Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1481 - 1040: You’re No Better Yourself

After a series of events, the Sphinx finally set off safely, heading towards the destination of this trip—Nanielga.

No one knew that before the airship set sail, Reiger and his party had gone out to suppress and subdue Yarad, who had colluded with the Abyss followers.

Nor did anyone know that Yarad had become an informant planted by Reiger, just waiting for the people from the Dark Relief Center to reveal themselves.

To avoid arousing suspicion that he had already discovered the other’s conspiracy, Reiger deliberately didn’t deal with the Mana Treasure Bead sent by Yarad, and instead carried it with him.

He was curious to see what would eventually happen if he carried this Mana Treasure Bead.

It’s worth mentioning that when Reiger took out the Mana Treasure Bead, Aleye, who was constantly chased by Marfa’s Sword, almost drooled upon seeing it.

Once upon a time, Reiger had only taken out the smallest magic gem buried in Yuloli’s Tomb, feeding the magical power accumulated over 11,000 years to Aleye’s spirit avatar, and Aleye had remained fixated on that magic gem.

But now, the Mana Treasure Bead in Reiger’s hand was the core essence of a Mana Metal Mine that contained rich magical power, a top-tier magic guide material born in large Mana Metal Mines only once every few hundred years, with its magical richness even allowing it to be used as material for forging a Holy Sword, far surpassing the magic gems in Reiger’s possession.

In such a scenario, the Mana Treasure Bead was like a rare fruit in Aleye’s eyes; if it weren’t being held by Reiger, this Polluted Immortal Spirit would undoubtedly lose control, recklessly charging towards the Mana Treasure Bead.

To obtain the Mana Treasure Bead, Aleye even disregarded her fear of Reiger and ignored Jelina and Hilune, acting like a pet eagerly needing nourishment, begging Reiger to give her the Mana Treasure Bead.

To this, Reiger had only one response.

"You’re dreaming."

Giving it away was impossible, not in this lifetime.

Not to mention the Mana Treasure Bead as material sufficient to forge world-class items, but the massive magical power contained within it, if fed to Aleye, who knows how much this Polluted Immortal Spirit would be enhanced.

The Demon Taming Bracelet in Reiger’s hand was indeed the most technologically advanced accessory from the Ancient Magic Civilization Period, far superior to ordinary Demon Taming Bracelets, but using this bracelet to control magic creatures at the Saint-level was already its limit; once it exceeded the Saint-level, its control over the opponent would definitely fail.

Aleye was already no less than a Level 9 Magic Guide, and once she absorbed the massive magical power within the Mana Treasure Bead, Reiger didn’t know if the opponent would be strong enough to defeat him, but the opponent would undoubtedly acquire the ability to break free from the Demon Taming Bracelet’s control.

If it turned out that way, Reiger would indeed have to extract the magic gem from this Polluted Immortal Spirit and eliminate her.

After absorbing the Mana Treasure Bead, Aleye might become a monster comparable to or surpassing the black dragon with one eye, even if not quite at Reiger’s level.

In this case, how could Reiger possibly hand the Mana Treasure Bead to Aleye?

Even if this Polluted Immortal Spirit deliberately acted pitifully and pleaded, Reiger would mercilessly push her away.

"You truly are a demon!"

In the end, the Polluted Immortal Spirit actually accused Reiger in such a manner, which was utterly ludicrous.

"If I’m a demon, you’re definitely not any good either."

Reiger remained indifferent, making Aleye furious enough to almost go berserk.

Fortunately, Marfa’s Sword was very dutiful; seeing Aleye leaking evil magical power, it immediately swung down, frightening Aleye into shrieking repeatedly.

Thus, the Sphinx flew toward the distant sky with the loud cheers of the citizens of Oralus, gradually leaving Libion Duchy.

Upon hearing this news, Yarad never appeared, hiding in a room shrouded by a barrier, with no one knowing what he was doing.

Meanwhile, the people from the Dark Relief Center also left Libion Duchy at the first opportunity, heading north just like the Sphinx.

Of course, they left a few individuals in Libion Duchy, seemingly monitoring Yarad secretly.

No one knew any of this.

...

Next, the Sphinx followed Reiger’s instructions, no longer stopping for resupply or routine inspections along the way, flying directly toward Nanielga.

"Without resupply or routine inspections mid-way, we should reach Nanielga within a day and night."

Melo informed Reiger of this, causing Reiger to nod.

A day and a night.

That is to say, by this time tomorrow, they should arrive at their destination.

Provided that the journey remains uninterrupted by any incidents.

But this was evidently a luxury.

Even Reiger didn’t expect that in the upcoming day and night of travel, they would once again encounter an attack.

...

"Roar!"

"Howl!"

In the high sky where no one could see, above thick clouds, sounds of fierce roaring and howling kept echoing, creating a tense atmosphere. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

A group of enemies enveloped in black aura, composed of flying monsters, charged towards the direction of the Sphinx, initiating a grandiose air battle.

"Deploy formation! Stop them!"

"Don’t let a single one get past!"

Two Knight Captains riding on dragons drew their swords and shouted orders loudly, causing the knights on each flying monster surrounding the Sphinx to roar angrily, driving their mounts towards the incoming enemy.

On the bodies of the attacking monsters, within the black aura, silhouettes of individuals could be seen riding upon them.

These individuals, without a doubt, were followers of the Abyss.

They laughed madly, their mental states were clearly deranged.

"Attack, attack, attack! Go, all of you!"

"Kill those meddlesome knights! Bring down that Magic-guided Battleship!"

"What saviors? The Source doesn’t need saviors!"

"For the Abyss!"

"For the Abyss!"

"Kill!"

The followers of the Abyss, laughing wildly and shouting, launched what could be described as a suicide attack on the Sky Division.

They completely disregarded the magic cast by the clerics on the Magic-guided Battleship, and also ignored the magic artillery aiming at them from the ship, their eyes red with reckless abandon charging towards the battleship, determined to reach the deck, shatter the ship’s protective barrier, and kill everyone here. The intensity of their assault was terrifying and awe-inspiring.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...

Soon, thundering explosions erupted at the front of the Magic-guided Battleship, marking the start of the fierce battle.

"Are they also people from the Dark Relief Center?"

On the deck, Reiger appeared without notice and gazed at the distant battlefield, asking Melo and Naisa beside him.

"No, probably not." Melo, who was also watching, shook her head after a moment, saying, "Such reckless and crazy behavior doesn’t look like the actions of a well-known force like the Dark Relief Center, but more like self-organized small groups."

The forces composed of Abyss followers also have varying levels of competency, with strong and weak, good and bad.

A force of Abyss followers like the Dark Relief Center has, within its organization, more than one existence comparable to saints. They maintain close relations with the Abyss, posing a very significant threat to the Source.

Some small groups of Abyss followers, however, are purely gatherings of madmen.

They never consider the matters of victory or defeat between the Source and the Abyss, only thinking about acting recklessly. Their behavior, though not as threatening as the former, still infuriates people immensely.

This time, the attackers were clearly that kind of organization, their assault completely spontaneous, with no planning, only madness making people fear to approach.

"Your excellency should return to your room; let the Sky Division and the cleric regiment handle this."

Melo advised Reiger.

She originally intended to say, with the Magic-guided Battleship here, along with the Sky Division and cleric group, Abyss followers from a crazed small organization simply cannot breach the protective barrier or reach the deck.

But upon turning, she recalled that yesterday evening, in the manor, she seemed to have said something similar, only for it to be proven wrong soon after, with the Dark Relief Center people breaking into the manor and nearly endangering both Reiger and the Holy Sword Marfa.

Thinking of this, Melo had some psychological shadow, hence she dared not assert here again, only hoping Reiger would quickly return to his room, avoiding unexpected incidents and enemy traps.

"It’s okay, I’m just watching casually."

Reiger shook his head and continued observing the battle.

He first watched the Abyss followers for a while, then quickly lost interest in them.

Just as Melo said, these Abyss followers are complete madmen, utterly irrational, just courting doom, not worth his attention.

Instead, it was those flying monsters emitting the black aura that caught Reiger’s interest.

"Can Abyssal Aura even pollute monsters?"

He hadn’t expected that monsters could also turn into infected beings.

"Abyssal Aura has a polluting effect on any life form in the Source World, including monsters," Naisa explained. "Or rather, for monsters, the pollution and erosion caused by Abyssal Aura is actually stronger."

"Because monsters, unlike human life forms, don’t possess strong personalities or intelligence, they are often easily subjected to deep pollution by Abyssal Aura."

"Once deeply polluted, monsters in the Source might even directly degrade into Abyssal life forms, becoming creatures of the Abyss."

"It’s said that among the Abyss Demon Lords, many originated from monsters, so many species’ individuals see them as half Abyssal creatures."

Naisa’s explanation caused Reiger’s eyes to glint.

This indeed made his suspicion in heart much stronger.