CHAPTER XXIV

The missile, which was able to disassemble everything into its most primitive state, hit its target accurately, and the yellow magic light instantly enveloped the entire idol. But to Rhaegar's surprise, the idol that had been worshipped by the Guardian tribe for generations did not disappear, an invisible force radiated from within it blocked the terrible magic, and then, with a crackling sound, countless stones rained down from the statue's body, and a smaller than the original, a statue with a metallic glow appeared in front of the geist.

"Divine puppets. Along with the name, there was an uncontrollable fear rising in Rhaegar's heart, and almost without any thought, before the metal idol could start moving, the geist had already activated his flying spell as fast as he could, and in just a few seconds, his figure reached a distance of nearly a kilometer from the idol.

Anyone who knows about the puppets of divine power will not blame Rhaegar for his performance at this moment, these ancient gods made with a certain part of their body as the core, and the puppets with part of the power of the gods are by no means something that a mage can compete with, in front of them, all existences below the demigod level are just a swarm of ants.

Rhaeggar's swift reaction eventually saved his life, and almost as he flew away, a visible ripple shot out of the idol's body, destroying everything within a five-kilometer radius, and enveloping the entire Guardian camp in the glare of the decomposition of things. At the edge of the area of effect, the divine power caught up with the geist who was fleeing at full speed, and the irresistible force flew Rhaegar into the distance like a wind carrying fallen leaves, and then threw him heavily on the ground hundreds of meters away.

If someone had ever been put into a barrel and then pushed by someone to roll the barrel thousands of times, he would have understood how Rhaegar felt at the moment, and his continuously transformed body had saved him from being injured in the aftermath of the energy blast and the subsequent impact on the ground, but the vertigo caused by the energy frenzy and rolling had reached his soul through the growing connection with the flesh, and it was not until a few minutes later that Rhaegar slowly broke free from the feeling that even an undead like him could not bear.

Instinctively shaking his head, the first thing Rhaegar did when he woke up was to look in the direction where the divine puppet was, but things surprised him again - in the middle of the guardian camp that had been turned flat by the energy impact, where the divine puppet originally stood, a pile of metal fragments replaced the original idol, and the puppet that made him feel jealous in his bones had completely turned into a pile of scrap metal.

After a moment of shock, Rhaegar quickly thought of the reason: although the Divine Golem possessed great power from the gods, time had weakened the power that had lost its source over the years, and more importantly, due to the decay of power, the Divine Golem was seriously degrading, and its original autonomous will had become obscure. Because of this, the puppet loses its accurate judgment when facing its enemies, and in order to destroy its opponents, it instinctively uses its strongest attack, completely ignoring the burden it causes on its own decaying body and the damage it causes to everything else around it.

- If it weren't for the fact that Rhaegar had killed the few elders who could control the Divine Golem in the first place, as long as one of them had contact with him, the guided Divine Golem would have easily destroyed Rhaegar ten thousand times.

Standing at the edge of the clearing created by the Divine Golem, Rhaegar skillfully magically blended himself with the grass and the earth, and no one could distinguish him from the rest of his surroundings from a distance unless he came within five meters.

Any third-order mage can perform this kind of skeuomorphism, and when Rhaegar was just a novice to magic, it was with this spell that he killed his second enemy since awakening, a killer from the Hand of Death, and now, this low-level spell has once again had an unexpected effect.

The eagle that brought the letter to Rhaegar hovered at a height of thousands of meters above the ground, its sharp eyes kept scanning the ground, trying to find the target, although the burst of divine power did not hurt the eagle who was hiding in the distance to monitor Rhaeggar, but the dazzling bright light made the sharp-eyed bird of prey temporarily blind, and when it regained its sight, it could no longer find Rhaeggar's whereabouts.

"Still haven't found it," in the distance, the man in black with the same mind as the letter eagle opened his eyes and reported to the mage beside him, "I have searched all the places within a radius of twenty kilometers, and no one can survive such a disaster. ”

The mage was silent. Even if he was hundreds of kilometers away, he could still clearly feel the terrifying energy fluctuations, it was a power that did not belong to this world, even a tenth-order mage could not resist it, he believed that no one could be safe under such a power, not even an archmage, but...

"Keep an eye on there and keep in touch with us at any time. The mage ordered, then went outside the cave and summoned the rest of his men, "Everyone come with me, we must be sure of the other party's true situation, the leader will not tolerate someone perfunctory with vague reports, especially when the results of the report may prevent him from meeting the client's request." ”

The mage's words convinced the men, and the fear of the leader's possible anger overcame the fear of a powerful mage, and in addition to the man in black and a few guards, hundreds of the most elite killers, including three mages, quickly gathered and rushed to the Guardian tribe one hundred and fifty kilometers away.

The battle of patience between Rhaegar and Shin Eagle continued, and despite disregarding the mage's instructions, the Man in Black conscientiously carried out his boss's orders, and the Shin Eagle searched almost inch by inch of the camp in the hope of making a gain, while Rhaegar remained as motionless as a statue - one of the disadvantages of skeuomorphism, as soon as the caster moved his body, the spell would be declared invalid.

Despite not knowing where the real opponents were, Rhaegar believed that they wouldn't be too far from him. These days, Rhaegar can clearly feel that Shinying is not walking in a straight line, but has been going in circles along a certain curve. In the savannah, which lacks references, this is not easy to see, but it is not difficult for a wandering soul with wisdom and knowledge from the gods to see through this trick. Based on the trajectory he had already taken, Rhaegar could easily tell that if the curve was closed or close to closing, then his final destination should not be far away, so this was his last chance to break free from his opponent's control and gain the initiative.

A person who can manipulate animals is an extremely valuable talent for any organization, and just as valuable are the animals they raise, not all beasts are happy to accept human control, and even if they do, only those animals that have been trained to accurately understand their owner's intentions and carry them out correctly. In this sense, the loss of a letter eagle for that organization is even greater than the loss of ten of the best killers, in the case that there is no longer a need to pay this price, they will never let those letter eagles suffer the slightest bit of damage, and the residual divine power emitted in the air and the long search has made the letter eagle in front of him reach the limit, and Rhaegar believes that it will not be long before the other party does not give up monitoring here, and will definitely send other animals to replace this letter eagle.

As it turned out, Rhaegar had been right, and an hour later, another hawk appeared in the distance, apparently to take over from his companion.

The light belonging to the predator flickered in Rhaegar's eyes, and he finally waited for the long-awaited opportunity, and the next moment, when the previous Shin Eagle was slightly relaxed by the arrival of his companion, the geist's body quickly sank into the soft earth, and at the same time, he broke away from his body and invaded the body of the Shin Eagle who was about to leave in an instant.