Chapter 432: Chapter 432: A Crisis Arrives
The King of Macher learned that a Cardinal from the Saint Hall of Light was coming to the Macher Kingdom.
He immediately summoned the city’s full power to line the streets and welcome him.
Cardinal Minos had just arrived at the Divine Hall of Light in the capital of the Macher Kingdom.
The bishop of the Divine Hall of Light was just about to step forward to greet him,
when Minos abruptly turned his head to look in a specific direction.
His gaze was somewhat frightening.
He had sensed the fluctuations of the Goddess’s Tears, but they were rapidly weakening.
This had never happened before.
It meant the Power of the Goddess’s Tears was gradually disappearing.
That was a Holy Artifact of the Saint Hall of Light!
’Who could have committed such a sacrilegious act?’
Minos’s brow furrowed. Without a word, he vanished from within the Divine Hall of Light.
He left the bishop and clergy, who had been preparing a grand welcome, standing there completely baffled.
A short while later, the King of Macher also hurried to the Divine Hall of Light.
He quickly asked in a low voice, "Where is the Cardinal?"
The bishop, with a complicated expression, shook his head and said, "He left."
"He left!?" the King of Macher couldn’t help but exclaim.
He looked utterly incredulous.
He hadn’t even seen the man, so how could he have already left?
Seeing the King’s uncomprehending expression, the bishop explained, "The Cardinal may have encountered an emergency."
Hearing this, the King of Macher could only sigh in frustration.
He turned and left.
As he walked out of the Divine Hall of Light and saw the various extravagant welcoming parties outside, his enthusiasm waned.
After the disappointment, he felt a sharp pang of regret.
’This all cost a fortune!’
The Macher Kingdom and the Beixuan Kingdom were already in constant conflict.
Battles large and small never ceased.
They were burning through money every single day.
The grand welcoming ceremony he had prepared today, in terms of the cost of the Golden Bridge alone, was probably enough to fund the front lines for a month.
And to make matters worse, the Macher Kingdom’s finances were tight recently.
Squandering a month’s worth of war funds for nothing was another huge loss for the Macher Kingdom.
The situation at the front would likely worsen.
He had hoped to meet the Cardinal and plead for some support from the Divine Hall of Light.
With even a little help from the Divine Hall of Light, he could easily deal with the major threat that was the Beixuan Kingdom.
But unexpectedly, he didn’t even get to see Minos’s face.
A month’s military budget, wasted for nothing.
Minos sped toward the location where the fluctuations from the Goddess’s Tears had vanished.
After the Power of the Goddess’s Tears disappeared, he could only lock onto its approximate location.
With his strength, he could find the target with just a general location.
The Mage Association received news that something unusual was happening at the Dragon Fall Slope Secret Realm.
They immediately dispatched people to investigate the situation.
They happened to run into personnel sent by Otz to scout the area.
Locks had ordered Otz to investigate the truth behind the dragon’s fall at Dragon Fall Slope.
Otz had sent his subordinates to investigate the situation.
After the two parties met,
the Mage Association, under the pretext of sealing off Dragon Fall Slope, tried to drive away unrelated personnel.
"We are the Beixuan Dark Guard, here to investigate Dragon Fall Slope on the Sovereign’s orders."
The person who spoke presented an Identity Token.
The Beixuan Dark Guard was a new organization established after the founding of the Beixuan Kingdom.
It was entirely composed of powerful Extraordinary Professionals loyal to Otz.
The Mage who had come to investigate Dragon Fall Slope glanced at the opposing team.
He was shocked. ’These people are all Tier Three Extraordinary Professionals.’
Their leader was even a Tier Four Professional.
If a fight broke out, the Mage Association wouldn’t gain any advantage.
Besides, they were Otz’s people.
That made them even harder to offend.
Among the people the Mage Association had sent this time, there were only two Tier Three Mages; the rest were Tiers One and Two Mages.
They were no match for the Beixuan Dark Guard Squad at all.
Even if Mages could dominate other Professionals of the same Level,
the difference in Level was just too great. Tiers One and Two Mages were absolutely no match for Tier Three Extraordinary Professionals.
James, the person in charge for the Mage Association, quickly said, "So you’re the Beixuan Dark Guard. Please forgive our rudeness."
"If there’s anything you need help with, just say the word. If we can help, we certainly will."
James offered a polite platitude.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn’t bother with courtesies.
Susan, the squad leader of the Beixuan Dark Guard, said, "In that case, Mage James, please tell us everything you know about Dragon Fall Slope. It will make it easier for us to report back to Your Majesty."
Hearing this, James’s expression froze for a moment.
’You’re really not holding back, are you?’
He glanced at the stern-faced Susan and sighed inwardly.
James asked, "What do you want to know?"
Susan said, "Let’s start with the legend of Dragon Fall Slope. Did a Giant Dragon really fall here?"
James answered Susan’s question.
The back-and-forth Q&A dragged on for quite some time.
James started to feel impatient.
Finally, Susan asked, "What are you doing here today?"
James said, "Someone discovered that the Secret Realm at Dragon Fall Slope had opened. We came to see what was going on."
Upon hearing this, Susan’s gaze sharpened.
She gave an order: "Seal off Dragon Fall Slope. Prohibit all unauthorized personnel from entering or exiting."
"Yes, ma’am."
Susan looked at James and said, "Mage James, if you would please help us open the Secret Realm."
James’s brow furrowed.
"I can’t open the Secret Realm. We can only wait for it to open on its own."
The words had barely left his mouth when a spatial rift suddenly appeared at a spot on Dragon Fall Slope.
It sucked in everything around it.
After a moment, the spatial rift stabilized, and the scene within the Secret Realm became visible from the outside.
A figure walked out from the Secret Realm.
When Li Wei saw the situation outside, he froze on the spot.
’What is going on?’
"Should I come out and help?"
Saint Xi’s voice rang in Li Wei’s mind.
Li Wei said to her, "Whatever you do, don’t come out. If you show yourself, things will get even more chaotic."
A living, breathing young Holy Giant Dragon appearing before so many people
would undoubtedly cause an earth-shattering uproar.
Li Wei couldn’t possibly kill everyone here.
And he didn’t know any memory-wiping Magic.
With Giant Dragons currently in hiding and unseen by the world, Saint Xi absolutely could not be revealed.
The rift Li Wei had opened using the Space Ripping Skill was unstable.
It soon began to shrink and disappear.
Li Wei took a few steps forward, moving away from the vanishing spatial rift.
Everyone stared at him, their gazes following his every move.
Li Wei offered a friendly smile and asked, "Sorry, my appearance was a bit abrupt. I’ll be on my way now and won’t disturb you any longer."
Seeing the situation, he had assumed someone was ambushing the people from the Mage Association.
Li Wei had no desire to get involved.
When Susan heard Li Wei say he was leaving, she immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Stop."
Hearing her, Li Wei turned to look.
He saw a person behind her and showed a look of surprise and astonishment.
"Lanya?"
Hearing Li Wei call out,
Lanya, standing behind Susan, froze for a moment, then looked up and studied Li Wei carefully.
She showed a surprised expression. "Li Wei?"
Susan and James both turned to look at Li Wei upon hearing this.
When James saw Li Wei’s face, he finally remembered that he had met Li Wei once before.
Susan, however, frowned. "You’re Li Wei?"
She had heard that Reina and Li Wei were very close.
Before becoming a member of the Beixuan Dark Guard, Susan and Reina had been classmates and best friends at the Knight Academy.
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