On the other side of the arena.
The group of Grey rchants had initially felt confident of victory when they saw Dox successfully cursed, with a blood spear piercing his chest. But the variables in the arena changed too quickly. No one expected that the seemingly dying Dox, who could be on the brink of death with just one more blow, would suddenly be fully resurrected.
Conversely, the shrew who had the upper hand suffered a backlash from the curse, and the transplanted malicious eye exploded instantly.
Everything happened so fast that their joyous mood hadn’t even ended before the next second turned into a head-on blow.
Flora covered her mouth, shaking her head while widening her eyes in disbelief at the changes happening before her. Many other apprentices felt the sa, and even the Magic Elephant, whose expression was hidden behind a mask, kept sighing.
The Shepherd put away his lazy expression and muttered to himself, "Is this what a wizard’s battle is like?"
Reversal, inversion... then a counter-reversal.
The changes in the battle were so fast that it was hard to catch up.
The silent Grey rchant finally spoke, "This battle, the shrew has lost."
There wasn’t a hint of uncertainty in Grey rchant’s tone as he confidently stated the result... even though the duel hadn’t truly ended.
As Grey rchant’s words fell, the spirits of the already downcast crowd were further dampened, becoming even more despondent.
Seeing this situation, Grey rchant said, "However, the outco of this battle has little to do with the shrew. Who could have imagined that a Wandering Wizard was hiding a Mysterious Parchnt?"
"Currently, the effect of that Mysterious Parchnt doesn’t seem to be directly offensive, more like a repair and defense ability. The shrew’s curse was backfired by the defensive nature, which is the key to her failure."
"So, we can only bla it on bad luck."
Grey rchant’s words slightly soothed the crowd’s emotions.
However, the youngest, Flora, known for ruining the atmosphere, asked, "Then if it were swapped with your position, could you win?"
Though Flora’s question was what everyone thought, she was probably the only one bold enough to ask aloud.
Grey rchant didn’t bla Flora for the inappropriate question, because if he were in her position, he might have the sa doubts.
"If that Mysterious Parchnt only showed purely defensive and restorative abilities, it’s not impossible to win."
Grey rchant actually had confidence in his own strength. However, facing the Mysterious Parchnt made him a bit nervous, so he didn’t give a definite answer.
To win against Dox under the protection of the Mysterious Parchnt, two points needed to be confird: the effect of the Mysterious Parchnt, and the duration of the Mysterious Parchnt.
From the perspective of effects, which are non-offensive, Grey rchant was confident he could stall a bit.
But if the Mysterious Parchnt’s duration were quite long, Grey rchant might not be able to stall till the end.
So, even if Grey rchant’s bloodline completely restrained Dox, facing such unpredictable "variables" would make the battle intense and tricky.
Grey rchant: "However, if I were in Dox’s position, I probably wouldn’t use the Mysterious Parchnt."
With Grey rchant’s insight, how could it not be apparent that the shrew hadn’t gone for the kill directly, leaving Dox a sliver of survival chance?
In this situation, if you lose, you just lose, and you can recover slowly.
But such a Mysterious Parchnt, once used, becos scarce.
Even if it’s a Mysterious Parchnt that can be reused, once you reveal it, there will be endless troubles. Because... you are just a Wandering Wizard with no backing, holding such a rare treasure, especially one with restorative nature, even soone as powerful as Monty might beco tempted.
So even if Grey rchant were backed by the Birlos Family, he would never use such a Mysterious Parchnt in a duel. Unless it was absolutely certain he wouldn’t survive, then he wouldn’t have to worry about the aftermath.
Dox’s bold use, even before a life-and-death crisis, though it might lead to victory, would certainly arouse covetousness.
Perhaps even the Black Hand hidden in the mirror might be tempted.
As Grey rchant pondered, how could Dox, being involved, not understand the key points here?
His emotions right now were highly complicated, especially towards Angel, feeling both gratitude and resentnt. He was thankful that Angel was willing to give him such a rare Magic Rune Scroll, bringing a sense of being trusted, showing that his "make a friend" strategy was highly successful.
But resentful because Angel surely knew the repercussions of using the Magic Rune Scroll, which is why when he handed it over at the ti, he said this aningful sentence:
— "This is my trump card lent to you. If you feel that victory is hopeless or you’re facing a life-and-death crisis, you can activate it. However, you must think carefully; once you use the trump card I’ve lent you, you’ll need to pay the corresponding price."
At that ti, Dox noticed familiar patterns on the parchnt, instantly thinking of the "Sunlight Garden" Angel used in Princess Town. At that ti, Angel used the Sunlight Garden Magic Rune Scroll to ensure that the Talented One of Barbarian Cave, Amisha, wasn’t affected in potential.
At that ti, Dox felt a bit heartache, thinking it unnecessary to use such a valuable Magic Rune Scroll on the Talented One.
Therefore, Dox had seen the Sunlight Garden before.
So when Angel handed this parchnt to him, Dox quickly determined the "truth" of this parchnt.
At that ti, Dox thought, although this Sunlight Garden parchnt was indeed very valuable, even containing faint Mysterious Aura, if truth be told, he could scrape together sothing equivalent to its price.
Thus, he heard Angel’s words, but didn’t take them seriously, not even imagining he would have to use this parchnt.
When he activated the parchnt and felt the thick, pervasive Mysterious Aura, he realized Angel had set him up.
Even though now Dox felt extrely refreshed, his state incredibly high, even the stubborn ailnts in his body and unnoticed internal injuries were soothed. His mood, however, was extrely complicated, even contemplating kneeling on the ground to beg Angel to spare him... the price for this Mysterious Parchnt, how could he possibly afford it?!
Why couldn’t he see it clearly, using this parchnt prematurely before the ultimate mont?!
Right now, Dox had lost even the mindset to fight.
Just then, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of sothing not far away, the center of the Holy Temple’s phantom shadow, simulated by the light shield, with a parchnt suspended motionless.
Dox’s eyes suddenly lit up, ignoring the ongoing duel, directly turned and asked Angel, "This parchnt can be used an unlimited number of tis, right? Right? It must be!"
As Dox’s words fell, all eyes in the room turned toward Angel.
Even The Sage in the sky cast a curious glance at Angel.
The Sage had witnessed how Dox had transford from an extrely bad state to one brimming with vitality. Even on the ntal level, The Sage detected a groundbreaking change, feeling like a new dawn had arrived.
Such an extrely powerful recovery capability was sothing The Sage knew was hard to achieve with spell techniques. Even if barely possible, the price paid would be terrifying.
Thus, this Mysterious Parchnt with restorative power was sothing even The Sage envied.
While The Sage envied, so did Black Earl. When he previously saw Angel giving sothing to Dox, he hadn’t expected it to be such a treasure.
Black Earl didn’t say anything, but in his heart, he already regretted not snatching it at the ti.
Did Dox go up to fight an ostrich egg? He should have gone!
On the other side, the rchant’s gaze also looked toward the red-haired, golden-eyed Wizard opposite. Previously, he had thought that Dox actually possessed a Mysterious Parchnt, but now it seed that the true owner of the parchnt was soone else.
To speak of it, the rchant had already been paying attention to this peculiar Wizard, because at that ti, the Wicked Woman was battling Dox, so it was highly likely that her opponent was this Wizard.
The result of the rchant’s analysis was ambiguity and mystery. Now, after Dox finished speaking, this person beca even more mysterious, and his identity was by no ans ordinary.
As everyone focused their gaze on Angel, Angel appeared sowhat slow to warm up and sluggish. It took him quite so ti to raise his head, looking confused at Dox.
"What did you say? ... Oh, I rember now. Just now I was thinking about what price you would have to pay to match the value of this Magic Rune Scroll, so I got a little distracted, don’t mind ."
Listening to Angel’s self-questioning and self-answering, no matter what the others thought for the ti being, Dox was truly at a loss for words.
Just as he had suspected, Angel had been calculating against him all along! How hateful!
Angel: "You were asking about the number of tis, right?"
In the eager anticipation of Dox’s gaze, as well as the crowd’s attentive listening, Angel delivered an answer that left Dox in despair.
"There’s only one use left." Angel: "From the extent of the parchnt’s damage, you can actually judge that. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"Satisfied my..." Dox forcibly swallowed back a curse from the tip of his tongue.
No matter what, this parchnt did save him, that’s true. Moreover, it was indeed his own voluntary use.
"As long as you’re satisfied, I also hope that in the not-too-distant future, you’ll be satisfied as well." After speaking, Angel smiled slightly.
Dox was like being struck by lightning, retreating several steps, the suffocating air in his chest almost making him want to spit blood. — However, he didn’t spit it out. Because the holy light was still descending, all negative states dissipated from Dox. Even the emotions stirred by Angel seed to be gradually improving...?
"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Do you think you’ve won? I’ll make you experience what true pain is!" a shrill voice ca from the mouth of the Wicked Woman.
Perhaps because she felt ignored by Dox, and seeing him in conversation with Angel, the Wicked Woman felt an intense sense of humiliation.
In this situation, the Wicked Woman activated all her bloodline!
With waves of visible energy rippling across the arena, the Wicked Woman’s body began to twist, swell, and transform.
A few seconds later, the image presented to everyone could no longer be called "human."
She could even be classified alongside the void magical creatures outside the arena.
Her form had transford into a pure mountain of flesh, with her dense hair becoming tentacle-like and each tip of the tentacles ending with mouths and sharp teeth.
Her entire being looked twisted and terrifying.
The Wicked Woman raised her head, no longer resembling a human face, and asked in a buzzing voice: "Do you know what pain truly is?"
Dox swallowed nervously: "I don’t want to find out."
The Wicked Woman, with her mouth full of sharp teeth, didn’t respond with words but transford into a predator, rushing toward Dox.
The terrifying wind pressure from the air strike even lifted the stone slabs on the ground.
In a tily manner, the Wise Sovereign remarked: "Damage the ring, compensate after the duel."
But the Wicked Woman could no longer hear external voices; her target was solely Dox!
...
anwhile, Angel spoke: "I think perhaps you should end this match as soon as possible. The effect of the Sunlight Sanctuary will gradually weaken, and it’s rather indulgent for just you to enjoy it. Of course, this Sunlight Sanctuary belongs to you, so it’s fine if you want to enjoy it alone."
Upon hearing Angel’s words, Dox first grumbled indignantly.
Sunlight Sanctuary, Sunlight Garden! So similar, this is clearly a deceptive tactic!
But quickly, Dox suddenly thought of sothing, his eyes lighting up.
Indeed, now that the Sunlight Sanctuary has been activated, it completely belongs to . What Angel was actually doing was indirectly reminding him, he could let others enjoy the effect of the "Sunlight Sanctuary" as well and even charge a fee!? Perhaps this way, he could gather the price to pay Angel?
Though this possibility was obviously slim, Dox was already desperate, trying to profit as much as he could!
Thinking of this, Dox dared not waste any more ti, fueling his fighting spirit and facing the furious Wicked Woman head-on!
...
Now that the Wicked Woman has activated her bloodline, even her form is no longer human-like. Such a terrifying bloodline boost, paired with her full-blown assault, is sothing any Wizard of the sa rank would shy away from confronting directly. Even Wizards of True Knowledge might face life-and-death crises when resisting.
It’s safe to say, the Wicked Woman has forsaken defense to concentrate all her firepower in a challenge.
And her target isn’t just Dox, but also that solemnly imposing sanctuary phantom!
The Wicked Woman’s ferocious assault had Dox avoiding the front lines, retreating dozens of ters, trailing with a red glow.
However, the Wicked Woman’s powerful assault didn’t breach the defense of the Sunlight Sanctuary.
It didn’t even stir a ripple.
Dox stared in astonishnt at the layer of holy light that seed to descend from the heavens, muttering: "Could this be Absolute Defense?"
Dox’s soft murmur turned the rchant and his group rather stern. If it truly was Absolute Defense, they had no ans to contend against Dox at all.
However, just then, Angel’s ti to cut in arrived again: "I can’t give you a definite answer on whether it’s Absolute Defense. However, the Sunlight Sanctuary, after enduring a considerable amount of attacks, will wear down... After all, it’s not primarily used for combat."
The purpose of the Sunlight Garden is to provide a refuge of tranquility in places of dark despair.
The role of the Sunlight Sanctuary, on the other hand, is to ignite the fla of civilization during the age of ignorance, based on the foundation of the Sunlight Garden.
The most significant aspect of the Sunlight Sanctuary is spiritual cleansing; it can be said that it allows all life to be reborn. Because of this, Feng deed it the holy light of the ignorant era, a torch of civilization for unawakened lands.
After Angel finished speaking, Dox suddenly turned his head: "How can you just reveal such a weakness?!"
Angel: "If I don’t tell you, wouldn’t you just use it as a shield? A sanctuary is always the tower behind the faithful, not a barricade pushed to the forefront."
"By the way, even if the Sunlight Sanctuary doesn’t get damaged after many attacks, its effectiveness will still diminish."
Hearing this, Dox understood what Angel ant.
Hiding behind the safe haven of the Sunlight Sanctuary, even if he ultimately expended the Wicked Woman’s energy to win, it would be a pity and shaful. If he wanted to win and maximize profits from the Sunlight Sanctuary, there’s only one way:
Take the initiative!
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