Chapter 478 - Misled (IV)
Earthquake?
Rhode held onto the handrail as the ground shook his feet. The crowd below were unperturbed, as they were powerful presences that had entered the Legendary Stage. Meanwhile, the guards beside him remained calm and didn’t seem to react to the earthquake.
“Do earthquakes occur often here?” Rhode asked one of the guards. He couldn’t recall that Soraka Mountain was prone to earthquakes. However, the guards seemed to be used to such a magnitude of an earthquake, which was somewhat strange. The guard turned around and responded respectfully. “It isn’t the case, Sir. The earthquakes have only begun quite recently. Their durations were usually short and with low magnitudes, so everyone has gotten used to it.”
“Oh? Since when did the earthquakes start to happen occasionally?”
“About two to three months back… Come to think of it, it has been quite a while.”
If such earthquakes occurred in other regions, perhaps it would be deemed a strange phenomenon. However, it was the opposite for the residents here. After all, they were living in a territory with a Chaos Forcefield that was ever present. Therefore, the residents had gotten used to seeing rain today and snow the next day and earthquakes weren’t worth their worries.
Earthquake…
A vague, unusual feeling suddenly came to Rhode’s mind. However, before he was able to figure it out, bells sounded out of the blue and the Chairman led the group of parliament members out of the room.
It was apparent that they displayed expressions of unity and unswerving determination. Rhode didn’t know what convinced them, but, the ‘Mastermind’ of the four senior men in red robes was gazing at the Chairman hopelessly. It seemed that the Chairman’s difficulties had been resolved entirely after twists and turns.
Kacha. The elderly man’s defensive barrier shattered and the pitch-black flames ignited frantically as though the barrier was a ball of gasoline. He shrieked painfully as the flames devoured every inch of his body which frightened the spectators. They exchanged looks and retreated farther away from the flames. After all, this elderly man in the silver robe was a well-known figure and a formidable Mage. Everyone expected him to cast a powerful defense spell and yet, it was broken just like that?
What exactly is that?
A black figure leaped down from above and pounced into the flames. Then, a gale erupted from within the flames and Rhode rolled out from the flames with the elderly man. The Elderly Mage was extremely pale but strangely enough, his silver robe had no signs of burning. However, his painful expression was as though he had just been tortured in the depths of hell.
Damn it.
Rhode gritted his teeth and scanned the surroundings. He couldn’t care less even if his identity was exposed. “Everyone, be careful. This is the Chaos Flame!”
“!” Almost everyone present shrieked in horror while Di’s expression sunk. He stuck close to the wall and moved along to draw a distance away from the black flames carefully without maintaining his usual elegant demeanor. Meanwhile, Corina, as though she had lost the nimbleness as an Elf, shifted her body carefully like she was facing a viper. Even the carefree Dwarf who disregarded the flames had placed his huge ax before him as a shield.
Chaos Flame.
Although it could be said that no one had seen it before, it was impossible that no one hadn’t heard of its presence. The Chaos Flame was the pinnacle of the Chaos Forcefield and was the natural enemy of all ‘Order’ and ‘Rules’. The Chaos Flame devoured ‘Order’ as its fuel to destroy this world. All the ‘Order’ and ‘Rules’ were food for them and this was why everyone was this cautious. They were in the Legendary Stage and possessed their own elementalization. However, this also meant that they had become a part of the ‘Rules’.
These powerful beings in the Legendary Stage were perfected fuels that had been purified for the Chaos Flame.
Damn it!
The earthquake continued to wreak havoc and the crevice became larger and larger. Everyone acted cautiously after witnessing the guards that tried to escape devoured by the flames mercilessly. However, this wasn’t the worst imaginable scenario for Rhode. His heart sank to the bottom of his heart as he finally realized what exactly was sealed underneath Soraka Mountain.
It was the everlasting presence that lived alongside chaos and destroyed everything.
The Devil of Devils.
The enemy of all Order.
An aberration that came from only the bottomless abyss.
The Duke Fiend.