For a second, Wilbur did feel like he was about to die. His spirit energy had been drained, and even his powerful soul had not been able to withstand the attack of the deathly power. His soul began to disintegrate, his consciousness fading. At the last, most critical second, a voice rang about in his soul. "The soul is under attack. Summon the power of the Divine Dependent." A golden flame lit up on the Soul Tree. The power of death was quickly forced to retreat in the face of these golden flames, burning out completely without a trace. The Soul Tree lit up with new flames, and the same mysterious voice rang once again. "The power of the Divine Dependent had been consumed. The title will now be retracted." Wilbur regained his consciousness, before remembering— He had gotten the title of Divine Dependent some time ago, during one of his contributions. He had thought that this title was completely useless and even cursed that old dragon out quite a bit. But now, W
Lily said timidly, "He's very scary, and hits me if he's upset with me. I'm very afraid of him." Wilbur did not know what to say. With how powerful this girl was, she would grow up to a powerful figure with proper training and would never have to be bullied by someone like that anymore. Maybe she was just timid by nature, or maybe it was her upbringing. After all, living under someone else's roof since you were little would definitely mess with one's psyche. Wilbur fell silent for a while, before saying, "Would you like to come with me?" "Yes, I would," Lily said at once. Wilbur smiled, reaching out a hand to Lily. Lily looked at Wilbur shakily, slowly making her way up to him and putting her hand in his softly. Wilbur brought her over to Isabella and Ryder. "We're done here. We can head back now." Ryder and Isabella got to their feet, and the few of them left the castle in silence. There was nothing left in sight other than the countless skeletons. It looked like a
Wilbur fell into a dilemma, hesitating for a long time. He felt like it would be better to analyze this energy and cultivate it in a safe way than contribute it as a sacrifice. Once he had understood the laws of this energy and cultivated it, he would be able to improve on it just like with other spiritual energy. There was endless potential, and infinite room to grow. Wilbur's Spiritual Furnace would be able to overcome the issue of the clashing of spiritual energies. All of a sudden, he thought of his Second Consciousness. His Second Consciousness was currently in the middle of analyzing the messages he had gotten after advancing levels. The information was quickly shared with Wilbur's host consciousness, and he was able to absorb all the new knowledge. He stopped for a long time before smiling. Upon the analysis of the Second Consciousness, Wilbur had now managed to comprehend how a few theories worked, giving him a whole new understanding of his powers. It seemed
After Wilbur left the room, he drove out with the intention of having a good breakfast. There was a diner around the area that served up great burgers, and Wilbur liked them a lot. It was around noon, so there were quite a few people having lunch there and parking was rather difficult to find as well. Wilbur managed to get a spot at last and was about to park. Just then, a thud rang through the air as the car behind him rear-ended Wilbur's car. Wilbur sighed in frustration. Could he not even have lunch in peace? He got out of the car with a frown. Behind him was a BMW that had dented his trunk. The bumper of the BMW had collapsed as well, half of it lying on the ground. It was, thankfully, not too severe of an accident. Just then, however, a round woman in her forties emerged from the BMW. She was dripping in diamonds and clad in designer clothes from head to toe, despite looking like a hilarious sight. Before Wilbur could say anything, the woman shouted, "Do yo
The people in the diner looked over curiously. The older man held the younger one back, sneering at Wilbur coldly. "Let's talk outside." Wilbur finished the last of his burger, getting up to go outside after that. The woman and both men surrounded Wilbur at once, the woman saying, "Do you know who my husband does for work, young man?" "I don't know, nor do I want to," said Wilbur calmly. The woman said boastfully, "My husband's in the city council, and my son's in the township committee. You're going to jail if you don't pay up. I'd think this through if I were you." The woman looked nothing but arrogant as she spoke as if her family was better than everyone else. That was probably what gave her the guts to speak like that. Her husband and son stared coldly at Wilbur as well. The son was even rolling up his sleeves and cracking his knuckles, as if ready to attack at any moment. Wilbur smirked coldly. "You're not scaring me with your stupid positions. You're only makin
The round woman from earlier was just leaving her house with her husband and son, all of them in a terrible mood. Both parties jumped at the sight of each other. The woman saw who it was and said at once, "Look who it is! I thought I wouldn't be able to find you, but you showed up yourself!" The woman's husband glanced coldly at the fruits he was holding. "Do you think we're going to forgive you just because you showed up with some cheap fruits?" "I'll get someone to come over. There's no way I'm letting this bastard go now," the son said, dialing a number while glowering at Wilbur. Wilbur was speechless. Did he look like he was going to apologize? "Out of the way. I've got somewhere else to be," he said coldly. The woman roared, "He's still trying to run! Do you even know where you are? Security! Security!" The security team watching over Castlebury were proper guards who went on constant patrol. A few guards on patrol rushed over to the woman's cries immediately.
The men surrounded Wilbur at once, raining a sea of attacks on him at full force. The woman and her family smiled smugly. Anyone who dared to mess with them would just meet the same fate. Getting a beating was hardly enough to quell their anger. The authorities would get there any moment. This bastard was pretty much set for jail. Just as the first attack was about to hit Wilbur, he got up and swept a leg out in a flying kick. All at once, the men were sent flying a few meters backward. They cried out in pain, staring at Wilbur in terror as none of them could get up. The woman and her family were shocked. They knew that Wilbur could fight. What they had not expected, however, was that he would be so good at it. One man against eight, and he had taken all of them down with just one move! Was he even human? "D-Don't you dare come any closer!" The woman's son started to panic as he had never seen such a skilled fighter before. The woman stood next to her son, sig
Cameron had not even wanted to be involved in this mess in the first place and knew that there was more to what a lot of these things seemed like. But his superior had ordered him to come and even specified that the person reporting the case was the city council secretary Dorian Kalef. Cameron was told to do a good job and had no other choice. Wilbur sneered coldly at the words. "I guess it's pretty clear you're all going to gang up on me, then." "So what if we are, hm?" the woman's son called out. "You think you're so great just because you can fight, don't you? Well, I've got my own ways of dealing with you." The woman and Dorian smirked at Wilbur. Yes, they had planned to wait until Wilbur was arrested to use their connections to teach him a harsh lesson not to mess with people like them. They wanted to see just how Wilbur was going to beg them for forgiveness. Cameron frowned. "Let's go. Please don't make this difficult for us." He walked over to Wilbur with the oth
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