Chapter 478 Sylvandria's ultimate technique and Mark's reversal
Mark didn't respond to his sister-in-law and spoke without a hint of expression, "Sylvandria, I give you 30 seconds. Dress up as fast as you can. After that, I will take you to the altar in whatever state you are in."
"30 seconds? Why?" Zan Rong raised her voice once again. However, Sylvandria calmed her emotions and replied, "Fine, just wait outside."
"Be quick..." Mark urged her one more time and went outside.
Steve was dumbfounded by his dad's actions. He just stood there in a daze without knowing how to react as he saw everything about his dad was different from what he remembered.
Fortunately, this awkward silence between him and his dad didn't last long as the High Priestess exited the room in her bridal wear, once worn by the past Elven Queen.
Mark then walked to the High Priestess and shocked everyone once again by suddenly lifting her and carrying her in his arms.
"You... what are..." Before Zan Rong even reacted to it, Mark rushed off, breaking through the floors and walls on his way to the Altar.
Meanwhile, at the Altar, the mage and the Demon Emperor were talking about the Dark Elves.
"Just like every midnight, the Dark Elves will strike us once again today. I wonder what will be their target this time," said the Demon Emperor in a calm manner.
Vexiron also looked calm as if it didn't matter much, "They might have already done it, Eol. I can no longer sense the presence of the Lumineon City's warden."
The Demon Emperor let out a smirk as he folded his hands to the chest, "Foolish elves. They thought that they were smart and cunning. Little did they know that every time they kill a demonic elf with their dark energy, it will only end up benefiting us. Hahahaha..."
He broke into laughter, thinking about the foolishness of the dark elves, and the mage also giggled along, although for not long.
Their laughter was interrupted by the breakage of the wall nearby, followed by the appearance of Mark and the High Priestess in his arms. Placing her down, Mark didn't give them any time to chat around and hurried them to proceed with the marriage ritual. He only had like 32 seconds before his maximum luck returned to normal.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" The mage couldn't help but ask.
In response, Mark roared back at him, "Consider it as an order from Xalazar."
The mage and the demon emperor were taken aback by his behavior. The High priestess was the same but she was silent as if she didn't care about it.
"Alright," The mage nodded after a few seconds and asked the bride to stand inside the circle with the Demon Emperor.
While it is a marriage between an elf and a demon, the rituals were conducted accordingly with the Makyan race, only known to Vexiron. Thankfully, he already explained the process to Mark and the others while they were entering the palace.
The ritual isn't complicated. The bride and the groom will stand in the inner circle. The officiator will then activate the runes drawn between the inner circle and the outer circle. The runes will then bind both of the souls. It's just like a beast is contracted to master. In other words, the High Priestess will turn into a slave for the Demon Emperor. And when the bride and the groom consummate, the marriage will be considered complete.
The first part will usually take anywhere from 30 seconds to an hour. Since Vexiron is a demigod, he estimated that it would take around 40 seconds.
Glancing at the pocket watch, Mark stood outside the outer circle and let the ritual proceed.
The High priestess and the demon emperor were standing inside the circle as the bride and the groom while the mage stood in his position, not far away from them. He raised his staff above his head.
"Verithan nar lúnduil andrakal. Verithan nar lúnerith korendar. Sólvarya, ynduil ar yndar, silvethan vethar. Unindrial thandor, venaranthar..."
The mage started with his incantation and the runes were lighting up one after another. His eyes were closed and his voice echoed all over the palace.
Ten seconds into the ritual, the calm-looking High Priestess suddenly changed. She became serious as she clenched her fists. She took a glance at Mark. He looked calm as he was staring at the mage. "Farewell," she muttered under her breath.
"Hmm?" The Demon Emperor heard her voice and turned his head.
It was at that moment he saw Sylvandria was taken over by a bright light. She suddenly exploded into countless specks of light and covered the entire altar in the form of a dome-shaped barrier. A layer of gold-colored barrier formed upon the floor, imprisoning the three of them.
The mage was forced to halt the ritual and looked at his surroundings. "This..." He was stunned, just like the Demon Emperor.
Even Mark was also shocked, although for a different reason. His eyes fell on the new window floating on top of the skills section while the sound of a bell rang in his head. "This woman..." He gritted his teeth.
*Ding! You received an emergency quest, Save Sylvandria.
Quest: Save Sylvandria.
Description: Using her divine soul as a sacrifice, Sylvandria has created an indestructible divine prison that will imprison anyone under an immortal realm. The prison will reduce the prisoners to nothing. Use Neo's reversal ability to reset it back and save her.
Reward: Rank-1 Android
*Ding! An indestructible divine prison has been launched against the host. Increase stats above 11 points to prevent death.
The divine prison started retracting its size, alerting everyone inside.
"Curse you, elf," The Demon Emperor roared as he gathered an enormous amount of demonic energy in his palms. The mage was also preparing a skill attack to destroy the barrier.
Meanwhile, Mark quickly opened the inventory and took out the Divine Throne in his original form.
As soon as he did that, the system sent him a notification.
*Ding! Divine aura is activated. Your stats rose by 2 points.
After securing his life, Mark took out a handheld cannon from the inventory while taking a seat. The back of the divine throne was struck by the wall of the barrier but due to his higher stats, it was stopped, while the rest of the space continued to suppress. nove/lb/1n
On the other hand, the attacks of the Divine Emperor and Vexiron failed to put even a crack in the barrier. They found themselves at the center and had their attention stolen by Mark's position where the barrier bent itself around Mark like an attached teardrop.
As they sensed nothing strange in Mark, both of them felt like it was due to the mysterious throne he was sitting on. The mage could sense divinity in it and felt like it was very powerful.
At the same time, he couldn't connect to the outside world. He felt like his doom was near.
Firing another ball of energy at the barrier without any result, he shouted, "Mr. Lu, are you going to help us out or watch us die?"
Mark ignored him and focused on the cannon in his hands. He spoke in his head, "This isn't bound to my soul. I cannot just activate the skill like I did with Danya. Heck, I cannot even see its skill set. What to do?"
*Ding! The green trigger
"Ah, it's that simple?" Mark was surprised by the system's reply and looked at the cannon. There were three triggers located in the trigger guard in different colors. He doesn't know what others will do, but for now, he raises the cannon, pointing at the ceiling of the barrier.
He clicked on the trigger, releasing a beam of green-colored energy.
"Eek, it's time manipulation..." The mage was taken aback and then filled with astonishment as the beam struck the barrier's ceiling and the entire barrier was covered by this strange energy.
The barrier turned back into millions of specks of light once again, returning to one spot before transforming back into Sylvandria.
"Haaaa...." She took a deep breath as vision restored to her eyes and she looked around in confusion. "It didn't work?" She was stupefied.
The mage and the Demon Emperor were triggered at once. "You damn elf..." "Sylvandria..." Both of them roared at the top of their lungs.
As Sylvandria's eyes fell on them, Mark's voice filled the surroundings, "Well, there's still 16 seconds left. So, let's the party get started."
"Hmm?" Everyone turned to look at the man sitting on a majestic throne.
"System, Equip the title, Absolute Authority"
"Activate skill: Seal breaker" "Target: Sylvandria"
"Activate skill: Spatial Transfer" "Target: Sylvandria and Eol"
"Activate skill: Lightning clone"