Realm of Myths and Legends

the wires pressed up against his flesh.
He could tell with a single glance that the impressions were being made by some kind of wire-like material.
However, to be so thin that even he was incapable of sensing or seeing the wires meant that it must be quite an impressive item.

”Interesting item. ” Izroth said as he seemed unbothered and did not panic in the slightest even after he was caught within the entanglement of the wires.

”A gift from the Monarch ’s Envoy.
You said not too long ago that this fight was pointless.
In a certain sense, you ’re correct, it is pointless.
From the moment we ’ve met you ’ve never had a single chance at victory.
So, I ’ll it to you once again, you cannot win. ” Aelaza spoke in a monotone and emotionless manner.

”It would seem that I ’m being severely underestimated. ” Izroth stated.

”Your bluffs are useless.
With my Eye of Judgment, I know that you are the strongest member of your little party.
Even with the combined strength of your other party members, it ’ll be impossible for them to deal with the two Puppet Chained Assassins.
After all, they are also incapable of experiencing death in this place. ” Aelaza said.

Izroth narrowed his eyes slightly at that statement.
He wondered before why the two NPCs failed to grant any experience or loot drops, and now, it would seem that he received his answer.
It was because they did not truly die even after their HP reached the zero percent mark!

If the others were fighting against those two elite NPCs without him and Guan Yu, who was probably in a similar situation to his own, there to help deal with them, then it was difficult to say if they would be able to survive for long.

However, Izroth knew that if anyone could think of a plan to find a way out of that kind of unfavorable situation, it would be Zi Yi and Luna.
Therefore, even though he was not worried about their survival, for the time being, he still wanted to find a way to leave this place as soon as possible.

But, in truth, Izroth had no idea of where this place was located! After all, the coordinates listed made no sense whatsoever.

”You can die peacefully knowing that you will be joining your friends soon.
If you want to blame anyone, blame the piece of trash that dared send you to this village. ” Aelaza said as a rush of corrupted and dark energy surged through the wires attached to the folding fan in her hand.
In a few moments, the energy would pierce into Izroth ’s body and destroy him from the inside out.

However, would Izroth allow himself to fall so easily just because of a few wires? Just as he was about to use his skill Shadow Movement to escape the confines of the wires, Izroth could hear a light whistling sound echo within his head.
He had no idea where this ringing sound came from but in the next moment, the ringing sound disappeared.

Then, in front of Izroth appeared a golden medallion that shone brilliantly and washed away the surrounding darkness.
The golden light the medallion emitted was blindingly bright and one was unable to keep their eyes open before its presence.

Aelaza instinctively shut her eyes to avoid being blinded by the light.
At the same time, the dark energy that was headed towards Izroth melted away.
One could actually see small puddles of dark purple liquid scattered across the ground.
As for the wires, they had been cut and Izroth was freed from his binds.

Izroth ’s vision did not seem to be impaired by the brilliant light being released by the golden medallion as he took a good look at what was happening before him.

’It ’s the item from that time.
It seems to be purifying the surrounding dark energy on its own.
No, that ’s not right…
It ’s actually devouring the dark energy as if its food. ’

The dark purple puddles of liquid that was on the ground a few moments ago were evaporated and its essence was drawn into the floating medallion.
It was the same medallion that Izroth received from an old man he met a while back on his way returning to Amaharpe after completing the Sea Palace Graveyard dungeon, Zhi ’s Medallion!

Almost as if reacting to the fearsome presence of the medallion, a streak of purple lightning filled with a foul yet endless power rushed in from the distance and crashed into Zhi ’s Medallion.

Ooooooooom!

The clash between the streak purple lightning and Zhi ’s Medallion send shock waves throughout the atmosphere.
A few moments later, cracks could be seen forming in the surrounding space itself from the sheer intensity of the clash between two mighty powers!

With the purple lightning present, Aelaza could finally open her eyes without being blinded by the brilliant light and saw what was going on.
She had a confused look on her face as though she did not understand what was going on.
What was that purple lightning? What was that floating object that appeared in front of Izroth? There were many questions going through her mind at that moment.

However, Aelaza ’s eyes widened in shock as she suddenly realized something.

As the atmosphere around them shattered and crumbled apart, Izroth charged towards Aelaza.
Although he had no idea what the purple lightning was, or why Zhi ’s Medallion appeared outside of his inventory on its own, he knew that he still had to leave this place after finding out that the others might be in trouble.

Even if Aelaza said it was useless, that did not mean that he would sit back and do nothing.
But, what took place next surprised him and came unexpectedly.

Aelaza, who saw Izroth ’s incoming attack, actually retreated at a rapid speed and maintained her distance! For the first time since the start of their fight, Aelaza had backed off of a direct attack and made the effort to dodge!

’Oh? Something ’s changed. ’

”What did you do? ” Aelaza spoke in an icy cold tone of voice as she glared at Izroth.