Summoning the Holy Sword

Red Shroud didn’t have a great time during this period.

She was the owner of Desolate Town, the daughter of the succubus queen, and also a powerful spell-caster. She had ruled Desolate Town for thousands of years and could also be said to be one of the well-deserved, powerful beings of this land. Besides, as a succubus, she had outstanding wisdom and bewitching charm. She was also one among her race who uncharacteristically wouldn’t mess things up due to her chaotic nature. She ran Desolate Town meticulously and made it the most notable hub in the Rift Plain. Judging from her achievements, she was indeed unique in her own ways.

But now, she was in a pinch.

The reason was simple. Grazite, one of her allies, who she had worked with for countless years, had fallen from power all of a sudden. Grazite was playful by nature and had a record of being imprisoned by humans in the past. But this time, it apparently wasn’t as simple as being imprisoned. Grazite’s plane of existence began to crumble and his palace was completely destroyed. All of these proved one thing: Grazite was entirely done for. This and also due to the ‘geographical location’ of Desolate Town (even though it didn’t make sense to use this term in the abyss) left Red Shroud in a difficult situation. Desolate Town was always being spied on by devils and even though Red Shroud was powerful, she didn’t have an endless source of power. Although she dominated Desolate Town and the formidable devils, as a matter of fact, Grazite’s protection over Desolate Town was one of the main reasons it was able to remain in peace over the years. Without Grazite’s flag, perhaps Red Shroud’s Desolate Town wouldn’t survive from the devils for that long.

But now, Grazite was completely doomed and the blissful life of Red Shroud had reached the end.

The biggest reason why Red Shroud and Grazite worked well together was because they were similar to demons to a certain degree. They were able to trust and collaborate to a limited extent and didn’t need to worry about each other breaching the contract. But it was different with other devils. Even though there were plenty of powerful devils in Bottomless Abyss, Red Shroud wasn’t sure if asking them for help was a good idea because among them were Grazite’s mortal enemies who weren’t willing to help her. On the contrary, they might even take over Desolate Town and toss Red Shroud aside immediately. But this wasn’t the worst outcome. If Red Shroud died in the process, she would be totally speechless. Although some devils had strong and massive forces, they weren’t concerned about the Rift Plain because they lived too deep down the abyss. Even if they were concerned, they were out of reach. Therefore, they weren’t interested in Red Shroud’s proposal at all. Even though some were delighted to work with her, Red Shroud didn’t feel like they were trustworthy. Due to this reason, she had been in a headache ever since Grazite fell in power.

As of now, Red Shroud didn’t dare to leave Desolate Town anymore. In the past, she left for a period of time to attend to some matters and as a result, her home was almost demolished by devils. In the end, she had no choice but to stay behind and maintain the operations of the place. What gave her a bigger headache was that as the number of ambushes from devils increased, the ‘amount of traffic’ to Desolate Town also declined. After all, the reason why everyone chose this place as the hub was because the Rift Plain was a rare land of ‘peace’. At least they didn’t need to worry about being slaughtered by devils while roaming the streets. But now, this place wasn’t safe any longer and they lost most interest in it.

This left Red Shroud in a thorny situation. The reason why she was able to rule Desolate Town for so long was that apart from her powerful subordinates, she also had some methods to ‘lure’ inhabitants who came to the underworld to fight for her. As a matter of fact, there was no lack of beings who were exhausted from the bloodbaths, trying to find a steady place to recharge themselves. As long as Red Shroud ‘recruited’ them to defend Desolate Town and provided them a certain amount of beneficial facilities, she could ‘rope in’ their firepower. Since these foreign beings managed to arrive at the Rift Plain, it meant that they were certainly powerful. But now? Not only did the number of visitors decline, but some were also trying to leave!

This was definitely bad news for Red Shroud…

But as this pitiful succubus was pondering about the predicament, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a trail of white radiance.

If it were in the past, Mini Bubble Gum definitely wouldn’t mind at all. But as her strength declined, she officially began to worry about such problems. Her position might be replaced by Lesa!

It’s about time now.

But right now, Rhode didn’t know what was going through Mini Bubble Gum’s head. He sensed the surging evil aura from before him and smiled because he had already sensed something brewing within Desolate Town.

Now!

At this thought, Rhode held his hilt abruptly.

Then, the incomparable dragon’s prestige erupted from his body. An enormous and translucent image of a Void Dragon appeared behind him all of a sudden, enveloping the entire sky!