Chapter 295: Four Monsters
Owen didn’t want to fight anymore. All he wanted now was to go home and stay put, afraid that if he continued to be reckless, he would offend some great deity. However, he didn’t know what the battle between the two had triggered, but the spatial fragment where the Ghostly Castle was located was now completely separated.
If this was all, Owen could leave at any time. The problem was that this place was located in the center of the Secret Realm, where countless spatial fragments were squeezed together. When the spatial fragment where the Ghostly Castle was located expanded a certain distance, it would put greater pressure on the surrounding spatial fragments. As a result, the time-space currents accumulated between the fragments would fill in.
Due to excessive accumulation, the time-space currents here were extremely viscous. After enveloping the spatial fragment where the Ghostly Castle was located, it resembled unsolidified amber.
Although Owen, possessing the Ancient Bloodline, had the ability to escape, he needed time to break through the encirclement of the time-space amber. Presumably, the Blood Prince Demigod wouldn’t give him that time, even though he hadn’t fully awakened yet. It was better to be safe than sorry.
Moreover, when facing the Blood Prince Demigod’s attack, Miss Silvia probably wouldn’t lend a helping hand. Kicking him while he was down was the most likely scenario.
“To scheme against a Blood Prince Demigod, Miss Silvia wouldn’t be unprepared, right?” Owen deactivated the Demon Lord Aura, while restraining the outward release of Fiendfyre and gulping down magic potions to recover his condition.
Silvia also recognized the situation and similarly restrained her outward magic power, calming her tormented nerves. Then, she revealed some of the information she knew.
From her narration, Owen learned that this Blood Prince Demigod wasn’t the only one.
The Blood Scourge, Blood Prince, the Skeleton King of the White Bone Wasteland, the Queen of Shadows of the Eternal Night, and the Zombie King of the Rotting Swamp. These four Demigods were monsters that arrived with the spatial fragment hundreds of years ago.
Among them, the Blood Prince was the most unfortunate. Upon arrival, he was sealed away by the other three and thrown into the depths of the Secret Realm. Then, the Queen of Shadows disappeared without a trace, leaving the remaining two to engage in a great war with the Empire. Ultimately, at a great cost, the Empire sealed these two Demigods in the south and north of the Empire.
That’s right, further north of the Northland, such a monster was sealed.
Not many people knew about this, because the battlefield was restricted to the Secret Realm and didn’t affect the Empire.
However, Academy City, the Imperial Family, and major nobles, as the main participants, still retained relevant information and data from that time. After all, they had contributed and naturally had the right to know and restrict others from knowing.
Faced with the unpredictable Owen, Silvia didn’t hold back much to show her sincerity. She even revealed how her family had utilized the opportunity of Academy City’s Secret Realm Competition, which took place every ten years, to spend decades finding and opening a path to the ancient castle where the Blood Prince was sealed.
Hearing her specifically mention that a monster was also sealed in the Northland, Owen knew he couldn’t just leave. He also understood that he had been tricked by her. However, he had a way out and trump cards, so he wasn’t panicked. After all, if things really went south, it definitely wouldn’t be him who suffered the loss.
“You’ve spent so much effort to find the Blood Prince, it can’t be just to wake him up, right?” In fact, Owen could guess what they were up to even with his butt. It was nothing more than taking advantage of the Blood Prince being sealed to seize his power.
Whether it was the essence of a Blood Ancestor or the divinity possessed by a Demigod, it was a temptation no one could resist. It was worth spending not just decades, but even centuries.
However, the power of a Blood Ancestor wasn’t so easy to seize. If it weren’t for the appearance of a witch like Silvia in this generation, they might have to continue preparing.
“We’ll split his essence in half, and if there are two points of divinity, we’ll split those evenly too. If there’s more or less, we’ll discuss exchanging them for essence or treasures.” Silvia’s dress was ruined, and with another battle coming up, she didn’t bother getting a new one. Instead, she used Black Thorns to wrap around her body. As for the flesh pierced by the thorns, that pain wasn’t even worthy of making her frown.
“Alright, then let’s go wake up this Blood Prince.” Owen said after thinking for a moment.
In fact, he didn’t care about those benefits, but Owen only then remembered that he could still level up by fighting monsters. Since he had encountered a high-level instance, it would be a waste not to clear it.
Compared to Owen’s indifference, Silvia felt that she couldn’t see through him more and more. She even felt it was inconceivable because she discovered that he didn’t care about the essence and divinity of a Blood Ancestor.
He was either a fool who didn’t know the value or he simply looked down upon it.
The former was obviously impossible. As for the latter…
Silvia began to regret her recklessness before, but it only lasted for a short moment.
As a witch, after experiencing endless pain and despair, don’t expect her three views and thinking to be normal. Her compromise with Owen was only because the noble education she received told her that this was the most beneficial course of action.
In fact, if there was an opportunity to destroy her family, she might be the first to happily take action.
If Owen was truly that strong, Silvia wouldn’t mind cooperating with him. She would be the insider, and he would be the external enemy, completely purging the filthy family, just like cleaning up maggots on a rotting corpse, crushing them one by one with her fingers.
Thinking of this, Silvia couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, making Owen somewhat puzzled.
But thinking about her identity, it wasn’t strange.
Witches’ emotions were inherently unstable and prone to extremes. Witches were even more outrageous. They weren’t just prone to extremes, they enjoyed going to extremes, and even had a tendency for self-destruction. Because only in this way could they feel happy and have a sense of existence.
If Silvia hadn’t been restrained by her family with various means from a young age, she would have already wiped out her entire family. Don’t think that all witches are obedient girls.
“Robert, Coles, gather the survivors and try to stay as far away from the castle as possible.” Owen pondered for a moment on how to fight. Seeing the two with their faces covered in dust sneaking over, he casually said.
Robert and Coles exchanged glances. Seeing that Silvia was still staring at Owen with a silly smile, without any objection, they resignedly nodded and went back to make arrangements.
After witnessing the scene of the battle just now, the two didn’t even dare to have the thought of objecting.
Although they were all young people, the gap between them was greater than that between humans and dogs.
With the strength Owen had displayed earlier, he didn’t need to target them specifically. Just being affected by the aftermath would be enough to kill them all. As for resistance, it would be ridiculous to even have that thought.
The surviving students were even more obedient than the two of them, running away as fast as they could. They didn’t even care about the casualties caused by their previous fight, nor did they bother to scold the two who had been fighting each other to the death just a moment ago for now shaking hands and making peace.
They were all smart people. They could resent after they died, but while alive, they had to consider reality. Even if they ran up to Owen and Silvia and cursed them out, it would be meaningless besides venting their anger.
Now, they had to try their best to survive, and then see if they would be silenced. If not, they would see if there was any compensation they could get.
However, judging from the reminder to stay away, the possibility of being silenced was slim. It was estimated that there would be compensation afterward, but it was unknown how much. They were quite looking forward to it.
After the extras ran far away, Owen woke up Silvia, and the two walked towards the Ghostly Castle, while trying to inquire about more information.
Silvia didn’t know if she had taken the wrong medicine just now, but she answered every question, even blurting out things he didn’t ask about. Among them was a lot of secrets and dirt on Grand Duke Macaron.
In his previous life, if these things were exposed, the Grand Duke’s family business would probably be cut in half.
Owen didn’t think Silvia had suddenly become stupid, so she must have had other ideas. As for what those ideas were, he hadn’t figured it out yet.
But there was plenty of time. They would deal with the Blood Prince first.
