"Betrayer Witch" Medea's Innate Skill-Territory Creation

Waterside Villa, courtyard.

"Hey, Medea,

Group teleportation was useful,

but being able to mark only one location was way too inconvenient.

Work harder and keep it up!

Try to research a few more branches of Age of Gods magecraft.

Let's go for an all-element mage build!"

"Hmph!"

Medea shot him a cold glance and snorted expressionlessly.

An all-element mage?

Did he think Age of Gods magecraft was cabbages he could buy whenever he wanted?

Didn't he know what was going on with him?

If not for that inexplicable restrictive power suppressing her strength,

would she really have allowed herself to be at someone else's mercy?

Yu Xian nodded as he looked over the numerous arrangements before him.

The stage had already been set.

Now, it was time to see their performance.

Coo! Coo! Coo!

(Master, Skye is in position. We can begin.)

White Phoenix landed on Yu Xian's left shoulder

and pressed the power button.

"Medea, let's begin!"

Yu Xian activated his ice wings and took a step forward.

Amid ripples in the air,

he vanished.

The remaining members of Y Squad followed close behind, their figures swallowed by the air before them.

[Servant Caster, "Betrayer Witch" Medea's Innate Skill: Territory Creation—Bounded Field Establishment]

[Places a concealed bounded field that uses three layers of concealment—optical, heat-source, and magical-energy fluctuations—to evade modern technological detection and make targets disappear from the ground.]

Waterside Villa, outer wall.

Skye clung to the wall and peered inside.

In an open area of the courtyard, she saw two women and a man apparently discussing something.

But that was not important.

What mattered was—what had she just seen?

A pair of ice wings had suddenly appeared on that man's back?

He was the Winter Lord?

Wait.

What was going on? Why had they suddenly vanished?

Skye stared at the courtyard, which had been bustling moments ago but had instantly become cold and empty.

Shock, curiosity, unease, confusion, and countless other emotions surged through her heart like a burst dam, pouring out without end.

God, what was happening?

Overwhelming curiosity burned through Skye's mind, making her lose her rationality in an instant.

Driven by emotion, she turned to look at the unlocked courtyard gate beside her.

Little by little,

little by little,

it was as if a beast had appeared in her heart.

She climbed down from the wall.

She came before the unguarded gate.

She looked at the doorknob within arm's reach.

She slowly extended her hand.

She pushed open the gate.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

The girl stepped over the black-gold granite path.

She looked at the flowers around her, the distant fountain, and the swimming pool at the end of the path.

Beyond that was a pond connected to the Hudson River.

None of this was something she had ever possessed.

In her life, gray had always been the main theme.

If only I could...

Smack!

Skye punched herself.

What was wrong with her? Why was she being so sentimental today?

Skye shook her head, recalled her objective, and arrived at the scene of the incident.

"They disappeared here?"

"What exactly happened?"

Skye stood where Yu Xian had been earlier but found no clues.

With no other choice, she could only try it herself.

Skye gritted her teeth and slowly extended her right hand forward.

Pop!

Skye watched in amazement as more than half of her right hand vanished before her eyes.

"God, that's amazing!"

She pulled her hand back and found that there was no danger.

Her heart immediately settled by more than half.

She stepped forward decisively,

and vanished from where she stood.

Dark.

It was so dark!

Skye raised her hand and stared at fingers that were almost invisible in front of her.

Her heart thumped wildly.

She looked into the distance and vaguely saw countless pillars standing densely around the area.

When she looked farther away, a faint light entered her field of vision.

Around that light, several blurry figures had gathered, seemingly doing something.

Skye suppressed the fear in her heart.

Carefully, little by little, little by little, she finally crept close to the figures.

What she did not know was that

everywhere she passed, the pillars silently shifted position,

blocking off the path she had taken.

Using the pillars as cover,

she secretly looked ahead.

With the faint light, she finally saw the three people clearly.

The man wore black clothes and had black hair. Two long blades hung at his waist, and she could vaguely make out his handsome face.

To the man's left stood a petite, adorable blonde girl in casual clothes, with a fat cat at her feet.

To his right stood a purple-haired woman with exquisite features and fair skin, wearing a purple gown that reflected the faint light.

Even Skye, as a woman herself, could not help wanting to look at her a few more times.

On the ground before them,

dense, twisted patterns covered the floor.

A scarlet-red magic circle continuously released energy into the surroundings.

A man's voice faintly reached Skye's ears...

"Medea, how long can this summoned Dragon Tooth Warrior last?"

Yu Xian stared at the fish bones on the magic circle, deep in thought.

Could it turn into a fish-man Dragon Tooth Warrior?

"As long as the bounded field is not removed, the Dragon Tooth Warriors will continue to exist.

Of course, with your current strength, you can summon five of them now.

As your strength as Master increases, you will be able to summon more.

Or if the shackles restricting me are broken,

that will work as well.

As long as the Dragon Tooth Warriors are not destroyed within the range of the Territory Creation bounded field,

they can exist permanently!"

"They really are excellent guards for the house."

Yu Xian's gaze swept subtly across the pillar hiding Skye, and he smiled inwardly.

Since you came in, don't even think about leaving.

"Then let's begin!"

The witch Medea nodded and stepped forward, her purple robe rippling in the faint light.

She extended her slender fingers and lightly touched the scarlet magic circle on the ground.

The crimson patterns instantly blazed several times brighter.

"In the name of the 'Betrayer Witch,' I awaken the warriors slumbering within the earth. O dragon's teeth, become undying guardians!"

The fish bones at the center of the magic circle suddenly floated into the air and slowly rotated around their own axis.

Threads of golden light seeped from the cracks between the bones.

Circle after circle,

within moments, a humanoid form made of golden light appeared.

As Medea continuously poured in magical energy, the fish bones began to melt, twist, and transform.

Within the magic circle,

the outline of the first Dragon Tooth Warrior gradually took shape.

It did not become the fish-man Yu Xian had worried about. Instead, it took on a humanoid form.

—A blue-gray bony shell covered its entire body, while ghostly blue flames flickered within its hollow eye sockets.

It held a sharp bone blade, its entire body radiating an ancient aura.

Moments later, the second appeared, then the third...

The Dragon Tooth Warriors emerged one after another.

They came in different forms. Some were massive as mountains, while others were agile as leopards.

The five Dragon Tooth Warriors stood in a row and bowed neatly to Medea and Yu Xian.

Then they stood motionless, awaiting orders.

Hidden behind a stone pillar, Skye watched the horrifying scene and felt her scalp go numb.

These bony warriors were even more terrifying than the monsters in Resident Evil.

Just then,

one of the Dragon Tooth Warriors suddenly turned its head, its ghostly blue gaze stabbing toward the stone pillar where Skye hid like a sword.

At that tense moment, Skye jolted in fright.

Her body reacted violently, and she involuntarily staggered backward.

With a bang,

her back slammed heavily into the pillar.

This was followed by the sound of something falling from above.

Crash~

It was the sound of porcelain shattering.

It sounded especially piercing in the silent space.

Skye: ???????