Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 620 - 618: A Glimpse of the Death God, Dead World Descends!
Chapter 620: Chapter 618: A Glimpse of the Death God, Dead World Descends!
In no time, dozens of Black Robed Wizards arrived and under Tu Ke’s command, sealed off the lake.
Tu Ke nodded satisfactorily, then he stirred his body while staring at the lake and spoke, "All right, now let’s have a good time playing with the kid in the water. He thinks he can make his last stand by hiding here in the lake, but that only gave me time to gather more people to eliminate his last chance of escape!
Next, everyone get ready. Follow my orders and gradually enter the water to tighten the encirclement, making the hiding places available to the kid in the water smaller and smaller until we catch him. When that time comes, I will personally kill him—this is the price of wrongdoing, the price of folly!"
"Clap!" Tu Ke clenched his fist, and a nearly tangible murderous aura emanated from his body. He asked, "Did everyone understand?!"
"Understood!" Understood.
"Very good." Tu Ke nodded satisfactorily and slowly raised his hand, ready to issue the command.
...
Meanwhile, Richard at the bottom of the lake, his eyes glowing with a ghostly blue light, peered through the water, calmly observing Tu Ke and the others above the surface.
After watching for a while, he abruptly turned and looked towards the bottom of the lake.
There, inexplicably, lay a huge bubble, occupying nearly half the lakebed. The whole bubble, like a narrow iceberg, lay quietly, its age and duration of existence unknown.
The clear bubble contrasted sharply with the blue water, separated by a thin membrane. Numerous fish swam around it, at times rising and at times diving, completely indifferent to the presence of the bubble—as if the bubble were inherently one with the water, creating a dream-like sensation.
Richard moved closer to the bubble, approaching it within a few meters. From here, he could see more details of the bubble, encountering the natural beauty that was rare to find.
He noticed, the bubble’s shape was irregular; compressed by the water, filled from inside with gas, it had reached a unique balance over the long years—looking from above, it resembled the eye of some colossal creature.
The eye!
Richard recalled the legends about Taklamakan Lake and the Sea of Death he had heard from Wizard Teddy, Gro, Nancy, and others:
According to the word of mouth, a powerful Death God lived in the lake, charged with judging the morality of souls, deciding the fate of the deceased. However, this Death God seldom liked living beings, so he usually ignored the worldly matters of life and death, merely sleeping at the bottom of the lake.
Only after sleeping for several hundred years, when all life on earth had fallen into decadent desires and all souls were filled with evil, would this Death God awaken.
At that time, the Death God would rise to the surface and with his Death Scythe, would take the souls of all lives he could see, whether humans or animals, even the crawling creatures deep within the soil. In doing so, he would display his anger and warn all beings to act with kindness.
"The eye of the Death God?" Richard thought to himself, flipping his hand and pulling out the One-Hit Kill Staff, aiming at the huge bubble close by.
A thought passed through his mind and free energy elements flowed out from the Magic Origin, feeding into the One-Hit Kill Staff.
The staff vibrated, releasing a captivating blood-red energy that fiercely slammed into the surface of the bubble.
Under the mighty destructive power capable of killing a wizard instantly, the bubble trembled and became unstable. After reaching a certain level of instability, the entire bubble burst open with a sound of "whoosh."
In that moment, it was as if the real Death God had opened its eyes, gracing the world with a glimpse filled with the power to judge souls.
A mere glimpse, enough to exterminate countless beings.
...
On the surface of the lake, by the shore.
Tu Ke, his hand held high, clenched into a fist, was about to direct all his subordinates to commence the action.
At that moment, he felt somewhat pleased, thinking he had already seen the conclusion of the matter, the scene where Richard turned into a corpse. He slightly turned his head, looking towards the west—the moon was about to set, and the night was almost over.
But, it was the darkest moment before dawn, and the night was still deep, as thick as undissolvable ink.
"Kid, you won’t see a new sun rise," Tu Ke murmured, then with a stern expression, he abruptly swung down his arm, leading the way to enter the water.
Just then, someone cried out, "Captain, look! There’s something wrong with the lake water!"
"Hmm?"
Tu Ke halted his step and furrowed his brows, looking towards the lake. Suddenly, he noticed the lake water had begun to churn unexpectedly.
Following the disturbance, came the "gurgle, gurgle, gurgle" sound as numerous bubbles rose densely from the lakebed.
Initially, the bubbles were relatively small, but as they neared the surface, due to reduced water pressure, they had grown to half the size of a person, bursting open with a loud "pop."
A single bubble was harmless, hundreds or even thousands of bubbles could be accepted, at most surprising onlookers.
Now, what rose wasn’t merely hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions!
The entire lake suddenly seemed like boiling porridge, every bit of the water surface covered with countless crazily rolling and bursting bubbles.
In an instant, the water surface was no longer blue, but a vivid white—pure as unblemished snow and bright as a heavenly path paved with silver.
This!
Everyone was shocked, Tu Ke was shocked!
"What’s going on?" Tu Ke asked.
His subordinates swallowed nervously, guessing, "Maybe... it was the kid in the lake who caused this."
"Impossible." Tu Ke shook his head after hearing this, very certain, "I can now confirm that the kid has been at the bottom of the lake without much movement, there are no mana fluctuations in the lake, nor any special ability reactions. So, the current phenomenon couldn’t possibly be an effect of that kid casting a spell."
Thinking about it, it made sense, "If that kid could really make such a big disturbance, to make the entire lake boil, he would probably be stronger than the Muse Housekeeper, already reaching the level of a Golden Ring. Why would he be afraid of us?"
"It definitely wasn’t that kid," Tu Ke repeated gravely.
"Um." His subordinate responded, not knowing what else to say.
At this moment, the wind started blowing across the lake surface, a cool breeze blowing from the center towards all directions, whistling past the ears of many wizards.
However, the wind had no lethal force, so no one paid attention to it, letting it blow directly against them.
Tu Ke also didn’t care, watching the surroundings of the lake and continually thinking about why there were strange sounds coming from the lake. In his contemplation, he couldn’t decide whether it was better to enter the water immediately to capture Richard or to wait a while, until the lake surface calmed down.
Just then, he heard a "plop."
Huh?
Confused, Tu Ke turned his head to the side and saw one of his subordinates fall straight to the ground, motionless, as if he had fainted or even died.
What... what happened? Could there be other enemies lurking nearby, suddenly attacking?
Tu Ke instantly became alert, quickly scanned his surroundings, and then he realized that many of his subordinates were off.
Looking around, he saw many of his subordinates in agony: some had cyanotic cheekbones, their skin turning purple, some were clutching their chests, breathing rapidly, and others had a dazed look in their eyes, their bodies swaying, ready to fall at any moment.
Had they been collectively poisoned? Was there a poison mist attack?
Tu Ke suddenly had this guess, and with a thought, he released his senses widely, but after a long time, he found nothing abnormal.
Whether it was the air, the soil, or anything else, everything was normal, containing no poison, and there were no new or unusual substances detected.
Then what on earth was going on?
At that moment, Tu Ke saw his trusted subordinate Folin, with an awful expression, approaching him, and with difficulty, he said, "Captain, the situation is very abnormal. I don’t know why, but all of us, although not attacked, are feeling terrible. Even I feel extremely uncomfortable, feeling like..."
Before he could finish, Folin’s body collapsed with a thud, kneeling on the ground, then he convulsed and lay motionless.
Tu Ke’s eyes widened, his mind in chaos.
But he knew that this wasn’t the time to panic. He took several deep breaths, tried to calm himself, and attempted to analyze the situation.
But no matter how he analyzed it, he couldn’t figure out why Folin and the others had fainted.
Why oh why? Why did his subordinates have problems, yet he was fine?
Confused, Tu Ke took another deep breath, suddenly feeling dizzy, a tightness in his chest, and he couldn’t maintain his balance. The entire world began tilting, his body uncontrollably falling towards the ground.
This! This! This!
Tu Ke’s eyes were bulging, still unclear about what was happening, but he knew he had to do something.
If he didn’t do something soon, it would be too late!
The next moment, mana surged from the Magic Origin inside him, releasing his strongest Transformation Magic.
In an instant, his skin changed color, his muscles expanded, his body size increased tremendously, and a formidable power surged out, enveloping the place with an awe-inspiring presence.
Yet even so, he found his body still uncontrollably falling towards the ground, the world in his eyes tilting more and more. Just before he hit the ground and lost consciousness, he saw many of his subordinates stagger towards him, then one by one, fell down, like wheat being uniformly reaped.
Why on earth was this happening?
"Thud!"
The bewildered Tu Ke heard a muffled sound; it was the sound of his body hitting the ground, followed by his world plunging into darkness.
Around him, the wind from the center of the lake was still blowing, and the bubbles on the lake’s surface were continuously surfacing, creating quite a noise.
But besides that, there was no trace of life around the entire lake, not even the toughest insects made a sound, it was completely silent.
The silence was as if it were the Dead World.
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