The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 893: Chapter 0890: To the Sanctuary (Second Update)
 

“I’m so pissed, the Man-Eating Tree got away again!”

Emily swung the Crimson Blood Sword fiercely, her face filled with frustration. She had been tracking the Man-Eating Tree Cluster for a long time, delaying even the construction of Charcoal River Great Road, and yet she still hadn’t completed the mission.

Just a moment ago, they had found a group of Man-Eating Trees; however, they were startled by the horses’ footsteps and burrowed away, leaving not a single one behind.

“Viscount, what should we do?” asked a Knight Captain assisting Emily in her search for the Man-Eating Trees.

Taking a deep breath to soothe her irritation, Emily replied, “Continue the tracking. This is an urgent mission assigned by His Highness, and we must capture these Man-Eating Trees at any cost. Next time, our movements must be lighter—inform everyone to wrap their horse hooves with burlap.”

“Yes, Viscount.”

The Knight Captain went down to make arrangements while Emily squatted where the Man-Eating Tree had disappeared into the ground. Her eyes were bright and twinkling as if contemplating something.

This fourteen-year-old girl was already as mentally mature as an adult.

Among the serfs, many girls of fourteen or fifteen were already married. However, as a Viscount, Emily had no need to worry about these troubles. Her heart belonged somewhere else; she devoted everything to Lord Landlord. In her eyes, there was no one else but the Prince Dragon Knight who soared through the skies.

“Fleeing underground, His Highness said that there is a Dragon Elf manipulating the Man-Eating Trees from behind. It seems now that the ability of the Dragon Elves is related to burrowing. So, could it also be possible to burrow into the water?”

She recalled the previous tracking and realized that the Man-Eating Trees intentionally avoided rivers in their escape.

It seemed that rivers hindered the movement of the Man-Eating Tree Cluster. Interestingly, the River Tribe used to live in a valley near a river. After being slaughtered by the Man-Eating Trees, they migrated across the river to another valley. Since then, there had been no further sightings of the Man-Eating Trees.

“So we should send the Knight Order to surround and drive the Man-Eating Trees into a closed area. It might be good to dig a river on the periphery… Let the Shovel-Tusked Giant Elephants dig up the earth. It should be quite fast, their two large tusks on their chins are much more effective than shovels.”

Her mind was made up.

Emily immediately enacted this plan.

Meanwhile, Li Si Te (Liszt), who had slipped into the boundary of the material world, was closely observing Emily, his young follower. She brought him many surprises. Her talents were astounding; at fourteen, she had climbed to the ranks of Sky Knight. Though his insane resource investment played a part, without talent, not even soaking in Magic Potion would have elevated her rank.

Now, Emily was not only impressively talented in her practice but also extremely intelligent. She directed the Knight Order methodically, with clear and precise thoughts.

The plan to capture the Man-Eating Tree Cluster, even if organized by him, could not be better.

“Let’s go, Bard. It looks like there is no need for me to worry here… Besides, there is no way to be concerned. A flash of Magic Radiance from the Magic Feedback and after burrowing, even if we stare till our eyes are blind, we cannot find the movement of the Man-Eating Tree Cluster.” The vision from the Crystal White Trajectory was powerful, piercing through magic with acute clarity.

However, once the magic was covered by the soil, the Crystal White Trajectory became as useless as blind eyes.

After all, it wasn’t x-ray vision.

…

“Woo-eeyah!”

The Formless Dragon Bard called out.

Flapping its wings, it found a natural node in the Reed Marsh and directly passed through.

Here Ach had already prepared all the materials needed for the Magic Gates, just waiting for Bard’s cooperation to expand the natural node, forming a gate to the world beyond the material.

Kenley Truth and other Magicians from the Magic Guild had long been excitedly standing nearby, waiting to witness this great moment.

“Brother, everything is ready; we can start now,” Ach said solemnly.

Although her face remained as tranquil as before, Liszt could clearly see the nervousness in her eyes—the preparation of theoretical work and validation tests had taken a long time. Still, whether the Magic Gate could be established was unknown; how could she keep calm?

Now was no longer the time of the Moon Empire’s Magic Web.

Civilization had been lost, and she could not stand on the shoulders of giants. She had no choice but to independently explore on her own.

Luckily, with the Formless Dragon’s help and her own mastery over Space Elemental Incarnation, her understanding of space was unrivaled, unequaled by any predecessor or successor.

“Are we ready to start?”

Liszt clenched his fist in excitement, his heart throbbing with anticipation for what was to come, “Then let’s begin. Bard and I are also ready!”

“Wuuu yaa!”

Such was the scene.

No grand ceremony took place, just a group of magicians witnessing as Acherloides activated the colossal Magic Array laid out in the Reed Marsh. This Magic Array, which had cost hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins, had nearly drained the finances of the Flame Territory for several months, and now, amidst unremarkable changes, it was finally initiated.

Magic Radiance flickered, and the ambient magic power drifting in the air roared as it converged toward the Magic Array.

Boom, rumble!

The dense magical elements directly created thunder and lightning, along with sudden bursts of flame and wind. These changes were short-lived.

Soon, a visible air vortex coalesced above the surface of the Reed Marsh lake. The vortex swallowed and grew, eventually stretching like a funnel to the lake surface of the Reed Marsh and stirring the water to swell outward, revealing a dark hole.

“Brother, the rift in material space has been torn open, and now you and Bard must cooperate to stabilize the opening in the world beyond matter. According to the plan set by Acherloides, we must inject space magic power between the Magic Web and the rift to achieve a stable dynamic equilibrium!”

“Understood!”

Li Si Te (Liszt) patted the Formless Dragon Bard on the neck.

Instantly, man and dragon charged toward the expanding pitch-black vortex; the vortex was not straight but slanted downward toward the lakebed of the Reed Marsh. However, as soon as he entered, Liszt found they had reached the world beyond matter. Within the vision of the Crystal White Trajectory, they could see the material boundary had a large hole torn through it.

Around them, they could vaguely see the magic power threads of the Magic Web extending, attempting to repair this vortex rift.

“It’s our turn to act, Bard. Operate the magic power, Dragon Breath Shattering Space!”

“Wuuu yaa!”

Exhale.

A white fog sprayed around the vortex rift, this space magic power acting like a lubricant and sealant, quickly coalescing around the rift. After a complex transformation, the space magic power successfully formed a buffer layer between the rift and the Magic Web, halting the Web’s repairs.

Moments later.

Everything was smoothly accomplished; the vortex rift stopped expanding, and the Magic Web was unable to continue its repairs, achieving a state of dynamic equilibrium.

Like the entrance to the Great Whirlpool Magic Teleportation Matrix.

Boom!

Liszt and Bard flew straight out of the hole, effortlessly without any obstruction. The Magic Array around the Reed Marsh had already collapsed during the earlier activation, all the magical materials lost their power and became utter waste. But the Magic Gate formed by the vortex rift was successfully stabilized.

“We did it, Acherloides!” Liszt laughed heartily.

“We’ll need to observe it for a while longer, brother. To prevent the Magic Gate from collapsing, Acherloides will need to personally monitor it.”

“On the dragon!”

Liszt, maneuvering Bard to glide just above the ground, then reached out to grasp the little hand that Acherloides offered, pulling Acherloides up onto the dragon’s back with a single motion.

A quick turn and they were back through the Magic Gate.

Leaving Ken Li (Kenley) and the other magicians standing around the vortex-shaped Magic Gate, which now rotated on its own without the need for a Magic Array to drive it, uttering amazed exclamations.

The environment around the Reed Marsh was forcibly altered, the lake water inundating the shores and rotating with the vortex. There seemed to be creatures like fish and shrimp in the lake, all being flung onto the shore. This previously modest-sized lake, now set against the backdrop of the vortex-shaped Magic Gate, revealed an incomparable mystery.

“A miracle, truly a miracle!” Kenley marveled, wishing she could personally step through and experience the magic of the Magic Gate. But she knew that without having opened the Wormhole Space, ordinary people would be directly disintegrated into fine particles by the special space, dissolving into the world beyond matter.

Another magician exclaimed, “Joining the Magic Guild is the most important, most successful turn in the road I’ve ever taken in my lifetime pursuit of Truth!”

“Indeed, the incarnation of Truth walking in the mortal world, Lord Acherloides has restored the glory of the Ancient Magician!”

“The place where miracles happen!”

“Great, majestic, unfathomable… I don’t even know how to describe it!”

“I’ve witnessed the mystery of Truth; my teacher led me into the world of magic, and here I’ve found the destination of magic!”

“Praise be to Lord Acherloides, praise be to Prince Liszt; we have completed a Magic Gate!”

Even a Grand Magician with white hair trembled, worshipping with the most devout tone, “This door, it leads to the Sanctuary!”