Chapter 1043 Purpose, Siren’s Song

Chapter 1043 Purpose, Siren's Song

'Tempest, Malentansium, the shadahi, and the Netherworld—all four are currently linked together. The Tempest royal family wants to regain their lost absolute authority, and Malentansium is probably acting based on orders from the Netherworld. The shadahis have a clear objective in that they likely aim to free the eternal chaos that's sealed below the capital city of Amaharpe. But the Netherworld... There's still too much that I don't know about the Netherworld Monarch and how things work in the Nether Realm.'

Although Izroth formed a Soul Binding Contract with the Death Emperor and learned many things from him about the Nether Realm, Satoras sealed away the parts of his memories that held onto the greatest secrets. There was also the fact that it had been countless years since Satoras was last in the Nether Realm. Who knows how much could have changed in his absence?

Not to mention, even to someone like Satoras who once stood at the peak of the Nether Realm, the Netherworld Monarch remained a complete enigma. Therefore, it was difficult for Izroth to make any speculations surrounding the other party's ultimate goal.

One thing that Izroth did know was that, not too long ago, the Envoy of the Netherworld attempted to cross over into the Mortal Realm with an army called the Legion of the Nether Realm.

Fortunately, with the help of his companions, along with Gear and the Seer Tererestiaa, Izroth was able to stop the invasion from ever occurring. However, how could an existence like the Netherworld Monarch, who ruled over his realm with absolute authority, be willing to give up on something he set his sights on?

Izroth was curious as to what was driving the Netherworld Monarch's hostility towards the Mortal Realm. Why is he so desperate to see it fall to ruins? Did he merely want to spread his absolute authority to other realms?

In Izroth's eyes, whether it was a kingdom, sect, or realm, after one seized full control of their own territory, the next natural step for most with even the slightest of ambition was to expand their influence beyond their own domain.

However, Izroth's instincts told him that the Netherworld Monarch had a different purpose. There was something about the Mortal Realm that the Netherworld Monarch was drawn to. Or, more precisely, maybe it was not something "about" the Mortal Realm that drew his attention, but perhaps something "in" the Mortal Realm.

Of course, if that turned out to be true, the question for Izroth then became something else entirely—what could be so valuable in the Mortal Realm that the Netherworld Monarch desires so strongly to retrieve it?

'For the sake of the Mortal Realm's future, I won't be able to ignore the Nether Realm and those that support them in the shadows. But, for now, I will have to set it aside. What's more important is to deal with the threat before me in the present and prevent the invasion of the shadahi. That starts by stopping the Night Lord Zarolas' revival and finding a way to close this spatial rift that ties the Mortal Realm to the Shadahi Realm.'

Bang!

As for Halls and Niflheim, both were performing their roles without fault and to the best of their abilities. But, Izroth could tell that those two, along with the other members of the vanguard, were having a rough time keeping the shadahis attention on them. Naturally, this made it so that the vanguard had to be infinitely more aware of their surroundings, position, and the timing of their execution of skills.

The vanguard was not to blame for this unexpected increase in difficulty. Unfortunately for them, even if the shadahi were not inherently immune to taunt-type skills, it was plausible that they had already built up a resistance to them.

As for the members of the 9th Division and 5th Unit, the majority of them were struggling to hold their ground against the Lesser Shadahi Patrollers.

Out of everyone, the supporters seemed to be having the hardest time adjusting to the battle. Many of the supporters were just not used to dealing with enemies that disregarded their frontline protectors. There was also that insane charging skill that shadahis used and the other skill that robbed them of their movement and made them feel momentarily helpless. If not for Izroth's warning and the vanguard intercepting the strange claws of energy that acted as if it wanted to pull them in, who knew how many losses they would have initially suffered from their oblivion?

'Our side is holding their ground well, but we're still being slowly pushed back. At this rate, everyone will be overwhelmed by the adaptive abilities of the shadahi. We have to come up with a way to work around their ability to adapt. Then...'

Izroth lifted his hand as a forest-colored trinket in the shape of a crescent moon appeared in between his fingers. He lightly touched the trinket as he casually evaded another one of the shadahi's strikes.

Haaaaaaaaaaaa!

Out of nowhere, a mesmerizing voice that originated from the trinket rang throughout the atmosphere as a beautifully carried note sounded within the chamber.

〈Battle Alert: Player Izroth has activated the effect «Siren's Song»!〉

〈Battle Alert: The perception of all friendly forces within 60 meters has been increased by 50% for 5 minutes!〉

〈Battle Alert: The perception of all hostile forces within 60 meters has been lowered by 50% for 5 minutes!〉

As the sound reached every corner of the chamber, the 9th Division and 5th Unit saw the world around them transform as little details that had previously gone unnoticed suddenly jumped out at them.

Additionally, to everyone's surprise, the attacks and movements of the Lesser Shadahi Patrollers abruptly turned messy and easier to perceive.

"Woah, what the... Everything looks so much clearer now!" Guan Yu exclaimed.nove(lb(1n