Chapter 2177 Savior from Beyond the Sky <TOC> Chapter 2179 Magu
Translator: SumTLMan
Inside a massive volcanic crater.
Angel stood on a man-made path carved into the volcano’s wall, silently watching Toby below, who was “bathing” in the volcanic lava… Well, to be precise, it was Toby in his griffin form.
The elemental tide had not yet subsided, and fire rain continued to fall from the sky.
So, Toby was both bathing and enjoying a shower, seemingly quite content.
At Angel’s feet lay a severed hand, belonging to Dangros. It rubbed against the edge of the path, its gaze entirely fixated on Toby in the lava pool below.
In its fiery eyes lay a clear adoration.
Dangros’ five fingers kept curling and stretching out, as if paying homage to Toby.
Above the lava pool hovered a towering ‘demon’, surrounded by flocks of flame sparrows circling in the air.
This demon was the new king of the Fire Domain——Magic Fire Midir.
Magic Fire Midir was issuing commands to the flame sparrows. Soon after, they dispersed.
Magic Fire Midir then gracefully descended, hovering in front of Angel, and bowed slightly: “I have sent my subordinates to explain to Phoenix and others. The previous conflict was just a misunderstanding caused by Dangros’ ignorance.”
“Allow me to introduce myself…”
Faced with Magic Fire Midir’s courteous gesture, Angel returned the courtesy. However, his mind was still in a daze, as he had not expected such a dramatic turn of events from a situation that was initially hostile.
This all started half an hour ago——
Eremy created chaos that even Magic Fire Midir did not anticipate. Seizing the moment, Angel immediately activated the illusion node, casting a Nightmare Illusion Spell to confuse Magic Fire Midir.
Eremy then returned to Angel’s shadow, and they retreated together.
The Nightmare Illusion Spell, based on Magic Fire Midir’s own thoughts, made the ‘Eremy’ he saw react in the way he expected. For a time, Magic Fire Midir was indeed fooled.
This also gave Angel the chance to retreat.
Angel’s soul left his body, and with the full activation of the Gravity Lines, he reached a location tens of kilometers away in less than half a minute.
Angel’s original plan was to find a hidden spot, let Eremy turn into flames, spread around him, and then open an illusion spell for perfect concealment.
Indeed, Angel did just that.
Unexpectedly, Toby, who had been engrossed in absorbing the fire elemental energy, entered a strange state in a daze. While Angel was not paying attention, Toby gracefully flew out of the pocket, rising into the sky… transforming into the Griffin of Fury.
Its transformed form, with flaming mane on its neck, immediately activated the fire rain that fell on it.
A series of fiery explosions occurred around Toby.
Toby itself was fine, even seemingly enjoying lazily rolling in midair, but this action startled Angel.
He quickly flew into the sky, wanting to check on Toby.
Upon getting closer, he discovered that Toby had not yet awakened and was unconsciously absorbing the fire elemental energy from the surrounding elemental tide in his griffin form.
Although unconscious, the fire elemental energy level around Toby was increasing rapidly.
Angel, upon seeing this, immediately realized that it was Toby in his griffin form undergoing a power level ascension!
In other words, due to the washing of the elemental tide, the griffin’s fire elemental energy was completely renewed, allowing it to enter a breakthrough phase.
Like a wizard’s advancement, Toby’s breakthrough also cannot be disturbed by the outside world; otherwise, it is very easy to fail, and may even backfire on itself.
Originally, Angel wanted to wake Toby up, but now he didn’t dare to move him anymore, and could only guard by Toby’s side.
But his heart was very bitter.
“It’s neither an early breakthrough nor a late one, but it happens right now…” Although Angel knew that Toby was not to blame because Toby himself did not feel that the griffin form would enter a breakthrough state, it was completely due to an accident——the elemental tide directly pushed Toby to the brink of breakthrough.
Seeing that the matter was already settled and could not be stopped temporarily, Angel could only think of ways to protect Toby.
However, this place was not far from where they previously battled with Magic Fire Midir. If they could hide, it would be fine, but now Toby’s situation could not cooperate with hiding. Therefore, in just a few breaths, Magic Fire Midir, who had seen through the Nightmare Illusion Spell, appeared in front of them with the cursing and swearing Dangros.
Upon seeing the strong enemy coming, Angel sighed and began to operate the magic vortex inside his body. This time, he not only had to resist the enemy but also protect Toby. Relying solely on Eremy might not work; he had to enter the fray personally.
At least, before Toby’s breakthrough, Toby couldn’t be let into trouble.
In a turn of thoughts, Angel had already simulated various situations in his mind: how to fight the enemy, how to defend, what to do if the enemy targets Toby… Angel had to consider almost every situation he could think of, to be prepared. After all, this concerned Toby’s safety.
When Angel and Eremy were both in a highly tense state, something they did not expect happened.
Although Magic Fire Midir came aggressively, strangely, it suddenly converged its aura after approaching, quietly looked at Toby in the distance, and then hovered a hundred meters away without any action or sound.
On the contrary, Dangros, who was grabbing the wings of Magic Fire Midir, trembled with a voice when he saw Toby: “Is this, the… the ancestor?!”
Dangros pointed at Toby, who was sleeping soundly in mid-air, with unprecedented shock in his eyes.
Angel also didn’t know how Dangros recognized Toby as the “ancestor,” but because of this, Magic Fire Midir showed friendliness to Angel.
Magic Fire Midir did not move against Angel and Eremy, and even quietly waited for Toby’s advancement.
After Toby’s successful advancement, Angel did not sense any malice from Magic Fire Midir. It seemed that the other party had something to say to him, and after pondering for a moment, Angel finally followed Magic Fire Midir to the current volcano.
…
Below the volcano.
After Magic Fire Midir introduced itself, with a light wave of its hand, Dangros, who was sneakily watching Toby “bathe” at the edge, was caught in mid-air.
Dangros struggled and shouted angrily, but Magic Fire Midir had no intention of letting him go.
“It’s your mistake; you must apologize to this gentleman…” Magic Fire Midir looked at Angel, seemingly thinking about how to address him.
“Just call me Pat.”
Magic Fire Midir pinched Dangros: “Apologize to Mr. Pat.”
After struggling in vain, Dangros could only bow to Angel: “I’m sorry, it was my ignorance that made me mistake Mr. Pat for a spy…”
Although Dangros seemed to apologize only under the silver tongued coercion of Magic Fire Midir, Angel could tell that on the way to this volcano, Dangros had tried several times to initiate conversation, vaguely skipping over the previous mistaken recognition of a spy, showing he had realized his error but was hindered by pride from admitting it, feeling somewhat guilty nonetheless.
It seemed like Magic Fire Midir’s compulsion, but Dangros was not unwilling.
Angel held no great malice towards the naive Dangros. Now, since they could return to peace from confrontation, he no longer dwelled on these trivial matters and nodded, accepting Dangros’ apology.
Upon seeing this, Dangros immediately felt relieved and returned to his former childish self, saying to Angel, “We’re even now. You defeated Glarada and Phoenix, and even my good friend Kolokcro used his talent to self-destruct, needing several years to regain his form. So all in all, we suffered more losses.”
Magic Fire Midir, with a flick, tossed Dangros aside: “Now that you’ve apologized, go back. Your Mentor Magu is waiting.”
Dangros raised his middle and little fingers, shaking them vigorously: “No, I won’t leave. My ancestors are here!”
After saying this, Dangros attempted to jump into the volcanic magma pool but was kicked away by Magic Fire Midir. Despite the setback, Dangros tried various methods but couldn’t escape Midir’s kicks.
Eventually, Dangros gave up on jumping into the magma and instead rushed to the other side, grabbing Angel’s ankle.
To Dangros, since Angel and Toby were friends, as long as he clung to Angel, he would have a chance to be close to Toby.
Angel felt the impulse to kick away this childish nuisance, but noble etiquette restrained him, and he summoned a pale blue Magic Hand to pluck Dangros off.
Dangros didn’t struggle and let the Magic Hand grip him.
At this moment, Angel turned to Magic Fire Midir: “Your Highness, the New King, may I know what ancestor Dangros is referring to?”
Previously, because of the so-called “ancestor,” Magic Fire Midir had not attacked them, even showing goodwill. Angel was curious about the mystery behind this.
Before Midir could speak, Dangros excitedly interjected: “Let me tell! It has to be me telling! My ancestor…”
Dangros, seizing the opportunity to speak, began to describe his ancestor in a highly admiring tone.
The ancestor Dangros always mentioned was Kalomaches.
Kalomaches was a fire griffin, burning with fierce flames, having the body and claws of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle.
As for the relation between Kalomaches and Dangros… it was subtle.
According to Dangros, he was born from the mound where Kalomaches was buried, inheriting Kalomaches’s fiery will, making him a descendant.
However, to Angel, this sounded more like a lowly birth trying to forcibly connect with a revered ancestor.
Of course, while Angel thought this, he did not voice it. After all, since Magic Fire Midir, the new king, hadn’t denied it, he, as an outsider, had no place to comment.
That was all Dangros knew; he didn’t even know about Kalomaches’ birth or experiences, just repeating praises and adorations for the ancestor.
Angel had no choice but to turn to Magic Fire Midir, waiting for his supplement.
Magic Fire Midir did not disappoint, starting with useful information: “Kalomaches is not an elemental creature; it is a true fire griffin that came from beyond the sky.”
It’s not an elemental creature? And it came from beyond the sky?!
Angel was quite aware that the griffin had never been born in the Southern Region, so this griffin was definitely not from the Southern Region. Moreover, it was unlikely that the griffin came here for no reason; it was probably brought in by someone.
“Was it the savior who brought it in?”
Magic Fire Midir’s narrow eye slits flickered with a glint: “Yes, just like today, Kalomaches was also brought in by a human.”
“You know I’m human?” Angel caught a point of information.
Magic Fire Midir nodded without denying.
Dangros then curiously asked what a human is, but no one paid attention to it.
“Have you seen other humans?” Angel further inquired.
Magic Fire Midir shook his head: “In our world, apart from that savior from beyond, no other humans have appeared. You are the second human to come to this world.”
This was Magic Fire Midir’s statement, but Angel was not very convinced. Even if no humans had come after the planar fusion, it was possible that humans had explored this world before the fusion. The footsteps of wizards were everywhere, and it was not just talk, but these elemental creatures did not know.
Angel did not continue to dwell on the topic of humans and signaled Magic Fire Midir to continue talking about Kalomaches.
“Because of the apocalypse, elemental creatures above the level of Monarchs almost all dissipated. At that time, each area was extremely chaotic, so the savior from beyond had Kalomaches act as a temporary king for management.”
“Later, when Monarchs were born in various places, Kalomaches handed over the authority.”
When Kalomaches was sent here, it was actually already old and died in this region not long after.
But during that period when Kalomaches was acting as a king, the entire Tidal Realm was thriving, so most of the region’s Monarchs respected Kalomaches.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Dangros, “born humble,” tried to forcibly claim kinship. ——This was Angel’s conjecture.
At this moment, Angel also understood the status of Kalomaches in the Tidal Realm, no wonder Toby immediately stopped the conflict after showing his griffin form.
Angel sighed inwardly: If he had known this, he would not have bothered doing so much before.
However, was it just Toby’s appearance that made Magic Fire Midir immediately change its stance? On this point, Angel still had some doubts.
Because when Angel first met Magic Fire Midir and tried to explain that the spy incident was a misunderstanding, Magic Fire Midir’s response seemed to indicate that it knew it was a misunderstanding and even left room for a “self-introduction” later.
As if it had foreseen today’s situation.
Angel did not believe that Magic Fire Midir knew in advance that Toby could transform into a griffin; there must be other reasons.
Since he couldn’t figure it out, Angel simply asked directly:
“The sudden change in attitude of the new king, it shouldn’t just be because of the griffin, right?”
Chapter 2177 Savior from Beyond the Sky <TOC> Chapter 2179 Magu