Chapter 499 A Wild Desition

Chapter 499 A Wild Desition

The Human Saint, a figure of immense influence in the Human Empire of the Domain, died a death where even his body was not left intact, a deserving death for a blind traitor.

However, where his death closed the slit in space, acting as the gate for the Devourer beasts to flood the area, his death also fueled the growing dark portal that now stood as a giant ominous hole in the fabric of reality.

It was surprising because Alex was expecting the portal to close as the power source was cut off, but it seemed that the last crystal was not on Zanthean.

Alex was no longer in contact with anyone, so he did not know if the last crystal was located or not and if they had any chance of closing the growing portal.

Alex felt really frustrated with the entire situation as nothing was going right, and even his little mission was edging closer to failure, with him seeing little to no success in sight, and he could do nothing but wait, hoping for the best.

What followed after Zanthean's death was a complete blood bath, as the summoned devourer beasts numbering close to a hundred, led by the nine humanoid creatures, all went on a mad rampage.

Elder Darrien chained every moving thing in blood chains, but where the maddened beasts struggled to break a few chains, the humanoid creatures broke free in mere moments.

Unlike the beastly creatures, who showed no elemental abilities and struggled against their restraints with brute strength alone, the Humanoid creatures were different.

Few of them completely erased the chains using a veil of dark energy, shattered them into pieces with brute strength, or ate them like candy by manifesting faceless jaws created out of dark energy, with one of them even vanishing like a ghost.

Alex couldn't gauge their strength, but he knew that if Elder Darrien wanted to, he could kill them in no time.

However, he understood that they were only here to become fuel for the portal, and that was the only reason the beastly creatures were in chains and not reduced to a pile of blood and gore.

However, the devourer beasts didn't need Elder Darrien to kill them, as the Humanoid creatures, freed from chains, moved on to their underlings with the sole intention of killing them.

Elder Darrien protected the chained beasts as he dealt with the humanoid figures, but he couldn't save everyone when everyone was trying to kill everyone.

Now that it had happened for the second time, Alex knew for certain that the potion effects that protected him also made it impossible for the elemental domains to affect him, and at that moment, it was less of a blessing and more of a curse.

'Two minutes and eleven more seconds,' Alex thought, looking at the countdown, still hoping to pull off, but with every failed attempt, he was losing hope and was getting frustrated.

The following minute and a half passed quickly before finally, the elders, the entity, demons, and the six Chaos Generals appeared with all of the Devourer beasts missing, but that was the last of the concerns.

Leviathan, the Duke of Envy, was holding the winged entity who was insnared in blue ethereal chains, and the six unconscious Chaos generals, while both Elders were frozen in place suspended in the sky, ensnared by similar bonds whose ends were attached to thin air.

"I will be leaving, but you two are welcome to follow me," Leviathan uttered as he shifted toward the still-growing gateway and quickly disappeared into it with the struggling entity.

Alex stood frozen, watching the scene unfold, unable to comprehend how both of the Elders could be immobilized, and seeing them in such a vulnerable state, the gears in his mind shifted.

Alex quickly decided that if Leviathan was going to attack them, he would use the continental teleportation on them, disregarding the emergency quest altogether.

After Leviathan entered the gateway and the last of the Six creatures disappeared into it, Alex saw the blue ethereal bonds cracking before shattering into nothingness.

Alex felt relieved that both elders were safe and not in any real trouble as he expected, but he also realized that his target was gone, and less than half a minute was left before the quest time ran out.

Alex did not know what would be the consequences of his failure, but seeing the visibly angered and shaken expression of his Elders, he knew that the winged entity was important, and it being dragged away in bonds could only mean it was very important to Ahrimon.

'What should I do?' Alex questioned as the panic clutched his heart, not knowing what calamity the world would suffer if he failed to save that entity.

The adrenaline rush from all the ups and downs was not helping Alex think clearly, as he was imagining the worst of the worst, so as he took deep breaths, he looked at the glowing portal.

'I can always use teleportation to return to the Domain,' Alex pondered as he rushed into the portal, making a decision that would change a lot for many people.