"I know I messed up, I really do. I admit defeat. I'll leave Buck Town by tonight." Wilbur frowned at Augheimer. "Where are you going?" Augheimer smiled. "Tevinter Town, the seventh town." "What? Why?" "No reason. I just don't want to owe you too much." "What?" "Don't get me wrong! I just want to be somewhere I can improve quickly." Wilbur looked into the distance, falling silent. "I hope you grow stronger, then." Augheimer looked at Wilbur before saying, "Are we still friends, then?" "Of course? You'll always be my old pal." "Thank you." Augheimer put out a hand, and Wilbur shook it as the two men exchanged a smile. That night, Wilbur finally saw the old Augheimer again. They chatted happily, walking along the Buck Town square to the portal. "Alright, you don't have to walk me all the way there." "Alright, then. Best of luck." Wilbur and Augheimer grinned at each other, and Augheimer turned to leave. All of a sudden, a shout sounded from the distance. "
Wilbur nodded, and Augheimer turned to walk into the portal. The guards activated the portal right after that, and a white light flashed through the air. Augheimer was nowhere to be seen following that. Edmund sighed. "Augheimer's still far too cocky for his own good. It's probably for the best that he left Buck Town. That's one less burden for me to worry about." He turned to leave after that, and Wilbur stared after him wordlessly. He had thought that Edmund was a good man back when Hadirt wanted to massacre all of Buck Town—only to find out that Edmund had been the one who sent Conrad to tell Hadirt that Dalton had been murdered. That was what had drawn Hadirt to Buck Town. Edmund had pretty much tried to use Hadirt to get rid of Wilbur, not wanting to co-rule Buck Town with him. Now that Wilbur knew how two-faced Edmund was, he no longer wanted too much to do with him if he had the choice. Had he not wanted to cultivate the Yellow Dragon Spell and needed to absorb the Ye
Conrad bowed to Edmund politely and explained, "Lord Edmund, I'm sure you know that anyone with a Tricorpse Beetle in their body will have to get rid of it if they want to improve their cultivation. However, getting rid of a Tricorpse Beetle is far from easy. These bugs form naturally in one's body, cultivated by their greed for food, lust, or fame. One must have a pure enough heart and soul if they want to kill the Tricorpse Beetle and stop it from appearing in their body again." He paused for a breath, then continued, "But there are not many people who can do that in the world, not even cultivators from the upper dimensions. Thus, lots of cultivators naturally cultivate Tricorpse Beetles in their bodies. It's just that their greed is pretty small, so they don't really feel much. However, a true cultivator will eventually get rid of their Tricorpse Beetles." After gaining Edmund's full attention, Conrad added, "The thing is that there are too many cultivators in the middle dimensi
"What does that mean?" The crowd looked at each other, not understanding what Conrad was saying. Conrad smiled, getting to his feet before bowing to Edmund. "Drinking for blessings means to take a drink that has been blessed by Lord Edmund, of course. But since it's a drink of blessings, we're going to have to be placed. I say we have a friendly duel, and the winner gets a drink blessed by Lord Edmund. How's that?" "You sound like you really want that blessed drink, Conrad." "What do you have in mind?" Conrad glanced at the family leaders. "I wouldn't dare call myself better than the family leaders here, but I do want to get the first blessed drink since it was my idea. Wilbur Penn here isn't a family leader, but he's certainly far from weak. I would deem him more than qualified to take me on in a battle, but only if he wants to." "Oh, why not? I'm afraid you won't be getting that drink then, Lord Conrad." Conrad had plotted with Edmund to kill Wilbur before, and thus Wilbu
Wilbur had not received this protection and did not know how to get it. Thus, the only way to make himself more powerful was through the Dragon's Altar in his demiplane. Since gold coins could be exchanged into grace points, he would be able to get fifty thousand grace points out of his battle. That would surely make him more powerful! Edmund got to his feet. "The battle officially starts now!" Conrad released a powerful energy aura. "How would you like to do this, Wilbur?" Wilbur released the same amount of energy aura as well. "The first to touch the other person in fifteen minutes wins?" "Sure." Conrad shot out towards Wilbur the next second, who darted out of the attack's way. Following that, Conrad continued to attack Wilbur relentlessly. The two men chased after each other in the courtyard, neither of them letting up in the slightest. Just as everyone was focused on the battle, Edmund snuck a black pill into a glass of wine. The pill turned clear as soon as it touc
"Yes. The Lord Edmund I know would never be this generous, but he just gave up three hundred thousand gold coins for a few duels. That's not like him at all." Wilbur frowned. "Are you suggesting that Edmund might have spiked the blessed drink?" Felix nodded. "But I don't feel anything." "Some poisons are colorless and odorless. They can even go undetected by the consumer and kill them just like that. I think it's best for you to rest and cultivate once you get back, Master." "Alright." Wilbur returned to his room at once, channeling his dragon aura to flow around his body. Yet he did not sense anything off with his internal system, but there were strange thoughts that began to form and grow in his head. Wilbur did his best to suppress the thoughts but quickly found that he was unable to do so. There seemed to be an uncontrollable greed rooted in his brain: greed for food, lust, fame, and many other things. At the same time, Wilbur found that he might want these things m
"Drink? Look at the state you're in! We'll be usurped by the other Great Families if you keep drinking like this! We worked so hard to get here, Master. You can't be like this!" Felix stared daggers at Wilbur, who merely replied with a lazy grin. "It's alright, Senior Horne. Time goes by faster here in the mirror dimension, I'm fine drinking here for a night or two!" "A night? You've been here for two weeks, you can't keep going like this!" "What? That's hardly anything! Come on, don't I deserve a break? How about this—three months, and I won't drink another drop. Just give me three months. Yeah?" Felix sighed but ended up nodding. "Alright, Master. I know this hasn't been easy for you. You can rest here for three months, I'll wake you up after that." "Okay. Now drink with me." "I'm busy, Master. I'm afraid I can't drink with you today. Goodbye.' Felix was a hard worker but did not complain in the slightest as he knew that all the work he had done would go into Wilbur's s
Wilbur looked at his bloody fist, his eyes widening in shock. "That's… That's impossible…" "That's very possible." Felix hurried over to Wilbur. "You've been idle for a year, Master. You haven't been cultivating and only spent your time drinking and wasting away. It's only normal that your body has weakened." "How could this be?" "I think there are too many Tricorpse Beetles in your body from all the drinking, Master. Your energy's a lot weaker, but you've thankfully only been idle for a year. As long as you get to cultivating again, I'm sure you'll be able to restore your powers." "No, I know what state I'm in right now. Wait, what did you just say?" "You haven't been cultivating, and only spent your time drinking and wasting away so it's only normal that your body's weakened." "Not that! You mentioned some sort of beetle…" "Tricorpse Beetles, Master. They're formed out of greed for food, lust, and fame. If a cultivator is too idle, the Tricorpse Beetles in their bod
Faye was clad in a beautiful wedding dress, hardly needing any blusher for how red her cheeks looked. Wilbur was also looking dapper in a fine tuxedo, and the bride and groom went around toasting to their friends one by one. Both their parents were overjoyed, knowing that their children had finally ended up with someone so wonderful. Everyone else was also brimming with smiles, drinking up a storm as the night went on. These people were all friends or subordinates of Wilbur and wanted nothing more than the best for him and Faye. There was no wedding emcee, and the ceremony was extremely simple, but the atmosphere was incomparable as everyone was nothing but smiles. The reception lasted all the way until late into the night, and even the newlyweds' parents got a little tipsy. The banquet ended at last, and the guests ushered Wilbur and Faye into their new bedroom. The newlyweds sat down facing each other, locking eyes. Faye lowered her head bashfully, and Wilbur looked
It was evening on Sealake Island when Wilbur returned. He stood on the long bridge, overwhelmed with emotion as he let out a hint of his aura. The island grew abuzz at once, and a series of familiar figures fought their way into Wilbur's line of sight. Wilbur smiled, stepping onto the island slowly. His smile grew as he came to the square, taking in the sight of Faye, Elsa, Faron, Shepard, and many others. Everyone else stared back at him, unable to hide the emotion on their faces. It had been so long since they had seen Wilbur, and there was no way for them to reach him. Words could not describe how much they had worried about and missed him. "I thought you were never coming back, Wilbur." Faye was the first to speak. Wilbur walked up to her, taking her into his arms. "I'm sorry. It'll never happen again. Everything's over now, and I'll never leave you again." Faye's heart soared as she broke out into overjoyed sobs. Everyone else was nothing but joyous as well. Fo
Bahamut, being a reincarnation of Kaiser himself, came slithering toward Wilbur. They both turned into their human forms, and a fierce battle broke out once more. Kaiser channeled his energy into Bahamut's body, giving Bahamut the upper hand over time. At last, Bahamut severely wounded Wilbur with a blow of his sword, causing Wilbur to fall from mid-air. "Hahaha!" Kaiser appeared suddenly then, laughing loudly. "Nice work, Bahamut." "Thank you, Master." Bahamut retreated behind Kaiser, looking at him coldly. He whipped out a dagger from his sleeves all of a sudden, driving it deep into Kaiser. Kaiser flipped around sharply, grabbing Bahamut's wrist and glowering at him. "Have you lost your mind?" Just then, the Dark Lord's voice sounded from Bahamut's throat. "You've stopped me many times now, Kaiser Fern! There's no way in hell I'll let you become the ultimate elite!" A furious Kaiser reached out to grab Bahamut's head, sucking him into his body. An explosion sounded throu
Just then, the Cold Lord muttered a spell. A series of snowy mountains descended from above, one of them striking Wilbur and Augheimer as the Cold Lord cackled. "Haha! Is that all you've got?" As his words rang through the air, the snowy mountain exploded with a loud boom into countless icy fragments to reveal Wilbur and Augheimer, standing tall and completely unaffected. "What?" "These imbeciles!" the Flame God shouted. The air around turned into a sea of flames at once, burning away relentlessly, but they vanished as soon as they came in contact with Wilbur and Augheimer's defense barriers. The Earth God shouted, "I'll settle this!" He muttered a spell, and the ground cracked open as Wilbur and Augheimer fell into a bottomless abyss. The Earth God smirked, and the crack began to close up. Yet just a few seconds later, the ground exploded as Wilbur and Augheimer flew back up. The Tornado God cast a spell to bring about a fierce gust of wind filled with countless razor-sh
The next second, Wilbur's Magic Dragon Blade made a gash in the air. The two men then wove through the gash, making their way to the lower dimensions from the upper dimensions and returning to Earth. The gash closed itself up, and a powerful wave of black miasma surged into the oceans from the heavens. It cleared up within a few minutes, and Earth was turned into a dark space. Several big fissures appeared in the heavens as the evil gods descended on Earth. The Blood God, the God of Destruction, the Cold Lord, the Flame God, the Earth God, the Tornado God, the God of Bloodlust, and the Snake God—all eight evil gods had descended upon Earth at the same time. Wilbur summoned the broken pieces of the Light Armor from the Fire Dragon Ring. The pieces radiated a white glow as they hovered in mid-air, and Wilbur quickly used his mind to put them together before wearing the Light Armor on his body. "Hahaha!" The Blood God laughed loudly. "I guess the universe dimensions aren't all
Hailey and Kayleen ducked out of the way before the pillars of light reached them, darting up to Sade at the last second as Hailey drove her sword into him at the same time Kayleen did the same with her spear. Hailey glowered at Sade. "You're the one who's really despicable here, Sade. Say goodbye to the world forever!" "Arghhhh!" Sade's body exploded in a flash of white light, disappearing out of sight. Hailey and Kayleen both got down on one knee. "At your service, Masters." Just then, Wilbur and Augheimer looked at the two ladies at the same time. Augheimer said, "At ease. You can both go back now, your work here is done." "Yes, Master." Hailey and Kayleen disappeared the next second. Just then, a fierce wind rolled over as a pillar of white light descended from the heavens as Odysseus appeared in front of the two men. "Wilbur Penn and Augheimer. I’ve finally found you. Tell me where the dimension guardians are, and hand them over!" A gleeful Odysseus reached out t
Sade threw his head back, laughing loudly. "No one has the right to replace me, no one! I'm the real dimensional guardian, the leader of the galaxy!" Just then, two figures appeared in the sky. They were Hailey and Kayleen, two of the other dimensional guardians. Hailey was holding a long sword as she scowled at Sade below her. "You went against the rules of the universe and changed its functions, Sade. And now you've killed Wilbur Penn, the cultivator who was supposed to replace you. For that, Kayleen and I are going to kill you today." Sade smirked at those words, not looking shocked at all. "I knew you two would never let me go for killing Wilbur. But he's already dead, and I still need to maintain order in the universe as a dimensional guardian. Even though you two may hate me, you can't kill me or you'd be going against the rules of the universe too, and have to be sentenced by Mister Richardson. Trust me, you won't end up in much better of a state than I'm in." Just then
Augheimer asked out of confusion, "What? To the upper dimension? All of a sudden?" Wilbur looked flustered, he replied, "There's no time to explain. Odysseus will be here in a while, and we won't be able to escape." Sade looked at Wilbur. He told Augheimer, "He's right. Believe him. Why would your close friend lie to you?" "That's right. He's a dimensional guardian, Sade. I begged Sade to go back in time here. Hurry up and come with me, Augheimer!" "Thanks, but if we're leaving, we should at least go to Buck Town and meet Felix one last time, right?" asked Augheimer. Wilbur looked at Augheimer in the eyes, there was a sense of familiarity that welled up all of a sudden. Wilbur instantly realized Augheimer had a secret in Buck Town, and perhaps it was very important to Augheimer. He helplessly nodded and replied, "Alright, we'll go to Buck Town first." Then, the three of them came to Buck Town through a transportation array. Augheimer grabbed Wilbur and ran. He said, "Run! F
"Damn it! Your second wish was supposed to be mine!" yelled Odysseus. Odysseus once captured a dimensional guardian's servant by chance, and he used him as leverage to obtain his final two wishes. His first wish was for Sade to guide him to the most powerful power of light spell. His second wish was for Sade to lead him to the Death Scepter. Odysseus mastered the power of two types of laws, the power of light and the power of death. He quickly grasped the intricacies of the power of death due to his unique talent. Odysseus wielded the might of both supreme spells with the Death Scepter and the most powerful power of light spell. Therefore, Odysseus gained immense confidence. His capabilities far surpassed most upper dimension cultivators, but he remained in the middle dimension. His desire was to once again capture a second dimensional guardian servant. Odysseus planned to acquire the Death Cloak by obtaining the servant's wish. Ultimately, he would combine the Death Cloak, D