Chapter 995: King Of Curses
Besides, there were also many Guru-level mageweaths on the crown, the most famous of which was the Magic Rebound mageweath which could completely repel magic spells that were below the Sanctuary-level. It also had extremely high defense against Sanctuary-realm magic spells.
Besides, when one was wearing the High Elven queen’s crown, they would also have their mental strength increased directly by hundreds or thousands of times. At the same time, the wearer could also obtain an endless supply of mana through the eternal gemstone on the crown to dramatically increase the power of any magic spell that was cast.
To put it simply, it was the crown of kings, and anyone who wore it would possess power that was strong enough to suppress everyone. Of course, that was not absolute. Otherwise, Geresco wouldn’t have been able to kill the High Elven queen in the first place.
Most importantly, like the Moonlight Scepter, the High Elven queen’s crown would only have its full effects displayed if worn by those with the blood of the royal High Elves. Although ordinary people could use it too, the effects would be greatly reduced, and at best it would be considered an excellent piece of magical equipment.
Lin Li didn’t know what the Brilliance Shrine wanted the crown for, but he was not too interested in it. Hence, he naturally wouldn’t stop them from taking it.
According to the information that Archbishop Martin had, the expedition soon found the room where the crown was likely to be. This time, there was finally a use for Archbishop Martin’s key. He managed to open the Magical Thousand-contraption Lock with great ease.
In order to put Archbishop Martin and the others at ease, Lin Li did not enter together with them, and instead got Archbishop Martin and Prince Jeremiah to search the room by themselves. However, as soon as Lin Li watched the two of them enter, a loud roar could be heard coming from the door, after which Jeremiah was blown out and smashed heavily against the wall opposite the door.
Jeremiah spat out a mouthful of blood, and before Lin Li could ask him any questions, he anxiously exclaimed, “Master Felic, please give me a hand. That crown is too impressive.”
The crown is too impressive? Jeremiah’s words made everyone in the room stunned. However, the roar of magic that continuously spread from the room showed how urgent the situation was.
The fact that two peak Legendary powerhouses couldn’t handle it made Lin Li, who did not plan to interfere at first, feel somewhat interested. Besides, since Jeremiah had already taken the initiative to ask for help, Lin Li naturally did not consider whether it would cause any misunderstanding. He immediately walked towards the gate.
After entering the room, the first thing Lin Li saw was Archbishop Martin resisting countless offensive spells. Besides, there was a crown floating in midair opposite Archbishop Martin, which was where the continuous attacks came from. However, the emptiness was only on the surface, and in reality, Lin Li could sense a strange spiritual fluctuation beneath the crown.
“Eidolon?” The discovery immediately made Lin Li think of a possibility.
The Eidolon was in truth just like a memory fragment, a solidified form of spiritual fluctuations. In Lin Li’s opinion, the Eidolon beneath the crown was very likely to be a form of the High Elven queen’s Inheritance Seal. After the heir to the throne wore the crown, he would be able to obtain similar experiences and other inheritances left by the previous queen.
However, the Eidolon would never have sentience, because it was just solidified spiritual fluctuations or some memories. Both Archbishop Martin and Jeremiah did not have any High Elven royal bloodline, and would naturally be attacked by the Inheritance Seal if they wanted to get the crown.
However, it was not just an Inheritance Seal, as the crown itself contained powerful mana. Under the control of the Inheritance Seal, the combat power that it could exert was not something that a powerhouse that was at the peak of the Legendary-level could contend with, even though it was not at the Sanctuary-realm yet.
“Master Felic, the crown suddenly and automatically attacked us for some reason. Do you have any means to subdue it?” Seeing that Lin Li had entered the room, they quickly resisted the offensive spells while embarrassedly asking Lin Li for help.
In fact, what was truly valuable about the crown was the Eidolon in it, or rather the Inheritance Seal. Even though there had only been two generations of High Elves because they had extremely long lifespans, High Elven queens had always been true powerhouses of the High Elves, and were at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm. Their experience was priceless to anyone. Due to the restraint of the bloodline, no one would be able to exert the maximum power other than the royal High Elves.
Since Archbishop Martin had taken the initiative to ask for it, Lin Li naturally could not turn him down. After thinking about it for a moment, he took out the Moonlight Scepter from the Ring of Endless Storm. Just like the crown, the Moonlight Scepter could not be used by those who were not royal High Elves. Even Lin Li was not an exception despite being a Sanctuary powerhouse. However, Lin Li could still stimulate some of its functions by injecting mana into it.
In fact, when Lin Li took out the Moonlight Scepter, the Inheritance Seal on the crown had already been affected. When Lin Li injected mana into the Moonlight Scepter, and caused the gemstone on top of the Moonlight Scepter to shine, the Inheritance Seal on the crown immediately received a strong attraction. In almost an instant, the Inheritance Seal was sucked into the Moonlight Scepter, and the crown fell to the ground.
Although Lin Li couldn’t use the Moonlight Scepter, he could completely read the Inheritance Seal of the High Elven queen through his mental strength which had penetrated it. However, Lin Li still had fragments of the Immortal King’s memories that he had not digested yet. For the time being, he could not use the memories from the High Elven queen’s Inheritance Seal.
Watching the crown fall, Archbishop Martin did not know what Lin Li had done at all. After thanking Lin Li immediately, he walked forward to pick up the crown happily. Finally, the Brilliance Shrine’s team had somewhat achieved their goal this time, and had an explanation to give for the major loss of elites.
At this moment, Donald and the others were standing in front of the main gate, watching Archbishop Martin put away the crown. They were all green with envy. At the same time, they eagerly wanted to achieve their goal as soon as possible as a way to make up for the huge losses on this expedition.
Seeing that Lin Li and the others were all alright, Donald immediately went forward, and respectfully said, “Master Felic, can we search for our target now?”
At this point, the Rotterdam Kingdom’s team was actually inadequate to be cannon fodder now, but, after all, they had been supported by the Rotterdam Kingdom. Hence, as long as they were not courting death and the item they were looking for was not of great importance to Lin Li, Lin Li would not bother making things difficult for them.
Hence, after the expedition left the room, they followed the information provided by Donald, and headed to the other side of the underground space in search of the so-called lost item of the Rotterdam Kingdom’s ancestor.
According to Donald, the item that they were looking for was in the control center of the Sky Castle. Although the existence of the control crystal of the Sky Castle would allow them to manipulate the Sky Castle at wish, there was also a control center, which was a manual manipulation option that came with fewer features and permissions than the magical crystal.
Due to the existence of the control center, the remaining High Elves at the end of the Dark Age had the ability to manipulate the Sky Castle and escape from Anril. Otherwise, the other people would not be able to use it, since even Osric, the proud disciple of the Immortal King, did not manage to get the control crystal.
The control center could be found easily for the members of the expedition team because they had the structural diagram of the Sky Castle. However, this place was different from where the High Elven queen’s crown was placed because it was guarded. Firstly, there were nearly 100 Vengeful Spirits which all had Legendary-level strength. They were most likely left behind by the High Elves who had controlled the Sky Castle at first.
At the same time, in the rooms to the left and right of the control center, there were also quite a few Alchemy Colossuses and alchemy puppets that should have been responsible for guarding the power of the control center. All of them were also of the Legendary-level.
Even when the Rotterdam Kingdom’s team had just entered the Sky Castle, they probably would not have been able to get any benefits with such a force present. Besides, almost everyone in the team was now injured.
The members of the Rotterdam Kingdom’s team had initially thought that their search would go as smoothly as the Brilliance Shrine’s, but to their surprise, they were actually that unlucky. They actually suddenly encountered such a wave of enemies that caught them off guard, and added insult to injury since most of them were already injured and weakened.
If it weren’t for the timely rescue of the Brilliance Shrine, the team from the Rotterdam Kingdom, which had long been beaten up, would probably have fallen terribly before the finish line. However, even with the joint efforts of the teams of the Brilliance Shrine and Rotterdam Kingdom, it was still a very difficult task to fight against hundreds of Legendary-level enemies. Being able to ensure that they did not suffer any casualties was already good enough.
As for the Tower of Dusk’s team, they had already begun walking over slowly, and did not show any intentions to provide any aid.
Of course, the Tower of Dusk’s team could not be blamed for leaving them in the lurch. Jeremiah and the others were worried that Lin Li might want what they were looking for, so they initially did not want the people of the Tower of Dusk to tag along. Since Donald felt the same, there was no need for the people of the Tower of Dusk to go asking for trouble.
In the beginning, Donald and the others were proud, and had strong backbones as they did not want to seek help from the Tower of Dusk’s team, mainly because they were worried that if the Tower of Dusk’s team intervened, there would be changes after they obtained the item. However, Donald and the others did not persist for long before the door of the control center suddenly opened on its own.
Next, the battle stopped, and be it the Vengeful Spirits, the Alchemy Colossuses, or the people of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam Kingdom, everyone lost their will to continue fighting under a powerful pressure. A monster with a blurry face slowly floated out of the door of the control center like smoke.
The monster gave off an extremely cold and vicious vibe of resentment which caused tension to build up and the temperature of the entire space to seemingly plunge immediately. Even Archbishop Martin and the other peak Legendary powerhouses couldn’t help but feel their souls tremble as they felt that vicious resentment.
The King of Curses, an existence of the Sanctuary-realm that was born to curse the world to be destroyed. Upon its birth, it would be subject to the merciless slaughter of the World Laws. However, the King of Curses was allowed to survive here because the Sky Castle existed outside Anril.
Walking out of the control center, the King of Curses formed a Curse Domain while endless resentment surrounded it.
With the appearance of the King of Curses, two Alchemy Colossuses suddenly emitted the sounds of metal friction, followed by an instant collapse and disintegration without warning even though they had not been damaged. The metallurgists who were seated in the Alchemy Colossuses suddenly lost their vitality and turned pale before bleeding from all apertures.
After the Alchemy Colossuses, a few Warriors from the Rotterdam Kingdom’s team also began bleeding, and died miserably without even getting to scream. It was simply murder! Everyone in the team was stunned, but when they thought of escaping, they realized that they had lost control of their bodies.
Even the few Legendary powerhouses were immobilized at this juncture, let alone the ordinary people. Even Archbishop Martin and the others felt that they were falling into a trance. Once they did, they would be subjected to slaughter by the other party.
Even the purifying power of Holy Light had lost its effects when faced with the King of Curses. That was a curse on everything in the world, including the heavens and the gods. With such a power, the King of Curses turned into a terrifying existence that even the gods avoided once it reached the peak of the Sanctuary-realm.
Even though there wasn’t an intense battle, they were all in a situation that was far more dangerous than any other battle that they had engaged in. Although the expedition had also encountered plenty of enemies whom they could not contend with in the previous battles, they could at least resist them. However, now that they were facing the impenetrable curse of the King of Curses, they were simply incapacitated, and turned into sheep waiting to be slaughtered despite being bent on fighting.
“Master Felic, please help us on account of the effort that we’ve contributed throughout the journey!” Donald had almost used all his might to yell those words.
However, even Archbishop Martin did not hope that Lin Li would help them, because a Sanctuary Master’s greatest reliance was their Domain World, and the power of the King of Curses happened to be the destruction it could cause to the World Laws. It was strong enough to be called the nemesis of mages in the Sanctuary-realm.
With the power of the curse that could destroy the World Laws, the King of Curses would still pose a great threat to the mages in the Sanctuary-realm even if it was at a lower level than them!