Chapter 1248: Chapter 996: The Truth Revealed
"How disobedient! I never intended for this to happen! But now, it seems you must be completely under my control!" the person said, and the entire memory fragment began to distort, coming to an abrupt halt, and Elma returned to the original staircase.
"I want Long Yi to stay here," Elma told Zulal.
"Master Elma! This is highly improper! We all know the power of Long Yi; he is determined to enter the middle plane. Wouldn’t it be better to just give him the key and exchange it for some power and knowledge?" Zulal said hastily.
"No, this is not up for discussion. It’s decided, no one is to tell Long Yi that I have the key," Elma said.
Long Yi couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. Clearly, Elma had always treated him as a friend before that segment of branched memory, but after that voice, everything changed. That part of the memory was distorted, perhaps due to being too deeply hidden, so it was impossible to discern who was behind it.
Could it be Solis?
Clearly, this content caused Elma great regret. Even if for some reason he decided to make an enemy of Long Yi, it also filled him with deep remorse, and it took him a very long time to emerge from the regret.
After that, his fallout with Long Yi, his transformation into a Crazy Demon, and even the abduction of Landers filled him with immense regret. This made Long Yi somewhat puzzled; it’s normal for him to regret the fallout; normal to regret becoming a Crazy Demon. But why regret abducting Landers?
Finally, the staircase under Elma’s feet reached its end, and a giant orb of light appeared before him.
In Elma’s view, this was the sign that the test had ended. But for Long Yi and Little Zi, this was the crux of their journey! This was the memory hidden away by Elma!
Long Yi dared not rush Elma, since this was Elma’s mental world, where he could make no sudden movements.
At this moment, Elma also inexplicably became nervous, because he knew that after numerous tests, he was finally coming to the end of his journey!
"Master, I’ve succeeded!" Elma said with a smile on his face, as he and Hayden leaped into the orb of light together.
This was the thing hidden in the deepest part of Elma’s consciousness. There were no memories here, only a band of red energy waves!
God Chasers!
Worm!
In the dark world, that worm-like God Chaser hung suspended in midair, completely oblivious to the intrusion.
All the guesses now had an answer!
Long Yi raised his hand, and like a snake, instantly trapped the worm. The still dormant worm immediately started thrashing and howling. But Long Yi wasted no words; the snake-like force crushed the worm into fundamental energy in the blink of an eye.
And as the worm disappeared, the barrier deep within the consciousness also vanished, and the formerly restrained memories appeared.
"Landers! Your magic is far too dangerous! I had to take all your memories away!"
Before him was Elma’s memory. At that moment, Elma was standing in his study on top of the Ancient Mage Tower, Landers was kneeling on the floor, and the man in front of Landers was Solis!
"Now, the key to the Teleportation Gate is in my hands, as are Landers’ magics. Let’s see how Long Yi is going to run off to the middle plane now! Hahahaha! He still thinks I’m completely obedient to him! But what he doesn’t know is that his power and body will soon belong to me," Solis said with a wild laugh.
"So, great Lord God Chaser, what should we do with this Landers?" Elma asked.
"What else? Send him back to Long Yi, let Long Yi have some hope; after all, it wouldn’t be good if he becomes too desperate and destroys everything."
Then the memory scene shifted again.
"Long Yi has actually come here! And he calls himself an Ascender, hahaha, it’s laughable! But I can’t tell you this since this memory is sealed, and you won’t remember. Hahaha!"
The memories changed again.
"What’s this Ascension Power? It seems like a force I haven’t mastered? Never mind, in the end, Long Yi’s body and power will be mine, and no matter what, I will have time to torment him! Hahaha!"
Here, all the memories disappeared, the staircase vanished too, and Hayden and Elma reappeared in that vast, empty hall.
Elma looked bewildered. He looked up at Hayden and finally spoke after a pause, with a wry smile, "Long Yi, this time, you really played me well."
Long Yi paused for a second, then understood. The seal had been broken, and Elma’s real memories had all come back.
"You also gave me a tough time. Let’s call it even," Long Yi said.
"You want me to call you Master for so long, and we just call it even?" Although he was still smiling wryly, it was clear that Elma wasn’t really looking to settle scores with Long Yi, but simply didn’t know what to do at the moment.
"What else can we do, be happy that you’re not dead," Long Yi said, not knowing what else would be appropriate to say.
The two entered an awkward silence. Not long ago, they had been enemies. Now, it turned out there was someone else pulling the strings from behind the scenes.
"Actually, I really dislike using my brain, and I also have a bit of a nice-guy personality. If I had just killed that damn God Chaser from the start, I’d probably be enjoying myself in the middle plane by now," Long Yi said.
"Ah, I was also careless. I originally thought that once I got rid of the Crystal Poison, I could escape Solis’s control over me, but it turns out his control wasn’t through the Crystal Poison at all," Elma said.
"Little Zi, what’s the situation now?" Long Yi asked.
"I’ve isolated everything here with Divine Power. That worm should not know what just happened," Little Zi said.
"Damn it, that bastard is setting up a trap!" Elma suddenly realized something.
"What?" Long Yi raised an eyebrow.
"Zulal is also under his control, but he didn’t control him through a fragment of the worm. The second personality you implanted in Zulal could actually free him from his control. Since too many people are trying to control him, it results in a very chaotic control, and occasionally his own consciousness would recover for a while. Zulal once told me Solis is planning a grand experiment while we are away from each other, and if successful, he could take over your body and seize your power!" Elma explained.
"He wishes!" Long Yi’s face twisted in rage. He hated two things most in his two lives: conspiracies and betrayals, and that God Chaser had nearly gotten them both! How could that not enrage Long Yi!
"I’d like to see how he plans to take over my body and seize my power!"
Because of his distrust for Solis, Long Yi’s true body had never left the Ancient Mage Tower, so now he immediately woke up. However, when he tried to contact the Crazy Demon warriors, he discovered that all the Crazy Demon warriors were gone. Long Yi gathered all his power and disguised himself as an ordinary person. He quickly noticed that the entire Ancient Mage Tower was eerily quiet, everyone was gone. But as the source of the faith, Long Yi could still feel that the followers still existed and their faith was still strong; it looked like they had just been diverted.
Long Yi didn’t walk through the front and instead entered the pipes. Originally part of a Giant’s spaceship, these so-called pipes were also incredibly large, enough to accommodate ordinary people. Long Yi had detailed maps of these pipes, so he would definitely not get lost in them. As he was going along, suddenly voices came from ahead, and then a group of people rushed past. Seeing Long Yi, the group didn’t show any surprise but instead called out, "Hurry up, don’t fall behind!"
Long Yi was worried about what to do, but it seemed he immediately had a legitimate identity now.
The group ran quickly, not speaking, so Long Yi didn’t know what they were planning. Soon, the group of people actually arrived at a farm.
It was here that Long Yi first met Elma.
There were already many people here.
With many people, naturally, there was discussion, and from these people’s conversations, Long Yi could tell their purpose.
"I heard that Master Solis and Master Zulal are conspiring to take over the Ancient Mage Tower! Elder Zulal has diverted every sentinel from key locations, now the entire Ancient Mage Tower has become their backyard!"
"We must never let this happen! Once Master Elma returns from the Holy Temple, she will bring tremendous power, and we absolutely cannot let these villains take over the Ancient Mage Tower!"
These people were all young, and chattering quickly clarified all the doubts Long Yi had.
"So what do we do?" another person asked.
"They are now in the Power Core of the Ancient Mage Tower, plotting something. We need to go there right now and confront them. Whatever they are doing, we must stop them!"
"Good! Let’s go!"
A large crowd immediately moved from the pipes toward the core.
Meanwhile, at the Power Core, Solis and Elma were setting up an Array, drawing energy from the massive Power Core on one end of the Array. At the center of the Array was the key to the Teleportation Gate.
"Well, let’s begin!"
Solis said.
With a fervent expression, Zulal operated something next to the Power Core. A portion of the energy immediately flowed from the Power Core into the Array. As a Power Core built by the Giants, the energy here was astonishing, and in just an instant, it filled the entire Array with energy, while the key to the Plane Teleportation Gate was suspended in mid-air, the runes on it flickering incessantly.
Just as the group of young people charged up, they saw the key to the Teleportation Gate emit a beam of light that tore through the space and vanished into thin air.
"Stop! What are you doing!" a young leader shouted.
Solis frowned slightly, "Who let you in! Everything here is confidential! Entry is not allowed without sufficient clearance!"
The young leader scoffed and said, "We all know you want to usurp Master Elma’s position! As long as we are here, your scheming will never succeed!"
Solis initially wore a look of surprise, but upon hearing what the young leader said, he immediately understood.
"You all must be ’Freemen’," Solis said.
The young leader immediately raised his head proudly and said, "It’s good that you know! We are indeed the Freemen!"(To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation vote and monthly ticket. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please browse at m.qidian.com.)
