Reaper of the Martial World

Chapter Book 7: 30: Drained (3)

Book 7: Chapter 30: Drained (3)

‘There’s no time!’ Dyon roared in his mind.

Dyon abruptly sat down cross-legged, his divine sense immediately reaching out and covered the 10 000 square kilometers that made up Elvin Kingdom.

In an instant, his voice reached out to thousands of elves. “Don’t resist. This is a matter of life and death. Trust me!”

Thousands of elves looked up into the sky. They all recognized the voice. More than 20 years ago, it was this same voice that saved them from the utter destruction at the hands of the Daiyu. It was this voice that exposed the plot of the Eostre. It was this very voice that was owned by the husband of their princess and the brother of their future monarch.

It didn’t take much for them to believe in his words and wait for the next moment in silence.

King Acacia was shocked when he saw Dyon’s divine sense stretch out so far. The island of their Kingdom was at least a 50km in every direction from this central castle. A celestial had no business having such a large range. At most, a great talent would have a radius a fifth of that. What he didn’t know was that Dyon’s radius covered 2000x that.

Dyon clasped his hands together in deep concentration. Focusing his everything as brilliant arrays began to appear before every citizen. Usually, the scarce population of the elves was a detriment, but today, it was a saving grace.

As Dyon concentrated, the kitsune were already on the move. A bloodied and half dead King Mino lay with his daughter crying atop of him. His arms were sheered into minced meat, his eyes were dull and lacked color, there was even a massive hole out of the left side of his chest, leaving a vacant space where his heart once was.

Dyon grit his teeth in rage. He hadn’t expected King Mino, a man he had only known for a few hours, to go so far to protect a secret.

He made use of the runes behind him to protect Aoife, but it seemed he wasn’t proficient enough with the treasure to protect himself as well. In the end, it was Aoife who shouted out the information they wanted, unable to watch her father be tortured for any longer.

‘Kitsune Clan…’ Dyon’s rage caused his Mind’s Eye to tremble, increasing the output of his soul energy even further.

They were running out of time. By the moment the kitsune found the teleportation station to Earth and activated the formation, Dyon was only half finished.

Ri, Kawa and King Acacia still didn’t understand what was going on. But, judging by the seriousness of Dyon’s expression and the sweat beading down his forehead, this matter was not simple at all.

Dyon was a man who had casually strolled into a war that had been raging for years and ended it within a few minutes. Yet, that same man was clearly panicking.

“King Acacia, I need you to go to the Elvin Tombs now. Only you can guide them. Take Ri with you.” Dyon split his mind once more to give instructions to his father-in-law even as his mental energy drained by the second.

Dyon’s urgency reached a new level when the kitsune left the range of his relay array. That could only mean that they were already on Earth!

The voices around Dyon were drowned out completely as he focused on his task, but he could vaguely hear Ri telling her father that she had no intention to leave.

However, Ri soon saw an array appear in front of her as well. But, this one changed her appearance drastically from a world-toppling beauty, to an average Elvin girl. Her ears became more defined, the oriental features she inherited from her mother disappeared, and her bestial aura became overshadowed by a natural energy.

This action of Dyon’s told the three exactly what was happening: the kitsune were coming!

“Go!” Dyon’s gruff voice sounded out. “He doesn’t know who I am, I will survive.”

Dyon couldn’t move an inch. The scale of what he was trying to do was simply far too enormous. But, he was their only chance.

In the next instant, Dyon reached out toward the three academies. As expected, there were hundreds more elves within their pocket dimensions, but forming hundreds of arrays within another dimension entirely was too much for Dyon.

The last time he tried to do this, he had just escaped from Focus Academy and tried to project a concealment array outside of his Life Ring. However, he passed out unconscious before he could finish the feat and fell into a coma for more than half a year…

This time, the task was far more taxing.

The earth beneath their feet began to tremble as an oppressive aura appeared on the planet. Despite still being millions of miles away, the mere presence of Head Void caused the Earth to quake.

Blood flowed from Dyon’s ears as Ri was dragged away by her father. Three arrays began to form within the academy pocket dimensions while their counterparts were saved within the Demon Sage Tower.

With a final roar, the entrance to the three pocket dimensions collapsed, trapping hundreds of them within. A moment later, the arrays floating before thousands of elves flashed, causing them to disappear and reappear in the basement floor of the Elvin Palace.

Without a chance to breathe, King Acacia quickly ushered them toward the swirling blue portal that led to their tombs.

Thousands rushed in as quickly as they could, yet the pace still seemed too slow.

By the time the final elf disappeared into the portal and King Acacia turned to go and get Dyon, the aura of a dao formation expert suddenly violently crashed onto the Elvin Island, causing the King and Ri who clung to his hand to violently cough up blood.

“No!” Ri wanted to pull out of her father’s grasp, but even without improving, King Acacia was still a second-grade middle celestial. With a last complicated look toward the room Dyon was sprawled in, King Acacia dragged his daughter into the portal, shutting it behind him.

Dyon violently coughed up blood as he lay on the ground, completely devoid of energy. Even for him, creating thousands of teleportation arrays, even if the distance was relatively short, was too much.

The speed of a dao formation expert, especially one specializing in void will, was much too quick. The fact he appeared above the Elvin Island already meant that it was too late. Had he not concealed Ri’s bestial aura and appearance, he would have definitely stopped the tomb portal from closing. Plus, Head Void had already sealed the space, even if Dyon had the energy to teleport away, he couldn’t.

Still, Dyon grinned. This kitsune bastard wouldn’t get what he wanted.

A moment later, the roof of the palace was ripped away, exposing Dyon’s sweaty and panting body to the eight emotionless kitsune above.