Necromancer of The Shadows - Chapter 990: Halphas
The light dragon was revived by Azroth using the Temporary Resurrection skill.
Normally, the revival effect of this skill lasts for twenty-four hours, but revival time is greatly reduced if the revived person uses too much of their power.
The light dragon was a mid-level Rank Six Core Evolver, and because it used too much of its power, it was about to disappear after fending off the attack of the magic cannons and attack formations.
Azroth had instructed the light dragon to provoke the Demon Empire in the name of the Dragon Islands. So when the light dragon felt it would soon disappear, it didn’t hesitate and decided to self-destruct to cause as much damage as possible.
Because it was about to disappear, the energy released upon its self-destruction was actually much lower than that of a Rank Six Core Evolver’s self-destruction.
To become a Rank Six Core Evolver, one must create a world in their core. In other words, a Rank Six Core Evolver has an entire world inside their body.
If the mid-level Rank Six dragon had self-destructed at its full strength, it would have devastated not only the capital of the Gehenna Empire but also the millions of kilometres surrounding it.
To ensure nothing goes wrong when the light dragon acts on behalf of the Dragon Islands, claiming that Eldrakar had killed Baphomet, Azroth had cut off Baphomet’s connection with his soul lamp when he had used his soul slash skill on Eldrakar and Baphomet before throwing them into the void.
Because the connection between the soul lamp and Baphomet was severed by Azroth, the soul lamp shattered, giving the wrong impression to the vice commander of the demons that Baphomet was dead.
After the energy storm released by the light dragon subsided, the people stood in place without saying anything.
The once-prosperous Demon Capital was now in ruins, with dead bodies of demons lying everywhere.
Most of the buildings in the capital were destroyed, and the ground was stained with blood.
The peak Rank Five demon who had talked to the light dragon knelt on the ground, looking at the sky with a blank expression.
His body was riddled with injuries and blood was flowing out of him without stopping, but he didn’t care and just sat there silently.
Although he tried his best to stop the energy storm released by the light dragon, he was still unable to prevent the destruction of the capital. As the commander of the capital’s security, this was a huge blow to him.
Suddenly, an aura of a mid-level Rank Six Core Evolver once again surrounded the entire capital.
The peak Rank Five demon thought the evil light dragon had somehow come back to life, so he quickly stood up and was ready to do anything to stop the dragon and prevent further damage to the demon empire.
But soon he noticed the aura enveloping the capital was different and when he looked up, he saw a handsome man with black hair and cold eyes surveying the destruction with an angry expression.
Upon seeing the man, the peak Rank Five demon immediately recognised him and a sigh of relief escaped his mouth.
The man in the sky was Halphas, the only mid-level Rank Six demon in the Gehenna Empire.
After looking around the destruction for a bit, Halphas glanced at the peak Rank Five demon who was bleeding and said in a cold voice.
“Take care of the injured and call for backup from the other cities.”
After giving the simple order, Halphas didn’t wait for the demon’s response and disappeared from the sky.
The peak Rank Five demon regained some of his spirit due to Halphas’ arrival and quickly took action.
He contacted the cities close to the demon capital and asked for backup while gathering all the demons who could still work to organize the capital.
After giving the order to the peak Rank Five demon, Halphas arrived a few thousand kilometres away from the demon capital.
The cold look on his face had disappeared, replaced by a look of worry as he looked at a limbless, charred demon lying in a deep pit.
The demon’s breathing was very shallow as if he would die at any moment.
Seeing Raum’s (Beginner-level rank six demon) condition, Halphas knew that without timely treatment, he would certainly die.
Halphas and Raum had been friends for hundreds of years, so seeing him on the brink of death, Halphas’ eyes flashed with murderous intent and he gritted his teeth.
“Dragon Islands…” He said while clenching his fist as a look of hatred flashed in his eyes.
Although he hadn’t arrived at the demon capital in time, he knew what had happened. He had watched everything from the attack of the magic cannon to the self-destruction of the light dragon, so he knew the dragon aimed to destroy the capital under Eldrakar’s orders.
“I won’t let you go…” Halphas said and took a deep breath to calm down, knowing it wasn’t the time to act rashly.
He looked at Raum, who was dying and took out a high-grade Rank Five healing pill from his storage ring.
Seeing the healing pill, Halphas felt a pang of pain deep within his heart, as it was not easy to obtain Rank Five healing pills and he only had three of them.
“Forget it, I can get more healing pills in the future, but a Rank Six Core Evolver is more important to the current demon empire,” Halphas said and stuffed the pill into Raum’s mouth.
As the pill entered Raum’s mouth, a bright green light covered him and his charred body slowly started to recover.
Although his lost limbs were not regenerated, the bleeding stopped, and his weak breathing stabilized. At the same time, his declining aura began to rise, and soon his life was no longer in danger.
Once Halphas confirmed that Raum’s life was out of danger, his tense face relaxed and he looked back in the direction of the destroyed capital.
“Dragon Islands…” He muttered once again and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
However, he didn’t immediately rush to make any decisions because, before deciding anything, he had to confirm Baphomet’s situation.