Chapter 143: Castle · Reversal (Part 1)

What touched Dean’s fingertips was the attack Magic Scroll obtained from the tomb of the Conqueror King.

Along with that defensive Magic Scroll, these two palm-sized scrolls had always been carried by Dean—after all, regarding the Upper-Ring Spells recorded on these two scrolls, although Dean was still unable to identify them, they were enough to serve as Dean’s trump cards; one had to know that wanting to use an Upper-Ring Spell required at least the level of a Grand Wizard.

Moreover, with the treasures left behind by the Conqueror King, how could they be common goods!

As for the use of the scroll?

Although he could not identify the spell on it, how to activate it did not trouble Dean.

After all, as a scroll, it was for the convenience of the spellcaster and the user for quick use, requiring only one of the syllables or gestures to activate.

And on the scroll in Dean’s hand right now, among those densely packed magic characters, the activating syllable was naturally recorded—for this, Dean was once again thankful for his experience on the Secret Spell Island, and… the Wizards who had inherited it for over a thousand years without any major changes.

Gently and soundlessly, the scroll was torn open—

“Ro!”

Dean chanted softly.

Buzz!

Immediately, an invisible force pushed Dean’s palm away, and that scroll just floated in the air, then, arcs of electricity began to appear on it.

Blue arcs of electricity, as thick as fingers, began to constantly wrap around this scroll.

Then, the entire scroll just burned away, but those arcs of electricity became longer and thicker.

The arcs of electricity were intertwined, carrying ‘rumble, rumble’ thunder sounds, twisting and wrapping around each other, and when it finally took shape, a giant gate made of lightning, thirty feet high, appeared there.

“What is that?!”

“A gate, a giant gate made of lightning!”

The moment the arcs of electricity appeared, the members of the ‘Brotherhood’ noticed the anomaly here; however, the speed of that lightning was simply too fast, fast to the point where they simply could not react.

Looking at this gate made of lightning that appeared almost instantly before them, even the members of the ‘Brotherhood’ were somewhat doubtful and uneasy.

“Boke!”

Ytil, who was already standing in the Magic Array and preparing to complete the final step, looked at this suddenly appearing lightning gate, and a strong, bad premonition immediately rose in his heart, and he shouted loudly.

In fact, without Ytil’s shouting, Boke was already leading his subordinates toward this gate made of lightning.

Then, they saw Dean standing beside the lightning gate.

The light of the lightning was enough to make Dean become noticeable; if the gaze of the ‘Brotherhood’ members hadn’t been attracted by this lightning gate earlier, they probably would have seen Dean immediately.

“Kill!”

Boke swung his axe-spear and rushed toward Dean.

Although this vice-leader of the ‘Brotherhood’ for this operation could not know how Dean appeared, he was very clear that this gate made of lightning definitely had something to do with Dean.

Therefore, Dean was instantly locked onto by Boke.

It wasn’t that Dean had never fought against a Silver Level Knight before, but fighting against a Silver Knight without being a Grand Knight was still a first.

The huge gap in Strength made the opponent’s killing intent press toward Dean like a solid substance.

Suddenly, Dean’s body stiffened and his breathing became difficult—

[Will check in progress…]

[Gained Indomitable Lv1 bonus…]

[Perception check passed]

[Escaped from killing intent lock…]

With extreme difficulty, Dean used all his strength to roll to the side.

Clang!

The huge axe blade side of the axe-spear heavily chopped onto the solid stone slab ground, immediately, stone chips flew everywhere, and a huge pit appeared there.

“Huh!”

Looking at Dean who had rolled to the side, this vice-leader of the ‘Brotherhood’ for this operation made a sound of surprise.

Obviously, he had not expected at all that under his lock, Dean could actually dodge such a sure-kill attack.

In fact, let alone an unknown young man, even some famous Grand Knights, facing such a locked attack, would find it hard to escape the fate of being slashed.

After all, this was one of Boke’s most skilled techniques.

Unless it was a Silver Knight of the same level, otherwise, there was simply no way to dodge.

As for resisting head-on?

Boke’s technique was precisely to make the opponent unable to dodge and only be able to resist head-on.

Looking at that huge, heavy axe-spear, one could know what Boke was good at.

“Heh!”

After the sound of surprise, Boke immediately laughed ferociously, and the axe-spear deep in the floor was lifted up without any hindrance, and he swept it at Dean.

The lock of the killing intent still existed, but the speed of that axe-spear was more than several times faster.

Obviously, the previous ‘slow’ slash that Dean could dodge was not Boke’s real Strength.

This was the real deal right before his eyes!

Clang!

Facing such a sweep, Dean had no way to dodge, he drew his Longsword and parried it like a Shield, and he himself, at the moment the Longsword and axe-spear contacted, was knocked flying like a cannonball—

[Defense check in progress…]

[Gained Indomitable Lv1 bonus…]

[Strength difference more than three times, counted as True Damage…]

[Sturdy Bracer counted in the check…]

[Attack damage too high, Sturdy Bracer damaged]

[Agility dodge check in progress…]

[Check successful, reduced 5% damage…]

[Health -30]

[Warning! Warning! Health less than ten percent, about to enter Weakened state in 3 seconds…]

(Weakened state: All attributes reduced by 50%)

When his Longsword collided with the opponent’s axe-spear, Dean activated the Force Field Shield of the [Sturdy Bracer], then, borrowing that tiny hindrance, he tried his best to retreat—this was a borrowing technique of a Thief, in order to reduce damage, Dean was very familiar with such techniques.

However, facing an existence of the Silver Level, using this technique he was usually very familiar with was extremely difficult.

If not for the Force Field Shield supported by the [Sturdy Bracer], there would have been no chance to use it at all.

However, even so, he fell into a Weakened state under the opponent’s single strike.

Crack!

Dean’s body flying backward directly crashed into that gate made of lightning, a mouthful of blood could no longer be suppressed and sprayed out, and all the pores on his body even oozed a layer of fine blood beads.

Dean, who was already in a Weakened state, was hit like this, even if he desperately told himself to hold on, that sense of trance still appeared before Dean’s eyes.

Everything began to float and distort.

Dean just felt as if he had flown into the sky without any weight—this feeling was not unfamiliar to Dean, he had experienced it during his last death.

“No, no… I can’t die yet… I can’t…”

Dean’s blurry consciousness told himself, but Dean’s body did not receive such an order, and his vitality began to disappear rapidly.

Creeeak…

A piercing sound of a door opening appeared at this moment, just like a door hinge was about to break, that gate made of lightning opened a small crack.

Dean leaning against the lightning gate, with such opening, directly fell backward and lay flat there.

“Who is ‘knocking’?”

“Only knocked once, don’t you know that three knocks is the standard etiquette?”

“Huh, Blood Contract?”

“And Soul sacrifice?”

“Although the Bloodline is thin, we uphold the Contract!”

Voices, some majestic, some tyrannical, some deep, some teasing, or some indifferent, came from that crack in the door.

Then an invisible force, as if afraid that Dean would go back on his word, began to pour into Dean’s body impatiently.

“Roar!”

A low, deep roar appeared, bursting out from Dean’s body.

The eyelids that had drooped powerlessly instantly opened wide.

Those eyes devoid of life began to flash with special gleams—

Finally… fixed on tyranny!

Roar!

Another roar sounded, different from the previous roar, this roar was Dean looking up to the sky and roaring out.

A semi-transparent ripple spread out in all directions with Dean as the center.

A massive, heavy Prestige descended from the sky!

The members of the ‘Brotherhood’, except for Boke and Ytil, all fell to the ground under such Prestige.

Even Boke and Ytil, who were standing, were struggling to support themselves.

“You guy playing tricks! Watch me kill you!”

Boke stood up pretending to be tough, then, waving the axe-spear in his hand, he chopped toward Dean standing there.

Bang!

Amidst a slightly dull sound, Boke’s feigned tough expression could no longer be maintained.

It turned out that Dean, who was knocked flying by one hit last time, was standing firmly in place this time, without even the intention to dodge, just letting the axe blade chop down on his body.

There was no flesh and blood flying, nor any wailing screams.

The final result… was that the clothes didn’t even break.

“How is this poss…”

Boom!

Boke’s words hadn’t finished yet when he was directly interrupted, a conical Flame spewed out from in front of Dean, carrying scorching high heat and a tyrannical aura, sweeping away all enemies in front of him.

Including the Silver Level Boke and the Grand Wizard Ytil, the members of the ‘Brotherhood’ were all swept into this Flame.

Amidst the raging flames, wails were everywhere.

And in the distance, in the main hall, under the layers of restraints of magic aura, a slender but dignified figure subconsciously looked toward here.

“The aura of the Dragon clan?”

She whispered softly.