Chapter 707 - 705: The Divine King’s Magic Puppet

Hilia’s training has come to an end.

What’s coming next is beyond Hilia’s ability to handle.

Rose is still unclear about what God King Zeus intends to do.

For Hilia’s safety, it’s best to keep her away from subsequent events.

Rose’s gaze is cast over the entire Elf Forest.

By having Hilia patrol around once, along with the supplemental Beast Tide and the support of the underground Array, he can now quietly monitor everything in the Elf Forest.

Such a major event like Haroldias’s awakening, it’s impossible for Zeus not to react.

Since he hasn’t appeared yet, maybe he encountered some issues?

Rose falls into contemplation.

He watches as Ze Lishalin and Guit end their conversation, discussing the situation of the ’Evil God,’ and it seems they are preparing to deal with that ’Evil God.’

"It looks like the Phoenix Kingdom side has done some research on Zeus?"

Rose thinks.

He is still uncertain about the situation for now, but their subsequent dialogue indicates that Zeus will not appear easily.

He... will only send down things like their dependents.

"Then let’s wait and see for now."

...

Three days quickly passed again.

The post-disaster relief efforts by the Elf Race have made great progress.

At the same time, with the help of teams sent by other empires, the contamination has been further purified.

At this moment, other empires have already isolated the contamination in border areas, and they have basically curbed its spread throughout the world by emulating Ista’s method.

On the surface, the disaster in the Elf Forest is slowly fading, the Elf Royal Court is widely promoting positivity and boosting morale, filling everyone’s hearts with hope to cooperate with the Royal Court’s work.

In secret, the Elf Royal Court continues to summon mages to conduct investigations on the 12 opened cracks.

The underground demons still remain numerous, and once they drop to a certain level, they don’t come out anymore, still lurking deep underground, roaming in the depths.

As Haroldias seized the body, they also grew restless, though instead of coming out, they scattered underground.

These scattered demons create significant trouble for underground exploration.

Yet, no matter how troublesome, they can’t stop the exploration teams.

An immense entity is lurking underground in the Elf Forest; no one could sleep peacefully knowing this.

After the disaster, the entire Elf Royal Court’s high-level members took underground threats more seriously, and even Tier Six Mages have now ventured below.

However, Tier Six Mages are there simply for protection and will not easily make a move against the demons.

This exploration presents formidable challenges to the Recovery Temple, but they cannot prevent the Elf Race from entering.

To avoid exposure, they even need to erase traces of the Recovery Temple underground.

Phoenix did not inform the Elf Royal Court about the Recovery Temple’s core region, so the Elf Royal Court merely suspects the Recovery Temple’s involvement in this disaster, but no solid evidence exists.

Currently, the Elf Royal Court lacks the capacity to investigate, and they can only issue warnings during talks with Ze Lishalin.

At this moment.

At the center of the underground Array.

Guit from the Phoenix Kingdom has once again arrived here.

This time, he came alone, without anyone accompanying him.

And from the Recovery Temple and the Dusk Sect, only You Jelieya and Ze Lishalin arrived.

"You say the dependent of that Evil God will descend here? Is that true?" Ze Lishalin looks at Guit vigilantly, questioning.

"Why would I deceive you?" Guit says indifferently, "You worry I’ll seize this Divine Format fragment, rest assured, I don’t have the capability to do that yet."

"Hmph." You Jelieya merely snorts without speaking.

Ze Lishalin says, "I hope what you’re saying is accurate, and that the dependent isn’t too powerful, otherwise..."

"It won’t be, once the shackles are on, you need to adhere, and so does the other party; the descended dependent’s power won’t exceed Tier Seven, much like myself."

The two fall silent.

Just at that moment, above the foundation Divine Format fragment, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appears.

Then, a... Magic Puppet emerges from it, floating in mid-air, looking down at the Divine Format fragment below, subsequently gazing at the three people standing not far away.

"Enough, intruders."

A terrifying surge of Magic Power explodes from the Magic Puppet, even Guit’s expression turns serious.

"A puppet of the Evil God, possessing formidable combat prowess and Magic Power, you need to be cautious," Guit says.

"What’s its intention?" Ze Lishalin frowns.

"It’s naturally aiming to restore the place back to its original state; with us here, it will prioritize eliminating us before repairing the Array."

"Then there’s nothing left to say, let’s go!"

"Hmph, though I don’t want to cooperate with you, there’s no choice now."

"..."

Rose quietly observes the rapidly erupting battle.

The ground here has been reinforced by the Array, and it can endure the combat of Tier Seven Mages. Furthermore, their battle doesn’t release excessive shockwaves, keeping the area stable and uninfluenced by actions elsewhere.

"A Magic Puppet crafted by Zeus, interesting. Although the Heart of the Magic Puppet within this one isn’t a complete Divine Format, it’s much stronger than others."

Rose muses.

This Magic Puppet has only Tier Seven strength, seemingly breaking Tier Six constraints through some means.

Then the question arises, what is Zeus’s purpose in creating this Magic Puppet? Just a defensive mechanism for the Array?

That defense seems somewhat weak.

"On second thought, current mages find it very difficult to advance beyond Tier Six; besides exceeding their limits, Zeus added constraints on the Ascension God Stairs, making it even tougher to break through."

"The shackles affect not just mages but all powerful entities, possibly even including the Abyss..."

Rose roughly grasps what Zeus intends; sealing his Array resembles suppressing a Great Saint beneath the Five Finger Mountain, unable to unlock from within but easily opened from outside; thus numerous obstacles were added to prevent anyone from unsealing it.

Perhaps adding constraints to the Ascension God Stairs is one such obstacle, though it might also be because Zeus doesn’t want anyone else to advance.

Rose shakes his head subtly.

You could say Zeus is too small-minded, wanting to kick those behind him after landing, unwilling to leave that position once seated, too na?ve.

"Not personally addressing the revival of the Main God, Zeus, it seems you’ve encountered quite some troubles."

Rose ponders for a moment, then makes up his mind.

"Then I will destroy your Magic Puppet ’dependent’ and see if you have any other reactions."

With this in mind, Rose begins to mobilize the entire underground Array.

At this moment, the three fighting the Magic Puppet are already in a fierce struggle.

This creation by the Gods is not so easily defeated.