Chapter 980: Wish

Boom!

The highly compressed crimson fire snake exploded, sweeping Zarathul into it before Jenna could complete the curse, tearing him into pieces of paper and letting them burn at the same time.

Zarathul hid in the historical fog once again.

After the crimson fire snake's explosion subsided slightly, he returned to the current state from a corner of the area behind the mirror and dragged his past self out of the historical void—the self that was a Sequence 1 "Attendant of Mysteries."

Zarathul, wearing a black robe with pure black and lightless eyes, appeared and immediately turned into a giant vortex composed of countless worms.

This giant vortex was deep and gloomy, extending tentacles that were slippery and covered with evil patterns.

Mythical creature form, the mythical creature form of the "Seer" pathway!

For Angels, the mythical creature form is their truest appearance, so in the dream city, there is no question of whether it can be used or changed back. Of course, this was also suppressed to the Sequence 7 level.

The moment he saw the worm vortex, Lu Mi, even as a "Despair Witch," even possessing divinity, couldn't help but feel his thinking stutter, his joints stiffen, and his spirit feeling as if it were enduring a super-strong hurricane.

He subconsciously closed his eyes, and Jenna, who was close to the mirror tunnel, felt her entire body twisting.

Seizing this opportunity, Zarathul's true self made a wish:

"My wish is:

"My marionettes return to my side."

As soon as the words fell, two figures appeared in the area behind the mirror.

They were both dressed as business people, a man and a woman.

As for other marionettes, they were naturally those of other "Marionettists." Zarathul could command their operators, not them.

Zarathul didn't make a wish to leave the mirror world because he sensed the existence of "Distortion" power from the fact that he had clearly hidden in the historical fog but was still swapped to the mirror world, so he didn't choose to directly leave the current area.

He was afraid of being "distorted" in position again, which might lead to him appearing out of thin air in front of Ya Ge Ci, the number one figure of the Police Department.

At this moment, because Zarathul's mythical creature form was restricted to the Sequence 7 level, whether it was divine impact or spiritual pollution, the effect was greatly reduced. Therefore, Lu Mi, as a "Despair Witch," who also kept his eyes closed and maintained a distance, initially eased up, raised his left hand, and snapped his fingers with a "pop."

In different places in the area behind the mirror, under the cover of a "Mirror Maze" composed of mirrors, a group of pre-prepared delayed explosion fireballs received the order to explode now!

Rumble!

They exploded at the same time, intertwining with each other, letting the crimson, fierce flame storm cover the entire area behind the mirror, completely submerging Zarathul's historical void image, the two marionettes, along with Jenna and Lu Mi.

This is the home field of the "Hunter," the home field Lu Mi had carefully arranged!

As for Zarathul's true self, he hid in the historical fog again.

Rumble!

Zarathul's two marionettes used "Paper Figurine Substitute," were torn into pieces in the violent impact wind, and were ignited by the crimson flames.

Zarathul's historical void image maintained the mythical creature form, extending tentacles to entangle the incoming flame storm.

He "grafted" himself and the flames together, so he was unharmed, just drifting toward the other side with the storm.

Normally, the "Grafting" suppressed to Sequence 7 couldn't let Zarathul's historical void image reorganize with the concept of flame, but the Sequence 7 "Magician" of the "Seer" pathway can manipulate flames and itself has a very close connection with flames. Therefore, Zarathul's historical void image could flash in the storm like a special flame.

Lu Mi's body also shattered like a mirror.

Immediately after, he "teleported" to the vicinity of the female marionette that had just emerged, used the mirror in his hand to reflect the other party's figure, and wiped the "Destruction Fire" containing "Harvest" power onto the mirror surface.

Influenced by Zarathul's true self entering the historical fog and Zarathul's historical projection drifting with the storm as "flame," that female marionette couldn't react in time, couldn't hide in the historical fog, and black flames hiding extreme suppression and destruction erupted from her body.

She quickly degenerated into a paper figurine, but when she appeared in another place in the area behind the mirror, the "Destruction Fire" on her body didn't extinguish.

After using "Paper Figurine Substitute" twice in a row, the true self of this marionette also turned into ashes.

At this time, the terrifying scene created by the delayed explosion fireballs finally subsided. Zarathul's historical void image extended his right hand and grabbed lightly.

The surrounding space-time distorted, letting the entire area behind the mirror seem to be covered by a huge curtain, forming a hidden area isolated from the surroundings.

"Mysterious Realm"!

Confirming that Lu Mi and Jenna were pulled into the "Mysterious Realm" by his historical projection, and unable to stop him for a short time, Zarathul returned from the historical fog and landed at the edge of the gloomy, void area behind the mirror.

He didn't care about his historical projection, nor did he care about the remaining marionettes who were also trapped in the "Mysterious Realm," walking straight toward the glass mirror leading to the hot pot restaurant private room.

Now, he had the energy to be vigilant and avoid the influence of "Distortion" power.

Zarathul had just approached the glass mirror when he suddenly heard a "bang" of a gunshot.

A yellowish bullet carrying an indescribable feeling of decay flew out from one of the spiderweb-like tunnels, heading straight for his back.

Anthony, wearing a cheap black t-shirt and a crew cut, flashed out from the tunnel along with the bullet.

He used the power of the "Ice Mirror Charm" to lurk there the whole time, not setting foot in the area behind the mirror, so he wasn't included in the "Mysterious Realm" manufactured by Zarathul's historical projection.

While Zarathul's true self avoided that bullet, Anthony, relying on the remaining power of "Mirror Travel," arrived beside this white-haired old man.

While raising a painting he had drawn in advance, he let his eyes dye gold and stand up.

"Madness"!

Anthony felt that Zarathul had completed his resurrection by seizing "Loki's" body, so the two might still have some tug-of-war now, so using "Madness" against Zarathul's mental state might have miraculous effects.

The painting in his hand was drawn from a blank sketchbook, depicting a door, a lock, and wooden strips that completely sealed the door.

This painting burned on its own, turning into a phantom, sticking to the glass mirror leading to the outside world, letting it also be sealed by wooden strips, and adding a lock.

Zarathul, who was directly affected by "Madness," suddenly faded and turned into a phantom.

This is the ability of a "Magician" to create illusions.

After Zarathul returned from the historical fog, the first thing he did was actually to create illusions, not to approach the exit directly.

He used this to make Anthony judge his position wrongly, only hitting the phantom.

Zarathul's true figure quickly sketched out not far away, saying indifferently in Dragon language:

"My wish is:

"Banish the enemies here."

Anthony hadn't had time to use the range-type "Deterrence" when his eyes went black, as if he were lifted by invisible force and thrown into the air.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a prison—all the iron bars were wrapped in cotton cloth.

Zarathul chose to banish Anthony instead of wishing to kill him because this Angel believed that an enemy mixed with a "Witch" likely had one or two "Mirror Substitutes," which would lead to the short-term failure of the wish and a waste of time.

However, in this way, Lu Mi in the "Mysterious Realm" was not affected by the miracle and remained inside.

Zarathul's wish was to banish the enemies "here," and the "Mysterious Realm" no longer belonged to here!

Zarathul, no longer interfered with by Anthony, cast his gaze toward the glass mirror again.

He had realized two wishes and created two miracles. The consumption to himself was not small, so he just opened his mouth, preparing to use "Air Cannon" to bombard the wooden strips and the iron lock, lifting their seal on the exit.

Inside the "Mysterious Realm."

Jenna had disappeared, and Lu Mi, having eased up slightly, "teleported" behind Zarathul's historical projection.

While raising his head, looking toward the high place, letting his eyes, which had shattered many capillaries due to staring directly at the mythical creature form, dye iron-black, he "hummed" a sound.

When two white lights sprayed from his nose toward the gloomy vortex composed of worms, he threw the "Sword of Courage" in his hand toward a certain place high in the sky.

That place appeared pale white in his eyes.

That is the weakness of the "Mysterious Realm"!

And even though the "Mysterious Realm" is an ability that can only be used by Sequence 1, it currently only has the strength of Sequence 7!

Outside the "Mysterious Realm."

Zarathul made a "bang" sound, hitting an air cannon, letting the wooden strips and iron locks drawn on the glass mirror crumble inch by inch.

Just then, several figures shuttled over from another tunnel.

There was Ludwig dressed in children's formal wear, as well as a female version of Anthony with a slightly plump figure, mature temperament, and decent appearance, and a male version of Jenna with handsome features and flaxen hair styled handsomely.

The real Jenna was still hiding in the tunnel, not entering this area behind the mirror.

The one who appeared before was a shallow mirror image she manufactured using a special mirror world fragment. This could be maintained for a longer time to confuse Zarathul, but under the influence of the regional explosion and "Mysterious Realm" manufactured by Lu Mi just now, that weak shallow mirror image had been destroyed.

The male version of herself and female version of Anthony now were deep mirror images manufactured in advance using special mirror world fragments in the hands of Franca and Lu Mi. They could only be maintained for three minutes, and they perfectly replicated the main body in terms of ability, while also being able to borrow the power of the special mirror world to a certain extent.

After the great battle with the resurrected female corpse, Lu Mi and the others began to attach importance to the abilities attached to special mirror world fragments.

In the real world, the effect wasn't obvious, but in the dream city where everyone was suppressed to Sequence 7, mirror image helpers were naturally the more the better!

Jenna didn't let the male version of herself, female version of Anthony, and Ludwig follow Anthony to attack Zarathul before, keeping in mind Lu Mi's exhortation before the incident:

"If the assassination fails, subsequent attacks must come in batches, not all at once, to avoid being taken away by Zarathul's special abilities all at once. This can also consume his spirituality and the number of times he uses special abilities..."

On the home field of the "Hunter," although it couldn't be said that the enemy could be arranged from beginning to end, at least the first few waves of attacks could reflect their own intentions!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 981 =====