Chapter 89.2 - Protagonist : He is not me

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The governor was happy at receiving the light elements so he spared the Archon of the Fourth Layer, but the Archon's rank was just an empty title now. Almost all of the inhabitants of the Fourth Layer died in the rebellion while around 1/4th of the angel guards died.

The number of warriors in the Fourth Layer was several times higher than that of the Third Layer and there were several Sword Masters and mages among them. As the number of the Layer increases, the population also increased exponentially and the warriors living there also became stronger and stronger.

Du Ze thought that there would probably be multiple Mage Gods and War Gods in the Eight Layer. If things work according to the Moe Lord's plan, as long as the people from the Eight Layer rise up in rebellion, the current angel guards simply won't be able to resist; this trial is basically already over for them.

However, Du Ze's analysis was wrong. Xiu didn't plan to end things at the Eight Layer. Xiu's plan called for the governor to meet his doom at the Fifth Layer.

After being authorized by the governor to collect light elements at the Fifth Layer, Xiu imposed a full levy on all the villages and towns. The Fifth Layer was in much better condition than the first few Layers so once all their light was taken away, the people's reaction was much more intense. Therefore, Xiu had only passed through a few places when the whole Fifth Layer rose in rebellion.

Faced with a large number of the fallen, Xiu did not choose to fight and simply flew back to the palace with Du Ze. Thus, the hatred of the people of the Fifth Layer was directed towards the palace.

Seeing Xiu return in such a manner, the governor did not have time to deal with because he was too busy putting down the rebellion. The fighting lasted from the afternoon until the evening. Du Ze, Xiu, Eric, and the governor left in their carriages, protected by the angel guards. Soon, the sound of battle grew fainter and more distant. When the moon had reached its zenith, they saw that the angels had paid a price to settle the Fifth Layer's rebellion; only half of the angels were left.

The governor sighed in relief, ready to settle accounts with Xiu. But when he turned towards the silver-haired dragon and met his scarlet eyes, the governor involuntarily froze.

In the darkness of the night, the upturned corners of Xiu's mouth seemed to be suffused with blood. He clapped his hands as though applauding a wonderful performance that was about to commence.

"It's not over yet."

A magical light glowed in the darkness and the familiar magic circle appeared again. This time it wasn't in the air but on the ground! It was as though there was an invisible hand drawing a neat gray line in the air opposite them while the magic circle lit up from the outermost runes to its center. Gray light came in waves and blurry shadows appeared. Those shadows gradually became clearer and clearer and more and more solid. When all of the runes had lit up, countless fallen appeared before them. Old John stood at the forefront, greeting them with wave and a smile on his face.

The shocked Du Ze slowly swept his eyes over the fallen. That group of people was so large that he couldn't even see the edges of the crowd. He had seen these people before - they were all of those fallen that had rebelled against Xiu's actions and had been swallowed up by the gray magic circle. Du Ze suddenly remembered an important fact - how could he have forgotten that the silver dragon was the best at using spatial magic.

That huge magic circle wasn't an attack spell at all; it was a teleportation formation!

"You ..." Eric looked at this new situation and his voice was incredibly raspy as he said: "You didn't kill them then ...?"

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