Global Beast Mastery: Only I Can See the Hints

The power released by [Dark Demigod] destroyed the [Angel of Light] and badly wounded Harbor, yet it barely spent any strength.

That mighty force spread out fast in all directions.

The foundations of Withered Tree Fortress were smashed by it, and at once everyone around the fortress heard a terrifying sound coming from underground.

In a blink, the noisy battlefield went quiet.

Everyone held their breath and listened hard to that sound from below.

As the dreadful noise came nearer, panic took over everyone.

The soldiers of the Stellar Empire fled in a rush, and the Serpent Empire troops guarding the fort also ran back and forth like headless chickens.

The Stellar Empire’s crown prince, who had only just reached the fortress and joined the fight, frowned at all this.

His focus stayed on the rumbling that was drawing closer, and he didn’t bother with the soldiers scattering in every direction.

The sound kept closing in, and the Wall of Withered Tree Fortress began to cave in from the underground part up to the surface.

With a thunderous boom, the entire Wall of the fortress collapsed.

Only then did the Stellar Empire crown prince hear an anxious shout from far away.

“Your Highness! Fall back now! Where you’re standing is far too dangerous!”

He could tell the voice belonged to Aldany.

He also realized at that moment that where he stood was indeed dangerous.

But it was already too late to retreat safely.

While he was still thinking what to do next, one black beam after another, each filled with terrible power, shot up from the very bottom of the fortress.

Stellar Empire soldiers who didn’t escape in time turned to ash the instant they touched the black beams.

Of course, the crown prince of the Stellar Empire was not that easy to kill.

He used a rare weapon he carried to buy himself a slim chance to live.

After blocking the black beam with a very precious defensive item, he sprinted at top speed toward the Stellar Empire army’s original camp.

During his escape, the Stellar Empire’s crown prince was very nervous.

For a while, he even thought he wouldn’t make it out alive.

But in the end, he still reached a safe place.

When he looked back toward Withered Tree Fortress, the whole place was already covered by a powerful dark force.

All the soldiers who had been fighting there had vanished without a trace.

“Your Highness, are you alright?” asked the Stellar Empire’s governor stationed in the Atacama Desert, his face pale.

Although his relationship with the crown prince wasn’t very good, if the crown prince really died in the Atacama Desert, the emperor of the Stellar Empire would not spare him.

The crown prince didn’t answer the governor. He even shook off the governor’s supporting hand.

“What on earth happened?! Was this Harbor’s doing? If he planned to destroy Withered Tree Fortress from the start, why didn’t he tell me ahead of time?!”

Staring hard in the direction of the ruined Withered Tree Fortress, the crown prince spoke with anger.

“He ruined my plan! Charles will definitely choose to run. The remnants of the Serpent Empire will hide. Without Withered Tree Fortress, they will never face us head-on. Then we can’t carry out our goal of wiping them all out.”

The more he spoke, the angrier the crown prince became.

He ordered his guards to bring Maxwell over at once.

After all, the highest-ranking member of the Ancient Academy near him right now was Maxwell.

At this moment, Maxwell was also shocked.

He couldn’t understand why Withered Tree Fortress was suddenly destroyed by such a strong dark power.

He instinctively felt this dark power did not belong to Harbor.

So while he looked calm on the surface, a trace of panic still stirred inside.

If this great power wasn’t Harbor’s, then the only possibility was that it belonged to Charles. That would mean Charles defeated Harbor in the fight.

The moment he thought of that, a chill ran through Maxwell.

If Charles won in the end, he would have a very miserable end.

“You don’t need to worry! This power should belong to my senior brother; he has already destroyed Withered Tree Fortress. Charles should have been killed by him as well. All we need to do next is clean up the battlefield.”

Maxwell said this to the people around him, pretending to be calm.

The members of the Ancient Academy all echoed his words.

After all, in their eyes, Harbor would never fail.

Just then, the messenger of the Stellar Empire’s crown prince arrived.

Maxwell followed the messenger to meet the crown prince.

At the edge of the now-ruined Withered Tree Fortress, Aldany barely crawled out of the rubble.

He was badly wounded at this moment.

To warn the Stellar Empire’s crown prince to retreat at once, he did not run when Withered Tree Fortress collapsed. This led to him being eroded by the powerful dark force.

Although he had very unique and deep insight into dark spells and curses, the erosion caused by [Dark Demigod] was even more terrifying.

At this moment, Aldany had only one thought, and that was to run away at once.

He had realized the situation was completely out of control.

Just as he climbed out, under the collapsed Wall not far from him, Azka crawled out slowly but firmly.

“I will never let you escape!”

Although Azka was also seriously injured, he had already decided to die together with Aldany.

In Azka’s view, Withered Tree Fortress was completely destroyed, which meant the fall of the Serpent Empire was now unavoidable.

In such a situation, he felt he should not keep on living either.

Aldany turned back in shock.

He looked at Azka with disbelief and said.

“You still want to keep fighting me at a time like this?! These ruins are full of a powerful dark force; the longer we stay here, the worse the dark erosion we suffer.”

Hearing this, Azka let out a cold laugh.

“I’m not afraid of death; why would I fear the erosion of dark power? Even if the Serpent Empire is doomed, I will make you, traitor, pay the price.”

With that, Azka rushed straight at Aldany.

Although Azka was badly hurt, he had already made up his mind to die.

In this state, Aldany was no match for him at all. The source of ths content is Nov3lFre.et

Their clash didn’t last long before Aldany could no longer hold on.

He started thinking about how he could break away from the fight.

Right then, a figure Aldany knew well appeared not far away. It was Connell.

The moment he saw Connell, relief showed on Aldany’s face.

“Great! Team up with me and kill this lunatic! Then we can get out of this hellhole fast.”

Aldany took Connell as his ally, so he directly asked him to attack Azka together.

Azka stood there coldly, watching Connell.

Connell looked at Azka and Aldany.

With a half-smile on his face, he walked toward the two of them.

As he walked, he kept swinging the weapon in his hand.

This made both Azka and Aldany confused.

“What are you doing? This isn’t the time to show off! Make a move now, we can’t delay!”

Aldany kept urging him.

Connell grew a little annoyed at Aldany’s pushing.

A hard edge flashed in his eyes, and then, under Azka and Aldany’s shocked stares.

He swung his weapon and launched a direct attack at Aldany.

Before Aldany could react, Connell’s weapon pierced straight through his heart.

Aldany stared at Connell in disbelief.

“Why?”

“No reason. I just hate you.”

Connell said coldly.

Then he yanked the weapon out of Aldany’s heart with force.

Aldany was already badly wounded and had almost no ability to defend himself.

The moment the weapon pierced his heart, Aldany’s life was nearly over.

Azka looked coldly at Aldany lying on the ground without life, and he did not know why Connell chose to help him.

But he did not care what reason Connell had for helping him.

“Why are you still standing here? Don’t you plan to wipe out the other enemies?”

Connell asked Azka with a faint smile on his face.

“Aren’t you my enemy?”

Azka asked back with some doubt.

Connell walked up beside Azka and handed him a weapon.

“In the earlier plan, up to now the two of us should still be enemies. But the destruction of Withered Tree Fortress was surely not part of the plan.

With such a big change, I think we need to change the plan. I don’t plan to keep acting; I have always been your spy planted inside the Stellar Empire.

Since Withered Tree Fortress has been destroyed, I should show my true stance outright. No matter who wins or loses in the end, we must fight with everything we have.”

Connell’s words won Azka over.

The two of them then began to look for any surviving soldiers of the Stellar Empire, planning to kill every enemy they could find as fast as possible.