Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 99 Ceremony

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

As Richie shouted, he slammed the Fire Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal he was clutching tightly in his left hand into the ancient magic circle engraved on his chest!

"Ughhh—!"

The rough, hard magic crystal easily embedded itself into his flesh, and the fire dragon-slaying magic contained within the magic crystal was fully activated at this moment. Dark red flames with an eerie hue suddenly erupted from the magic crystal, instantly igniting Richie's entire body.

Intense pain and a terrifying burning sensation instantly swept over Richie's entire body, causing him to scream in agony uncontrollably.

However, the excitement in Richie's eyes intensified as the flames around him ignited.

High in the sky, Henia looked at the crimson spell cage rushing towards him like a menacing claw, but her face showed little panic.

He couldn't move his body.

Bound by an energy that blends magic with other special powers, carrying negative emotions of resentment and hatred, it transcends the barrier of flesh and blood and begins to affect his soul.

However, Henia possesses the transcendent existence of the Black Mist Space, which can protect her soul.

Therefore, he did not panic in this situation, and even took the initiative to experience this special supernatural power.

"The idea is ingenious, and the energy intensity is sufficient, but—"

As the crimson spell cage drew ever closer, Henia's tone remained calm, though a hint of disappointment flickered in her eyes.

"However, this power is too mixed; it appears powerful on the outside, but inside it's utterly rotten!"

Henia had completely seen through the nature of the extraordinary power that Richie was using through a special ritual.

This is a special power that combines magic and the cursed power of demons.

It's just that Richie forcibly combined them together, and the two forces are still clearly distinct internally.

Therefore, breaking this force is quite simple.

Simply attack the point where magic and demonic curse power diverge.

With this thought in mind, Henia's right hand flashed out in mid-air, easily breaking free from the powerful restraints of the ancient magical ritual.

At the same time, the pure magic power within his body suddenly spread and erupted in all directions.

Without any magical transformation or alteration, it is pure and refined magic power!

The seemingly unstoppable crimson spell cage suddenly stopped a foot in front of Henia under the influence of this violent burst of magic!

It was as if there was an invisible, insurmountable chasm that relentlessly blocked the cage of crimson incantations!

Meanwhile, Richie, who was overjoyed and about to see his long-cherished plan come to fruition, could only watch helplessly as the crimson spell cage came to a complete standstill in the sky, unable to advance even an inch further.

Even Henia, who had been within his plan and locked down by the ancient substitution magic ritual until just now, broke free of the ancient lost magic ritual in a way that he could not understand at all!

In an instant, the situation reversed dramatically.

From a paradise on the verge of transformation and evolution, they plummeted to hell in an instant!

Such a huge difference was something Richie simply couldn't understand, much less accept!

"This is impossible!!"

Richie roared wildly, trying to stop the inevitable defeat by shouting at the top of his lungs.

What terrified and despaired Richie even more was that he himself was still within an ancient substitution magic ritual.

And this magical ritual is still going on!

That ancient, primal magic was still drawing upon the power of the curse from his body.

The other ritual replacement object that disappeared was replaced by his remaining life force!

Finally, after being harmonized by his life force, this primal magic and curse power were slowly injected into the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal on his chest through the ritual.

All that he did ended up becoming the wedding dress for a dragon-slaying magic crystal.

He's actually exchanging life and magic for an inanimate object?!

"No?! No! Stop it!!"

Richie panicked completely, his withered hands frantically rummaging through his body, trying to erase the ancient, lost magic circle engraved on him.

He also wanted to dig out the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal that was slowly draining his life force under the influence of a magical ritual.

However, no matter how frantically he dug and pried at his body with his withered, bony hands, he could not budge the ancient magic circle in the slightest.

Even the wounds he had inflicted on his body did not bleed at all.

All the blood that should have been in his wounds, along with his last remaining life force, was being rapidly transferred into the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal by a magical ritual.

Of course, there was also the demonic curse that existed because of his life.

"No—!"

Richie collapsed to the ground, unable to speak anymore, only able to let out a series of low growls. Even his originally hunched and emaciated body slowly dissolved at this moment, becoming another kind of even more bizarre writhing mass of flesh.

Henia slowly descended from the sky.

He looked at Richie, whose body was twisting and convulsing wildly on the ground, and felt the strange changes in the magic on Richie's body. A look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

The ancient magical ritual that Richie had painstakingly set up over half his life did not collapse or stop when Henia broke free of the ritual's constraints.

Instead, it intelligently and autonomously chose a new ritual subject, pushing Richie, who was already on the verge of ruin, into another bottomless abyss.

According to Richie's original plan, he could use the ancient magic engraved on his body to transfer his decaying life force and most of the demonic curses in his body and soul to Henia.

He, in turn, would gain access to Henia's powerful magical talent, immense magical power, and the vibrant life force inherent in youth.

As for the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal on his chest, it serves as an energy core.

Using the overwhelming power of Dragon Slayer Magic, the remaining demonic curse power within the body is suppressed. Finally, through a magical ritual, the Dragon Slayer Magic and the demonic curse are unified with ancient, primal magic.

This power, which unites ancient magic, dragons, and demons, will become an important resource for him to reach higher levels in the future.

However, fate seemed to play a cruel joke on Richie.

Not only did Henia easily break free from the magical ritual he had painstakingly constructed, but the ritual did not stop after it was destroyed; instead, it continued, treating him, the one who originally led the ritual, as a consumable in the ritual.

All the results fell into the hands of a dead object, a magical crystal.

No, no, it's fallen into—

Richie's last remaining eyeballs, still intact, were fixed on Henia not far away, his resentment and hatred reaching their peak at this moment.

However, before he could react, his last bit of will, along with the eyeball, shattered and disintegrated, merging entirely into the shimmering dark red Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal.

The ancient magical ritual vanished instantly, and the dark red magic crystal, which had been lifted into the air by magic, lost all support and fell onto the broken stone floor of the ancient castle.

Hey~

A clear, melodious sound, carrying a certain magical allure, accompanied by a strange, scorching sensation, instantly spread throughout the entire dark swamp.