Guild Wars

Chapter 1322: Turning Point 1

Draco clutched his forehead with his temples bulging, an expression of pure agony mixed with confusion on his face as he slipped sideways and ended up leaning against a nearby wall.

This change was so sudden that those who came to receive him were stunned into stupefaction, not understanding why their omnipotent guild leader was looking as if he had been fed the world’s most potent toxin and was about to perish.

Shuangtian and Eva suddenly appeared in front of Draco, their faces full of shock and horror as they held him down. Their expressions shifted to one of panic as both beauties realized that their seemingly eternal connection with Draco had been blocked by a powerful force.

Forget helping him, they did not even have a clue what was happening and could only helplessly look on as the fellow grunted in agony, his eyes, ears, and nose beginning to leak blood. He did not become still, but his thrashing receded significantly as his eyes faded in color, his mental functions slowing down rapidly.

The two beauties raised his body then rushed outside the spatial blockade that Draco made, using their psychic ability of apportation to teleport into the Glorygore Labs building, right in front of the familiar elevator. Using their special access, Shuangtian and Eva opened the elevator and began to take the special passage down to the pocket world belonging to the AI.

Usually, they would directly bypass all this and teleport in, but that required Draco’s space branch abilities which neither of them had.

As the elevator went down quickly, both women had grim expressions on their faces as they swore to mutilate whoever did this to their soulmate.

..........

Within Draco’s mind, he emerged within a large platform that was not surrounded by a starry sky but rather a cold void. The white platform seemed like something out of a fictional sci-fi rendition of a spaceship’s control center, with multiple holographic screens hanging above the console-like terminals that displayed the various scenes from around him.

Within this platform, before the consoles, were three designated seating spots. One was at the forefront, linked to the console while the other two played a supportive role. However, only one of these seats was occupied, being the main one closest to the consoles.

In this seat was the figure of Draco wearing his attire of a black t-shirt, red Burberry shorts, and black slide slippers that gave off a casual vibe, his spiky hair neatly patted down. However, at the moment of the attack, this apparition of Draco showed a look of surprise and horror as it suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood-colored essence.

He rose to his feet sharply with a look of alarm.

"Who attacked me just now? Damn, that was a remote attack geared solely towards the soul and that attack was no weaker than the peak of the Origin level!" Draco’s shameless thoughtstream exclaimed with shock.

Suddenly the thoughtstream dodged as a claw appeared where it had been standing, piercing through a part of its abdomen and ripping holes into his t-shirt. He turned around to regard a bizarre creature appearing behind him within his inner self, being a mass of shadow that looked like a humanoid bipedal deer wearing a set of lavish robes.

"What the fuck?" Draco rightly muttered with confusion, wondering how such an abomination invaded his soul and especially how it managed to cut off his connection with his babes.

Even if Draco himself did not have soul-related branches specifically, he had minor soul-related powers here and there. Not to mention that one of Shuangtian’s branches was that of the soul, so it was usually up to her to defend the souls of the trio while Eva defended their minds from invasion.

To bypass Shuangtian in such a way that she could not do anything, this attacker had a soul-related ability that was definitely at the Origin level. Draco was not sure where he had such an enemy outside of Boundless, but he could only pinpoint the Primordials as the cause.

What confused him was why they never did this before and what kind of cost they were paying to do this now. Just in terms of Origin energy consumption, he could tell they were burning a huge amount to continually suppress Draco, cut the connection between him and his women, and especially to withstand Shuangtian’s likely furious counterattack.

However, the horned deer apparition relaxed when it realized that the objective hadn’t changed. Whether there was one or a hundred souls in this fellow’s soul space, it would all be for naught if the ship capsized.

"Why didn’t you aim for its head?" The injured Draco asked the standing one with an accusatory tone.

"Because it was too risky. I had one chance to sneak attack and I chose the method that would securely deal damage rather than try to go for the kill and end up failing." The other Draco said in calm response.

Then, he turned to his waylaid compatriot with a cold look. "Also, you have no right to question me. I supported you and decided to withdraw my rights to controlling our body because you argued that you were the best for our future. Yet look, you lack the necessary skills to deal with such a foe and almost got us killed!"

The Draco who was injured gritted his teeth but could not say anything in rebuttal. His mind was in a mess as he tried to understand why this was even happening and how best to deal with this situation, because he was bound to suffer the most.

In this time, the horned deer apparition had let them speak to gather more information, but seeing that its time was dwindling, it immediately resumed the attack. The platform was still its major target and it had even given up on self-protection as well as dealing with the two Dracos.

Feeling the terrible shaking as the cracks spread out, the injured Draco became worse while the stoic one immediately charged forward to attack. Rather than transform into a dragon, it maintained a humanoid shape as it shifted into the Devil form that Draco possessed, its body glowing with a blue outline.

Immediately, energy surged into the platform that caused the cracks to lessen greatly and stabilize the trembling world, also having the effect of significantly healing the wounded Draco.

"Oh? Soul power?" The Horned Deer Apparition gave the stoic Draco a second glance, realizing that this must be the trump card.

However...

"It’s too weak. You cannot counterattack my power with just this." The enemy shook their head and drew on some of the power that was used to suppress the other problems from this ambush to power an even stronger attack.

BANG!

The attack this time was too great, and the cracks spread even farther than where they had gone before. Not only that, about a tenth of the entire platform shattered on the spot and became floating debris, causing both Dracos to suffer extensive damage.

Even if the stoic one had given up control rights and was not directly linked to the platform, it was still a case of the ship’s crew suffering if the ship was capsized.

Worse still, the enemy was relentless and was preparing another such attack, which would definitely yield far greater destruction this time. While the severely wounded Draco was pale and full of fear, the stoic one was calm and slightly relieved.

"It’s a good thing I brought him here just in case." The fellow muttered lightly, just enough for the severely wounded one to hear, causing his pupils to constrict greatly.

"NO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" The fellow roared with horror, his expression more fearful than the death that was about to befall them.

It was too late though, as the sound of a chain snapping sounded from the void, the squeal of mental hinges emitting from the darkness like a caged door was being opened.