A Dream Yet to End
The barrier opened, and everyone was swallowed up. However, Bai Mo and Morgan had prepared in advance. Several beams of light flashed, and the barrier clearly cracked open.
"Huh? What's going on? Ah, the game is supposed to be played step by step, how can you cheat?"
"Muryan said angrily, while Bai Mo looked up and said to her irritably, "Who agreed to play with you? And don't talk to me like a child just because of my appearance, you old hag."
"What do you mean, 'immortal after a thousand years'? How dare you talk like that!"
Regardless of what Muryan said, Morgan raised the makeshift staff made of ash wood and brought it down heavily. The Magecraft he had set up earlier shone brightly, and in an instant, the entire auction house shattered.
The barrier was about to shatter, but in the very next moment, a jet of darkness fell from the sky. Muryan's barrier could shrink opponents to the size of insects; even a child's finger could kill a fairy.
Therefore, all attacks will cause hundreds or thousands of times more damage to the villains here.
But what exactly is in the sky?
That was a curse, a curse directed at fairies, undoubtedly the most powerful kind, as if a piece had been taken from a void, incredibly pure, incredibly concentrated.
Just a few scents were enough to turn some self-proclaimed Child of Prophecy into Mors on the spot.
"Muryan, you bastard!"
Woodwose was among those affected; he could clearly feel how pure and intense the curse was, enough to rot any Fang Clan.
Normally, something the size of a little finger would be the limit, but under Muryan's barrier, it was magnified infinitely.
Seeing this, Bai Mo frowned deeply. He stretched out his hands, and a sharp edge burst forth from his body. A gust of wind surged around him, rising up his body. He took a step and drew his sword!
Using the changes in the wind to power the Magnetic Field Heavenly Blade, Bai Mo naturally pondered a countermeasure against these curses. After the Great Saber cleaved through the curses, the energy on the back of the blade seemed to devour and absorb them, completely absorbing the power of the curses. The entire blade turned pitch black, imbued with the power of the curses.
Outside, Muryan, who was preparing to use this dangerous item to kill everyone except the Fairy of Paradise, stared wide-eyed at this unbelievable scene.
Are you kidding me? I released the barrier nearly three thousand times stronger. With that kind of difference, how could I possibly launch a counterattack?
Not good!
Muryan immediately dodged the blade's energy, but at the same time, she instantly lost her last bit of control over the barrier.
I don't know what's going on outside, but if this thing falls, the bunch of fairies below will definitely be in big trouble. The barrier is breaking down, and the final result will probably be a bunch of Mors and crazed, bloodthirsty fairies bursting out.
By then, the entire Gloucester will turn into a zombie movie set.
"Well done!"
Upon witnessing this, Woodwose couldn't help but praise the guy behind the curtain in the private room; the light cracked continuously, and with a snap, the barrier was broken.
Everyone was caught in a distorted state. It was inevitable that there would be a process from shrinking to growing larger. Everyone felt strange sensations coming from their bodies, and they could clearly feel their flesh twisting and contorting.
Aside from one person, Barghest, during this process, she only felt a strange hunger. She heard a chirping sound nearby—was it a flying insect that happened to be passing by in the hall?
Open your eyes and look.
I don't know whose voice it is, or whose call it is. I should be leaving and coming to the normal world, but all I see in front of me is a bed.
That was the bed I just saw at the auction.
Barghest walked over and lifted the curtain.
There was nothing there.
Yes, there's nothing there, how could there be anything? She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the auction house. She wanted to find her subordinates; those crazed fairies were about to come out, and she had to do as Bai Mo said to gather the humans of Gloucester and take them away.
take away...
Why are humans being taken away from us?
The voices of the fairies from Sheffield echoed in my ears, "Without humans, there is no happiness. Fairies can't make anything, write beautiful poems, or cook delicious food."
Life would be so boring without these humans.
Why take them away? Why can't humans stay by the fairies' side?
"Enough. If you want to live, do as I say. This is for the future."
Barghest said coldly, but as she left, she could still see the displeasure in the Fairy Eyes.
"Oh, I see... Then you should get some more sleep. It's not your turn to play yet."
Someone called out in my ear.
Wake up!
Bai Mo Bai Mo slapped Barghest awake. He looked at the unconscious Barghest and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Barghest had woken up.
"Um... Your Excellency, what happened?"
"You passed out as soon as we came out of the barrier, and that guy, Muryan, the barrier completely shattered! Those crazed fairies are everywhere, and..."
Before Bai Mo could say anything more, huge fireballs appeared in the sky, along with lightsabers falling from the sky—the weapons originally used for Britain's defense.
Bai Mo wielded the Sword of Victory, its flashing light slicing through all the fireballs in the sky. However, he had to dodge the lightsabers. On the distant walls of Gloucester, the original Gloucester banner had been cut down and replaced with another banner.
"That's... the flag of the North?"
"That's right..." came the voice of Muryan from the nearby sparkling stone. She seemed very weak, but her eyes were filled with strong resentment and indignation.
"I've been tricked, that damned Spriggan! From the very beginning, he never intended to let anyone go. Gloucester is already surrounded by the Northern army. These guys are planning to kill us all here."
"We got bitten," Bai Mo and Morgan said at the same time, and Muryan nodded with a wry smile.
Spriggan's suggestion was to unleash the Calamity of the Beast and then have Woodwose perish with it, with the Clan of the King being his backup plan.
According to the original calculations, Woodwose should have fought to the very end inside the auction's barrier against the cursed and transformed Calamity of the Beast, and then the remaining, severely wounded one should have been destroyed by the Clan of the King on the outer perimeter.
But at this moment, Muryan realized that Spriggan had no intention of taking him along; instead, he planned to blow the entire Gloucester into the sky.
I'm going to find her!
Caster, who had a connection with Queen Knocknarea of the North, spoke up, but Morgan stopped her. "Don't be naive. Have you forgotten what that guy said? As long as you're still a country bumpkin, he won't make a move."
But once you ring the first bell, you're the enemy.
Upon hearing this, Caster gripped the Staff of Selection tightly, feeling utter disgust for it. It was a mission she hadn't wanted, one she'd never even considered ringing the bell; it had simply rung on its own within Orkney.
Now, because of this, even the last vestiges of friendship can't be preserved?
Bai Mo walked over to Caster and patted her on the shoulder.
"Never mind that. After this is over, you can give that unreasonable guy a good scolding. Now, you assist Ritsuka." He looked into the distance, where a dark figure was walking towards them, somewhat similar to Woodwose, but covered in black fur.
"Trouble is brewing."