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Chapter 122 The Summoning of Aldurian
Chapter 122 The Summoning of Aldurian
In the Death Prison demiplane, Mordi looked up and stared at the gap that had been torn open from the outside.
After a long while, he exhaled a breath of stale air. "As expected of demons at the level of immortals, even after I consumed the tainted blood of the Holy Grail, I was still unable to save them."
The sorcerer named Fein, at some unknown cost, managed to persuade the sect leader behind him to tear open the Death Prison demiplane and forcibly take him and Ivan away.
Despite his best efforts, Modi could only leave a single wound on the demon.
"They've escaped. If they spread the word, we'll likely face even more enemies," Elena worried.
Modi patted her shoulder and comforted her:
"Our demonic forces are now equipped with alchemical fire, giving us a weaponry that surpasses theirs by an era. The only one we need to be wary of is Grand Duke Stano of the North."
No one knows what trump cards this Grand Duke, who has ruled the North for many years, has up his sleeve.
In short, he must possess a considerable number of ancient relics, and perhaps even methods that rival those of immortals.
Otherwise, Audurian wouldn't have left him to his own devices and chosen to secretly carry out his grand scheme from his own temple.
"Then what should we do with this?" Elena pointed to the mage Vida, who was dressed in a black robe and wore a hood.
The other person noticed her gaze and bowed slightly.
"He's already one of us."
Mordy took him back to the Frost family home, and under Evelyn's frightened gaze, he took out a stack of documents and personally handed them to him.
"From now on, you're a part of Xinbaihe Town. Remember to register at the neighborhood committee, work hard, and strive to cut off those nobles' heads as soon as possible."
Vida's mouth gaped slightly as he held the document in his hands. It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, washing away all his previous grand ambitions.
He glanced at the documents in his hand, then at Mordy.
"Are these all the tasks I need to handle?"
"This is just for you to practice on," Mordy smiled gently. "Once you're proficient, there's much more waiting for you."
Vida's face darkened; in that instant, his resonance with the dark side deepened.
He always felt that he had seen something more detestable and terrifying than the nobility, something that would strip everyone of their value.
"Don't worry, it's normal to be nervous when it's your first time doing this job."
Modi pretended not to know, patted him on the shoulder, and pointed to Evelia, who was hiding in the pile of treasure and playing the role of a body.
"This is Evelia, who is in charge of finances. If you need any financial approvals, go to her."
As a greedy silver dragon, Evelia may sometimes be a bit dim-witted, but her obsession with treasure gives her extraordinary wisdom in managing finances.
With this intuition, she can always spot unreasonable budgets and fill in a more reasonable figure.
"Speaking of which, Evelia has passed the beginner stage, it's time to increase her workload."
Modi muttered to himself, and to Evelyn, the sound was like an echo from the depths of the underworld.
Ignoring the distraught Evelia, Modi introduced each of the officers to the heroes who had just arrived at the mountain.
After meeting the polite sheep-headed demon, the fanatical painter, and the cadres who were almost identical to Gan Wencui, Vida expressed his concerns.
"Fan and Ivan both have noble backgrounds and must have seen through your plans. I'm afraid that New White River Town will soon be under siege by a large army."
"You've seen my new batch of weapons, what do you think of their power?" Mordy asked a completely irrelevant question.
Vida didn't understand what he meant, so after thinking for a moment, he offered his own interpretation:
"It's incredibly powerful. Even I'm having trouble with a single volley."
"If I told you I could equip every soldier with one of those weapons, with plenty of ammunition, who do you think would be worried?"
"...It definitely couldn't be you."
"That's it. Besides, that guy named Finn took my things without thinking. He'll definitely regret it." Mordy smiled mysteriously.
A sorcerer named Finn secretly slipped some treasure into his pocket while in the vault.
What he didn't know was that these treasures were tainted by Modi's curse.
He will soon pay the price.
After stuffing the new recruit into his post, Modi slipped back to Frost Tomb, locked himself in his workroom, and began drawing his own blood.
"Drawing out so much ancient blood all at once is really not pleasant."
Modi looked at the blood crystal, which was the size of his fist, and his face turned pale.
He wasn't worried that the ancient blood would decrease; as long as he was alive, it would continue to be generated.
As a product of ancient civilization, this thing is very similar to nanorobots. Even when separated from the body, it can assimilate surrounding matter to a certain extent and achieve division and proliferation.
However, those that split off after being separated from the body are no longer complete and have lost most of their original functions.
Modi took out the Grail of Stains, threw in the blood crystal formed from the condensation of ancient blood, and manipulated the Grail to transform the material.
As a divine artifact given to him by Artoria, the Holy Grail naturally has more than just the function of producing Holy Grail Blood.
In fact, it can also function as an alchemical cauldron.
"Using a divine artifact as an alchemy cauldron should be enough to forge that thing."
Modi focused his mind and concentrated on the Holy Grail, manipulating the corrupting divine power to transform the blood crystal.
The blood crystals gradually melted, transforming once more into flowing ancient blood.
As the blood flows, divine power forms runes, imprinting them on every drop of blood.
The Holy Grail ignited with divine fire, its crimson flames completely enveloping the materials. Within the raging inferno, two circular outlines were faintly visible.
Another ten days passed, and when Mo Di opened the door to his workspace again, his complexion had returned to normal.
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Elena, Mortisia, and Evelia sitting together.
He assumed the three were discussing some secret, and as he quietly approached, he heard Evelyna shouting:
"Seventeen cards and you think you can beat me? If you can, I'll just eat this whole table right now!"
Elena calmly threw a bomb, followed by a plane, clearing her hand.
"what?"
"Eat at the table, please." Elena smiled mercilessly.
Evelia glanced at the table, then quickly covered her cherry-like mouth and shook her head frantically.
"No, you really can't! It's so big, people will die!"
"Can't you just turn into your true form and eat it?" Mordy poked his head out, leaned on Elena's shoulder, and glanced at the table.
It turned out to be playing cards, the kind that are purely hand-drawn.
However, he had one question: "How did Mortis get involved? Can it play cards too?"
Mortisia manipulated two robotic arms, demonstrating her amazing card-shuffling skills to him.
"You've finally come out of seclusion." Elena ignored Evelia, who hadn't yet fulfilled her promise, and reached out to hug his neck.
Looking at the two adulterers in front of her, Evelia seemed to smell a sour scent. She puffed out her cheeks and simply went back to her room to continue working.
Mortisia, guided by her animal instincts, pulled her neck back and left.
Elena held his head, closed her eyes, and remained silent.
For a moment, only the sound of their synchronized breathing filled the room. Modi could clearly feel her body temperature and hear her heartbeat.
After a brief moment of tenderness, Modi struggled to pull his neck out of her embrace.
Feeling the emptiness in her arms, Elena instinctively reached out and grabbed him, looking at him with a questioning gaze. "Aren't you going to hold me a little longer?"
"Elena, we have important business to attend to."
Despite working tirelessly for ten days, Modi remained steadfast and immediately threw himself into serious business upon emerging from seclusion.
"Notify all officers to move all legions from the First to the Fifth Legion to the demiplane. We are about to depart."
He didn't say where he was going, but Elena understood perfectly.
A sense of urgency arose in her heart, and she vaguely heard a sudden dragon roar.
"Come to Alduhim, come here... to see me!"
The dragon's roar resonated through her soul, and Elena sensed a vague guidance.
The dragon soul was guiding her to a certain location.
"Mortis, did you hear that?" When in doubt, she would directly ask the person she trusted most.
"I heard it. That's Audurian's summons. I guess its plan is about to be completed, or has already been completed."
Mordi, who possesses dragon blood, is also on Aldurian's summoning list.
He hadn't expected the timing to be so perfect.
After hesitating for a moment, Elena finally voiced her premonition:
"I had a premonition that if we didn't confront it soon, we might end up with the worst possible outcome."
"That's why I decided to go to war now."
Modi sighed; he had the same premonition as Elena.
Ever since he learned of Elena's dragon heritage, he has regarded Audurian as his imaginary enemy.
In preparation for this inevitable moment, he made many arrangements and even won over two immortals.
In addition, he had a crazy idea.
By fusing the Stained Grail, empowering an entire demiplane, and layering it with the Bloodstained Book, I should be able to fight it.
As for the consequences of doing so? He could only say that those ten thousand-plus blood shadows were prepared for this purpose.
Elena pursed her lips, nodded, and said nothing.
She still chose to believe, to believe in Mortis who believed in her.
The cadres were gathered together, and Mody announced his decision to them.
"Isn't this too risky?" Gale and Vida both objected.
The demon cadres, led by Bazett, remained silent; they simply carried out orders.
Arken remained unmoved, instead appearing excited.
To see what the legendary Shadow of the End looks like, even death would be worth it!
Among the officers, Evelia frowned; she, too, had heard Audurian's summons.
She resisted the summons with all her might, warning, "Audurion may be summoning his own kind with ill intent; we must be careful."
"I know, but this is our only chance."
After a moment of silence, Modi still insisted on his own opinion and announced the mobilization of the army to set off.
With their new alchemical weapons, the demon legion is able to threaten most dragons and help them hold back the remaining dragons loyal to Aldurian.
Among the cadres, besides Gale, Vida, and others who were responsible for maintaining the stability of the territory, he also specially left Arken and Evelia behind to protect the territory and prevent other lords from launching a sneak attack while he was away.