“Alright, let’s get ready. We need to start moving. The Star Lord Palace will open soon. We can contact our old friends from other realms; maybe someone will help us.” Atlanta smiled.
“Are we the only four going?” Leonard’s brow furrowed. “What about the people in the inn?”
“They are doing everything they can to guard the chaos gate. I don’t think they have time to this,” the Queen answered. “Also, the void tunnel is a bit unstable recently, so we should be careful when we head to the Star Lord Palace. Sadly, there’s no ancestor in our world; otherwise, the void tunnel could be easily fixed.”
“Master Atlanta has the chance to become an ancestor. The Master Three Eyes tried to break the limit, but I heard that he didn’t have much time left…” Leonard’s brow furrowed.
“It’s hard to break the limit…” Atlanta sighed and his blue eyes started glowing. No one knew what he was thinking.
Angele remained silent in the seat. He was listening to the others talking about the recent events they experienced while drinking wine.
Several hours later, Leonard stood up and left. Angele also decided to leave.
After he left the crystal palace, he heard the voice of Atlanta coming from behind.
“Make sure you’re prepared. There might be some trouble.”
Angele nodded without replying. He started swimming to the surface of the water.
Atlanta and Angele were the only two people here who had the power of a rank 8 wizard. That was the reason why Atlanta decided to remind Angele.
‘It’s about time for me to get everything sorted out.’ Angele remembered that he needed to use the bloodline of the princess that he’d helped several years ago.
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It was autumn on the west coast.
Red maple leaves piled up on the ground. The streets and the forest were red like flames.
In the white obelisk of Ramsoda, there was a dark room.
A girl with a beautiful face was carefully pouring hot tea into a coup. The orange tea was poured into a crystal cup, and the fragrance of the orange permeated the air.
The girl’s long blonde hair trailed over her shoulders, touching the white dress she was wearing. She also had a pair of white silk gloves on her hands. The girl was still young, but she had the potential.
“Anne, you know that it’s about the time, right?” There was a man with long red hair in the room with the girl. The man had a blue eye and a red eye. He was wearing a tight black outfit with a pair of long leather boots. It was Angele, who just came back from the Gem Sea.
“I understand…” Princess Anne responded in a light tone.
“How’s your life being?” Angele was not concerned. “You know why I brought you here; tomorrow will be the day. I need you to do one thing with your bloodline.”
“My pleasure,” she responded.
“I imprisoned you but you were not complaining.” Angele was a bit interested. He looked at the girl.
“I have to pay you back and follow your orders.” Anne reminded calm.
“Good.”
Angele stood up and walked to the window, looking at the maple trees.
“Three years ago, I replaced all the trees around the school with maple trees because this is your favorite color. Although you can’t leave the room, I still want to make you feel comfortable. After tonight, you can leave this room and do whatever you want. I promised you that. If everything goes well tomorrow, you’ll be free.”
Anne nodded and watched Angele take out a golden cylinder from his pouch.
She grabbed the palm-sized cylinder and looked at it carefully. The cylinder had a smooth texture and felt like it was made of jade. There were also some strange engravings on its surface.
“I’ve already told you what you need to do with it. After everything is done, you just need to let it dry and you’ll be freed from this place. You can do whatever you want later!” Angele explained.
Anne nodded with a serious expression on her face.
Angele nodded as well. He stood up and left the room. He stepped out of the obelisk and asked the servants to make sure that no one was around. He wanted to isolate this area for three days—all visitors should be kept away from this area.
He returned to the obelisk and started meditating in the room. One day passed quickly.
The sky was blocked by dark clouds after the sunset. There was no moonlight or starlight.
*Knock Knock*
Someone knocked on Angele’s room.
Angele was sitting on the bed. His eyes opened; he looked relieved. He pointed at the door and the door opened by itself.
Anne was standing outside the door, blushing. The girl was still wearing the white dress and there was a silver plate in her hands. The golden cylinder was standing on the plate quietly.
“Master, I followed your order and fulfilled my mission.” She slowly stepped into the room; it felt like she was having trouble walking.
Angele nodded. He got off the bed and walked to Anne. He picked up the cylinder and observed it carefully.
There was some fresh blood about to dry on top of the cylinder. He could smell the blood from the cylinder.
Anne blushed again. She knew what she just did with the cylinder and felt a bit uncomfortable after seeing Angele stare at it.
“As per what I promised you, you can leave now.” Angele was satisfied with the result and did not do anything else with the cylinder. A woman in black stepped into the room and helped Anne walk.
Angele threw the golden cylinder into the air after they left.
*BAM*
The cylinder exploded into a boiling ball of red mist. It felt like something was spinning inside.
Angele pointed at the center of his brow using the right hand and a drop of golden blood was released from his head, then slowly merged into the red mist.
*AH*
There was a sharp voice screaming in the red mist.
The red mist quickly solidified and turned into an expressionless red mask. The mask rotated around Angele for a while before disappearing into the air.
Although the mask disappeared, Angele could still feel that the mask was rotating around his body.
“Finally, the magic device is completed! I finished half of it around two years ago, and this is the last step.” Angele was excited. He released a ray of blue light from his eyes and it landed on the invisible mask.
‘File created… Please name the magic device…’ Zero’s voice echoed in his ears.
‘Blood Face.’ Angele gave it a simple name.
‘Testing the magic device…’
Seconds later, rows of data appeared in Angele’s eyes. There were many different graphs and the data on the graphs was changing constantly.
“My refined true form is too strong and most magic devices are useless to me. This magic device is designed for my true form; it should work.” Angele spent all the materials he’d collected in the world intestine on this magic device. He even added a drop of his blood essence into it.
The biochip finished the analysis about ten minutes later.
‘Blood Face: Semi-intelligent. Automatic defense system. Its defensive power is twice your defensive power. Its attack power is half of your attack power. Special Ability: Illusion Scream.’
Angele thought for a while. Although the magic device was strong, it was a bit different from his expectations.
“It’s good enough. I can use it when I’m on the mission.”
He needed to head to the universal space, where countless realms were. There was no time and no dimension in the universal space. Only the ancestors with the origin could survive in the void.
There were two types of realms in the universal space. The high-level realms were strong and complete. They were already in the universal space before the ancestors appeared. The low-level realms were supported by the ancestors. Without the ancestors, the low-level realms would collapse over time.
Angele’s summoning skill was developed based on the general rules of the universal space and he could only communicate with the low-level realms. He decided to accept Atlanta’s offer because he wanted to get rid of the mark. Also, he was going to visit the meeting hall of the realms, the Star Lord Palace.
When there was a conflict between the realms, they would settle it in the Star Lord Palace. The realm guardians all had long life expectancies and no one would start a war over small conflicts. Only the realm raiders like the ones in the Nightmare Realm would do whatever they wanted. The normal realms relied on places like the Star Lord Palace.
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Several more years passed. The Gem Sea was peaceful and quiet. The King of Dark Wizards stopped expanding his territory and the dark wizards stopped fighting with the white wizards. The wizard world was separated into two areas.
The white wizards had strict rules and laws in their cities; power was the only thing mattered in the dark wizards’ territory.
Some races moved from the underground world to the surface. Most of them joined King of Dark Wizards after they witnessed his power. Some crazy apprentices even started a religion to worship the King of Dark Wizards. They decided to work as hard as they could to improve.
It felt like the whole wizard society changed. Everything was going well for the wizards.
Somewhere deep in the Gem Sea.
Four people appeared above the blue sea, all wearing black robes. A middle-aged man with a ring on his chin was standing in the front—he was Atlanta.
Angele was also in the team. He stood beside Atlanta and overlooked the sea. Leonard and Medusa Queen were floating behind Angele.
Atlanta nodded after they checked the surroundings. He suddenly opened his mouth and took a bite of the air.
*CHI*
He ripped the space in front of him apart and made a dark hole. It felt like he was breaking through a canvas.
Atlanta repeated the process several times and swallowed the fragments of the dimension. He then slowly stepped forward and entered the dark hole.