Chapter 451 It's You Again
Elizabeth remained in Aevum City while Zachary focused on studying spells to refine and absorb the city. A day later, the once clear sky suddenly turned overcast, with flashes of lightning and thunder.
Elizabeth keenly sensed a trembling force emanating from Aevum City. At that moment, bolts of lightning struck the backyard.
Elizabeth stood up and looked over but made no move. She knew that if she intervened, the lightning striking Zachary would only become fiercer. To regain his freedom, he had to endure it himself. If he couldn't, he would never leave this place for the rest of his life.
The lightning grew more intense, even mixed with a few golden bolts. The ground suddenly shook as if an earthquake had struck.
A glimmer of excitement appeared in Elizabeth's eyes; Zachary was about to succeed. At that moment, a force suddenly emerged from the headquarters of the Divination Association, heading in their direction.
Elizabeth saw a thin crack appear on the ground, exuding an overwhelming evil aura. The crack extended toward the backyard, clearly targeting Zachary.
Her expression changed slightly as she suddenly understood the meaning of Wayne's words in his letter. It turned out that Aevum City was a cage, not meant to confine Zachary. Instead, the headquarters of the Divination Association had drawn a prison to trap Zachary, using Aevum City as his shackle.
She pondered, 'What are they trying to do?' Her eyes narrowed as she realized they wanted Zachary's immortality.
Elizabeth didn't rush to the inner courtyard but instead took out the Spellscroll pen, infused it with energy, and began drawing void Spellscrolls to seal the evil magic. She completed one and cast it onto the black crack, trying to temporarily patch it up. If the crack eroded through, it would definitely cause Zachary to fail in refining Aevum City.
She not only took out all the evil magic artifacts she carried and placed them around the crack to absorb the evil aura but also took out the Gemstone Halo hanging around her neck, using the Karma within to help suppress it.
Seeing this, the little Aether Serpent opened its mouth wide and began to absorb the evil aura from the crack. Elizabeth then shouted, "Zachary, I can only hold this for fifteen minutes. The rest is up to you."
In the inner courtyard, Zachary was struck by lightning, his body tattered, and his hair standing on end. He looked nothing like his usual elegant self, more like a beggar. But his eyes were bright with hope; if he could endure the lightning tribulation, the secret technique would be more than half complete.
He was just about to finish and take the opportunity to refine Aevum City when a crack filled with evil magic emerged from the headquarters of the Divination Association, extending toward him. It was clearly trying to stop him from refining Aevum City, intending to trap him here.
This was something Zachary had not anticipated. After all, he thought he had controlled Aevum City, unaware of this hidden threat. It seemed someone had long planned to use Aevum City to scheme against him.
Zachary wasn't foolish; he quickly realized what the other party was after. He smiled bitterly; despite all his calculations, he hadn't foreseen that someone would target him from behind. Having just endured the lightning tribulation, his energy and strength were mostly depleted. Now he could only maintain his effort to refine Aevum City, unable to counter the crack filled with evil magic.
Was today his end? Zachary, who had lived for so many years, wasn't afraid of death, but he was unwilling. He really wanted to go out and see what the world was like now. He closed his eyes and sighed, "So be it, this is my fate!"
Just as he was about to give up, Elizabeth's voice suddenly reached his ears. He opened his eyes abruptly and saw that the crack filled with evil magic had stopped about 900 feet in front of him. His previously despondent will instantly revive. He muttered, "Elizabeth, I owe you one."
Since Elizabeth hadn't given up on him, he couldn't give up on himself. Without hesitation, Zachary used the secret technique to begin refining Aevum City. He had already been immortal because of Aevum City and had been bound to it for hundreds of years. So refining it wasn't difficult. What surprised him even more was that as he refined Aevum City, it didn't resist; it seemed even more eager than he was.
Then the surroundings began to shake again. Zachary's heart skipped a beat, feeling as if he was about to be swallowed. But this time, he clearly sensed that it wasn't coming from Aevum City, but from the pit of evil aura on the ground. More accurately, it was from the person behind the pit of evil aura. The other party was getting anxious.
Zachary took a deep breath and poured all his energy into the secret technique to speed up the refining. He couldn't let the other party succeed; his fate was his to decide.
Outside, Elizabeth's forehead was covered in sweat, and her hand holding the Spellscroll pen was trembling. The evil magic in the crack was too strong; sealing it was too difficult, and she had already used up most of her energy. The evil magic artifacts were saturated and had stopped absorbing. The little Aether Serpent's belly was so swollen that it lay on the ground, exhausted, unable to absorb any more. If it continued, it would burst.
The Gemstone Halo's glow was dimming, about to lose its effect. She could only hope that Zachary would hurry up and refine Aevum City. Otherwise, not only would Zachary be finished, but she wouldn't be able to hold on either.
After a while, the temporarily sealed crack of evil aura became active again. Elizabeth took a deep breath. She had done her best; now it was up to Zachary.
Back in the inner courtyard, Zachary also noticed the crack of evil aura becoming active again, extending toward him. It seemed like a giant mouth trying to swallow him. He knew this feeling wasn't an illusion. If he failed to refine Aevum City, he would definitely be swallowed by the crack.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a closer connection with Aevum City. More accurately, Aevum City seemed to be relying on him.
Zachary's eyes lit up; it was done! As the crack extended to his feet, he shouted, "Absorb!" The entire city trembled, and a yellow light entered Zachary's forehead. Aevum City completely merged with him, with him as the master.
Zachary looked at the crack of evil aura on the ground and commanded with Aevum City's power, "Close, seal!" Quickly, the crack of evil aura seemed to be forcibly squeezed together. The crack closed, and the evil aura was sealed inside. The surroundings, and the entire Aevum City, returned to peace.
Elizabeth looked toward the backyard and smiled brightly. "It's done, wonderful!"
Meanwhile, in a room in Clifftonshireburg, an elderly man, who had been sitting cross-legged with a ruddy complexion, suddenly turned pale and spat out a mouthful of black blood, his aura weakening.
It was over; his years of planning had been inadvertently thwarted by Zachary. How could this be? He felt a sense of collapse and madness. The old man, eyes filled with rage, shouted, "Elizabeth, it's you again!"
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