Chapter 52: The Horror of Black Flame! Only Familiar Faces Remain!
After Dishiya reached the second floor, she rushed toward the archive room, where thick smoke was billowing out.
By now, there was no one from the Legacy of the God King left, and Mishal had already escaped with his men.
She quickly searched for any sign of Kusayla.
Seeing the archive room's stone door shut tight, Dishiya felt a deep sense of dread.
'Could it be that they locked the door on purpose to burn my father alive after setting the fire?'
Thinking this, Dishiya frantically searched for a way to open the door.
But all the stones seemed to blend seamlessly into the wall, and she couldn't find any mechanism to open it.
Only someone who lived in these ruins might know where the hidden trigger was!
But there was no time!
Dishiya clenched her gauntlet and put all her strength into it.
In an instant, her fire-element god's eyes flared with a brilliant light.
Boom
Her fist struck the stone door with a deep, resounding impact.
In the next moment, cracks spread across the stone door.
Dishiya was about to strike again to break down the door completely, but suddenly an explosion sounded from within.
Boom
The stone door shattered under the pressure, and an intense heat burst out from behind it, spewing flames.
Dishiya peered inside and, sure enough, saw a figure in the roaring flames!
It was Kusayla, lying on the ground!
It looked like he'd fallen on the sand, so the flames were still burning around him but hadn't yet spread to him!
"Father!"
Dishiya tried to enter the room to rescue him, but the fierce flames pushed her back.
Her fire-element power could resist some of the heat, but with such intense flames, there was no way for her to get close enough!
If she forced her way in, she might end up trapped inside with no way out!
The only option was to put out the fire!
Dishiya saw a barrel nearby, grabbed it, and began filling it with sand.
As long as the sand covered the flames, she could extinguish the fire!
But after pouring several buckets of sand, she realized the flames hadn't died down at all, and she was running out of sand!
It was like trying to put out a forest fire with a cup of water!
"Dishiya! How's it going?"
Jeht arrived upstairs with the members of Dakan Al-Ahmar.
Seeing Jeht, Dishiya cried out, "Quick! Get some sand to put out the fire! Kusayla inside!"
"What did you say?!"
Bashar rushed to the door, and when he saw Kusayla lying on the ground inside, he began sweating in panic.
"Brothers! Quickly, get sand to save the leader!"
Seeing the situation, Jeht said, "Leave it to me!"
With that, her water-element god's eyes flared up, and she directed a stream of water toward the blazing fire.
Gradually, the flames in the room began to subside.
"Dishiya, hurry!"
"My strength won't hold much longer!"
Even with her Immortal Breathing technique restoring her energy, Jeht felt utterly exhausted.
Using pure elemental power was different from wielding sword techniques; the water stream was pure elemental energy!
She had only recently gained the Eye of God, so her elemental reserves were limited.
Hearing this, Dishiya dashed into the flames.
The moment she entered, she felt intense heat burning all over her body, as if the flames were evaporating her very blood.
She lifted the unconscious Kusayla and rushed out of the flames.
"Captain! Commander, wake up!"
Bashar shook Kusayla, but there was no response.
It was clear that his skin was severely burned, with his face and arms charred black.
"There's still a pulse! The leader is alive!"
"But with injuries this serious, he won't survive without immediate treatment!"
"We can't treat him here in the desert! We have to get him to the other side of the anti-sand wall!"
"No, it's too late! We don't have any mounts, and it would take at least a day to reach the city! He won't make it!"
"What should we do?! Tell us what to do!"
Bashar and Idris were as anxious as ants on a hot skillet.
They all had [criminal records]. If they left the desert to go to Sumeru, they'd likely be arrested by the authorities.
But at that moment, they stopped caring about whether they'd be arrested!
All they could think about was how to get Kusayla to safety and find a doctor to save him!
Dishiya, desperate, suddenly thought of Ye Xi's relic guardians.
"We have relic guardians!"
"If I ask Ye Xi, the guardians can carry my father back to the city!"
"The relic guardians are fast! There might be just enough time!"
Hearing Dishiya's words, the men exchanged stunned looks.
"Alright, Dishiya, let's get out of here first. If the fire spreads, we'll all be trapped!"
Jeht reminder snapped everyone back to reality.
"She's right; we need to get out of here first! We can figure the rest out after we're safe!"
Dishiya carried Kusayla on her back, and they all fled toward the exit.
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Outside the Legacy of the God King's headquarters.
"What's going on?! What a massive fire! Why is this place burning too?!"
"And this flame… why is it black?! What's happening here?!"
"No! How is it burning?! This is impossible! Without any fuel, what's feeding this flame?!"
Mishal and his men had just fled outside when they noticed the black flames burning at the gate.
But these flames were strange!
Normally, fire needs something to burn, like wood or cloth.
Yet beneath these flames, there was only sand that shimmered like gold.
There was nothing but sand to fuel this fire!
How could the sand burn on its own?
The scene was incredibly strange. For safety, Mishal didn't let anyone get close.
Just as they were unsure what to do, the flame seemed to have been deliberately arranged by someone and made way for them.
Seeing the flames recede, Mishal was overjoyed.
"The flames are gone! Let's go!"
Everyone rushed out of the gate and ran toward the endless desert.
In that moment, everyone was grateful to be alive.
However, some members of the group suddenly separated from the others.
"Where are you going?"
Hearing Mishal question, those who had left the line stopped.
"Lord Mishal! The evidence is gone! We're free!"
"Yes! We don't have to worry about being blackmailed anymore! Mishal, I won't do those dirty jobs!"
"Mishal, you guys should run too. We won't let old friendships hold us back if it ends here."
Seeing these defectors, Mishal closed his eyes in despair.
"Go—! Anyone who wants to leave, go!"
"But know this: the Legacy of the God King will never disappear!"
"It will rise again!"
Hearing this, some who were uncertain left the group.
The remaining people stood behind Mishal.
"Lord Mishal, we'll continue with the Legacy of the God King to achieve greatness!"
"That's right! If you're a coward, then leave!"
"What a waste; how could you earn Mora faster by accepting commissions than by taking it!"
The two groups parted ways immediately.
Mishal looked back at the ruins shrouded in flames, his heart filled with rage.
Why?
Why had the archives suddenly caught fire?
Why had the Lion with the Blazing Mane suddenly shown up here?
And why had Jeht suddenly grown so powerful?
In any case, this blow to the Legacy of the God King was too severe.
Without the criminal records, many members would take the opportunity to escape.
This was a loss of the Legacy of the God King's precious power!
"Lion with the Blazing Mane! Jeht! Just you wait!"
"One day, the Legacy of the God King will settle all of this!"
As Mishal brooded, a cry suddenly came from nearby.
"Fire! It's fire!"
"Lord Mishal, the flames have blocked our way!"
"What!?"
Mishal rushed to the front and saw that the damn black flames had stopped them once again.
At the same time, the flames on one side suddenly disappeared, creating a path.
It was as if someone was deliberately controlling these flames, forcing them to follow a set path!
"Damn it, who could it be?"
Mishal began to feel a chill of fear.
Who could control this black flame?
How was it possible to command the flames?
"This way—move!"
Mishal wanted to see who was behind this.
The group moved forward quickly.
Suddenly, not far ahead, a relic guardian appeared!
And surprisingly, there was a young man sitting on the relic guardian's hand!
"Boy, are you behind this?"
"Get out of the way! Believe it or not, we'll kill you!"
"Who are you?"
Hearing the shouts below, Ye Xi jumped off the relic guardian and asked with a smile, "Don't you know who I am?"
"Yesterday, you were planning to steal my money; now you treat me like a stranger?"
"How hurtful."
Upon hearing these words, Mishal felt as if he'd been struck by lightning: "You… you're the Khaenri'ah man!?"
He had already received word that Hamzah had been killed by Jeht, and his corpse had become the Khaenrin plaything.
That Khaenrin wasn't some old monster; he was young, strong, and incredibly powerful!
"Hello."
"The name Khaenrin sounds so foreign; aren't we old acquaintances?"
As he spoke, Ye Xi flicked his fingers, sending a black flame onto a large man.
In an instant, the black flame completely engulfed the man.
"Ah!"
"Fire! I'm on fire!"
"Save me, Lord Mishal!"
"Ah I'm burning alive!"
The man struggled, reaching out to Mishal for help, but the intense heat caused him to stumble and fall to the ground.
Slowly, he went silent and turned into a charred husk.
Witnessing this horrifying scene, everyone was too terrified to speak, staring at Ye Xi in shock.
They had never seen such a strange flame!
It was just a small spark, easy to snuff out, yet it could burn a person alive in an instant!
Satisfied with the effects of the Black Flame, Ye Xi nodded approvingly.
This Black Flame would have quite an impact if the doctor's specimen got a taste of it.
Ye Xi clapped his hands and said with a smile:
"See, we know each other so well."
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