"You’re serious?" Noan asked urgently.
Aldric frowned, his gaze fixed on Vylyss, not looking at Noan.
He spoke calmly, "First, we need to leave this place. The space here is unstable—it could collapse and drag us into another chaotic dinsion."
"But..." Noan began.
Aldric cut him off, "Don’t worry. You’ll have a chance to save her. But that chance isn’t now."
"We must leave imdiately."
He guided Holy Dragon Sreca higher, aiming to break through the ceiling and escape.
But Vylyss acted.
She swung her arm, and a chain appeared, which she precisely grasped in her hand.
Clang! Clang!
The sound of tal clashing rang out sharply. Noan heard it and imdiately understood what Vylyss was doing.
After all, he was her Master—he knew Vylyss’s capabilities.
"Stop!"
At Noan’s shout, Aldric imdiately commanded Sreca to halt.
BAM!
In that instant, in front of them, a cluster of chains tore through space, the ends tipped with sharp spears all striking the sa point.
The spears clashed, igniting sparks and shrieking explosions, accompanied by a wave of energy spreading like a crashing tide.
Holy Dragon Sreca radiated blinding light, blocking the wave entirely, then maneuvered around the chains and soared toward the ceiling.
Vylyss looked at Noan indifferently, her delicate hand lightly twirling the chain in her grasp.
Clang!
That piercing sound echoed again. Noan could now sense the space around them trembling.
Though he couldn’t use his Space talent at the mont, he could still feel the spatial fluctuations.
"Aldric, let take control of the dragon!"
Hearing Noan, Aldric didn’t hesitate—he imdiately tossed his spear to Noan.
Gripping the spear, Noan felt the bond between himself and Holy Dragon Sreca strengthen.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Imdiately after, Sreca began darting in a zigzag pattern through the air, dodging the chains that were stabbing through space, heading straight toward them.
Aldric clutched his sword tightly, eyes scanning constantly as if shielding Noan.
Sreca was only a few dozen ters from the ceiling now.
Its speed surged—but in that fleeting mont, the space ahead began trembling violently.
Clang! Clang!
"Damn it!" Aldric cursed under his breath as countless chains burst from the void, piercing straight toward them.
And in that sa mont, Aldric made a bold decision.
"You go first. I’ll follow after," he said—then, sword in hand, charged straight at the incoming barrage of chains.
"GAH!!" Aldric roared, sword light bursting forth, transforming into a blinding beam that shot toward the chains.
Seeing the scene before him, Noan made a decision without hesitation.
Aldric gritted his teeth, using sword light to resist the incoming chains.
In midair, a single beam of light blocked hundreds of chains that were striking toward them.
"Damn it!" Aldric cursed inwardly. "If this keeps up, I won’t be able to make it back either."
Whoong!
Suddenly, a bell-like tone echoed as a blazing red beam—like molten lava—erupted.
BAM!!!
A thunderous explosion followed, and the deadlock instantly tipped in Aldric’s favor thanks to that red light.
The white and red beams stood together, repelling hundreds of chains in front of them.
"You..." Aldric was stunned—he hadn’t expected that in the most critical mont, it would be Noan who saved him.
"You saved . Now, I’ll save you," Noan said with a grin.
The sword in his hand suddenly glowed, and countless strange magical runes appeared—like serpents—rushing toward Vylyss.
Vylyss swung her chain, intercepting the incoming magic symbols.
"Now!" Noan shouted.
Aldric sensed that the chains had lost their overwhelming force, and imdiately unleashed everything in one strike.
"Dragon’s Roar!"
GOAR!!!
Holy Dragon Sreca let out a terrifying roar that turned into shockwaves, blasting toward the chains ahead.
BAM!
Clang! Clang!
The chains instantly shattered into hundreds of pieces, then dissolved into light and vanished into the void.
"Let’s go!" Aldric yelled, grabbing Noan by the collar with one hand and slapping Sreca’s neck with the other.
GRAO!!!
Sreca roared again, the sound forming a massive shockwave that enveloped the entire space.
At that mont, Vylyss flung her chain, launching it at terrifying speed, trailing a black streak that sliced through space.
Holy Dragon Sreca soared toward the ceiling, its body seeming to slip into another dinsion, gradually vanishing.
Ti slowed a hundredfold—the chain was now less than ten ters from them.
Nine ters...
Eight ters...
Seven ters...
Noan turned his head to look at Vylyss, his gaze silently promising... he would return.
BAM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Vylyss’s chain didn’t strike Noan—it slamd into the ceiling, because they had already vanished.
Vylyss watched the scene unfold, her face completely emotionless. Then, she slowly closed her eyes.
Whoong! Whoong! Whoong!
Low-frequency bell-like tones echoed—whoever heard them would feel a splitting headache.
Hexagonal magical symbols appeared, glowing in various colors, then assembled into a massive cocoon, encasing Vylyss within.
Once again, the space returned to a terrifying silence. Not a single sound remained.
...
"WAH!" Noan felt the space around him shift, his body pulled tight as if by two invisible hands.
One hand yanked him backward, the other forward—his body ached as though it were being torn apart.
But the sensation didn’t last long. Just seconds later, he was violently flung forward.
"Ha... ha... ha..." Noan’s eyes snapped open as he panted heavily, sweat covering his body. He realized he was in a dark space.
"This place is..." Noan muttered.
He struggled to stand and looked around—his eyes caught sothing familiar.
A stone pillar. But the magical symbols on it had completely faded, leaving only cracks that looked ready to shatter at the slightest touch.
On the ground, Aldric lay still, unmoving. If not for the subtle rise and fall of his stomach, Noan would have thought he was dead.
"This place... is where I first entered that world," Noan murmured. "Why am I here now?"
"Ack!" Aldric slowly stirred, groaning in pain as if his body had been shattered.
He forced himself upright and looked around. Seeing Noan frozen in place, he let out a long sigh. "We finally escaped that cursed place."
"What are you standing there for? Let’s go back."
Hearing that, Noan looked at him, expression puzzled. "You said you had a way for to save Vylyss. What is it?"
Aldric glanced at Noan, frowning, as if deep in thought.
"I don’t have ti to joke with you," Noan said, his voice cold. "I’m grateful you saved , but I have to save her."
Aldric sighed, then replied, "Don’t worry. Saving her is tied to my mission as well."
"And that is... to destroy or seal the Insect Queen."
"You an..." Noan frowned, seemingly realizing sothing.
"Vylyss... your little girl is having her mind consud by the Insect Queen," Aldric explained. "She’s far stronger now—not only can she fully wield her current power, but she’s also inherited the power of the Insect Queen."
"Even if I use all my strength and summon Holy Dragon Sreca, I still can’t defeat her."
"But there’s another way: find the Insect Queen’s real body and either destroy it or reinforce its seal. That would do it."
Noan nodded slightly and asked, "Do you know where the Insect Queen’s body is?"
Aldric pressed his lips together, then after a pause, shook his head. "No."
Noan: "..."
"But if you co with to et the Empress of the Carol Empire, I guarantee she’ll—"
"Enough!" Noan cut him off. "I’m sorry, but I can’t et her."
"But... she’s the only one who knows the exact location of the Insect Queen’s true body."
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