Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich - Chapter 647

Chapter 647: Great Escape

To compare Creator Goddess Eich to an artist, she gave every dimension and place their own color. Most places were mixtures of many different colors. That would be a natural result. However, there were a few extreme locations which were forever mono-color due to overly powerful dimensions or dimensional laws.

For instance, the deepest part of the ocean was blue, and only aquatic species would be able to see the colors there. The Chaos Abyss was red, for chaos demons used their own and others’ blood to repeatedly bathe that land with red. The heavens’ mountains were golden as that was the overly powerful color of the light of Order. These districts were all too much mono-color, making it difficult for ordinary people to survive there. Right now, the Moonwheel Capital was also such a mono-color location.

White was now the only color here.

“…Ice Aeon will be eternal!”

Right when the golden God of Holy Light appeared, that seemingly endless incantation finally finished. Ice Aeon had now descended.

With me as the center, the colors of the entire world began to change. All color was eliminated. The only remaining color in this world was endless snow white.

The countless demons of the demon wave finally stopped in their tracks. The inferno dragons in the air transformed into ice statues, which shattered on the ground. The formerly noisy demon army instantly transformed into countless ice statues that still seemed like they were alive. However, even the naked eye could tell that the demons’ hearts and soulfires were rapidly being extinguished.

The ice river was spreading, and the snowy land was devouring everything. The trees, mountains, and water all became white. There was no mercy, and there were no exceptions. Even the clouds within the range of the Forbidden Spell were frozen solid. Even the sunlight was frozen solid. Even the magma deep underground was frozen solid.

The ice river continued spreading. All the plains transformed into snowy plains. The rivers transformed into ice rivers. The forests transformed into snow forests. The mountains transformed into snow mountains. More than several dozen kilometers, or even several hundred kilometers, away, the tremendous demon army all transformed into exquisite ice statues when the ice river came upon them, bringing eternal death to all the demons.

The Moonwheel Capital was finished. Its broken walls and palace had transformed into ice statues, just like the demons had. Although the core portion hadn’t been frozen solid yet, the extreme frigidness around it was gradually invading the only unfrozen place. In the end, this entire place would be sealed in ice and snow.

Even though the Chaos Abyss dimensional portal was several hundred kilometers away, it was also frozen solid by the Forbidden Spell. Many unlucky demons were directly frozen during teleportation. Only the most powerful Demon Nobles were still fighting to prevent the ice from covering their skin.

The previously noisy battlefield suddenly became quiet, quiet to the point where one would be afraid.

With so many factors influencing this Ice Aeon, it had already broken all historical records. The entire territory of the Moonwheel Capital Elven Empire was frozen solid. Everything here was forcibly painted white. The number of casualties here was uncalculatable.

The tremendous ice river even forced itself into the dimensional portal, freezing the entire Chaos Abyss level on the other side into an ice river. Countless demons waiting to be teleported here were instantly killed before they even knew what was going on.

It was likely that the furious will of the Chaos Abyss would soon notice what had happened, and a new demon wave would soon be forced into the Mortal Plane. But at this moment, the demon wave invasion and all the Demon Lords had indeed been completely annihilated. The demon wave had been stopped.

If it was possible to view this portion of the Mortal Plane dimension from space, it was likely that this entire part of the continent could be seen as completely white from space.

It wasn’t that others hadn’t thought of using Forbidden Spells to fight against the demon wave before. However, I was actually the first one in history to succeed. Even if Forbidden Spells were rare, they weren’t impossible to cast. However, in front of the demon wave, casting any Forbidden Spell would attract enough attention to kill the mage one hundred times over. It wasn’t like other mages had Main Gods “willingly sacrificing” themselves to be meat shields for them.

However, I wasn’t really happy right now.

“…I’m going to die, die, die!”

Not only had I used up all my mana, I felt like I had used up my entire lifetime’s worth of energy and magic power. I was in pain everywhere, and I couldn’t even move a finger. I had an especially bad headache, just as if 500 ducks were having a party in my head while talking in different duck languages.

“If you can still complain, that means you’re still far from dying.”

While I was so dizzy, Harloys was laughing at my troubles. Still, she helped give me a checkup, and heaved an evident sigh of relief.

“…This is such an inconceivable conclusion. You didn’t even suffer any permanent negative side effects.”

“…You want me to die so quickly so that you can leave? Are you supposed to be the Zhu Bajie to my Sun Wukong?”

I did my best to crawl up again while spouting rubbish. When I discovered that the only negative effect on my body was having used up all my energy and mana, I heaved a sigh of relief together with Harloys.

Casting a Forbidden Spell would require a price. Even a tiny bit of magical backlash from a Forbidden Spell could easily destroy the caster’s soul.

The most common price for casting a Forbidden Spell would be the caster’s life and soul. The next most common price would be the caster’s lifespan and health. No matter if the Forbidden Spell succeeded or failed, it was common for Forbidden Spell using mages to die rather quickly.

This was why only extremely few special existences such as Yongye were recorded in history as having cast multiple Forbidden Spells. Back when I was Yongye, I was a Silver Bloodline lich who had the assistance of my System. If my soul was damaged, I could forcibly repair it by using some Fate Points[1]. That was why I had been able to act so ridiculously.

And this time, the fact that I suffered no negative consequences was most likely because my current physical body’s bloodline was incredibly strong, even to the point where it could withstand the backlash of casting a Forbidden Spell.

“Right, Fate Points! I killed so many demons, so shouldn’t I have some reward?”

[Yes, but the reward is still being calculated. Still, you should have some help now for your Epic-tier weapons.]

This was an unexpected pleasant surprise. However, I didn’t have the time to be happy right now.

“Notify all airships that we’re going to begin our retreat!”

“They’re already running away. You don’t need to give the command.”

Indeed, the airships had already begun moving. Right before the Forbidden Spell exploded, my floating castle Yongye City hid itself in my personal Hell world, and after the Forbidden Spell ended, our airships began making their escape.

Behind us were two gigantic snow-covered Gods’ statues. One statue’s back was covered in distorted wings of light, while the other was an enormous giant.

Even these two Main Gods had been instantly frozen solid due to close proximity of the Forbidden Spell. Soon, our sensors brought us images of what was happening in real time.

The God of Holy Light’s ice statue shattered into tiny pieces. Evidently, this was only one of his incarnations. This still made me somewhat happy as killing off one of his incarnations to vent was already one of the best possible scenarios in my calculations. If he had come in his true body instead, that would have been too much for us to handle.

Meanwhile, Donatis instantly broke free from the ice a moment after being frozen.

The tall Chaos War God gazed in our direction, seemingly intending to chase us. But, he also frowned as if he was hesitating about something.

Seeing this, I knew that another part of my scheme had succeeded. Luring the Order Main Gods to attack Donatis wasn’t truly for the sake of killing him. Considering how cutting off the demon wave would only be a temporary effect, and how strong the Chaos War God truly was, the success rate of killing him was truly low.

However, what had happened just now alarmed Donatis that the Order Main Gods were willing to attack him. If he wasn’t in his home territory of the Chaos Abyss, and without the support of the demon wave, it was indeed likely that he would be ganged up on by several Order Main Gods. That would be quite troublesome for him.

Of course, even if Donatis didn’t immediately chase us, that didn’t mean that we were safe. Even if tens of thousands of square kilometers had been sealed in ice by me, the demon wave would soon attack once more. Donatis wouldn’t be able to maintain his reputation if he didn’t attack us to save face in the future.

Still, the current developments were already the best possible results I’d planned for.

The demon wave had attacked. Although it had temporarily been beaten back, the Order Faction had seen just how powerful a threat the demon wave was. They would finally be able to focus on preparing for battle.

Even without my recordings of the demon wave, the fairies would also help inform all the kings and emperors of this world about how scary the demon wave was. Also, although a portion of the elves had managed to escape, they had indeed helped kill a large portion of the demon wave. The other human kingdoms would be able to accept this result and the elves’ combat achievements. At least, this would help the other human kingdoms to recognize the rise of the Northlands Elven Empire, and recognize that the elves were part of the Order Faction… Of course, the foundational reason why all this became possible was because Anslo and all the Elven Gods had perished here. In this Holy War, the elves would no longer be a threat to the human kingdoms. With the Mist Alliance making a guarantee for the elves, the humans would be willing to let the elves go.

Although the elves had lost their Elven Gods, they obtained the possibility of being accepted by other factions in the Mortal Plane. They also obtained the opportunity to recuperate until they became powerful again. As long as their inheritance and history remained, combined with the countless reincarnated elven heroes who were maturing, the elves’ future would actually be brighter than when they had the Elven Gods.

Oh, I should mention that the Moonwheel Capital Elven Empire’s Elven Empress Afina the First and the four major Superior Elf tribe leaders in her empire all chose to perish together with their country. All of them had refused to accept taking refuge in my airships.

“She truly died like an empress…”

At such a time, all elves would understand that the elves’ future belonged to the Northlands Elven Empire. But, as long as Afina had been still live, there would always be some moon elves who would have wanted an empire ruled by moon elves. The other Northlands elves would surely be on guard against the moon elves in such a situation. In that case, invisible fractures and schemes would gradually cause major internal conflicts amongst the elves, which would be quite difficult for Harloys to deal with. The best possible result in such a scenario would be to slowly marginalize and take away power from all the moon elves who supported their Elven Empire.

But if Afina and the higher-ups of the Moonwheel Capital Elven Empire all died in battle, the ordinary moon elves and moon elf nobles would all accept the reality. As long as Harloys and the other Northlands Elven Empire higher-ups didn’t change the old elven system or treat the moon elves differently, it was likely that the moon elves would receive treatment equal to the other Superior Elves. It was unlikely that the moon elves would become completely powerless.

All the elves could easily understand such an idea. However, nobody would say it out loud. Although Afina’s final decision wasn’t a good one with her status of the Elven Empress, she definitely did what was best for her moon elf species.

“The sky is so blue…”

When I looked outside the window, there was no more snow. The sky was completely bright and clear. There wasn’t even a single cloud, as the Forbidden Spell had knocked down all clouds from the sky. This type of weather was indeed quite suitable for running away… or a vacation.

A short ten minutes later, Adam’s party sent me the signal that the demon wave had started up again. This time, the first group of demons to jump out were all incredibly high-level demons. The inferno dragon army that just charged out of the Chaos Abyss sounded really scary. Several Supreme Immemorial Demon Dragons had actually come out from deep in the Chaos Abyss.

Our next stop would be to break past the Herit Mountains in the north as quickly as possible, just like in my plan. After passing that incredibly difficult to climb snow mountain range, at least the Chaos Abyss’s ground troops would no longer be able to follow us.

Why weren’t we passing through the human kingdoms, you ask? When considering the armies chasing us, I felt like any semi-intelligent human ruler would forbid us from entering their territory right now.

“This will be such a difficult road…”

[1] at the time they would have been Evil Points