Chapter 1393 - Retreat (1/2)
Chapter 1393: Retreat
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
At this moment, the stability of the enormous space suggested that the top experts of the Plane of the Undead hadn’t taken action yet. They could only send level-47 undead creatures. At the same time, human beings could only send level-7 Heaven Rank experts…
Time was flowing quickly. When the space completely stabilized, then there would be no stopping the experts from invading.
Xiusi didn’t find anything specific, but he saw that most of the channel that was 7,000 kilometers long had been occupied by the undead creatures, and human beings were holding the last line of defense…
The Mesomiya Plain, which looked like a green blanket, had turned into a black-and-gray land, where the plants had all withered. The soil that was exposed was black and gray too, as if it had been corrupted.
A lot of fortresses had been established at the last defense line. Observing the black land from the fortresses, it could be seen that a tide of undead creatures was surging towards the fortresses. Their ocean stretched all the way to the horizon.
In the front of each fortress, a tremendous number of mages, swordsmen, and archers were attacking. Some Mana Crystal Cannons had been set up on the top of the fortresses, throwing energy balls at the ocean of undead creatures.
Every second, thousands of undead creatures were ripped apart and burnt to ashes. However, in the distance, there was still a boundless ocean of undead creatures. The dead ones were insignificant compared to the total population. The tide was still surging unstoppably.
In the sky in the distance, a bone dragon was flapping its wings and floating in the sky. On the back of the dragon was a skeleton king who wore a ragged cloak. Around the skeleton king, countless flying undead creatures were protecting him from being attacked by anything.
The skeleton king commanded the cannon fodder to charge relentlessly. The land was turning paler and paler because of their charge. The land was dyed by the pieces of the undead creatures. More than 100,000,000 undead creatures had died here in the past month.
The number meant nothing but a figure for the undead creatures. The last thing that the Plane of the Undead was short of was cannon fodder.
In a fortress which had a mage tower that was 100 meters tall, a bunch of experts had gathered, but the strongest of them was only in level 7 of the Heaven Rank.
“What’s going on? Has the Golden Acme Potion of the Gilded Rose been delivered?” a pale mage asked solemnly.
Another mage nodded, and then shook his head.
“Yes, but not enough. There’s only enough for the experts above level 5 of the Heaven Rank. The rest can only be split up and save other people’s lives…”
The mages who gathered around the table all looked grave. One of the mages who wore a white-robe sneered.
“Humph, the Gilded Rose is just a group of unscrupulous businessmen. They’re still trying to make a profit at moments like this. We asked them to surrender the recipe of the Golden Acme Potion, but they refused. They should be purged in holy light…
“Mafa Merlin? Humph. That goddamn guy has been exiled I don’t know where. His destiny is to get completely lost in the boundless void. Without Mafa Merlin, the idiots of the Gilded Rose are still bold enough to defy us. Goddamn it.”
Noc, from the Holy Light Alliance, was one of the representatives. He was the only level-7 Heaven Rank expert from the Holy Light Alliance in this place and also the strongest person in the Holy Light Alliance at this moment.
Lin Yun had been missing for such a long time, which made Noc even more fearless. He even planned to swallow the Gilded Rose.
The young mage on Noc’s opposite side tapped the table, and glanced at Noc in disdain.
“Stop showing your ignorance. The Golden Acme Potion isn’t something that can be infinitely produced. All of the goods in Noscent have been bought out. The potions require special materials. Without such materials, even the Saint Alchemists won’t be able to make them.”
Noc suddenly sat straight, with coldness in his eyes.
“Sky, you’ve always been so protective of Mafa Merlin. Can you tell us where Mafa Merlin is right now? The war has been very fierce, but Mafa Merlin is gone. Where is that coward who only fights for his own interests?
“The goddamn plague is spreading out. Three level-7 Heaven Rank experts and six level-6 ones have died. Who knows how many mages below the Heaven Rank died there?
“Sir Gandaph left to find a way to counter the plague, but then he’s out of reach. Sir Agalon and Sir Alonzo are missing too. Who knows what’s going on?”
The others didn’t look well. Some of the mages had abnormal pustules on their skin. Around the pustules, there were intense mana and extraordinary power.
It was truly a great crisis. Agalon, Alonzo, and the three deans of the Starry Sky College had all disappeared. Agalon and Alonzo were the first to go missing. Then, after the plague happened, the deans of the Starry Sky College vanished too.
They left for ways to counter the plague, but they never returned. Lin Yun, the last person who could possibly resolve the plague, had never even shown up here. He was clearly different…
Noc sneered, and looked around at the people.
“Mafa Merlin, who allegedly is already a Saint Alchemist, is your last hope, but where is he? The other experts have left for a solution, but Mafa Merlin has never come. The Golden Acme Potion is the only thing that can resist the plague right now. We must let the Gilded Rose surrender the recipe and the critical materials.
“If we all study the recipe and raise the materials, we might be able to make enough Golden Acme Potions for us to survive. It’s possible that someone will find a potion that can completely resolve the plague.
“Also, the Gilded Rose is not supplying enough Blue Demon Potions, either. They must surrender the recipe and the materials so that we can all make the Blue Demon Potions and continue fighting the war.
“If the goddamn undead creatures break our last defense line and march into the Leviathan Plane, you know what will happen. It will be a disaster for everyone!”
Most people were silent about Noc’s proposal. Human beings were forced to retreat 2,000 kilometers exactly because of the plague’s outbreak. At this moment, there seemed to be another outbreak, and nobody could move back anymore.
They were only able to slow down the plague with the Golden Acme Potion of the Gilded Rose, but it was impossible to stop the plague. All the experts had been fighting with abundant mana because of the Gilded Rose’s Blue Demon Potion.
They had lost all the support. The five Saint Alchemists were all gone. Gandaph, who was the last to leave for a solution to the plague, was out of touch too.
Everybody could only count on Lin Yun, who was said to have become a Saint Alchemist. However, Lin Yun had never appeared in the Leviathan Plane, and couldn’t be reached out to, either.
So, they could only count on the Gilded Rose’s potion, which there wasn’t enough of. When Noc proposed the tempting proposal, many people thought it was worth a shot.
As for what happened later, they certainly wouldn’t forget the core secrets of the Gilded Rose.
Noc put on a proud smile. He glanced around at the silent mages, and his lips curled.
Mafa Merlin didn’t die, but it was impossible for him to come back. Everybody knew that Mafa Merlin was alive, but he simply never showed up. Nobody would possibly suspect the Holy Light Alliance.
As long as everybody got the secrets to the potions of the Gilded Rose, even Sir Agalon wouldn’t be able to blame them after he returned, because it was a real emergency.
They would be able to endure with a sufficient supply of potions, and even counterattack. In the end, the Holy Light Alliance would be the ultimate winner that got the most returns from the whole thing…
While everybody was silent, another word had come. The undead creatures were attacking on a large scale again…