Mage Manual
Chapter 518 - 422: Void Realm War!

Chapter 518: Chapter 422: Void Realm War!

Watching the two operators scrambling to cover the rear, Ash suddenly felt a bit dazed.

He knew they were both right.

He also knew his life was most important, after all, only by preserving the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit could they all have a chance to survive.

At the moment, the situation was as precarious as a stack of eggs, and it was entirely unrealistic to hope to escape unscathed. Sacrifices were inevitable, and they were a team—the most important function of a team is, when necessary, to sacrifice the interests of a few to protect greater interests.

Thus, their best course of action was to leave one person to delay the enemy and buy time; if they were still going to be caught up by the Heroic Soul Army, then leave another person behind; Ash himself would continue driving to seek a glimmer of hope, even if he had to stab his own eyes out to resist the curse.

Profit.

Probability.

Expectation.

This was the method with the highest success rate, a helpless strategy. Sacrifice was necessary, abandonment was appropriate in the face of an overwhelming tide of fate. Only fools would attempt to reverse it, while the wise would strive to keep losses within an acceptable range...

Ash felt his self-consciousness slowly detach from his body, calmly observing everything from a third-person perspective, filtering out unnecessary emotions, even regarding himself as just a pawn—all for a greater—

"In any case, I’ll cover the rear!" Sonia boldly held down the White Queen, stopping her from moving, and directly grabbed Ash’s hand, "Observer, arm me with troops!"

The warmth of her soul transferred through the gentle touch. Honestly, as a Sword Maiden, her hand was not soft; a Sword Master’s hand was steady and strong, fleshy, rather like being grasped by a cat’s paw.

Whether it was fear or excitement, she held on tightly, her thumb firmly clenching his index finger, the index pressing against the back of his hand, and her other three fingers tightly enclosing his little finger, as if she wanted to knead his hand into her own palm.

At that moment, Ash realized something intensely unusual!

"Alright."

No sooner had Ash spoken than he violently stabbed out one of his own eyes!

Before the Sword Maiden and the Witch could react in shock, the sports car suddenly made an emergency stop, sweeping out the arc of a doughnut on the grass, coming to a halt below the fortress walls!

"What are you doing?!"

"The gate is opened, and the Heroic Soul Army is encircling us from the front," Ash exhaled heavily, "No need to discuss who stays behind, we can’t escape."

"Then why did you stab out your own eye?!" Sonia anxiously asked.

"I saw you both competing to be blind, so I decided to experience what it feels like for you," Ash pulled out his finger, his eye quickly healed, "Trust me, you won’t have any fond memories of this."

"Observer Form."

Through intense stimulation, Ash finally broke free from the "Observer Form." He had only just realized that he had entered the absolutely calm "Observer Form" outside of combat—though Ash might not consider it a combat state, his almost-destroyed sports car might disagree.

According to past experience, "Observer Form" was only triggered in the most critical moments, ensuring he made no mistakes and performed at theoretically 100% capacity, so Ash was quite happy to enter "Observer Form," feeling like a special physiological phenomenon akin to adrenaline addiction.

Indeed, it was a critical moment now, but Ash hadn’t expected that "Observer Form" could assist not just in combat, but also in making decisions.

Absolutely correct, highest expectation, theoretically optimal decisions.

Reflecting now, Ash didn’t think there was anything wrong with the decision-making process just then. But in this world, not all ’correct things’ can be done.

For instance, enjoying advanced math problems is just too twisted to even think about;

And another example, using teammates as chess pieces.

Ash clearly knew he was supposed to do that.

He initially wanted to act that way as well.

But he simply could not bring himself to do it.

"You guys should never talk about wasting your lives again." Ash said, "You’ve already destroyed my ability to endure loneliness; I’m not interested in exploring the Void Realm alone."

Sonia paused for a moment, subconsciously tightening her grip on his hand.

The White Queen spread her hands, "Then we really can’t escape this time."

The Refraction Curtain was completely shattered by the fiery fireballs, and a juvenile Evil Eye Shadow Dragon swooped down; its parents seemed uninterested in the invaders, but it wanted a midnight snack to satisfy its cravings.

The three Ash did not intend to resist at all; their vision completely locked; they couldn’t even aim at the enemy.

"If we die here, in a few days we’ll miss the Spider Tower round, and the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit will lose to the queen."

"That’s alright," Ash said confidently, "Even without the Soul Summoning Technique Spirit, I’ll definitely make her pay!"

Thinking about the mastermind who had trapped them to this extent, even Ash couldn’t help but grit his teeth, "Queen, you just wait!"

"Okay," a sultry, haughty voice suddenly rang out from behind them, "I’m waiting~"

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Suddenly, there were thunderous booms from behind them and with a screeching wail, the Evil Eye Shadow Dragon crashed next to a sports car, its fierce dragon body like a paper umbrella in a storm, surprisingly melted and pierced through!

And hearing that familiar voice, Ash and his companions shuddered inwardly, seeing disbelief on each other’s faces!

Even without seeing, they all knew who had come!

But the question was, how could that person appear here!?

They glanced with the corner of their eyes only to see that the sports car had been creating intense purple halos while crossing the main city area. It looked as though the scene was smeared with a watercolor brush, the purple progressively diffusing and eroding a large green area!

At the same time, white spots grew amidst the deep purple, rapidly spreading and weaving. In the purple area, they crafted web after web, and then—

Fully armed spiders descended along the Spider Web.

The Heroic Soul Army, which was pursuing Ash and his group, instantly panicked; they hadn’t even armed their troops, and in front of the Spider Tower Army, they were as fragile as paper, torn loudly into pieces!

Red Hat, Bluebeard, Giant Spider, Peeping Secret Woman... Troops from the Spider Tower Army continuously crawled out of the Spider Web, storming the Giant Wood Fortress under the commander’s will. Initially, the Giant Wood Fortress couldn’t react in time and was directly taken over by the Spider Tower Army on the walls, but the fortress creatures quickly armed themselves and clashed with the Spider Tower Army on the walls, attempting to take control of the battlefield!

The collision of armies caused splashes in the sky, dyeing half of the sky a viscous purple and the other half a burning green. Every second, shattered corpses fell from the walls, every second, new soldiers rushed from within the city to the battlefield through the Spider Web!

Without any prelude, without any dialogue, both sides immediately engaged in the highest level of all-out charge, the strategy crude like a barbarian hunt, yet the tactics inside were as intricate as an artist’s painting!

Denzel, seated atop the Eight-eyed Weaving Spider, emerged from a Spider Web not far behind Ash. Today, she bore the appearance of the Peeping Secret Woman, ’looking’ at Ash and the others with her masked eyes and raising an eyebrow.

"Not even looking at me, do you only have eyes for each other?" Denzel huffed, "Fine, once you become my commanders, I’ll group you as a team and let you watch each other for hundreds of years until you are sick of it."