Chapter 485: Yimou Kar

Chapter 475: Cal, the Inferno Demon
The very instant that ritual unfolded, Ivars felt as if something was blocking his throat.

He couldn’t speak at all, and it was difficult for him to even make a sound.

It was like having a dream that he had lost the ability to speak.

If he exerted himself against the effects of the ritual spell, trying to struggle to speak, would only suffocate his breath.

And it was clear that Ivars was not the only one who was restrained. Aside from Sherlock, who was already in a comatose state, the other three people in that waking state were all instantly quiet.

…… Group silence?
Aiwas knew in his heart that with so many teammates guarding his side …… this General Carl, who had fallen on his own, probably didn t need to worry about himself.

So before General Carl arrived, Aiwas walked to the window, raised his head, and focused on the ritual above his head, carefully studying and analyzing its effects.

A ritual set up by a Fifth Energetic Level Transcendent was obviously impossible to stop by oneself without transcending the Dao level. However, it was possible to see if there were any parts that could be utilized.

Seeing the vermillion runes forming three concentric disks in the sky above – a triple incantation was written in the script of the Hrasier Empire mixed with elvish text.

From the outer circle to the inner circle, they rotated in a clockwise, counterclockwise, and clockwise fashion according to the speeds of slow, very fast, and fast.

The blood-colored runes that spun like a millstone emitted an increasingly loud humming sound like a machine starting up.

Those words, if roughly analyzed, could be translated as:
“We worship the Constant Self, the God whose holy number is one, the God who dies and breeds again, the God who sees ignorance for a long time / We honor the Blood Tenshi, the Tenshi of the Eternal Feast, the Tenshi of the Endless Thirst / We honor the Spirit Perpetuating Tenshi, the Tenshi of the Memory, the Tenshi of the Inscription.”

“He who lives forever and contemplates death shall be king of kings.”

“Bound: those whose existence has exceeded 119 years are forbidden to leave this place; Chaos: the flame is here above it; Inscription: silence.”

–This is not any pre-existing ritual.

Rather, it was a trap that General Leo Carr, who was the fifth energy level demon incarnate, had laid out specifically for Shafia in order to capture her!

This kind of ranged ritual usually didn’t have enemy recognition. Or rather, whenever a ritual with enemy recognition was added, its power would be much weaker because it wasn’t absolute enough.

The more absolute the requirements of the ritual were, the stronger the binding force would be. It was the same as the terms of a contract.

So the best thing to do is to add a result that happens to cover the other party’s conditions, as well as try not to affect yourself.

This ritual, by praying to the Eternal Self, the Blood Heavenly Division, and the Spirit Performer for power, makes it impossible for anyone with a lifespan greater than 119 years to escape from this place.

And whether it was General Carl, or that Dusk Roadway powerhouse, they were all nothing more than ordinary humans. Even the Star Antimony Queen was the same – she wasn’t too old, even though she was a child of the immortal Moon. Even counting her lifespan as a human, she was only a hundred years old.

As a half-blood elf, Shafiya happened to be over one hundred and twenty years old this year. Therefore this restriction would only take effect for her. Or rather, this number was the line that was specially drawn for her based on the intelligence.

When the pressure line was met, the ceremony’s power to suppress her was the strongest.

At the same time, this ritual spell also increases the priority of the “Flame” category by half a level – unable to penetrate higher levels of protection, but always able to overwhelm an opponent at the same level. Shafia doesn’t have any flame type spells, she is best at countering and binding spells.

So she can’t eat the beneficial effects of this ritual at all, but will be silenced instead.

When everyone was silenced, the Lawgiver who relied on the verbal component to launch her attacks took the most damage – at least much more than the Demon Incarnate.

–Prohibit Escape, Flame Penetration, Group Silence.

Had there been only Shafia here, this would have been an extermination trap.

In the timeline of the game’s plot, this might have been the cause of Shafiya’s death – she was able to send Isabel out, but was unable to escort her to the Church Kingdom. Those Griffin Knights didn’t dare to chase her …… so it would have to be that she had just let Her Highness escape safely before turning back and getting into the trap herself.

But in this world line, the situation obviously wouldn’t go on like that.

General Karl did not appear immediately after issuing his threat.

About a full ten seconds passed before a sudden burst of unusual heat came from the Queen’s chambers. The surrounding space gradually became scorching and distorted, and the plants in the room gradually emitted white smoke and withered rapidly.

Immediately followed by those papers.

They emitted green smoke one after another, blackened, curled up, and turned into ashes.

They were followed by those light veils, which broke through a black hole in the center. Like a spider’s web, they were burned out by the flames that instantly ignited.

Then came the wooden structure of the floor and bed, a charred black spot floating on it.

The sunlight in the sky all became more scorching and fiery, and the increasingly powerful heat caused the air to vaporize and distort. The exposed water of the entire glass island turned scorching yellow, swirling with earthy swirls, gradually evaporating and drying up, the green plants withered and yellowed, and the air began to smell more and more strongly of sulfur.

Shafia took a deep breath and clenched the staff in her hand as well.

–For the sake of Her Majesty!
–For the sake of Avalon!
She murmured in her mind as a silver-white light flared from her eyes. A silver-white circle emerged from the depths of her originally dark blue pupils, and her long, light blonde curls moved without wind.

Those who had become confused by the anomaly became calm once again.

A silver-white ring emerged from the depths of their pupils, and a clear command emerged in their minds:

Stay away from the Temple of Silver and Tin!
The silver triangles on top of each streetlight emitted a divine silver-white glow in the daylight, reflecting the light of authority. They were like triangles that emitted crisp sounds in an orderly manner, like signal towers one after another, constantly spreading out Shafia’s will.

If one were to look down on Avalon from above at this moment, one would be able to see a circle of earthy yellow arid traces gradually spreading outward from the Temple of Silver and Tin as the center.

The Temple of Silver and Tin itself was on the island in the center of the lake, and the deep blue lake that it was situated in that was as clear and transparent as a jewel had turned an earthy yellow color. And the flow of people came out like ants before the rain, separating into a thin black line and leaving outward in a rather orderly manner.

Neither Shafia nor General Karl used any spells.

This was an anomaly that was naturally induced when a fifth level transcendent resonated the power of the Dao.

In the next moment, a piece of the wall reinforced by the preservation spell suddenly bulged and changed color. This wall, which was capable of withstanding the full force of a fourth energy level transcendent, and was stronger than steel, was now curling like burnt and bent steel.

And then, it finally shattered completely!

Countless streams of flame roared in, surging and raging like a tsunami.

–Karl was very cautious and didn’t try to enter through the front door. Instead, he directly surrounded the entire chambers completely with searing flames!
His golden pupils were blazing, and the clothes on his upper body had been completely ignited by the flames.

His right fist was clenched tightly, and those abnormally muscular and swollen arms were huge. It was even thick to a somewhat incongruous degree. The veins protruding from that forearm and the back of his hand were flickering with a purple light that belonged to the Transcendent Dao Path.

On top of his pale body, there was simultaneously withered, wrinkled skin, as well as clearly visible muscles. He had scars all over his body, and those scars looked like wounds caused when he was penetrated by a scorching sword.

At the moment, all of Old Carl’s wounds were like passages, like doors that were open.

Golden-red flames flowed out of them like bodily fluids, flowing like liquids and crawling on the walls like living creatures. From those wounds, a deep red, embers-like fire could still be seen.

–That was precisely the Inferno power that was constantly being pumped out of his body.

If it was fully released, the power of his self-detonation would be enough to destroy the entire Glass Island.

Even without awakening into a demon …… just by borrowing power from the demons in his body, he was still called an absolute powerhouse.

But when Carl broke the wall and stepped into the room, the cruel smile on his face suddenly stalled, and his entire body froze for a moment.

How …… are there so many people?

(End of chapter)