CHAPTER 658: CHAPTER 440: THE TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED TO THE WORLD

Gold-ranked adventurers.

Other than those renowned powerful figures, they are essentially the strongest individuals you would encounter in daily life.

Possessing rich adventure experience, formidable strength, expertise on Monsters... fulfilling these series of criteria only makes one a seasoned Silver-level adventurer.

To become Gold-ranked, one needs a mandatory condition—a task dangerous enough to merit advancement.

Gold-ranked adventurers can almost stand at the pinnacle of the ecology of any Dungeon, especially when such a group of formidable individuals band together to cause trouble.

This leads to today’s scenario!

The towering Big Shield unleashed by Bara clamps down on the high platform like a giant egg, earth-shattering, causing nearly half of the historic Founding Square to collapse instantly, guards swallowed by the cracked ground.

Someone with decent combat prowess luckily wasn’t devoured, attempting to organize a counterattack, but the Giant Gate-like shield suddenly expands, sending them flying!

The Blade Qi slashed out by Alice bursts forth like a meat grinder swirling around the Big Shield, preventing anyone from approaching.

The spectators haven’t yet reacted to what happened; some have already fallen into the cracks.

Yet, in the next moment, those who fell are carried to the sky by balloon plants amidst their screams; some are swept away by the plant vines growing from the balloon plants, frightened but thankfully without life-threatening danger.

Undoubtedly, this is the handiwork of Aleya, the Plant Scholar.

However, today’s chaos wasn’t caused by a single adventurer.

How could Founding Square not have various Protective Magic? So who closed them? None other than the recruited Gold-level Magician.

Why didn’t more guards rush in immediately during the attack? That’s also because of the Gold-level adventurers.

The Hasavi Team, even among adventurers, is considered a helpful group, having assisted in quite a few Gold-level advancement quests, even saving lives, known for their wide network.

Their disappearance these days, was for recruiting allies!

If time allowed a bit more flexibility, willing helpers would surely be more than these!

"Fingerley!!!"

On the high platform, Eliphas, pierced through the throat, lashes out a sharp Wind Blade towards Fingerley, dodged by the latter with a mere tilt of the head, only flipping back the hood and leaving a trace of blood on his face.

Fingerley’s expression cold like an assassin, instantly pins him to the ground!

Without waiting for a reaction, he grabs Eliphas’s silver-white hair, veins bulging on his arm!

"Screeech——"

The teeth-gritting sound of tearing flesh rings out, and he pulls off the head alive!

Broken tendons and skin debris float in the air, even pulling out a segment of the spine; the bloody scene changes Selene’s face color, covering her mouth and nose tightly.

"Fingerley? Why are you here?" she says, suppressing the urge to vomit.

Fingerley doesn’t reply, suddenly pushing her off the high platform.

"Aaaah!"

Selene screams as she falls, but is caught steadily in the blink by a pair of big hands, it’s Matilda.

"This place is dangerous, I’ll take you to safety first."

"But Fingerley!"

"Boom!"

The high platform suddenly erupts with a barrage of Wind Blades, causing the entire structure to tremble, even tilt, seemingly on the verge of collapse.

Above the high platform, the corpse in Fingerley’s hands slowly dissipates into wind, Eliphas’s silhouette re-gathering in front of him; when did he become so adept at Wind attribute Magic?

"Fingerley!" Eliphas demands furiously, his face twisted, "What are you doing, attacking the nation’s generals is a capital crime!"

Fingerley looks at his palm, as if reminiscing the sensation of pulling off the head moments ago, he shakes his head, looks at Eliphas, uttering his first words since appearing.

"I can’t be bothered to talk to you, you’re not worthy."

"What—"

Before "it" can be uttered, Eliphas hurriedly snatches the Longsword at his waist, defending against Fingerley’s attack flickering like a Meteor before him.

The ceremonial Longsword shatters during the first clash, forcing him to use Wind Magic to coalesce a Longsword, but the time wasted in this instant already has his shoulder pierced.

Quickly making the decision to sever Fingerley’s blade, the Wind Magic Longsword disperses into a Hurricane blowing towards the enemy.

His muscle automatically ejects the embedded broken blade with a squirm, wound healing rapidly without relying on Magic, possessing such Recovery Power isn’t something normal humans could achieve.

Yet Eliphas barely has time to breathe, the azure-colored Calia Piercing strikes at his chest from extreme distance, followed closely by a Luminous Stone Magic Gravel; dodging in that moment, the Luminous Stone Magic Gravel seemingly possesses a gravitational pull, drawing Fingerley directly before him.

"Swoosh——"

White light flashes by, adding another deep bone-revealing wound to his chest.

"Fingerley! There must be a limit to your audacity!"

Eliphas is barely fending off his opponent’s assaults, shouting:

"Get out now, I can pardon your crimes!"

Fingerley remains with the demeanor of "I can’t be bothered to talk, and you’re not worthy," his hand becoming more aggressive.

Previously, his static-style attacks were somewhat inconvenient against humans, but now, having learned various close-combat Magic in the Sain Dungeon, he has acquired a second set of combat techniques.