Chapter 145: Interrupting the Progress of Farming Monsters and Leveling Up!

At this moment, Luo Yong was still far away in a spacious hall, farming monsters devoid of any emotion...

Right then, the monsters surging out from the magic circle suddenly turned frenzied, their roars growing noticeably louder.

In the two adjacent corridors, massive numbers of monsters began to appear as well.

It was just like the scene from the previous monster-farming session.

However, Luo Yong looked around and did not find anyone else approaching, nor could he sense Pang Ding’s presence.

Logically speaking, the magic circles in the other corridors would only be triggered and unleash hordes of monsters when other relics of the ancient wizard appeared.

"Huh?"

Amidst his confusion, he keenly perceived a trace of a pulling force, as if something far away was summoning the two blue crystals by his side.

"Could that fat bastard be casting some spell?"

Luo Yong muttered secretly to himself. He was going to all possible lengths to farm monsters, level up, and gain experience, only for this jerk to hold him back from behind?

"If I see him, I'll definitely hack him to pieces!"

"Achoo!"

In another concealed area of the dungeon, a hidden spherical creature shuddered inexplicably.

"Which bastard is running their mouth about Lord Pang for no reason? If I find out who it is, I'll definitely chop him up!"

The spherical creature muttered, then went back into hiding, all its presence vanishing completely.

...

"Ah!"

In the palace where Fiona was, the wings of light behind her beat rapidly, her figure tracing one phantom after another through midair.

This time, even with defensive items equipped and her holy light protection constantly active, she was still affected by the pulling force. Her body began to drift uncontrollably toward Umbrella.

"Con——tract——"

A ball of light appeared in Fiona's palm. She struggled hard to control her voice so as not to mispronounce the incantation, shouting out those words.

Then, with a flash of light, a golden figure appeared, hovering around her closely against the spherical light shield, locking gazes with her.

"What... is this again?"

Fiona was stunned for a moment before snapping to attention. This must be the magitech puppet she had always wanted!

Only, the ones belonging to the captain couldn't fly, yet the one she had summoned could fly along with her in the sky...

Ahem.

Or perhaps, it could only cling to the light shield and fly into the sky along with her, unable to fly under its own power.

Or maybe something else entirely.

Regardless, at this moment, whatever the answer might be no longer mattered.

"Attack her!"

Fiona pointed a finger at Umbrella, signaling the magitech puppet to strike.

"Oh?"

This newly appeared magitech puppet was quite a novelty, temporarily drawing Umbrella's attention.

She glanced over in the direction of Fiona, looking as though she were watching a monkey show.

"It's useless, no matter what you do..."

Swish!

Almost as soon as those words left her mouth, the golden light shadow that had just appeared beside Fiona—a magitech puppet bearing the exact same color as her holy sword—solidified into a concrete form.

It appeared to be a snake-horned maiden, though its coloration differed from those belonging to Luo Yong.

Moreover, it seemed to be composed of entirely different magical elements.

Its body existed somewhere between energy and physicality, capable of condensing the intangible into solid form, or dissolving the solid back into nothingness.

Upon receiving Fiona's command, it glared fiercely at Umbrella, parted its jaws, and spat out a scorching beam of light!

The dazzling golden radiance instantly overwhelmed everything else, becoming the sole existence within the grand hall.

"Oh?"

Umbrella's figure seemed to waver for a fraction of a second, and immediately afterward, a blue radiance flared within her body, even more intense than the golden light.

"Since that's the case, you go die as well!"

The golden light appeared to cause her some irritation. Growing angry, Umbrella extended her other hand toward Fiona's position.

"Ah!"

Fiona gasped in alarm as her body was instantly sucked forward, her throat seized by a cold hand!

"Ugh... Captain... Save..."

She could no longer breathe.

Crystal tears streamed down her slightly youthful face.

At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, ultimately culminating in the silhouette of a burly mercenary uncle.

"Captain..."

If I die, will he avenge me? Will he...? Perhaps, in his heart, I am merely an insignificant, dispensable existence...

The next instant, Fiona lost consciousness.

"Where the starlight shrouds..."

Suddenly, an ancient incantation echoed through the grand hall, a voice both divine and demonic resounding from all directions as if it were omnipresent.

"Who? Who is hiding in the dark, playing god? Get out here!"

Umbrella was disrupted for a split second, her hands trembling as the two human heroes on the verge of death were enveloped by a strange force and pulled away from her grasp.

"The flames are blazing fiercely..."

"Obey the summons of destiny, awake from your slumber. Leader of the mountain peaks, keep the ancient oath. From the moment this day was foreseen, ride upon the torrent of time, traverse the long years, and bestow glory upon the fearless..."

"Light imbued with love and hope shall banish all evil in this world!"

As the incantation chanted on, a sphere of light illuminated the hall.

It was a gentle light, not blindingly harsh, making anyone who beheld it feel a sense of warmth.

It caused the roaring, ultra-frenzied monsters to quiet down entirely, collapsing to the ground in heaps.

"Is that you? Gaye Rela!" Umbrella stood suspended in midair, gazing down at that sphere of light and recognizing the figure within.

"Umbrella, you have strayed from the path, your mind bewitched by desire and your eyes blinded by greed. Turning back now might still not be too late," said the figure inside the ball of light.

"Might not? In other words, it could also be too late." Umbrella sneered, a blinding blue radiance erupting around her entire body. "There can only be one Rela in this world, and it can only be me, Umbrella. As for you, even if you have acquired some bizarre power, you cannot escape death!"

"No! You are wrong!" The light surrounding Gaye Rela faded slightly, revealing her slender figure. Amidst the radiance, she appeared utterly sacred, reminiscent of a deity. "If you persist down this path and refuse to repent, the one who dies will be you."

"Oh?"

Umbrella looked at the opposite figure with an expressionless gaze, spreading her arms wide and making a lifting gesture upward.

Upon the completion of this motion, as if finishing an evil ritual, the people who had collapsed on the ground—the human heroes already slain by the monsters—all opened their lifeless eyes and rose from the pools of blood.

"I'd like to see how you plan to defeat me?"

Umbrella watched the human heroes she had driven and manipulated, saying coldly, "They are already dead, and now they have become my loyal thralls. How do you intend to deal with them? Kill these dead people all over again?"

"No. I'm not that foolish." Gaye Rela shook her head, letting out a soft sigh as she spoke, "All of this is predestined, foreseen long ago. The answer was written ages ago, and the ending is already set in stone..."

"What kind of crazy nonsense are you babbling? Before entering this dungeon, I never imagined I would do such a thing, so how could you possibly know the ending? Everything is unpredictable!" Umbrella pointed at the human heroes under her control and said, "How could they ever have imagined they would meet such a fate?"

"I have nothing more to say, Umbrella. You have fallen completely. Face your judgment!" Gaye Rela spread her arms wide, performing a gesture of sunlight breaking through.

If Luo Yong were here right now, he definitely wouldn't be able to resist making a sarcastic remark.

"Light of Judgment!"

Swish!

In an instant, the entire space seemed to freeze. Within this grand hall, that single beam of light was all that existed!

A supremely powerful magical fluctuation shook the entire dungeon, even transmitting to the exterior.

Anyone in the vicinity sensed this magical fluctuation, feeling a jolt of shock in their hearts while also growing curious about what on earth was transpiring inside.

A ray of light—resembling a blade, a sword, a spear, yet none of them at all, merely a pure column of light.

It was indestructible, unstoppable, carrying an imposing momentum capable of destroying everything in the world as it struck squarely upon Umbrella.

"Hmph! You think you can defeat me with just this?" Umbrella glowed all over, enveloped by blue radiance, using just one hand to raise a defense and block this immensely powerful blow.

"Of course it's not just this." Gaye Rela responded softly, her figure suddenly materializing behind her opponent.

Divine power surged around her entire body, turning her completely translucent. Only at her left calf could one see a shinbone emitting a blue glow.

Bang!

It was precisely this leg that soundlessly kicked Umbrella, sending her flying backward.

Clang!

Her slender silhouette left an impact imprint on the stone wall at the side of the grand hall.

"Pfft!"

Umbrella spat out a mouthful of blood, the fluid already turned a deep shade of blue.

"How is this possible?!"

With an expression of utter disbelief, she shouted angrily, "I have obtained the inheritance of the ancient wizards and already fused with two magical artifacts, how could it end like this?"

She said this because her opponent possessed only one; only a single magical artifact was fused into her calf.

"You are wrong again," Gaye Rela said indifferently. "I am merely suppressing it, not borrowing its power."

"No! I don't believe it!"

Umbrella struggled free from the wall, shouting in rage. Then, as if sensing something, her expression suddenly shifted to one of joy: "The Wizard's Eye! That feeling is the Wizard's Eye! It's right here in this dungeon! Right ahead!"

"Are you talking about this?"

From out of the darkness, a figure appeared once more, dressed in standard mercenary attire—it was none other than Luo Yong.

Originally, he had been farming monsters in a hall far away from here, but the pulling force acting upon the two crystals by his side had grown increasingly severe, threatening to tear them away if he wasn't paying attention.

Under such conditions, there was simply no way to farm monsters in peace!

And so, Luo Yong got angry.

Who the hell was messing around behind his back?

Once angered, he simply abandoned monster-farming altogether and rushed all the way here to get to the bottom of it.

He had originally intended to find Pang Ding and slash him a few times on the spot, but never expected to witness two "light beings" flying around in the sky.