Chapter 405 The Apostle of Chaos
"Miss Castellion?!"
This name was like a bolt from the blue, exploding in Rastina's mind. Hidden in the shadows of the corridor, her face instantly lost all color, and even her breathing stopped.
Ophia Castellon!
Why is she here? And will he be with that commoner Ilana? !
Could it be that... they are friends?
This thought made Rastina feel like she had fallen into an ice cave.
The two followers behind her were so frightened that their legs became weak and they almost collapsed to the ground.
They don’t care about the life or death of a commoner, but offending an imperial duke who truly holds power will ruin the future of their entire family!
Even without the Duke of Castellon opening his mouth, their lord's lord would send their family as a political gift at a cocktail party.
In the flash of lightning, a crazy idea occupied Rastina's brain. A trace of ferocity flashed across her face, jealousy and fear intertwined into vicious determination.
She suddenly took out the box wrapped in rune black cloth from her storage bag, her nails almost digging into the wood, and used all her strength to lift the lid open!
Since it's all about death anyway——
It's better to take a gamble and make things worse!
As long as the matter is so big that even the Tower of the Great Sage cannot be contained, offending Miss Castellon is nothing.
Of course, it would be better if the princess without eyes died here!
There was no earth-shattering noise, only a darkness that seemed to be able to swallow up all light, quietly sliding out of the box like a poisonous snake.
The black mist did not spread at all, but quietly penetrated into the stone walls and ground of the labyrinth as if it had life.
Before Rustina could recover what was happening, the next second the entire maze was like a giant beast that had eaten its stomach, moaning in pain!
On the stone wall, countless blood-red lines suddenly stood out like ferocious blood vessels, and pulsated like a living pulse!
"Saint Sith, above! What, what happened?!" Hard, who was following Ophia, was so frightened that his voice changed.
I saw that the surrounding walls seemed to have turned into the flesh and blood of living creatures for an instant, and they began to squirm disgustingly!
The dark red ominous mist seeped out from every stone crack, quickly filling the entire corridor with a rotten smell.
The pool of broken ice crystals on the ground began to melt, and then emitted a black death aura, blending into the strange red mist.
They turned into the nutrient of the maze and began to hatch new howlers!
Bain swallowed and replied with a trembling voice.
"I don't know... I feel... the wall... seems to be moving!"
"Hurry up! Something's wrong here!" Before she could explain the whole matter to Ilana, Ophia made a quick decision, grabbed her wrist, turned around and ran away.
Bain and Harder quickly came to their senses and followed the little ancestor. They didn't dare to let her get into trouble in the maze.
Otherwise, even if His Highness Colin forgives them, Duke Castellon will definitely tear them apart!
At the same time, Rastina and her companions also fell into a panic caused by themselves, screaming and trying to escape.
However, behind them, in the thick dark red mist, a group of twisted figures emerged silently like monsters infiltrated from a nightmare, completely cutting off their retreat!
It was a group of extremely twisted humanoid monsters.
Their body structure is completely asymmetrical, and their limbs are of different lengths as if they are randomly spliced together. The skin was a lifeless gray-black, and its texture was like soaked wet mud.
They have no eyes or noses, and the only organ on their face is a mouth that is always open but cannot make any sound.
Howler!
Lastina's expression completely changed, turning into boundless fear.
She has only seen a description of this monster in a forbidden book. It is said that they are the servants of Avanor, the Crown of Arrogance!
Different from "fanatics" and "mad whisperers" who were born in the inner demons of people in the main world, this group of twisted monsters are completely demons from the outside world!
But——
Why do they appear here?
She could not figure out why the magic device she bought for thirty gold coins was related to chaos!
Anjie let out a heartbreaking scream. The fear of the unknown made her legs weak, and the corrosion in the red mist was tearing at her remaining sanity.
She completely regretted it.
She regretted that she should not have offered any strategies to please Rustina, nor should she have gone to great lengths to get close to Ilana just to drag an innocent person into the water.
However, it is too late to say anything now.
· Driven by her survival instinct, a venomous snake-like light flashed in Rastina's eyes, and she turned her attention to a certain piece of trash that could only scream.
This guy is a burden to carry around, so why not hold off these monsters for her!
"...Anjie, help me one last time!" She said in a voice that was almost a whisper, and at the same time stretched out the trembling wand in her hand.
"La, Miss Rustina?!"
Ange, who was panicking, suddenly felt a huge force pushing her in the back before she could react!
Then, she stumbled forward uncontrollably and fell straight into the group of silently approaching monsters!
Anjie turned around in horror, only to see three cold and determined faces.
Her "good friends" didn't show any nostalgia, and without even looking at her again, they turned around and ran away like crazy in the other direction.
Despair instantly overwhelmed Anjie.
In her field of vision, only the monsters with silent huge mouths were left, getting closer and closer to her with staggering steps... "Ahhhhhh!!!" Anjie let out a howl of collapse, like a deflated balloon, and there was nothing she could do except scream and roll.
Just as the group of howlers were about to silently surround her, a corrosion that reached deeper than pure darkness reached her soul first.
Generally speaking——
Chaos rarely chooses waste as chess pieces.
But Avano is an exception.
A waste with no self in his mind, after the collapse of his only belief or disillusionment, he is simply the best puppet for the chosen "Master"!
She will become a "fanatic"!
And obey the orders of the master who controls her, until the last trace of life and soul is burned out.
Anjie's body suddenly stiffened as she was slumped on the ground, her eyes rolled white, the last look in her pupils completely dissipated, and she became like a puppet with its soul removed.
Immediately afterwards, her fat body expanded crazily at an incredible speed, and her flesh and bones made a tooth-piercing sound!
In the blink of an eye, a bloated and deformed flesh giant almost occupied half of the corridor, with its neck filled with fat like a giant worm.
Do you know why you are in so much pain? 』
Because of betrayal! "
ification is necessary. Like water, it completely submerged the remaining sanity in Anjie's heart. She thought of Ilana who stole her opportunity with her beauty, Colin who looked at her lustfully, Professor Hector who was full of evil, and Instructor Merck who deliberately stumbled her in order to attract her attention.
Of course——
What made her even more angry was Rastina.
She had obviously given all her dignity to Miss Rustina, but the latter didn't even hesitate in the face of danger, pushing her into the abyss of nightmares.
If she didn't have the strength, she would probably have to endure it all the time, or vent her evil fire on her fellow students who are far weaker than her.
But unfortunately——
The evil spirits from the outside world have targeted her. Now she is so powerful that she is even confident that she can knock Colin down with one punch——although she will not be so wasteful.
An Jie, who had regained her life, looked at her bloated and powerful body with satisfaction, shook the mucus off her body, and cast her gaze towards the corridor not far away.
That was the direction in which Rastina escaped.
She smiled ferociously, pushed past the fearful howlers around her, and took heavy steps to catch up with Rastina in the direction in which she was escaping.
"What an ugly thing." Alister, who was silent in the darkness, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at his work, but a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
The gray mist floating beside him just smiled and said slowly.
"The power of faith was perfectly injected and transformed into strength, upgrading a waste to the silver level in one go... Isn't this perfect?"
Alister snorted and said nothing, but looked straight at Orphea who returned, with a smile on her lips.
——
Anyway, his purpose is just to kill people with a borrowed knife, so let this fat pig make a big fuss and then die taking all the blame.
The deafening roar echoed in the corridors of the maze, like a crazy wild boar.
"What the hell is that!"
Lastina's followers turned around and saw the flesh and blood giant chasing after them. They were so frightened that they flew out of their wits and screamed, shooting several rounds of magic.
However, those fireballs and wind blades hitting the monster were like pebbles thrown into the mire, causing only a few ripples.
The monster smiled ferociously and didn't care. He casually waved a palm as big as a cattail leaf fan, and the violent palm wind easily blew away the fragile magic. At the same time, it slapped a female mage away like a broken doll, hitting the wall and fainting.
“Go to hell! Monster!” Taking advantage of a momentary pause in its movements, another female mage roared and pulled out the magic scroll tied to her waist.
The golden light formed a net in mid-air, and just as a golden holy sword was about to condense into shape, it was extinguished by a flying spit.
Licking her lips with her tongue, Anjie burst into excited laughter, as if a great revenge had been avenged. She then looked at Rastina, and rushed forward with long strides, her two round pupils flashing with a desire for blood and revenge.
"Don't come here!" Rustina panicked completely, screaming and waving her wand. However, before she could finish reciting the spell, a huge impact hit her abdomen, breaking through the protection of the silver-level magic jewelry with overwhelming force!
"Crack——!"
The sound of the barrier breaking was heard!
His eyes widened after being punched in the abdomen. Her eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets. She vomited blood and flew out, hitting the wall not far away.
Every inch of air in her lungs was squeezed out. Rastina felt as if her internal organs were out of place, and sweet blood gushes from the corners of her mouth.
ification...�� The monster let out a horrifying laughter, deliberately slowed down its walking pace, and approached her.
Through the distorted face of flesh and blood, Rastina felt vaguely familiar, and she spat out half a sentence in a trembling voice.
"An...jie?"
Hearing this name, the monster obviously reacted, and the corners of its raised mouth opened wider.
Seeing that the monster in front of her was indeed Anjie, Rastina was both frightened and excited. She struggled to stand upright, as if grasping the straw of survival, looked at the monster walking towards her step by step, and said in a pleading tone.
"Anjie! It's me! Rustina...don't you recognize me? How did you...become like this."
How did it become like this...
The moment the monster, who was originally in a relatively peaceful mood, heard these words, his already distorted face suddenly became even more distorted.
「为什么……变成了……这个样子……」
断断续续的声音从那臃肿的喉咙里发出，它就如同来自地狱的恶鬼一样，注视着脸蛋完全失去血色的「朋友」。
"Was it not you... who made me like this?"
Lastina was completely confused.
Before she could recover, a slap as big as a casserole had already hit her on the right side of her face, knocking her whole body away along with her fallen teeth.
Obviously, the monster did not want to simply kill her, but planned to play with her for a while before sending her on her way.
Just at the critical moment when Rastina was unconscious and thought she was certain to die, a violent explosion suddenly came from behind the monster!
The violent shock wave knocked the flesh and blood giant staggering, and it also stopped its fatal attack and turned angrily towards the direction of the attack.
Lastina, who collapsed on the ground, used her last vision to catch a glimpse of Ilana standing there. She who was abandoned by herself in the maze did not just run away or hide, but came back to kill her.
Beside her, there were Miss Ophia and two other strange male apprentices, who were standing in the choking dust and coughing.
"Unexpectedly...unscathed?"
Ophelia stared at the flesh-and-blood giant who was only pushed a few steps away without even a single scratch on his body, with disbelief written all over his face.
Had and Bain were the same, with expressions on their faces that they had seen a ghost.
"What the hell is this guy?"
"Could it be... the God of Chaos?!"
Their expressions instantly turned uglier when they realized this. It was simply not something that a few of their magic apprentices could deal with!
Not only did the flesh-and-blood giant cast a terrifying gaze on them, but the surrounding howlers also gathered around.
These guys emerged from the dark red wall that undulated like a pulse, approaching them like unconscious zombies, as if they were endless.
The situation at hand was critical. Ofelia was heartbroken, gritted her teeth, and took out a thick stack of magic scrolls from the storage ring again!
The incantation of "Explosive Flame Thermobaric Bomb" was drawn with alchemical ink on the pure white scroll, and each scroll exuded heart-stopping energy fluctuations.
Since one is not enough——
Let’s have ten together!
Seeing Orphea pulling out the scroll, Harder and Bain's faces instantly turned pale as paper, and they exclaimed and tried to stop her.
"Miss Castellon, no!"
"The labyrinth cannot withstand such great power! If we use them together, the place will collapse!"
"Give me - disappear from this world! Monster!"
The world seemed to have pressed the mute button at this moment.
A ball of fiery red light that was so dazzling that it seemed to burn out the surrounding air instantly expanded ten meters in front of her!
Anjie was stunned.
When faced with that scorching energy, fear appeared in its crazy eyes for the first time, and it moved its fat body to prepare to escape.
However, at this moment, a roar that was enough to tear the eardrums suddenly exploded, swallowing it up together with the surrounding howlers and even the corridor under its feet!
ifier by the violent energy that broke down the walls, tore apart the floor, and melted the ceiling!
Even the magic apprentices and teaching assistants on the first and second floors were so shocked that they almost fell to the ground.
"What happened?!" Coors, who was wrapped in a blanket, raised his head in panic, looked around, and finally looked for help at the assistant teacher beside him.
However, the faces of the two young assistant teachers were also solemn with dark clouds. They held the wands tightly in their right hands and the tips of the wands trembled slightly.
"Saint Sis is above..."
"That's at least silver level... No, maybe it's gold level magic!"
The middle-aged assistant teacher frowned.
What worried him more than the explosion itself was that he smelled an ominous smell from the hot dust.
That was many years ago.
A catastrophe called Chaos once swept across the desolate snowfield. In the end, it was the Great Sage himself who took action to bring the chaos to an end...
On the other side, the center of the explosion.
Lastina had no time to react before she felt a pain in her neck and passed out unconsciously.
Hence, two of her other teammates were also unconscious.
On the other side, a milky white light lit up in the center of the explosion, enveloping Ophia and the three teammates beside her.
The light came from the necklace on Ophia's chest.
Her father, Prince Andrei, handed the necklace to her before she left, and told her to keep it close to her body and not to take it off no matter what happened.
Now she was just thankful that she had followed her father's advice...
Anjie, who was at the center of the explosion, let out a howl of pain, and the flesh and blood all over her body felt like it had been splashed with burning asphalt!
It is not the real Chosen God of Chaos after all. It is just a puppet manipulated by the master. Its strength is no more than silver but not enough gold!
No matter what, that is not the destructive force it can withstand...
The aftermath of the explosion gradually dissipated, leaving the scene in a mess. Rubbles and broken walls piled up like mountains, and the air was filled with acrid smoke and dust.
The floor of the third floor of the maze was completely damaged, forming a downward slope, and the bottom was right near the core of the fourth floor of the maze.
Perhaps in order to bring the corruption of Chaos as close as possible to the core of the maze, someone hiding in the dark deliberately chose the battlefield here.
With his seductive whispers.
In the center of the ruins, the flesh-and-blood giant transformed by Anjie fell to the ground. His huge body was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the black aura of chaos was escaping like steam.
She was dying.
Limping through the dust, Ilana held her wand and walked step by step to her former companion. She had noticed from just now that the twisted face looked so familiar, especially the eyes, which were almost carved from the same mold as Anjie.
"Anjie...is it you?" Ilana's voice was trembling, with a slight choke, "Why...it became like this?"
Ophelia told her everything and sincerely apologized. She messed up. She should have told her the truth earlier, instead of really putting her friends in danger just to take risks.
Ilana doesn’t blame her, everyone is immature sometimes.
It’s just that deep down in her heart she still finds it hard to accept that the friend she spends day and night with has actually been acting from the beginning, all just to make her relax her vigilance...
The twisted monster’s face showed rare shame and pain. It avoided Ilana’s eyes, and its voice was weak and hoarse: "I...I don't know...but...it's too late...I don't beg for your forgiveness, I just beg you to give me a happy life..."
"No!" Ilana refused without even thinking, blurting out, "There must be a way, as long as we find Instructor Merck——"
"Why don't you understand!" Anjie seemed to have been pricked on her most fragile nerve, and she suddenly broke through her defenses and screamed, "This is the pollution of chaos! Can't you see it?! I can't go back to this ghostly state! Do you have to make me lose face again in front of everyone?!"
The shrill scream was like a marmot whose tail was stepped on, and tears mixed with black blood fell from her face.
In order to anger Ilana and make this guy take action, she collapsed and yelled everything out.
"Don't you understand?! I was ordered by Rustina! I don't regard you as a friend at all! And just now, it was our intention to throw you alone in the maze! I didn't expect it, we had planned it a month ago!"
Offelia, who had known all this for a long time, silently walked up to Ilana and gently held her cold little hand.
Ilana quietly listened to all Anjie's venting, with a hint of unspeakable sadness in her green eyes.
However, her voice remained firm and did not waver.
"Even so, I beg you to calm down and go out with us..."
Anjie screamed in a broken voice.
"That's enough! Put away your hypocritical kindness! I will never go with you! Do you have to let me do it? Very good! Just wait there until I recover——"
“This is not hypocrisy, nor kindness.” Ilana interrupted seriously, her clear voice echoing in the ruins, “But we must let people know the truth, dig out the truth that has not yet been revealed! And find the truth. Who is it that handed this power that did not belong to you into your hands..."
She took a deep breath, and in an unprecedentedly fierce tone, she screamed at the top of her lungs at the lump of flesh that fell in the dust.
"How many more times will it be——"
"Last time it was the apprentices who shouldered everything, this time they are also the apprentices, right! How many apprentices are going to have to bear the blame that does not belong to them!"
"Are we here to pursue the truth in the mage tower, or are we here to act as pawns on the chessboard to play that game of power that is not fun at all!"
"Answer me! Anjie! Do you think this result is acceptable!"
The deafening voice shocked everyone present.
Had and Bain opened their mouths and looked at this usually quiet classmate in disbelief. They did not expect that she would speak in such a tone.
Even Ophia, who often discussed mathematical problems with her, looked surprised at this moment, as if she had gotten to know this fragile-looking girl again.
Anjie was also speechless. Her collapsing body was shaking violently, and timidity dominated her body.
"But... what else can we do... No one is willing to help me..."
"There is one person who can."
Ilana paused, her eyes shining with an unprecedented light called truth.
"If it is His Highness Colin, he will definitely be able to see through the ghosts behind the fog, even if everyone is acquiescing or pretending to be stupid."
This name shocked Anjie's body.
However, it was this name that stimulated someone standing in the shadows.
A slow voice was like a dark wind, suddenly blowing from the shadow next to it.
Humbly, Ilana heard a creaking sound, but it was not the friction of undead bones, but the grinding of jealous teeth.
…She said she can’t go back, why don’t you listen to your ‘good friend’’s opinion?”
Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of the sound. However, when they saw the person clearly, their eyes widened in unison.
I saw a magician wearing a dark blue mage robe standing there.
He is thin, with meticulously groomed silver hair and a neatly trimmed goatee. He wears a pair of monocles on the bridge of his nose. He looks polite and speaks well.
No one expected to see him here, let alone that he would step out of the black curtain at this time and choose a showdown.
"Professor Alister?!" Bain and Hard exclaimed, while Orphea, who was standing next to Ilana, had a pale face and cold hands and feet.
As a member of the Castellon family, she has been exposed to it since she was a child. She can instinctively think of what it means when a gangster hiding behind the scenes comes to the stage without having to guess.
Either the person is ready for the curtain call, or he has played out the last card and is ready to flip the table.
"Congratulations, the answer is correct... It's a pity that there is no reward."
Alister nodded politely to everyone, like an elegant professor who was reviewing students' homework in class.
But immediately afterwards, the gentle professor said something in that ordinary tone that made everyone feel like they were falling into an ice cave.
"To be honest, I'm starting to get a little tired of this farce." He looked around at the ruins with a smile and sighed softly, "If I had known that things would turn out like this, it would be better for me to take action myself from the beginning...a group of guys who have failed to achieve anything but failed."
The moment he finished speaking, he raised his right hand casually and tapped forward with his index finger in the air.
There is no spell, no magic circle appears, not even the slightest fluctuation of magic power!
Ophelia felt as if her heart was tightly grasped by an invisible hand. Before she had time to react, she heard a crisp "click" sound!
On her chest, the necklace worn by her father, the Duke of Castellon, appeared out of thin air with spiderweb-like cracks, and then turned into powder!
Ophelia subconsciously wanted to take out the life-saving magic scroll from the space ring.
However, what horrified her was that the spiritual connection between her and the storage ring was abruptly severed by an irresistible force!
"What did you do?!" Ofelia was shocked and angry. She took the hand of the stunned Ilana and took a trembling step back.
The smile on Alister's face did not change at all, and there was no explanation. It seemed that he had just done a trivial thing.
"Next time, remember to bring life-saving things with you...although there will be no next time."
His index finger flicked, and thick red mist gathered in his palm, turning into threads and shooting towards everyone's hearts.
This is his second plan.
If the dark cards deployed in the maze are not enough to kill the lucky Miss Castellon, then he will personally go out and eliminate the princess and everyone around her, and package them to die at the hands of Chaos.
The scapegoats are still Rustina and Anjie. They have the motive to commit the crime and the reason to be targeted by Chaos...
Of course, he will regretfully confess in front of the Great Sage——
He is late.
At this critical moment, a colorful butterfly suddenly broke into everyone's sight.
It flapped its radiant wings, like a creature that did not belong to this maze, and flew in leisurely through the walls of the maze.
Alister was stunned for a moment, and suddenly there was a bad feeling in his heart. He couldn't understand the source of the power.
Before he could react, a slender figure flashed where the butterflies were flying and appeared quietly in front of everyone.
Thousands of threads seemed to have hit a clear and transparent mirror, being cut off by invisible spells.
He just stood there casually, as if he had suppressed the entire chaotic space and destroyed all fears and evil thoughts.
The visitor is none other than Prince Colin.
He came just in time.
Including Ilana and Ophia, all the magic apprentices present, their faces almost invariably showed the light of hope!
And that saved expression made Alister go crazy with jealousy.
"This farce should indeed come to an end, Mr. Alister."
Looking at the magician with cold eyes, Luo Yan's lips curled up with a vague arc, and he said in a slow voice.
「But how it will end is not up to you.」