novelraw Chapter 206: The Sovereign Of The Dark
Chapter 206: The Sovereign Of The Dark
[Unknown World.]
Deep in the mountains, filled with nothing but endless darkness. The air itself was thick, suffocating, saturated with a primordial corrupted energy that would instantly hollow out a lower-realm cultivator. Figures, shrouded in darkness slowly rose from the ground, their forms shifting like liquid obsidian, moving their heads to the hill standing before them, their red gazes fixed on the figure sitting on the throne, with red unknown energy moving around him like living creatures.
He was the absolute apex of this forsaken dimension. The red energy wasn’t just magic; it was concentrated malice, bending to his will. He slowly opened his golden eyes, the piercing light momentarily banishing the shadows, staring at the sea of dark figures before him:
"The first seal amongst the five great seals is about to be undo... Hehehe, soon, I will be free. So far, Lamashtu is doing a pretty job... Once I am free, I will definitely reward her." He said, closing his eyes again, his voice echoing with a terrifying, dual-layered resonance that shook the cavern walls.
Behind him, a massive disturbance in the void occurred. Two huge eyes opened wide, burning like miniature suns, as a head of a terrifying dragon moved out from the darkness. Its scales were larger than houses, radiating an ancient, draconian pressure.
"What is it?" He asked, not bothering on opening his eyes, entirely unbothered by the apocalyptic beast looming over him.
"Great King, I can sense my descendant in that world." The dragon said in a low voice, the bass rumbling through the stone floor, as more eyes appeared behind him. The next moment, more heads revealed themselves from the darkness, a hydra of cosmic proportions stirring from its slumber.
The man opened his eyes, his gaze narrowed, processing the cosmic variables: "Who is with your descendant? It can’t survive alone, yet."
"It isn’t clear, but my descendant is with a female." The dragon replied, its connection traversing the dimensional rift.
"Oh... It seems the prophecy is true. Then let them grow, wherever she is... Once I am free, I will make her my only bride." He said, a cruel, possessive smile playing on his lips, as the hundreds of heads behind him nodded in absolute submission and moved back into the darkness:
"Thank you, Great King."
The entity remained on his desolate throne, tapping into the faint, echoing resonance of the shattering arrays lightyears away.
’The seal is getting weakening... Only someone with the Sun family’s blood can achieve this, a pure Sun family member... Is my bride related to the Sun family?’ He thought, the cosmic irony of his greatest enemies providing his salvation not lost on him, as a smirk appeared on his face:
’Very Good, Set me free my bride, and with you by my side, we will rule the whole galaxy!!! Hehehe, I can’t wait.’
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[Back to Galaxy Fall.]
The heavy silence of the cavern was broken only by the ragged breathing of the vanguard team. The lethal reality of the Blood Angel’s perimeter was now firmly established.
"What now?" Carl asked, staring at David, who stopped before them, the golden light of his massive runic shield slowly fading into particles.
"With four of you there, you can complete the task." Mirabella said, staring at the four opposite them. Her tone was completely matter-of-fact, betraying none of the calculated ruthlessness of her plan.
The four looked at one another, the adrenaline momentarily short-circuiting their brains, and turned to Mirabella in confusion:
"What task?!" They yelled in unison, their voices echoing off the demonic stone.
"Yes!! You just said we should cross! You didn’t say anything about tasks!" Precious yelled at her, her assassin’s composure cracking under the sheer stress of the death-trap they had just survived.
"Of course, with you there, you can simply take away the swords, and bring them here." Mirabella said, crossing her arms on her chest, as if she were asking them to fetch a book from a shelf rather than disarm a Lv500 celestial lock.
The four on the far side of the line looked at one another again, swallowing hard, and turned to the ten meters tall angel statue, its imposing, blood-red wings looming over them.
"Ok."
Carl nodded his head, his impulsive greed overriding his fear of the colossal entity, walking towards the statue, and without hesitation, he raised his hand towards a sword.
"Wait!!" David screamed, stopping everyone on their tracks. His runic eyes flared, catching a microscopic shift in the ambient energy pressure.
"This is a seal placed by the Sun family!! Do you think there won’t be any defense mechanisms?!" He yelled, his voice cracking with panic, turning to Mirabella:
"I say we move cautiously!" He added, desperately trying to inject some academic sanity into the raid.
Mirabella sighed, clearly exasperated by their hesitation, and took a step forward, crossing the line.
Everyone braced themselves, expecting the air to fill with a lethal barrage of tracking needles. But to everyone shock, not a single needle appeared in the air. The cavern remained entirely, dead silent.
".....?!!"
They all stood frozen, their minds completely failing to process the anomaly, staring as Mirabella stroll down the path, her boots casually kicking up the calcified dust, and reached them, not triggering a single trap.
"....?!"
"You?" Aurelia was so stunned she couldn’t complete a single sentence. Her brain, highly trained to calculate threat vectors, was giving her error messages.
Mirabella stopped at the other side, turning around and looked at the zone, her stoic mask slipping just a fraction to reveal genuine bewilderment.
’This is getting weird, am I truly related to the Sun family? My parents are both dead, how would I know this answer? But is this normal?’ She thought with a slight frown. The game’s lore explicitly stated the Sun family was wiped out. Yet, the supreme arrays of the leading family of Galaxy Fall were treating her as an authorized user.
"Maybe the trap shut down after David crossed." Kent said, his tank instincts misinterpreting the situation. Convinced the path was clear, he stepped forward and crossed the white runic line.
To his shock, the air violently distorted. A sword appeared in front of him, materializing directly from the void, and shot forward with incredible speed, tearing a vacuum in its wake.
"Fuck!!!"
He quickly raised his shield in front of him, desperately channeling all his defensive stats into the metal:
BOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The shockwave visibly warped the air. He flew backward, the sheer kinetic transfer turning him into a human cannonball, passing by Hitachi and the group, and smashed into the wall, vomiting a mouthful of blood as a terrifying chunk of his HP bar vanished.
"What the?!"
"...?!"
The whole team was dumbfounded, paralyzed by the sheer violence of the counterattack, staring at the sword, which hovered in the air for some seconds, radiating a suffocating, lethal aura, and vanished back into the spatial tear.
"I don’t understand it. Did Mirabella trigger a more fearsome trap?" Casey asked in shock, her hands trembling so violently she nearly dropped her weapon.
"This is truly strange... That sword was a peak legendary class weapon, and it’s used as a trap mechanism." Austin muttered in horror. Utilizing a weapon that could buy a kingdom as a simple tripwire was an incomprehensible flex of wealth and power.
"The Sun family are unfathomable." Rose muttered in awe, realizing the historical gap in strength. Even compared to her Korana family, they were nothing before the legendary Sun family.
"I was almost killed." Kent spat out another mouthful of blood, staring at his destroyed shield, which pieces were beside him. The high-tier metal had been cleanly bisected.
"Even an Epic class shield got destroyed in one strike, this is crazy." He said, getting to his feet, his hand which held the shield a moment back was trembling from the force. The brutal reality of the level scaling in this zone had just been violently demonstrated.
Everyone turned to Mirabella in confusion, their eyes wide with a mix of terror and reverence, and watched as she stepped forward again, stepping into the crossing zone.
But just like the last time, the air remained still. Nothing happened. The deadly array entirely ignored her existence.
".....?!"