103: Rescue Charlie

"Father, she's on the enemy's side! You were the one who said that a wise man submits to the circumstances, and you told me to eliminate them!" Charlie said aggrievedly as he endured the beating.

"Hahahaha, what's happening? What exactly is going on?" Carlos asked with a loud laugh. How had the world turned into this overnight? Was he suffering from amnesia? Had he really committed treason and collaborated with the enemy? If not, why was everyone saying so?

"No, no, that's not right. I was just rescued by Charlie, it wasn't treason. They must have misunderstood because they saw me among the Demon Race. It's a misunderstanding, right? Right?" Carlos looked mentally unstable. Charlie was completely baffled; after all, it was Carlos who had said before the battle lines that when two armies clash, it's kill or be killed, and that the future belonged to the Demon Race. Why did he now look like he couldn't accept it?

For a period of time after that, Carlos remained in this state until the entire army set out to attack the Red Alert Troops. Only then did he follow the army to this place and see Charlie being captured by Huang Yichen.

At this moment, he watched helplessly as Charlie fell into danger. His eyes were filled with conflict. He didn't know what to do anymore; on one side was his son, and on the other was national loyalty. He didn't believe himself to be a traitor.

At that moment, inside the Earth Wall, Charlie used everything he had to try and break through. Not only was it a waste of effort, but it also angered Huang Yichen. Huang Yichen tightened the area of the Earth Wall. As the Earth Wall grew tighter and tighter, Charlie was firmly squeezed in the middle.

"Ahhhhh!" Charlie's pained voice drifted out from within the Earth Wall. Carlos could no longer restrain himself. With a light tap of his toes, he leaped into the air. A blue circular Magic Array appeared before him, flickering with arcs of electricity.

"Deer of the Vast Heavens, Floating Host, heed my command and strike down! —— Rolling Heavenly Thunder!" Just as Carlos finished his chant, several bolts of lightning rich in thunder elements struck down toward the Earth Wall below. The earth-shattering sound echoed through the clouds, causing even the demon soldiers and red alert soldiers on the battlefield to stop and watch the scene.

Far away in Kongdi City, the soldiers of the Magic Empire and the orc troops of the Magical Beast Empire beside them also looked toward the Kodo Beast Hills. They, too, heard the violent roar.

This wave of lightning strikes lasted for dozens of seconds. Once the attack passed, the Earth Wall was finally broken. Seeing the change in the Earth Wall, Charlie exerted all his strength. The black aura of the Demon Race leaked out, instantly shattering the surrounding Earth Wall. Clods of earth flew in all directions, and he finally rushed out from the confinement of the Earth Wall.

Having rushed out, he collapsed to the ground, exhausted. A crowd of demon soldiers began to surround him. The ones closest to him lifted him up and ran toward the rear, while the rest of the demon soldiers stayed in front to block the pursuit of the Red Alert Troops.

Watching Carlos slaughtering in the air, Wei He softly asked Neme, "Your injuries are all healed, right? Why don't you deal with your own person?"

Hearing this, a look of difficulty appeared on Neme's beautiful face, and she nodded with a frown.

After saying this, Wei He ordered Huang Yichen and the Red Alert Troops to retreat. Neme flew forward and arrived before Carlos. The moment Carlos saw Neme, his eyes went wide and bright as if glowing. He smiled at Neme and said, "Neme, you're not dead! That's wonderful, wonderful! When I learned you had been taken, I felt so guilty. How could I have raised such a son!"

Neme looked at Carlos coldly and said flatly, "Humph, like father like son. The fish rots from the head down; you're just birds of a feather. The father is a traitor, and the son is a traitor. Put away that hypocritical face. I am acting on His Majesty's imperial edict: if the traitorous Carlos and his son are encountered, they are to be killed without mercy!"

"You... you don't believe me either? I'm not a traitor! And what did you say? Acting on His Majesty's imperial edict? How is that possible? This place is thousands of miles from Laiseluo City. How could you have reported to His Majesty so quickly?" Hearing that Neme was following an imperial edict, cold sweat broke out on Carlos's forehead as he spoke in a panic.

"Humph, have you forgotten Wei He? His subordinate Space Mage can travel through space. No matter if the distance is thousands or tens of thousands of miles, getting there takes only an instant!" Neme's words caused Carlos's eyes to instantly fill with rage.

"Wei He! It's that brat Wei He again! Heavens, Your Majesty, I did not betray the Magic Empire! Why, why don't you believe me? I have worked myself to the bone for the Empire, holding nothing back! How could you listen to the slander of that villain Wei He?! Ah!" Carlos roared in fury, his hands clenched so tightly that blood was squeezed from his palms.

"Say no more. My killing you today is both in obedience to His Majesty's decree and for the sake of the country and the people, to slay a national traitor!" After Neme said this, a white circular Magic Array appeared before her.

"Heavens, is the Magic Empire truly doomed? How can you believe the words of a villain?" Carlos's gaze gradually turned ruthless. The Magic Array before him suddenly flared with blue light, with countless bolts of lightning coiling and flashing as they struck toward Neme.

"Humph, a traitor indeed, actually wishing for the downfall of the Magic Empire!" The Magic Array before Neme also flared with white light. A tiny whirlwind flew out from within; after emerging, it gradually began to grow larger, eventually forming a massive cyclone several hundred meters high.

The lightning Carlos unleashed was sucked into the tornado and swept toward the area where the large group of demon soldiers was located. Countless demon soldiers were swept into the air, either sliced to pieces by wind blades or charred on the outside and tender on the inside by the lightning. The air was filled with the smell of roasted meat and a green mist of blood.

"Destroy all in the world, welcome the arrival of the God of Destruction —— Explosive Thunder Descent Incantation!" As Carlos finished his chant, one blue ball of lightning after another shot out from the Magic Array before him. These ball lightnings moved erratically—left, right, up, and down—attacking Neme in an unpredictable path.

"O God of Wind~ Use your endless power to tear open the rifts in space, and freeze eternal time in an instant. —— Air Barrier!" Many white vacuum wind spheres also shot out from the Magic Array before Neme. These vacuum wind spheres seemed to have precision guidance as they intercepted Carlos's ball lightnings. Upon contact, the vacuum wind spheres surrounded the ball lightnings within a vacuum zone. Since lightning cannot propagate or be generated in a vacuum, the ball lightnings quickly vanished.

The remaining vacuum wind spheres attacked Carlos directly. Seeing this, Carlos's face turned pale instantly, his eyes went wide as copper bells, and he turned to fly toward the rear.

The vacuum wind spheres missed Carlos and struck the demon soldiers below. Several unlucky demon soldiers were trapped inside the vacuum wind spheres; after being deprived of oxygen, they were sliced into minced meat by the wind blades of the spheres, finer than dumpling filling. Unfortunately, mixed with green blood, it looked extremely disgusting.

Seeing Carlos flee, Neme also flew forward in pursuit. The remaining demon soldiers, seeing their commander gone, also tried to flee. Seeing this, Wei He ordered the Bozi Youning to move forward and perform flanking maneuvers to intercept them, preventing these demon soldiers from escaping.

After all, they were not people of the Magic Empire and did not need to be sanctioned by the Magic Empire's people.