The azure sky above the South Outpost had completely changed color into one that of a holocaust as violent hurricanes collided with blazing fire capable of scorching the earth.
At this moment, several tornadoes had formed and roamed the land, giving out powerful gusts of wind that were enough to terrify the horde of thousands of orcs to turn around and run back towards the Wasteland.
Two figures, the embodiment of a whirlwind fire against dark flame, blasted at each other with untold ferocity. Their earth-shattering, heaven-shaking clash lasted for a few minutes before it eventually ended with the figure of a female dark elf crashing down to the desert like a meteor.
The other figure, a middle-aged man, could still be seen hovering in the sky. He remained there for a seconds before descending as well. Their fight resumed promptly even having changed their battlefield.
Meanwhile, Emery started to regain the strength he lost. He saw the worried look on Klea’s face, thus he grabbed her arms while saying, “I am fine now.. Let’s find the others.”
With that said, Emery cast [Spatial Gate], and the two left the battlefield through the swirling portal, arriving at the facility hidden below.
There, he found one of the four smoke creatures. It was currently occupied fighting against the Half Moon dark elf magus the female magus sent to this place, and as expected, the fight seemed to be in the creature’s favor.
Unwilling to interfere or get caught in the middle of the fight, Emery and Klea ignored the two and instead focused their attention on Bardock who was seen hiding in a corner. Right beside him lying on the ground was Julian’s unconscious body.
They immediately rushed over and checked up on their dear friend’s condition. With the combination of [Nature’s Blessing] and his [Health Regeneration Pill], Emery managed to heal and stabilize his Roman friend.
However, even though his condition and vitals were gradually improving, Emery was anxious as he was unable to find a way to wake Julian up. This was naturally noticed by Klea who was beside them.
“What’s wrong with him?” She asked.
Emery wrecked his brain trying hard to find the problem. Alas, to no avail.
“I’m not sure..” was the only response he could give.
Knowing that they couldn’t do anything, though reluctant, Emery decided to get back to Julian later. Now, they needed to find Chumo who was last seen being chased by one of the dark elf magus to the desert Wasteland.
On that note, Klea decided to remain at the facility, staying with Julian and Bardock, to keep them safe and guard the stargate.
“Message me at any sign of trouble,” said Emery to Klea before going to look for Chumo.
Recalling where Chumo had lured the magus and the direction they headed, he created a swirling portal and stepped into it. The moment he arrived above ground once again, he cast the spell once more.
Two jumps later, Emery arrived about one hundred miles away from the South Outpost, at a barren yellow desert as far as his eye could see. There, he noticed a commotion involving two figures. Chumo looked like he was struggling; in fact, he seemed to be hanging by only a thread against the magus.
As soon as the metal magus realized Emery’s arrival, however, he quickly turned around and tried to run away. This unexpected response caught him off guard for a moment, allowing the magus to gain some distance. But of course, the man could never run away from a space magic user like Emery.
“Let’s finish him together, Chumo!”
The two spent several minutes fighting the magus, until Emery found the right opportunity to finish the magus.
Rousing the spirit energy in his dual cores, Emery cast [Dao Matter] and unleashed the orb of destruction, which then completely destroyed the magus’ metal defense. A look of horror appeared on the magus’s face as he saw what was protecting him shattered in an instant.
He immediately abandoned his thoughts of retaliating and just as he was about to try to run once again, Chumo finished him off by shooting his [Cursed Arrow]. The ominous black arrow flew swiftly through the air and embedded itself in his back.
Moments later a spirit soul emerged from the magus’ body, proving that he had indeed died. Emery quickly captured the soul and stored it in a secured container before throwing it into his Spatial Space.
Turning to Chumo, Emery smiled faintly and said, “It’s done. Let’s go back!”
On the way back however, Emery saw far up the distance beyond the sky, another battle was fiercely underway. This sight made the two of them stop in their tracks as they couldn’t help but observe it due to the nature of the battle.
It was the kind that neither of them had much experience with – space battle; four Elven cruisers against three Magus Alliance’s cruisers. Huge explosions that devoured everything appeared everywhere as those ships exchanged fire with each other.
It was definitely a horrifying battle that ended the lives of many, yet looking at it from the ground, it was unexpectedly a somewhat spectacular spectacle – it appeared as distant festive fireworks to those without particular eyes.
“I wonder if the alliance will win..”
In response to his friend’s muttering, Chumo said, “Yes, I think they are.”
With his pair of special eyes, Chumo explained the situation happening. Apparently, the three bronze metal cruisers of the Magus Alliance held the upper hand against their opponents despite their inferior number – in exception of the particular cruiser that came last.
“That’s good to hear”
The two then made their way to the facility, only to find that the battle here was mostly over. All saint fighters and magus of the dark elf were either dead or captured by the smoke creatures conjured by Headmaster Delbrand.
Seeing such results, Emery was very impressed by the smoke creatures’ prowess. He couldn’t help but wonder when his Jade Warriors would be able to reach such a standard.
At the same time, breaking him out of reviere, a loud sound resounded in the air as Headmaster Delbrand finally managed to deal with the female dark elf magus.
Bleeding all over and panting heavily, the female dark elf screamed loudly, venting out the annoyance she was feeling. Regardless, the Headmaster calmly raised his hand and another plume of smoke gathered around the female magus, completely restraining her.
“I lost! I gave up!”
Delbrand ignored the female magus’ words as his eye looked towards the sky above, a troubled expression on his face. This action of his naturally piqued Emery’s curiosity.
Chumo, who could see what the Headmaster was seeing, explained that the space battle between the two sides had become a stalemate with the elves having a grand magus figure join the fray.
Emery realized the one mention was the white hair grand magus that badly wounded him.
Then, the Headmaster turned to him and said, “I have to go help them”
He then returned his gaze to the female magus and took another smoke, thinking for a second.
As if the female elf magus could read his mind, she said, “I am the princess and first heir of the Darkmoon family. Spare me and my family will pay my ransom handsomely.”
At such words, the Headmaster replied, “Unfortunately, I can’t leave you all here and endangers my students.”
As soon as he said those words, Delbrand made a fist, and instantly the female magus and all the other captured dark elf magus were screaming in pain as the smoke that enveloped their bodies tightened
“Urrgh! No!, please.. I pro…mise…”
Took just a few seconds before all-powerful elf magus was crushed into pulp.
Heaving a sigh, the Headmaster then glanced at Emery and said, “Collect all their spirit souls, and stay safe until I returned”
Immediately after, his figure soared high into the sky heading in a specific direction to join the battle in outer space.