Spellcasting Gods

No one knows what "surprise" or fright might emerge from beneath the water at any moment.

Undoubtedly, keeping one's nerves constantly on edge is not a wise choice.

The boy, clearly aware of this as well, grinned and said, "In any case, what just happened proves my guess. This place undoubtedly holds the most unknown secrets of the Darrent race and civilization. So, are you ready for a thrilling adventure with me?"

"Do I have a choice?" Luke scoffed.

The longer he spent with him, the more he realized that this masked "brother" was almost identical to him in both thought and behavior.

Often, there's no need for words; a single glance is enough for both parties to understand what the other is trying to say.

Such perfect understanding!

This harmony of mind and soul!

It's simply indescribable!

"Alright, now's not the time to show off your humor. I have a feeling the road ahead won't be too peaceful."

With that, the boy took the lead, stepping into the black, viscous lake water and heading deeper into the lake.

Because of the lake's unusual density and buoyancy, ordinary objects cannot sink and instead float on the surface.

For a boy who weighs less than 30 kilograms, even putting his feet underwater is an impossible task.

The two walked slowly and cautiously, less than half a meter apart.

No matter what kind of floating objects are found along the way, they will all be touched tentatively to at least make sure that they are not living creatures.

Just as they were about to reach the center of the dark lake, ripples suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the place where these ripples originated was a stone pillar standing in the center of the meeting place.

Unlike the surrounding pitch black, this pillar was pure white, like teeth, and constantly emitted a mysterious halo.

Meanwhile, mysterious symbols resembling hot gold foil will occasionally flash across the smooth, white surface of the pillars.

These symbols are arranged irregularly from the top down to the underwater section. With each flash, the position of the symbols changes, like an extremely complex code waiting to be deciphered.

"Ah! It seems we've arrived." The boy stopped, his eyes blazing with intense light.

Having grown up in the society of Darrent, he knew better than any outsider what an astonishing secret lay hidden behind this powerful magical civilization.

Now, this secret has finally been laid bare.

How did the first Dalents come into being?

Who is the god who created them?

What exactly is the power of shadow?

Where do those fragments of souls beneath the black lake come from?

……

There are so many questions that need to be answered!

Just as the boy stepped closer and reached out his right hand to touch the stone pillar, a dark shadow suddenly leaped out of the lake and pounced on him like a madman.

The other side had clearly been planning this for a long time, and their attack was swift and sudden.

Before the two sides could even make contact, Luke, who was on guard nearby, created a force field wall.

Absolutely no surprises!

The shadowy figure slammed into the invisible force field wall with a loud thud, turning into a puddle of viscous liquid resembling mud.

However, in just two or three seconds, the liquid flowed down the force field wall and into the black lake water, where it reformed into a human-like shape.

It goes without saying that it doesn't seem to have a fixed shape, and once it is subjected to external forces, it will lose the form that it has worked so hard to form.

Chapter 1364 Stone Pillars

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

The unknown creature seemed to have gone mad, constantly crashing into the force field wall, showing no sign of giving up no matter how many times it failed.

Its strange behavior undoubtedly piqued the boy's interest, and he stood there, probing with great interest, "Who are you? Or rather, what are you? Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"Aaaaaaaahh ...

The unidentified creature emitted a low growl, which seemed to be both a response and an expression of its inner anger.

“Alright, it seems you can’t communicate.” The boy nodded thoughtfully, and without saying another word, he raised his hand and shot out a blinding beam of energy.

This is a positive energy spell created and developed by the Darents. Depending on the caster's own abilities, it can produce effects ranging from burning through a piece of paper to purifying a city filled with the dead.

Because it doesn't involve many fancy spellcasting actions or complicated incantations, it is loved by many spellcasters.

Upon impact, a huge hole appeared in the middle of the unidentified creature's body.

Normally, even a construct would have a hard time surviving such severe injuries.

Interestingly, the unknown life form not only survived, but also continued to repeat its previous idiotic behavior as if it had not been injured.

The only difference is that his size seems to have shrunk a tiny bit.

"Don't waste your energy! Its life is inextricably linked to this lake, and it can continuously draw sustenance from it. If you really want to kill it, you must first sever its connection with the lake, and then evaporate it all at once," Luke, who had been observing from the sidelines for a while, advised.

"Oh? You mean... I can't get rid of this annoying little thing for the time being?" The boy turned around, a look of surprise on his face.

Luke nodded without hesitation: "That's right! At this stage, we can't kill it. But it clearly lacks mature intelligence, so stopping its attacks shouldn't be difficult. The only thing we need to be wary of is..."

Before he could finish speaking, the unknown creature suddenly stopped its endless impact on the force field wall and submerged completely beneath the black lake water.

next second...

A giant wave rose into the air and crashed down from above.

"Damn it! That's what I wanted to say." Luke cursed under his breath, instantly teleporting hundreds of meters away to avoid the earth-shattering attack.

The boy stood still and, with his superb spellcasting skills, created a semi-circular force field shield, covering himself from head to toe.

After the giant wave subsided, not only was he not stained with a single drop of the black lake water, but he also brought the stone pillar into the protective range of the force field.

In this way, the unknown creature could no longer approach the area within 30 meters of the pillar, except to vent its anger.

Seeing that the enemy was helpless, the boy smiled nonchalantly and began to devote all his energy to recording the ever-changing runes on the surface of the pillar.

One hour...

Two hours...

Ten hours...

Twenty hours...

After more than a hundred hours, he was extremely exhausted. Finally, he rubbed his sore eyes and exclaimed excitedly, "Finally! I've finally recorded all the symbols. The next step is to decipher and interpret them."

"Deciphering and interpreting! Here? Are you sure?" Luke raised an eyebrow and questioned.

After all, the Darrents' home planet is not a safe place.

Especially considering the two had a serious argument before, even a fool would know that the enemy is definitely sending more people to search for their whereabouts.

“Otherwise what? I don’t think those guys would find this place.” The boy grinned, revealing a meaningful smile.

However, the smile on his face froze in less than ten seconds.

Several dark figures emerged from the lake water and instantly appeared on the shore less than a kilometer away from the stone pillar.

"Oh—no, no, no, what did I just say?" Luke's lips twitched involuntarily.

That familiar feeling!

Extremely similar ways of using energy!

It goes without saying that these guys are the rest of the Shadow Guard.

"Sometimes, I really want to tear your mouth off and study it to see if it contains some kind of cursed power. Enough talk, let's go. Now is not a good time to have a direct confrontation with them." The boy rolled his eyes in annoyance, and without saying another word, tore open a chaotic spatial rift and went straight in.

"As you wish!" Luke shrugged nonchalantly and followed him inside.

No sooner had the two disappeared than these creatures, exuding the same aura as the black lake water, rushed to the stone pillar.

The leader of the group swung his fist and slammed it into the unknown creature, sending it flying dozens of meters away. Without turning his head, he ordered, "Locate them immediately! I need to find out where they escaped to within two hundred breaths."

“I’m sorry, I can’t meet your request. To evade capture, they didn’t open a directional portal, but a chaotic portal. As you should know, chaos means uncertainty, so they could enter any world,” another member explained with a helpless expression.

"Shut up! I don't want to hear excuses! I just want answers! Don't forget, the council's conditions for us are to kill them or bring them back alive within a specified timeframe. Once the mission is completed, we can break free from thousands of years of imprisonment and exile, return to our people, and gain power, wealth, and glory. Tell me, do you want these things?" The chief grabbed his subordinate by the neck and demanded angrily.

Without hesitation, the latter replied, "Yes! Of course we want to! But the problem is, based on the traces left at the scene, finding them is as difficult as finding a pebble in this lake. Perhaps we should think of another way."

“Agreed! If I wasn’t mistaken, one of the boys recorded the runes on the Pillar of Creation. They will undoubtedly try to decipher them. This means…”

"This also means that if they succeed, it will trigger the Shadow Effect. If there happens to be an intelligent race nearby, that race will be inspired, and the dead gods will be reawakened."

"Yes! We only need to monitor the passageway to pinpoint their hiding place by detecting where shadow energy suddenly appears."

"Then what are we waiting for! Let's take action immediately! Remember, no matter what means we use, this mission absolutely cannot fail. It's not just about the honor of the Shadow Guard, but also about the future of each and every one of us."

Chapter 1365 Ancas

Where is this?

After drifting through time for several hours, Luke had barely set foot on the ground when he began to look around at his surroundings.

As a child who grew up in a relatively closed environment, he has never left the world in which he grew up, so he is extremely sensitive to changes in the environment.

In contrast, although the boy also rarely left his place of residence, Dalent was, after all, a powerful magical civilization, and both books and video materials recorded a great deal of details about the other world.

So after merely glancing at the dark underground tunnels around him, he quickly replied without hesitation, "This is Ancas, a special planet where all life is concentrated in the underground world. Looks like we're in luck."

"Good luck?"

Luke frowned instinctively, completely baffled as to what the other person was trying to say.

It is important to know that dark and confined environments often mean extreme danger.

Furthermore, when under attack, you cannot use teleportation magic indiscriminately, otherwise who knows if you will be stuck in a rock and squeezed into mincemeat the next second.

"Of course! Ancas is the only place the Darrents abandoned. To be precise, they tried to conquer it, but unexpectedly failed. This is because the planet's core constantly emits a strange energy field, causing all spells that work normally in other worlds to mutate to some extent..."