Chapter 690 Enemy on the Road

Chapter 690 Enemy on the Road

Twenty days later...

Vicente and his group had made good progress on their journey north, having successfully overcome the creatures and challenges along their path.

The effects of The Seven-Day Tsunami had completely vanished, and with many beings on the continent fearing The Purification, the route through the Polaris Realm was now exceptionally clear.

Furthermore, with Casey's fourth pentagram, which endowed him with the ability to alter the temporal perception of his targets, the whole group had grown stronger.

Casey's ability allowed him to make his targets feel that time was passing more or less slowly. He could also induce his targets to behave in more immature ways, reminiscent of their childhood, making them feel as if they were reliving different times in their lives.

How did this help in combat? Well, anything that could delay defensive or offensive reactions, distract opponents and make them weaker helped a lot in any situation.

Not only that but when a magician added a new essence to their magical form, all the others became stronger, even if they didn't evolve qualitatively.

In a way, their magical foundation became more solid and reliable with more pentagrams.

In short, the group had overcome all the challenges in their path and had come much closer to their next destination, the Hot Wasteland.

Today, the group was only a week away from their destination, and they were currently flying toward the northwestern border of the Kingdom of Eternal Dawn.

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It was late at this point, and the brightness of the day was gradually fading as night approached the area they were passing through.

A few dozen meters below them, a vast forest of sparse woods and grassy fields stretched as far as the eye could see.

Magical creatures of the first four levels of magic could be seen here in droves, but most of them did not move very far from where they lived.

Still, weaker and less rational creatures roamed the area and sometimes got into trouble, which was natural in areas like this.

Vicente's group obviously wouldn't run into anything like that on their way. One big advantage the Sovereigns had over weaker magicians was their ability to fly.

Lina and Casey immediately began to use their powers, making their pentagrams appear as their group stopped flying toward their destination.

Not long after that, the Mid-level Paragon flying toward them stopped just after getting close enough to the group to talk to them.

Seeing the faces of these Sovereigns, he couldn't help but smile at the sight of a group with so many prodigies.

But the one who caught his attention the most was the young man he was chasing, the one who had raised the alarm at his organization's headquarters weeks ago.

He locked eyes with Vicente and said, "Son, you tried to hide, but it was futile. However, I thank you for revealing the corruption within my organization."

"What are you talking about? What do you want?" Vicente asked, as Torne assumed a defensive position.

"What am I talking about? Don't play dumb, Dark Path magician! You tried to elude us, and you almost succeeded. But now I'm here to collect your essence!" the Mid-level Paragon declared, putting away the tracking item he had been using.

Vicente and his companions didn't know it, but all the Magic Gems from the Awakening Temples had little tracking devices on them!

Jasmine had erased Vicente's data from her organization to keep him out of trouble. Still, even she didn't know that her group had something else they could use to track magicians.

Vicente's Magic Gem had given off a disturbing signal, and so this Paragon's mission had been created.

Layla found the situation odd and said. "Senior, what are you talking about? I'm a member of the Congregation of Revelations. What do you mean by this contact?"

The old man glared at Layla with a look of disgust. "You reek of that Dark Path magician, girl. How dare you claim allegiance to my faith? Once he's dead, you'll answer for your treachery!"

"Kill me?" Vicente's frown deepened. "Why do you want to kill me? What have I done other than try to hide?"

"Tsk! You deceitful wretch!

You know exactly why! You're a demon from the shadows! Are you now planning to ally with the vampires and betray our continent?

It doesn't matter. Your dark powers are formidable. But I will end you here and now before you grow any stronger!" The old man said, concealing his true intentions.