Chapter 222 : The Teleportation Array
"Princess Sethilu, the materials are all prepared. The passage is currently slightly unstable and requires careful teleportation."
"Mm, thank you for your hard work, Nana."
Nalonaté very seriously opened the heavy iron door for everyone, and what came into view was a magnificent circular hall.
Although not spacious, the center of the circular hall was carved with a massive teleportation array.
Similar to the teleportation arrays on Academy Island, except this array obviously looked more advanced, with a much greater teleportation distance.
"Please everyone stand here. Next, I will chant the secret arts of the Colotia family to bring everyone before the temple of the underground world."
"Alright."
Lonis prepared herself and stood eagerly beside Elucia.
Suling also looked at her happily, as if proud that she had persevered.
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"Ancient bloodline, light contained within shadow, I command you in the name of Sethilu Moon Colotia, royalty of the Bright Ember Kingdom—open the gate to Bright Ember for us."
During Sethilu's chanting, miraculous things happened.
The surrounding air melted into golden light, and Lonis could feel this space decomposing and transferring... as if it was about to swap with the teleportation array in the underground world.
But at this very moment...
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"Princess Sethilu, something's wrong!"
"Lonis, be careful!"
Elucia immediately pulled Lonis tightly into her arms, embracing her body with both hands.
Although Yi Cheng promptly warned them at the first moment, it was already too late... The light didn't continue, but instead a dark power surged from the void.
(What is this?)
Lonis had never felt this kind of power, but just facing it for the first time, she instinctively felt heart palpitations.
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"What's happening... why were the coordinates modified... this is..."
Sethilu also looked around in shock. Around them, the magnificent golden walls gradually disappeared, replaced by pitch-black iron pillars.
Countless metal shackles hung from the ceiling, many chunks of flesh were suspended on spears, dripping black blood.
No matter how you looked at it, this was a heart-stopping place. Even though the teleportation wasn't completely finished, the surrounding space carried a bloody stench.
"It's Caster's dungeon."
Yi Cheng recognized the place with just one glance.
"Caster's dungeon?"
"We... have we been tricked?"
Lonis was shocked. She knew Caster was one of the Trickster Demon Lord's most important generals, and the place she had visited in the Pleasure Device based on Yi Cheng's memories was Caster's castle.
This was undoubtedly a place filled with traps and calamity. If the girls were teleported directly here, they would probably face more misfortune than fortune.
However...
Princess Sethilu wasn't to be trifled with either.
"Reverse, array!"
Seeing the situation was wrong, Sethilu forcibly interrupted the teleportation reversal. She tried to make the teleportation passage flow backward, returning to the underground of the royal capital again.
However...
That dark power kept interfering.
Obscure and gloomy, chaotic and complex, and Princess Sethilu, who was controlling the teleportation, bore the brunt of the attack.
"Your Highness!"
Nana ran to help, but it was completely useless.
Finally, the black power engulfed Princess Sethilu, and the surrounding scene returned to calm...
Still the magnificent circular hall, still underground in the royal palace.
But that silver-haired princess was severely injured and collapsed.
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"Oh, it failed?"
Standing on the castle, a pale-faced man smiled lightly.
His skin was dried like a corpse, and even the visible blood vessel patterns were dark blue.
But around him emanated an indescribable aura—a kind of extremely calm madness, and a hysterical rationality.
"Can't underestimate the descendants of the Colotia family, but no matter..."
The man looked at the sky, that unchanging deep purple, also a sign of the world's impending doom.
"Since the inheritor of the Bright Ember Kingdom has fallen, then next, let Candel go cause a big ruckus, hahaha!!!!"
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Sethilu was injured very seriously.
To be precise, her internal organs had all been destroyed... If not for timely rescue, she would already be dead.
But even so, she was still in the intensive care unit, not yet out of life-threatening danger.
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"How could... it be like this..."
Nalonaté knelt in the corridor, her eyes filled with chagrin and shock.
This golden-haired little loli seemed unable to believe that the princess who was smiling just moments ago could become like this in an instant.
"Nalonaté, please accept my condolences. This isn't your fault."
Yi Cheng stepped forward and patted Nalonaté's shoulder: "You probably haven't seen Caster... He's a very terrifying demon who can always make the most fatal attacks when you least expect it."
"But, but..."
"Don't worry. Dean Cuibia is the most learned dean in our Clear Academy. She's seen all kinds of difficult diseases and will definitely help Princess Sethilu recover smoothly."
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With such an incident happening suddenly, Lonis's heart also felt empty.
She had prepared for battle and anticipated that this journey to the Bright Ember Temple probably wouldn't be as simple as imagined... but she never thought that just at the beginning, Princess Sethilu would nearly die.
"Elucia..."
Lonis looked up at her black-haired companion.
Fortunately, Elucia was currently fine. If this black-hearted girl was also severely injured, she really wouldn't know what to do.
But the current Elucia showed a very grave expression, those crimson eyes seeming to contemplate something crucial:
"This teleportation array should have borrowed Bright Ember's power... but why did an accident occur?"
"Could it be that the Bright Ember Temple's power has already been twisted... No, it shouldn't be so fast. By rights, Prince Ruowei Palace should be vigilant."
"Wait, could that guy be planning to take advantage..."
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Like this, Elucia muttered to herself, and after a moment, finally seemed to understand something and sighed deeply:
"So scheming, truly so scheming. Are the Trickster Demon Lord's people really this crazy?"
"Elucia..."
"Ah, Lonis, you don't need to worry. I roughly know what the opponent wants to do. But... it's still not easy to break their scheme."
"Eh...?"
Although she didn't understand, Lonis still wagged her tail: "Although I don't quite understand what's happening, what do I need to help Elucia do?"
"Mm, we don't need to care for the princess. Yi Cheng and the dean will take care of her. Now, let's go find General Guyanis."
"Guyanis..."
"I think she should be overwhelmed right now."