Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“No, this is my friend. I'm Legend Saitu's disciple. I have the dimension coordinates that he left behind, so I rushed here. So, what happened here?”
Merlin “confidently” made up his ident.i.ty as Wizard Saitu's disciple. Since this dimension did not Wizard Saitu's mind imprint, and it would be impossible for Wizard Saitu to give up this dimension voluntarily, there was only one possibility, which was that Wizard Saitu was dead. Therefore, there was no one to expose Merlin's bluff.
“We're saved, Holy City is saved, the Great Legend Saitu did not forget us…”
Wizard Paul's expression was very excited.
“So, what's happening?”
Merlin continued to ask.
“Please, come with me. Let's hurry into Holy City and tell Teacher Anna this good news!”
Subsequently, Paul arranged for a young Wizard to lead the group to leave Holy City whereas he hurriedly led Merlin and Alcra toward Holy City.
Along the way, Paul also gave an overview of the current situation. Holy City was established as a result of Wizard Saitu pa.s.sing down the knowledge of Spell Casters. Slowly, it was built by countless Spell Casters, and became the holy ground for Spell Casters in the entire dimension.
Being able to enter Holy City was the pride of all Spell Casters!
However, a thousand years after Wizard Saitu had disappeared without a trace, some turbulence began to appear in the dimension. Some people actually returned to wors.h.i.+p the Demon G.o.d Vauna, and formed the Church of Demon.
In the beginning, the Church of Demon was relatively weak and in hiding. Thereafter, the Church of Demon declared that the Demon G.o.d Vauna had awakened. Moreover, the staunchest believers were able to communicate with the Demon G.o.d Vauna, and possessed mighty powers. Thus, the Church of Demon began to grow in number.
Thus, the war between the two sides continued for over a thousand years. Although the Spell Casters continued to produce a succession of talents, the increasing number of believers in the Demon G.o.d Vauna had enabled the Church of Demon to grow stronger.
According to legend, the Demon G.o.d Vauna was suppressed by Wizard Saitu. However, if there was a strong enough belief, he would be slowly awakened. Once he was completely awakened, then the entire world would be plunged into a disaster of ma.s.s proportions, and the prosperous Spell Caster civilization would be wiped out.
Therefore, every Spell Caster was told from an early age that the Church of Demon must be destroyed in order to kill the Demon G.o.d permanently. Alas, matters did not go according to plan. After a thousand-year war, the situation began to worsen. The Church of Demon began to gain an upper hand and even gradually conquered nearer and nearer to the core of the Spell Casters, namely Holy City.
Moreover, it was rumored among the Church of Demon that the Demon G.o.d Vauna would be completely awakened. When that occurred, the entire dimension would return to its ignorant and dark era, and everyone would be turned into Demon G.o.d Vauna's slaves.
In light of this, the twenty over Great Wizards of Holy City decided to gather their strongest force, and wage a final battle with the Church of Demon. Nonetheless, they also knew that the chances of winning were close to none…
Merlin and Alcra were listening carefully, a thrilling look appeared on their faces. The G.o.d in this dimension was really suppressed, it was not surprising that his aura was so faint.
However, a thousand years had pa.s.sed, and throughout this thousand-year war, the Demon G.o.d Vauna might have recovered considerably. If he was able to break through Legend Saitu's suppression, then it would be highly troublesome.
Soon, Paul led Merlin and Alcra back into Holy City. At this moment, Holy City was exceptionally silent. There were no Normies in Holy City only Spell Casters, and most of them were the elites of Spell Casters in this world.
In order to enter Holy City, one had to be at least a Fourth-level Spell Caster and above. Right now, there were around two hundred thousand Spell Casters standing outside Holy City, confronting the Church of Demon.
The city was tightly packed with Spell Casters. In the air above them, twenty over Great Wizards hovered in the air. The ground, on the other hand, was densely carved with innumerable Runic Magic Circles. Many of the Spell Casters' gazes were filled with apprehension yet they stood firmly outside the city.
All of them knew that the thousand-year war was finally coming to an end. This was the final battle!
“Hum.”
Across from the Spell Casters, amid the Church of Demon, a brilliant white light shot up into the sky and enveloped all the believers. Following that, the eyes of these believers gleamed with feverish zealousness, and their faiths became even more staunch.
This was the Demon G.o.d's ray. From this ray of light, the G.o.d's aura could be clearly felt. This also meant that Vauna, the G.o.d of this dimension, indeed existed.
After the appearance of the Demon G.o.d's ray, the Church of Demon's believers grew confident. A believer in a black robe flew high up into the air, and spoke to the Spell Casters, “Ye fallen Spell Casters, you have forsaken the wors.h.i.+p of G.o.d, but G.o.d is gracious. As long as you believe in him, the almighty G.o.d will forgive your sins.”
“Hoo…” A gentle breeze blew at everyone's faces, containing a hint of chill. The numerous Spell Casters looked toward the twenty over powerful Great Wizards in the sky.
Soon, a white-robed Wizard stepped forward and smirked. “G.o.d? More like an evil Demon. A few thousand years ago, he enslaved all of us. He enslaved not just our bodies but also our minds. Fortunately, the Great Legend Saitu came from beyond the heavens, and suppressed the Demon. He imparted knowledge to us so that we may have the power to resist the Demon. We're Spell Casters. Our hearts are pure, and we march for freedom. We derive power from our knowledge instead of selling our souls to become the Demon's slaves!
“Right now, we'll gather all our powers to destroy the Demon and restore freedom in this kingdom. We're n.o.ble Spell Casters, we'll never be a Demon's slave!”
As his voice fell, numerous Spell Casters seemed to be moved. In unison, they shouted, “We won't be a Demon's slave!”
Their voices were magnificent and reverberated in the air unendingly for a long time.
From a distance, Merlin and Alcra also witnessed such a scene. This was Merlin's first time seeing a confrontation between the Spell Casters and the G.o.ds. He could not help but recall some of the incomplete tomes back in the Kingdom of Blackmoon.
In it, they described the beginning of Spell Casters. When the Glorious Land still had many powerful G.o.ds, the Spell Casters endured a difficult existence but they never gave up. Every Spell Caster made it their ultimate goal to exile the G.o.ds from the Glorious Land and restore freedom once again.
That time was the most challenging period for the Spell Caster but it was also the most united time for the Spell Casters. This was because all the Spell Casters were fighting for a common goal.
Finally, the weak Spell Casters flourished amid the hards.h.i.+ps of war. They suppressed, killed, and exiled countless G.o.ds, and became a great civilization that eventually entered the Void Zone!
For many weak civilizations, their first hurdle was to rebel against the G.o.ds. Whether it was the Rock Tribe, Tree Tribe, Giant Tribe or any other powerful foreign tribe civilizations, the first step toward progress was to escape the slavery of the G.o.ds, restore freedom, and take control of their own destinies.
This was not a mere rebellion against the G.o.ds but also a rebellion against destiny!
Alcra was also slightly touched. “This brings me back… Wizard Merlin, perhaps you don't have such memories but I do. I'm a second-generation Tree Folk that was split from the Mother Tree, so I share some memories with the Mother Tree! At that time, the Mother Tree was still weak but had already managed to split into many Tree Folks. In our hometown, there was a powerful G.o.d that had enslaved us. The Mother Tree led us and fought for eight thousand years. Evolving from weak to strong, step by step, there were countless Tree Folks who died.
“However, in the end, we managed to exile the G.o.ds, and the Tree Folks had a stable kingdom since. Then, we set foot into the Void Zone, and gradually got stronger… The Tree Tribe, as well as the Spell Caster civilization, are very fortunate because we managed to rebel against destiny and won. However, in the vast Void Zone and its endless dimensions, there are many more civilizations that have failed to rebel against the G.o.ds and their destinies…”
Merlin was silent. His heart was greatly touched. In the tomes, he only saw a description of words but it could never compare to witnessing it with his own eyes. He seemed to “see” the Glorious Land back in its trying times when countless Spell Casters continuously rebelled against the mighty G.o.ds.
“A rebellion against destiny… Indeed, this is a rebellion of destiny!”
Merlin's emotions were stirred. He shut his eyes gently, and his Mind Power automatically began to extend and spread out in all directions. All the Spell Casters who encountered Merlin's Mind Power not only did not sense any irregularity but became very peaceful and determined.
This kind of emotion seemed to be contagious. Under the effect of Merlin's Mind Power, more and more Spell Casters began to calm down.
Merlin, on the other hand, finally experienced a breakthrough in his Hallucinating spell. Without any warning, his Hallucinating spell broke through and achieved the third step. Now, even the most preeminent Great Wizards would be trapped by Merlin's Hallucinating spells.
The third step of Hallucinating spells was just immediately below the Illusory Heart realm. Therefore, this was an extremely important milestone. Despite Merlin's exchanges with t.i.tus for a long time, he could not find the breakthrough point.
It was at this moment, looking at the scene before him, that Merlin's heart was greatly affected! These Spell Casters rebelling against the G.o.ds were in fact, rebelling against their destinies. This gave Merlin a huge revelation, thus allowing his Hallucinating spells to experience a breakthrough.
The powerful Hallucinating spells allowed Merlin to use his Mind Power to soothe the Spell Casters' anxious emotions so that they would feel more peaceful and more determined. This bore a close resemblance of the Illusory Heart realm.
The second stage of t.i.tus' Hallucinating spell realm was the Illusory Heart, which was able to control minds silently and undetected. This was a truly fearsome ability which fully reflected the impressiveness of Mind Power Masters.
Alcra did not notice the change in Merlin. He was watching the believers from the Church of Demon closely.
At this time, the Church of Demon's believers seemed to be chanting something and chorused in unison. Strands of faith, visible to the naked eye, projected into the air.
“Boom.”
In the empty sky, a horrible power seemed to awaken. A celestial-like aura descended upon everyone.
Even the Elemental Origin appeared to s.h.i.+ft in an instant like it was being forcefully plundered by a mysterious power.
The Elemental Origin had been seized!
“Not good, the dimension G.o.d has awakened…”
Alcra's face turned pale. He had met many G.o.ds, and was very well-versed about them. Such a situation clearly showed that a G.o.d was awakening, and even the Elemental Origin was controlled.
Not only Alcra knew that the G.o.d had awakened. The twenty over Great Wizards in the air also felt the vibration in the air as well as the celestial aura that exuded a suffocating power. A look of despair appeared in their eyes.
“He has awakened… The Demon G.o.d Vauna has finally awakened!”
“Once the Demon G.o.d Vauna is awakened, Holy City will cease to exist. I'm afraid even the Spell Casters will not be able to escape certain doom.”
“The world will soon be destroyed. The darkest era is upon us. This time, Legend Saitu will not come and save us anymore…”
All the Great Wizards knew what the Demon G.o.d Vauna intended to do. Although the final battle had yet to begin, they were already defeated, and a complete defeat too.
“Hahahaha, I have finally broken through imprisonment. d.a.m.n Saitu, you bound me for a few thousand years but still, I've been set free! Haha, I'll kill all the despicable Spell Casters that you left behind, and destroy your legacy so that no one in this world will know of the existence of Spell Casters. Haha, I'm free…”
An incomparably huge figure slowly coalesced under the zealous gazes of countless staunch believers. He was even seated on a huge golden throne, majestic and powerful!
The terrifying Demon G.o.d Vauna finally reappeared, and vowed to destroy all the Spell Casters and erase all traces of their existence. This was his revenge toward Legend Saitu.
“Wizard Merlin, we better leave now. Although this G.o.d had just broken free, he has acc.u.mulated a thousand years' worth of the power of faith, and could rival a Great Legend. We're not worthy opponents.”
Alcra glanced at Merlin beside him.
“Hum hum hum.”
Merlin, who was immersed in the “understanding” of Hallucinating spells, felt a strong vibration from his spatial ring. Inside, an ancient round disc was stirring up the spatial ring, and shook Merlin out of his rumination.
“The G.o.d-Binding Disc?”
Merlin woke up from his rumination, and raised his head. He saw the incredible sight of the Demon G.o.d Vauna reveling in his joy of being “set free”!
