Chapter 705
The battle between the two Fourth Grades was still ongoing.
Meanwhile, everyone inside the flying ship below Uzzah was wholly occupied.
All the metal cabins in the ship had their walls taken down so that their rooms could be joined together. All unnecessary facilities had also been removed. The inside of the cabin was carved and inscribed full of profound runes that glowed with blinding light when magical energy coursed through them.
Several thick metal pipes filled the cabin, guiding the magical energy from the space furnace to every part of the massive ship.
Due to the crude workmanship caused by the impromptu modifications, magical energy of shocking intensity would occasionally leak out of where the pipes connected. Every time this happened, the goblin engineers would start yelling and commanding the repair robots to go weld the pipes again.
Even though there were a dozen goblin engineers, three dozen goblin technicians, and over a hundred construction robots constantly maintaining the system, the magical energy leaking from the pipes had still reached a terrifying degree.
The excessively concentrated magical energy had formed horrifying death zones in some regions of the ship. Any ordinary goblin that got close to these zones could be instantly killed.
As such, these areas could only be left to the adepts who had extremely high magical resistance and powerful defensive magic!
A Fate Witch like Alice was a strange case. The magical power in her body pulsed with the strength of unrelenting waves, and her soul was potent and vigorous, yet only the life force within her flickered like an evening candlelight at risk of being extinguished at any moment.
It was this massive lack of life force that caused her soul to be incapable of getting the nutrition it required, thereby causing her soul to shrivel and dim.
The adepts might have thousands and hundreds of ways to obtain life force, but they would not help someone like Alice who had her life force devoured by Fate’s backlash.
Fate was always fair!
It would take from you the most precious pieces of your life depending on how much you took from it.
During the last trip to the underground world, Alice’s life force had decreased by forty years just to divine the mysterious item for that otherworldly existence. If she couldn’t advance successfully this time, she would only have a month left to live!
Thus, Alice’s excitement in seeing the Staff of Divination that could keep her alive was not something that outsiders could easily hope to comprehend.
“All of you, exit the hall now!” Alice barely stabilized herself in front of the pile of gemstones and nonchalantly spoke without turning her head, “Tell Greem to give me another two hours! If I don’t come out in two hours…have him escape on his own!”
The Fate Witches beside her nodded in unison before bowing and exiting the hall. Endor sighed before retreating along with the rest.
Berserk Witch Sofia and Icelady Snowlotus looked at each other at the entrance to the hall. They chose to guard the spot without another word.
The only remaining newly advanced witch turned to leave with a sorrowful expression. She ran to pass on the last message from her leader.
Poison Hag Endor paced about the entrance worriedly. Just then, the mountain trembled once more. The ceiling of the corridor they were in dropped even more dust and stone to the ground.
“No, I cannot just wait here. The two of you guard this place well. Don’t let anyone interrupt Alice. I will go back up to help!” After leaving behind some simple instructions, Endor left the dragon’s den. Her entire being boiled with a murderous aura.
Sofia and Snowlotus had both been revived by Alice through the powers of Fate after she had advanced to become the Witch of Fate. As such, their souls were bound tightly with Alice’s own.
If Alice died, they died!
If Alice advanced, then their powers would improve significantly as well. It would greatly benefit their own strength!
That was why they couldn’t help but be frustrated during this crucial moment in Fate.
“Snowlotus, do you think Alice can advance?” The uncouth Sofia couldn’t help but lower her voice and ask in her frustration.
“A chance is always a chance!” Snowlotus calmly replied, “The powers of Fate can only point out the thread to allow one to escape death. However, whether one can grasp that thread and escape from the predicament depends entirely on their strength and luck. That is why there is nothing we can do to help her now. The only thing we can do is to pray for her and hope that she has good fortune.”
Then, a desolate sigh echoed within this spacious and silent space.