Chapter 189

Chapter 189 – Chapter 39: Ghosts #4

The power of Conquest filled Carack’s body, then it became enormous . Carack already had a height of two meters, but he had now become three meters tall with expanded muscles .

The clothes he wore tore apart, but Amita’s armour expanded to wrap around his body . It was a partial body armour, but there didn’t seem to be any problem with defense .

Everybody was surprised by Carack’s sudden transformation . Seira blushed when she saw Carack’s torn pants, but it only lasted for a moment . Now wasn’t the time to stare at Carack .

Carack read In-gong’s intentions straight away . He added extra parts to Amita’s shield and made it huge before grabbing it firmly . This time, it was Carack who led the party .

Felicia was reminded of the charge in Thunderdoom Fortress, and she quickly explained it to Chris, Caitlin, and Seira . Then she stood behind Carack’s back, and Chris, Caitlin, and Seira stood behind her with In-gong and Green Wind at the rear .

“May the Protection of the Wind bless all of you . ”

Green Wind blessed everyone in the party . Then In-gong raised the flag of light again, while Chris paused for a moment before carrying Felicia who was in front of him .

“Run!”

“Kuraha!”

Carack responded to In-gong’s command with his battle cry . He rushed forward ignorantly, smashing everything blocking his way .

It was like watching a runaway locomotive . The fog was thick, so the path up ahead wasn’t visible, but In-gong saw it using the mini-map . Then Green Wind shared In-gong’s directions with Carack . Caitlin ran like the wind and looked around as the hands and heads of ghouls and skeletons suddenly popped out from the ground .

The scene was approaching its climax . If this continued, then maybe even a vampire might be created .

“Ohhhhhh!”

Carack shouted again . They sprinted along the ramp, destroying all doors which blocked their way .

“How many floors down are there?”

“10 floors! The 10th floor is the lowest floor!”

At Chris’ cry, Felicia shouted her answer . The two people had been siblings for dozens of years, but this was the first time they exchanged words from such a close proximity .

“Carack is amazing!”

Caitlin cried out suddenly . It seemed to be a cheer, but it was effective . Carack’s muscles swelled up again, and his running speed increased .

Then In-gong looked at the mini-map . Red dots were surrounding them on all sides . If they stopped for even a moment, they would be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of enemies .

The configuration of the catacombs was different from the palace . In the case of the palace, important rooms were decorated like forests . There was a lot of soil on the ground, so it could truly be mistaken for a forest .

However, the catacombs were different . Although the floor was covered with dirt, the walls and ceilings were made of cool, hard rocks . It was reminiscent of an underground tunnel, rather than a forest .

In-gong could feel the flow of fog outside the palace becoming stronger . It was already like a whirlpool or water running swiftly .

“Next is the 10th floor!”

“Karaha!”

Felicia shouted . Carack smashed down the door as well as the undead monsters behind it .

The last staircase was especially long . The length between the bottom floor and the one above it seemed to be 20 meters .

Felicia used recovery magic . Simultaneously, everybody recovered their breaths and looked around them . There was no fog on the bottom floor of the catacombs . There were also no ghost monsters like banshees and specters, or undead monsters like ghouls and skeletons .

The only things there were the dark soil and the tree trunks which covered the wall . The trees were tinted grey instead of green . Then there were green flames which became one to push away the darkness .

The lowest floor of the catacombs was a large space . In-gong had visited it in Knight Saga before . The first fairy king was one of Knight Saga’s hidden bosses . When Zephyr appeared on the lowest floor, bathed in the blood of the dark elves, a specter of the fairy king had appeared .

Carack breathed in deeply . Chris and Caitlin walked to the sides, while Seira followed behind Caitlin .

The lowest floor was only for the first fairy king . In the center of the lowest floor, there was a high altar with a magnificent coffin made of stone . It was just that—the first fairy king’s tomb .

“Master . ”

Green Wind spoke in a strained voice . As the previous apostle of Conquest as well as having been made from a fragment of the elder dragon, Ainkel who had the power of life, Green Wind felt a mighty and evil power coming from the tomb in front of her .

In-gong felt the same thing . Moreover, In-gong could perceive there was a mix of other powers . There was a bit of strong magic power along the edge of the tomb, but it was mixed with the blue aura of Death .

The lid of the stone coffin shook, and there was a huge roar as the ashes inside shot out .

“Callael…”

Felicia said mournfully .

Callael Kalseph, the name of the first fairy king and the ancestor of the dark elf, Lionel Doomblade… His remains were waking up . He had died thousands of years ago, so his bones and clothes were all gone .

Yet, flesh grew from the ashes . However, it wasn’t real . In the first place, the bones weren’t real . Everything had been created from magic power . It was the same with the banshees and specters .

He wasn’t an apostle of Death . However, it was clear that the specter in front of them had been touched with the power of Death . Although Death hadn’t been used directly to raise the specter, it had some type of influence .

In-gong sensed it intuitively . The presence before them, the specter of the first fairy king, was much stronger than the man they had encountered at Thunderdoom Fortress .

The fairy king looked down at the party who were prepared to fight . Like Silvan, one of the fairy king’s eyes was covered with an eyepatch, and he lifted it up slowly . A huge storm of magic power suddenly pushed at the party .

“Kuraha!”

Carack stood in front of everybody and let out a battle cry as the magic power storm swept all around them . Felicia looked up from where she was hiding behind Carack, while Chris and Caitlin looked hurriedly at the tomb where the fairy king had been standing .

However, the fairy king wasn’t there anymore . He looked toward the sky and rose up .

Seira made a puzzled expression, and Caitlin looked bemused . However, Green Wind was different; she trembled . The fog started to move along with the fairy king . The fairy king rose, and the fog of magic rose as well . Outside the palace, a huge vortex had finally formed .

What would happen if the fog and the fairy king combined? What the hell would happen?

The fog of magic was pushed toward the lowest floor . Beneath the floors, the undead raised their heads as banshees and specters appeared .

“Damn! We just came all the way down here!”

Chris growled out . At that moment, there was a huge vibration in the catacombs . It was like an earthquake .

“Prince!”

Carack shouted, and In-gong understood . The ceiling was crumbling down . If they stood still there, they would be crushed .

“Gather!”

After gathering everyone together, In-gong looked up at the ceiling . He aimed at the wreckage which was beginning to pour down toward them!

“Break!”

This wasn’t simply Dragon Words . It became Dragon Breath, and the power of great destruction rushed toward the ceiling .

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A giant pillar of white light swallowed up the collapsed debris . It continued up, penetrating completely through the ceiling .

Just considering the momentum, it contained a destructive force which seemed like it could penetrate toward the sky . None of the dark elves on the ground level had been caught up in it, and the group’s purpose was achieved .

This time, Chris was the one carrying Felicia on his shoulder . Carack and Chris jumped toward the hole in the ceiling, followed by Caitlin and Seira .

Felicia screamed as they soared up toward the ground .

In-gong then immediately followed on White Eagle . He grabbed the back of Carack, who was about to fall, and looked up .

The fairy king kept on rising, and In-gong had to catch up with him .

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The fog of magic increased around the palace . The fog, which covered Sky Forest entirely, was gathered toward the center .

The sight of Sky Forest, with the fog removed, was grim; there was pandemonium everywhere .

They would rather it be covered by the fog . The survivors, freed from the sense of isolation caused by the fog, screamed when they saw numerous corpses . However, there was something even more terrible .

The dark elf knight, who had cut the throat of a friend minutes ago, looked up at the sky with a blank face .

The fog of magic was touching the sky . No, it couldn’t be called a fog anymore .

A gigantic vortex of magic power was opening in the sky .

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Amita trembled, but it wasn’t simply because they feared the mighty magic power .

Amita remembered Kafran, the guardian of Spider Forest, and the story of the guardians who had been murdered by the people with a purple aura .

‘Why?’

Amita didn’t know, but the phenomenon occurring before them felt like it had some connection with past events . Amita erased the thoughts from their head and poured magic power into the ward . The only thing they could do right now was protect Delia, Karma, and the dark elves .

“I believe in you!”

Amita recalled In-gong’s face .

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Sylvia sat on the throne and looked up at the sky . The retractable ceiling was open, so she could see clearly the spiral of magic power in the night sky .

Blue lightning struck, thunder exploded, and terrible magic power radiated from the vortex .

Sylvia didn’t know what was going to happen from now on . How should she break this crisis?

“Your Majesty . ”

Sylvia thought of the demon king, but her love, who was the strongest in the world, wasn’t here in this place .

It was at this moment that the tree trunks connected to Sylvia’s left arm sent her new images . However, Sylvia looked at what was in front of her, instead of the images, as strong magic power rose from below .

What she saw was a ghost . At the same time, it was also a great man . It was the soul of the great king who had tried to protect the dark elves . His will had been destroyed, but his mighty strength had still been left behind .

He broke through the ground and soared up . It was the first fairy king, the ghost of the great Callael . However, it was distorted, and the phrase ‘ruin’ was appropriate .

Sylvia used her magic power instinctively . She sensed that she couldn’t let the presence before her continue .

However, that wasn’t enough . There was a strong rebound from the magic power she gathered urgently . The guards moved hurriedly to protect Sylvia, but the fairy king didn’t attack her . He just kept on rising toward the swirl of magic power .

Sylvia looked up at the sky in pain .

The loud sound of thunder tore through the sky . Thus, another sound was buried—the sound of someone rushing up to catch up with Callael . It sounded like hundreds of wings flapping at once .

Dark blue smoke covered the sky . It united and blocked the path of the fairy king, who was heading toward the vortex of magic power!

The fairy king looked at In-gong, who looked back at him . Instead of delaying again, In-gong immediately activated his divinity .

“Spiritualism . ”

Dhrtarastra…

The gandharva god descended .