Chapter 287: The Sovereign? (1/2)

Darcia had the cannon built for individuals that she couldn't deal with herself.

It was unlikely that Old Gu would know what was happening in these far-off lands, so she thought that there won't be any use for the cannon anytime soon.

However, it now seemed that using the cannon would be inevitable.

”Don't blame me if you cross my way,” Darcia uttered before flying straight towards the mountain range.

Her Mana was unrestrained as if she didn't fear provoking the entity which resided between this cage of mountains.

Darcia ignored the rows of Rank-8 Beasts all staying on the snow peaks, not daring to take a step further.

Just as she crossed the sky-high snow peaks, the temple appeared in front of her isolated in the middle of the plains.

Looking around, she saw nothing except for the small figure at the base of the temple, sitting in a meditative position. Just as her eyes fell on that small figure, the latter also noticed her presence from hundreds of meters away.

She instantly sharpened her eyes, recognizing that small figure to be of Ozul's.

Darcia smirked, ”Khehe! There you are brat! How long were you planning to hide for!?”

Impatient, she was about to cast a spell at him but stopped at the last moment as she realized that she was missing something.

Her gaze shifted to the mountain-like temple behind Ozul and her eyes immediately widened.

”That... It is in a slumber?” she uttered in a questioning tone as her stare stayed glued to the huge mountain.

Realizing that the 'it' was actually in slumber while Ozul was all fine below her, she instantly restrained her Mana. Although she didn't fear 'it' now that she had the cannon, she could also face unpredictable situations if a fight did break out between them.

Avoiding the fight was always a better option, so she controlled her Mana as to not appear hostile for now.

.. .

Sensing the sudden presence of Darcia, Ozul lifted his head to look straight into her eyes, 'Finally...'

He wasn't surprised to find that Darcia had alone come after him.

”I almost thought you were never going to come,” Ozul uttered with a low voice, but Darcia didn't have any trouble understanding his words.

A frown appeared on her face as she realized that he was waiting for her all this time.

But in Darcia's eyes, he was only a brat who hadn't suffered enough to know how high the heavens were, ”You sure have some confidence, boy.”

”Confidence? I don't have that... but do I really need it?” Ozul replied with a straight face, not revealing any emotions to Darcia no matter how hard she squinted.

Darcia scoffed, ”Talk big, brat. But this is the day you-”

”Oh Jinx!” Ozul suddenly exclaimed, cutting in the Rank-10 Mage's words who was stunned at how fearless this boy was.

She could not help but think, 'Where did he get his confidence from?' She was sure that the boy knew that she was here to kill him, so why wasn't he afraid? Had he set up some trap around the temple that she hadn't noticed?

Her eyes scanned her surroundings, but she couldn't spot any hidden traps or anything alike.

What did catch her eyes was the black cat which had appeared out of nowhere and was walking towards Ozul at this moment.

Although Darcia ignored the cat, if she had given it a little more attention, she would have realized that the cat was not normal.

”Where had you been to?” Ozul questioned as Jinx rubbed her head against him affectionately.

As he expected, he did not receive any answer from her, but it was already enough that she had returned.

Returning his attention back to the Rank-10 Mage, he noticed the ever-increasing crease in her brows.

”You were saying?” Ozul asked, acting like he didn't know that the latter was seething in rage at his behavior. Even when she was here to kill him, his attitude was getting on her nerves.

However, Darcia controlled her anger and took a deep breath, ”Follow me out of here, boy.”

”Why should I?” Ozul returned with a question, ”Aren't you just going to try and kill me if we get out of here?”

He purposefully eyed the mountain behind him which made Darcia understand that he was also aware of its existence.