Chapter 439 - Mutated Magical Beasts
Chapter 439: Mutated Magical Beasts
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Yang Ling, the Elder has once said that there could still be such precious Ancient Years Agarwood below the Northern Glaciers. If we could save him, we will be able to search for more of them in the Northern Glaciers again. Once we have many of these Ancient Years Agarwood, the advancement speed of your Magical Beasts would increase by a few folds, or even more than ten folds. You would have a large group of high-level Magical Beasts and level surpassing Magical Beasts!” Klive got even more anxious and threw out a large bait upon seeing Yang Ling’s indecisiveness, even after receiving the Ancient Years Agarwood.
In order to deal with the instability of the Space Turbulence that happens once every five thousand years, the Church had already deployed away more than half of the elites in the Iron Edge Castle. The defense level of the Church was at its lowest for the past few thousand years. If they still couldn’t successfully save the Great Elder and Great Priests of the dark, and the Great Commander of the Cavalry, they might never get the chance to ever again!
Yang Ling’s Magical Beasts Army might be powerful and high-spirited. However, what’s more important was that he had Divine-level Experts under him, which was crucial. Only the divine-level experts would be able to deal with the experts from the Church that stayed behind as guards so that it would provide the opportunity and time to save the Three Major Heads of the Dark. The reason why the Dark Association has failed time and time again over the hundreds and thousands of years was that they didn’t have any powerful divine-level experts. There were a few times where they almost succeeded, but the Church’s divine-level experts just had to obstruct and destroy their plan at the defining moment.
Based on reliable sources, the Church had no other choices but to deploy the Divine-level Experts guarding the Iron Edge Castle to the stormy territorial waters due to the circumstances. However, in order to ensure that they succeed in their mission, they would still need Yang Ling’s military help, no matter what it may cost! Even if the divine-level Warrior Guards and Fabris under Yang Ling wouldn’t take part in the battle, it would already be enough if they were able to get Elder Brent’s help.
After all, the Dark Association didn’t lack normal knights and spellcasters. They were just in urgent need of a true expert! Even a Divine-level Expert that had just advanced to the divine-level would still be able to go against ten-odd or even a hundred-odd Domain Peak Experts. Not everyone has Yang Ling’s freakishly powerful Ice-sealing Armor and Ground Guardian, nor the terrifying lethal poison and Restriction!
“Alright, when do we act?” Yang Ling finally came to a decision after deliberating for a moment.
Since most of the elites in the Iron Edge Castle had already been deployed elsewhere and there’s no longer any Divine-level Expert guarding the castle, they are now more confident that they could break-through the Iron Edge Castle by joining their military forces. If they were able to save the Great Elder, Great Priest, and the Great Commander of the Cavalry, who were also known as the Three Major Heads of the Dark, the Dark Association’s strength would increase indefinitely with the addition of three powerful Divine-level Experts. It would also greatly benefit his own Magical Beasts Territory.
When that happens, they would not only gain a dependable ally but also greatly decrease the pressure on the Magical Beasts Territory that was caused by the Church. When they have completely destroyed the Church, they will gain a powerful and able ally.
While the Dark Association was lacking greatly in the best experts, the Magical Beasts Territory were also actually facing the same issue. The speed of recovery for Elder Brent’s Divine Power was slow, and they still couldn’t depend on him alone to fully protect the Magical Beasts Territory. Although they had boasted their abilities and tricked the Church into thinking that they have a powerful family behind their backs to deter them from acting recklessly, they wouldn’t be able to keep this up for long. They would have to reveal the truth if they wanted to stabilize their power!
In this case, they were not ready as he hadn’t advanced to a Soul Wizard, and neither could he tame a Divine-level Magical Beast. Hence, it would be truly necessary to seek a dependable ally. Although the Dark Association doesn’t have any supreme experts now, their situation would improve quickly once they save the Three Major Heads of the Dark.
Providing timely and crucial assistance is way better than adding icing to the cake!
If they were to lend a helping hand to the Dark Association during their toughest time where they require the most assistance, they might receive a generous return in the future. After they have succeeded, they would become dependable allies just by strengthening their cooperation in other areas to tie their core benefits together.
Elder Klive was elated and secretly relieved that it has been a fruitful trip when Yang Ling promised to provide his military assistance. After discussing the action plan, he left feeling agitated and prepared to attack officially ten days later.
An opportunity that happens once every five thousand years. If they were to miss it, they might never get another ever again! To ensure that they would be able to save the Tutor Great Elder and the rest, he decided to deploy all his usable resources. He took out the Dark Staff that had been buried underground for many years in preparation to remove the seal from the bodies of the Three Major Heads of the Dark.
“Yang Ling, it was rumored that the Iron Edge Castle is where the jail where the Church holds the most dangerous criminals. It is heavily guarded and would be difficult to attack. If we were to deploy our troops to attack with the Dark Association, would we…” Yuna was deeply troubled as Yang Ling promised to aid Elder Klive in military strength, worried that they would lose much of their military strength in the Iron Edge Castle.
“Hehe, the more criminals they have, the better! Once we release all of them, wouldn’t we be creating a large number of enemies for the Church?” Yang Ling smiled at the Yuna, who looked troubled, “Let’s go and see how different are these heavy Ancient Years Agarwood from the Star Metal!”
Yang Ling said as he led the group into the Wizard Pagoda’s Space and quickly found the busy Orc Priest Augustus. In the beginning, he had prepared to build a Beast Soul Altar in the Wissen Castle. However, he decided that he might as well change the location to the Wizard Pagoda’s Space after many thoughts.
As compared to the Wissen Castle, the Wizard Pagoda’s Space no doubt possessed great advantages. It was near the Magical Beasts Base that was like a primal forest where they could catch all sorts of Magical Beasts for experiments at any time. Once the news was sealed, even if they were to catch a few large dragons and refine them into a guinea pig, it wouldn’t create chaos among the people, and they also wouldn’t have to worry about people who wanted to spy on his secrets.
“You are looking for me, sir?” The Orc Priest Augustus rushed over like a gush of wind on his little unicorn upon sensing that Yang Ling had summoned him.
He had been busy constructing the Beast Soul Altar over the past period of time and planning the division of the Magical Beasts Territory and had evidently become Yang Ling’s housekeeper in the Wizard Pagoda’s Space. He was busy all day and all night and got increasingly familiar with the mischievous little unicorn.
“When are we able to use the Beast Soul Altar, Augustus?” They still had ten days left till they attack the Iron Edge Castle. Yang Ling hoped that they could use this time to increase the strength of the Magical Beasts Army quickly. Although the Water of the Spring of Life provided good results, it was, after all, limited in quantity. It was evident that it wouldn’t be practical for every Magical Beast to drink a few drops. Hence, they have to think of other solutions.
The construction of the Beast Soul Altar had consumed a large amount of time and premium Crystal Ores. According to Augustus, as long as a few trashy and low-level Magical Beasts were gathered together, they might also be refined into high-level Magical Beasts. After receiving a piece of precious Ancient Agarwood, the Beast Soul Altar might bring him unexpected surprises.
“Sir, the Crystal Ores had been laid, and it will be ready for use in a few hours!” Augustus was filled with excitement as it was every Orc Priest’s dream to have a Beast Soul Altar. After being plotted against by the Church, he had thought that he would die in a foreign land. However, it was a blessing in disguise as he managed to build a Beast Soul Altar personally, after becoming a follower of Yang Ling.
A full fifty thousand premium Crystal Ores, on top of a large number of Magical Beasts Essence Crystal, Purple Sandalwood, and other precious materials – the Beast Soul Altar had cost them an uncountable amount of Crystal Coins. In the beginning, Augustus had thought that Yang Ling wasn’t serious. He didn’t expect that Yang Ling would really pass him so many precious materials.
A true gentleman will sacrifice himself for a friend who understands him!
There were only a few simple Beast Soul Altars in the whole Orc Empire. Due to the sky-high cost, how many people in this world really knew how to construct a Beast Soul Altar? And who would easily pass such a difficult and important task to such a small priest like him?
Augustus was touched and swore to follow Yang Ling for all his life. He knew better than anyone else the effect of an altar on an Orc Priest. With Yang Ling’s support, it was no longer an unattainable dream to become a top-level Orc Priest in his lifetime!
Filled with excitement, Augustus brought everyone to the altar that was nearby the Wizard Pagoda and started to explain in detail. With his explanation, everyone began to slowly understand the basic function of the Beast Soul Altar. A few hours passed in no time.
As it turned out, the Beast Soul Altar was rumored to be a Divine Spell that was passed down from the God of War and consists of nine levels. Not only could it be used to summon stray Magical Beasts, but it could also refine a few or even a large group of Magical Beasts into a single Magical Beast to mutate, causing huge transformation in all areas of abilities and attributes.
However, the mutation of the Magical Beasts could be very random, and there was also a high possibility of failure. Furthermore, the mutated Magical Beasts weren’t necessarily more powerful than before. A few high-level Magical Beasts refined together might produce something trashy instead. The more numbers and species of Magical Beasts refining together at once, the more random it would be.
Although it was difficult to control the mutation of the Magical Beasts, it doesn’t mean that it happens without any rules. Under normal circumstances, the most powerful Magical Beasts on the altar would be used as the main body, while the other magical beasts’ abilities and attributes would be added on. However, it was difficult to predict the abilities and attributes hidden within the Magical Beasts most of the time, and they could even go against each other. It would be difficult to expect the outcome after refining them together forcefully.
It was passed down for generations that the top-level Orc Priest could borrow the high-level Beast Soul Altar to lead the direction of which the Magical Beast mutates, such that the trashy Magical Beasts could quickly turn into terrifying high-level Magical Beasts. However, while top-level Beast Soul Altars were rare, it was even rarer to find a high-level Beast Soul Altar. If they had spent fifty thousand premium Crystal Ores on building a simple level-one altar, it would be hard to imagine how many premium Crystal Essence and Magical Beasts Crystal Essence it would take to build a level-nine altar!
Even though he had been mentally prepared, Yang Ling was still astounded by the magnificent altar.
Different from the usual altars, the Beast Soul Altar was huge, with a surface area that was comparable to a basketball court. The various precious materials were mixed perfectly together with premium Crystal Ores as the base, Purple Sandalwood as the pillars, and Magical Beasts Crystal Essence as the core. They formed a gigantic picture and emitted ripples of Energy Waves, while absorbing the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth in the Wizard Pagoda’s Space and a white fog emitted from the Wizard Pagoda, like the Spirit Gathering Spell Formation.
It should be a large magical spell formation rather than an altar!
“Bring me a few spiders, Evil Eyes and such other low-level Magical Beasts, Rodriguez!”, Yang Ling commanded with a low voice as he looked at the magnificent Beast Soul Altar. He could feel deep down that this altar would bring him great benefits!