I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 650 Upside Down and the Temple

Within the Star Association, at the highest spire, amidst the starry sky.

The images on the huge stone platform surrounded by the returning prophets were blurred, making it impossible to discern what was being displayed.

Of the six seats, three were vacant.

Now, all that remains are Elris, the most senior chairman of the association; Haria, the only female committee member; and Wicks, who is at odds with the labyrinth repairman Mortas.

Orion and Garzak were not particularly interested in the trial, and left after noticing the error in the image on the stone platform.
Most, as the person directly in charge of this repair, is entering the maze to try to restore the images.

Wicks shrugged.

He tapped the massive stone platform twice with his knuckles, causing the stardust on the surface to vibrate violently.

"I told you this thing was a scam. 500 million gold Aaron? I really don't know how much of it Mortas skimmed off."

He has never gotten along with Mortas.

Whenever he gets the chance, he will definitely criticize it in front of Chairman Elris.

The female committee member, Haliya, is very tactful and has always been seen as a caring older sister.

She laughed and said, "Perhaps it's because of the maze. Garzak checked it, and the Stardust Stone Platform is fine."

The image on the stone platform began to blur after Rhodes defeated the blue dragon.

They knew absolutely nothing about what was going on inside.

Two hours have passed, and only two have been eliminated, which is far too few for the intensity of the trials usually held.

Moreover, those two eliminated contestants were practically eliminated as soon as they entered the competition, so they had limited information to draw upon.

The six prophets returning home among the stars were indeed worried about the situation inside the labyrinth.

But actively asking the people in the maze means that things are beyond their control.

Out of consideration for their high-ranking positions, they had no intention of activating the contact magic stone and were unaware that it had become ineffective.

Oversight is to be expected.

However, the maze had been controlled by the Protoss for too long, and while its environmental rules were somewhat strange, its strength was quite average.

The long-standing disdain is difficult to change.

Wicks snorted but didn't utter any arrogant words to Haria.

"That guy Mortas had better deal with the situation in the maze quickly. This batch of trial participants are all quite strong. If something goes wrong, when will the glory of us Protoss be restored?"

"The magic net canopy, it's normal that the labyrinth is affected because it changed the magic power from being created by the spirit to being accompanied by the spirit. I say it's time for you two to reconcile, you've been fighting for so long."

Just as Wicks was about to speak, he suddenly paused, and a Philosopher's Stone in his hand began to tremble.

It is Mortas's communication stone.

He started the phone with a disgruntled expression and played it on speakerphone: "Do we know each other that well? Why are you contacting me?"

Haliya chuckled to herself. These two could really argue, but they definitely kept in touch quite often.

Mortas's voice came from the Philosopher's Stone.

"You think I wanted to contact you? It's just that I was afraid of disturbing Miss Haria. Chairman Elris, Miss Haria, I'm going in, but the fluctuations inside are strange. The communication magic stone will be difficult to use. You can watch out for the memory transmission stone I left behind; it will periodically transmit scenes from my field of vision back to me."

Haliya smiled and said, "Understood, be careful."

Don't worry, it's nothing serious, Miss Haria. I'll treat you to dinner when I get back.

"Good good."

Communication is disconnected.

Haliya smiled and shook her head.

Waited for a short while.

The first image was transmitted from Mortas's memory transfer stone.

—A massive crater surrounded by seven concentric stone rings.

"The location of the central altar. What's he doing here?" Wicks rarely entered this labyrinth and didn't know much about it.

Haria explained, "The [Disorder] rule states that only that location is definitively known within the maze, which is why we set up most of our rituals there. Wait, where's the altar?"

Interspersed with a panicked "Damn it" voiceover from Mortas.

The screen moves up.

A pale moon hangs down a bundle of 'ropes' entangled by desolate black vines.

They wrapped the base of a dilapidated altar with a white obelisk, causing the altar to hang upside down, with the tip of the obelisk four or five meters off the ground.

Where the altar once stood, only a deep imprint remains.

In the imprint, one can vaguely see a buried, withered, grayish-white heart.

The surface of the monument is covered with blood-red vein-like patterns, continuously dripping blood that irrigates the gray-white heart.

In the starry sky, Chairman Elris, who had been silent until now, suddenly changed color.

He panicked, jumped to his feet, and roared incoherently, "Bring Mortas back immediately!!!"

"Communication failed"

It was too late.

As Mortas cast his spell in the scene, the magic touched the altar, causing the ripples imprinted on the blood-stained area to pause for a moment before exploding with a bang.

Amidst the bursting blood, a dark figure crashed into Mortas's arms at incredible speed, and a scream instantly filled the entire starry sky.

The video rapidly rewound and then abruptly stopped.

Inside the room, everyone was stunned.

All that remained was a blurry image of stardust on the stone platform, emitting a buzzing, magical friction sound.

Wicks felt a chill run down his spine, and he stared at Elris with a stiff face.

"Chairman, that's..."

Elris's face turned ashen, looking extremely grim.

"The Fallen Temple of the Moon Goddess?"

Rhodes turned his head to dodge a short sword enveloped in fluorescent green energy.

The War Dancer originally appeared to be a void being encased in full metal armor, its true form obscured. It wielded a swirling scythe and was surrounded by various spinning and flying weapons.

These weapons are enveloped in a fluorescent green supernatural energy, allowing them to move freely and kill enemies.

The current War Dancer's entire body armor is filled with a dark blue, semi-transparent, jelly-like substance in the gaps.

This not only did not affect his speed in the slightest, but also gave him considerable magical abilities.

[Burning Hand] crackled and burst into flames, sparks flying everywhere. Rhodes didn't move, but raised his hand and unleashed a full-power [Repulsion Spell].

boom! ! !
A powerful repulsive force spread out in an umbrella shape, and the white energy, visible to the naked eye and mixed with ice blades, directly shattered the entire [Burning Hand].

Zhanwu Jing leaped with all her might, but was also caught in the crossfire, her left calf being crushed to pieces.

"Yes, the Star Society has research manuscripts by star scholars on the Pale Corridor. The fragmented text in the three artifact buildings indicates that this was a temple built by an ancient lizardman tribe in the First Era to worship the moon god."

Hailey's wand shone brightly.

Spikes of rotating rocks burst from the ground, instantly forcing back the dragon-beast fusion beast that was planning to ambush Rhodes.

This dragon beast is a four-legged crawling creature, named for its dragon-like head, but it is not a true dragon.

After the dragon fused with its master, a Protoss head grew out of its buttocks, allowing it to walk quickly in both directions, which was extremely bizarre and disgusting.

The Protoss's head suddenly turned towards Hailey, and it roared with saliva dripping from its mouth.

They were about to collide.

Rhodes's gravity spell, Gravitational Wave, pulled it back and slammed it against the wall of the Hall of the Moon.

(End of this chapter)