Chapter 1951: Rescuing Agni (1)

[Five Days After the Battle]

The entire Legion Tower was ablaze with celebration.

Inside the tower, it had already been four months since the battle with the Grim Arcane Legends. However, only five days had passed on the outside.

With that many days having passed inside the tower, those who had died during the battle and had been put to sleep had all woken up, and now, they were celebrating their win against the Grim Arcane Legends.

Inkala had also reunited with her sister Meiko, who, thanks to Neveross’s timely intervention during the battle, had been saved from falling into her bloodlust and becoming a blood slave forever.

The ending of how things turned out for her was justified because she had avenged her sister by beating up the useless father who let his daughter suffer at the hands of evil men.

So, although they had Lord Marcus’s soul trapped inside Neveross’s soul cauldron, she was already happy to have her sister back.

The ending was as she had wanted and expected.

Now, they were making merry.

The Midnight Shadows were also part of this celebration. Kent had asked them to wait until he returned, so they had been exploring the tower for the past 120 days.

They loved it here, and since nobody was kicking them out, they might as well stay and enjoy themselves, for they had earned it.

Even Emmet was having a good time.

After spending four months around Kent’s wives, she had started to adapt to her new life.

She still had her memories and free will, but the ladies, just as they had done with Estella, the Second Flame Matriarch, made her see something worth living for inside the tower.

This had softened her up a bit.

It turned out that, aside from keeping weapons that didn’t belong to her as hostages, she liked to paint. And since the greatest painter there was lived inside the tower, she and Unity hit it off rather well.

Her mood improved even further when Kent sent over seven of her subordinates who had survived Mjolnir’s onslaught three months ago. He had given them a choice of whether they wanted to leave or die.

They wanted to live, so he gave them the Blood Warrior Seal and sent them over. With them around, she wasn’t so lonely anymore.

Safe to say, Kent went out of his way to make sure the Primordial he planned to take with him to the Flame Realm was happy. The more settled in she is, the more she will gain when he finally activates the Blood Warrior Seal.

Meanwhile, back inside the Flame Paradise, Kent and his two weapons, Mjolnir and Sanguine, after flying for two days, finally landed in the domain of the Dual Flame Star Phoenix.

She was another Overlord of the Flame Paradise, one of the four.

Well, now that Emmet had been taken off the map, only three of them remained, and they were already aware of what had happened and who was responsible.

It was why, just as Kent entered her domain, she appeared before them, her entire body covered in flames.

Kent could only see her face since the rest of her body was made of flames. But even from just that, he knew this Overlord had an even prettier face card than Emmet.

"You do know no amount of flame can save you from me," Sanguine asked, his voice muffled by the bread he had stuffed inside his mouth. Although he wasn’t in the tower with the legion, he was enjoying himself nonetheless outside.

The phoenix lady said nothing, but she remained alert, gazing back at Kent, who, she could tell, held the power to make her disappear just like Emmet, who had vanished from the Flame Paradise a couple of days ago after fighting with him.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" she asked, directing her question to Kent.

He smiled and said:

"No need to look hostile, would you? We come in peace." Kent grinned and looked at his companions.

Mjolnir crossed his thick arms over his chest, looking as intimidating as ever, while Sanguine couldn’t get enough of the bread he had stuffed in his mouth and pockets.

He looked like a silly child who had been starved for disrespecting his mother.

Maybe the years spent chained in the cave had left him famished, and so this bread was just what he needed.

"You three reek of blood and mischief, so pardon my alertness. The last thing I want is for you to do to me what you did to Emmet."

"What we did to Emmet..." Kent furrowed his brow and asked, "Who is Emmet?"

The phoenix lady could only look at Kent with eyes that said she was not falling for his tricks. Kent saw through her, and so he just laughed and said:

"No need to be hostile. We are just here to politely ask that you release a subordinate of mine. I believe he may have tried to defend himself by shouting, ’Do you know who I am... I am Flame Lord Agni.’"

Kent took a step forward and added, "I know he is here, and he is being held as a prisoner. I respectfully ask for him to be freed."

The phoenix lady raised her brow, which was even sparking with flames.

Her mind spun, wondering just how Kent knew Agni was being held by her.

Five days ago, after he defeated Emmet and sent her away, Tower picked up on a familiar flame signature. This signature contained traces of something familiar. So upon further examination, Kent discovered it was Flame Veins.

The moment he did, he recognised who it came from. After all, in all of this universe, only two people could cultivate Flame Veins. One was Agni, who found the technique in an ancient ruin said to date back to the time of the Six True Primordials.

He learned it and formed Flame Veins. After he met Kent and handed him the Finger of Destruction, he gave him this technique.

So he recognised who it came from, and after resting for a few days, he left with his two living weapons to track him down. They were led to this domain, and now, he knew he wouldn’t leave until Agni was free.

"I do know who you are looking for, and yes, I have him in my prison. But I will not release him, not until you do something for me first."

Kent and his two living weapons furrowed their brows, looking stunned.