Wizard: Stronger through Marriage

Chapter 1224: Chapter 567: Contract Curse_2

With its eerie roar, the earth shook violently, like the ominous tolling of the apocalypse bell.

The soldiers battled amidst fire and shadow; some were torn apart by claws, others frozen into statues by frost, and some were obliterated in mid-air explosions with nothing left but ashes.

Blood stained half the sky red, the cries of battle and magical explosions weaving into an elegy of the end times.

David led several elite squad members around the edge of the main battlefield, carefully stepping over shattered rune stone slabs, cautiously avoiding dormant traps.

”The altar is just ahead,” he whispered, ”We must hurry.”

Reina swiftly laid down a barrier, carving out a safe passage for the team.

In the depths of the ruin, a partially buried marble platform revealed its presence, etched with star runes, faded but still discernable, the last hiding place of the complete Code.

”Finding it gives us a chance to turn the tide,” Reina’s eyes sparkled, ”but the defensive power is also unusually strong.”

Just as they were focused on searching, a shadow surged from the flank, led by the lead assassin and his strike squad.

They moved like ghosts, silently breaking through the defense lines, cutting through the air with lethal daggers, causing chaos.

”Maintain formation! Don’t let them get close!” David shouted, swinging his sword at an oncoming assassin and using his shield to deflect several shadow darts.

A comrade was injured by a dagger and fell; he quickly leaned down to help him up, ”Don’t fall, we’re not finished yet!”

The assassin leader sneered, his deep eyes as venomous as a serpent’s: ”You are nothing but utter failures, this world is destined to be consumed by the Dark Power.”

Kerlos at this moment led his forces to suppress part of the expedition squad members, as an ice dragon tornado he summoned swept all around, turning countless enemies into hard ice crystals that fell to the ground.

He shouted angrily: ”David, you are merely a pawn on the board, and I will become the new king!”

The Pillar God’s avatar suddenly let out a terrifying howl, the void rifts continued to spread, causing spatial distortion, as if the whole area was about to collapse.

However, at the most critical moment—

The Soul Key radiated dazzling blue-white light, resonating with a suspended crystal.

A pure energy wave rippled outward, illuminating the dark corners like the afterglow of stars.

David gathered his strength and leapt forward, shouting: ”Now, protect the future with all our might!”

The expedition squad members responded one after another, gambling their lives, launching a counterattack under the empowerment of the Soul Key and the Holy Artifact.

In an instant, blades, magic, and elemental energy merged into a vast torrent, gradually forcing the invaders to retreat.

Meanwhile, the runes on the marble platform began to awaken, rekindling the lifeblood of ancient legends...

The battlefield smoke grew denser, the remnants of magic echoing through the air, as if the prelude to the apocalypse continued to play upon the ruins.

David tightly gripped the giant sword, his gaze as steely as iron, knowing that this battle not only concerned life and death but was also the crucial moment deciding the fate of the entire world.

The strike team led by the assassin leader silently approached, adept in using illusion techniques and shadow speeds, aiming to sever the connection between the expedition squad and the altar.

David quickly assessed the situation, loudly commanding: ”Spread out the formation, disperse illusions with fire magic! Erin, release the Elemental Storm at once to aid us!”

Erin obeyed, her hands gathering the Wind Essence, as a gale suddenly arose, pushing back the shadow-cloaked assassins several steps.

Reina focused intently on the runes on the altar, her magic staff lightly touching the ancient glyphs that glowed faintly, ”The Power of the Stars is about to awaken, it only needs the last connection.”

She devotedly chanted a spell, piecing together the fragmented Code into a complete Chapter.

Behind her, the marble platform slowly emitted a pale blue glow, as if ancient civilization returned to life.

Meanwhile, Kerlos swung his giant hammer, roaring amidst the frost whirlwind; he sneered and said: ”Do you think such feeble forces can defeat true order?

I will show you the ultimate power of the Ice-sealed world!” He struck down suddenly, and an ice crack rapidly spread, freezing the ground into a hard ice layer.

David faced it head-on, blocking with great effort, the sharp cold from the hammer edge almost numbing his arm, but he clenched his teeth, showing no retreat.

”No matter how strong you are, we will never give up!” he roared back, a stream of Sword Qi like a streak of starfire cutting through the air, striking towards Kerlos’s chest.

The giant hammer crashed to the ground, the collision of the two forces erupted into a world-shattering shock wave.

Amidst the most intense chaos, a splendid starry brilliance suddenly shot out from the marble platform, the energy wave released by the complete Holy Scripture.

The expedition squad members all felt an unprecedented force surging from within their hearts, the sacred radiance dispelling darkness and fear like dawn, invigorating their spirits, as they pressed the counter-attack against the enemy forces with renewed unity.

The Pillar God’s avatar, seeing the unfavorable situation, spewed a twisted shadow from the void rift trying to disrupt the formation, but it was entirely dispelled by the dazzling blue-white light unleashed by the Soul Key.

”You cannot escape the design of fate.” It lowly growled, swinging its claws to carve ghostly purple arcs in the air, but could no longer injure them in the slightest.

The assassin leader, seeing the plan fail, had no choice but to retreat rapidly with his remaining subordinates, while Kerlos was temporarily confined at the center of the altar by a sealing technique jointly cast by David and Reina.

They capitalized on their advantage, suppressing the enemy to a desperate situation.

Finally, under the combined efforts of all, the star runes on the marble platform fully lit up, and a dazzling beam of light shot straight into the sky, majestic and glorious like the dawn of a new day breaking through the night’s curtain!

The exhausted yet resolute squad members supported each other, knowing that this long and arduous battle had finally reached a turning point.

The complete Code would grant them all the power needed to unravel chaos, quell conflicts, and protect their homeland...

As the brilliant light pierced through the layers of dark clouds, the atmosphere around the altar ruins instantly became solemn.

A faint silver-blue radiance filled the air, while the star runes on the marble platform seemed to pulse with life.

The expedition squad members supported each other but did not relax for a moment, understanding that the real test was only just beginning.

David slowly stepped towards the rune platform, his gaze solidified in the twinkling starry light, an unwavering resolve in his eyes.

”This is... the complete Code.” His voice was deep yet bore an indomitable power.

He carefully placed the Soul Key at the center of the rune, and immediately, a pure and fiery energy erupted from the key, illuminating the surrounding void as if it were daylight.

Reina and Erin followed closely, their eyes fixed on the altar’s relief, as the ancient inscriptions gradually linked from broken fragments into full text, the runes flowing like living water into a complete document.

Reina whispered softly, a chill and secret unease entangling her heart: ”This is no ordinary Code, it records... the ’Abyss Contract’”

Suddenly, the air became heavy, and even the breeze seemed to halt at this moment.

A ghostly blue line cracked open at the platform’s edge, as deep and dark as obsidian.

In that rift, an image slowly emerged: an entity known as the ”Observer” negotiating with a vast and formless Dark Power, dark and seemingly from the void abyss, an otherworld existence rooted in chaos and destruction.

Erin’s expression turned grave, her fingers trembling slightly, ”The Observer used ’Dimensional Parasitic Embryo’ technology to implant chaotic otherworld experimental subjects into multidimensional space, exchanging this for a powerful yet extremely dangerous—’The Abyssal Corrosion’ Code.”

She paused briefly, ”This is a contract, and also a curse.”

David gripped the hilt tightly, stepping forward, each step like treading on the edge of time and space.

”If we can’t completely decipher this contract, this power will only destroy everything we know.”

At this moment, a series of violent shock waves burst around the altar, and teleportation gates that tore through space suddenly opened, countless twisted, blurred figures pouring forth from them.

They were aberrant creatures formed by interweaving chaotic experimental bodies and parasitized consciousness, with numerous eyeballs writhing and flashing eerie light on their bodies.

They roared and charged the expedition squad’s position like a tidal surge.