Between Rescue and Kidnap (3)

Three figures stood proudly inside the dark royal villa, with Fairy King Loflan and Fairy Queen Hollien behind them.

They were a black-haired beauty with a long spear, a silver-haired girl, and a red-haired wizard.

Artis smiled in vain, staring at the invading Einstale troops.

“Wow, isn’t the alarm performing too well?”

It was easy to guess that the Thunder King or Archmage would try to rescue Hollien.

The information they most desired at present was evident.

What did the incarnation of darkness do to win against Hollien?

If they wanted to know why Hollien had lost, wasn’t asking her the quickest way to find out?

Hence, they deliberately made Seira take Raondel.

It was Seira who suffered from Raondel so much. Then she voluntarily kept the former wanker at her side and ordered him around hard?

It was good bait for anyone who wanted to rescue Hollien to approach without much doubt.

And it was also widely expected that they wouldn’t trust Raondel.

He was incompetent.

Hence, using Raondel wouldn’t be an essential operation. They would use him as bait.

It didn’t matter.

The important thing was not ‘what their operation was like.’

It was ‘when.’

“With the sudden change, Raondel has done his part.”

Kibie’s eyes shone as she aimed with her long spear.

“Thanks to you, the rats have been wiped out.”

“Ugh…”

Horns looked nervously around.

Einstale’s elites, his men with average levels approaching 80, were all falling to the floor and groaning.

The Aliens of Akhtarun in level 100s were still holding out.

However, he couldn’t expect too much because everyone was hurt badly.

“How the hell do you…”

Unable to understand it, Horns looked at the three combatants in front of him.

“How did you become so strong?”

Known as colleagues of the Sword King Felard, they were also quite famous.

They were Artis, who dominated the battlefield with powerful flame magic, and Effir, a genius Magic Swordswoman.

Kibie was also a reputed Valtara warrior even before she revealed herself as the incarnation of darkness.

They were pretty powerful people in level 90s.

Of course, Einstale troops also checked their movements in advance.

They even moved in anticipation that they were secretly guarding the Fairy Queen.

“That’s why I was relieved…”

Horns was also a level 90 Magic Swordsman, and most of all, he was accompanied by five Aliens above level 100.

“You’ve gone up more than 20 levels in just a few months? Does that make sense? Not even Aliens can achieve that!”

Looking at the commander of Einstale, who cried out as if he was wronged, Effir felt empathy from the inside.

‘Actually, we cheated a little.’

They couldn’t say that they were incompetent.

If either Ryu Han-bin or Leon Hart hadn’t been identified, Einstale would have immediately closed its operations.

They moved after confirming that there were only ‘level 90 pushovers left,’ but they hit over level 110 in two or three months.

How were they supposed to predict that?

It would be better to set up a fortune teller’s house instead of a spy if that was possible.

Regardless, since the plan went well, all they had to do was clean up and subdue those who came.

Effir gave a recommendation, stretching the double swords.

“Wouldn’t it be better to surrender? The level difference is so obvious.”

Aliens gritted their teeth.

“Damn! We have six in our group!”

“No matter how high their levels are, our number is twice as high!”

“We can’t lose!”

Artis laughed and raised both hands.

A blue flame flared up.

“After we went through all that trouble…”

Effir also flew lightly and swung her swords.

“We’ve come up here, and…”

Kibie’s long spear spewed out black Aura.

“You think you’re just going to defeat us?”

* * *

There were no unexpected changes.

Einstale troops, who had infiltrated, were all overpowered and trapped deep inside the prison of the Allendia palace.

All the Aliens from Akhtarun were killed. Since their levels were so high, it was too dangerous to keep them alive.

The bodies of all the Aliens were gone, and only the clothes and arms they were wearing remained.

Kibie shook her head in regret.

“It’s pretty uncomfortable to kill them…”

With the death of high-level Aliens, their energy was once again directed to Omphalos.

Hence, she thought of a method of keeping them alive and sealing or freezing them with magic.

But other Templar Lords objected.

There was no guarantee that she could seal them perfectly.

“It’s too dangerous.”

“I can’t help but slay them.”

“We can’t afford to lose big things for small things, can we?”

Later, the captured Einstale remnants were questioned.

They were trained. They wouldn’t spill information through torture.

But Kibie had the shadow-reading skill.

Her shadow-reading ability was also enhanced through the freed Divinity. Even without bloody torture, she could get information quickly.

They were spies planted in Allendia by the Kaldris Kingdom, and information collection routes laid out all over the place were identified and discovered.

Ryu Han-bin and Leon Hart enjoyed the situation.

“Now, most of their eyes and ears are blocked, right?”

“Yes, it was worth the hard work of trapping and waiting.”

Of course, the spy network of the Mado kingdom remained, but it wasn’t a big deal.

Rune, the Mado kingdom, wasn’t so passionate about gathering information about other countries. It was pretty weak compared to the Kaldris Kingdom.

“Even if it’s low, it’s like Allendia. We haven’t had much time to dig up information about other countries in Latna.”

Since there were Dungeon monsters, most of the resources had been devoted to battling against them.

It only maintained the long-standing Kaldris Kingdom or a spy network.

At that moment, neither side would attempt to rescue Hollien for a while.

“Of course, they will send some spies to try to keep in touch…”

“They can handle it without us.”

Even if they tried to sneak in to contact Hollien, it wasn’t a big deal.

She had already drifted apart from her old friends, after all.

After the situation was over, Kibie sounded Hollien out.

“Isn’t that too bad, Hollien? Maybe it was an opportunity to regain your old strength.”

She lost all her Prana and became incompetent, but her lifelong knowledge, wisdom, and enlightenment of spiritual arts did not disappear.

Even if she started all over again, she would be able to grow much faster than before.

But months later, she was still level one.

Hollien’s Prana fused with the Darkness’s Divinity through the catalyst, ‘Complete Blessing of Omphalos.’ It was later controlled by the skill Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth and absorbed by Kibie.

Not just Prana had been consumed.

The body’s path or the spirit itself that turned energy into four major powers had been torn off.

In comparison to a car, the fuel tank itself was lost.

No matter how much knowledge and enlightenment she had, she couldn’t build up Prana in her body because she had lost the spirit that was the source of the four major powers.

But there was only one way for her to be the Transcendental again.

“I’m sure the Divinity can bring back my spirit.”

Hollien continued calmly.

“If Garhan and Genovia become God and Goddess, they will have that ability.”

At the same time, her brows slightly wrinkled.

“But that’s after everything is over.”

Hollien was well acquainted with his friends.

She knew what would happen after they rescued her.

“Once they learn why I was defeated, then I’ll be dubbed no longer useful. I’m just an informant who knows their weaknesses.”

She affirmed.

“They’re going to kill me. The dead has no secrets, after all.”

Surprised, Kibie replied with a question.

“They were your friends, but they’ll do that to you?”

“Baotolt was a friend, too.”

Friendship of those in power was such a shallow thing.

“They will kill me first and get the Divinity. Then, they will resurrect me as a storage container for Divinity.”

The Top Three shared the Divinity of the Darkness.

They couldn’t handle that vast power alone.

So even if they took Kibie and rose to the divine level with the Goddess’s wisdom, it was hard to control the divine spirit alone.

Undoubtedly, the Devil’s power in Kibie and the Goddess’s Divinity would be transplanted back into Holien.

If that happened…

“There’s no way I can handle that power since I am not the Transcendental anymore. My personality will disappear, and I will be nothing but a puppet.”

It would be another death for her.

That was why she gave up everything and cooperated.

She knew best what would happen.

“At a time when I lost my strength, I had no choice.”

Hollien laughed bitterly.

“Other than just finishing my life as a mortal.”

* * *

In the deepest part of Avalta, the floating island, many of the worst monsters above level 110.

In one ruin, countless monsters piled up like mountains.

Standing at the ancient site stained with blood, Garhan grumbled.

“We’re in trouble. Einstale has failed.”

It wasn’t just them that failed but their entire spy network in Allendia. It was a painful mistake.

“I don’t know what they did, but they took information so well.”

Genovia walked in and replied.

“I’ve ignored them for not being able to do much, but it’s pretty serious. Even the incarnation of darkness is dangerous.”

Behind her was a pile of monsters.

Garhan sighed.

“In the end, I couldn’t solve the question.”

It was still unclear how powerful the new Sword King was and how he managed to subdue Hollien, who had the skill, Transcendence.

Genovia replied soothingly to disappointed Garhan.

“We bought time anyway, didn’t we? We didn’t lose anything.”

And she gestured behind her back.

“Right, Nakterion?”

A vast golden dragon appeared beyond the ruins.

“Crrrrrrrr…”

The dragon opened its mouth to the great mountain of monsters.

A breath of bright light incinerated them thoroughly.

Boom!

With an explosion, the monsters were burned to ashes.

Garhan said, looking at the dragon, Nakterion.

“I think the level has gone up enough.”

Initially, Nakterion was about level 122 when it was a dragon.

It was the strongest of Upper Draconium ancient dragons, but it was inferior compared to the new Sword King, Felard Bean.

But at that moment?

[Race: Dragon. Light Dragon Lv. 145]

Over the past few months, the strongest Magic Swordsman and the most powerful wizard on the ground, and dozens of ancient dragons from Upper Draconium had been mobilized to drive energy only for the sake of Nakterion.

Garhan suddenly felt sorry.

“It would be convenient to strengthen all the ancient dragons like this.”

“You can’t do that, can you? The Draco Imperium staff can control only one individual.”

Genovia’s mana bomb caused the ban on Upper Draconium. If the level of ancient dragons rose too much, the ban would be lifted.

However, there was no problem in raising the level of Nakterion.

It wasn’t Latna’s skill that perfectly controlled it, but the unique item of the Devil.

Thanks to that, they gained an absolute power that had the level 145.

What if they were to mobilize the Upper Draconium and Akhtarun’s Aliens?

“This should be enough to know the true nature of the new Sword King.”

With a satisfied look on her face, Genovia made a declaration.

“Now, it’s time for war.”