Advent of the Archmage Chapter 298

Night of the Dragon Inn .

Elin closed the room's curtains and took out a black candle . She lit it and strangely enough, the flame was an eerie blue . There were also runes circling the flame like stars .

"This is the soul-guiding candle I created . It can stop souls from being lost in Soul Realm," Elin explained .

Link was confused . "Won't the flesh body enter the Soul Realm?" He hadn't gone into the Soul Realm with just his soul yet, not even in the past game .

Elin shook her head . "No, doing that is too crude . There can be many side effects if the flesh body goes into the Soul Realm and can greatly restrict the performance of the soul's power . More importantly, it's easy to become completely lost in the Soul Realm and be unable to return . "

As she spoke, Elin walked to Link and grasped his hand . "Okay," she said softly . "Now look at the candle . Yes, just like that . Don't think about anything . We are safe now, and Nana will protect us…Go!"

At that word, Link felt himself become dazed . His vision blurred too, and when it sharpened again, he realized the soul-guiding candle was gone . It was replaced by a hazy yet warm glow .

The scene inside the glow was very strange . Link actually saw himself .

He saw himself sitting quietly in the chair before the table, staring unblinkingly at something . Elin stood beside him, her face also frozen . She stared unblinkingly in the same direction as Link .

A crisp voice sounded beside him—Elin . "Those are our bodies . The space under the light of the soul-guiding candle creates a bi-dimensional overlapping state . This is also the anchor of our exploration in the Soul Realm . No matter how we travel in the Soul Realm, if anything happens, we can return to the anchor instantly to go back to the Physical Realm . "

"This sounds like dreaming . " Link looked down at himself . His body was still there, but it felt blurry . His limbs were a bit transparent too and looked unreal . Glancing at Elin, he saw that she was semi-transparent too and even more transparent than him . He could barely see her features clearly .

This was probably an out-of-body experience in the other world .

Elin studied Link carefully and praised, "Link, your soul is very strong . It's practically the strongest soul I've ever seen . You're right . This is like dreaming . It's the safest way to enter the Soul Realm . Okay, follow me . "

She started walking to the door, and Link followed .

In the Soul Realm, they were also at the Night of the Dragon Inn, but everything had become black and white . It was quiet too, to the point of being frightening .

At the door, Elin went straight through it instead of opening it . Link copied her . Ignoring the door, he walked over, and there was a small poof . Then it felt like something went over his body . Looking back, he was already outside the door .

"This is a basic spell for going through walls . Souls can easily move through any dead objects . Of course, only do it when you're clear about the situation behind the barrier . " Elin waved to Link from the front . "Follow me closely and don't hesitate . The soul-guiding candle will only burn for one hour . We must complete the exploration of the Dragon Temple within an hour . "

"Okay . " Link followed close behind Elin .

The two quickly exited the inn . Outside, Link looked up and discovered that the sky was pure gray . Fog obstructed his view in the close distance . Occasionally, a blurry gray-white figure would walk over . They were practically like plumes of fog, wandering aimlessly in Creekwood .

"These are the souls of the atheists of Creekwood," Elin explained . "They didn't have any beliefs in life, so after death, they won't be guided by any gods . They would just follow their instincts and return to where they had lived and wandered . They'll usually wither away after a year or so . "

Souls were not undying . Like a ball of fire, they would extinguish someday . When you were firewood, the flame would extinguish in the blink of an eye . If you lit the Sacred Fire, you would be like the sun . Compared to the temporary life of mortals, you would exist for eternity .

Link was well-read, so he had a basic understanding of this . He wasn't too shocked .

Elin continued down a road to the Dragon Temple . She was very fast, almost flying, and would travel 30 feet in a blink . Link was just as fast though and could easily catch up .

Elin sighed . "There's fog everywhere, and it's hard to see . Otherwise, we'd be able to teleport to the Dragon Temple with a thought . " Simple souls had no weight, and their bodies would be wherever their thought was . However, they didn't know what was hidden in the fog, so they didn't dare take any risks .

As they spoke, they'd already arrived at the mountain path outside Creekwood Village . "What's with the fog?" Link asked curiously . "I entered the Soul Realm in the North before . It was on the ice field, and the view was great, but once I entered the forest, the fog came . It was even thicker there than it is here . "

Elin didn't hold any knowledge back . "The fog is made up of scattered souls . Rather than souls of intelligent beings, these are the souls of plants and beasts after they die . They're very weak and break down soon after death . There are countless lives in forests . More and more souls gather together, forming the fog . "

There were forests on either side of the mountain path . As the two traveled away from Creekwood, the fog became heavier . Elin's progress slowed down too .

"In the Soul Realm, the forest is the most dangerous . No one knows what is hidden under the white fog…Stop! Follow me!" Her voice suddenly turned nervous .

Her small body flashed and hid behind a tree at the side of the road . Link followed over and found that the tree was solid . It was probably because it was alive and had a soul .

After hiding for less than a minute, a giant figure radiating with fiery red light walked from the corner up ahead . It was hard to see through the fog, but when it got closer, Link saw that it was the soul of a dragon .

The Dragon Soul was 22 feet tall and 50 feet long . It was completely translucent like a crystal and firelight three feet long shot out from it . It was shockingly intimidating .

He came down the mountain path slowly as if he were patrolling . When he went into the distance, Elin whispered, "That's a Dragon Soul Guard to make sure the Soul Realm isn't trespassed . He's very powerful, and unless you have special training, not even a Holy Spirit is his match . There are three of these guards on this path . We must avoid them . "

"Understood . " Link nodded . From the earlier close interaction, Link could feel that his soul had more substance but was weaker .

To use a metaphor, his soul was a two-pound block of crude metal while the other was a finely processed granite combat machine that weighed a ton . He was no match .

When the guard turned the corner, Elin walked out from behind the tree and continued down the path . The Dragon Valley was honestly too high, and the paths were winding . Elin and Link walked for more than ten minutes and hid from two more Dragon Soul guards before the Dragon Temple finally appeared .

From the angle of the soul, the Dragon Temple was even more radiant .

The fog around the temple was scattered . The continuous Wei'e Palace buildings were enshrouded in a layer of heavy red light . At the heart of the palace, a beam of fiery red light shot into the sky . From afar, it made one feel the tremendous power .

This sight was like a godly kingdom .

There was also a ring of Dragon Guards around the palace . They weren't as powerful as the Dragon Soul Guards from before, but they could not be overlooked . There were a lot of them as well .

Elin didn't dare get too close . She hid in a corner and spied on them . Link was looking too, but he was confused . "Everything looks normal . "

Here, he could only sense the endless power and terrifying strength of the Red Dragon race . He couldn't feel anything out of sort .

Elin shook her head . "That's only the surface . Follow me . "

She led the way, staying far away from the majestic palaces and kept going . During this, there were more steep and difficult paths, but it was no problem for souls . After walking a large semi-circle, they were at the back of the Dragon Temple .

Here, something changed . The majestic light at the front of the Dragon Temple was gone . Instead, there was a large square . It was surrounded by the same fiery red light, but there was a heavy ball of darkness over the square .

The ball of darkness was more than 30 feet wide . More frighteningly, there was an impossibly large Red Dragon under it . It should also be a soul, but her body was almost solid, even more condensed than Link's . It was practically the same as in the Physical Realm .

The dragon was sprawled on the square . With this pose, she was 50 feet tall and 200 feet long . The red flames that she spat out were ten feet long .

Compared to her, the Dragon Soul Guards from before were nothing . However, the power of the ball of darkness seemed to be terrible . Under the pressure of the light, the dragon's soul could only lay there, unmoving . Fire was burning wildly on her, but the dark aura still pressed down, slowly tainting her body .

"Who is this?" Link was shocked . "Is this…?"

"You guessed correctly . This is the Red Dragon Queen Gretel . That ball of darkness should be the Legendary Dragon Sacred Gear—Worthdamk . Translated, it means 'equal balance . '"

"Equal Balance?" Link exclaimed . "Isn't it the balance of light and darkness? But it's already pure black now . "

The Dragon Sacred Gear Worthdamk was a very special magic tool . It reflected the balance in the world that the Red Dragon strove to protect . Using the Worthdamk, the dragons could easily find the places in the Firuman World that were in discord and fix it . From this perspective, the Sacred Gear had unbelievable power .

But now, the equal balance was no longer equal . It had tipped completely towards darkness, and this was bad news .

Elin sighed . "Indeed, it is the balance between light and darkness, but now, someone has manipulated it so that it is no longer balanced . It has become the balance of darkness . "

This was truly bad news .

Link could see that several similarly powerful dragons stood beside the Red Dragon Queen, giving her strength at all costs . However, this could only delay the speed that she was polluted by darkness .

Faced with the Sacred Gear's power, even the Legendary Red Dragon Queen was powerless .

Here came the problem . They were only at the beginning stages of Level-8 and Level-7 . What could they do when faced with this awful power?

"I don't think we can do anything," Link said quietly .

Elin was frustrated too . "Yeah, but if we don't think of a solution, this Dragon Valley will be over once the Red Dragon Queen falls . We'll be over too . "

The problem now was not whether they should get involved but how they should save themselves! Link was also out of ideas . But just as he was getting frustrated, a sound rang inside him .

Detected large increase in the surrounding thickness . Quickening strength absorption…Saved Omni Points are ready . Starting to pay past rewards .

Epic Mission Activated: Red Dragon Valley

Mission Step One: Culprit

Mission Content: Find the culprit who damaged the Sacred Gear Worthdamk

Mission Reward: 100 Omni Points

Link immediately accepted it . Then a warm current kept flowing into him; it was a large amount of Omni Points . He checked and saw that he had 560 points now .

The rewards from the Black Forest mission and the day-to-day discoveries of the supreme magic skills were all given . It was honestly a lifesaver!

Chapter 298 Tipped Balance, Equilibrium GoneTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioNight of the Dragon Inn . Elin closed the room s curtains and took out a black candle . She lit it and strangely enough, the flame was an eerie blue . There were also runes circling the flame like stars . This is the soul guiding candle I created . It can stop souls from being lost in Soul Realm, Elin explained . Link was confused . Won t the flesh body enter the Soul Realm He hadn t gone into the Soul Realm with just his soul yet, not even in the past game . Elin shook her head . No, doing that is too crude . There can be many side effects if the flesh body goes into the Soul Realm and can greatly restrict the performance of the soul s power . More importantly, it s easy to become completely lost in the Soul Realm and be unable to return . As she spoke, Elin walked to Link and grasped his hand . Okay, she said softly . Now look at the candle . Yes, just like that . Don t think about anything . We are safe now, and Nana will protect us Go At that word, Link felt himself become dazed . His vision blurred too, and when it sharpened again, he realized the soul guiding candle was gone . It was replaced by a hazy yet warm glow . The scene inside the glow was very strange . Link actually saw himself . He saw himself sitting quietly in the chair before the table, staring unblinkingly at something . Elin stood beside him, her face also frozen . She stared unblinkingly in the same direction as Link . A crisp voice sounded beside him Elin . Those are our bodies . The space under the light of the soul guiding candle creates a bi dimensional overlapping state . This is also the anchor of our exploration in the Soul Realm . No matter how we travel in the Soul Realm, if anything happens, we can return to the anchor instantly to go back to the Physical Realm . This sounds like dreaming . Link looked down at himself . His body was still there, but it felt blurry . His limbs were a bit transparent too and looked unreal . Glancing at Elin, he saw that she was semi transparent too and even more transparent than him . He could barely see her features clearly . This was probably an out of body experience in the other world . Elin studied Link carefully and praised, Link, your soul is very strong . It s practically the strongest soul I ve ever seen . You re right . This is like dreaming . It s the safest way to enter the Soul Realm . Okay, follow me . She started walking to the door, and Link followed . In the Soul Realm, they were also at the Night of the Dragon Inn, but everything had become black and white . It was quiet too, to the point of being frightening . At the door, Elin went straight through it instead of opening it . Link copied her . Ignoring the door, he walked over, and there was a small poof . Then it felt like something went over his body . Looking back, he was already outside the door . This is a basic spell for going through walls . Souls can easily move through any dead objects . Of course, only do it when you re clear about the situation behind the barrier . Elin waved to Link from the front . Follow me closely and don t hesitate . The soul guiding candle will only burn for one hour . We must complete the exploration of the Dragon Temple within an hour . Okay . Link followed close behind Elin . The two quickly exited the inn . Outside, Link looked up and discovered that the sky was pure gray . Fog obstructed his view in the close distance . Occasionally, a blurry gray white figure would walk over . They were practically like plumes of fog, wandering aimlessly in Creekwood . These are the souls of the atheists of Creekwood, Elin explained . They didn t have any beliefs in life, so after death, they won t be guided by any gods . They would just follow their instincts and return to where they had lived and wandered . They ll usually wither away after a year or so . Souls were not undying . Like a ball of fire, they would extinguish someday . When you were firewood, the flame would extinguish in the blink of an eye . If you lit the Sacred Fire, you would be like the sun . Compared to the temporary life of mortals, you would exist for eternity . Link was well read, so he had a basic understanding of this . He wasn t too shocked . Elin continued down a road to the Dragon Temple . She was very fast, almost flying, and would travel 30 feet in a blink . Link was just as fast though and could easily catch up . Elin sighed . There s fog everywhere, and it s hard to see . Otherwise, we d be able to teleport to the Dragon Temple with a thought . Simple souls had no weight, and their bodies would be wherever their thought was . However, they didn t know what was hidden in the fog, so they didn t dare take any risks . As they spoke, they d already arrived at the mountain path outside Creekwood Village . What s with the fog Link asked curiously . I entered the Soul Realm in the North before . It was on the ice field, and the view was great, but once I entered the forest, the fog came . It was even thicker there than it is here . Elin didn t hold any knowledge back . The fog is made up of scattered souls . Rather than souls of intelligent beings, these are the souls of plants and beasts after they die . They re very weak and break down soon after death . There are countless lives in forests . More and more souls gather together, forming the fog . There were forests on either side of the mountain path . As the two traveled away from Creekwood, the fog became heavier . Elin s progress slowed down too . In the Soul Realm, the forest is the most dangerous . No one knows what is hidden under the white fog Stop Follow me Her voice suddenly turned nervous . Her small body flashed and hid behind a tree at the side of the road . Link followed over and found that the tree was solid . It was probably because it was alive and had a soul . After hiding for less than a minute, a giant figure radiating with fiery red light walked from the corner up ahead . It was hard to see through the fog, but when it got closer, Link saw that it was the soul of a dragon . The Dragon Soul was 22 feet tall and 50 feet long . It was completely translucent like a crystal and firelight three feet long shot out from it . It was shockingly intimidating . He came down the mountain path slowly as if he were patrolling . When he went into the distance, Elin whispered, That s a Dragon Soul Guard to make sure the Soul Realm isn t trespassed . He s very powerful, and unless you have special training, not even a Holy Spirit is his match . There are three of these guards on this path . We must avoid them . Understood . Link nodded . From the earlier close interaction, Link could feel that his soul had more substance but was weaker . To use a metaphor, his soul was a two pound block of crude metal while the other was a finely processed granite combat machine that weighed a ton . He was no match . When the guard turned the corner, Elin walked out from behind the tree and continued down the path . The Dragon Valley was honestly too high, and the paths were winding . Elin and Link walked for more than ten minutes and hid from two more Dragon Soul guards before the Dragon Temple finally appeared . From the angle of the soul, the Dragon Temple was even more radiant . The fog around the temple was scattered . The continuous Wei e Palace buildings were enshrouded in a layer of heavy red light . At the heart of the palace, a beam of fiery red light shot into the sky . From afar, it made one feel the tremendous power . This sight was like a godly kingdom . There was also a ring of Dragon Guards around the palace . They weren t as powerful as the Dragon Soul Guards from before, but they could not be overlooked . There were a lot of them as well . Elin didn t dare get too close . She hid in a corner and spied on them . Link was looking too, but he was confused . Everything looks normal . Here, he could only sense the endless power and terrifying strength of the Red Dragon race . He couldn t feel anything out of sort . Elin shook her head . That s only the surface . Follow me . She led the way, staying far away from the majestic palaces and kept going . During this, there were more steep and difficult paths, but it was no problem for souls . After walking a large semi circle, they were at the back of the Dragon Temple . Here, something changed . The majestic light at the front of the Dragon Temple was gone . Instead, there was a large square . It was surrounded by the same fiery red light, but there was a heavy ball of darkness over the square . The ball of darkness was more than 30 feet wide . More frighteningly, there was an impossibly large Red Dragon under it . It should also be a soul, but her body was almost solid, even more condensed than Link s . It was practically the same as in the Physical Realm . The dragon was sprawled on the square . With this pose, she was 50 feet tall and 200 feet long . The red flames that she spat out were ten feet long . Compared to her, the Dragon Soul Guards from before were nothing . However, the power of the ball of darkness seemed to be terrible . Under the pressure of the light, the dragon s soul could only lay there, unmoving . Fire was burning wildly on her, but the dark aura still pressed down, slowly tainting her body . Who is this Link was shocked . Is this You guessed correctly . This is the Red Dragon Queen Gretel . That ball of darkness should be the Legendary Dragon Sacred Gear Worthdamk . Translated, it means equal balance . Equal Balance Link exclaimed . Isn t it the balance of light and darkness But it s already pure black now . The Dragon Sacred Gear Worthdamk was a very special magic tool . It reflected the balance in the world that the Red Dragon strove to protect . Using the Worthdamk, the dragons could easily find the places in the Firuman World that were in discord and fix it . From this perspective, the Sacred Gear had unbelievable power . But now, the equal balance was no longer equal . It had tipped completely towards darkness, and this was bad news . Elin sighed . Indeed, it is the balance between light and darkness, but now, someone has manipulated it so that it is no longer balanced . It has become the balance of darkness . This was truly bad news . Link could see that several similarly powerful dragons stood beside the Red Dragon Queen, giving her strength at all costs . However, this could only delay the speed that she was polluted by darkness . Faced with the Sacred Gear s power, even the Legendary Red Dragon Queen was powerless . Here came the problem . They were only at the beginning stages of Level 8 and Level 7 . What could they do when faced with this awful power I don t think we can do anything, Link said quietly . Elin was frustrated too . Yeah, but if we don t think of a solution, this Dragon Valley will be over once the Red Dragon Queen falls . We ll be over too . The problem now was not whether they should get involved but how they should save themselves Link was also out of ideas . But just as he was getting frustrated, a sound rang inside him . Detected large increase in the surrounding thickness . Quickening strength absorption Saved Omni Points are ready . Starting to pay past rewards . Epic Mission Activated Red Dragon Valley Mission Step One Culprit Mission Content Find the culprit who damaged the Sacred Gear Worthdamk Mission Reward 100 Omni PointsLink immediately accepted it . Then a warm current kept flowing into him it was a large amount of Omni Points . He checked and saw that he had 560 points now . The rewards from the Black Forest mission and the day to day discoveries of the supreme magic skills were all given . It was honestly a lifesaver

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