Chapter 519: How's the Breeding Situation Going?

Washing a Lich King's memories was a bit difficult for Anthony, but with Seeing Ange and Fetty suppressing it together, it wasn't difficult at all.

"Shh, shh, Annihilation Orb, don't move…"

"Don't move, don't move, I know Gust, I'm here to save you…"

"If you don't want to be blasted to death by the Sorcerer Alliance's Annihilation Orb, then don't move…"

"Be quiet, we're moving you to a safe place, don't drag us down…"

In his dazed state, Alanbru felt himself wrapped in a piece of cloth, unable to sense anything, letting others carry him around.

Occasionally, when the cloth was lifted, he could see several Sorcerer Alliance airships speeding past, then the cloth was pulled back up.

In his half-conscious state, a jumble of sounds echoed repeatedly in his soul, gradually making him 'remember' something — it seemed he had been attacked by the Sorcerer Alliance, and someone had saved him…

After what felt like another eternity, the cloth was lifted, and Gust's face appeared before him.

Alanbru instinctively jerked his head back and pushed his big hand toward Gust's big face.

Gust drifted back a little with the motion and said, "Reaction's perfectly normal. How are you? Feeling alright? Any dizziness, blurred vision, leg cramps, that sort of thing? Do you remember what happened?"

Alanbru frowned, looked around, and realized he was back at the Undead Council. He couldn't help but ask in confusion, "How did I end up here?"

"You don't remember what happened?" Gust asked.

Alanbru said hesitantly, "It's all fuzzy, I think I remember a little. You tell me first — what happened?"

"I examined your soul and found signs of soul concussion. You really don't remember what happened?" Gust prompted.

Alanbru frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I think I was attacked, and someone saved me. He said they knew you?"

"You were attacked, your soul shows signs of concussion — a textbook Annihilation Orb impact. Unless someone with a soul several times stronger than yours soul-shocked you, only an Annihilation Orb could cause this kind of damage," Gust said.

Alanbru nodded. "Then I must have been ambushed by the Sorcerer Alliance. Apart from Your Majesty, no one's soul could be several times stronger than mine. Who saved me?"

Gust hesitated for a moment, then leaned in and whispered, "The Church of Light. The Pope. Anthony."

Alanbru frowned and nodded.

It was Gust's turn to be surprised. "You're not astonished?"

"Nothing to be astonished about, I guessed it long ago." Alanbru scoffed. "Whoever could make you this sneaky — besides something as taboo as the Church of Light, who else could it be?"

That was true enough. Gust was, after all, the Speaker; unless something was particularly out of line, there was no need for him to be evasive. Only something as taboo as the Church of Light could make him this cautious.

*Sword Comes*

In reality, the upper echelons all knew what was going on. Even if Your Majesty knew Gust had contacted the Church of Light, there wouldn't be a problem — back in the day, the World Transit Station had a permanent Light Holy Maiden stationed there.

The main issue was the ordinary undead and those vassal races — they were especially fanatical, strongly opposing and rejecting the Church of Light. If they found out, Gust would be in quite a bit of trouble.

Since Alanbru had guessed it and showed no obvious aversion, Gust saw no need to hide it from him. He explained in detail: "Anthony discovered you were being attacked by Sorcerer Alliance airships, so he stepped in to save you, and contacted me, asking if I'd be interested in trading you back with the Sorcerer Ladder. They lost quite a few people rescuing you and need some compensation."

Alanbru frowned and thought it over. The memories in his head were a mess, but he could vaguely recall that anxious voice. Combined with what Gust had said, he could barely piece together a rough narrative of being attacked and then rescued.

But…

Alanbru vaguely felt something was off, but couldn't pinpoint what. In the end, he could only helplessly accept this explanation.

Night fell. A group of mysterious people moved into the Sorcerer Ladder that only had a single main pillar left. They repaired it through the night and flew the ladder away before dawn had even broken.

Upon receiving the news, Gust couldn't help muttering, "These Church of Light folks aren't weak at all, are they? They even have specialists who can repair ladders? We've been studying this thing for so long and still don't know where to start fixing it, and they got it done in a single night?"

Alanbru also said, "Looks like we underestimated the Church of Light before. They hid away and quietly built up their strength. Once we rescue Your Majesty, we'll need to sweep the Church of Light clean."

……

The Sorcerer Ladder, with only its main pillar remaining, flew beneath the one previously given as compensation. The main pillar slowly spliced together — from a distance, it looked as if an umbrella handle had been extended by one section.

Lord Nai Ge Li Si clicked his tongue in wonder. "This works too? The main pillar can be spliced together? Can all ladders do this? Doesn't that mean all the Sorcerer Alliance's ladders could be spliced into one long strip?"

Duroken nodded. "In theory, yes, but only in the void. Inside a plane, a main pillar that long would be torn apart by various forces and snap."

Once spliced together, the Sorcerer Ladders formed a single whole, and the creatures inside could move about freely. Since there was no gravity in the void, whether horizontal or vertical, once everyone got used to it, moving around was actually easier than on the ground.

Since they were up on the ladder anyway, Seeing Ange took the opportunity to inspect the situation on Ladder One as well. Mainly Lord Nai Ge Li Si wanted to look around — Seeing Ange was the one being dragged along.

"Can it form combat capability?" Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked.

Wright, who was leading them, shook his head and said, "No. The only weapon on the Sorcerer Ladder's main body is the concussion blaster on the main pillar, and that weapon can only deal with stationary large targets. Other combat is handled by airships — or rather, by the sorcerers inside the airships. To form combat capability, we need a large number of people who can pilot airships."

"So at most it can only serve as a transport?" Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked.

Wright nodded helplessly.

"That's pretty useless. I was hoping we could form combat capability and raid the Annihilation Barrier," Lord Nai Ge Li Si said, disappointed.

Anthony beside them had a different take: "No, no, no, my lord Nai Ge, this is good news. Our Sorcerer Ladder has no combat capability, which means the enemy's Sorcerer Ladders won't have much either. So the Sorcerer Ladder's lack of combat capability is actually a good thing — because the enemy still has at least five intact ones."

"Oh, that's true. If the Sorcerer Ladders had strong combat capability, dealing with them would be a real headache for us too."

After giving up on the Sorcerer Ladder having any combat capability, Lord Nai Ge Li Si felt there wasn't much more to see, and instead asked, "How's Tom's breeding situation going?"

Oh, that's a good question. Seeing Ange raised his head and pulled his hand out of the spatial storage.

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