Titan King: Ascensio Chapter 495: He’s really dead

Edward: "I've told you before: resisting fungal creatures will beco a routine matter."

Edward: "If we manage to raise the realm formation successfully, the fungal creatures' supply lines will be cut off, and we'll enter a protracted phase of clearing out the sli molds."

Edward: "At that point, the fungal creatures in the deep seas will cease to be a threat. Instead, they'll beco livestock for us to slaughter—a continually renewable resource."

Deputy Commander paused for a mont, seemingly giving everyone ti to absorb that information.

Edward: "However, if the realm formation cannot be successfully completed, forget the deep seas—the continent we occupy will be devoured bit by bit."

Edward: "Then, unless the commander awakens from his slumber, we'll be stuck in a battle of attrition with no end in sight."

Edward: "If no one can hold out, we'll have no choice but to abandon this place and give up the Alliance's base of operations."

Edward: "the core of the realm formation hinges on the World Tree in the central region, guarded by the commander's personal retinue."

Edward: "No matter how viciously the fungal creatures co at us this ti, we must hold the line. We cannot allow the sli molds layer to invade the World Tree in the central region."

Deputy Commander Edward's remarks about the realm formation were charged with gravity, rallying every mber of the Champions Alliance to unite and resist the sli molds together.

Leonidas: "I'll stand firm to the very end!"

Arthas: "I won't give up!"

Alexander: "I'll kill every last enemy!"

Kraken: "I'll spread my tentacles across every stretch of the deep sea!"

Truly, as Orion watched his allies respond to Deputy Commander Edward, he suddenly sensed that perhaps he, too, should offer so words of his own. And so, Orion issued his own declaration.

Hulk: "Ti to go to war!"

Hulk: "WAAAGH!"

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Blackstone City, underground fissure.

Lilith, Rendall, and Lorelia stood at the edge of a bottomless abyss, peering into the darkness before them.

Monts later, Lorelia's exclamation rang out in delight.

"He's dead! He's really dead!"

Rendall wheeled around, fixing his gaze on Lorelia, clearly impatient.

"Lorelia, who died? Hurry, say it!"

Lorelia looked up, eting both Lilith's and Rendall's anxious eyes.

"Mistress, Elder Rendall—it's the enemy's will projection that was killed."

"That one… that one…"

Lorelia appeared uncertain of how to address Lumi.

"It was the Warden!"

Lilith guessed Lorelia's difficulty and gave her a hint. Orion had already communicated with Lilith through will projection, informing her that currently there were only two Wardens of the Stoneheart Horde: Soraya and Lumi.

"That Warden simply grabbed and squeezed—then the enemy's will projection was snuffed out."

Through the visual sharing of her cave spiders, Lorelia had witnessed the entire battle. As she recounted the story, she extended her small hand, mimicking Lumi's motion of grasping and squeezing the air, as though she had been the one to finish off the enemy.

Lilith fell silent.

Rendall also remained silent.

A long while later, Lilith spoke softly.

"Arch Elder, with Lumi here, the underworld is perfectly safe."

"Let's head back. Guarding Blackstone City is our real mission."

Rendall nodded and followed quietly behind Lilith. In truth, after learning the underworld was safe, both Lilith and Rendall felt a sudden emptiness once their initial relief had subsided.

"Am I really growing old?"

"Orion's subordinates are advancing to Legendary level one after another—what about ?"

If Orion's lightning-fast progress was considered by Rendall and others as an unrepeatable legend, sothing that stemd from the favor of the Titan God and Orion's extraordinary talent, then the fact that Lumi had successfully ascended to Legendary level and appeared at Blackstone City to help them through hard tis was an even greater shock to Rendall.

Lumi's advancent felt like a direct ssage: You're not working hard enough—you've just been surpassed by soone younger.

At least, that was how it seed on the surface.

Rendall felt a wave of disappointnt, as though he had aged overnight.

Lilith, Orion's first wife, understood a similar pressure—both Lumi and Soraya were stronger than she was, and the weight of that realization hit her harder than ever. Fortunately, Lilith was carrying a child; that life she nurtured beca the support she could rely on.

"For our child, I have to grow stronger!"

Up on the city walls, Lilith gazed into the darkness beyond, her expression growing resolute.

Farther south, at Stoneheart City.

Delilah, Lilith's twin sister, sensed Lilith's thoughts. In that mont, Delilah too stood on the battlents, watching the warriors battling dark creatures outside the city and the knight Godfrey, who was cutting a path through the monster horde again and again.

"I expected this, but I never imagined it would happen so soon!"

"If Lumi's shown up at Blackstone City, that ans she must have returned to the icefield, obtained the Lord's Stone, and ascended to Legendary level."

"So, what about Soraya? Where did Orion take her?"

"The scorpion tribe is hidden in that Golden Pearl desert—staying out of conflicts and following the rules."

Compared to Lilith, Delilah held the real power of daily managent for the Stoneheart Horde, and thus she had far broader access to information.

"My dear little sister... Being the Giant King's wife certainly isn't easy!"

"Before, everyone was under pressure because of heirs."

"Now, two Legendary-level won have erged."

"If they're not after any status, fine. But if they are, your life might get a whole lot tougher."

Delilah's voice was soft, laced with both sarcasm and a wry smile.

Legendary level—so far beyond any Alpha-level. Even with Delilah controlling the reins of Stoneheart Horde, should she be confronted by soone of Legendary level, she would have to step aside. Any sche or maneuver would appear pitifully feeble before that kind of power.

"A Legendary level… a lord's title…"

If Lilith possessed an inward, quiet resilience, then Delilah embodied an openly assertive boldness.

Aside from Orion, the Stoneheart Horde had now produced two more Legendary-level powerhouses at once. To Delilah, that was a sign of competition. What they could achieve, she believed she could match, too.

Hence, Delilah felt an intense desire to reach Legendary level herself—a dream that eclipsed all else. In the face of that desire, everything else had to yield.