Chapter 204: Chapter 204: All Attacked
“I think Miss Xi is really scared right now.”
“Yep, that’s normal. If anyone else were to trade places with her, they too would be scared out of their wits. In a matter of mere seconds, enveloped in dark fog, bombarded by sky-shattering energy waves, and then overwhelmed by a magma tidal wave that was a hundred times worse than a tsunami. Finally, regaining their senses, only to find themselves trapped in nearly a thousand square kilometers of magma, surrounded by deadly high temperatures and rock steam intense enough to kill any normal breathing creature—Sylvanas is practically calm, just being in a daze.”
After a while, Sylvanas finally snapped out of it and asked with a nearly collapsing tone and expression, “Divine Envoy… you didn’t just cast a Forbidden Curse right above our heads, did you?”
The fact that the usually composed Dark Queen is showing such a conflicted expression—should I go ahead and give myself an autograph?
I pointed awkwardly around at the Lava Lake, feeling utterly depressed inside—how did I end up trapping myself with my own powerful move?
“Ahem, well, Sylvanas, it seems your cloak is starting to smoke…”
Alright, I admit, the moment I said that, I regretted it. If I had waited a little longer to tell her, maybe I could have caught a glimpse of Miss Xi in a more… revealing moment… Sinful, utterly sinful. With Qianqian and Sandora as my treasures, these thoughts must be nipped in the bud with the Ten Tortures of the Qing Dynasty.
With my reminder, Sylvanas quickly secured her cloak that had accidentally touched the magma. However, compared to this minor detail, our current situation was really not optimistic. The surrounding lava was far from cooling, and the small patch of ground under our feet didn’t look like it would last much longer. Me, swim across ten-plus kilometers of a Lava Lake?
…Wouldn’t it be more efficient to just give myself a peanut slap on the temple?
“Divine Envoy, what should we do now?”
Seeing me staring blankly at the magma underfoot, Sylvanas became anxious. Faced with the hellish scenery around her, the Queen sincerely believed in the Divine Envoy’s boundless power and naturally placed all her hopes on me. Therefore, when I remained silent and blank for a long time, she also became anxious.
At that moment, my spiritual power had recovered less than one percent, and I couldn’t even ask Anwina for help…
Normally, my spiritual power recovery rate isn’t this slow. Thanks to my special attribute that allows resonance with nearly any form of energy and use it for my own, describing my recovery rate as instantaneous wouldn’t be an exaggeration. But this time, the depletion was too complete. I had nothing left, not even the energy needed to open my Personal Space. Integrating other forms of energy to replenish my spiritual power was out of the question, so naturally, the recovery speed was much slower. One could say that currently, I was no different from a normal person, except for a body as robust as a main battle tank. However, we all know, even the most impressive main battle tank can’t drive across a ten-plus kilometer-wide Lava Lake…
Just when I felt completely at a loss, a voice like heaven itself suddenly came from above us.
Anwina, you really are my savior! You are an angel, a true and genuine angel!
I looked up, feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
Anwina descended before us, fluttering her huge wings.
Well, in a sense, this Little Ghost had now genuinely become an angel.
“Master, are you alright?”
Anwina landed and immediately retracted her wings—her body didn’t have much Divine Energy to begin with, and this time she had overexerted herself, using her Divine Energy to its limit. If it weren’t for the emergency energy supply from the core of the Angel Feather in her body, she might have been tragic during the Satellite Cannon explosion. Now even the Angel Feather’s energy was nearly depleted, so naturally, she needed to conserve energy as much as possible.
Without the help of wings, Anwina could still fly, but it was definitely impossible for her to carry two people across a magma lake over ten kilometers wide. However, I had no intention of making a girl carry two grown men like us over such a distance. My thought was, perhaps she had some mode of transportation in her personal space?
Although, usually, I only saw this girl stuffing her space with lots of rags, mops, pots, pans, and the like…
Luckily, Anwina’s personal space did indeed contain a mode of transportation. Apparently, because the Maid Code, which she inherited from somewhere, stated that as a qualified maid, one must always be prepared with everything from needles and threads to self-propelled artillery for her master’s travels and household needs. Therefore, it was totally normal to have one or two armed transport ships in her personal space…
What I want to say is, what kind of Maid Code would include such a provision? Are you sure this is a maid’s behavior code and not some War Lolita’s imperial soldier behavior guidelines? Are you sure your life goal is to become a qualified maid and not a terminator carrying a rocket launcher and a heavy machine gun?
Also, who would consider self-propelled artillery as a staple item for ordinary home life and travel?!
That was what went through my head when I heard Anwina explain why she had a transport ship hidden beneath twelve hundred mops.
Well, whatever is in Anwina’s mind concerning that utterly baffling Maid Code is her own business. We won’t dwell on it. At least with the transport ship, I can avoid having to swim naked in the lava, which is a good thing.
Sylvanas showed considerable curiosity and envy toward the Xyrin transport ship, a piece of high technology that is generations ahead of Azeroth’s current civilization. Being a leader, she immediately realized the significance of such a fast military transport that could be employed in combat. However, I wisely opted to remain silent about her endless questions regarding this mysterious device. Firstly, it is military secret; secondly, Azeroth’s current level of technology cannot comprehend such advanced technology; and more importantly…
Cough, cough… I didn’t understand those either…
What are you laughing at?! Just because you can eat eggs, do you also need to know how to lay them?
Just as I was distracted… er, considering what the attack personally led by the Abyss implied, a very familiar spiritual wave suddenly came to my mind: “Ah Jun, Ah Jun, can you hear me?”
“Qianqian? What’s up, why are you so urgent?”
“Thank goodness, we finally got through. We just lost your signal all of a sudden… Ah Jun, how are you? Are you hurt?”
Qianqian’s words immediately made me anxious, and I hastily asked, “What happened, Qianqian? Were you guys attacked too?”
The reply was abruptly dominated by Sandora: “That’s right, every one of us was attacked.”
Qianqian took over the conversation: “But only you, Ah Jun, lost contact. We were almost worried to death! If it weren’t for Lin Xue still being able to confirm your safety, we…”
At that moment, I finally understood that while Sylvanas and I were trapped by the Abyss, which had an almost undead body, every other team that went to meet with the leaders of the various races was also under attack, and the method of attack was startlingly similar: small patrol or stationed troops in remote areas were completely wiped out, followed by the sole survivor who came back to report the appearance of Variant Demons. After being led away from their posts, they were attacked in the wilderness by the Abyss…
The only difference was that, apart from our group, every team entertained doubts about that sole “survivor.” In other words, they saw through the deception, and I was the only one who truly fell for it.
This is a rather tear-inducing fact.
Fortunately, although everyone was attacked, the enemy clearly made a mistake in estimating our strength. Except for a little mishap where Little Douding, exhilarated by a total victory, did a victory dance in the air and tweaked her back, no one was injured. In my case, I only temporarily lost contact with them due to the interference from a satellite cannon; it was merely a false alarm.
Things seemed to have gotten a bit interesting.