Powerful Mana waves rippled again . The peaceful snowflakes were thrown into a flurry! In the Mage Tower, Eliard's heart jumped . "They're coming," he said to the Magicians beside him . "Get ready!"

They were in the circular room at the top of the Mage Tower . There was a star-shaped magic seal on the ground . Eliard stood in the center . A powerful Magician stood at each point .

There was also a 45-foot-wide ring of runes around the star . Every three feet, there was a rune node with a Magician standing there .

When Eliard uttered the command, all the Magicians tensed . Mana surged in their bodies and the runes under their feet lit up . Mana kept flowing through the runes and then towards Eliard in the center .

This magic seal was a focus magic seal formation . It had two uses . The first was to group the power of more than 100 Magicians for the core Magician to use . This allowed the Magician to greatly surpa.s.s their limit temporarily . The second was for all Magicians present to share the core Magician's magic backlash . This lowered the risk of the core Magician to cast high-level spells .

For example, Level-11 Magician Eliard could now easily manipulate Level-12 spells . If he wanted to push his limit, he could even cast a Level-14 super-spell . His Mana could reach that level, but he wouldn't be able to grasp complex spells .

The Mana waves from the Black Forest grew stronger . Looking out from the Mage Tower's window, one could see that the air above the forest was slightly distorted .

The Mana waves are so powerful and carry a thick dark aura . They must be preparing a super-powerful dark spell . We can't allow that .

This thought flashed through Eliard's mind, and he immediately acted .

Taking out a runestone, he added some Mana, and it hovered before him . Eliard didn't stop . He kept drawing runes in the air . They flew into the runestone and ripples started pulsing out of the stone . It looked like waves in the sea .

The ripples kept expanding and expanding until they rushed out of the Mage Tower, covering the entire Orida Fortress .

This wasn't all .

The ripples still kept expanding . A few seconds later, it was more than 1 . 5 miles in diameter . Strangely enough, the Magicians within it couldn't feel the powerful Mana waves .

This was called Crystal Waves .

Crystal Waves

Level-12 Ethereal Spell

Effect: Activate using the Ethereal techniques from the Ethereal Crystal . No spells within the Crystal Waves can form . Structures of all spells under Level-12 will be crushed immediately . All spells under Level-14 will be weakened by 70% . It is ineffective against spells above Level-16 .

(Note: An Ethereal talent . )

Because this was activated by the Ethereal Crystal, Eliard only had to feed Mana into the runestone while maintaining the flow of Mana . He didn't need to try very hard . After that, he didn't have to worry about the powerful dark magic to directly fall upon his soldiers .

This was only a defense technique . With it, the Orida Fortress could keep standing in the battle . After that, Eliard took out another runestone to prepare for an attack .

. . .

Black Forest

When the crystal-like ripples appeared in the air, Eugene, who was preparing the Book of Death, felt something was wrong . She didn't recognize this spell, but she still understood its use .

She had deep knowledge of spells and rich battle experience . After a few glances, she said to Prince Mordena who was protecting her, "This is the enemy's defense spell . If we don't undo it, the Book of Death will be ineffective!"

"Leave it to me . " Prince Mordena nodded . Then he said to the many High Elf Magicians beside him, "Another Doomsday Meteor!"

They had already prepared the magic seal . Hearing the command, they started adding in Mana . In that moment, runes flew in the air and transformed dramatically . Around one minute later, the blue-white ball of light, over 15 feet wide, shot up from the sky . It cut an arc in the sky and crashed into the Crystal Waves around the Orida Fortress .

Boom! With a huge boom after the Doomsday Meteor landed, it was affected by the chaotic force fields within . The spell quickly fell apart and exploded . While dismantling, it also ate up the Crystal Waves' energy .

The Doomsday Meteor kept going forward and kept dismantling . When the meteor was 300 feet away from the fortress, it was completely broken up . In comparison, the Crystal Waves that had been more than 1 . 5 miles wide had shrunk to less than 600 feet .

Crack, crack . The Ethereal Crystal runestone hovering before Eliard cracked, becoming fragile . If there was another similar attack, it would fail .

But by now, Eliard's attack spell was ready .

"It's time for you to taste Ferde's power! Ultimate Disa.s.sociation Ray!"

Ultimate Disa.s.sociation Ray

Level-13 Ethereal Spell

Effect: Use the Ethereal Crystal to create a high-level ray with high destructive power and range .

(Note: Not even an inch of gra.s.s in its path can survive!)

Eliard's runestone flashed and disappeared in a puff of light . Almost at the same time, the Warriors preparing in the fortress saw an endless ray at the tip of the Mage Tower .

When it first appeared, it was dark red . Half a second later, it suddenly brightened, burning white . Then blue deepened quickly and it was dark purple in the blink of an eye .

It also thickened quickly . It had been a thin dark red beam but instantly turned into a dark purple ray over ten feet wide .

Like a sword of divine punishment, it shot towards the Dark Elves' camp .

Whoosh, whoosh . All dirt, trees, tents, and Army of Destruction soldiers within 60 feet of the ray's path evaporated . It cut a steaming path of lava on the ground .

The beam was instantly before Eugene .

Boom! A dark gold s.h.i.+eld popped up, blocking the ray for an instant . During that instant, a tall Golden Tree Spirit appeared behind the s.h.i.+eld . After it appeared, golden vines flew out, forming a net within half a second . Just at that moment, the dark gold s.h.i.+eld shattered . The ray broke through and crashed into the Golden Tree Spirit .

Sizzles sounded . Rays of light flashed and scattered Mana turned into countless bubbles that floated disorderly within the Army of Destruction . This clash lasted for three full seconds .

After that, the ray extinguished; the Golden Tree Spirit collapsed onto the ground .

"Your Highness, now!" Mordena yelled . The opponent had just attacked and was exhausted now . The defense spell was undone too . It was time to use the Book of Death .

Eugene had finished preparing . She opened his arms, and the image of an open book arose in the air . A feather quill pen appeared in her hands .

She quickly started writing names in the book .

First, she wrote the names of the mid-level officers of the enemy's army . These were the core of the human army . Without them, their combat ability would be halved . Their magic defense abilities were much lower than the high-level generals too . They would die as soon as their names were written!

Tom Johansson . When that name was written, a rune shot out from the Book of Death and disappeared in the air . Almost at the same time, a young Warrior in the Orida Fortress collapsed . He clutched his chest and gasped for breath, his life draining out . He would die soon .

Allen Trunden . Another officer died .

Eugene wrote quickly; the soldiers within the Orida Fortress died quickly too .

In the Mage Tower, Eliard quickly realized when the third officer died for no reason . "It's the Book of Death . They're using the Book of Death!"

He had to stop them!

Eliard was now preparing the third spell . It was a defense spell . It couldn't fully stop the Book of Death, but it could at least save the Warriors from the horrible dark curse .

At the same time, the dragons in the sky started fighting too . They threw down soccer ball-sized potions . After they exploded, golden fog appeared in the sky . The soldiers of the Army of Destruction started wailing .

"Stupid little trick! Gale spell!" Mordena smiled . A Level-8 spell created a gust of wind that blew through the camp, easily blowing away the toxic smoke . Then Mordena quickly propped up a defense s.h.i.+eld, blocking the disturbances . "Your Highness, these dragons are annoying . Too bad we don't know their true names . "

True dragon names were long and complicated . Their full names usually contained more than 100 runes and were extremely hard to p.r.o.nounce . Not only were they hard to remember, dragons never told people their true names .

Molina smiled . "I know some . Your Highness, listen . " She supplied an extremely obscure name .

Eugene wrote it . Immediately, there was a wail in the sky . A few seconds later, a dragon crashed down from the air . He was already close to dying .

Shocked, Felina said, "Go back . Go back to the fortress' defense barrier!"

They couldn't stay here . Even if they were still alive after the curse, falling from the sky was still damaging . They would also fall into the Army of Destruction's camp with nowhere to escape .

This kind of death was meaningless, so Felina decided to retreat .

. . .

Army of Destruction camp

"Prince, they're using another defense s.h.i.+eld," Eugene said while writing .

Prince Mordena smiled . He waved, and another Doomsday Meteor rose up . It crashed towards the Orida Fortress, shattering the s.h.i.+eld that Eliard had just put up .

The entire fortress was exposed again .

Inside the fortress, Eliard was already sweating . After casting three high-level spells consecutively, the other Magicians were running out of Mana too . Even more critically, their spells were ineffective .

The Orida Fortress would lose if this continued!

"Master, what do we do?" Milose asked .

Eliard took a deep breath . Gritting his teeth, he took out an Ethereal Crystal . "This crystal can activate a Level-14 attack spell, but the cost is high . With our current status, everyone present, except me, will die . "

The Mage Tower fell silent .

Everyone knew that sacrifices were necessary in battle, but very few were brave enough to give up their own life . Even if this was the only solution, the Magicians present still couldn't reply .

In this world, most people were mundane . Even in the battlefield, they were there to make a name for themselves and get rich . If they died, it would be meaningless .

Even Legendary Magicians Elovan and Milose were silent .

Seeing this, Eliard sighed and put the crystal away . Without the Magicians' cooperation, he couldn't use it .

"Then we only have one last option . Cast defense spells for all soldiers and send them out for the final battle!"

All the Magicians agreed to this .

During this time, more than 20 officers in the fortress had died . Terror spread throughout . When the attack signal sounded, many of the soldiers were confused because their leaders had died . They didn't know what had happened .

Eliard saw this clearly from the Mage Tower, and his blood ran cold . If the soldiers charge now, it's no different than sending them to their deaths .

Sighing lightly, he took out the Ethereal Crystal again .

There was another way to use this—ignite his own soul . By sacrificing himself, he could cast a Level-14 spell that would turn the tides .

Time was tight . If he hesitated, the situation would be impossible to change . Eliard clutched the crystal tightly . Familiar faces flashed past his mind—Link, Evelina, and the opponents who'd died under his hand . Finally, he sighed again .

"Farewell, Firuman!"

Outside the window, soldiers died meaninglessly . Under the mysterious dark spell's attack, the army was falling apart . He couldn't hesitate anymore .

But just as he was about to activate the crystal, he felt an extremely familiar Mana aura rising out of the air . He knew this aura like the back of his hand .

It's… He was ecstatic!

. . .

Army of Destruction camp

Prince Mordena smiled, pleased . "Human spells are just child's play . They're out of ideas so quickly . "

Actually, he couldn't really keep going after so many consecutive Doomsday Meteors . If they had to cast it again, his Magicians might make mistakes . Thankfully, the opponent was a bit weaker and collapsed before them .

Eugene glanced at him and didn't speak . She kept writing down names, but for some reason, she felt some unease . A voice told her that she had to end the battle quickly .

This time, her instincts wer right .

When she wrote the 63rd name, the Book of Death sent another rune into the air like before . Then something odd happened .

The rune turned back and crashed into the Book of Death . The Mana inside was deeply affected . It trembled violently and was about to fall apart!

Powerful Mana waves rippled again . The peaceful snowflakes were thrown into a flurry! In the Mage Tower, Eliards heart jumped . Theyre coming, he said to the Magicians beside him . Get ready! They were in the circular room at the top of the Mage Tower . There was a star-shaped magic seal on the ground . Eliard stood in the center . A powerful Magician stood at each point . There was also a 45-foot-wide ring of runes around the star . Every three feet, there was a rune node with a Magician standing there . When Eliard uttered the command, all the Magicians tensed . Mana surged in their bodies and the runes under their feet lit up . Mana kept flowing through the runes and then towards Eliard in the center . This magic seal was a focus magic seal formation . It had two uses . The first was to group the power of more than 100 Magicians for the core Magician to use . This allowed the Magician to greatly surpa.s.s their limit temporarily . The second was for all Magicians present to share the core Magicians magic backlash . This lowered the risk of the core Magician to cast high-level spells . For example, Level-11 Magician Eliard could now easily manipulate Level-12 spells . If he wanted to push his limit, he could even cast a Level-14 super-spell . His Mana could reach that level, but he wouldnt be able to grasp complex spells . The Mana waves from the Black Forest grew stronger . Looking out from the Mage Towers window, one could see that the air above the forest was slightly distorted . The Mana waves are so powerful and carry a thick dark aura . They must be preparing a super-powerful dark spell . We cant allow that . This thought flashed through Eliards mind, and he immediately acted . Taking out a runestone, he added some Mana, and it hovered before him . Eliard didnt stop . He kept drawing runes in the air . They flew into the runestone and ripples started pulsing out of the stone . It looked like waves in the sea . The ripples kept expanding and expanding until they rushed out of the Mage Tower, covering the entire Orida Fortress . This wasnt all . The ripples still kept expanding . A few seconds later, it was more than 1 . 5 miles in diameter . Strangely enough, the Magicians within it couldnt feel the powerful Mana waves . This was called Crystal Waves . Crystal Waves Level-12 Ethereal Spell Effect: Activate using the Ethereal techniques from the Ethereal Crystal . No spells within the Crystal Waves can form . Structures of all spells under Level-12 will be crushed immediately . All spells under Level-14 will be weakened by 70% . It is ineffective against spells above Level-16 . (Note: An Ethereal talent . ) Because this was activated by the Ethereal Crystal, Eliard only had to feed Mana into the runestone while maintaining the flow of Mana . He didnt need to try very hard . After that, he didnt have to worry about the powerful dark magic to directly fall upon his soldiers . This was only a defense technique . With it, the Orida Fortress could keep standing in the battle . After that, Eliard took out another runestone to prepare for an attack Black Forest When the crystal-like ripples appeared in the air, Eugene, who was preparing the Book of Death, felt something was wrong . She didnt recognize this spell, but she still understood its use . She had deep knowledge of spells and rich battle experience . After a few glances, she said to Prince Mordena who was protecting her, This is the enemys defense spell . If we dont undo it, the Book of Death will be ineffective! Leave it to me . Prince Mordena nodded . Then he said to the many High Elf Magicians beside him, Another Doomsday Meteor! They had already prepared the magic seal . Hearing the command, they started adding in Mana . In that moment, runes flew in the air and transformed dramatically . Around one minute later, the blue-white ball of light, over 15 feet wide, shot up from the sky . It cut an arc in the sky and crashed into the Crystal Waves around the Orida Fortress . Boom! With a huge boom after the Doomsday Meteor landed, it was affected by the chaotic force fields within . The spell quickly fell apart and exploded . While dismantling, it also ate up the Crystal Waves energy . The Doomsday Meteor kept going forward and kept dismantling . When the meteor was 300 feet away from the fortress, it was completely broken up . In comparison, the Crystal Waves that had been more than 1 . 5 miles wide had shrunk to less than 600 feet . Crack, crack . The Ethereal Crystal runestone hovering before Eliard cracked, becoming fragile . If there was another similar attack, it would fail . But by now, Eliards attack spell was ready . Its time for you to taste Ferdes power! Ultimate Disa.s.sociation Ray! Ultimate Disa.s.sociation Ray Level-13 Ethereal Spell Effect: Use the Ethereal Crystal to create a high-level ray with high destructive power and range . (Note: Not even an inch of gra.s.s in its path can survive!) Eliards runestone flashed and disappeared in a puff of light . Almost at the same time, the Warriors preparing in the fortress saw an endless ray at the tip of the Mage Tower . When it first appeared, it was dark red . Half a second later, it suddenly brightened, burning white . Then blue deepened quickly and it was dark purple in the blink of an eye . It also thickened quickly . It had been a thin dark red beam but instantly turned into a dark purple ray over ten feet wide . Like a sword of divine punishment, it shot towards the Dark Elves camp . Whoosh, whoosh . All dirt, trees, tents, and Army of Destruction soldiers within 60 feet of the rays path evaporated . It cut a steaming path of lava on the ground . The beam was instantly before Eugene . Boom! A dark gold s.h.i.+eld popped up, blocking the ray for an instant . During that instant, a tall Golden Tree Spirit appeared behind the s.h.i.+eld . After it appeared, golden vines flew out, forming a net within half a second . Just at that moment, the dark gold s.h.i.+eld shattered . The ray broke through and crashed into the Golden Tree Spirit . Sizzles sounded . Rays of light flashed and scattered Mana turned into countless bubbles that floated disorderly within the Army of Destruction . This clash lasted for three full seconds . After that, the ray extinguished; the Golden Tree Spirit collapsed onto the ground . Your Highness, now! Mordena yelled . The opponent had just attacked and was exhausted now . The defense spell was undone too . It was time to use the Book of Death . Eugene had finished preparing . She opened his arms, and the image of an open book arose in the air . A feather quill pen appeared in her hands . She quickly started writing names in the book . First, she wrote the names of the mid-level officers of the enemys army . These were the core of the human army . Without them, their combat ability would be halved . Their magic defense abilities were much lower than the high-level generals too . They would die as soon as their names were written! Tom Johansson . When that name was written, a rune shot out from the Book of Death and disappeared in the air . Almost at the same time, a young Warrior in the Orida Fortress collapsed . He clutched his chest and gasped for breath, his life draining out . He would die soon . Allen Trunden . Another officer died . Eugene wrote quickly; the soldiers within the Orida Fortress died quickly too . In the Mage Tower, Eliard quickly realized when the third officer died for no reason . Its the Book of Death . Theyre using the Book of Death! He had to stop them! Eliard was now preparing the third spell . It was a defense spell . It couldnt fully stop the Book of Death, but it could at least save the Warriors from the horrible dark curse . At the same time, the dragons in the sky started fighting too . They threw down soccer ball-sized potions . After they exploded, golden fog appeared in the sky . The soldiers of the Army of Destruction started wailing . Stupid little trick! Gale spell! Mordena smiled . A Level-8 spell created a gust of wind that blew through the camp, easily blowing away the toxic smoke . Then Mordena quickly propped up a defense s.h.i.+eld, blocking the disturbances . Your Highness, these dragons are annoying . Too bad we dont know their true names . True dragon names were long and complicated . Their full names usually contained more than 100 runes and were extremely hard to p.r.o.nounce . Not only were they hard to remember, dragons never told people their true names . Molina smiled . I know some . Your Highness, listen . She supplied an extremely obscure name . Eugene wrote it . Immediately, there was a wail in the sky . A few seconds later, a dragon crashed down from the air . He was already close to dying . Shocked, Felina said, Go back . Go back to the fortress defense barrier! They couldnt stay here . Even if they were still alive after the curse, falling from the sky was still damaging . They would also fall into the Army of Destructions camp with nowhere to escape . This kind of death was meaningless, so Felina decided to retreat Army of Destruction camp Prince, theyre using another defense s.h.i.+eld, Eugene said while writing . Prince Mordena smiled . He waved, and another Doomsday Meteor rose up . It crashed towards the Orida Fortress, shattering the s.h.i.+eld that Eliard had just put up . The entire fortress was exposed again . Inside the fortress, Eliard was already sweating . After casting three high-level spells consecutively, the other Magicians were running out of Mana too . Even more critically, their spells were ineffective . The Orida Fortress would lose if this continued! Master, what do we do? Milose asked . Eliard took a deep breath . Gritting his teeth, he took out an Ethereal Crystal . This crystal can activate a Level-14 attack spell, but the cost is high . With our current status, everyone present, except me, will die . The Mage Tower fell silent . Everyone knew that sacrifices were necessary in battle, but very few were brave enough to give up their own life . Even if this was the only solution, the Magicians present still couldnt reply . In this world, most people were mundane . Even in the battlefield, they were there to make a name for themselves and get rich . If they died, it would be meaningless . Even Legendary Magicians Elovan and Milose were silent . Seeing this, Eliard sighed and put the crystal away . Without the Magicians cooperation, he couldnt use it . Then we only have one last option . Cast defense spells for all soldiers and send them out for the final battle! All the Magicians agreed to this . During this time, more than 20 officers in the fortress had died . Terror spread throughout . When the attack signal sounded, many of the soldiers were confused because their leaders had died . They didnt know what had happened . Eliard saw this clearly from the Mage Tower, and his blood ran cold . If the soldiers charge now, its no different than sending them to their deaths . Sighing lightly, he took out the Ethereal Crystal again . There was another way to use this—ignite his own soul . By sacrificing himself, he could cast a Level-14 spell that would turn the tides . Time was tight . If he hesitated, the situation would be impossible to change . Eliard clutched the crystal tightly . Familiar faces flashed past his mind—Link, Evelina, and the opponents whod died under his hand . Finally, he sighed again . Farewell, Firuman! Outside the window, soldiers died meaninglessly . Under the mysterious dark spells attack, the army was falling apart . He couldnt hesitate anymore . But just as he was about to activate the crystal, he felt an extremely familiar Mana aura rising out of the air . He knew this aura like the back of his hand . Its… He was ecstatic! . Army of Destruction camp Prince Mordena smiled, pleased . Human spells are just childs play . Theyre out of ideas so quickly . Actually, he couldnt really keep going after so many consecutive Doomsday Meteors . If they had to cast it again, his Magicians might make mistakes . Thankfully, the opponent was a bit weaker and collapsed before them . Eugene glanced at him and didnt speak . She kept writing down names, but for some reason, she felt some unease . A voice told her that she had to end the battle quickly . This time, her instincts wer right . When she wrote the 63rd name, the Book of Death sent another rune into the air like before . Then something odd happened . The rune turned back and crashed into the Book of Death . The Mana inside was deeply affected . It trembled violently and was about to fall apart!