Chapter 1261: 18. Savior

“Ready?”

“Everything is ready, we can begin at any time.”

“Very good.”

In the darkness, several figures looked at the bustling and lively street not far away, gathering together and whispering among themselves.

A mysterious power enveloped them, like the deepest shadow, merging with the surroundings, to the point that the city’s patrols did not discover their existence in the slightest.

“Hmph, play music to your heart’s content, have fun to your heart’s content, completely unaware even of the danger that is about to arrive, truly pathetic.”

One of them sneered, looking with disdain at those foolish people singing and dancing on the street.

“Do not relax.”

The leader growled: “The plan has not truly been completed yet, we must remain vigilant.”

“Boss is being too cautious, right? Preparations have already reached this point, isn’t the success rate of our operation already one hundred percent?”

“Nothing is one hundred percent, this is the lesson our great Lord gave us not long ago, have you forgotten?”"

“That may be so, but even if someone in this city really notices in advance, they do not have the ability to stop us in advance, right.”

That person revealed another cold smile: “After losing its status as an important western stronghold, there are already no real powerhouses stationed in this city. Right now there is actually only an old branch president and an old woman who has almost been pushed out of the core of power within the Church here. With just these two old things, forget about us doing this so secretly, even if we did it right in front of them, then what could they do?”^

Nora Blaze, president of the western branch of the Adventurers' Association.

Monis Enid, Eye of the Nineteenth Prophet of the Church of Life..

Although the names of these two sounded impressive, in reality neither was famous for combat strength. Blaze in particular, ten years ago he was still one of the strongest candidates for president of the Adventurers' Association headquarters, but one serious injury permanently stopped him below the realm of the Crowned Ones, and now he was practically already in a semi-retired state.

As for any other Crowned Ones or Truth-Rank existences, that was even more impossible. After all, after the demonfolk disappeared, neither the Empire nor the various other powers could possibly send combat strength that powerful to this kind of western inland city that basically had no value./

This was also the reason they had chosen this city.

As a transit city for exploring the Abyss nowadays, there were enough low-ranking adventurers here, enough supplies, yet there were no real powerhouses._

It was simply the perfect target.

“Heh, don’t forget, just now in the city we heard rumors that a calamity and that Muen Campbell had arrived in this city. If they’re here, what will you do?” The leader glanced at him.^

“Ha! Boss, don’t joke with me. How could the legendary calamity and Muen Campbell possibly come to this obscure little city? It couldn’t be that after the previous bride-snatching incident, he, he became afraid that the Imperial Empress would lose her temper, so he doesn’t even dare go to the major cities anymore, right!”

That person chuckled: “Not to mention the other calamity. She already hasn’t stayed in a human city for too long for several hundred years, how could she suddenly appear here? Impossible, absolutely impossible. As for the rumors in the city......there have been tons of rumors like this recently, right? There are even people over in the Kingdom saying that the two of them got married and held a wedding.”*

“That still isn’t a reason for you to fool around, be serious!”

“Oh......”_

“Hmph.”

The leader did not say anything more, because he was also very clear that the so-called calamity and Muen Campbell coming to this city was nothing more than groundless nonsense.

Those legendary figures were far too distant from insignificant Evil God believers like them.

In the Empire, the only ones they had to be wary of were those mad dogs from the Silent Bureau. They had to act quickly, otherwise if those mad dogs caught up with them, it would become extremely troublesome.

The previous time they accidentally got bitten by those mad dogs, they had already lost several brothers.

“Our Lord has not contacted us for a very long time. This time, our Lord actually personally issued an order, we absolutely cannot slack off.”

The leader took from his chest a small goddess statue with both hands cupped together, its expression sorrowful:

“So, begin. This offering will be a great gift that we present to our Lord!”

“Understood.”

As the leader’s words fell, all the black-clothed people quickly scattered, forming a complicated formation while muttering incantations under their breath.

Deep underground, the magical patterns that had been buried in advance were rapidly activated, and a complicated array quickly took shape.

The leader waited briefly, and seeing that the timing was ripe, a sharp light flashed through his eyes......for things to go this smoothly made even him unable to help expressing some disdain toward those useless people singing and dancing throughout this city.

Originally, he had thought there would at least be a little trouble, but in the end everything was actually this smooth.

Treating them as opponents was still a little too boring.

“Since that is the case, then please experience this supreme joy together.”

He suddenly turned the statue in his hand upside down, no longer concealing his figure, and shouted toward the entire city:

“This is the grace our Lord bestows upon all of you......”

“Heaven——Earth——Inversion!”

......

......

“Heaven——Earth——Inversion!”

A faint yet familiar voice drifted from the far side of the city along the night breeze.

It was so tiny, so weak, simply like a call from within a hazy dream, almost impossible to notice.

But to Muen at this moment, instead it was like a thunderclap, suddenly smashing into his consciousness that was already on the verge of despair.

Ecstasy!

In an instant, Muen’s heart was completely filled with ecstasy, as though some supreme joy had descended from the heavens and enveloped his entire body.

“Ariel, my dear Ariel......hurry and stop, did you hear that? Someone is causing trouble, someone is causing trouble! Now isn’t the time to get tangled up in romantic affairs, someone is causing trouble!” Muen cried out in alarm. He had originally almost been pressed down to kneeling on the spot, but at this moment he suddenly pulled himself back up.

Hamreign at the side also raised her eyes, temporarily giving up on the idea of “protecting her companion.”

“Shut up, don’t think about changing the subject. Today I absolutely must......hmm?”

Ariel had almost already been overwhelmed by anger and absolutely had to carve a few cuts into a certain unfaithful bastard, but clearly she had underestimated the power of those four words.

In an instant, the world inverted in her eyes, the earth became the sky, the sky became the earth. She stepped on the ground, yet was already in an upside-down state, and her slashing movement was also directly interrupted. Caught completely off guard, her entire body fell toward the sky......no, toward below.

“What’s going on?”

Fortunately, she knew magic and quickly flew back again, and only then did she finally have time to look around in astonishment.

“The entire city......why has it turned upside down?”

“Oh my God! This move again! Could it be that bastard Love God still isn’t dead!”

Muen had no crown and could not fly. At this moment, he directly inserted all five fingers into the ground and hung himself from the inverted earth, slapping his thigh with a face full of hatred.

The range of this Heaven and Earth Inversion was far smaller than the previous time, only roughly covering this district of the city, but that did not hinder Muen in the slightest from expressing his “anger”:

“Too outrageous! That bastard was beaten so badly before, yet unexpectedly they still came out to cause trouble! It’s simply too outrageous! Ariel, the current situation is very critical. We can talk about our conflict later, first let’s deal with those bastards!”

“You want to run away?”

Ariel reacted quickly, her delicate brows immediately rising: “Bastard, am I that easy to fool?”

“How could that be? I will definitely explain the details to you properly. If I should admit my mistake and accept punishment, I’ll accept it all!”

Muen smiled ingratiatingly: “But look at things now, isn’t the situation currently critical? You can throw your little temper later, okay?”

“What little temper? Am I throwing a temper? I am......hmph, damn guy! Bastard!”

Ariel pouted. Although she wished she could immediately cut this bastard a few times and then go fight that evil dragon to the death, she also had to admit that right now, just as that bastard had said, it was not the time to throw a temper.

The city had inverted. She could fly, but the ordinary people in this city could not. In just the time the two of them had been talking, she had already seen who knew how many ordinary people beginning to fall from the city.

The situation was extremely critical.

“I’ll go save them.”

Ariel instinctively wanted to act, but just as she was about to move, Muen reached out and stopped her.

“No need, in this kind of situation it’s still better to let Miss Dragon go, she’s better at it.”

“Eh?”

“I understand.”

Just as Muen opened his mouth, Hamreign beside him seemed as though she had long been prepared. Her fiery-red long hair spread out with the wind, and her entire body also fell along with those crowds.

Clearly she was falling just the same, yet her movements were exceptionally graceful, to the point that many people terrified by weightlessness were all attracted by her, who had already returned to her original appearance at this moment.

She fell into the crowd, then reached out and pointed. In an instant, powerful magic spread out, like a gigantic net, enveloping all of the falling ordinary people within it and preventing them from continuing to fall.

In an instant, everyone was saved, exactly as Muen had confidently expected just now.

This was the mighty power of a calamity.

“You......you’re actually that in sync with her, and you still say there’s nothing impure between you!”

Seeing this scene, Ariel’s eyes immediately reddened with jealousy again.

“Who said that.”

Temporarily free from the threat of the cleaver, Muen immediately activated his scumbag......no, good man soul, stretched out the one hand he could still move, and pulled Ariel into his embrace in one motion: “The one who cooperates most perfectly with me will always be my most, most beloved Ariel, isn’t that right?”

“Don’t give me that, hmph!”

Ariel pushed Muen away in one motion: “Go be all lovey-dovey with your Miss Dragon! Aren’t you her companion who made an eternal agreement with her?”

Just now, just a moment ago, and even just just now......scene after scene had already deeply hurt her heart. Although her punishment had been interrupted, she, Ariel Bugaard, was not that easy to coax!

Damn Muen......did he really think that saying a few nice words would make her soften?

Right now she was going to be as angry as one hundred panini cakes!

“I swear on my character, she and I really are innocent......”

“Enough, I’ve heard this sentence so many times my ears are almost growing calluses.”

Ariel ground her little canine teeth and said fiercely: “I’ll let you off temporarily. Right now I’m going to deal with all those bastards who came to cause trouble halfway through, then I’ll come back and properly settle accounts with you!”

“Ahem, as for settling accounts......my conscience is clear.” Muen carefully looked at Ariel at this moment: “But your current state......”

“My state is very good, I don’t need you to care!”

Ariel appeared cold and heartless, her meager chest puffing up angrily, barely outlining a little curve. Then, without even looking at Muen, she flew directly toward a certain direction.

“......She’s really angry?”

Unable to keep her, Muen looked at Ariel’s back and could only scratch his head, helplessly letting out a sigh.

“But, looking on the bright side, I suppose I once again managed to escape from a hopeless situation.”

Muen looked toward another direction, the corner of his mouth curling into a meaningful arc: “This time, I really do have to properly thank them.”