The Truth Will Finally Be Revealed

Gold-Rank Adventurer.

Aside from those powerful figures with names and identities, they are basically the strongest people that people can see in their daily lives.

Even with rich adventure experience, formidable strength, and expertise in monsters, one can only become a seasoned Silver Rank adventurer.

To become a Gold-level player, there is another strict requirement: completing an extremely dangerous mission that is enough to qualify for promotion.

Gold-Rank Adventurer can stand at the very top of the entire dungeon ecosystem, and when such a group of powerful individuals team up to cause trouble...

That's how it turned out to be what it is today!

The colossal shield released by Ba La, like a giant egg, firmly bound the high platform. The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and nearly half of this historic Founding Plaza instantly collapsed, with the guards being swallowed up by the cracked ground.

Some people were quite strong and were lucky enough to avoid being swallowed up. Just as they were about to organize a counterattack, the Greatshield, as large as a gate, suddenly expanded and sent them flying!

Ai Li's sword energy erupted at this moment, encircling the Greatshield like a meat grinder, making it impossible for anyone to touch it.

Before the onlookers could even react, they were swept up in the chaos, and some even fell into the cracks in the ground.

But the next moment, the people who fell in were carried into the sky by the inflating balloon plants amidst screams. Some were even swept away by the plant vines that grew from the balloon plants. Although they were frightened, fortunately, their lives were not in danger.

Without a doubt, this was the work of Aleya, a botanist.

However, the adventurer who caused today's chaos was not the only one.

How could there not be various protective spells on the Founding Plaza? So who turned them off? It was a gold-level mage who was summoned.

The reason why more guards didn't arrive immediately after the attack was also because of the Gold-Rank Adventurer.

The Hasawi Squad is considered a helpful group even among adventurers. They have assisted many adventurers in their gold-rank promotion quests and even saved lives, making them very popular.

Their disappearance these past few days is because they've been calling for reinforcements!

If there were more time, there would definitely be more people willing to help them than just these!

"Fingel!!!"

On the high platform, Iliphis neck had been pierced, swung a sharp wind blade at Fingel, but the other man dodged it by tilting his head, merely lifting his hood and leaving a bloody mark on his face.

Fingel's expression was as cold as an assassin's as he pinned him to the ground with a backhand!

Before the other party could react, he grabbed Iliphis's silver-white hair, his arm veins bulging!

"Squeak—"

A sickeningly painful sound of flesh being torn apart rang out as he ripped his head off alive!

Torn muscles and skin floated in the air, and even a small section of the spine was torn out. The bloody scene made Serena's expression change, and she tightly covered her mouth and nose.

"Finger, Fingel? Why are you here?" she asked, fighting back the urge to vomit.

Without saying a word, Fingel suddenly reached out and pushed her off the platform.

"Ahhh!"

Serena fell with a scream, but was caught firmly by a pair of large hands in the blink of an eye—it was Matilda.

"It's dangerous here. I'll take you to safety first."

"But Fingel!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a large number of wind blades erupted from the high platform, causing the entire building to tremble and even tilt, looking as if it might collapse at any moment.

On the high platform, the corpse in Fingel's hand slowly dissipated into wind, Iliphis in front of him. When did he become so skilled at wind magic?

"Fingel!" Iliphis he demanded, "What are you doing? Attacking a national general is a capital offense!"

Fingel looked at his palm, as if reliving the feeling of tearing off his head with his bare hands. He shook his head, looked at Iliphis, and uttered his first words since his appearance.

"I can't be bothered to talk to you, you don't deserve to listen."

"Varied--"

Iliphis hastily drew his longsword from his waist to block Fingel's attack, which flashed towards him like a meteor.

The ritual sword shattered in the first clash, forcing him to use wind magic to condense it again, but the time wasted in that instant was enough to pierce his shoulder.

He decisively swung his hand and cleaved Fingel's blade in two, the wind magic longsword transforming into a spreading hurricane that swept towards the enemy.

His shoulder muscles twitched, automatically spitting out the broken blade that had pierced his shoulder, and the wound healed rapidly. Could he have such regenerative abilities without relying on magic? This was something no normal person could do.

But Iliphis had no time to catch his breath. The azure blue Caria Piercing his chest at the extreme distance, followed closely by a Glintstone Pebble. As he dodged, he saw the Glintstone Pebble seem to have a gravitational pull, directly pulling Fingel right in front of him.

"Bass--"

A flash of white light appeared, and another deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on his chest.

"Fingel! There's a limit to how outrageous you can be!"

Iliphis, barely managing to fend off the attack, shouted:

"Get out of here now, and I might forgive your sins!"

Fingel still had a "I'm too lazy to talk and you're not worthy to listen" look on his face, and his attacks became increasingly fierce.

Previously, his stationary attack style was somewhat inconvenient when fighting humans, but now, having learned various melee spells in the Zane Dungeon, he has a second way of fighting.

A combat style specifically designed to counter humanoid enemies!

Iliphis suffered further injuries and could no longer contain himself. He shouted, "Enough! What's wrong with you? I helped you bury your family and track down the murderer. I'm your benefactor!"

Upon hearing this, he immediately sensed a change in Fingel's demeanor.

The next second, he felt a chill on his neck, and a deep bloodstain immediately appeared on his neck, with scalding blood splattering out.

"I know everything." Fingel grabbed his hair again.

"You know everything!?"

Just as Iliphis was in shock, a commotion arose in the Founding Plaza as a large number of heavily armed guards and mercenaries from the Light Eagle Legion were on their way.

They saw the battle and immediately shouted, "Protect Commander/General Iliphis!" and "Protect the Princess!"

Faced with the surging guards, in a real battle, Ba La's giant shield might not be able to hold out for long, and Ai Li's sword energy would also run out. If they didn't retreat and were surrounded, they would be doomed.

Hope appeared on Iliphis's face, but just then, a projection spell was cast from somewhere, and a huge image was projected onto the sky.

"Since I'm here, it means I've made thorough preparations. All the evidence is in my hands, including your perverted experiment."

"Do you think the guards will still fight for you after seeing what you've done?"

Iliphis he said, "Wait, you!"

Fingel pointed to the projection in the sky and finally smiled.

Are you ready to lose everything like I did?

As the image gradually appeared on the projection screen, Iliphis could no longer conceal his panic and shouted:

"Commander! Come back quickly!"

On the other side, inside the cave at Sea Moon Lake.

"Hehehe, what a powerful body, what a tenacious will, to be able to hold on until now under the influence of the Fallen Devil Egg."

The demon elder Dorian let out an unsettling laugh. He stared at Elsa, who was trapped in the center of the binding Magic Array and suffering terribly from resisting her beast transformation. His eyes revealed a mixture of admiration and greed.

Then he looked at the man beside him and chuckled:

"You really are a genius when it comes to enjoying yourself. You actually came up with the idea of having your subordinates bring your left eye to a speech. With your left eye, you watch yourself being loved by the masses, becoming the king consort, controlling the country, and ascending to the pinnacle of power, while with your right eye, you watch your enemies who humiliated you suffer torture. Just thinking about that makes me climax."

The man standing beside him was none other Iliphis, the real Iliphis.

He watched Elsa struggle in pain, his face filled with happiness.

"Once she's been transformed, why don't we try to devour her with your unique, dark green Fallen Devil Egg?" Dorian suggested.

Iliphis glanced at him and sneered.

"Now that I have ascended to the top of the kingdom, I will deal with such matters later. For now, I will enjoy this moment."

"Ha, does this mob boss want to whitewash his image after making his fortune?"

Dorian curled his lip. He actually had a secret mission: to use the other party to test the power of the Green Fallen Devil Egg. If Iliphis didn't use it further, then his mission would fail.

Therefore, we must persuade him to use the Fallen Devil Egg at a deeper level.

"What's the point of merely reaching the pinnacle of mortal power? If you were to elevate yourself with the power of the Fallen Devil Egg, becoming a Demon King wouldn't be impossible, Brother Iliphis," Dorian tempted. "Only power is true power!"

However, Iliphis remained unmoved. If he could maintain his current position in the kingdom, he would never make further use of the Fallen Devil Egg, an unstable factor whose consequences were unknown.

Dorian frowned, as if he wanted to say something.

But at that moment, he saw Iliphis's expression suddenly twist, and he exuded a murderous aura.

"What's wrong?" Dorian couldn't help but take two steps back.

"You stay here and keep an eye on her."

After saying this, Iliphis left the cave as swiftly as a streak of light.

"What's going on?"

Dorian shook his head in confusion. He looked at Elsa, who was struggling in pain, and shrugged.

"Never mind, nothing will go wrong as long as I keep an eye on things here."

The perspective returns to the Leyndell.

Fingel didn't understand why Iliphis would call out the word "Commander".

However, the next second, the face and even the size of Iliphis, who was being held in his hand, changed. He was none other than the archer captain of the Light Eagle Legion!

"What?"

He never expected that on such an important day, Iliphis would actually have someone impersonate him!

"Where is Iliphis?!" he demanded fiercely.

The archer captain gave a bitter smile, slowly raised his hand, and pointed behind him!

"Pfft!"

With the sound of flesh being pierced, a long nail formed from light magic pierced Fingel's chest, and then a large number of chains erupted from the nail, binding him firmly to the ground.

"Iliphis!"

Upon seeing the LIGHT magic, he knew it Iliphis's signature move. Fingel struggled desperately but couldn't break free within seconds. He turned his head and saw Iliphis flying down from the platform without stopping.

The projection on the sky had just emitted a roar from Anzi III when the people gathered in the square suddenly disappeared before they could even see anything. They looked at each other in bewilderment.

Beneath the plaza, Iliphis held the gold-level mage adventurer by the neck, whose body vanished like a mirage, but the projection device was destroyed.

Only then did Iliphis finally breathe a sigh of relief.

A second later, he returned to the shaky platform with a dark expression. At that moment, Fingel had just broken free of his restraints and was about to slash at his neck with his sword!

Surprisingly, Iliphis managed to hold the blade between two fingers, keeping it completely still.

Has his strength improved?

"It seems like you know everything."

Faced with Fingel's relentless attacks, Iliphis found a way to counter every single one.

"Then there's no other way but to let you die here as a traitorous spy from an enemy country."

His eyes glowed red, Fingel quickly closed his eyes, but still fell into a brief daze, when the latter grabbed his neck.

"Fortunately, fortunately I gained power these past few days, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to deal with you guys." Iliphis showed a relieved expression. "Just watch, the entire Leyndell's garrison is converging here, you absolutely cannot escape."

The dark mass of guards had already engaged the adventurers present, the giant gate of Ba La was flashing faster, Ai Li's sword energy was gradually weakening, and Aleya's plants were ceasing to grow.

"Perfect, I'll use you as my reason for declaring war on the Warrior Country."

Suddenly, hard scales grew on Iliphis's palm, resembling both an eagle and a dragon, and he swiftly stabbed at Fingel!

Fingel stared wide-eyed, struggling with all his might, and looked like he was about to have his heart ripped out.

"[Great Carian!]"

The magical sword blade suddenly shot up, slashing towards Iliphis with lightning speed, forcing the latter to release Fingel.

The platform finally gave way and began to collapse. Amidst the billowing dust, Fingel was caught by someone and finally saw who had saved him.

"Leon? What are you doing here?"

Yes, the person who saved him was none other than Leon, the "Lion" of the Strategy Team.

Leon carried him and ran out, gritting his teeth as he demanded, "I wanted to ask you what you were doing! Why are you going crazy on a day like this!"

"No, I..." Fingel pushed him away. "Let go of me right now. If someone sees you, the guards will attack you. Don't worry about me."

"I saw it all, how could I ignore it!"

Leon pulled out Healing Potion and splashed it on Fingel, shouting:

"We've known each other for so long, I believe you wouldn't attack these people for no reason, that's why I came to save you."

After breaking through the thick fog, the two realized that they were surrounded by guards, all of whom looked menacing.

Leon put Fingel down and drew his Backhand Sword from his waist.

"So once this is over, you'd better give me a proper explanation!"

"Leon."

Fingel muttered something, drew his weapon, and stood up, back to back with the enemy.

"Alright, once this is over, I'll answer whatever you ask!"

Meanwhile, Ba La and his men, who were also surrounded by soldiers, were fighting fiercely.

Iliphis, high in the sky, looked down on these adventurers as if they were ants; their struggles were like fleeting splashes of water in the face of the army.

He commands his army with amplification magic, launching attacks against the weaknesses of each adventurer; in terms of command, he is a genius among geniuses.

Fingel and his men were in dire straits. He gritted his teeth, hoping that if the projection hadn't broken, they could have revealed the truth and perhaps these guards would have become their allies.

Iliphis looked down at the crowd and let out a long breath. He almost messed up today. Where did he go wrong and let Fingel know the truth about what happened back then?

After today's events are over, we must interrogate him thoroughly and not allow any destabilizing factors to exist.

He looked up at the sky.

"Luck is still on my side."

He blinked.

When I opened my eyes again, the sky was suddenly covered by a giant projection screen.

"Um?"

"Look, what's that!"

People's attention was immediately drawn to the giant screen, and the projection was equally swift, instantly switching to images of Iliphis's beast-like transformation and Brain Control of ordinary people!

It's like dropping a royal flush!

Wait, wait, where did this projection come from? Didn't I already destroy it?

Iliphis looked down at the source of the projection, on the crumbling ground.

Princess Sai Li held the necklace high, and the Image Transmission Device on it shone brightly!

Noticing Iliphis's gaze, she met it without fear, her face filled with determination.

The next second, Matilda hurriedly carried her away, leaving only the Image Transmission Device lying on the ground.

Iliphis snapped out of his shock and turned to look at the others in the square.

The soldiers had stopped fighting and were all looking up at the projection in the sky.

Watching Iliphis Mind Control others and use the red Fallen Devil Egg to turn them into deformed forms.

It's too late; even turning off the projector won't save you.

Iliphis heard one of the guards say something.

"What exactly is our General Iliphis?"

More and more people are speaking out.

"Isn't that what a demon looks like? Did he really collude with the demons? The Warrior Country wasn't lying?"

"He actually assaulted His Majesty the King."

The guards looked at Iliphis the sky with confusion, fear, disgust, and bewilderment in their eyes.

It just doesn't have the kind of reverence he likes the most!

"Me, this..."

If this were a strategy Yugi, his reputation in the army would plummet from full to zero, or even plummet into negative territory.

He panicked.

My dream seemed to shatter in an instant, and all sorts of negative emotions surged into my mind, with countless terrifying futures appearing before my eyes.

The Fallen Devil Egg in his arms suddenly opened its eyes.