Chapter 557 - 555: Hilia Is Missing?

Somewhere outside Dawn City, shadows flickered, and a figure emerged from the shadows, gasping for breath with lingering fear.

"Such a powerful Ice Mage, is this person really a traditional mage?"

Traditional mages are those whose combat power relies on magic puppets, even reaching tier six, more than half of their combat strength lies in these puppets.

The lower the tier, the greater the reliance. In this generation of mages, apart from Fist Masters who focus on close combat, very few specialize in strengthening their bodies.

Therefore, as a Shadow Mage, dealing with non-close combat mages, he naturally possesses tremendous lethality, as if a natural enemy.

The girl’s combat style was evidently that of a traditional long-range Magic Master. Logically, his magic penetration ability should have allowed him to end her life effortlessly.

Even if the vital areas were protected by a mage robe, he could still break through by injuring other areas, causing the shadow elements to erupt within the target, severely wounding them.

However, just a moment ago, he couldn’t sense the girl being critically wounded at all. Even after finally managing to land a hit, it felt as if he hadn’t struck her at all. Not only did she seem uninjured, but she was also lively enough to teach him a lesson.

"Luckily, my escape skills are as proficient as my assassination skills."

The Shadow Mage took a deep breath, relaxing a little.

But just then, a clear, cold voice came from beside him.

"Is that so?"

The Shadow Mage’s scalp tingled, and he looked up to see a familiar figure suddenly appearing before him. Without hesitation, he disappeared into the shadows.

"Come out!"

Rose controlled Hilia’s body, her magic staff floating by her side. With a grasp of her hand, the Shadow Mage was immediately drawn out from the shadows.

Facing the bewildered and completely stunned Shadow Mage, Rose clasped her hand, causing ice mist to rapidly encircle the mage, freezing him in an instant.

Rose returned control of the body to Hilia and said calmly, "OK, it’s up to you now, whether to kill or capture."

As she spoke, she paused, then added, "Worth mentioning, this mage has been in contact with those two mages; they’re shaking off their pursuers and will arrive soon enough."

"I see."

Hilia frowned. In fact, she wanted to capture him alive to find out through what means he located the Heart of the Magic Puppet within her ring.

But upon hearing Rose’s reminder, she thought for a moment and decided not to take that risk.

Killing this Shadow Mage was quite simple.

Hilia summoned her magic puppet, maneuvered it forward, and pierced through the ice layer with the Ten Thousand Lights Sword, stabbing into the heart of the opponent.

Afterward, Hilia softly uttered a word: "Explode."

As the magic puppet swiftly retreated, it detonated the glacier confining the Shadow Mage, along with the intruding ice elements inside him.

Boom!

The Shadow Mage seemed to turn into a human bomb, exploding with a thunderous roar. The blast’s shockwave swept in all directions, carving out a large crater around!

Fortunately, this place was far from the city, surrounded by barren land with barely any trees.

Hilia looked at the results and blinked, "Is this really the power of an Ice Burst from a Tier Four Mage?"

The crater was vast, but Hilia had no time to admire her handiwork. After she had completely killed the Shadow Mage, she sensed two dangerous auras suddenly approaching from afar, rushing towards her.

The girl took out her flying broom and flew towards Dawn City.

"Yah-ho~ Lord Rose, what was that saying again? When the matter is concluded what."

"When the matter is concluded, leave with a wave of your sleeves."

"Hiding your achievements and identity~"

Hilia was very pleased and leisurely departed before the two Tier Five Mages reached the explosion site.

Shortly after she left, the two Tier Five Mages arrived at the explosion site, looking down at the vast crater with somber expressions.

"It seems we may not have succeeded."

"Logically speaking, even if we didn’t succeed, his ability to escape is top-notch, so why was he still killed?"

"Did you sense the strength of that magic just now?"

"I sensed it, although it was stronger than a typical Tier Four Mage, it was still within the Tier Four range, not even reaching the Tier Four peak; just slightly stronger than average tier four."

"In other words, he died at the hands of a Tier Four Mage not stronger than himself."

The two were silent, exchanging disbelieving glances, unsure of what had happened.

After a long time, they hesitated briefly and chose to report the events to the Deadpool.

Soon, the Deadpool sent them a reply.

"Understood, proceed to the nearest Recovery Temple and await further orders, ensuring that the opponent does not steal anything from there either."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and set off immediately.

...

"Why can’t this damned cult exhibit the same diehard ideology seen in other cults?"

Bois complained angrily and helplessly.

Flora shook her head, "The Dusk Sect indeed differs from other cults, even though their doctrine is riddled with evil, advocating for all believers to return to the Netherworld and hell, yet their mages are better at running than anyone, with no desire to return to hell."

The bishop frowned and said, "More than their escape, I am concerned about why they chose tonight to cause trouble?"

"I’m also puzzled as to what they’re trying to achieve?" Bois was equally baffled.

If they intended revenge, then why didn’t they show any sign of vengeance during the encounter? On the contrary, they seemed to be providing cover for someone else, distracting the three of them.

In response to this, Bois also exercised caution.

But even after chasing them out of Dawn City, he couldn’t garner any information from the mages secretly watching them.

It was as if they had nothing better to do and intentionally came to annoy him for no other reason.

Bois was at a loss and was about to contact the castle to inquire if there had been any issues when his son Lesotho called him first.

"Lesotho, how is it? Any situation on your end?" Bois asked.

Lesotho replied, "Nothing significant, once you chased those two away, the castle resumed the banquet, waiting for your return."

"That’s good." Bois breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way."

Bois’s heart tightened again.

"It seems a distinguished guest has left, unclear where they went."

Bois was taken aback and asked, "Who?"

"Miss Hilia."

"What?" Bois’s voice went up an octave.

Flora was also drawn over, "What’s wrong?"

Although the bracelet communication wasn’t a spiritual link, unless the person being contacted disclosed it, mages of the same or lower tier couldn’t see who the user was contacting or what was said.

Only by sharing screens or using a Memory Crystal could others spy on such details.

Bois, with a serious expression, relayed Lesotho’s words to Flora and the bishop.

"What? Hilia disappeared?"

Flora’s expression changed drastically.