BXBX NOVEL Chapter 468 The Black Hole's Threat
Chapter 468 The Black Hole's Threat
If something would have happened with the teenagers, Mark would have blamed himself for their deaths. There might be less than five people in this elven world that could be stronger than them but still, their young age is something Mark found hard to ignore.
As the two brothers from the future landed elsewhere, the raging black hole started swallowing everything.
Seeing the gravity of the situation, Mark made his decision. His icy wings erupted from his back and he started flying away at inhuman speeds to get outside of its radius.
"Da… Mr. Lu… wait…" Steve and James followed him from behind. They eventually caught up to him after a few minutes, roughly more than two hundred kilometers away from the incident. They found him walking back and forth in tension while glancing toward the northwest every once in a while.
As they landed before him, Mark looked at both of them and let out a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness you followed me. I think the situation is out of hand. We should look for the teleportation formations and escape this world."
"Eh?" The teenagers were equally taken aback by his words.
"But, what about the inhabitants of this world?" Steve asked. James added, "Since we made the mess, we should do something about it."
Mark, at once, became frustrated by their naïve thinking. He raised his voice, "Look, I just don't know how to undo the singularity and it's not the time to worry about morals. Survival is a priority. Let those natives think of a solution on their own and pray that they will survive. Come on, let's go."
Both of them were shocked by his explanation, not expecting their dad to be narcissistic. A bit of selfishness is okay, but this… Neither of them was okay with it. While Steve became hesitant to follow Mark's orders, James outrightly voiced his opinion in a firm tone, "Sorry but no. Mr. Lu, I and my brother will not stop you from escaping by yourself but we will not aid you in committing a grave sin and get away with it."
Steve looked down in disappointment, not intending to refute his brother's statement.
Mark was angered by his reply but then upon realizing that they weren't obliged to help him, he roared at them, "Fine. I don't need your help. Both of you can stay here and die. I will get help from those elves, even if I have to agree to the marriage."
Mark sprouted his icy wings once again and started flying toward the south, disappearing from their sight within no time.
James let out a deep sigh and stared in the direction of the black hole. Steve couldn't help but ask, "Are we really abandoning Dad's side?"
James replied, "He made his choice, Steve. Remember Dad's last words before he left us? We can be a disappointment to our teachers, friends, or even parents, but never fall from our own sight."
"I understand that but…" Steve couldn't help but look in the direction where Mark flew away.
James didn't need to hear everything to understand what his brother wanted to say. He knew that his brother didn't want to leave their dad's side. Not to mention, there's also Steve's own mission to accomplish, and abandoning Mark might threaten it. There's also a concern, like what if Mark found a teleportation formation with the help of elves but ended up in a completely different world? What if they refuse to help him because of his earlier act of escaping from the forest? What if the demons find out that he is the culprit behind the black hole? The mage behind the demon emperor is a demigod and he would have his ways to find the truth.
So many thoughts were going through Steve's mind and James became aware of it with a simple look at his brother.
In the end, he sighed inwardly and told his brother to follow Mark but not engage him. In the event of the worst case where the world is doomed and cannot be saved, Steve was asked to escape through the teleportation formation near Osyhlona city with Mark.
For some reason, Steve didn't worry about James' own survival in the worst-case scenario and just flew away as soon as he got a nod. Whether he chose to ignore it or didn't come to his mind or if there's a mysterious secret to this, it is something that can only be answered by Steve, but only when someone asks him.
Meanwhile, the Elven High Priestess Sylvandria and the other supreme beings on the planet also sensed the threat from the black hole.
In just half an hour, the High Priestess reached the location and found a green-skinned short fellow with long pointy ears and reddish-pink eyes floating in the sky.
Amidst the floating rocks and trees, the demigod mage was seen staring at the black hole with curiosity filling his eyes. With the appearance of Sylvandria, his attention was briefly drawn to her and he let out a smile while turning back toward the black hole with an asterisk disk around it due to the foreign energy, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"You are sick," The High Priestess looked at him in disgust before proceeding to unleash a spell.
The dwarfish creature giggled in response, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The High Priestess turned a deaf ear to his words and continued with her 10-second-long incantation.
Once it was finished, she motioned her staff in a spiral shape, conjuring up an energy creature looking like a snake with two horns.
"Go…" As she pushed her staff forward, the serpent was shot toward the black hole. It made it to its target within no time and entered it willingly.
The idea was to destroy the black hole by destroying it from inside by swallowing up its core. Little did the High Priestess expect to lose her connection with the divine serpent.
"What!" A look of confusion appeared on Sylvandria before it changed to that of panic as the suction force of the black force increased even more.
The mage smirked while staring at her bewildered expression. "You should have listened to me earlier. That wasn't a space-type black hole, but a gravity-type black hole. The gravity-type black holes absorb even the energy. How did a supreme being like you miss such an obvious thing? But then again, this had dragged you out of your domain. I'm very much satisfied."
"You…" The High Priestess became angry at him, "Shut up and stop this madness. You were already ruling the world, right? Just let us live in peace…"
The mage was slightly taken aback but as he glanced at the black hole once again, he thought of a quick plan and let out a grin, "Alright. You surrender and become His Majesty's bride. I will let your people live. What do you say?"
"Are you crazy?" The High Priestess shouted as an initial response but she became calm quickly. She already lost her will to go against the demons when her ray of hope (Mark) escaped from the forest. Hence, she was forced to consider this proposal, "How do I know you will keep your word?"