In the kerosene city, in the Duke's manor at the corner of the city, machine guns were spewing flames and pouring fierce bullets on tall monsters with distorted faces.

"Quick, stop these monsters!" "Where's the machine gun ammunition? Where's our support?"

Screams and roars rang out one after another. No one knew where these hideous and twisted monsters came from. They seemed to have suddenly appeared in the City of Kerosene, causing chaos everywhere, and consciously gathered to attack the Duke's mansion.

Ham held a machine gun and kept firing, shooting the two approaching monsters into sieves, but he didn't pay any attention to the flesh and blood of the exploded corpses slowly squirming.

As if with some kind of magical power, even though only the wreckage was left, it still moved on the ground unswervingly. With the help of the cover of night, it soon moved quietly to the feet of several guards.

A tentacle extended from the corpse and pierced the ankle of one of the guards, dragging him to the ground in an instant.

The guard kicked his legs in severe pain but was completely powerless to resist. He was dragged into the darkness and could only cry and shout.

"Save me, save me!"

The three colleagues around him immediately rushed forward and tried to pull the guard back, but what awaited them were more flesh and blood tentacles that pierced their chests, shoulders and even necks...

"Damn it!" Ham cursed and immediately turned the machine gun around and swept over, smashing the flesh and blood remnants into a pile of flesh and blood residue. However, it was still a step too late, and the musketeers were completely silent.

The other corpses remaining on the ground also tore off their camouflage, and their hideous tentacles extended and rolled towards Ham and the musketeers who were reloading.

"Underground, pay attention to the corpses underground!" Ham reminded hurriedly while throwing the Molotov cocktail in his hand. In the explosion and flames, the extended tentacles were blown off one after another.

But this could only provide a slight block, because there were so many corpses on the ground that they gradually piled up to form a huge mass of flesh.

Dozens of wizards on guard immediately noticed the chaos here. A large number of fireballs streaked through the void, blasting the large meat mass into pieces. However, this made things worse. Each piece of flesh began to spontaneously fly towards the nearest guards, penetrated into their exposed skin, and absorbed nutrients for recovery.

Waves of painful howls suddenly resounded throughout the manor. The originally stable formation was about to collapse in an instant. More monsters surged up, and casualties began to increase...

Fortunately, at this time, the support they had been waiting for finally arrived. A fierce flame swept past. This was not an ordinary flame, but a plasma fire with a temperature of tens of thousands of degrees Celsius, which was enough to destroy all flesh and blood.

Its name is [Eternal Flame]! "Are you all okay?" Adela walked out of the manor and asked with a serious look.

"Great, Master Adela!" Ham and others shouted in surprise. Their originally low morale immediately became high again.

The power of the great wizard is self-evident. If there is no opponent of equal strength, he can determine the outcome of a war by his own strength!

"Please, save my brother, Master Wizard." A guard covered in blood staggered and dragged his brother to Adela, saying with a pleading look on his face.

Arad looked down at the man's right hand. Tentacles extended out from the wound, looking extremely terrifying.

"If you want to live, bear with the pain." Arad warned him, then suddenly grabbed the man's arm. Amid the man's wailing, he used the [Advanced Material Deconstruction Technique] to completely destroy the man's arm and the demonic flesh and blood that was parasitic in his body at the atomic level...

"Thank you, thank you, Master Arad!" The blood-soaked guard expressed his gratitude excitedly. Although his brother had lost one hand, at least his life was saved.

Arad didn't look at the two again, but glanced at the pile of broken monster bodies outside the manor, and the wounded with blood and flesh all over the ground with painful expressions...

Damn, where did these monsters come from?

Arad cursed in his heart with great annoyance. He and Raphael were originally guarding the "Sun Furnace" under the city, but from the news reported by the guards, the situation has reached the point where they have to take action! It is much better to keep the enemy out than to be invaded...

…

At the same time, Monroe and Ivana, who were under the protection of the illusory world, took advantage of the chaos just caused and stepped into the manor.

These monsters that suddenly appeared were naturally summoned from Hell by Monroe using the power of the holy object! It must be said that this holy object is too powerful. The six sides of the cube are six divine arts - Illusionary Realm, Life Deprivation, Hell Summoning, Memory Retrieval, Unbreakable Shield and Holy Strike.

The six spells are very versatile, with everything from attack, defense, and reconnaissance. Monroe even feels that he is now more powerful than the cardinal! He can also do more things, such as killing the guards in front of him.

Monroe turned around and aimed the cube at Arad who was cleaning up the monster corpses. As long as he killed this great wizard, the defense line would collapse instantly! "Are you going to waste your energy here?" Ivana suddenly interrupted.

Monroe paused and looked at his colleague in surprise. Now is the best time to take action. The guards' attention is all on the monsters, and he, who is in the realm of illusion, has an absolutely secret opportunity to take action!

Once the great wizard Arad is killed, the morale of these guards will be instantly defeated, allowing the monsters to march straight into the underground of the manor.

As for what was underground, Monroe didn't know, but that was the task assigned to him by Her Majesty the Saint.

Must be done!

Ivana explained. "Most of the Wizard Council's forces are in the Fire Oil City. We just caught them off guard and used the lives of our colleagues to delay their support. But even so, it won't be long before those wizards will mobilize more people to support us..."

"No...it should be said...they are already here!" Ivana suddenly looked up and pointed to the sky.

Monroe looked up in the direction Ivana pointed, and it seemed as if something was moving quickly in the endless night sky in the distance.

They are aerospace airships, and there are a lot of them!

Although he couldn't see clearly, Monroe realized it immediately, and his originally good mood was instantly ruined. He knew very well that the strange hellfire carried on every airship would greatly restrain the monster's powerful recovery ability.

In addition, the wizards who can come to support must be elite.

That is to say, even if he killed Arad and defeated the guards here, the monsters he summoned would be quickly cleared out.

"The monsters you summoned have attracted most of the guards underground. Now is the best time to sneak in." Ivana reminded again.

"Maybe you are right!" Monroe nodded helplessly, took the holy object back, agreed with the girl's statement, let the guards go, and quickly stepped into the manor.

Ivana looked back at the guards who were still resisting and clearing out the monsters, as well as the flames rising in the distance.

Before tonight, the city was filled with tranquility and peace, unlike any other big city in the empire.

Here, wizards built tall buildings, expanded roads, and filled the entire city with vitality.

Here, managers are not hereditary but are elected through examinations, and anyone, whether commoners, nobles or wizards, can participate.

This city has so many differences...

Ivina vaguely remembered that Lord Gustav once told her that the reason why the empire continued to expand and the reason why the Lord was great was to build the world into a paradise!

The wizard, on the other hand, wants to turn the world into hell...

This is why they hunt wizards.

But this time it was they who broke the peace of the city.

Ivana was at a loss. In the northern border of the empire, all the wizards she saw were crazy and sick.

But in the past few months in the City of Fire Oil, everything I saw was completely contrary to what I had been taught before.

If this is all a disguise, then those wizards are really good at it.

Ivana looked deeper into the manor. The guards here were the most stringent in the entire Kerosene City!

If there is a so-called truth, it must be hidden here! Then let me see the truth beneath the illusion!

Ivana thought and turned around, then walked with Monroe to the castle deep in the manor. Under the protection of the field constructed by the holy objects, the guards in the manor could not see them at all.

In fact, not only vision, but even hearing and smell cannot detect the two people in the field. It also has the ability to isolate magic power, which is the effect of the illusory realm.

Even so, Monroe was still very careful, because no one knew what kind of detection magic those wizards mastered.

As soon as they entered the hall, they were shocked by the scene before them, because the entire underground of the castle was empty, and what appeared in front of them was a spiral winding road, leading to nowhere.

The further they went down the road, the more frightened Monroe and Ivana became. With such a huge amount of work going on, they even suspected that the wizards had hollowed out the entire city.

"Maybe they are preparing to build a gate to hell here!" Monroe speculated.

Ivana also pursed her lips. She was reluctant to believe Monroe's guess, but other than that, she couldn't think of anything else that was worth hollowing out the entire city.

In silence, the two went deeper and deeper. This was simply a magnificent underground city with all kinds of facilities. Two huge excavators were working non-stop to expand the underground space, and then the elemental wizards were responsible for reinforcing it.

There was a constant stream of workers coming and going. Many of them were worried about the riots that had broken out in the Kerosene City, while others were discussing the construction of this underground city.

Monroe and Ivana both pricked up their ears, carefully keeping their distance while eavesdropping on the intelligence.

But the more they listened, the weirder their expressions became. The topics these wizards discussed seemed to be related to the sun.

Monroe even heard a witch boasting to her companions that she had seen Master Lin En and the speakers use magic to create a sun a few days ago and bound it underground, which could provide energy for the entire city...

Are you kidding me? This is ridiculous.

Using magic to create the sun, and then tying it up? How? Using a rope?

There was a hint of mockery on Monroe's face.

The parliament did not hesitate to use such absurd words to deceive the personnel stationed here, it must be to cover up something shameful! Monroe was more determined in his previous guess, or perhaps the wizard's statement was a metaphor, they were going to cast a powerful magic that could destroy everything under the city, thus completely destroying the city.

Ivana was also confused, but she quickly abandoned those messy thoughts. No matter what the wizards were hiding, she would be able to see it soon.

"By the way, how should you use this holy object in your hand?" The girl suddenly turned her head and looked at Monroe and asked.

Monroe tightened his grip on the cube and asked cautiously, "What do you want to do?"

"In the past few months, you have submitted wrong intelligence twice, causing the church to suffer heavy losses." Ivana said slowly. "To be honest, I can't trust your judgment, and I don't know why Her Majesty the Saint gave you this important task..."

Of course, it was because my devotion to the Lord was unquestionable! Monroe was very annoyed, but he couldn't refute the girl's words, because his successive misjudgments did indeed lead to disastrous consequences.

only……

Monroe showed some hesitation on his face. He was always a little wary of this colleague. After all, Ivana had an inexplicable passion for learning wizard knowledge, which made him feel very uneasy.

"If something happens to you, who will complete the task?" Seeing Monroe's hesitation, Ivana asked again.

Monroe frowned. Although he didn't think he would have an accident, he did need to consider the possibility.

Thinking of this, Monroe couldn't help but smile bitterly. Compared to Ivana, who had learned some wizarding knowledge and occasionally covered for him in the academy, he was probably more like a traitor because he had passed on wrong information twice in a row, right?

"Okay, if I die, you will take over the task!" Monroe sighed, quickly made a decision, and explained it to the girl.

Ivana listened very carefully. It was not that difficult to control the holy object. All she had to do was say a specific command and inject magic power.

Monroe, who was explaining to the girl, suddenly stopped and looked forward with eyes full of shock and horror, as if he had seen something incredible. His lips trembled slightly, and he was clearly speaking.

sun!

(End of this chapter)