blueteamnovel Chapter 352 Even so, I must go
Chapter 352 Even so, I must go
Chapter 352 Even so, I must go
August closed his eyes, resonating his mental energy with the Holy Judgment Scepter. After a moment, he opened his eyes, his expression extremely solemn.
"We can perceive it, but—the distance is beyond imagination. It can be said to exist outside the conventional dimensions of our world."
He looked at Li Ang, his tone heavy, "With all the energy the Rainbow Bridge currently holds, it might only be able to barely teleport you alone to the vicinity of the signal source." Moreover, after the teleportation, the Rainbow Bridge's core will be depleted of energy, falling into a long period of dormancy, requiring at least several years to recharge. And this means—"
"That means you won't be able to bring me back for several years, and I might even be lost forever in the dimensional gap because of the remote coordinates and unknown environment, right?" Li Ang calmly took over his words.
August nodded heavily: "Even so—are you still going?"
"We must go." Li Ang answered without hesitation. "As long as the Queen lives, the swarm will eventually return. Next time, there may be more than one Queen. Only by completely eliminating the source can we win true peace and even the future for this world."
He paused, lowering his voice so that only August could hear: "Let's proceed according to the plan we discussed last night, Your Majesty."
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August gave him a deep look, his eyes filled with admiration, worry, and gratitude. He stopped trying to persuade him and solemnly said, "I will use the authority of the Holy Judgment Scepter to activate the Rainbow Bridge and open a passage for you. May the stars guide your path, my friend."
In that instant, Li Ang sent the signal jade token that August had given him to the other side of the portal. He did not tell anyone about this plan, including his closest mentor and teammates.
Because he knew that once he said it, Eve, Maya, Olivia—everyone would stop him at all costs.
Li Ang glanced one last time at the celebrating crowd in the distance, his gaze seemingly piercing through the distance to see Maya and Olivia waving excitedly at him, and Eve and Diana watching him from the city walls—
He quickly turned his gaze back to August and said, "Let's begin."
August raised the Scepter of Judgment high, chanting ancient and lengthy incantations, the tip of the scepter resonating intensely with the core of the Rainbow Bridge deep within Avalon.
In the sky, the wind and clouds changed color, and a seven-colored pillar of light slowly emerged and condensed from the void, as if it were a tunnel leading to the endless depths. Then, Li Ang no longer hesitated, took a step forward, and his figure plunged into the dazzling seven-colored pillar of light.
"Li Angqing?" From afar, Mei Ya finally realized something was wrong and shouted sharply.
"Captain!" Olivia transformed into a dragon and tried to rush over, but was pushed away by the remaining spatial ripples.
Eve took a sudden step forward, her aquamarine eyes filled with shock and unprecedented panic. She vaguely saw Li Ang glance back as he disappeared into the pillar of light, a hint of apology on his lips. The seven-colored pillar of light trembled violently after Li Ang entered, then, as if having exhausted all its power, it quickly dimmed, contracted, and finally dissipated into the air.
As the light of the portal completely dissipated into the air, Li Ang's figure also disappeared. Maya was the first to react. Before August could even lower his arm that was holding the Holy Judgment Scepter, she rushed to the Elf King like a bolt of lightning.
"Where did you take Li Angqing?"
Because of the height difference, she couldn't reach August's collar, so she could only tightly grip the hem of August's magnificent robe, her emerald eyes burning with anger and panic.
She raised her head and questioned sharply, gripping the mithril warhammer tightly. Almost simultaneously, a crimson figure descended from the sky, creating a shockwave as it landed.
Olivia reverted to human form, her face still stained with the grime of battle. Her red, vertical pupils narrowed to needles as she stared intently at August: "Elven King! You teleported the captain to the Queen? Now, immediately, teleport us there too!"
Her voice trembled slightly with urgency, and a wisp of dragon flame uncontrollably leaked out, making the surrounding air even hotter.
August gave a wry smile and tried to explain, "Gentlemen, please calm down—"
"Calm down?" Maya almost jumped up, her grip on the hem of her robe tightening. "You left Li Angqing alone in that godforsaken place, how are we supposed to calm down? Get us there right now!"
As the fluctuations in Maya and Olivia's mental energy became increasingly unstable, and the atmosphere grew more and more tense, a clear, cold voice promptly intervened: "Maxwell, Olivia, wait."
Eve dismounted from the flying broom, her light blue hair slightly disheveled, and her usually calm face betrayed an undisguised panic.
She pressed down on Maya's wrist, which was gripping the warhammer tightly, and shook her head at Olivia. "Let's hear what His Majesty August has to say first."
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Maya turned around abruptly and shouted angrily, "Mentor Eve! Are you protecting your brother?" As soon as she said it, she froze.
Because she saw that Eve's eyes, which were always as calm as a lake, were now clearly reflecting the same worry and fear as her own.
Eve ignored Maya's outburst, simply shaking her head slightly before turning her gaze to August: "Your Majesty, please tell us the truth. What arrangements did Leon make with you?"
At this moment, Helena, Rudik, Diana, Carlos, Seronster, as well as Makarov, Icarus, and other high-ranking members of the alliance and powerful participants gathered around, with countless eyes focused on the Elf King, and the air was filled with tension and unease.
Under everyone's gaze, August sighed deeply, knowing that he could no longer hide it. He put away the Holy Judgment Scepter, his voice filled with weariness and apology: "Chairman Leon—he carried out a plan we agreed on last night, which was to use the power of the Rainbow Bridge to go to the place we detected, which is likely the location of the Swarm Queen."
"As everyone should know, only by cutting off the source can this calamity be ended. Otherwise, repelling more and more Queen Insects and swarms will only delay the arrival of destruction."
"And teleport you there?" August looked at the eager members of the first squad and Eve, slowly shook his head, his smile extremely bitter.
"I'm sorry, I can't do it. The teleportation just now has exhausted all the energy that the core of the Rainbow Bridge has accumulated over hundreds of years."
Now, let alone restarting remote directional teleportation, even maintaining the spatial stability of Avalon is difficult, and it will take at least several years to accumulate enough energy to open the channel again.