Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 98 The Cage

Richie stretched out his withered, bony right hand, trying desperately to grab something, but his old, decaying body was no match for the pull of gravity and could only fall to the ground along with the countless shattered stone slabs around him.

"Henia!!"

Hearing the shout, which was even hoarser and more frantic than he remembered, Henia frowned slightly.

He suspected that the old man who had luckily obtained the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal might be a hidden researcher of dark magic.

But to everyone's surprise, the old man was none other than Richie, who had bought him from the slave cart when he was a child!

"That old ghost is really persistent—"

As Richie fell into the ruins of the collapsed castle, Henia controlled her magic and slowly descended.

He could clearly sense that although Richie's own life force was as weak as a candle flickering in the wind, this last bit of flame was strangely tenacious.

The aftershocks of the magic that damaged the castle's outer defenses earlier wouldn't kill this old man who was an expert in dark magic.

And things turned out exactly as Henia had predicted.

As soon as he landed, a violent commotion arose from the ruins of the ancient castle that buried Richie.

Several scarlet arms, formed from eerie black runes, stubbornly grew from the cracks in the ruins.

It spread out.

The moment those rubble stones came into contact with the spell-inscribed arm, they quickly transformed into streams of scarlet, malevolent liquid that merged into the spell-inscribed arm.

Immediately afterwards, Richie, who was laughing maniacally and coughing incessantly, was lifted up by several spell-inscribed arms and returned to the surface from the rubble.

At this moment, Richie's right arm also transformed into a bizarre shape similar to the spell-inscribed arms around him.

The evil incantations continued to writhe and grow within the flesh and blood, while the originally normal flesh, blood, muscles and bones were completely transformed into a strange liquid substance that emitted a scarlet light.

"There are too many unknown dangers and dark magic inside the castle. Even the Ten Wizard Saints would not be able to enter safely if they went in directly."

However, because the castle has existed for so long, the dark magic array that maintains all the magic within it is on the verge of damage.

Richie finally caught his breath from his violent coughing, but instead of stopping, he praised Henia, who was not far away, with a fervent tone of admiration.

"So instead of choosing the conventional method of entry, you directly used brute force to disrupt the balance of the entire castle from the outside!"

The combined power of Fire Design and Lightning Design magic is truly terrifying.

Henia, you're very clever! And your abilities are more than enough to realize your vision, but one, 7

Richie was laughing for a moment, then abruptly changed the subject, his face, which looked like a demon's skull, instantly filled with extreme rage!

"But! You have destroyed the treasures and research that I have spent my entire life on!"

You deserve to die!

As soon as he finished speaking, Richie could no longer bear it. He angrily swung his scarlet spell-inscribed arm, and instantly the other huge spell-inscribed arms around him condensed into a hideous three-legged beast that enveloped Richie completely.

The crimson three-legged beast raised its head and let out a sharp roar that could distort and corrupt the minds of ordinary people. The next moment, it twisted its rugged, crimson, sticky body and pounced on Henia with a shriek.

Henia immediately realized that Richie had most likely been cursed by something strange while researching black magic.

This three-legged beast is probably the embodiment of its curse combined with some kind of demonic power!

Therefore, he must not be touched by this dirty thing.

In the blink of an eye, just as the three-legged beast was about to pounce on Henia, Henia manipulated the lightning-shaped magic, transforming into a silver lightning wing and disappearing into the sky, which the three-legged beast could not reach!

At the same time, hundreds of feathers formed from silver lightning were wrapped in a layer of crimson flames, transforming into sharp arrows that launched a continuous attack on the roaring and shrieking three-legged beasts below.

However, to Henia's surprise, even with the combined power of Thunder Shape and Fire Shape magic, he was unable to inflict any effective damage on the three-legged beast below.

Henia could only suppress the three-legged beast's movements by relying on the constant bursts of lightning and fire.

However, despite enduring such a violent and continuous attack, Richie inside the three-legged beast did not continue to succumb to madness and anger.

He looked up at Henia high in the sky, and dark runes gradually appeared in his cloudy eyes.

"Although your unexpected and brutal attack has ruined the arrangements I had made in the castle over a long period of time."

But if you think this will ruin my plans, you're being far too naive!

Upon hearing this, Henia looked completely bewildered. What exactly had he ruined this crazy old man's plan?

Soon, Richie showed Henia the answer.

Inside the three-legged beast, Richie slowly took out a dark red magic crystal from his pocket. The crystal radiated intense magical power and the terrifying pressure of some powerful creature.

A magic crystal containing fire-based dragon-slaying magic!

"Hahaha, you really want it, don't you? This Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal!"

Richie gripped the magic crystal, which radiated terrifying heat, in his left hand, showing no intention of letting go even though his palm was already scorched and emitting large amounts of black smoke.

He laughed heartily, but the madness in his eyes slowly faded, and a strange clarity suddenly appeared on his face.

Henia's pupils contracted sharply as she watched this scene, and she had already guessed who had leaked the information about the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal.

"Indeed! It was I who actively spread the news about this magic crystal!"

Richie slowly raised the magic crystal in his left hand above his head, and through the translucent crystal, looked at Henia, who was flapping her silver lightning wings high in the sky.

The special flame runes inside the magic crystal completely overlapped with Henia's figure.

"I had originally planned to give up and go all out, but I never expected that you would eventually break free from the category of those inferior mortals, successfully realize your talent, and take that crucial step."

The title of "Thunder of Murder" came at just the right time!

Richie laughed heartily, his eyes becoming increasingly rational, and even the dark runes that had been constantly writhing in his eyes began to dissipate and fade away.

"Even more fortunately, you are also collecting information about Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals."

All of this is truly a reward from the gods for the hardships I've endured throughout my life!

Richie had completely regained his senses, and the strangeness on his right arm had completely disappeared at this moment. Even the scarlet three-legged beast that had been tightly enveloping him began to collapse and dissolve.

"Back then, I was the one who rescued you from your cage. Now, it's time for you to repay me!"

Richie shouted, and the black robe covering his body suddenly burst open, revealing a withered body inscribed with an ancient magic circle.

The next instant, the ancient magic slowly activated, and the three-legged beasts around Richie completely dissipated, transforming into a scarlet cage that suddenly enveloped Henia in the sky!

"Free this old man from the prison of curses!"