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Chapter 291: Space Confinement Orb (Two more chapters, words, please subscribe)

Is it to heal wounds or to prolong life?

This question left Fiona silent, and her silence spoke for itself.

If that's the case, all the information is connected.

It seems the truth has come to light.

Augustus was seriously injured in the battle with the Blood King ten years ago. His life is coming to an end and he can only rely on the sap of the Ancient Tree of Life to survive every month.

But this method cannot last long. The only way for him to survive is to transform into a lich.

As long as he puts his soul into the phylactery, he can break free from the shackles of his body and become immortal.

This also explains why the life box is a crystal bottle.

It also explains why there is Moon Well water in the phylactery.

The elves like to use crystal bottles as containers, and Augustus has a high status among the elves. As long as he wants, he can access the Moon Well at any time.

Likewise, this explains why the call-up occurred.

Augustus is the great arcanist of the elves and the greatest arcanist left in the world of Quel'dorei.

He was good at space magic. When Xie Shien opened the cork of the crystal bottle in the human world, he felt the breath of the Moon Well spring water across space, and then used magic to influence the conscription.

In addition, Lu Heng also thought of the secret that Dionysus told before his death.

I couldn’t guess what the secret was at the time, but now I finally understand what it is.

Dionysus was a lich, and he probably knew the secret of Augustus' transformation into a lich.

This secret was indeed enough to bring ruin to Augustus, so he wanted to use this secret to exchange for a chance to survive.

If this is the case, another contradiction arises.

When Dionysus wanted to tell the secret, it was the elven sword saint Teris who silenced him.

In other words, Tyrese knew that Augustus was going to transform into a lich.

So Tyreese also betrayed the elves?

No, something doesn't seem right.

Lu Heng carefully recalled the process of contact with Tyrese. The concern that Tyrese showed for Queen Orianna did not seem fake.

Moreover, he taught me the Wind Dragon's Breath Slash so that I could solve the crisis of the elves.

From this point of view, it is impossible for Tyrese to betray the elves.

If he did not betray the elves, why did he silence Dionysus and why did he keep the secret for Augustus?
Lu Heng couldn't think of a reason, so he asked, "Do you think Terris will betray the elves?"

When Fiona heard this, she was shocked again and blurted out: "Impossible..."

However, she became less confident halfway through her words.

If someone had asked her yesterday: Would Augustus betray the elves?
She would also answer without hesitation: Impossible!

However, everything that happened before her eyes made her faith collapse.

The great arcanist Augustus wanted to betray the elves and transform into a lich.

This was a devastating blow to the fate of the elves.

If even the elven swordmaster Tyrese betrays, does the elf race still have a future?
She looked puzzled and asked, "What do you mean? Why did you mention Lord Terris?"

Lu Heng thought for a moment and replied, “In fact, it was not me who destroyed the Dionysus phylactery, but Teres.

"At that time, Dionysus wanted a secret in exchange for his life, and the secret he mentioned was about Augustus.

"He said at the time that this secret would bring ruin to Augustus.

“I couldn’t guess what the secret was then, but I know now.

“As a lich, Dionysus should know the secret of Augustus’ transformation into a lich.

“When he was about to tell the secret, Tyrese intervened and destroyed the phylactery with one sword.

"This is an obvious attempt to silence someone. Tyrese is keeping a secret for Augustus.

"So, I suspect that Tyreese has also betrayed the elves."

Fiona shook her head vigorously: "Impossible, impossible..."

She couldn't believe it. If two of the three most powerful elven elders betrayed the elves, the elves would lose the will to survive.

Lu Heng frowned and thought: "I also think that Terris will not betray the elves, so why did he help Augustus keep the secret?"

No one here can guess the reason. Lu Heng can’t guess it, Fiona can’t guess it, and no one here can guess it.

Since I can’t think of it, I’d rather not think about it.

Lu Heng pulled out the Aurora Blade and said, "Let's find a way out first. Everyone, please move aside. I want the strength of this space magic."

Everyone stepped aside, Lu Heng released the source energy, and slashed a crack of sword light at the barrier of space restriction.

The sword light of the crack slashed into the space restriction, and the space twisted and shattered, revealing a crack.

However, the crack was not big, and the space orb above his head began to rotate, releasing circles of arcane energy, which closed the gap in the blink of an eye.

When Lu Heng saw this scene, his brows immediately frowned.

Although the Rift Slash can break through this space restriction, the crack created is too small.

What's more troublesome is that this space orb can repair the forbidden barrier.

Seeing this scene, Lu Heng’s first thought was to exhaust the energy of the space orb through multiple rift slashes.

However, this idea only flashed through my mind and then was thrown away.

Because when the space orb was rotating just now, streams of arcane energy flowed out from the dome of the magic hall and merged into the space orb.

In other words, the entire magic tower is supplying energy to the space orb.

If one wants to compete the power of a magic tower with that of a human, even if one uses up all his energy, he can't consume half of the energy of the magic tower.

In addition to Lu Heng and his two other companions, Fiona and her two deputies were also trapped in the space restriction.

Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu do not have any spatial abilities and have no way to deal with spatial restrictions.

Therefore, Lu Heng could only look at Fiona and asked, "Is there any way to break the space restriction?"

Fiona shook her head and replied, "It's useless. This is not just the magic released by a space orb. We are trapped in the magic tower. Except for Augustus, no one in the Quel'dorei world can break this space magic."

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "What should we do? Just wait here?"

In fact, for human beings with special abilities, being trapped here is not particularly bad.

If you can drag on for up to 30 days, you can return to the main world.

The loss is simply the inability to complete the challenge mission and the lack of divine energy.

It is different for the elves. Augustus' betrayal of the Quel'dorei will bring about a huge crisis, possibly even a crisis of genocide.

Therefore, Fiona was more anxious than Lu Heng, but she knew the magic tower too well and knew that with her ability, she could not break through this restriction.

……

As the energy of the magic tower was not fully consumed, Lu Heng did not want to give up, so he waited until the source energy was fully restored and used the Rift Slash again.

The sword split the space restriction, leaving a two-meter-long sword mark, but it was only three fingers wide, so it was impossible to break out through this crack.

Lu Heng took out an ordinary D-level weapon and inserted it into the space crack.

As the space orb rotated, the cracks in the space restriction slowly healed, cutting the D-level weapon into two pieces, and the tip of the sword fell outside the restriction.

"It seems that not everything can be released." Seeing this, Lu Heng began to think about ways to get out.

Wait until the source energy is restored for the second time, and then cut out the sword light again.

The moment a crack appeared in the space restriction, Su Muyu released the Chongming Bird and flew out through the crack.

However, when the spatial restriction was closed and the spatial connection was cut off, the Chongming Bird lost the connection and fell to the ground.

The energy of the Chongming Bird did not dissipate, but no matter how hard Su Muyu tried, he could not make the Chongming Bird move.

Su Muyu frowned and thought for a long time, then said, "Try again, I'll see if the Life Vine can work."

The two tried again and again, and when the source energy was fully restored, they swung out with a sword to split the space restriction, and then tried to send out various skills and props. However, after trying many times, no matter what props it was, when the space restriction was healed, it would be cut into two parts by space.

The only thing that is a little different is the vine of life.

Su Muyu condensed the Life Vine into seeds and threw them outside the restriction. The Life Vine seeds would germinate and then grow into Life Vine.

The vines of life are wrapped around the magic tower and continue to grow.

Every time Lu Heng broke the restriction, Su Muyu would release the source energy of the Life Vine, allowing the Life Vine to continue growing.

I don't know how many times this happened, but the vines of life covered the entire top of the magic tower.

"If someone can see the vine of life, perhaps they can find us." This was the only solution Su Muyu could think of.

Although it's a bit passive, it's all we can do.

As the vines of life grew more and more luxuriant, after a day and a night, the entire magic tower changed from its original bright blue to emerald green, and the tower was covered with vines of life.

Half a day ago, the Elf Guards discovered the vines of life on the magic tower, but ordinary Elf guards did not have the authority to enter the magic tower.

The Elven Guards could only report this situation, but now Queen Orianna had gone to Lake Luna, Archmage Augustus was nowhere to be found, and General Fiona was also missing.

A large number of blood demons appeared outside the city of Kolos, causing the elven city to fall into chaos and panic.

After a day and a night, Eric, the captain of the Elf Guard, finally broke through the interception of the blood demons and returned to the city of Kolos.

He first looked for Fiona in the city, but couldn't find her, so he finally climbed up the magic tower.

Fiona saw Eric appear and saw the blood on his armor, so she asked quickly, "What happened in the city?"

Eric wiped the blood off his chest armor and explained, "The Abyss Summoner opened the portal, and a large number of blood demons poured in. The city guards have closed the city gates for defense. The blood demons cannot break into the city for the time being, but the situation is very critical."

Fiona punched the space restriction and said, "Quick! Unlock the restriction and let us out!"

Eric tried many methods, but his arcane talent was very average, he knew very little magic, and he had no way of breaking the restrictions set by the great arcanist.

He ran out and called a team of arcanists, and tried various methods, but still couldn't break it.

Fiona quickly asked, "Where is Augustus? Where is Augustus now?"

Eric looked a little surprised because Fiona called Augustus by his name without adding the word "Sir", which seemed a little disrespectful.

"I don't know. The Elf Guard was also looking for Lord Augustus, but they couldn't find him. The Queen is not in the city either. General Elrondo and General Keldrin are also on missions out of town. Now there are only a few captains commanding the guards to resist the blood demons." Eric's tone was also a little hurried.

Fiona looked at the arcanists who were casting spells and asked, "How long will it take? How long will it take to open the ban?"

The arcanists looked helpless: "This is the restriction of the magic tower. We can't do anything about it."

Fiona knew that now was not the time to lose her temper, so she suppressed her anger and thought quickly about countermeasures.

Lu Heng reminded, "We need to call back the elven elders who can control the situation. Augustus may be performing a transformation ritual. Seren, Tyrese, or whoever it is, call one back to take charge of the situation. Only they have the ability to break this space restriction."

Fiona nodded in agreement and said loudly, "Quick! Send a message to Seren and Tyrese, telling them that Koros is in a critical situation and needs their help."

"Yes, I'll pass the message right away." Eric hurried out and arranged for the arcanist to use magic to deliver the message.

……

As the portal of the bloodline opened, a large number of bloodline demons poured into the Quel'dorei world.

The city of Kolos closed its gates to defend against the attack of the blood demons.

Fortunately, Kolos City is a mighty city built by the elves over thousands of years, and it has strong defenses. Even if there are no elders in the city, it can still withstand the attacks of the blood demons.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Another half day passed.

A sword light appeared and repelled the army of blood demons.

Afterwards, Terris climbed to the top floor of the magic tower and saw several people trapped in the space restriction with puzzled expressions on their faces.

"How is this going?"

Lu Heng was worried that he and Augustus were in the same group, so he didn't explain and said directly: "Quickly remove the ban and let us out."

Tyreese narrowed his eyes and said, "Wait a minute, what did you do? You're trapped here."

Lu Heng was immediately amused: "I was just wondering what you want to do? Are you going to betray the elves too?"

Tyrese's eyes turned cold and he snorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? You didn't come here to rob treasures and get trapped? You took advantage of the blood demons attacking Kolos City and then took advantage of the situation to rob."

Since there was a raiding team among the last batch of humans recruited, it was hard for the elves not to think in this direction.

Lu Heng pointed at Fiona next to him with a straight face and said, "So she's here to rob too?"

Tyrese was also confused and asked, "Fiona, what's going on?"

Fiona didn't want to tell Augustus about his betrayal, she was unwilling to accept it in her heart.

Lu Heng had no choice but to speak for her: "Augustus has betrayed you. If you are not in the same group with him, open the ban immediately!"

Tyrese was stunned and refuted loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Lu Heng's eyes darkened and he questioned, "Ten days ago, you destroyed Dionysus's phylactery. Wasn't it to keep a secret from Augustus? It's so obvious to silence him, how dare you say you didn't know?"

When Tyrese heard this question, his expression froze. He scratched his scalp with his hand and asked, "What do you want to do? Augustus is the greatest arcanist of the Quel'dorei."

Lu Heng didn't want to continue talking nonsense with him, so he asked, "Let me ask you, do you know Augustus' secret? The secret that could bring him down."

Tyrese's expression darkened, and he angrily shouted, "This is not something you, a human being, should be concerned about!"

Lu Heng immediately retorted: "Yes, I shouldn't ask. Then you can just wait for Augustus to transform into a lich and destroy the city of Kolos."

Tyrese was stunned, his eyes full of confusion: "What do you mean? Augustus is going to transform into a lich?"

"You're still pretending not to know? The secret that Dionysus wanted to tell you, the secret that you silenced, is that Augustus was transformed into a lich. We have all seen his phylactery."

Now that things have come to this point, Lu Heng simply revealed all the secrets.

Tyrese looked at Fiona with disbelief on his face and asked, "Is what he said true?"

Fiona lowered her head in sorrow, then nodded.

It was as if a bomb exploded in Terris's head, and he was completely stunned: "How is this possible!"

Lu Heng snorted coldly: "Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?"

Given Tyrese's identity, there was no need to act to this extent.

If he is really in cahoots with Augustus, he can just take action and kill everyone here.

Tyrese's head was buzzing as he digested this astonishing information.

"I didn't know Augustus was going to transform into a lich. Regardless of whether what you said is true or not, I will release you first and then find Augustus."

As he spoke, he broke the hub of the magic tower with a sword, cutting off the supply of magical energy.

Without the energy from the magic tower, the restriction formed by the space orb was quickly broken.

The space orb fell from mid-air. Lu Heng reached out to catch it and quickly glanced at its attributes.

[Space Confinement Orb]

[Item Level: S-level]

[Specifications: diameter 20 cm, weight 1.6 kg]

[Attribute: Spirit +10]

[Special Effect: Energy Amplification]

[Divine Skill: Space Confinement]

[Space Confinement: Releases a spherical space restriction with a radius of 10 meters, confining all targets in the area. The space inside the restriction is isolated from the outside world, and the target cannot use any teleportation or space-related skills to escape the restriction until the restriction is lifted by external forces or reaches the upper limit of the duration.]

[Evaluation: This ancient gem contains a deep and mysterious power of space, and a faint blue light flows on its surface, as if it can see through and distort the cracks in time and space. The power it contains has gone through countless years, and it still emits heart-pounding energy fluctuations. ]

Before Augustus took action, he said that this [Space Confinement Orb] was used to exchange for the [Magic Secret Book of the Great Arcanist].

They are all S-level treasures, so it’s not a loss if we exchange them.

I'm just not sure if what Augustus said still counts.

Lu Heng didn't care about anything else and put it away first. Then, together with Tyrese and Fiona, he quickly walked out of the magic tower and tried to find a way to solve the crisis facing the elves.

(End of this chapter)