Perhaps Angel intentionally left this for Hurricane.
If Hurricane wished to escape, without Angel’s assistance, it would have to ultimately eliminate its closest wind commanders...
"Such ruthless methods. Teacher Kamil was right, human Wizards really shouldn’t be easily offended. Their methods are not only extraordinary, but they even make their opponents cut their own flesh... Hmm, was this said by Teacher Kamil or by Kalomchis?"
Gentle Breeze Uranus didn’t dwell on who said it. Anyway, when it saw Chimaera, it had already secretly decided in its heart to never offend Angel.
Seeing Chimaera, who was controlled by an illusion and became unaware as an energy provider, Gentle Breeze Uranus did not rashly act but instead gave a look of pity before turning away.
The information Chimaera provided was not just about being an illusion node, but it also sensed the extension of illusion energy from it.
It guessed that as long as it followed the flow of this illusion energy, it might be able to see other illusionary nodes.
It planned to check other nodes to confirm whether its guess was right, whether all the Wind Generals had become illusionary nodes.
Moreover, Gentle Breeze Uranus had a premonition that perhaps Hurricane had also discovered the matter of the illusionary nodes. As long as it found Hurricane, Angel should also be able to meet soon.
Five minutes later, Gentle Breeze Uranus found the enormous mountain floating in the mist—Kraken.
And as it imagined, Kraken was also one of the nodes.
After leaving Kraken, it continued along the vein of illusion energy derived from Kraken. This time, it took about ten minutes to find the last illusion node.
Upon reaching the region constructed by the Tri-headed Lionhound illusion node, it unsurprisingly saw the two targets it had been searching for in the Mist Illusion.
Angel, whose intentions were unknown, good or bad.
And Hurricane, who undoubtedly came with malice.
...
When Angel and Earl Mi found Hurricane, it had already located the illusionary node formed by Lobal.
However, just as he had previously guessed, Hurricane did not attack Lobal. Even though it already knew Lobal was an important node of the Illusionary Realm.
It just stood silently near Lobal, waiting.
It believed that Angel, who created this illusion, would surely come to find it.
Hurricane could not attack its closest companion, so if it wanted to break the illusion, it had to kill Angel, the creator of the illusion.
So it waited quietly.
And indeed, it waited for Angel.
But it was not just Angel; Earl Mi, restored to peak strength, was also there.
There was almost no rank difference between Hurricane and Earl Mi, but in terms of combat strength, Earl Mi far surpassed Hurricane.
Thus, not even Earl Mi alone was someone Hurricane could rival, let alone with Angel added.
Angel came with Earl Mi, primarily to restrain Hurricane and prevent it from escaping.
This time, Hurricane was not prepared to run because behind it was its dearest partner, and only by winning this battle could it free the three Wind Generals.
Thus, for Hurricane, a battle where retreat was not an option began.
Yet, Hurricane’s determined resolve could not compensate for the gap in real strength.
This battle was entirely asymmetrical. Even without Angel’s assistance, Earl Mi was already pressing Hurricane. Moreover, Angel was also on the side, constantly constraining Hurricane through manipulation of illusion techniques.
Obviously holding the upper hand and going two against one might not sound fair, but Angel was not one to pursue lofty goals. Since they were already at odds, there was no need for a prolonged struggle if they could win through a more relaxed gang-fight method. Besides, Angel maintained a certain baseline; at least he didn’t use Lobal as bait to intentionally weaken Hurricane.
The battle quickly approached its final moment.
Without any accident, the energy of Hurricane had reached a dangerous threshold after continuous consumption.
At this point, the vigilance of Angel and Earl Mi instead increased to the peak.
In a direct confrontation with Hurricane, real strength was what’s compared, but when pushing Hurricane to its limits, one must be careful.
Every elemental creature possesses a trump card, an ability to overturn tables, which is elemental self-detonation.
If Hurricane chose to self-detonate now, probably only Earl Mi could withstand it, and even if it endured, it would likely suffer considerable injuries.
Of course, facing an elemental self-detonation, absolutely determined to escape would be simple, but maintaining distance from Hurricane to avoid a mutual destruction scenario was crucial.
Angel and Earl Mi began to respond cautiously, and Hurricane also saw through their intentions. It understood that at this point, even if it wanted to self-detonate, it probably wouldn’t harm them much.
Hurricane had not thought of self-detonating either, because Lobal was behind it.
Its defeat was already predestined, but Lobal... Even though being used as an illusion node, wasn’t severely injured.
Perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope.
Because of this consideration, Hurricane did not self-detonate until the last moment.
When its elemental core was exposed, Hurricane closed its eyes, knowing that the dust would eventually settle.
It had already released its wind outward, no longer struggling.
The only hope was for its subordinates to survive.
While Hurricane quietly awaited death, Angel stopped his hand. It wasn’t out of mercy, but because there was some movement from the "person" hiding in the clouds and mist.
Angel turned his head and looked at the man with the lyre who walked out of the mist.
He was extremely handsome, with long pointed ears like an elf. His eyes were a deep blue, as if holding a piece of azure sky.
He looked just like a real human.
But Angel understood that the comer was not a human, but a creature of the wind element. Moreover, from the gentle breeze surrounding him and the emblematic lyre, Angel had already discerned his identity.
Without surprise, it was the target he came to White Cloud Village for this time, Gentle Breeze Uranus.