. That man was wearing a pure white robe, and a simple golden rune was engraved on it. It looked extremely crisp and clean. His gentle aura was like sunshine in winter, and he didn’t give off a tyrannical aura at all. If not for the distinct Extraordinary Power fluctuations, no one would have believed that this was a Heaven Rank powerhouse.
The man unhurriedly glanced at Lin Yun and smiled.
In an instant, Lin Yun’s gathered mana and frantic Magic Array slowly stopped, while his three chaotic Core Meditation Law Sets also stabilized.
Slowly, that faint trace of power that seemed to be awakening from the Book of Death silently disappeared.
He was only a 5th Rank Archmage. Even if an ordinary 9th Rank Archmage was far from being his opponent, he still couldn’t stand against a Heaven Rank.
This was the difference between Extraordinary Power and a mortal. That difference was far greater than the gap between a 9th Rank Archmage and a common person!
After being forced to that stage, Lin Yun had been backed into a corner. Although the Book of Death was an Extraordinary Magic Tool, it couldn’t be used at its full strength at the moment!
As the Extraordinary Magic Tool used by one of the three strongest powerhouses of Noscent’s peak era, it wasn’t something Lin Yun could use without Extraordinary Power.
If he wanted to resist against Dubois, the only method was indiscriminate mutual destruction. He would use his life as the price to rouse the Book of Death, using the cruelest method of setting the Book of Death and the Book of Mantras aflame to burst with power. This was the only method to end Dubois’ life!
At the end of the Magic Era, he had seen the world’s destruction, yet he hadn’t given up, and he hadn’t frowned. He had calmly faced it. Death wasn’t a reason for Lin Yun to yield.
But that damned Dubois had pushed him in a corner, so this was his only method. If he couldn’t resist, then he would use his life as a price and bury the first Heaven Rank he ever encountered along with him!
But another Heaven Rank powerhouse had appeared. Moreover, he was blocking Dubois, so Lin Yun could only give up on his plan. As long as he didn’t need to die now, revenge could wait.
‘Haha… Heaven Rank…’
Lin Yun closed his eyes and slowly settled the chaos within his body.
In the sky, Dubois frowned and had a chilly expression as he stared at this Heaven Rank powerhouse.
“Butler, you dare to stop me? Are you setting yourself against me? I haven’t seen you in a while, and now you think you can already surpass me?”
After saying those words, a shadow burst out behind Dubois. It was that world full of boundless lightning bolts again, emitting glaring cyan lights as they fell. There was also a purple lightning bolt akin to a powerful Dragon roaming within the sea of lightning, emitting a terrifying Extraordinary Aura. In an instant, the air within several kilometers wasn no longer able to circulate.
Butler was warmly smiling, and his face seemed to emit light.
The faint light slowly spread from Butler’s body and gently melted the seemingly frozen world, making it recover to normal.
“Dubois, I’m not setting myself against you. In fact, you forgot the reason we came to the Raging Flame Plane.”
Dubois sneered as he looked at Butler. A large number of runes were already spreading in the surroundings, and the glow of lightning was already surging. Lightning congealed around his body, and the numerous snake-like lightning bolts were roaming all around him.
“Butler, it looks like you are determined to stop me today. I want to kill that small ant that killed my disciple today! Let’s see if you can stop me now!”
Butler didn’t get angry and only unhurriedly said, as if chatting to an old friend, “Dubois, I said I wasn’t going against you and that I didn’t want to fight you. We came to the Raging Flame Plane for the same purpose, or it is better to say that we came to the Raging Flame Plane for just one reason, which is to help the Andlusa Kingdom defeat the Raging Flame Beastmen and win the bet against the Odin Kingdom. Everything else has nothing to do with us.”
Dubois sneered and remained unconvinced. He reached out with his hand and grabbed something in the void, taking out a lightning-like staff covered in electric sparks, making the shape of the staff somewhat indistinct.
“Butler, less nonsense! I’m going to kill him! Let’s see how you plan on blocking me!”
Butler unhurriedly persisted, “I believe you also know that we are already falling behind the Odin Kingdom, and the key to winning that huge bet with the Odin Kingdom is Mafa Merlin.”
Dubois froze, glanced at the pale Lin Yun, and immediately burst out in laughter.
“Him? Butler, I don’t care why you want to save that guy that killed my disciple, but you say he is the key to winning this war? If you want to trick me, you’ll have to actually use your brain. Don’t say that kind of stupid thing, how could we rely on a mere Archmage?”
Butler concisely answered, “Those aren’t my words.”