"Octopus dragons . The name fits their appearance, right?" Justin answered Aria's question .
They walked to the damaged dragon tail and observed it carefully . The tail was about two meters long and still twitching .
Justin and Monteria crouched, they tried to cut the tail into pieces . Aria, Miray, and the other female wizard were talking on the side .
Angele checked the area on his left and walked to Becky, who was lying by the campfire .
"Are you alright?" He crouched and patted Becky's face .
The woman turned her head around as she did not want to see Angele's face .
Angele shrugged, stood up, and checked Becky's wounds . The wounds were healing quickly, it would take her about ten minutes to completely recover .
*WOO*
Red light suddenly flashed on his right arm .
Angele raised his hand and checked the five scorpion-shaped patterns on his arm . Two of the patterns were glowing .
'Two of the signs are completed . ' He lowered his hand .
The five scorpion patterns represent the five signs of the lords . Each of the signs could absorb 6000 souls and the scorpion pattern would glow when the sign was full .
Two of the signs were glowing, which meant that he had collected 12000 souls .
'It means the war is intense . ' He pressed on the glowing patterns and the glow quickly disappeared .
The team sat down and rested for a while . They walked to the right side of the vine when the sun rose .
The surface of the vine was bumpy and it looked like a cracked stone pillar .
Miray, Aria, and the female wizard floated in the air . They jumped up using the branches as stairs .
Justin and Monteria decided to fly using energy particles .
Angele exchanged eye contact with Becky . Becky grabbed a branch and jumped up . Angele followed after her .
"Watch out for the wind . The wind is strange here!" Justin warned .
Angele grabbed a green branch and was about to jump up . However, the chilling wind was brushing over his body and it felt like being stabbed by daggers .
Also, he noticed that there were translucent human shadows mixed in the wind . The shadows rotated around Angele; they were the source of the cold air here .
"Hurry!" Angele shouted and started climbing at full speed . His body was surrounded by red glow, which increased the temperature around him .
It was a rank 2 spell named High-Temperature Light . The heat from the light drove away the shadows and Angele finally caught up with the other wizards .
The team disappeared into the clouds that surrounded the vine slowly .
Several minutes later .
The campfire had already been extinguished but it was still smoking . The smoke slowly turned into a gray-robed man on the side .
The gray robe raised his head and looked at the vine .
"They're all climbing up the vine," he spoke in a low voice . "They separated into three groups and started climbing at different time . We can take them out one by one . "
"No . " A middle-aged woman's voice echoed in the air . "We can attack them when they reach the top . They have more wizards than us . Fiona, Anchura, and Simon are the biggest threats . "
The man's brow furrowed . "If the monsters are still here, we'll have a much easier time . "
"It's too late . Does the leader have a plan for us?" the woman questioned .
The gray robe took out a jade stone that had the shape of a crescent moon . He threw the stone forward and it exploded, creating a light screen in the front .
On the screen, there was a bald man staring at the gray robe with a blank expression on the face .
"What happened? Is there a problem? I'm busy right now . Go straight to the point . "
"I understand . " The man created a blue barrier to block the sound and opened his mouth . "Duke, we tested our enemy and I'm afraid that we're not strong enough to take them out . Do you think we can activate that item?"
"You need to accomplish the mission, you should figure out if you should activate the item or not by yourself . I'll give you the right to do that," the bald man responded in a deep tone . A middle-aged woman wearing a black military suit interrupted before he could say anything else .
"Wait . " The bald man waved his hand .
"Master, the commander of the Wooden Dragon Legion is ready . You just need to give the order . "
The bald man looked at the woman and asked, "How are the dark knights?"
"They are having trouble . If the intel is correct, the guardians of Sky Lord have already destroyed their formation," the woman responded .
The bald man thought for a while and ordered, "Ask Hocus Legion to assist the dark knights; where is Alice now?"
"It'll take her two days to reach the battlefield . "
The bald man's brow furrowed, it seemed like he was trying to figure out a plan, but realized that the gray robe was still waiting for his orders .
"Elite Team One's mission is to eliminate as many alliance elites as possible . You should at least eliminate their strongest wizards and activate the Blood Throne through the blood ritual so our main force will have nothing to worry about . "
"Yes, Master . " The gray robe nodded .
"Alright then . Don't disappoint the empire . " The bald man disappeared from the light screen .
The jade stone returned to its normal shape and returned to the gray robe's hand .
He put the stone into his pouch and spoke with a low voice, "We can complete the mission without any problem with the right the Duke gave us . We can ask someone strong for help when necessary and we don't have to activate the item . "
"You're right . This is the major goal of Elite Team One . I wonder if Elite Team Two and Elite Team Three are doing well . We'll win the war easily if everything is going well," the middle-aged woman spoke .
The gray robe smiled . "Alice is almost here . She and her servant will put an end to this war . We will conquer the entire central continent!"
"True . " The woman chuckled . "I'll go prepare for the operation . "
"Sure, I'll help you . " The gray robe turned around and disappeared into green smoke .
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Three days later .
The golden light of the morning sun illuminated the surface of the vine .
The vine looked like branches that were being tied up; there were gaps between each of the branches .
Three small black dots were climbing up the vine . Each of the dots was actually several human beings that were trying their best to climb the vine .
The third black dot was Angele and Becky . Angele was wearing a black robe and Becky was still in her white armor .
Angele grabbed a green branch above his head and inhaled deeply . He raised his head and noticed that he still could not see the top of the vine .
He then looked down and saw a sea of white clouds . The white clouds looked like balls of cotton that were connected to each other .
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes .
"We already climbed over 10000 meters…" he said with his brow furrowed .
"Let's find a place and have some rest . " Aria sounded tired . "I need to prepare a rune circle . They are ready and they'll teleport to us . "
"Sure," Justin agreed .
Angele agreed with their decision as well .
They started moving toward each other and found a large branch on the vine . The branch looked like a platform that could fit more than ten people .
Aria and the other wizards jumped toward the branch and landed on the platform . They started preparing a rune circle that would help weaken the chilling wind .
Angele and Becky jumped onto the platform as well .
Justin took off his hood and removed the ice shards from his long robe . "The higher we climb, the stronger the wind . The temperature is also much lower than before," he said while cleaning his robe .
"Well, it's common in the sky . " Angele chuckled . "The problem is the wind elementals . Wind and temperature are nothing when compared to them . "
"Wind elementals…" Justin's expression changed as he heard these words . "You're right, they'll stop us from climbing if we want to cast a spell or check the surroundings under these circumstances… They might even drag us down the vine . "
"The first several wind elementals we encountered were weak, however, the wind elementals we met last night were strong . " Miray joined the conversation . Aria and the other female wizard were still drawing runes .
"The stronger the wind elementals, the lower the temperature will be . "
"Well, their appearance also changed . They looked like children at first, but they look like muscular men now…" Aria sounded disappointed .
"Damn! Again…" Miray's expression turned serious and he released countless white strings that flew to the branches around . His body was stabilized by the strings .
Angele had no time to check on others . He grabbed an arm-sized branch using one hand and grabbed Becky's arm using the other . He heard people screaming and laughing when he stood steady in the wind .
A group of muscular men with translucent bodies charged at the team . They were flying at full speed while shouting and laughing .
*BAM*
A muscular wind elemental passed by Angele and hit the left side of his body .
*BAM BAM BAM*
Becky and Angele were hit multiple times by the wind elementals .
The wind elementals were too weak to damage the wizards' bodies, but Angele could feel the chill that was trying to invade his body .
Another group of wind elementals appeared and charged at the team at full speed . However, this group looked a bit different, their bodies were almost solid .
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