Chapter 287: The Sovereign? (2/2)

”You also know about the self-proclaimed 'Sovereign', huh...” Darcia indifferently muttered before she replied, ”Since you know about it, you should also know that it is better that you follow me away from here. I can at least guarantee you won't die a painful death.”

”Sovereign? Anyway, I would rather not follow you,” Ozul replied with a nonchalant voice as if someone hadn't just given him two options of death.

”You dare, brat!?” Darcia had enough of his nonsense. As a Rank-10 Mage, she had her own pride.

”Come with me right now, or they will suffer the same horrendous fate as you!” She pointed towards her left where Raven and Blaze were spectating from.

At this point, she was already just a few meters away from Ozul and couldn't help but get even more furious when she noticed no change in his expressions.

”YOU!!!” she did not dare to flare her aura in fear that the one in slumber would wake up, but it was a different case with the group stationed far away. She wondered if he would give in once he witnessed their deaths with his own eyes.

”Wait a minute,” Ozul suddenly spoke, making Darcia stop in her tracks. She was just about to fly towards the group.

Before her confused eyes, Ozul unstrapped a golden pouch from his waist and untied the red lace in an unhurried manner.

Darcia became vigilant, expecting him to bring an artifact out of the gold bag which she at once had realized was the Spatial Pouch.

”Don't try anything funny if you don't want to die a grueso-...” she stopped in the middle of her words when she caught the sight of a crystal-like ball in Ozul's prosthetic hand.

”Huh? How did you get that?” She asked as she could easily discern that the Mana Core in his hand belonged to someone past Rank-9.

Having as much time as he wanted, Ozul stopped to answer her question, ”Luthien's father was half step in Rank-10.”

”Oh... wait what!?” Darcia thought she had heard wrong. As far as she could remember, there was nothing like half step in Rank-10, so how could Luthien's father achieve that!?

But the Mana Core in Ozul's hand indeed radiated Mana that was purer than any Rank-9 Mage's but still not at the level of a Rank-10 Mage. She wondered if she had been in seclusion for too long and the path of cultivation had deviated a little since then.

She was broken out of her thoughts when she noticed a black liquid or gas seeping out of his body.

Under her curious gaze, she observed how the black liquid or gas covered the Mana Core which was supposedly obtained from a half step Rank-10 Mage.

Ozul had obviously ignored her surprise as he crushed the Mana Core with the Ball of Purity.

Crack!

The sound of a glass getting crushed could be heard in the still surroundings as Darcia put up her guard again. She realized that just now, she had dropped her guard in her shock.

After the crystal-glass outer layer of the Mana Core dropped on the ground in pieces, Ozul moved the black sphere containing all that Mana towards his body, until it was absorbed back under Darcia's intrigued eyes.

She had only realized it now how she couldn't feel any Mana from him while he was performing this strange Spell of his. Since she was too occupied in observing that black matter, she had missed this point.

'Once I get my hands on his body, I will uncover all of his secrets!' Darcia spoke in her mind. She had already dropped the thought that he was going to try something funny because of how casual he was being.

'What else can he even do?' she mused to herself. What she didn't expect was what would happen next.

Zhh! boom!

It was as if there had been an explosion, Mana blasted out of Ozul's body in all directions with a loud sound!

Even with all of Darcia's caution, she didn't expect something like this to happen. After all, the Mana that was released in the air was leagues above a Rank-9 Mage!

She had yet to make head and tails of the situation when suddenly the ground started shaking. It was like an earthquake so intense that Ozul almost stumbled.

”What did you do brat!?” Darcia shouted feeling the sudden surge of Mana that rose from the ground.

Meanwhile, Ozul completely ignored Darcia's shouts, instead, he focused on the little boost in power that he gained from absorbing that Mana Core.

As he had no Mana, it would have been a difficult task to wake the 'Sovereign' that had been slumbering deep under the temple behind him.

However, he remembered that absorbing a Mana Core would always blast the excessive impure energy out in the air.

Other than to start wreaking havoc everywhere which would have most likely attracted that entity's attention to him, he knew that it was his only way to wake it up.

He himself had no Mana to make his presence known and Darcia had already restrained hers.

”You won't get out of this unscathed, brat! I will make sure of it!” Darcia suddenly shouted while Mana started to gather around her.