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Chapter 178 Intense Clash

Richard's original plan was to first use the Night Elves to kill Gildarts' werewolf clone.

This has a major advantage: it avoids any troublesome tracking marks, or in case Gildarts's true form and his clone have some kind of mysterious connection.

I am not the murderer, and I am not afraid of being targeted by the other party.

Secondly, Gildass is representing the three academies and is entering the Norman Secret Realm as the commander of the rescue team. He is acting on behalf of the authorities, and if he dies at his own hands, the consequences will be dire. If the matter is investigated, he will be unable to defend himself.

Therefore, it was the best outcome for Gildarts to die at the hands of the night elves.

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Andrea was in the dense forest, dodging the thick vines and branches as he sped away. Little did he know that just moments before, a group of more than twenty people had passed him by at high speed!

"Hey! There seems to be a little mouse over there. That's interesting."

Dolores, who had already heard the sounds of fierce fighting at the camp gate not far away, was clearly more focused on the battle there.

As for the "little mouse"!

"You two, go and try to capture them alive," Dolores casually pointed to two Spider Knights.

"Yes, Your Highness Dolores!"

Immediately, the two Spider Knights left the main force and sped off towards Andrea!

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Let's return our attention to the camp gate.

With the combined efforts of Stephana and Portia, the Night Elves successfully withstood Gildas's attack, preventing him from achieving any further victories.

But Stephanie is very dissatisfied with the current situation.

Because Richard's master had given instructions that the third step of the plan was to have Gildarts die at the hands of the night elves.

I originally thought that with so many Spider Knights and my help, the Night Elves would have an absolute advantage, but I didn't expect Gildarts to be so troublesome.

Even when he and Portia, the vice-commander of the Spider Knights, joined forces, they still couldn't defeat him.

However, she could not summon the already zombie-like human-faced spider, since the inverted pentagram magic array during the summoning was too conspicuous. Obviously, this would be tantamount to announcing to all the spider knights present that she, the spider woman, had a problem.

Because the spider women's demonic spiders are all companion demons, no spider woman would turn her closest companion demon into a zombie!

Otherwise, their combined strength could be further enhanced.

Who knows, we might be able to take down Gildas.

Just when Stephena was at her wit's end.

A seductive laugh quickly approached from the dense forest.

"Tsk tsk, looks like we have guests!"

"Hey, isn't this Shadra? What's wrong? After half a year, your strength has dwindled to this little bit. You can't even take down a werewolf."

As soon as the words were spoken, a voluptuous woman with a hot figure, wearing only a black veil to cover her private parts, walked gracefully out of the dense forest, escorted by more than twenty spider knights.

At this moment, the faces of most of the wizard apprentices turned ashen, because the new Spider Knights were now surrounding them from behind.

In this situation, they are essentially surrounded, with a large number of Spider Knights both in front and behind them.

They were already barely able to resist, and now they probably won't even be able to save their lives!

They will be wiped out here by the night elves.

Many wizarding apprentices were filled with despair!

However, just as Stephana was about to retort to Dolores, Gildarts, in his werewolf form, unleashed a powerful claw attack that sent both Stephana and Portia flying.

At the same time, a distinctive hoarse voice came from the wolf's mouth.

"Very good, it seems you're all finally here!"

"I've been waiting for this moment for so long!"

This inexplicable remark left Dolores, Stephania, and Portia momentarily stunned.

The next second, a painful roar rang out. Gildas' face was contorted in a ferocious expression as he clutched his chest with his claws, seemingly unable to bear some kind of pain, or perhaps trying to prevent something from bursting out from within him.

Shockingly, the already tall and robust werewolf body underwent another dramatic transformation.

Its already bulging muscles swelled up like an inflated balloon, the black hair on the back of its neck began to turn white, and its two claws grew even larger, becoming the size of palm-leaf fans.

"Aww!!!"

If Gildarts's werewolf clone from before still gave the impression of being more like a human, now it's more like a wild beast.

This is because Gildarts used his trump card, releasing the Dark Soul sealed within his werewolf clone—the soul of a dark werewolf chieftain modified by a very special secret technique.

Only when the Dark Soul is unleashed can this werewolf body unleash its true fighting power.

However, the release of the Dark Soul has a strict time limit. If the time is too long, it will compete with his clone for control of the body. It is not so bad if the werewolf clone is next to the main body.

The main body can suppress it at any time, but in the secret realm, this can only be controlled by Gildarts's divided soul.

Secondly, having unsealed the werewolf clone of the Dark Soul, his strength has reached that of a formal wizard. Therefore, this battle must be fought quickly. Due to the rules of the secret realm, he will be forcibly teleported out of the secret realm after a certain period of time.

When Gildas raised his head again, his blood-red eyes were terrifying, and a terrifying pressure swept across the entire arena!

"What kind of secret technique is this? This is already at the level of a formal wizard, right?" Portia looked on incredulously, turning her head repeatedly to look at the two high-level spider women beside her.

He is no match for Gildarts now; he can only wait and see if the two Spider Witches have any trump cards up their sleeves.

Gildas's second transformation instantly drew cheers from the survivors of the wizard apprentices.

"The Wizard Gildas!"

"The Wizard Gildas!"

The thunderous cheers expressed their rollercoaster-like emotions.

From the moment Dolores surrounded them with more than twenty Spider Knights, their hearts were filled with despair. But to their surprise, the wizard Gildass turned the tide so quickly, almost instantly reversing the situation.

Richard, draped in a concealing cloak, observed the changes taking place from a distance through the window of his room.

Seeing Gildarts's amazing double transformation, I couldn't help but marvel. I thought that once Dolores arrived, Gildarts would be doomed.

Unexpectedly, Gildas had a trump card up his sleeve. The various methods of a formal wizard should not be underestimated. Even under these circumstances, he still had the strength to turn the tide.

I just don't know if Dolores has any backup plans.

Dolores, don't let me down!

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"Hehe, dear Dolores, didn't you just say I wasn't strong enough? Well, I'm not really that good, so let's see if you can defeat her."

"I hope your skills are as sharp as your words. I'm really looking forward to seeing how you perform!"

Gildas's sudden transformation gave Stephanie an opportunity to give Dolores a good dressing down.

It seems that she was angered by Shadra, who was actually Stephena in disguise, or perhaps Dolores was originally planning to kill Gildarts to prove her strength.

Dolores's expression turned serious, and she let out an extremely sharp and high-pitched cry. Immediately, the sound of trees breaking echoed through the dense forest, as if some enormous creature was about to rush out.

The next second, a giant spider, three meters tall and over five meters long, rushed out. Its limbs were like knives, incredibly sharp. Above the spider's mouthparts was a distinct cluster of golden symbols, which should represent its most precious Spider King bloodline.

"Sizzle!" The giant spider's pincers rubbed together, making a sound similar to the friction of leather.

Instantly, a large swarm of demonic spiders surrounded them from all directions. Some were the companion spiders of the demonic spider knights, while others were native spider monsters from the surrounding area.

They all seemed to have been summoned by the giant demonic spider with the bloodline of the Spider King, and came to help in the battle!

But that wasn't all. With a light leap, Dolores jumped onto the back of the giant spider.

This familiar scene led Richard to suspect that the other party was about to unleash one of the advanced Spider Woman's trump cards—fusion!

"The combined seal is broken!"

With a sharp rebuke from Dolores, she slowly sank into the giant spider's body from its back. Sure enough, it was a combination technique!

Moreover, after the fusion, it seemed that some kind of limitation was broken. After the fusion, Dolores had an aura that clearly exceeded the limit of a third-level wizard apprentice soaring into the sky, and it seemed that she was no less than Gildarts in his second transformation.

Upon seeing this, Richard was speechless!

Have the rules and restrictions of the Norman Secret Realm been lifted?

Isn't it said that you can't exceed the apprentice limit?

But both of them were at the level of a formal wizard!

It seems too early to draw conclusions about the current situation!

The moment Dolores merged with the Spider Woman, the assembled wizard apprentices were stunned, their hearts clenching once more.

Dolores didn't waste a single word and moved incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, she had already darted more than ten meters away!

"Blade Storm!"

Dolores wielded her four incredibly sharp blade arms, creating a dense net of blades that sliced ​​through the air at high speed, rapidly attacking the werewolf that Gildarts had transformed into.

"Claw Combo!"

Neither of them used their innate sorcery. Richard speculated that this was because both of them had extremely strong resistance to shadow elements, but they were probably both most proficient in shadow-based sorcery.

So the battle between the two sides looks like a fight between two super-powerful melee-type monsters.

Every move was lethal, powerful, and incredibly fierce!

A larger and a smaller black shadow, like two weightless black mists, moved rapidly across the field. Whenever they crossed paths, a series of sparks flew.

Every collision produces a piercing metallic clang from the four exaggerated blade arms and the equally exaggerated werewolf claws the size of palm leaves!

Once they engage in combat, more than ten exchanges of blows will occur every second!

Whether it was the Spider Knights, Wizard Apprentices, or Spider Demons summoned by the Spider King to help, anyone who was touched or grazed by any cloud of black mist suffered broken bones and tendons.

Several wizard apprentices were unable to dodge in time and were instantly torn into pieces, without even having a chance to scream.

Seconds later, two more Spider Knights were unable to dodge in time and were decapitated.

Richard glanced at the crystal ball beside him and saw clusters of transparent white spirits, like moths to a flame, constantly pouring into it.

These are the souls of those who have just died, including spider knights and wizard apprentices.

If a wizard who practices eye magic were to examine it closely, they would discover that transparent souls, bound by the power of the magic array, were pulled directly into the crystal ball from the recently deceased corpses.

Richard has twice transferred the overflowing souls from the crystal ball into the two-eared black bottle.

It's estimated that the third relocation will have to be carried out soon!

Let's turn our attention back to the area outside the camp gate.

The fierce battle between Dolores and Gildas was extremely taxing on their physical and mental strength.

"clang!!"

After a deafening clash, both men were sent flying.

After landing, heavy breathing came through like bellows!

Gildas was covered in numerous wounds, from which dark red blood was slowly seeping out.

Dolores clearly didn't gain any advantage either; in fact, judging from her appearance, she seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Because one of her hind limbs had been neatly severed, and the chitinous shell on her massive body also had many torn areas, from which a pale green liquid was gushing out.

Clearly, the two are evenly matched, and neither can gain the upper hand.

Ironically, it was the spider knights, human wizard apprentices, and the spider monsters who came to their aid who suffered the most heavy casualties.

Gildas sensed the growing repulsive force from the secret realm, his expression changed, and he said:

"Doross, you must have felt the power of the secret realms ostracizing us too!"

"If we continue fighting, we'll both be teleported out."

"If you let me kill Shadra, I can choose to leave the Norman Secret Realm immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, the seven or eight remaining wizard apprentices, including three apprentices at their limit like Stefan, all changed their expressions instantly. They never expected that Gildas, as the commander of the rescue team, would be so disregard for the overall situation and say such a thing.

Because once Gildarts leaves the Norman Secret Realm, all of them will surely die!

But Gildas had already figured it out: even if the rescue mission failed, it wouldn't matter to him.

After he leaves, he can immediately report the situation of the Norman Secret Realm to Grand Wizard Graf. There are many experts in the three major necromancer academies, and he is not the only one who has mastered the art of clones or sealing techniques.

We can send more people in for rescue.

But if he misses this opportunity, the chances of him meeting Shadra again are extremely slim.

This means that the hatred of killing his son will be a constant thorn in his side, even causing him nightmares and affecting his chances of becoming a second-level wizard!

That's why he said those words.

Dolores's reaction, on the other hand, was quite amusing. She glanced at the group of silent wizard apprentices, then at Stephania in disguise as Shadra, and chuckled sweetly:

"Giggle! Sister, did you hear that? What do you think, should I say yes or no?"

(End of this chapter)