Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 640 - 641: Speculations about the Holy Tower

An hour earlier,

Under the arrangement of Second Prince Amon, a group of mages from the Holy Tower were resting in the luxurious suites of the Purple Gold Embassy, taking a break to relieve the exhaustion from their journey. Of course, as a Divine Mage, Nolan didn’t have the ordinary human frailties.

Instead of being exhausted like the other mages and falling asleep immediately, he thoroughly enjoyed a bout of wine, meat, and beauties.

Although as a Divine Mage and one of the four giants of Holy Tower, Nolan was far from having highbrow tastes.

After having his fill of food and venting his desires comfortably, Nolan stretched lazily and slowly got up from the pile of women.

Lighting a cigarette and donning his coat,

Nolan leisurely pushed open the door and entered the living room.

After enjoying his leisure time, Nolan finally began to ponder a matter of great importance. Glancing at the quiet cityscape outside the window, he turned his gaze to a Holy Tower colleague drawing a magic circle at the desk:

"Good evening, Hakim~"

Hakim: "..."

In response to Nolan’s greeting, Hakim, another supreme of the Holy Tower, gave a cold roll of his eyes and unceremoniously said:

"Next time, keep the noise down. You disturbed my researchs."

Though Hakim didn’t approve of Nolan’s tastes, he didn’t intend to scold him, just gave a slight warning.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, it won’t happen again."

Nolan responded with a grin.

However,

As Nolan sat down in front of Hakim, the playful look on his face vanished, replaced by a serious expression. He lightly tapped the table with his index finger, and a dark green magic circle instantly activated, sealing the entire room.

Seeing Nolan use the ’Isolation’ spell, Hakim knew he had something important to discuss. So, he set aside his work and asked indifferently:

"What is it? Just say it."

"Hakim, do you think we need to follow the rules set by Asumos Church?"

"Rules?"

"The ones about staying quietly in the embassy, waiting for their notice, and then taking action against Bloody Butterfly during the Saintess’ succession ceremony."

"What, you don’t want to follow them?"

"Hehe, of course not. Do you really want to listen to those charlatans’ arrangements?"

Nolan said with disdain.

Although the Supremes of the Holy Tower agreed to cooperate with Asumos Church to deal with abyssal demons, the centuries-old conflicts wouldn’t just vanish easily. Moreover, as a supreme of the Holy Tower, Nolan undoubtedly hated being ordered around by others.

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"Besides, can we really trust what those charlatans from the Church say?"

"What do you mean?"

Hakim’s eyes narrowed slightly, seriously meeting Nolan’s gaze.

"They say Bloody Butterfly is in Luminous Royal Academy, and that the new demon king is a transformed body of the Demon Temple. But is this true? What if the existence of that girl is just a fabrication? Although the Church probably wouldn’t joke about such a matter to wage a holy war, we still need to be wary of their ulterior motives. For instance, luring our main forces out and then seizing the opportunity to sneak into the tower to steal confidential documents and treasures?"

"So, you want to personally check out that girl?"

"Haha, of course not. If she really is the Demon Temple and as powerful as the Church describes, wouldn’t I be seeking my own death? But I do indeed want to do a little reconnaissance."

"Reconnaissance?"

"Just to see if what the Church says is true, if the girl transformed from Demon Temple exists, and what her real strength is."

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Hakim raised an eyebrow, showing a trace of interest:

"The Church is so concerned they’ve waged a holy war, and you still doubt her existence and strength?"

"Doubt everything, question everything, that’s my motto, right? Besides, an abyssal demon mixing in human society, quietly being a teacher or something? Do you believe that? How could those brutal creatures be so tame? Of course, I doubt whether she even exists. We don’t want to be duped by the Church again. As for her strength... If Bloody Butterfly’s power is really as great as the Church describes, needing all of us to combine forces and the Girl of Destiny to unleash divine power to defeat her, how have we humans survived until now?"

"That’s... a valid point..."

"Right? If the girl is so powerful, then we would have been dead corpse hundreds of years ago, wouldn’t we? How could we possibly be alive now? So, if Demon Temple has really transformed into a girl, her strength may not be as great as the Church portrays. Those guys are just bound by fixed thinking, believing that the creator of a demon king being must be stronger than the demon kings. But nature has many exceptions, like the queen bee, the queen ant... they are not stronger than their subordinates but are protected. The Demon Temple might be this type of entity."

"So, you’re saying that the reason Demon Temple didn’t act in previous holy wars and why we’ve been safe for hundreds of years is because they are not that strong?"

"Yeah, it’s possible. Besides, the only record of Bloody Butterfly taking action was once, right? Blowing up a mountain and killing the third prince of Snow Night Empire. Does that prove she’s strong? Blowing up a mountain, an eighth-level strong person can do that, right? Plus, she might have just transformed, If that’s the case, her strength and wisdom might not be stable"

"Hmm…"

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"Of course, all these are just speculations. But as you know, practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Whether she exists or not, and how powerful she is, we’ll know once we try. I can make a move without worrying about exposure. If she is indeed very powerful, I can still gather information to better strategize our tactics. So, Hakim, what do you think?"

"I have no objections, go ahead and probe a little."

Hakim didn’t oppose but accepted Nolan’s suggestion, as the rationale behind it seemed sound.

"Hehe, thanks, brother. What about Dongy?"

Saying this,

Nolan slightly lifted his head, gesturing towards another closed room with his chin.

Unlike the other two towers, the Holy Tower doesn’t have a Tower Master. The policies of the Holy Tower are decided collectively by the four Supremes.

A proposal, if agreed upon by three of the Supremes, can be smoothly executed.

Therefore,

To start his action, Nolan still needed the consent of another supreme.

To this, Hakim helplessly shook his head:

"Don’t count on him. Ever since he returned from SkyDome, he’s been silent and aloof, ignoring whatever you say. Just assume he agrees; he’s been just nodding off lately."

"Alright, I got it."

After sighing, Nolan slowly stood up:

"Then, I’ll take care of it. It’s a good opportunity for me to stretch my legs after a long time."

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Fast forward to the present, having confirmed the approximate location of his target, Nolan, high in the sky, swiftly moved his hands, performing hundreds of different magical gestures. His incantations, too, were rapidly chanted in an overlapping manner. Accompanied by the chanting, a dark green magic circle suddenly appeared...

As the magic circle started to operate, Nolan’s magic power began to seep into the air.

As one of the four great Supremes of Holy Tower, Nolan’s combat strength isn’t very high, merely at the mid-level 8, undoubtedly the weakest among the Supremes.

But as the supreme of the Wind Domain, his reconnaissance ability is unmatched!

After all,

The Wind Domain specializes in reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.

The ’Wind Domain’ that Nolan is now casting is his unique secret technique, unknown to outsiders.

By infusing his magic into the air, along with the flow of the atmosphere, his magical power would merge into the magical particles of the world, silently spreading throughout Luminous and collecting the information Nolan needed. Since his magic in the air is extremely scarce, even a peak level 8 powerhouse would find it hard to detect.

Even if discovered, they would only think these particles were residual power released during their own cultivation.

However,

As the reconnaissance domain opened, Nolan’s eyes narrowed, and his expression changed abruptly.

He sensed some unusual presences...

Not in Luminous, but behind him?

"Hah?!!"

’Is there someone behind me?!’

"Who?! Who’s there?!"

On high alert, Nolan quickly turned to look behind him, holding his staff in a defensive stance.

And under Nolan’s vigilant gaze, within the dark clouds, a little pink figure cautiously peeked out its tiny head:

"Uncle... what are you doing?"