Chapter 435: Grievances Spanning a Millennium

Chapter 435: A Millennium-Old Grudge

Susan sent people into the secret realm of Dragonfall Slope to explore.

Soon, those she had dispatched came fleeing out in disarray.

"The magical beasts inside are too powerful."

Susan realized that even with the opening of Dragonfall Slope, it would not be something that could be explored within a short time.

She must first return and report the progress to His Majesty.

At the same time, matters concerning Li Wei also needed urgent reporting.

Li Wei was of great importance.

Susan left several people behind to guard the entrance of the Dragonfall Slope secret realm.

James saw the secret realm of Dragonfall Slope being opened but was not allowed entry, his face immediately flushed with anger.

"This is going too far!"

"Don't push us too far!"

Susan hurriedly tried to calm James down, saying, "Master James, please remain calm. I'm not saying you cannot enter the Dragonfall Slope secret realm; it's just that you can't enter for now."

"Once we finish exploring Dragonfall Slope and obtain what His Majesty desires, the secret realm will still belong to the Mages' Association."

James frowned deeply. Susan then brought up Otis to suppress him further.

This made James extremely displeased.

In the past, when Otis was merely the mayor of Maple City,

As a third-rank mage of the Mages' Association, he could completely ignore Otis's face.

Back then, he didn't have to give Otis face partly because his strength was considered top-tier within Maple City.

Another reason was that the Mages' Association branch was more powerful than the Mayor’s residence.

But now things were different.

A third-rank mage no longer counted as a top-tier expert.

Otis's power had become much greater than the local branch of the Mages' Association in Maple City.

James had no choice but to accept this and planned to go back and inform the president of the Mages' Association.

Let the president negotiate with Otis.

Both James and Susan instinctively chose to pass on troubles they couldn't handle to their superiors.

There was nothing else they could do—it had already exceeded their capabilities.

Just as they prepared to leave,

A ray of holy light appeared in the sky, followed by a figure stepping out from the radiance.

Everyone instinctively looked up, feeling an overwhelming sense of reverence after just one glance.

They all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the newcomer.

The person carried a uniquely distinctive aura of majesty.

Sacred and inviolable, untouchable by gaze or speech.

James felt shocked inwardly—what kind of background did this person possess?

Seeing the holy light, he subconsciously thought of the Church of the God of Light.

This was a super-strong individual from the Church of the God of Light.

Feeling the sacred dignity of the Cardinal, Susan nearly buried her head into her chest.

Like an ostrich burying its head in the sand.

Under the illumination of the Cardinal's holy light, many dark memories surfaced uncontrollably in her mind.

Yet the holy light did not purify these shadows and pain from her past.

Instead, it intensified them.

Suddenly, a thought emerged in Susan's mind.

Perhaps only through complete immersion in the Cardinal's holy light could one cleanse oneself of impurities.

Reason struggled against conflicting impulses within her heart,

Several times almost causing her emotions to spiral out of control.

James knew that under the holy light, one must firmly hold onto one's consciousness to avoid assimilation.

Susan remained unaware of this.

All she could do was fight against her own emotions and instincts.

Fortunately, Minos did not stay long among them.

He had come too hastily,

Completely disregarding how the holy light might affect the surrounding people and objects.

The fluctuation of the Goddess Tear had vanished entirely.

That meant the Goddess Tear was gone.

Naturally, Minos was anxious like an ant on a hot pan.

After spending some time locking onto where the last trace of the Goddess Tear had appeared,

He immediately used the power of holy light to teleport there without delay.

Minos looked down and instantly spotted the spatial portal. He could sense that the final trace of the Goddess Tear originated from within.

Without the slightest hesitation, Minos shot straight into the spatial portal.

His immense force far exceeded what the portal could withstand.

The moment he entered the spatial portal, it exploded with a loud bang,

Cracking open.

Minos frowned slightly. The holy light forcibly expanded the spatial portal, maintaining its last vestige of dignity.

Entering the secret realm,

Li Wei had been told upon first entering the Dragonfall Slope secret realm that only practitioners below the third rank were permitted entry.

The reason was the instability of the spatial channel.

Forces exceeding the third rank would cause the spatial channel to collapse.

Minos encountered exactly such a situation now.

The spatial channel opened by Li Wei using the space-tearing technique was inherently unstable.

It wasn't restricted by ranks.

However, someone as strong as Minos attempting to pass through would accelerate the tearing of the already unstable spatial channel.

What was originally a spatial passage that could last for several minutes might close within seconds.

Minos entered the secret realm and soared into the sky.

He felt the constraints of the anti-flight domain.

Sacred light burst forth from his body, directly shattering the aerial restriction.

So-called limitations were merely meant for the weak.

The strong paid no heed to any such boundaries.

He cast a glance around and shot forward like a bolt toward the final location where the Tear of the Goddess had rested.

Minos stood midair, gazing down upon a field of ruins below.

“Divine Art! Time Reversal!”

Minos invoked the power of divinity to rewind and reconstruct the devastation.

Collapsed stones rose swiftly, as if a film played in reverse, returning each fragment to its original place.

Soon, the entire cavern restored itself to its former state.

Minos descended and stepped inside the cave.

He saw traces left behind after the Tear of the Goddess had exhausted its power.

Minos picked up the shattered blue gemstone, now drained of strength, his gaze calm.

“The Tear of the Goddess contains divine energy; ordinary means cannot destroy it—who did this?”

Suddenly, Minos’s heart stirred slightly as he sensed a lingering aura remarkably similar to holy light.

After careful perception, he was deeply astonished. “This is… sacred power?”

As far as he knew, apart from the Holy Angels, only the Sacred Dragons possessed sacred power in the world.

The sacred force of the Holy Angels carried the will of the gods—completely different from this free and untamed sacred energy.

Minos widened his eyes, finding it utterly unbelievable.

“The Sacred Dragon, vanished for a thousand years, has reappeared!”

Minos quickly realized that this matter might be even more significant than the destruction of the Tear of the Goddess.

The Tear was merely a holy artifact condensed from divine essence.

With a plea to the gods, a new one could always be granted.

But the Sacred Dragon was another matter entirely.

It had disappeared without a trace or word for an entire millennium.

Most crucially, the last Sacred Dragon to vanish was the revered Saint Dragon King of the dragon race.

The whereabouts of the Saint Dragon King held immeasurable importance for the Church of the God of Light.

A thousand years had passed.

All this time, the Church had searched endlessly for the missing Saint Dragon King.

Ever since the great war among the dragons ended a thousand years ago, the Demon Dragon King emerged with a bitter victory.

The defeated Saint Dragon King simply vanished.

One thing alone remained certain—he still lived.

Upon the Saint Dragon King lay something of utmost importance.

It was a treasure the Church of the God of Light had sought for a thousand years.

Minos immediately reported news of the Sacred Dragon's trail to the Holy Maiden.

(End of Chapter)