Chapter 587: No Right to Intervene
"I've been listening in for a while now, Mr. Garcia."
Chloe knew that higher-level Beyonders of the Corpse Collector Pathway had a strong suppressive effect on lower-level Beyonders, especially when facing divinity. Thus, she didn't blame Reaoc Nash, but instead turned her gaze to the Numinous Episcopate demigod: "The Nash Family does not belong to the Numinous Episcopate. You have no right to dictate to New Lan Bridge, whether it's the so-called Artificial Death Faction or the Royal Faction."
In the eyes of the Numinous Episcopate demigod named Garcia, a deep black light flashed.
The young and beautiful girl in front of him was like a lively, unmarried young lady from a wealthy family. Yet, Garcia had no idea when she had arrived nearby—this was almost impossible for a demigod skilled in controlling spirits.
The experienced Numinous Episcopate senior official didn't regret his slowness; instead, he confidently categorized the young girl as a Saint who also possessed divinity.
He snorted, "Are you Lady Chloe of Loen?"
Chloe shrugged, "I am the spokesperson for New Lan Bridge. If there's nothing substantial to discuss, please leave."
Garcia glanced at his subordinates, who understood immediately, and a phantom symbol of the Underworld faintly emerged between their eyebrows.
The Numinous Episcopate demigod's voice was hoarse and cold: "No matter what title you give yourself, Lan Bridge will always be the territory of the Balam Empire. Also, you fence-sitters of Nash, if you still want to proclaim yourselves as the last pure ones of the Balam Empire, you had best weigh where you should stand."
As his words fell, Garcia gave his subordinate a cold glance. Instantly, amidst a grating, illusory sound, a bronze door engraved with mysterious patterns opened, and two black-robed visitors from the Numinous Episcopate stepped inside without any protection.
Seeing that they had no intention of causing further trouble, Chloe did not pursue the matter, merely adding calmly, "The legitimacy of New Lan Bridge indeed comes from the Balam Empire, which is also why the Nash Family chose to cooperate with us. If the Numinous Episcopate truly cares so much about legitimacy and purity, then it should not interfere with the development of New Lan Bridge.
"Forcing the leader of New Lan Bridge to kneel before you is an outright diplomatic insult. I hope such unpleasantness will not recur."
Garcia's movement into the Underworld paused for a moment.
"Death Consul—is that it?"
After speaking in a low, thoughtful tone, he slowly entered the Underworld.
Seeing this, Chloe finally breathed a slight sigh of relief and turned her gaze to the head of the Nash Family.
The last words she had said to Garcia were not only a warning to the Numinous Episcopate but also an admonition to Reaoc Nash.
She patted Reaoc's stiff shoulder, half in comfort, half in lecture: "Although His Excellency the Death Consul is the most legitimate bloodline of Death, he is distinct from the now-stiff-but-not-yet-dead Balam Empire, and independent of the Numinous Episcopate. From now on, do not have any contact with the Numinous Episcopate beyond diplomatic relations.
"Garcia was right about one thing: you are still acting with the idea of preserving your territory. Now, New Lan Bridge is no longer a compromise product of colonial war; our goal is to dominate the entire continent. You should regard New Lan Bridge as the Balam Empire itself."
Rushing to flatter the moment they sensed a powerful member of the Numinous Episcopate nearby, as a nominal ruler, was a bit too demeaning.
Reaoc Nash breathed a sigh of relief, his tone somewhat ashamed: "It's my fault. Before, Lan Bridge was only supported by the Nash Family itself. As a visible remnant of Bairon, we could only survive in the cracks of the Numinous Episcopate, uh—cough!"
Suddenly, Reaoc Nash clutched his head in pain, collapsed to the ground, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Chloe immediately sensed something amiss, waving her hand to bring Reaoc Nash within her 'Guard' range, sharing the damage—however, the effect was minimal. Because the moment she connected with Reaoc Nash, Chloe realized that the damage to him was not affecting his physical or spiritual body, but rather the inner Spirit World within this 'Gatekeeper'.
The Underworld within Reaoc Nash was expanding wildly, almost consuming him!
At this moment, the Numinous Episcopate Underworld gate, which was about to dissipate into the air, suddenly solidified. A cold wind abruptly swept up, bringing a terrifying suction force, as if to drag the two of them into it.
And this attraction was particularly evident for Reaoc Nash—the small Underworld within him was yearning to merge with the Underworld itself!
Of course, Chloe could not stand by and watch this happen. She focused her attention on 'Guarding' Reaoc Nash, making his physical and spiritual body more resilient, temporarily giving him the ability to suppress the Underworld within him.
At this time, a figure emerged from the bronze gate of the Underworld.
Garcia, who had pretended to leave, suddenly returned. Behind him, countless twisted and terrifying Underworld creatures and Wraith shadows, led by him, broke free from the restraints of pale arms, entered the Reality, and lunged at Chloe and the struggling Reaoc Nash.
Garcia ignored Chloe's presence, extending his hand towards Reaoc Nash with a cold expression, clenching and twisting it.
Clearly, the goal of this Corpse Collector Pathway demigod was only the lower-level Beyonder of the same Pathway—he had no confidence in defeating another Saint in a short time, but eliminating a suppressed lower-level Beyonder of the same Pathway was not difficult!
Chloe did not hesitate, drawing the sword of judgment from her back and plunging it into the ground, creating an invisible barrier while simultaneously conjuring a pure and clear Dawn.
"You are doing something foolish," Chloe warned coldly.
An invisible slash flashed in mid-air, and the Wraiths and shadows that forcibly entered the Dawn domain let out piercing screams, turning into black mist and slowly dissolving and dissipating.
"Foolish?" Garcia sneered, "Do you think that by bringing out the Death Consul, the Numinous Episcopate wouldn't dare to act? You're wrong; this only strengthened my resolve to destroy Lan Bridge."
Reaoc Nash's body was continuously invaded by the Death aura leaking from the Underworld within him, his skin gradually turning pale and subtly decaying. Garcia watched this scene triumphantly, and with a wave of his hand, the bronze Underworld gate slowly moved towards the two of them, seemingly about to swallow them whole before long.
Seeing that Reaoc would likely not survive the battle between demigods, Chloe did not hesitate. With almost a whisper, she chanted Medici's honorific name, requesting his mount, the Phoenix Andiberlitin, to take Reaoc Nash away from the battlefield.
A few seconds later, a spiritual wind blew, and the Phoenix quickly responded to Chloe's request. The struggling Reaoc Nash on the ground instantly vanished without a trace.
"What?!"
Garcia looked at this unexpected scene, somewhat disbelieving his own eyes.
He realized that the next would be a duel between Saints, and he was at a disadvantage, so he quickly jumped backward, intending to enter the Underworld.
Bang!
Garcia's back suddenly stiffened—it wasn't the coldness of the Underworld, but a hard barrier that had appeared at some unknown point.
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Behind him, the summoned Gate of the Underworld was gradually dissipating. Garcia realized that his connection with the Underworld was beginning to weaken, and this applied not only to the Underworld but also to the Spirit World.
Chloe constructed a barrier, severing internal and external connections. This made it difficult for Garcia to realize his idea of leaving the area using means outside of the Reality.
"Warrior—"
Garcia's expression gradually froze.
As a Saint of the Death Pathway, he naturally knew that the adjacent Warrior Pathway was the Sequence Pathway best suited for direct combat. The barrier created by a Warrior Pathway Saint was clearly indestructible—this was creating a dueling space.
Being unable to rely on the connection to the Underworld was extremely disadvantageous for Garcia.
However, since he was the one who initiated the trouble, Garcia naturally couldn't hope for the conflict to be resolved peacefully.
Chloe and Garcia attacked simultaneously.
A straight sword woven from tough spider silk suddenly appeared above Garcia's head, flashing with a Dawn-like luster. The straight sword fell directly, and before it could pierce the earth, it disintegrated into fine fragments of light, sweeping over everything around it.
A terrifying storm enveloped Garcia's figure, carving intersecting ravines into the ground.
However, the damage inflicted on Garcia was very limited—the moment he detected danger, he summoned his Contracted Undead Creature from his Internal Underworld and transferred the damage using a special connection.
The undead creature's originally massive body was significantly reduced as a result, making it seem unlikely to withstand a second attack.
Garcia chanted an obscure and grating incantation, raising his withered arm toward Chloe, capturing her spiritual body, and abruptly pulling it back.
A dark green symbol flashed in Chloe's eyes, and she sneered, completely unaffected.
After advancing to Demon Hunter, Chloe's soul possessed the strongest possible defense; while such simple spells might work on other Beyonders, they had minimal effect on her.
Another straight sword condensed and formed above Garcia's head.
Endless Dawn erupted. Having learned his lesson, Garcia rolled aside with a speed that left afterimages, avoiding severe damage at the center of the raging storm.
This time, he expanded his Internal Underworld outward, placing himself between the illusory and the real, thereby mitigating the vast majority of the remaining damage.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, another undead creature residing within him entered the Reality.
This was a blood-colored chunk of flesh, with arms of different races waving chaotically, and countless eyes casting their gaze upon Chloe.
Chloe frowned—merely being brushed by those gazes gave her a slight feeling of dizziness, clearly indicating intense contamination.
Black scales protruded on Garcia's arms, and oily white down grew in the gaps between the scales. His glabella blackened, gradually forming a hazy Door symbol. A cold wind blew past, and waves of illusory wailing entered his ears.
At the cost of Semi-Loss of Control, Garcia completely opened his Internal Underworld!
Streaks of dark and blurry phantom shadows rushed out from Garcia's glabella, constantly wailing as they were dissolved by the clear Dawn light, yet simultaneously dissolving the Dawn within Chloe's domain.
The aura of Death gathered in one corner of the domain, growing increasingly thick. Waves of painful and unconscious babbling transmitted, and feeling the pressure to maintain the barrier and the Dawn Domain suddenly increase, Chloe immediately understood Garcia's intention—just as he had previously used the connection between the Internal Underworld and the true Underworld to make Reok Nash's Internal Underworld break through the spiritual body that bound him, Garcia was now going to use this connection to create a breach in Chloe's barrier!
He was creating an environment within the barrier suitable for the growth of the Death aura!
Chloe snorted coldly in her heart. With a thought, dozens of threads instantly shot out like arrows aimed at the blood-colored flesh lump's eyes, piercing ubiquitously into the Death Domain Garcia had created. Immediately afterward, clear Dawn light flashed simultaneously, and Radiant Stabs infused with purification power erupted, thoroughly disrupting the Death Domain.
"What!" Garcia's voice was hoarse and frantic, laced with disbelief. "You, you are a Silver Knight! The Loenese actually only granted you the title of Lord!"
Silver Knight? That is the Sequence name for Sequence 3 of the Warrior Pathway—is he mistaking the slash I used, attached to invisible spider silk, for some kind of Silver Knight ability?
Chloe found it amusing, but she did not seize the moment while the Death aura was disrupted to expand her advantage. Instead, she coldly watched Garcia frantically commanding his Undead Army to reestablish a defensive line, took two steps forward, and drew the sword of judgment.
She twirled the sword in the air, then plunged it back into the ground in reverse—in that instant, the original clear Dawn power instantly vanished without a trace. Instead, an even colder wind suddenly gusted, even causing the air to condense into fine shards of ice that swept toward Garcia.
The plants on the ground rapidly withered and rotted. This aura of decay, mixed with Death, caused Chloe's domain to transform without warning into a forbidden zone for all life.
Similarly, this mixture caused Garcia to lose control over the contamination, and the corner of Death power he had painstakingly built within the barrier was disrupted, losing its purity and plunging him back into a disadvantage.
"You—this isn't the Warrior Pathway! What abilities are these!" Garcia's mind was in chaos. All his previous assumptions had turned to dust—he couldn't figure out the girl before him; every move she made was unexpected.
Chloe flicked her fingers, a dark red light bloomed from her fingertip, and her right hand was covered by a black, rugged Hard Leather Gauntlet.
A greatsword composed of magma appeared in Chloe's hand.
A storm of decay that destroyed everything, mixed with magma and black flames, filled the entire interior of the barrier. Chloe stared at Garcia's struggling figure amidst the rolling aura of destruction. The dark green symbols in her eyes constantly shifted, yet she never closed in. Just as Garcia was about to collapse, she silently drew the sword of judgment again, stopping everything.
Moreover, this time, she simultaneously and proactively withdrew the barrier.
Garcia, feeling the existence of the Underworld once more, had no time to think. He immediately used all his remaining energy to open the Gate of the Underworld and escape into it.
Chloe merely watched with cold eyes, making no further move.
Although reason told Chloe that she was fully capable of permanently keeping Garcia in Lan Bridge, the Demon Hunter's intuition told her that now was not the right time to kill this Numinous Episcopate Demigod.
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