Chapter 326: Harvest: Releasing the Final War (Good)

Three years before the New Calendar.

The 5th day of the 4th month, Month of High Wind.

Kalinsha.

"Colorless Peace" Inn.

After a day of traveling, the group that had set out to subjugate the undead in the hills had returned.

Tang Zheng stood before the transparent glass window, gazing out at the streets, which were as bustling as ever, despite the hill war that had caused heavy casualties and shocked both the demi-humans and humans.

To ordinary people, they were neither aware of it nor could they feel it.

However.

Tang Zheng knew that what had happened in the Abelion Hills would soon spread.

Whether it was the Holy Kingdom or the Adventurer's Guild, neither would conceal news of such an inspiring victory that had eliminated the undead and ended the chaos.

But some information needed to be concealed.

The remaining personnel from the three parties—Tang Zheng, the Holy Kingdom, and the Silianjiaoguosuo—had held discussions.

The main information to be concealed was the fact that the Silianjiaoguosuo had summoned a "Dominion Authority," and once this was hidden, the three parties needed to negotiate the details.

Tang Zheng was very clear that what the Holy Kingdom and the Silianjiaoguosuo truly cared about was his method of integrating angels.

It was just that neither Kelart nor the remnants of the [Sunlight Scripture] could make the decision; they needed to return to their respective nations to report.

Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the window, turned around, and looked at Anri, who was sleeping soundly on the large wooden bed in the guest room.

She had been unconscious for a day and two nights.

It was not for any special reason; it was entirely due to excessive physical exhaustion.

Breaking through her own level cap and using power of a high-level intensity had clearly and inevitably caused certain aftereffects.

"The level is too low; it needs to be raised as soon as possible to adapt to the power." Tang Zheng shook his head slightly, speculating that Anri should wake up before long.

Back then, when Brain broke through his own limit to unleash destructive power at level 40, it directly caused his body to collapse; Anri only being unconscious for a while was a much lower price to pay.

"Before long, your fame will probably be greater than mine, the leader."

Thinking of something, Tang Zheng chuckled and rose to walk toward the hall outside the guest room.

The result of their three-party discussion for the time being was that the Death Knight and the leader of [Zuranon] had been dealt with through the joint efforts of all three parties.

This would cover up the matter of the "Dominion Authority" and, incidentally, hide the method Tang Zheng possessed for integrating angels.

However, Kelart's side and the other party mentioned they would actively assist in publicizing the merit of eliminating the Soul Eater, a legendary undead, as compensation for concealing Tang Zheng's contributions.

In reality, it was still not ideal; the performance of "Free Will" in this incident forced both sides to treat them with caution.

Inside the hall.

Except for the Ghost Hound, the Green Leaf Witch was not there.

Because the Green Leaf Witch had not returned with Tang Zheng, but had instead remained in the Abelion Hills.

The reason Tang Zheng agreed to stop Kelart was that "Seven-Colored Scale" Go-Rin had indeed offered sufficient conditions.

This was Tang Zheng's original goal, though the result had changed slightly.

To put it simply, the other party's goal was...

Nothing more than wanting to obtain Tang Zheng's protection, and there were many conditions, such as the treasures of various tribes, the blood of demi-humans, and so on.

But faced with these conditions, which catered to his interests and would even make any adventurer's heart flutter, Tang Zheng remained unmoved.

In the end.

"Seven-Colored Scale" Go-Rin actually hardened his heart, expressed submission to the Green Leaf Witch, and was willing to let the Green Leaf Witch become the queen ruling over the remaining tribes in the hill region.

The hills today, having suffered the disaster of the undead, had fewer than 30,000 surviving demi-humans, the vast majority of whom were the young, the elderly, and the women of the various tribes.

The top-tier forces of the tribes, the "Ten Greats of the Demi-humans" who once intimidated all sides, were left with only the "Beast General" Heketuoweishi and "Seven-Colored Scale" Go-Rin.

Under these circumstances.

The hill demi-humans could no longer withstand any more disasters.

And the people from the Holy Kingdom and the Silianjiaoguosuo both showed extreme hostility toward demi-humans; only Tang Zheng, because of Go-Jin and the Green Leaf Witch, did not show hostility toward them.

Coupled with the power displayed by Tang Zheng and Anri respectively.

A combination of reasons.

Prompted "Seven-Colored Scale" Go-Rin to make this decision.

"At this time, the Green Leaf Witch should have already met with the White Mist Witch and the Lizardman Crusch."

Tang Zheng stretched, and while pondering, walked over to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

The Lizardman Crusch and her companion had been staying in the true gathering place of the demi-humans, and had even used the fourth-tier magic "Cloud Control" to solve the lack of water and drought, gaining great fame among the hill demi-humans.

As of now.

Whether in the shadows or in the open, Tang Zheng already had absolute control over the entire Abelion Hills.

As for whether "Seven-Colored Scale" Go-Rin had truly submitted, or if he was just agreeing on the surface to deal with the crisis while secretly accumulating strength?

Tang Zheng did not care at all.

"Once a 'reputation' is established."

"It is difficult to remove it again."

Tang Zheng spoke to the Ghost Hound at his side: "Right, Xiao Hei?"

"Awoo." The ghost first wagged its tail.

"It seems you agree with this point of view."

Tang Zheng patted the Ghost Hound's head and smiled lightly: "The Twin Witches, the Lizardman Crusch, and combined with Go-Jin, should be enough to stabilize the hill demi-humans who are currently licking their wounds."

"Speaking of which, the original plan was to have Go-Jin openly rule the Abelion Hills, but this result is not bad either."

"As for 'Seven-Colored Scale' Go-Rin, such a clever demi-human—after using his reputation to stabilize the situation, it's better to deal with him in secret to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"Watch the house well, Xiao Hei."

"Teleportation!"

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was disturbing him during this time, Tang Zheng decided to confirm his harvest first.

The air distorted for an instant.

Tang Zheng's figure disappeared from the room, and as his vision shifted, a fiery red light appeared before his eyes.

Lava zone.

The shadow clone stood quietly on the rock ground, scorched red by the high temperature, with the shattered body of the leader placed beside it.

The intense heat turned the withered flesh wrapped around the bones charred black, and there was a faint smell of burnt rotting meat in the air.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Tang Zheng spoke faintly to the shadow clone, a thought moving in his mind.

The shadow clone's body became illusory and dissipated like a broken bubble, and the red robe it was wearing fell to the ground.

With a "clink."

The Magic-Sealing Crystal also fell from the vanished "shadow clone," making a crisp sound as it collided with the ground and rolled to Tang Zheng's feet.

"After the Heroic Soul fused with the shadow clone, its duration far exceeded my initial expectations, and it even made up for the defect that the Heroic Soul could not use magic."

Tang Zheng bent down to pick up the Magic-Sealing Crystal, his eyes bright.

Aside from being unable to speak and unable to use job skills, it could completely be treated as a true combat clone!

The result of this experiment alone.

Could be called a huge harvest!

"Magic-Sealing Crystal, a game item from 'Yggdrasil'."

Tang Zheng looked down at the crystal-clear Magic-Sealing Crystal in his hand, which was composed of several sharp cylindrical crystals, his heart burning with excitement:

"This magic item is truly wasted in the hands of the Silianjiaoguosuo."

Magic-Sealing Crystals could store the power of tier magic, and the Silianjiaoguosuo could only store some low-tier magic; if that were all, it wouldn't be called "wasted."

In the game "Yggdrasil," magic scrolls, short staves, and staves could actually all achieve this.

The true value of a "Magic-Sealing Crystal"—is that it can store the power of super-tier magic!

When the Bone King first saw Captain Nigun take out a Magic-Sealing Crystal, he immediately had Albedo activate a special skill to protect him.

It was because he was worried that the Magic-Sealing Crystal contained power at the level of a "Seraph," and he even wondered if power at the level of a Dominion Authority or a Cherubim would appear.

It is evident!

The upper limit of power that a "Magic-Sealing Crystal" can store far exceeds the power of "tier magic."

"Strange, logically speaking, the 'Great Tomb of Nazarick' should not lack Magic-Sealing Crystals, and the Bone King has also mentioned that Magic-Sealing Crystals are not considered precious."

Tang Zheng held the Magic-Sealing Crystal in his hand, a look of doubt flashing in his eyes:

"Why have they never used them? After all, unlike scrolls, Magic-Sealing Crystals can be used continuously."

"It would naturally be a waste to use them against people from another world, but when dealing with Shalltear, they weren't used either; instead, they used the pay-to-win hourglass item that eliminates the casting time for super-tier magic."

Tang Zheng pondered silently; with limited information, he could barely speculate on the possibilities.

One: The method of storing "super-tier magic" might be quite special and requires the means of specialized life-class players.

Two: Using a Magic-Sealing Crystal to activate super-tier magic also requires a casting time, so it is not as good as activating it oneself.

He shook his head.

These were just guesses after all; there were other possibilities, perhaps they simply had no intention of using them.

"Regardless, the 'Magic-Sealing Crystal' is something that can truly be called a resource."

Tang Zheng admired the crystal for a moment and reluctantly put it into his item box; he had not mastered "super-tier magic," so he couldn't even conduct experiments.

Currently.

The only things he had on hand that could barely be considered resources were two: one was the newly acquired Demon-Sealing Crystal, and the other was the stored Tier 10 scrolls.

Starting production on January 15th of this year, averaging one per day, he had stored 75 blank Tier 10 scrolls up to now.

In reality, it should have been 80, but he spent 5 days in the hilly region, unable to produce them in secret.

The acquisition of the "Demon-Sealing Crystal" could be considered to have made up for the loss.

He looked toward the Alliance Leader's corpse.

"There has been no sign of resurrection."

"In that case, there shouldn't be anyone hiding behind the Alliance Leader." Tang Zheng pondered for a moment.

If that were the case, controlling [Zuranon] would be much simpler.

"Let's first experiment with the other big harvest." Tang Zheng’s spirit became excited as he looked at the information on his attribute panel.

Tier 10 Magic—"Grand Ritual: Final War (Good)"!

"To cast this magic once, it actually consumes 80 MP and 1.5 million EXP... Hiss..."

"This is too exaggerated!"

Tang Zheng hadn't observed carefully before, but now seeing the magic's consumption, his eyebrows twitched.

He did know of some special magic that not only required MP but also had issues with EXP or cooldown times.

Tang Zheng was not surprised by the 80 MP consumption alone.

Among Tier 10 magic, the MP consumption of some spells is not fixed.

For example, "Reality Slash" has top-tier MP consumption, as does "Mercy of the Sala Tree," which is second only to "Reality Slash."

There is also the continuous consumption type—"Memory Manipulation."

That is an even bigger drain on mana!

According to the Bone King, assuming one deletes 5 days of a person's memory, the massive MP consumption would exceed the limit of an average magic caster, which is 1300 MP.

Even for an MP possessor of the Bone King's caliber, trying to find the location of the Dwarf race through the Lizardmen's memories resulted in only a shallow search due to the rapid MP consumption.

"1.5 million EXP consumption..."

"EXP is already scarce, and the ways to obtain it are limited."

Tang Zheng had a bit of a headache.

Right!

He almost forgot the [Mad Mage] class skill "Mad Meditation," which has the ability to negate the consumption of one magic cast.

"Tier 10 Magic—"

"Mad Meditation: 'Grand Ritual: Final War (Good)'!" Tang Zheng activated the class skill and let out a low-voiced chant.

Hum—

A massive vortex of holy bubbles appeared above Tang Zheng's head, surging with rich holy light, mapping the light and heat released by this sea of magma, dyeing the red-lit valley silver-white.

Clatter~

Clatter~

The sound of wings flapping and armor rubbing came from the white bubble vortex.

The next moment!

Dense Guardian Angels were the first to fly out from the vortex.

Tang Zheng immediately activated "Ninjutsu: Detection" to observe.

64 Tier 3 Flame Angels (20lv)

32 Tier 5 Purifying Virtues (30lv)

"Huh?"

Tang Zheng was stunned.

Why were there no Tier 4 angels? It jumped directly from Tier 3 angels to Tier 5 angels.

"Could it be because of the 'Super Magic Master' trait, pushing the magic to its maximum value, so the levels are all capped at multiples of 10?"

"Skipping the Tier 4 angels that fall between (22–28lv)."

Tang Zheng had no time to ponder before angels with even more astonishing presence flew out from the bubble vortex.

Those were angels with three pairs of wings, the topmost pair being more like decorations than wings, holding a standard circular sun shield in their hands!

8 Tier 6 Sheltering Dominions (40lv)

Information about this angel surfaced in Tang Zheng's mind simultaneously.

Thud—

A vibration came from within the bubble vortex.

It was as if wheels were pressing heavily against the ground, the resulting collision hum sounding like some kind of mechanical noise.

The next instant!

Holy, sacred flames surged out from the vortex!

Amidst the flames, an angel with a very strong sense of holiness flapped three pairs of wings that no longer had any metallic texture and flew out!

This was a strange angel with an appearance somewhat similar to a "Dominion of Authority," headless and footless, with a halo above its head that was even brighter and larger!

Its two arms were placed in front of its chest, palms facing each other; in the very center of the two palms was a burning wheel, and inside the wheel was a hollowed-out, open eye pattern.

While the entire wheel was wrapped in flames, it shimmered with a faint bronze luster!

4 Tier 8 Regulating Thrones (50lv)

"Sure enough, just like the Tier 4 angels, it also skipped the Tier 7 (43–49lv) Dominions of Authority." Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes.

He felt a powerful aura emerge!

White, holy flames erupted even more intensely from the vortex!

Swish!

Two angels almost identical to the "Regulating Thrones" flew out from the vortex one after another; the two angels were wrapped in a holy, white, flame-like ethereal energy.

An invisible pressure surged over, exceeding even all the previous angels!

Tang Zheng noticed that although these two Thrones had the same appearance, the burning wheel in their hands was different—it had a smaller wheel nested inside!

2 Tier 9 Judgment Thrones (60lv)

Rumble—

The vortex vibrated violently.

A massive figure, nearly six meters tall and far exceeding all the other angels, squeezed out from the vortex, as if the bubble vortex could no longer contain this power!

(End of chapter)