Versatile mage c1 2021, p.733
Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 733
"It seems like God is asking me to take care of this strange existence that doesn't want to obey the rules!" Ethan said coldly.
Mo Fan was quite similar to Ethan in many ways. The authorities had high hopes for him, despite his young age. Ethan did not trouble Mo Fan, because he knew the kid would bring him a lot of trouble if he did. On top of that, seeing Mo Fan reminded him of his younger self.
He believed that if Mo Fan learned the rules, he could easily secure himself a place as an authority in his own homeland. They might even have the chance to work together. The kid would thank him for teaching him an important lesson!
In the end, the kid insisted on walking his own path, the path that was going against the entire world!
Who did he think he was?! A hero? A savior?
He was trying to stir up a war being waged by an entire species, just to save a little girl's life! The little girl's relatives might be grateful for what he did, but tens of thousands of people in Cairo were going to curse him!
He knew nothing. Izisha was right, the kid was nothing but a disaster! He should have stopped him from entering Egypt at all costs. He should have turned him into ashes with a single slap when he had the chance!...
"Commander..." a captain ran up to Ethan. He whispered some words into Ethan's ear when he saw there were quite a few people around.
"That is ridiculous! How could they possibly agree to such an insane plan? Is that old man out of his mind?" Ethan cursed angrily.
Mo Fan's action had made himself Ethan's enemy, so Ethan would no longer show any mercy to him. To think that the kid actually chose the path that would lead him to Hell... However, to Ethan's surprise, even Haken had agreed to Mo Fan's plan, meaning that the old man was clearly going to protect the kid!
Chapter 1567 - We Are Used to Courting Death
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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When Mo Fan was tearing the young Medusa apart with brute force, the proud creature burst into tears in fear and pain. Mo Fan used her Tears to get rid of the Curse on himself and the others.
Heidi took pity on Zoey, Sofia, and the others. She ended up sharing the Tears with them so they could get rid of the Curse, too.
Mo Fan gave the rest of the tears to Anna, handing them in for the quest's reward pool.
Mo Fan could not have cared less about the reward pool for now. He waited a few days for the undead of the Pyramid of Khafre to finish their first wave of attacks before departing for Gisele.
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Gisele had three Pyramids; the most powerful among them was the Great Pyramid of Giza.
As a matter of fact, it was normal for the Great Pyramid of Giza to dispatch their undead when the deathlight was around to attack Cairo together with Khafre's army. However, the Great Pyramid of Giza had suffered great losses during the battle at Beijiang in China. Khufu had surprisingly behaved himself this time. He did not send even a single undead to attack Cairo.
Cairo should have thanked China for sharing the burden of fending off the terrifying undead army on their behalf. Unfortunately, it was unlikely the people would ever learn about it. Not many people in China knew about the battle, let alone the people in Egypt!
Mo Fan was a lot more at ease after taking care of the Curse. However, when he saw Apas sleeping in the ward, he realized that he was about to be placed under enormous pressure.
Since when was it so difficult to protect an innocent little girl? Sometimes, he wished that humans would just go extinct when he realized how twisted mankind's beliefs and mindsets could be.
Mo Fan shook his head with a wry smile upon having the thought. Why would he think the same way as the Black Vatican?
Both the Black Vatican and the corrupt authorities deserved to go to Hell. If the whole world was so disgusting, he would walk the right path alone!
He did not need anyone's worship or respect, nor did he care if most people despised or hated him. He just needed to listen to his own heart as it was cleansed by his own tears!
"Big brother..." a soft voice spoke up.
Her voice immediately dragged Mo Fan out of his thoughts. He put on a smile and patted Apas on the head.
Apas was now bald. Her dark blue hair was eaten away, but it did not necessarily take away her beauty. It actually made her more adorable, together with her delicate and vulnerable look.
"You are going to be fine soon." Mo Fan was relieved after seeing that the little girl had recovered so swiftly. His beliefs remained firm, too.
Despite being swallowed alive, tortured by the gastric juice, and overwhelmed by fear and helplessness while waiting for her death, Apas' eyes did not lose their usual glitter when she woke up. Even Mo Fan could not imagine how much of a torture she had gone through, yet she was still living in hope and great anticipation for the world.
Mo Fan felt like everything was worth it when he saw the little girl's bright eyes.
"Rest here, no one is going to hurt you again," Mo Fan told her.
"Am I very ugly now?" Apas asked.
Mo Fan chuckled. Were all girls the same? Was that seriously the first thing that crossed their minds after escaping death?
"You'll be the same again after a week," Mo Fan promised her.
"Can you visit me before then? I can take care of myself, I'll eat more food so I can recover as soon as possible..." Apas pleaded like a little kitten.
"I'm leaving the day after tomorrow," Mo Fan said.
"Where are you going!?" Apas tried to move around in her bed. She was scared that Mo Fan was going to leave her.
"I'm not leaving Egypt; I have something important to do," Mo Fan told her calmly.
It was going to decide whether a girl like Apas had the right to live in this world. He had to go!
"Mm, I'll wait for you to come back. You promised me you would teach me magic..." Apas nodded sensibly.
"Sure, from today on, you are my disciple. Not everyone is worthy to be my disciple. First, you must be as good-looking as I am. Second, you must be as tenacious as a c.o.c.kroach. Last, you must be good at stirring up trouble..." Mo Fan informed her loftily.
Apas giggled after hearing the requirements. Her laughter lasted for a long time...
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Fenna was standing outside the room when Mo Fan came out of it, as were Zhao Manyan, Mu Bai, and Heidi.
Heidi was staring into Mo Fan's eyes, making him feel uneasy. He had no idea when he had stepped on the woman's tail again.
"Zhao Manyan accidentally told her about the Gate of the Underworld," Mu Bai answered Mo Fan's doubtful face.
"What do you mean I accidentally told her? I was having a serious conversation with you, yet you kept raising your brows at me instead of telling me she was behind us. I thought you were interested in my handsome face!" Zhao Manyan protested.
Mo Fan was left speechless.
He did not mind bringing Heidi along when they went to get the Tears of Medusa. They were all pretty good at running away, so their lives were not necessarily in danger.
As for opening the Gate of the Underworld...
They were planning to invade the Great Pyramid of Giza! They were going into the Pyramid!
They had no clue what it was like inside the Pyramid. It was not exaggerating to say they only had a ten percent chance of survival!
"Heidi, you are still young, you've haven't tasted a man before. It's really not worth it for you to follow us to a place crawling with the dead," Mo Fan advised her.
"What are you talking about!? What does it have anything to do with you filthy men!?" Heidi blurted out scornfully.
"What I meant was, life is so precious and valuable, you don't have to court death with us. We are already used to it, so it's easier for us to turn misfortunes into blessings. However, it's more likely for a rookie like you to die. You wouldn't want to turn into a female mummy either, right? It would be bad if you become a problem for Fenna and her army… after all, a woman with an alluring figure wrapped in bandages is seriously going to be a distraction for the men," Mo Fan rambled on.
"I don't care what you say, I've made up my mind!" Heidi declared.
"How about this? I'll give Miss Brianca a call and ask her to take you back to school. Aren't you strange? You kept saying that you didn't like following us around in the beginning, but you're the one that doesn't want to let go now!" Mo Fan challenged her.
"Don't you dare! I'll tell Miss Brianca everything. She will most likely go with you all, since she's going to be so worried!" Heidi shot back.
"Excuse me… I don't think there's a need to argue any further, since we do need someone with the Chaos Element inside the Pyramid," Fenna interrupted them.
"Ah? Is that so? Mu Bai, isn't your third Element the Chaos Element?" Mo Fan asked absently.
Mu Bai looked at Mo Fan like he was an idiot.
"Give me a day, I'll see if I can break through to the Super Level. I have been thinking of Awakening the Chaos Element, too," Mo Fan went on shamelessly.
"You!" Heidi stomped the ground angrily.
Chapter 1568 - The Note from the Queen of the Netherworld
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Gisele had three of the biggest Pyramids: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure.
Those Pyramids were not far from Cairo, and even if a mirage did not occur, their deathlight could still reach close to Cairo through refraction at certain times. They were the main reason the Cairo Fortress existed.
The invasion from the Pyramid of Khafre came in four stages. The first stage was the harassment from the snake demons and scorpion demons. Once their numbers were reduced to a certain level, the front line of the undead would show up. The longer the deathlight shone on the undead's land and tombs, the more undead would be awakened and nurtured. The deathlight was like sunlight for the undead. When their sunlight shone on the land, it would give the soil energy and life… the undead that woke up were savage and aggressive, and would charge at living humans recklessly. This was the second stage of the invasion.
As the duration of the land's exposure to the deathlight increased, more powerful undead would be awakened by the soothing light. At the same time, the undead would evolve into stronger creatures. These high-level undead and mummies would show up more frequently in the battle.
The higher-level undead were usually followed by large groups of subordinates, especially the mummies.
The mummies were the masters of slaves, and had a certain status in the past. Countless slaves were buried with them. These mummies and the undead slaves were the real threat to the city. They were not like the ghouls and zombies that would wander aimlessly into the range of humans' spells. The troops led by mummies knew how to inflict the most damage on the human army. They were well-trained and considered elites...
The real battle began once a certain number of mummies woke up. The number of casualties would increase exponentially when that happened. The whole fortress would be under attack by the undead at that time, and even the places on the outskirts of Cairo would be swarmed by them.
The fighting would last for a long time; the land would be dyed red with blood. The situation was worse than anyone could imagine.
However, the third stage was not the scariest. The defending humans would be doomed when the fourth stage brought utter darkness upon them...
The undead mainly obtained their energy from the dead. They could be found easily in places that were brimming with the presence of death.
What kind of places had the highest numbers of the dead, and the strongest presence of death?
Wasn't it battlefields!?
Therefore, in the fourth stage, the soldiers, Mages, and Hunters that had just fought a tough battle would notice the comrades they used to fight alongside with turning into ravening monsters and lunging at them!
The longer the battlefield was exposed to the deathlight, the more likely it would turn into a pool nurturing the undead. If the dead were not dealt with in time, and were exposed for just one night, they would join the army of undead and attack the city the following day!
If they were not prepared for the fourth stage, an entire city might fall to the undead!
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Mo Fan knew killing the young Medusa would bring a great disaster upon the fortress.
Once the news of the young Medusa's death reached the snake and scorpion demons, they would return and attack together with the undead that had been awakened in the second stage.
Mo Fan insisted on bearing the consequences of the things he did. Ethan might be sc.u.m, but he could not put the army, the Hunters, and the rest of the Mages in danger because of him. He had to force the snake and scorpion demons to retreat!
Mo Fan decided to use the Demon Element. The only way to drive an entire species back was by beating the crap out of them!
The young Medusa's death would only lead to something along the line of a Scorpion Lord Medusa attacking them at most. If Mo Fan could eliminate the Scorpion Lord Medusa, the rest of the demon creatures would collapse like a sheet of loose sand!
That being said, Mo Fan did not expect to have to use the Demon Element so quickly. He did not have the chance to fill the Essence Orb yet.
If the Essence Orb was not filled, not only might the Demon Element go out of control, the side effects of using it would be quite serious. He might fail to open the Gate of the Underworld in the end.
However, Mo Fan did not have any other choice. He could only take this one step at a time!
"I think we should let Haken worry about the demon creatures. Seriously, he can't just do nothing if he's one of the Commanders, right? We are risking our lives to drive the army of undead back while they are sitting in their comfortable chairs and waiting for our results? It's not like they are going to suffer any losses if we all die in the Pyramid, but if we do succeed, wouldn't we be lifting all their burdens?" Zhao Manyan said.
"But I did kill the young Medusa..." Mo Fan said with a troubled look.
Mo Fan did not feel confident that he could open the Gate of the Underworld if he used the Demon Element right at the start.
"F**k, we almost took out the Great Pyramid of Giza. If we hadn't dealt with the Great Pyramid of Giza in Beijiang, would they still be in such a comfortable situation now? Who cares if you killed the young Medusa, these assh**** couldn't even look after the things in their country, which came to our country to stir up trouble! We are already being merciful when we don't hold them responsible for it!" Zhao Manyan said.
"Mm, that's exactly what I thought, but I feel a lot better when it comes out of your mouth, HAHAHA!" Mo Fan burst out laughing.
He had already killed the young Medusa. The army would worry about the snake and scorpion demons instead. Why did he bother thinking about it, and troubling himself so much?
Mu Bai came over to Mo Fan while the two were talking. He was holding a note with a weird look on his face.
"Mo Fan, a woman asked me to give this to you..." Mu Bai handed the note to him.
"I can't read Egyptian… holy crap, why is it written in our ancient language?" Mo Fan was dumbfounded.
The note was written in ancient Chinese. Even though the characters differed a lot, it was still possible to guess what the words meant.
"I'll help you settle the mess, but you better focus and get your a.s.s into the Pyramid soon. If you don't open the Gate of the Underworld, don't blame me for warning you that my people might go and empty your cities!"
Zhao Manyan tried his best to identify the words and interpret them in modern Chinese.
Mo Fan was a little dumbfounded.
"Does she mean she's going to deal with the snake demons?" Zhao Manyan and Mu Bai asked.
"I believe so," Mo Fan said.
"Who is she? Is she like a top agent that our country sent here? Isn't the young Medusa's mother at least a Great Ruler-level creature? Can she really deal with it?" Zhao Manyan said.
"If it's her, I believe so," Mo Fan said.
The only person that would leave him a note in the old Chinese language was the Queen of the Netherworld!
The eight undead rulers of the Ancient Capital's kingdom of undead were the strongest Ruler-level creatures he had ever seen. He had witnessed their terrifying strength when they fought the Sphinx in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza!
The Queen of the Netherworld had the ability to Possess someone. She was also completely untraceable. Mo Fan thought she was not going to show up, but she had stepped forward in time to clean up his mess. He was quite touched by it.
"Mo Fan, we're talking about a Ruler-level Medusa, your friend should treat it more seriously," Fenna said cautiously.
"Don't worry, if she says she can deal with it, we just need to focus on our plan of sneaking into the Pyramid," Mo Fan replied confidently.
The Queen of the Netherworld's strength was only second to the Mountain Zombie, while the Snake Lord Medusa was just a Great Ruler-level creature. If a fight broke out between them, the Snake Lord Medusa was going to be beaten up badly...
It was such a relief knowing that there was someone… some reliable female ghost he could rely on after stirring up such a huge mess. He would have borrowed one of the eight undead rulers from Zhan Kong if he could have. He might not be able to borrow the Mountain Zombie, but it would be a splendid idea if he could borrow the Red Skeleton Ruler to be his fighter!
"Speaking of which, if the Queen of the Netherworld is busy dealing with the snake and scorpion demons, won't that mean we'll have to rely on ourselves inside the Pyramid?" Mo Fan soon realized.
It was clearly going to be very dangerous inside the Pyramid. Not many people had managed to come out alive after going inside!
The Underworld Monarch Frogs, Dark Pharaoh of Serpents, Dark Swordmasters, Goat-Horned Generals, Scorpion Lord Medusae, Snake Lord Medusae, Red Scorpion Gorgons, Red Snake Gorgons... a single one of them was more than enough to wipe out Mo Fan and his crew!
Luckily, Mo Fan still had the Demon Element as his trump card. If anything went wrong, he would have no trouble using the Demon Element to flee for his life.
