Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 724: The Dark Lord's Rebellion: Blood of the Dead in Grey Harbor (End)

After making sure that the person who signed the name had died, Xia Xiu raised the magic wand in his hand and waved it at the blazing forest fire.

Accompanied by a huge [∞] symbol, a strong gale instantly extinguished the surrounding fires.

After doing all this, he turned his gaze back to Derek Hollins, the black-robed operator who had been possessed by the Son of Spread.

Derek's right cheek had returned to normal, and although his life force was almost exhausted, he was fully conscious.

He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw the blond young man squatting in front of him with irrepressible excitement and gratitude on his face.

"Chief..." Derek called out weakly, his voice trembling.

Pain was tearing at his body, but compared to the darkness that was possessing him and he couldn't get rid of it, being able to see Xia Xiu by his side gave him a little comfort.

Xia Xiu's face was gentle, his eyes filled with compassion and unspoken pain.

He gently raised his wand. Wearing the [Crown of Thorns] on his head, he possessed the most powerful power of words and energy. At this moment, he pointed it at Derek's chest and released three powerful magic spells in succession.

[Heaven's Lever - Fantasy Particle Transfer——]

[Heaven's Lever - Damage Prying——]

[Out of Control World-Death Tolerance——]

These glimmers of light fell on Derek's wounds like drizzle, alleviating the decay of his body, levering open the intense pain in his body, and [Out of Control World] prolonging his death.

However, Xia Xiu knew that even if he could stop Derek from suffering, the operator's life could not be saved.

He had been corrupted by the Named One for too long, and his spirituality had withered.

Xia Xiu couldn't stop Derek's life from fading away.

As the fourth sword-bearer in the Kingdom of Heaven, facing the death of his subordinates, at this moment, all he can do is let them go in peace.

Derek looked at the director squatting beside him, his eyes full of gratitude and deep awe. He raised his hand weakly, trying to grab something.

Xia Xiu did not hesitate. He stretched out his clean hand and held Derek's hand covered in mud and blood.

Derek finally couldn't control himself at that moment, his tears silently slid down, and he began to cry bitterly with weak sobs.

"Director... am I going to die..."

Then, without waiting for Xia Xiu to answer, he continued:

"I know this is cowardly, but I'm afraid of death..."

Xia Xiu looked down at him, his golden eyes flashing with complex emotions, but more of it was deep compassion.

He tightened his grip on Derek's hand, his voice soft but firm.

“Crying is just a sign of sadness, giving up is a sign of weakness—in the face of death, you risked everything, not running away.”

"So, you're not a wimp, Derek."

Derek's hand trembled slightly, and he held the director's hand tightly, as if he had drawn some comfort from the angel's warm palm.

His pain has been soothed by Xia Xiu. Although the shadow of death is approaching, he will reach the end in the most peaceful way.

Derek couldn't help crying, and cried to Xia Xiu like a child who found his parents, telling him how his operator died in this operation.

"Chief..." Derek's voice gradually became weaker, but the grief was still strong.

"Adrian Thurble... He was drained... His soul... Was taken away... You should have seen it... His body... became a dried shell..."

He choked, tears welled up again, his vision blurred, but he still tried hard to recall the scenes that made him unable to let go.

"Cassandra Lane... She... She wanted to cast a spell to save us, but her own curse backfired... I saw with my own eyes her body... exploded from the inside, blood and flesh splattered everywhere..."

Derek's fingers twitched slightly, as if those horrific scenes were replaying in his mind.

His breathing became rapid, and his voice was filled with suppressed fear and pain.

"Eugene Rex... Chief, didn't you see... his soul was torn apart... he couldn't even let out a cry of pain and died instantly... his soul... Chief... was torn into pieces... without leaving a trace..."

His body trembled involuntarily, and the fear and helplessness in his heart completely erupted at this moment.

His eyes were filled with fear of death and endless pain for losing his companions.

"Cassandra, Oscar... they fell one after another... we... we just watched... but we could do nothing... the curse backfired... the flames devoured... the souls were torn apart... Director... they... they are all dead, everyone... are dead..."

Derek's sobbing, desperate cries echoed in the empty forest.

Xia Xiu held his hand quietly, his golden eyes still gentle, but his heart was filled with heavy sorrow and... murderous intent.

Derek's voice became smoother and smoother, as if he wanted to pour out all the secrets that had never been told, and his eyes showed apology and pain.

“I’m sorry, Director… I said so many cowardly words before I died… But I really want you to know, to tell you… The wizards of the Hundred Layers World… They betrayed the treaty with the Kingdom of Heaven.

They secretly studied the forbidden black magic and those so-called living gods... The Crowned One was awakened by them, and his named ones and followers are all in the Hundred Layers of the World..."

At this point, Derek's eyes dimmed, but his voice was firm.

Xia Xiu already had the answer in his heart. A hint of deep coldness flashed across his eyes, and he spoke slowly:
"Even the members of the Order of Merlin of the International Confederation of Wizards are tacitly approving their actions."

Derek nodded slightly and continued, "The evidence we found pointed to three different factions of wizards... red robes, purple robes, and silver robes... At first, we targeted the purple robe wizard Caleb Vigna who lived at No. 12 Iris Street in Block 36."

Derek recalled, a look of pain on his face:
"At first, we took advantage of his absence to capture him... and controlled him... but we couldn't get any valuable information from him. Even torture and mental probing were useless. Later, Adrian discovered that he had an extremely ancient witchcraft - [Secret Keeping Spell]."

Xia Xiu naturally understood the characteristics of this spell. The [Secret Keeping Spell] was one of the forbidden spells in the wizarding world.

It can hide a secret deep in the soul of the caster. Unless the keeper reveals it voluntarily, the secret cannot be forcibly obtained by any means.

This kind of spell is only possessed by the most legitimate silver-robed wizards, and they must be from the silver-robed faction of the old Zhenghuang Banner...

Xia Xiu frowned slightly, but said nothing, waiting quietly for Derek to continue.

"Nevertheless... we found another way to obtain intelligence."

Derek continued, his voice growing weaker, "Eugene... He is a person infected with Persian Hoof Disease. He has an extraordinary sense of smell and can identify the pheromones of certain people or objects that have come into contact with wizards through their smells... His nose is sharper than that of a hound... Through his ability, we checked multiple locations and residences that Caleb Vigna had contact with, and found a large amount of secret dark magic materials."

Derek's eyes began to lose focus, but his lips were still trembling slightly:

"Adam helped us hack into the local black market... We tracked them using fake names. Although those wizards used fake names, the information of the robe faction could not be concealed... In this way, we confirmed the identities and factions of him and the other two wizards. Their accomplices were wizards from the red and silver robe factions."

The team of operators that Derek is in is very smart. With just some clues, they were able to capture Caleb Vigna.

The team of operators Derek was in was swift and extremely smart. They relied on some scattered clues to directly track down the purple-robed wizard Caleb Vigner.

However, despite their high insight and ability to act, they still encountered strong suppression from higher-level forces in the end. This was not only the biggest obstacle in their pursuit of the Crowned Child, but also one of the fundamental reasons for the annihilation of the Gray Harbor Operators.

Derek's narration became increasingly subdued, and his next words made Xia Xiu feel even more solemn.

"When we found the clues about Caleb, our senior operator Victor Keyser immediately decided to report it to the Secretariat..."

Derek said, his tone full of suppressed anger and helplessness:

"But Adam has been blocked. Our peripheral lineage has been maliciously blocked and cannot be connected. The entire team has been isolated."

Derek's voice suddenly became deeper, and his eyes became unfocused, as if he had fallen back into that moment of despair:

"Then, a red-robed wizard attacked one of our outposts, and all the operators there were... wiped out. When we arrived, the scene was in ruins, with only a giant red snake spewing flames, and that red-robed wizard... He used... Parseltongue!"

"We immediately realized that the other party was a wizard from the Hundred Worlds, belonging to one of the ancient and sacred Auror families of the International Confederation of Wizards."

"Things are starting to get out of control," Derek continued, a sense of helplessness in his voice.

“What happened next was even more confusing.”

"The purple wizard ran away. He was an Animagus, able to change into other forms. He turned into a huge white whale, making a shrill cry."

"Then a group of white-haired whales suddenly appeared at the port. They suddenly appeared at the port, and huge waves swept over and rushed towards the temporary port station. The purple-robed wizard took advantage of the huge waves to escape."

"All of this was carefully planned by them to divert attention and attack in the west."

Derek paused, as if everything at that time was still vivid in his mind, full of pain and regret:
"Our men chased them to No. 36 Iris Street, but they were too late. The enemy had already escaped through the secret passage.

We discovered a contaminated journal in that hideout containing information on the named individual, but we did not have time to fully contain and process it.

Adrian acted decisively and used his soul divination to predict the other party's destination - the Misty Forest.

Derek's eyes began to become empty, and his voice became weaker and weaker:
"Captain... he immediately led everyone to the Misty Forest to chase the purple-robed wizard..."

Xia Xiu listened silently, and he already understood the next result. He knew that this pursuit would only lead to a hopeless disaster, and the mastermind behind this disaster was none other than Dai Guan Zhizi and the robed wizard groups behind him.

"Parseltongue, red wizard, red snake, Auror family..."

He silently repeated these key words in his mind, and as he sorted out his thoughts, he quickly came to a conclusion.

"Hundred-layer world No. 13: Naga Ring."

The Naga Ring, located on the 13th plane in the Hundred Layers World, is famous for its unique snake culture and powerful snake magic.

Xia Xiu recalled the information about this plane. In the field of magical creature research, the Naga Ring has a very high prestige.

Not only does it have a long history of magic, but its environment of symbiotic snake creatures gives it an unparalleled specialness.

This plane is filled with all kinds of dangerous snake creatures and the worship of snake gods, which enjoy supreme status among wizards and magicians.

This plane is known for its danger and power, and the Auror family is a powerful wizard family that rules the Naga Ring.

Especially the ancient magic they mastered - Parseltongue, which is a kind of language magic that can communicate with snake creatures.

Wizards with this ability can not only communicate with snakes, but also command them to carry out extremely complex instructions.

Xia Xiu remembered that there was a skill entry in his skill warehouse that had been placed there for a long time - [Eye of Heavenly Lock·Strong Rigidity].

Because it couldn't keep up with the strength of the version, it was put into the skill warehouse early and gathered dust.

This skill requires the organs of the rare [Sky-Chained Snake], and most of these organs circulating in the market of Terra come from the Auror families of the Naga Ring, who raise and control these extremely rare magical snakes.

"Naga Ring..." Xia Xiu muttered to himself with a cold look.

He already knew where the wizard who challenged him for the Order of Merlin, First Class, would choose.

The original intention was to challenge the goal of only determining the winner, but now it may also have to decide life and death.

"Director... I'm a little sleepy..."

Derek Hollins' eyelids gradually drooped, and heavy fatigue surged over him like a tide, engulfing his consciousness.

His fingers had originally tightly grasped Xia Xiu's hand, like a child who had found support, but now, they became weak, and his palm slowly drooped down, sticking powerlessly to the soil.

Derek's breathing became shallow, his eyes began to grow empty, and the breath of life slowly dissipated.

At this moment, he heard the low and gentle voice of the fourth sword bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven, like a loving father comforting his offspring:
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.”

The angel's voice was like a warm breeze, gently caressing Derek's fading soul.

Those warm words seemed to bring him some comfort and relief, so that he no longer felt fear and loneliness in the last moment of parting.

His breathing became steady and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if he saw his long-passed companions in a dream.

With Xia Xiu's gentle voice, Derek Hollins, a loyal operator of Heaven, finally fell asleep peacefully in the silence.

Xia Xiu stood up, staring at Derek's quiet body with his golden eyes. There was no extra emotion on his face, but his heart was extremely heavy.

He leaned over, gently placed Derek's hand on his chest, closed his eyes, and then began to bury the bodies of every operator on the battlefield.

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Across the land, the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven erected twenty-nine stone tablets, each of which was engraved with the name of someone who had fought to the end for the Kingdom of Heaven:

Adrian Thurble, Cassandra Raine, Eugene Rex, Oscar Finn…

The stone tablet stood in the crack, and the scorched earth around it was still emitting residual heat, but Xia Xiu ignored it all and silently completed his final work.

Xia Xiu stood quietly in front of the stone tablet, his eyes swept across the silent tombstones, and then slowly raised the magic wand in his hand.

He didn't say anything, his golden eyes looked particularly deep and calm at this moment.

He waved lightly at the void, and a subtle [∞] symbol appeared in the air, and ripple-like spatial fluctuations slowly spread out in front of him.

The space seemed to be distorted, and the vortex was gently rippling.

Xia Xiu lowered his head and took a last look at the stone tablet he had erected with his own hands. His top hat sat firmly on his head, hiding his complicated expression.

Then he stepped towards the distorted space, lightly pressed his top hat, and his figure gradually disappeared in the ripples.

He was going to the Hundred Worlds to help those robed wizards recall the church era...

The stereotype of heaven in their minds.

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