The Legendary Mage novel Chapter 355

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Roar..."

From the depths of the earth to the surface world, the landscape within thousands of kilometers violently collapsed, with strange noises filling the air. It was a scene that struck awe into the hearts of all who witnessed it. Beasts and birds of the sky scattered in terror, and many mercenaries and Magi-Monsters were not swift enough to escape. They were swallowed by the crevices, and their chilling screams echoed as they tumbled with the boulders into the abyss.

Godfred, with a mighty flap of his wings, retreated from the blinding light that pierced the heavens.

The chaos intensified, and the spectacle grew ever more astonishing. Eighteen colossal statues, each a hundred meters tall, were “revived,” and thrashed violently between the earth's strata. They shattered stone and cleaved the dust above. Like eighteen frenzied behemoths, they struggled forth, clawing their way out of the millennia-old subterranean Royal Mausoleum.

"Aooww!"

The Azure Dragon bellowed, its cry shaking the firmament. Though it was a stone effigy, a dragon spirit that had been silent for ages, it still pulsed with a fearsome dragon's might. Its massive hundred-meter body burst forth from the ground first, its violent thrashing sent stones flying and whipped up endless gales. Amidst the dazzling light, it roared to the sky, proclaiming its resurgence with imperious ferocity.

Upon its back, the figure of a king stood regal and majestic, his armor glinting with a cold light as if made of true steel. He brandished his sword towards the heavens. His blade's energy soared high, stirring the light around him.

Boom! A noise like thunder sounded from a clear sky as another royal figure spun a massive hammer, breaking through the earth, soaring into the air, and crashing back down with the weight of a mountain. He looked to the sky and bellowed. His roar was like a torrential wave piercing through the land, causing the Magi-Monsters in the mountains to howl in agony and distant peaks to tremble, even pushing back the tides of the far-off seas. He swung his mighty hammer, pointing towards the distant Stormcast. His battle spirit soared to the skies, commanding respect from all creation.

The Queen's statue followed, her demeanor noble, crowned with a red dress and clad in radiant attire. Though she was a statue, her unparalleled grace and royal presence could not be concealed. The only queen among the Kings, she was the third sovereign of the Eternal Kingdom and had once shaken an era. Her eyes gleamed sharp as blades, and behind her, three titanic swords rose, their resounding clatter threatening to break free and cleave the land, to restore her ancient martial glory.

"Roar!" Another king manifested almost alongside the queen. He appeared calm, yet half of his visage was a skull, half flesh, half specter. His form seemed comparatively lean and slightly stooped, but his body emanated an aura of real black mist, suffused with the terror of a wild beast, warping space itself.

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

One by one, all the ancient kings emerged, crossing through the layers of earth to descend upon the coast and forests that had held them for eons. The column of light illuminated the dense forests, dispelling the darkness of the land, and enveloped the eighteen statues within its brilliance. Outside, people could see nothing clearly, only sensing the dreadful energy surging within and the blurred silhouettes.

Deep beneath the earth, everything collapsed. All traces were being erased, and even the small creatures were being slaughtered by the regal figures, clearly unwilling to let the outside world discover this place, intent on covering their tracks.

Only the Ivory Turtle was lucid and excited, exclaiming wildly, "Mine! All mine!"

It shook its little head. Its mouth was gaping as it swallowed all the Elixir Fruits and the Life's Springs from afar into its belly. It kicked its little feet and fled desperately, darting through the air, "Ha-ha, free at last, free! Yeehaw, I can now sing, dance, and play! The rivers, the oceans, tender young turtle maidens, your ancestral Organization has returned!"

"Thanks, see ya!" The little turtle waved at Alavin and disappeared in a puff of smoke. "I will miss you! Till we meet again."

However...

Just as the Kings left the earth's depths, and Alavin was being dragged towards the surface by chains, an ivory chain suddenly appeared from nowhere. One end wrapped around Alavin's neck, the other embedded in the turtle's shell, forcibly dragging it back and hanging it around Alavin's neck.