CHAPTER 1098 THE SHOCKING NOISE

Alston never expected Lance and Marcia to appear at such a perfect time.

Just then, the defense in front of the Witch Palace was rather weak. The six peerless masters of the Divine Stage who previously fought with Rocky were now scattered all around him. Alston had just left the golden throne, with only a few weak guards around. When Lance and Marcia, each driving a six- star spirit-manipulated beast, suddenly appeared, none of the weak guards could stop them.

Aside from the two mighty beasts and their masters, more than ten Supernal Stage masters arrived as well, including Sabina, Allen, and Lucilla and so on.

"Alston, I've always told you that you are a person with a limited outlook. You wouldn't even be able to see through the trick—luring a tiger away from its cave!" Rocky sneered at Alston who was near him. The reason that Rocky dared to challenge so many strong masters guarding the Witch Palace alone was to buy some time and make it easier for Marcia and Lance to save Lena. The moment he showed up in front of the Witch Palace, he was determined to fight even to the death. In any case, he needed to create a distraction to give his people ample time.

Alston twitched upon hearing Rocky's words, the rage burning red hot across his face. Not only did he realize that he had been fooled by Rocky from the very beginning, but he had completely underestimated him as well. Alston believed that his brother was the same person who had tried to break into the Witch Palace to see Lena back then.

The moment Rocky appeared, there was no doubt that Alston would lose.

"What are you waiting for? Stop them!" Alston ordered the peerless masters at the Divine Stage nearby furiously.

The several masters were also quite shocked by the sudden arrival of Marcia and Lance, two of the Thee Great Generals of the Holy Dragon Empire. They were puzzled by the fact that they entered the

Witch Palace by force and that they seemed to be siding with Rocky.

Nevertheless, because Alston was the acting emperor now, none of the masters of the Divine Stage could disobey his orders. After a moment of hesitation, they all rushed towards the collapsing Witch Palace to try and stop Lance, Marcia, and the others.

Meanwhile, Lance nodded at Marcia upon seeing the masters heading towards them. He then commanded his Roaring-thunder Dragon to guard the front of the palace to serve as a barrier.

Ten figures also flew down from the backs of the Roaring-thunder Dragon and Marcia's spirit- manipulated beast.

"Go!" Lance commanded as he waved his hand. He was the first to charge forward into battle with the six Divine Stage masters.

Then, Sabina and the other nine Supernal Stage masters grouped into pairs to try and block the six masters. They weren't as strong as the Divine Stage masters. But as long as they could block them for a few more moments, then Marcia would have enough time to get Lena out.

As the group took cover for her, Marcia landed on the Witch Palace where all the wood, stone, and other debris was spreading around.

"Lena..." Marcia uttered as she searched for her. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Marcia, I'm here!" Lena called out from the enchanted barrier in the corner once she saw her.

At the sound of Lena's voice, Marcia immediately turned around. Then, her delicate body morphed into a shadow that quickly appeared in front of the enchanted barrier.

By then, Priest Dean—who stood nearby—was in absolute shock upon seeing Marcia.

"Please see yourself out, Priest Dean." Marcia shot the priest a cold glance.

Realizing that things weren't in his favor, Priest Dean immediately coughed and pretended to not see Marcia before he turned around and disappeared.

"Let's go!" Seeing that the Witch Palace was about to collapse completely, Marcia quickly pulled Lena and Randi closer to her. Once the spiritual light within her rose, the trio swiftly flew out of the palace.

At that moment, Rocky was standing outside the palace when he saw a delicate figure. It was Lena. He couldn't help but tremble.

Lena, who followed Marcia to escape the crumbling Witch Palace, felt as though someone was looking at her. She couldn't help but look over. Soon enough, she was looking at Rocky.

With their eyes locked on each other, the world around them seemed to fall silent. This time, the two of them finally found each other. Everything else seemed to disappear around them. In their eyes, there was only each other and their endless longing to reunite that accumulated all those days and nights apart.

Although Rocky had changed a lot, Lena knew that he was the Basil she had thought of day and night just by looking into his gentle eyes.

"Basil!" Lena shouted hysterically. Her vision was blurred by her tears. She finally let out both the excruciating pain and the enormous joy that overwhelmed her heart. She felt the tug of two different emotions—longing and sadness—that were difficult to put into words. Perhaps it was love!

Her scream echoed throughout the square in front of the Witch Palace. Everyone who heard it was shocked.

The elites of the royal family and several Divine Stage masters were just as stunned at the sight of Lena looking at Rocky and shouting Basil. They thought Prince Basil had passed away and were baffled when Lena called out to him.

Meanwhile, on the east side of the Witch Palace's square, a group of spirit manipulators rushed in from the east gate guarding by a number of armies. The numerous human-like and beast-like shadows were being led by Elvis.

"Seize those traitors!" Alston ordered fiercely once he saw that Lena was rescued by Marcia when he noticed that Rocky's reinforcements began to grow in number.

Soon, hundreds of palace guards and spirit manipulators of the Supernal Stage and the Heavenly Stage were locked in a fierce battle with each other.

Although Alston had a lot of troops on his side, Rocky had three great masters fighting alongside him— Marcia, Lance, and Elvis. The battle was an inevitable stalemate!

Rocky smiled with relief once he saw Lena who had been rescued by Marcia. He no longer felt any regret this time.

However, Alston felt otherwise. He was infuriated with rage and embarrassment at his failure. He began to scream, the veins on his forehead throbbing. He rushed towards Rocky and launched a palm attack. The strong spiritual power of the Divine Stage morphed his palm attack into a dragon head with bared teeth and claws that sank into Rocky's chest. In the blink of an eye, the attack swallowed him.

Boom!

From where Rocky stood came a blaring sound. Then, a figure flew a few meters away before crashing to the ground. It remained lying on the ground in silence.

"Basil!" Deafening cries echoed one after the other as they called out to the limp figure on the ground.