Chapter 473 Chapter473-The Alliance of Multiple Enemies
John, unprepared and caught off guard, was abruptly taken to the Sunset Mountain Defend Wall by Duke Arsena.
Upon reaching the Defend Wall, John's expression was one of frustration.
He felt that Duke Arsena's current actions were incomprehensible.
"Why do we need to discuss important information here at the Defend Wall? Moreover, I don't think this place is necessarily safer than Storm City. Isn't the Defend Wall closer to the Dark Realm?"
Faced with John's questions, Duke Arsena did not provide any answers.
Instead, he stood with his back to John, looking towards the direction of the Dark Realm.
John took a few steps back, sensing that something was off with Arsena.
Just as he stepped back, Arsena suddenly spoke.
"You are indeed a very powerful adventurer. You quickly noticed that something was amiss. But what I am curious about is whether you can defeat me right here."
Duke Arsena's voice changed to that of the Mystery Protector in the latter half of his speech.
John could see that Arsena had completely transformed into the Mystery Protector.
"Did you impersonate the Duke just to lure me to the Defend Wall? What is your purpose in doing this? Or do you believe that you can successfully defeat me this way?"
While John was somewhat surprised, he was not overly fearful.
He was well aware that the strength of the Mystery Protector was not far off from his own.
Moreover, John was carrying a number of powerful scrolls with him.
These scrolls could provide significant assistance in the upcoming battle.
The Mystery Protector chuckled lightly and said, "Of course, I cannot defeat you on my own. But who told you that I intend to duel with you alone? Don't you think I might have allies?"
As the Mystery Protector spoke these words, John felt a similarly powerful presence rapidly approaching from behind.
Without even needing to look back, John could guess who it was – his long-standing enemy and someone who harbored deep hatred towards him, Darklord.
The alliance between Darklord and the Mystery Protector was something John could never have anticipated.
After all, Darklord had moved his guild to the Frozen Fortress, another important town in the Northern Myst Empire.
It seemed unlikely that the Mystery Protector would go there.
How had these two come to work together?
A flurry of questions swirled in John's mind.
However, he knew that the most crucial task at hand was to prepare for the imminent attack from both the Mystery Protector and Darklord.
Mystery Protector was already strong, and Darklord's strength likely improved during this time. For John, quickly defeating them would not be an easy task.
"Surprised, aren't you? I've chosen to challenge you again. Last time, you collaborated with the Blue Sea Guild to put me in a great crisis, so this time, I naturally decided to cooperate with Mystery Protector to put you in a similar situation. It's only fair – a battle of equals. If I had defeated you right from the start, wouldn't that have been too boring?"
Darklord said, clearly in high spirits. With the help of Mystery Protector, he felt his victory was assured, facing John with a combined assault.
John remained calm and asked Mystery Protector with a slight smile, "I'm not sure how much you know about Darklord. As a Legend Magus of the Northern Myst Empire, you should be a member of the Order Faction, right? If so, how can you cooperate with a member of the Mystery faction? Are you not aware that Darklord has already sided with the Mystery faction?"
John was trying to avoid a two-front battle, hoping to persuade the Mystery Protector to at least remain neutral in his fight against Darklord.
In John's view, as a Legend Magus of the Northern Myst Empire, the Mystery Protector should definitely not be collaborating with the Mystery faction.
However, the reply he received from Mystery Protector indicated that the situation was far more complicated than he had anticipated.
Mystery Protector maintained his smile, seemingly having anticipated John's question, and responded calmly, "Of course, I'm aware that Darklord, as an adventurer, has collaborated with the Mystery faction.
However, my goal is to eliminate you.
As long as I can achieve this, I am willing to cooperate with any faction.
Even though our Northern Myst Empire is currently in a hostile state with the Mystery faction, as a Legend Magus, my relationship with Darklord, a very powerful adventurer, is not hostile."
As he spoke, Mystery Protector transformed into a streak of blue light and vanished from the spot. In the next instant, he appeared right beside John.
John could immediately feel a surge of powerful Arcane energy; Mystery Protector was no longer interested in further conversation and launched an attack on John.
At the same moment Mystery Protector made his move, Darklord also drew his Mysterious wand.
"This time, you'll pay a heavy price! John, there's no escape for you this time!" Darklord shouted menacingly towards John.
Simultaneously, Darklord finally unleashed his most powerful Mystery Spell, Mystery Infestation.
[Mystery Infestation (Mystic Spell)]
[Spell Description: The great Mystery Saint bestows the power of Mystery upon his loyal followers. The followers of the Mystery Saint can converge their Mystery power to form a tremendously powerful curse. This potent Mystery is capable of corrupting everything it touches, driving all beings into absolute madness.]
[Skill Effect: Causes damage equal to 70% of the target's maximum health with Mystery attribute. Reduces the target's maximum health to one-third of its original value. Weakens the target's healing effects by 50%. Spreads to other nearby enemies, causing 75% of the main target's damage.]
Mystery Infestation was clearly the most powerful spell Darklord could wield, and he could not cast it without his Mysterious wand.
But now, he had successfully unleashed this formidable spell.
John, already in a dire state from the attack of Mystery Protector, was in no position to perfectly counter Mystery Infestation.
In such a critical situation, John had no choice but to use an ocean attribute scroll he had with him.
The moment he brought out the ocean attribute scroll, it transformed into a blue barrier.
While this barrier couldn't completely block the incredibly powerful Mystery Infestation unleashed by Darklord, it provided John with some crucial reaction time.
Taking advantage of the extra time afforded by the scroll, John quickly teleported to a nearby location.
However, John couldn't teleport far as Mystery Protector had set up a spatial magic barrier in the area.
Unless he could defeat both Mystery Protector and Darklord, there was no way for him to escape the battle.
Having narrowly dodged his opponents' attacks, John steadied his spirit.
Naturally, he was extremely angry, not expecting Mystery Protector to become a direct adversary.
After regaining his composure, John calmly addressed Mystery Protector, "Do you really think that no one else will find out what you have done? If Duke Arsena learns that you have become my enemy and are collaborating with members of the Mystery faction, you won't be able to escape unscathed. The Northern Myst Empire will surely make you pay."
Mystery Protector's mood was no longer as buoyant as before.
He had initially thought that his and Darklord's combined assault would be enough to definitively eliminate John.
Who could have imagined that their most powerful spells would only cause John some trouble and not pose a significant threat?
John was still able to continue fighting and had not fallen into a state of panic.
He even had the presence of mind to question Mystery Protector directly, a question that Mystery Protector naturally could not answer.
Mystery Protector had already resolved before the action to eliminate John.
In his view, as long as John was eliminated, no one would find out about his cooperation with the Mystery faction.
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