Villain in a Fantasy World; I Level Up by Conquering Villainesses-Chapter 67: Elves & Centaurs

BZZZ!

Sir Alfred dragged the S Rank battle to the astral realm to avoid implicating Lord Zaratul and his comrades, leaving Falaniondor for the non-Sovereigns.

The giant rift in the sky closed, and then silence returned to the Kingdom of Falaniondor.

With the closing of the rift, the domain overlap of 2 powerful S Rank Sovereigns finally disappeared, releasing the city of its chokehold.

Instantly, the sky returned to normal as normal stars reappeared, twinkling under the backdrop of a calm silver moon.

Seated on top his high-back throne at the balcony of Dreadmoor, with both his hands gripping his armrest tightly, Julian’s back was filled with sweat as the events of the past 2 seconds replayed in his head over and over again.

’So this is what S Rank combat feels like...’

The battle between the 2 Sovereigns was already dragged to another realm, but Julian couldn’t stop shaking and this shaking riled up his Dragon bloodline even more as his body became restlessly active.

His body was still filled with goosebumps.

And even worse was the fact that the silence didn’t last, there was a sudden flash of thick lightning in the sky as with a thunderous roar, the sky shuddered.

CRACKKKKKKK!

Thick silvery cracks snaked through the night sky like the world barrier was struggling to contain apocalyptic powers in some other dimension.

Julian’s predatory eyes narrowed into slits. ’The Sovereigns...!’

He could tell what was happening.

Even with the dimensional barrier separating the battlefield of the 2 S Rank Sovereigns currently, the sheer power of the Mage and the Archer was still so immense that it seeped into this reality, affecting the sky.

Julian’s eyes were filled with dread even as he felt extremely provoked and challenged. ’So this is the power of my enemies...’

The most damning thing was the fact that he knew that the Elven Queen was nowhere near being the strongest of his enemies.

For the first time since he experienced the joy of leveling up and unlocking skills and bloodline traits since awakening in this world, Julian felt and understood that his current power was far from enough.

He experienced helplessness and weakness and it felt awful.

If Sir Alfred was not here, a single snort from the Elven Queen would have been enough to kill him and all of his subordinates.

This was the power of an S Rank Sovereign.

For the first time, Julian realized just how vulnerable he was in a world of prowling predators where his predecessors managed to piss off all the most powerful people in the world.

Julian’s face was twisted in a struggle between dread, pride, and rage as he stared at the sky with fierce eyes.

He felt dread at the power of the Sovereigns, he struggled with the pride puffing from his Dragon bloodline which refused to submit to the absolute power of Sovereigns, and he felt rage for Zaratul putting him in this situation.

Julian glared at the sky with fierce eyes.

Qi Sight!

With his enhanced eyesight, he sensed and saw wisps of tainted red and silvery gray infernal qi seeping in from an unknown dimension, permeating the sky.

’Alfred...’ Julian thought. ’He’s taking the battle serious now’.

He also noticed another different qi.

Julian saw thick green and brown qi also seeping into the atmosphere from another dimension, accompanied by a fierce gust of nature as a windstorm blew even as he sensed the flora in the city growling rapidly in an abnormal manner.

Julian also sensed the moonlight becoming brighter and sinister in the sky like an external power was acting on it.

Julian’s eyes stayed narrowed. ’Is this her powers...?’

’Her bloodline powers?’

He couldn’t think deeper into this because barely a second after the S Rank battle was dragged to the astral realm by Sir Alfred even as their powers still seeped into this reality, all hell finally broke loose in this city.

GONGGGGGGGGG!

The loud gong of war was sounded from the High Crown Citadel.

The gong reverberated across the city, and immediately it felt like the entire city of Falaniondor came to life.

Tens of thousands of hefty looking Centaur soldiers that were stationed in different barracks across the city immediately mobilized even as the police began directing the surviving civilians to escape to shelters.

The Centaur soldiers were all armed with Spears and tower Shields.

As this happened, the high-level battle already started.

...

With his Qi Sight active, Julian saw the battle that was currently ongoing in the market district as Bruno clashed with Councilor Ben.

The battle paused when the domain overlap of the 2 S Rank Sovereigns covered the entire city, and it resumed immediately after the S Rank battle was dragged to the astral realm.

The battle between the Necromancer and Archer was harrowing.

Powerful undead from Bruno’s army prowled the streets, hunting and killing any unfortunate civilian or soldier in sight even as the others assaulted the Archer who kept zipping around the battlefield in a blur.

Councilor Ben’s arrows hit with devastating force, tearing through the zombies and undead skeletons like a hot knife through butter.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

But Councilor Ben simply couldn’t annihilate the Undead Legion.

There were too many of them, and the behemoths like the Undead Colossus were able to pose a threat to this Archer when they got close.

He kept on zipping around even as Bruno fought him head-on.

Watching this battle from the sky plus everything that just happened, Julian felt like a storm was going through his mind.

’They dared to ambush me...’

’They actually dared...’

...

Within the walls of the Central Bank of Falaniondor...

The moment they felt the presence of the hostile S Rank domain expansion, Pandora, Xoreth, and Dante huddled together inside the main hall of the central bank in a protective sphere.

In that moment, they were already surrounded.

Apart from the Elven Queen, the 2 other Councilors of Falaniondor plus the 2 senior attendants of the Elven Queen already surrounded the central bank.

The 2 Councilors were male.

Councilor Wilkinson who was the most high-ranking of the 3 Councilors was a behemoth of a Centaur who was taller than 15 feet.

One of his eyes was blind and covered by an eye patch, while his remaining eye had a nasty scar running through the side of it.

This Centaur was like a wild beast who lived in the wilderness.

He wore brown fur clothes and wielded a massive Great Sword that seemed like it was sharp enough to cleave the Earth in two.

Councilor Warren was much smaller and lean, this Centaur had long brown hair and wielded a long Spear as his weapon.

The 2 Senior Attendants of the Elven Queen were both dressed in green and brown ranger attire. Susan was a petite Elf with long black hair, while Moor was a middle-aged Elf with short greenish white hair.

They moved just behind the Elven Queen and were about to attack when Sir Alfred unleashed his domain expansion, freezing all of them where they stood.

And just like Pandora, Xoreth, and Dante, within the 2 seconds of the S Rank domain clash, they could do nothing as they were petrified right until the S Rank battle was dragged to the astral realm.

Just like Queen Mirabel, they miscalculated.

They did not expect Zaratul’s S Rank subordinate to be present but it didn’t matter, what mattered was that they still outnumbered their targets.

Killing all 3 of them was still possible.

The moment the S Rank battle was dragged into the astral realm, the 4 apex A Rank Awakened rushed into the bank as they cornered the trio of Illusionist, Assassin, and Mage.

"HISSSS...!" Xoreth’s hair stood on end as she hissed like a Cat even as alongside Pandora and Dante, the 3 of them instantly entered a defensive stance.

With his Qi Sight active, Julian saw all of this from above and instinctively, he used the System Snooping tool on the 4 enemies.

DING!

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[Snooping Tool utilized!]

Name: Councilor Wilkinson

Level: Lvl. 95 A Rank Paragon

Class: Warrior

Race: Centaur

[Racial Traits & Abilities:]

[1. Equine Speed (Lvl 1): Unmatched land velocity.]

[2. Mounted Instinct (Lvl 10): Perfect balance and coordination at full speed.]

[3. Arrow Reflex (Lvl 20): Mastery of projectile timing and accuracy.]

[4. Momentum Qi (Lvl 30): Attacks deal more damage while in motion.]

[5. Battle Trample (Lvl 50): AOE knockdown effect when charging.]

[6. Nomadic Endurance (Lvl 60): Can travel for days without fatigue.]

[7. Herd Bond (Lvl 80): Coordinate movements instinctively with other Centaurs.

...

Name: Councilor Warren

Level: Level 92 A Rank Paragon

Class: Warrior

Race: Centaur

[Racial Traits & Abilities:]

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Name: Susan

Level: Level 91 A Rank Warden

Class: Archer

Race: Elven

[Racial Traits & Abilities:]

[1. Nature Affinity (Lvl 1): +20% Qi recovery in forests or natural areas.]

[2. Longevity (Lvl 10): Physical aging slows dramatically.]

[3. Qi Harmony (Lvl 20): Natural advantage in meditation and energy refinement.]

[4. Elemental Link (Lvl 30): Minor control over wind, flora, or light.]

[5. Arcane Precision (Lvl 50): Spells require less Qi to maintain.]

[6. Empathic Resonance (Lvl 60): Sense emotional ’ripples’ in other lifeforms.]

[7. Forest Step (Lvl 80): Merge briefly with plant life for movement or evasion.]

...

Name: Moore

Level: Lvl. 89 A Rank World Speaker

Class: Druid

Race: Elven

[Racial Traits & Abilities:]

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