Chapter 524: That place... is it the Forbidden Zone?
Such a dramatic turn of events—
The tide of this massive battle had completely shifted!
Lucivar and Gabriel were clearly unwilling to accept it. They tried desperately to stop Andona, but Ethan, Ataneya, and Namyanna weren’t exactly pushovers either.
With the fight now at three versus two,
they had more than enough power to keep Lucivar and Gabriel locked down tight.
And with that—
Lucivar and Gabriel could only watch, helpless and horrified, as Andona continued to devour the power of their kin, one after another!
She wasn’t just killing them—
Something even more terrifying was happening.
Andona’s power... it was changing. Evolving.
"What the hell?" Ethan muttered, eyes wide.
"My Lord," Namyanna said quickly, "I think Andona’s about to evolve!"
"Evolve?"
"Yes! Her energy is transforming—this is one of the signs that a Crimson Ultimate Hero is about to ascend to the next tier!"
"Ascend?" Ethan blinked, then his face lit up with excitement.
At that moment, the three pairs of wings on Andona’s back began to grow—
And then, unbelievably, a fourth pair burst out from her shoulders.
Eight wings.
No doubt about it—
She was evolving!
The instant those four pairs of wings fully emerged, a terrifying surge of power exploded outward. The sky and earth trembled violently. Magic particles swirled around her like a storm, glowing and pulsing with raw energy.
"Shit! What the hell is happening?!"
Lucivar and Gabriel were frozen in place, their faces pale, their scalps prickling with dread.
And for the first time—
There was fear in their eyes.
And regret.
Eight wings? That was the stuff of legend among the Angel race. Was the King of Angels really about to descend? What had they done? What kind of monster had they helped create?
Lucivar and Gabriel were stunned. Among all the Angels, only the two of them had ever reached four wings. And now Andona... had caught up.
FWOOOSH!
Before they could even react—
Andona lunged at them, her body a blur of light and shadow. And as she struck, she began to drain their power too—ripping it straight from their bodies!
BOOM!
BOOM!
A massive suction force erupted from her,
and the two of them felt their strength being pulled away, completely out of their control.
"No—!"
"No! This can’t be happening!"
"I’m the Darkwing Sovereign! How the hell can you absorb my power?!" Lucivar roared, his voice full of rage and disbelief.
But it was useless. He couldn’t break free from Andona’s grip.
Gabriel, the ever-hypocritical one, looked even worse—
He was being targeted more aggressively, and his energy was draining even faster.
He was almost completely sucked dry.
BZZZZZ!
BOOM!
At the same time, the skies all around them seemed to freeze—
As if time itself had stopped.
Countless magical particles appeared out of nowhere, swirling and flashing in the air. The sight was absolutely breathtaking.
"Lord Lucivar!"
"Lord Gabriel!"
All around them, Divine Angels and Angels of Death surged forward, their auras flaring wildly as they tried to rush in and save their leaders.
But it was no use.
Their powers were completely suppressed by Andona, who was on the verge of ascending. They couldn’t do a damn thing.
DING!
"Player Valkarion, please note: Your Hero Unit, Andona, is about to ascend. Please stand by."
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DING!
"Player Valkarion, please note: Your Hero Unit, Andona, is about to ascend. Please stand by."
...
"It’s happening!"
The system messages flooded in,
confirming what everyone already felt—
Andona’s Crimson Ultimate Hero power was about to level up!
Then, with a sudden motion, Andona raised her Holy Light Sword high into the air—
And in the next instant, a massive beam of light shot down from the heavens, engulfing her completely.
A terrifying pressure rippled outward,
as if the entire world had fallen under her control.
Even more shocking—
The Divine Angels and Angels of Death, who had been her enemies just moments ago, suddenly dropped to one knee in midair, as if they were kneeling before their true ruler.
But Andona wasn’t about to show mercy.
With a single, devastating slash of her sword,
she cut them all down—
Her blade’s radiant light devouring them whole.
"So strong..." Ataneya whispered, stunned.
She could feel it—
Andona’s power had multiplied several times over.
This wasn’t just a power-up.
This was a full-blown evolution.
DING!
"Player Valkarion, congratulations. Your Hero Unit, Andona, has successfully ascended to SS-rank Crimson Ultimate Hero."
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"She did it," Ethan said softly, awe in his voice.
He reached out and gently touched the wings on Andona’s back.
Eight wings—half black, half white—glowing with divine light,
pulsing with unimaginable power.
This...
This was SS-rank.
In the Angel race, power is usually measured by one thing—
The number of wings you have.
Generally speaking, even someone as insanely powerful as Lucivar or Gabriel—Overlord-class warriors among the Angels—only had four pairs of wings, eight in total. But now, Andona had reached that same level.
Which meant one thing:
She had officially stepped into the ranks of the Overlords.
But more importantly—
She wasn’t just any Overlord.
She was the stuff of legend.
The prophesied Angel King—an eight-winged being who wielded both the power of Light and Death. That alone made her far more terrifying than either Gabriel or Lucivar could ever hope to be.
"Andona, congratulations," Ethan said with a smile. "You’ve fully fused with this power, and now you’ve officially entered the realm of SS-rank Crimson Ultimate Heroes. Well done."
He was genuinely pleased.
Andona was now his strongest unit by far. If she could keep evolving like this, he had every reason to be thrilled.
But to Andona, those words were nothing short of divine grace.
The next second—
Thud!
She suddenly dropped to one knee, bowing her head with deep reverence. "Master, thank you for your greatness and mercy. Without you, I never would’ve gained such incredible power. I am forever grateful for your gift!"
"Stand up," Ethan said with a soft chuckle,
accepting her loyalty like it was only natural.
But just as he was about to say more—
BOOM!
A violent shockwave tore through the air, shaking the ground beneath them.
"What the hell?" Ethan’s expression sharpened as he turned toward the source of the disturbance.
In the distance, six massive beams of light shot into the sky all at once.
Each one came from a different direction—
And each one matched the locations marked on the map as the sources of six elemental forces.
But something was off.
The layout of those six forces was strange.
Five of them seemed to be forming a cage—
Surrounding and trapping the sixth one in the center.
And even more bizarre, the five outer forces were somehow linked together, channeling their energy toward the sixth, like they were trying to suppress or corrupt it.
Ethan frowned. After completing several missions in this world, he’d started to understand how things worked here. Each elemental force had a guardian. And each force shaped its own pocket dimension—
A realm where every living creature was born of that power and relied on it to survive.
"That place... is it the Forbidden Zone?" Andona suddenly asked, her voice low.
"It looks like it," Ataneya replied, her eyes narrowing as she stared at the distant lights. "That’s definitely the direction of the Forbidden Zone."
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