Mage Manual

Chapter 1662 - 1223: Bearing Witness to the End

These Demigod Mages, who have lived from thousands of years ago to now and emerged from the Void Realm like rubies shining brightly in the long river of history, have actually fallen on a battlefield known to no one.

One after another, advancing bravely, turning into fierce flames.

Ash held no fondness for the Hell Demigods. In fact, if he hadn’t devoured the World Snake, the Hell Demigods would have been the greatest threat to him. Even if they weren’t as terrible as Vishi, they weren’t much better either...only demons could survive in Hell, and all who survive there are demons.

He had long expected the casualties among the Demigods. In fact, at least dozens of Demigods had already died in the First and Double Hell.

But knowing and witnessing are two different things... Seeing them maintain the pride of a Demigod in the face of great terror, holding onto the dignity of a Mage when facing thousands of enemies, Ash couldn’t help but feel a little touched.

Mages are like a bunch of thieves, parasites of the Void Realm, greedy merchants, but at the same time, they are also a group of adventurers...a group of adventurers who believe in miracles till the very last second!

"They still have some backbone." Death Mad said calmly.

"What do they want to do?"

"Reignite the Flowing Gold River nodes."

Death Mad lay on Ash’s back, pointing to the Gospel Book pages, "Look at these places at the edge of the Secret Realm, they’re all nodes of the Flowing Gold River, but the moment The Forgotten arrived, they destroyed them."

"It’s the Divine Lord who guided them in creating the Slaughter Secret Realm. The Demigods never considered the possibility of the World Secret Domain’s depletion. Did the Divine Lord also not consider it? But the Level Six of Hell is isolated from the outside, and the Divine Lord cannot directly support them. The only solution they could provide was this — to use the Flowing Gold River to speed up the recovery of the World Secret Domain!"

"The World Secret Domain’s natural recovery speed is already very fast. If the Flowing Gold River is used to accelerate it, it might barely counter The Forgotten’s offensive." she said, "Originally, collecting the tributaries of the Flowing Gold River was a bit troublesome, but fortunately, this is Fantasy Hell. It only requires the Time Demigod to cover ’their world’ with the ’real world’ to gather all the tributaries of the Flowing Gold River in the fortress."

"Does Hell have so many Flowing Gold Rivers?"

"The whole world has Flowing Gold Rivers, even stones can produce Flowing Gold River water. It’s just that they all converge on the Time Continent, so you usually can’t see them. What they’re doing is essentially using the Divine Domain to intercept the Flowing Gold River from flowing to the Time Continent. However, The Forgotten aren’t fools; they wouldn’t allow them to use the Flowing Gold River, so they’ve already destroyed the nodes."

Ash was somewhat puzzled: "Why place the nodes outside? Hell Demigods aren’t that foolish, are they?"

"Although Hell Demigods are stupider than you think, the nodes indeed aren’t outside." Death Mad said, "At least they weren’t a month ago."

Ash immediately caught on, "These nodes were originally inside the Slaughter Secret Realm? Now that the Slaughter Secret Realm has shrunk, they’ve been exposed?"

"Exactly."

"Isn’t this too..." Ash didn’t know how to describe it, "Crude, right?"

"A defensive line hastily built in a month, filled with small groups undermining each other inside, with endless monsters as their enemies. Achieving this level is already quite good; it shows the leaders are quite capable." Death Mad rarely praised, "In the world lines I’ve buried, fighting to the very end like them is already the most elegant way to die."

"However, you’d better pray they don’t succeed."

Ash was taken aback: "Why?"

"If they succeed in transferring the Flowing Gold River nodes, they can manage to hold on a few more days." Death Mad said, "Then your trip here would be in vain."

"There probably aren’t many traces of your two friends left in reality, right? After returning this time, you might only have one more chance to come to Hell...which means, next time is your last time in Hell, and this is your final chance to loot, your last chance to get stronger."

"Only when The Forgotten break their fortress can you bury their bodies and plunder their heritage."

"You’ve come too early this time," she evaluated, "If you came a few days later, you could stand on the ruins of the fortress and pocket the accumulation of tens of thousands of years in the Level Six of Hell."

"...This is even less than a thief," Ash said softly, "Just a despicable Ghoul."

"Dying gloriously and surviving despicably," Death Mad, sitting on his back, lit a cigarette, "Haven’t you always chosen the latter?"

"Perhaps, I actually came at the right time," said Ash, "Wanting to go in and plunder resources doesn’t necessarily mean being a Ghoul."

"You—"

Death Mad’s pupils shrank suddenly, watching Ash spread his Void Wings and rapidly cover several kilometers, rushing like a gust of wind and lightning to the most chaotic fortress battlefield! Countless Forgotten noticed this uninvited guest, but all the attacks that fell on him could only splash a faint radiance, while Ash drew circles of ink marks, reaping countless Forgotten lives like a scythe!

Wherever he passed, submission followed!

Wonder: Refraction Prism!

Wonder: Heart Hunting Sovereignty!

Wonder: Flashing Ripple!

At the center of the battlefield, Time Demigod Yenifa was struggling to hold out, when suddenly the surroundings were cleared, and a young man instantaneously teleported beside her: "Where is the Flowing Gold River node?"

Yenifa found it strange, the node had clearly been told to everyone before departure, but now with time pressing, she couldn’t care about these trivial details and directly pointed in a direction. Then the young man immediately took her through the battlefield, reached the designated position, Yenifa closed her eyes, reconnected with the Flowing Gold River in her imagination, and transferred it into the Slaughter Secret Realm.

"I understand." The young man suddenly said, "Let’s go to the next node, I can help."

"No, only a Time Demigod can activate the Flowing Gold River node." Yenifa refused, "You just need to escort me there——"

But very soon, Yenifa was caught off guard: this young man could indeed activate the Flowing Gold River node, and twice as fast as her! She originally thought the young man specialized in swordsmanship, not expecting him to also be a Time Demigod!

But she knew all the Time Demigods, who exactly was this young man...

After they activated the fourth node, The Forgotten finally started targeting them, with attacks from all directions increasing to an unbearable intensity. Repairing four nodes already exceeded the task, Yenifa decisively activated the passage token, opening a space passage to the fortress, and at that moment, the young man suddenly squeezed in with her, forcing their way in together.

However, when Yenifa returned to the fortress, she wasn’t greeted with care, but surrounded by wary and uncertain beings.

"Who are you? The fortress system didn’t recognize your identity at all!" the Hell Demigod shouted in interrogation.

Yenifa turned her head to look at the young man beside her, and the many doubts during their journey together were instantly answered. She immediately raised her hand to block in front of him, saying: "Just now, he helped me repair four Flowing Gold River nodes, he’s one of us, not one of those monsters outside, there’s no need now——"

"Ash Heath."

Under everyone’s gaze, Ash unfolded his glorious Seven Wings, and slowly said: "I am Ash Heath."

"Is this your plan?" Death Mad beside him asked with a smile, "To straightforwardly come in and loot resources?"

"There’s no need to be a Ghoul anymore." Ash answered her, "If Hell can stop the devouring World Snake, then I help them; if they can’t, then I am their only hope."

"At least," he said, "I can witness their end."