The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 145 The Mastermind's Death Message

“Just now, Prince Elf was controlled by the enemy’s mental power.”

"In order to prevent himself from attacking His Majesty Elian and me, His Highness, in his last moment of lucidity, chose to mutilate himself, thus rendering himself incapable of action."

Seymour, the moon spirit who was panting heavily, explained in a serious and tragic tone.

Upon seeing the Sun Elf Prince lying in a pool of blood, having escaped control in such a gruesome manner, the Moon Elves, Wood Elves, and humans present couldn't help but show a degree of respect.

Glory is the lifeblood of the Sun Elf.

Seymour's lips curled slightly, the words Prince Elf spoke to him via telepathy just moments before he plunged the sword into his own body echoing in his ears:
"Please, Seymour."

"Please don't tell anyone what I did at the hotel."

Seymour agreed.

He knew that what Prince Elf was referring to was—

"They planted a traceless alchemical bomb in the inn where the elven delegation was staying, maliciously sabotaging the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries."

Your Highness Elf, if you hadn't brought it up, I would have forgotten about it long ago... At this point, I guess only a rigid, calculating, and face-conscious Sun Elf like you would still be thinking about this...

Seymour thought, feeling both annoyed and amused.

After such a life-or-death battle against a common enemy, the differences between the people—whether they were sun elves, moon elves, or humans—became insignificant.

"Your Highness Elf, I will treat you immediately."

A moon elf priestess ran to Prince Elf's side, cast a divine spell, and her hands shone brightly as she healed the severely wounded and exhausted prince.

At the same time, the numerous humans and elves present, still possessing fighting power, all looked ahead at their common enemy—

The Emerald Dragon of the Mastermind.

At this moment, the brilliance on the brain on the back of this ancient dragon had faded, becoming dim and lifeless.

More than a dozen golden arrows were stuck in the grooves of the cerebral cortex, and blood kept flowing out.

After overdrawing its psionic energy and suffering severe damage, the mainframe is extremely weak and can no longer exert legendary-level power.

Currently, he is only equivalent to a ninth-ring psionicist.

"Great master, what should we do next?"

Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, watched in terror as the humans and elves approached step by step—Princess Leah, Seymour, Elion, and two ninth-ring human archmages… mentally seeking her master's opinion:
“Master, although your mental power is exhausted, I can still fight. I am, after all, an ancient dragon; I can give it a try…”

"suicide."

The mastermind's concise and clear voice echoed in Jade's heart.

why?
In the heart of this cunning green dragon, countless feelings of resentment and hatred resounded.

I am clearly a descendant of a great noble family in the Dragon Empire, destined to rule the lands of the eastern part of this continent, and I have merged with my great master...

Under the arrangement of my great master, I had already made contact with the dragons who were heading to another continent, and was working hard for the revival of the great empire...

why?
Am I destined to face this fate?
"suicide."

The mastermind's voice rang out again, cold and ruthless.

It doesn't care about its own destruction.

In any case, it is merely a brain cell of the Mind Flayer fleet in a distant land, a tiny, insignificant cornerstone of the "Mind Flayer Empire" plan, the "Extinguish the Sun" plan, and the "God Creation" plan.

This conspiracy against the Sun Elf Crown Prince is nothing short of a high-stakes gamble.

If successful, the Mind Flayers will dominate the Elven court, eliminate the human kingdom of Eldoron as an "unstable factor," and clear the way for the three subsequent plans.

If we fail, it doesn't matter.

The green dragon nodded stiffly.

He could not disobey his master's orders.

In the next instant, the dragon's eyes became unfocused, and the brain on its back lost all color and luster, withering away instantly.

—【Soul Spontaneous Combustion】(Psychic Ability)!
The mastermind dragon destroyed itself.

At the cost of the complete annihilation of its own spirituality, it sent a message.

"what?"

The crowd, who had been bracing themselves for the ancient green dragon's desperate counterattack, were astonished to see the massive dragon, as large as a small mountain, fall to the ground.

"Did the jade commit suicide?"

"We don't have to fight this mutated dragon with a brain on its back anymore?"

At first, everyone was surprised, then they jumped for joy, celebrating the victory:

"We won."

"We have destroyed the mutated green dragon and successfully rescued Princess Leah."

"Lady Helen, Lady Kad, Lady Tina, we have just received news—we have successfully annihilated all the invaders on the southern border of Eldoron!"

……

Below the cliff, in the city of mind-stealers.

Sensing the sudden disappearance of the honeycomb mind network, the mind-stealers, who were still stubbornly resisting, immediately looked gloomy:

"I can't hear any sound at all."

"The great mastermind has been extinguished."

"we lose."

The remaining 100-odd Mind Flayers, still capable of fighting, had lost all will to fight and had given up resisting.

They either escaped in the chaos, fleeing into the deeper darkness of the earth; or were killed and captured by humans and elves; or were transformed into stone statues and small animals...

Above the cliff, in front of the corpse of the main brain dragon, Emerald.

Humans and elves high-fived each other, celebrating their joyous victory.

At Elian's deliberate reminder, Seymour, who had previously been affected by the Tadpole Breath, received the priest's Advanced Restoration spell, which killed the Mind Flayer tadpoles parasitizing his body, thus saving him from being transformed into a Mind Flayer.

The weakened Princess Lia and Prince Elf sat together, receiving divine healing from the priest.

【Restoration】, 【Soul Healing】, and 【Peace of Mind】 are healing Princess Lia's severely wounded soul. 【Rejuvenation】 and 【Vibrant Aura】 are repairing Prince Elf's severely injured body.

At this moment, a beaming Seymour placed his hands on their shoulders:
"You two did a great job. You are worthy of being His Majesty Larklai's children."

The great sorcerer Helen also walked to Princess Leah's side and sat down:
"Thank you for saving us earlier, Princess Leah."

"It's nothing, it's a small matter for me. Besides, you also protected those unconscious elves." Lia waved her hand, trying to sound relaxed, despite her headache.

"By the way, Your Highness, you just said that after returning to your country, you would strive to take the lead in establishing trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries?" Helen asked again, as if to confirm.

"Yes. I won't break my promise," Princess Lia said with a faint smile.

Seeing this, with the sun and moon elves and humans joyfully celebrating this happy moment, Princess Lia suddenly felt a pang of emotion:
"It's funny to think about it now. Last year, we were even at war with each other."

“I even recognized several human mages in this team—including you and that bald guy, who fought against me before.”

"Only a year has passed, and we've actually sat down together and become friends."

Princess Lia spoke while gazing at Elian, who stood alone in front of her, covered in blood and silent.

"Yes, I never imagined we could be so closely united..."

Helen also looked in Elian's direction, but suddenly froze before she could speak.

She suddenly recalled that night in the first year of the empire.

At that time, she and Gutt watched as the human emperor projected a dimensional model of the "Giant Wheel" and recounted the grand journey of the future. Their hearts, once filled with fear, were now filled with a primal thirst for knowledge.

They recited their oath of loyalty together in the evening breeze, and it remains so to this day.

Isn't the Sun Elf Princess Lia today just like herself and Gutt were in the past?
Helen's thoughts were racing, and after a long while she finally spoke:

"I feel that His Majesty El-Erian seems to possess a special kind of magic, capable of uniting everyone around him..."

Tonight, Eldoron faces an unprecedentedly powerful foe: a mid-level legendary, two low-level legendary, an underground city composed of hundreds of near-high-level monsters, and even a terrifying legion of half-dragons and an underground slave army. This is not something any super-strong individual in Helen's knowledge could handle alone.

It was Elion who united all forces—including the humans, sun elves, and moon elves who had previously been at odds—placed each combatant in the right position, and commanded the entire war, ultimately winning the war!

Ahead, the figure of that silent emperor seemed to grow even more imposing.

In the past, His Majesty Elion conquered the chiefs; now, he has conquered the Elven crown prince.

She could hardly imagine how vast and terrifying a force would be united around Elian in this distant future.

……

Humans and elves cheered.

Elian himself, like the only outlier in this party, seemed oblivious to the cheers and jubilation of the crowd, standing alone with a calm and solemn expression.

He walked step by step to the dragon's corpse, without saying a word.

At the moment the mainframe died, the detection spell he kept on his body sensed a surging psionic signal being transmitted by the mainframe to a distant place.

This is a death message delivered at the cost of the complete annihilation of the soul of a mid-level legendary psychic, and it is virtually impossible to stop.

"I estimate that the Mind Flayer ships and mainframes on other planets will soon find out what happened tonight..."

"I'm afraid that in the near future, Eldoron will face an even more powerful enemy..."

As Elian pondered this, he turned his head to look at the humans and elves who were joyfully celebrating their victory, and smiled faintly.

Compared to thwarting a Mind Flayer's plot, the most valuable gift of this operation was that it allowed many humans and elves to temporarily set aside their differences and conflicts.

Clearly, uniting such a small group of moon elves and two sun elves is not enough to shake the stubborn ten sun elf families, let alone completely conquer the elven royal court.

But at least, it's a positive and proactive step.

The future is still long.

Conquer all races, and gather the strength of all to resist the alien gods...

Elian turned around and addressed the crowd behind him:
"Alright, everyone, take a break."

"But don't forget, we still have two more tasks to complete."

"First, search this monster city and distribute the spoils."

"Including prisoners who can be used as living test subjects for mages, the city's instruments and extraordinary items, the dragon blood, scales, and teeth of the ancient dragon Emerald, and so on."

"Secondly, interrogate these octopus heads who are hiding behind the curtain and manipulating conspiracies."

Elian smiled:
"We still have many questions that we need to get answers from these monsters."

"Including, where did these octopus-headed monsters come from? What special powers do they use? Which god created them? What conspiracy are they plotting? And where are their other companions..."

El-Erian believed this could be an opportunity.

This will expose the Mind Flayer's plot, and even the secrets of the "War of the End Times" and the "Faraway Kingdom" in another dimension, to the Elven race!

……

The psychic power transmitted by the mastermind before its death was rapidly transmitted to multiple different planes and planets via the astral plane.

Within this area are several other underground strongholds on this planet, the dark red demonic star "Hada," a remote planet recently conquered by the Mind Flayer warship, and a certain level of the bottomless abyss...

(End of this chapter)