On the Ark.

So he chose to escape. In the past week, he probably slept for no more than ten hours in total, and his mental state had already reached its limit.

This is why he only gave instructions instead of taking action himself at such a crucial moment tonight. But even so, when Lin Ye uttered that familiar phrase, he still broke down.

Dreams and reality seemed to intertwine at this moment.

In the dream, he was unable to resist Lin Ye and could only let Lin Ye do as he pleased. As a result, in reality, after recognizing Lin Ye, he didn't even have the will to resist. He could be said to have watched helplessly as Lin Ye cut off half of his body.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!" The immense pain jolted him awake. He finally realized this wasn't a dream, and Lin Ye wasn't an invincible nightmare. But it was too late. With only an arm, he was powerless against Lin Ye. He could only stare intently at Lin Ye, his eyes bloodshot. "You bastard, I'll never forgive you!"

Lin Ye sneered, "Looks like you've woken up from your dream, but do I still need your forgiveness?"

With that, he attacked Mephisto again. Lin Ye considered his previous attack a mistake in failing to kill Mephisto, and he didn't want any more.

Although he didn't know how he did it, it seemed that [Maple] had absorbed Nightingale's power, expanding the area of ​​the "Sanctuary" and directly silencing the sorcerers brought by Mephisto. This was a golden opportunity; he had to seize it and eliminate all the enemies in the house before the second Leap Strike ended. Otherwise, once the effect of the second Leap Strike wore off and the Holy Bell's buff ended, the double backlash might make it impossible for Lin Ye to even stand.

A swift and decisive victory!

However, the members of the Yeti Squad were also experienced warriors. When they realized that they could no longer use magic, they immediately changed their battle strategy and used their staffs as melee weapons to strike Lin Ye.

Left with no other choice, Lin Ye had to deal with the two warlocks who charged at him first. These two warlocks, who primarily relied on spell attacks, were on a completely different level from Lin Ye in his current state. With the combined buffs of Leaping Strike and Holy Bell, Lin Ye's speed, strength, and weaponry far surpassed those of the two warlocks. He could cut down a warlock with a single strike, cleaving them in two, staff and all.

So Lin Ye took less than five seconds to deal with the two troublesome sorcerers, but also allowed Mephisto to run far away.

He immediately gave chase, but Mephistopheles raised his only remaining hand and clenched it tightly, roaring, "It's not over yet!"

The next second, the two sorcerers who had been killed by Lin Ye and whose bodies were cut in two moved again, grabbing Lin Ye's legs from the left and right.

"What the hell is this?!" Lin Ye exclaimed in shock.

While he was still in a daze, Mephistopheles had already escaped from the restaurant, leaving behind only an arm and blood everywhere.

……

Faust's plan failed.

He originally intended to be patient and slowly wear down Lappland. After all, although Lappland seemed to be coming on strong, he couldn't catch up with him in a short time. And he only needed to wait for Lappland to show an opening, then he could easily defeat him.

But to his surprise, an accident occurred on Mephisto's side.

The girl they had turned into a bomb was about to be detonated by Lappland; they could feel the immense power about to leak out from him. If it were successfully detonated, it would freeze the area within a mile in an instant.

Everyone says that there are no natural disasters in Kalan, so they plan to create a small-scale "natural disaster." Everyone within the area except their own people will be turned into ice sculptures, so that they can complete the mission effortlessly.

But now, that immense power has vanished into thin air.

Faust didn't know why, because it was Frostnova's strongest technique. Apart from Frostnova, he had never seen anyone who could stop it after it was activated, not even Talulah, the leader of the Reunion Movement.

However, the fact that Frostnova's strongest technique was stopped only made Faust feel a little uneasy. What really affected him was the scream that suddenly rang out in his earpiece.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Caught off guard, Faust flinched in fright and reacted too slowly to dodge Lappland's attack.

The pure white wolf spirit grabbed him and tore off a large chunk of flesh from his shoulder.

He grunted, gritted his teeth, and shook off the wolf spirit, but he wasted time, as Lappland had already rushed to within five meters of him.

Left with no other choice, he had to confront Lappland head-on. So he used arrows as weapons and thrust them at Lappland, but in this aspect, the gap between him and Lappland was enormous.

boom.

Faust's arrow was knocked out of his hand, and he was also injured in the other shoulder by Lappland.

Upon getting close, in a single exchange, Lappland crippled Faust's hands, rendering him incapable of fighting.

Then Faust was kicked down into the snow by Lappland. He struggled to get up, but Lappland's blade was already pressed against his neck.

He looked up and met a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent. At that moment, Faust felt as if he were facing not a Lupo woman, but a ferocious wolf.

But he didn't intend to sit idly by and wait for his death. Just as Lappland was about to finish him off, he threw a black Originium from his pocket.

The Originium exploded upon landing, and the smoke from the explosion instantly engulfed him and Lappland.

Then, he entered stealth mode again and used all his strength to escape the smoke.

The smoke was specially made, emitting a pungent odor that could temporarily disable Lappland's keen sense of smell, allowing him to escape the battlefield. It was his last life-saving item. Faust couldn't remember the last time he used this item, because ever since he mastered optical camouflage, no one had been able to push him to this point.

And it wasn't just him; Mephistopheles' screams were still echoing in his ears.

He didn't know who could make Mephisto make that sound.

All he knew was that Kjerag's operation had failed, and they were unlikely to get anything from Ensiodis. They would likely lose their lives here, and even if they managed to escape, facing Talulah and Frostnova would be a major problem.

Lapland still couldn't catch up with Faust.

Faust ran all the way to the foot of the hill behind the Shivaesh family's house. When he was sure that Lappland would not be able to catch up with him in a short time, he stopped and tried to contact Mephistopheles.

But just then, he caught a glimpse of a figure on the hill behind him out of the corner of his eye. He looked up, recognized the person, and his eyes widened.

"How...how is this possible?! How could he be here?!"

……

This was a hundred miles away from the main city of Shelag, at the location of the three-tribe meeting.

Gorvin Abben felt a sense of unease.

Why was this happening? He had made thorough preparations, yet his heart was pounding faster and faster, making him restless and causing him to pace back and forth in the lounge. It wasn't until his servant reminded him that the representatives of the Shivaish family had arrived and that he needed to represent the Eben family at the meeting that he took a deep breath and tried to calm himself.

But this calm only lasted until he entered the meeting place and saw the representative of the Shivaesh family.

He was completely stunned, because the person sitting in the seat in Shiva's house was a complete stranger.

Chapter 288 The Lord of Kalan (Part 2)

"Up there, right up there." Butler Green led the Yeti Squad along the mountain path behind the mountain. "The eldest young lady and the second young lady... no, the two targets of the Shivaesh family are up there."

He seemed a little anxious, but the members of the Yeti team stopped.

Because they sensed that the "frost bombs" they had deployed had stopped.

As planned, Mephisto, along with two members of the Yeti Squad, unlocked the power stored within Irene's body, freezing the back mountain. This would allow them to capture Frostleaf and Cliffheart effortlessly, while simultaneously drawing the attention of the entire Kjerag. Then, in front of the Kjerag people, they would kill Frostleaf, the saintess of Kjerag, in the name of the Eben family, kidnap Cliffheart, and thus force SilverAsh to negotiate with them.

This is already the umpteenth generation of the project; previous plans all failed due to various unforeseen circumstances.

However, it seems that this final plan has encountered some problems.

"What's going on?" The members of the Yeti Squad exchanged glances. "Why did 'Frozen' stop?"

"Ask Mephistopheles."

One of the Yeti team members immediately contacted Mephisto. A few seconds later, Mephisto connected to the communication, but his voice sounded more tired than ever before.

"There's been a problem with 'Frozen'," Mephisto said calmly. "But it's alright. Just proceed as planned. There are so many of you, and the enemy only has one guard. You are Frostnova's elite force; surely you can't handle this guy? Keep moving forward. I'll be waiting for you all in the dining hall, and I've prepared celebratory red wine for you. Let's celebrate killing the Holy Maiden of the Shivaesh family with Shivaesh's wine."

The Yeti Squad member frowned; he sensed something odd about Mephisto's voice, but didn't suspect much. Although "Frozen" was unusable, their numbers were more than enough to defeat the Horned Peak; it would just take a little longer.

So he put down his phone and said to the rest of the team, "Proceed according to the original plan."

……

Mephisto turned off his headset, and then his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

It wasn't fear, but the pain. His entire left arm had been severed. Although he had used some tricks to temporarily stop the bleeding, preventing him from dying from blood loss, the pain was unavoidable. Maintaining a relatively calm tone and finishing the last call with the Yeti team was his limit. But there was nothing he could do. He knew the mission had failed because "Frozen" had been stopped by some unknown force, Faust was temporarily out of contact, and he himself had been severely injured by Lin Ye.

He used all his strength to hold off Lin Ye for a while, and then escaped. Although he didn't know why Lin Ye didn't chase after him, he knew very well what he should do now.

escape.

We must escape Shelag no matter what.

Although he suffered the biggest setback of his life here and lost an arm, Mephistopheles believed that as long as he could escape this hellish place and return to the Reunion Movement, he would always have a chance to make a comeback.

However, the target of their comeback was not Sherag, but Lin Ye.

Half an hour ago, he held the fate of Sherag and Lin Ye in his hands, but half an hour later, everything had reversed. He was in a sorry state, like a stray dog, and could only give the Yeti Squad one last order, telling them to buy as much time as possible for his escape. As long as they made a big enough commotion to attract Lin Ye's attention, his chances of escaping would be greater.

As for how to face Frostnova after selling the Yeti Squad... is that something he should be thinking about right now?!

"Lin Ye..." Mephisto gritted his teeth, "I'll remember you. Sooner or later, I'll kill you. And when that happens, I'll repay you a hundredfold for what you did to me!"

He leaned against the wall and limped away from the path that the butler, Green, had told him about. Once out of the path, he came to a grove of trees, and at the edge of the grove, a girl with long, brown hair stood with her back to him.

How could there be someone here?!

Mephistopheles was startled, then instantly became alert.

The brown-haired girl seemed to sense something and slowly turned around, revealing a pair of striking heterochromatic eyes to Mephisto.

"You've worked hard," the brown-haired girl said to Mephisto with a smile. "You did a pretty good job."

Although he didn't sense any danger from the girl, Mephistopheles' intuition told him that she was no ordinary person.

"What do you mean?" Mephistopheles asked in a deep voice.

"Because of how he was before, I was always worried that he would be bullied in the outside world, since I can't leave here." The girl shrugged and said in a helpless tone, "So I wanted to see how he would handle someone like you. Now it seems that although he's not outstanding, he's barely passed the mark. That way, even if he gets bullied outside, he won't lose his life so easily."

Mephistopheles sensed something was amiss: "What are you talking about?"

“What I mean is, pressure is what drives growth. Thank you for putting pressure on him.” The girl smiled as she slowly raised her hand. “To be honest, I didn’t really want to do anything to you. Even if you acted recklessly in my country, even if you demolished my temple, even if you tried to kill my saintess, I never intended to kill you. After all, as long as you’re alive, he’ll always have pressure. Otherwise, he’ll be too embarrassed to hide behind a woman all the time. But what you just said makes me a little uneasy. After all, once we leave here, I really won’t be able to protect him anymore.”

Mephistopheles' eyes widened; he guessed who the other person was: "You are..."

“My name is Messiah,” Messiah said with a smile. “I am the first person to live here.”

……

"You've finally arrived, Green."

Butler Green stopped in his tracks, staring blankly at the man who had suddenly appeared in the middle of the mountain path, his black trench coat fluttering in the wind.

"Master?" Butler Green's face was filled with disbelief. "You, how could you..."

"Will you still call me sir?" SilverAsh faced Grimm and the dozens of Yeti Squad warlocks, his expression calm. He leaned on his cane and slowly walked towards them. "Is it because you've called me that for so many years that you can't change it for now? Fine, I'll let you call me that one last time, Grim Eben."

Standing in front of SilverAsh, Green felt like he was about to stop breathing.

"When...did you find out?"

"Not too early, not too late," SilverAsh said calmly. "Are you asking me why I didn't attend the Three Races Council?"

Green Eben remained silent, but the expression on his face betrayed him.

“Actually, there aren’t that many reasons,” SilverAsh said. “It’s just a tradition in Sherag. My sister is about to embark on a long journey, and as her older brother, of course I have to be by her side on her last night.”

Clang.