The First Magic World War

The Black Dragon blinked its eyes, its face bearing a calm and self-assured smile.

Although he hadn't done much, what he did was right, and that was very important.

The Evil God of the Old Continent was very quiet, hardly ever stirring up any significant trouble, which was not to be taken for granted! The Nine Great True Gods had not spared the Evil God from their crusades thousands of years ago, and each crusade would leave behind relics transformed from the remains of the Evil God.

These relics were often bestowed upon loyal followers!

Well, take Charles for example!

But!

The thought processes of the deities were different from those of humans.

They would leave the relics behind for humans to distribute among themselves.

Since ancient times, the stories derived from these relics have been numerous, some heartbreakingly heroic and others starkly revealing the dark side of human nature.

Of course, there was the Black Dragon, who had shoved the Blood Spirit Rhinoceros into Gareth's belly, and when Lady Black Moon turned the remains of the Evil God into relics, she naturally used the Blood Spirit Rhinoceros as a base, just as she had transformed the Dragon Slaying Stick into a black Knight's Spear.

Quite coincidentally!

The Blood Spirit Rhinoceros belonged to Charles.

So, the new Blood Spirit Rhinoceros still belonged to Charles.

This was indisputable.

Anyway, Antonio would have no objection. He and Charles were relatives now, and truly so! They would not dispute over interests.

As for the other members of the Sacred Order...

Although nominally all under Charles's command, the Black Dragon did not believe that Charles could control people like Kratos!

After all, the relics left by the deities were extraordinary, and if they harbored other intentions, Charles might not be able to confidently win, and any dispute over the relics, regardless of the outcome, would cause division and sow seeds of dissatisfaction.

Charles might lose the loyalty of several members of the Sacred Order.

That's why the Black Dragon had this cunning idea, smoothing over all potential complications without a trace.

The role of a strategist was not to face troubles and solve them but to ensure their master faced as few troubles as possible.

Charles, expressionless, absorbed the Blood Spirit Rhinoceros into the Bloody Vortex, but inside he was shaken for a long while, truly not expecting the Black Dragon, this lizard-headed strategist, to actually be of some use! He surely hadn't thought of such a devious plan himself, just as he hadn't thought of being the first to swear allegiance to his father-in-law the last time.

Charles reissued the Holy Light Divine State Title, releasing the people who had been hiding on the ship. Despite his frantic efforts, both the Brittany Knights and the Westwind Knights suffered heavy losses. True enough, there was just no way to prevent deaths entirely, and Antonio comforted Charles a few times, having long realized that this "brother-in-law" actually disliked needless deaths.

Although Charles couldn't completely let go of his feelings, nor could he dwell on them endlessly, they had chased after the incarnation of the Flame Evil God for hundreds of kilometers, and now needed to spend some time returning to the Mosleyd Domain.

After some discussion, they decided to let Charles use the Holy Light Divine State Title to get everyone back on board and fly back to the original camp.

When Charles and Antonio returned to the battlefield from the day before, it was already a day later. The battle had been large-scale, with the aftermath of the fire still visible on the ground. Anurulu's escape route had left a trail of ash, winding towards the Black Phoenix Dynasty, effectively carving out a path.

Having gone through the "War of Godslaying," everyone was extremely tired, so they did not continue the attack, especially since the two Knighthoods had suffered heavy losses. Thus, both Charles and Antonio decided to take some time to recuperate.

They retreated to a nearby small town called Rakham!

After settling down, Charles went to pick up Anne and the two Miss Axels. However, when he found Anne, he could not find the two Miss Axels at all.

Along the way, the two ladies had been well-behaved, and Charles hadn't expected such a big incident so suddenly. The people whom he and Antonio had brought out must also be safely brought back, otherwise, he couldn't explain to Prince Aifuri.

Charles first took Anne to Rakham, then, accompanied by the Black Dragon and Vigo, hurried back to the place where the two Miss Axels had disappeared.

Given the urgency of the situation, Charles had not transported Anne far, just to a nearby small town not far from Rakham, called Sunnisance.

He had been creating several Infinite Mirror Realms in each city he passed by since he comprehended the Infinite Mirror Realm, and though these realms were interconnected, they only composed a minuscule fragment. However, Charles believed that if he continued this practice, he would eventually cover the entire Old Continent with the Infinite Mirror Realm.

Charles did not bring Golden Ram Herolf and Qiudelo with him because, although these two subordinates were powerful, they were not very bright, and it clearly wasn't appropriate to order about the grand marshal and the two deputy marshals of the Royal Knights Order, who deserved necessary respect.

Only the intelligent Black Dragon and the increasingly stalwart Vigo were suitable to accompany him in search of people.

Charles had asked Anne. After they arrived in the town of Sunnis, she had not left the carriage, and although she heard that the two Misses Axel wanted to find a more comfortable residence, she just sent someone to follow them and did not go with them herself.

After the two Misses Axel left, they didn't come back.

The guards Charles left to Anne were elite Labyrinth Guardians—though only just over ten, all were Transcendents. The four Labyrinth Guardians who went with the two Misses Axel were Hunchback Red Bear Warriors, one of whom was even a Mid-Level Transcendent.

Charles didn't believe anyone could have killed four Hunchback Red Bear Warriors. On this continent, Transcendents were not ubiquitous!

Even among the graduates of the four universities of Fars each year, those who are Transcendents are extremely rare, only numbering in the single digits. A typical small town, even if it had a Transcendent, would only have a Low Order one, absolutely incapable of killing four Labyrinth Guardians and abducting the two Misses Axel.

Unless there were outsiders involved...

Charles rushed back to Sunnis town, didn't search everywhere, but directly sought the city lord, and there and then seized his authority and issued a command. In this small town, he organized a local army that made up ten percent of Sunnis's population in just one day.

This was the most efficient method. Charles quickly figured out that an adventurous squad had arrived at this small town a day earlier than he sent Anne to seek refuge, and they left Sunnis while Anne and the others were hiding in this town.

More than one resident saw them fight with the Hunchback Red Bear Warriors, and there were witnesses that when the adventurous squad left, several more people were in their convoy.

Charles did not hesitate to abandon the seized authority, took the Black Dragon and Vigo, and chased them down frantically based on the testimonies of the residents.

This adventurous squad must have had an extraordinary background. Charles didn't know who they were, but he believed that with two Sacred Order protectors, he could definitely rescue the people.

Throughout the journey, Charles became increasingly confident that he had brought the right people for the search.

The Black Dragon was scheming and meticulous, while Vigo was experienced. This Flame Knight alone upheld the highest combat power of the Southern Seraph Territory, cultivated Cyrus, and was indeed a figure. However, the South Ceraph Restoration Army had faced setbacks repeatedly, and the Southern Seraph Territory had fallen into Charles's hands, causing his spirit to plummet. The two cooperated with each other, finding the correct direction to pursue on several occasions from extremely subtle clues.

If it had just been Charles alone, he would have lost the trail long ago.

Luckily, being led by two Sacred Order individuals, although the adventurous squad had left early and repeatedly set misleading trails along the way, Charles still managed to catch up with this adventurous squad in a day and a half.

From afar, up in the sky, he saw the relaxing adventurers and said to Vigo, "Let me down."

Vigo hurriedly lowered Charles to the ground.

Charles strode towards the adventurers, his heart full of anger that had built up to its peak.

This time, accompanying Antonio to confront Mosleyd, he initially thought it was just a battle that, although a bit challenging, was destined to be victorious since Antonio's power was formidable, and he had also brought seven Sacred Order subordinates. However, he hadn't expected Mosleyd to let his brother Gareth summon the Flame Evil God, causing the battle to drag on to this point. Both Brittany Knights and his Westwind Knights had suffered severe losses, and Charles was already extremely frustrated.

Since his crossing over, he had never suffered such a heavy loss.

Charles didn't know if the adventurous squad had misunderstood initially, but the fact that they used various disguises and traces to lure pursuers along the way indicated that they already knew the identities of the two Misses Axel and must have abducted them intentionally.

Seizing the opportunity to look directly at the Goddess, Charles had just advanced another rank and was now a Seventeenth Rank High-Level Transcendent. When he first met Krel Brittany and Ebner Sumei at the University of Georgia, they were also of this strength.

At this moment, a murderous intent surged in his heart, and Bloody Glory circulated throughout his body, gathering into a cold, peculiar will that swept across dozens of steps.

Bloody Glory, like Fel Energy in general, didn't coalesce into a tangible mythical image like Fighting Spirit but could form a peculiar will that instilled fear, trepidation, trembling, subjugation, weakness, and loss of control in the enemy, along with various other negative emotions and physical reactions.

The adventurous squad was also alarmed by Charles, and a young man suddenly jumped up and shouted, "There really are pursuers!"

Charles reached out his hand and retrieved the Knight Lance Collapse Mountain from the Magic Mirror. He preferred using this knight's spear because it was the only spear-shaped bloodsucking weapon in Charles's possession.

Just as Charles was about to make his move, one of the Misses Axel ran out, opened her arms wide, and shouted, "Don't attack, this is a misunderstanding!"

Charles was indeed surprised for a moment, but immediately thrust with his spear, lifting the shouting Miss Axel into the air and tossing her to Vigo behind him as he barked, "Don't let her interfere with my business."