Even though Cameron and Lazaar were locked in a fierce battle in the sky, they would still occasionally divert their attention to inspect the battlefield on the southern part of the Marrod Plain. This was because the clash between the two grandmaster magicians had the potential to decide the outcome of this entire war.

As for the battlefield between the kingdoms at the center of the Marrod Plain, the formations of both armies had already been plunged into complete disarray in the wake of Mistress Faye's Starfall spell, and the commanders of both armies were actively rallying their troops in preparation for the next wave of battle.

On the main battlefield, there were still around 40,000 troops left in the Effer Kingdom's army. In contrast, the Skycourt Kingdom's army was faring a little worse, with only less than 30,000 soldiers left. The key difference between the two armies was Master Piro, who had allowed the court magicians of the Effer Kingdom to ravage the Skycourt Kingdom's forces as they pleased, thereby quickly whittling down the Skycourt Kingdom's numbers advantage and eventually reversing it. Even though Master Piro had since gone to the battlefield in the south, the court magicians were still led by a whole host of grand magic mentors, including Professor Hawk, so the Skycourt Kingdom's magicians were still struggling to make an impact.

After barely escaping with his life from his battle against Cameron, Gilgen had gone back to commanding the Skycourt Kingdom's troops, and the longer the battle wore on, the more he realized that he had underestimated both King Cameron himself, as well as the power of the Effer Kingdom's forces. The teamwork between the Royal Guard and the Royal Cavalry Brigade on the ground, and the Court Magician Council in the sky, was nothing short of seamless, and it was proving to be a very tough combination to oppose. Unfortunately for Gilgen, after that wound he had sustained to the leg, he was unable to rise up into the sky in person to slay all of these pesky court magicians.

While the two armies were reorganizing their formations, Gilgen summoned all of the remaining troops under his command onto the battlefield, looking as if he were about to make one final push to win the battle. He then cast his gaze upward, where Cameron and Lazaar had already exchanged over 100 blows, yet there was still no decisive outcome in their battle.

"Lazaar, you withstood the first half of my attack, now it's time to show you the second half," Cameron said as he took a half step backward, and his Wish sword circled through the air in a glorious arc before being unleashed with the force of the very heavens behind it. "Humbling Heaven and Earth!"

The thunderous roar of a dragon rang out across the entire sky as the sword was plunged forward with unstoppable might.

In the face of King Cameron's unmatched power and regal might, even heaven and earth were humbled.

Prince Lazaar could tell that this attack was too powerful for him to withstand head-on, and he immediately took evasive measures. Despite his immense powers, he was still affected by the sword energy radiating from the attack as it passed by him, causing the blood to boil and churn in his veins. However, to his surprise, Cameron's attack didn't seem to be directed at him. Instead, the burst of golden radiance was hurtling directly toward Mistress Faye.

"Look out!" Lazaar immediately yelled in Faye's direction.

However, Faye was in the process of gathering all of the magic energy imbued within the falling stars toward the tip of the giant serpent's tongue, and she didn't want to stop what she was doing. All of a sudden, two bursts of bright red light erupted out of the enormous serpent's eyes, flashing directly toward Count Friar, who was instructing the Effer Kingdom's reserve forces.

"Look out, Teacher!" Lana immediately raised her staff at the sight of the approaching burst of golden light, instantly conjuring up several dozen ice spikes in front of Mistress Faye.

Meanwhile, Onean rushed over to Count Friar before positioning herself in front of him. She then brought her hands together, and the net of golden lightning converged to form a golden shield to ward off the light blasting out of the serpent's eyes.

However, despite Lana and Onean's incredible aptitude for magic, they were still too young in the end. Even though they had reacted very quickly, there was still a significant disparity in power between them and those who stood at the pinnacle of the older generation.

Cameron had unleashed one of his most powerful attacks, and it was not something that could be opposed by the average spell. Thus, the burst of brilliant golden radiance pierced directly through the dozens of ice spikes conjured up by Lana.

Meanwhile, Onean was also in a very perilous situation. Upon striking the golden shield, the two bursts of red light were only obstructed for a split second before piercing through the shield with ease.

There was still some distance between Onean and Piro and Cameron, so the latter two were unable to help her. Thus, the two of them could only look on with alarm and panic in their eyes. Could it be that one of the most brilliant magicians of the younger generation was about to be reduced to a crystalline statue as well?

In this dire situation, a purple-robed figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The two bursts of red light released from the serpent's eyes were giving off a sinister aura, yet right before they managed to reach Onean, they struck the outer wall of Erwin's light shield first.

Everyone was astonished to see that someone had managed to instantly traverse the entire battlefield on the Marrod Plain to arrive at the southern end. However, they quickly realized who it was after seeing that distinctive light shield. It was none other than Count Friar's only son, Erwin, who had created quite a reputation for himself as a time and space magician back in Sarus.

A sense of security immediately welled up in Onean's heart at the sight of the purple-robed figure who had appeared in front of her, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

Piro and Cameron were also extremely relieved to see the light shield prevent Faye's spell from striking Onean.

Lana was watching the man within the light shield with a cold expression, but there was an irrepressible hint of concern and longing in her eyes. Prior to this, they had been situated quite far away from one another, so she had been able to suppress her own emotions, but now that she was seeing him up close, she could feel an indescribable feeling well up in her heart, and this feeling refused to go away. All of a sudden, she became so absorbed in her own emotions that she forgot the perilous situation her teacher was in.

No one in this world could easily nullify Mistress Faye's spells, but space-time rifts were capable of such a feat.

Just as Erwin had anticipated, the two bursts of red light were imbued with immense magic energy, and they were able to instantly scatter the matter energy that was trying to surge into the light shield from its outer wall.

Only when the time and space inside and outside the light shield were cast into disarray would it be possible for space-time rifts to appear. During his battle against Talan on the Joffan Sea not long ago, a similar situation had occurred, and at the time, the conditions required for the space-time rift to appear had only been satisfied by a clash between all-out attacks from both sides. However, the same conditions were satisfied on this occasion with just a single attack from Mistress Faye, and that was sufficient testament to just how fearsome a magician she was.

"You're always tugging on people's heartstrings, aren't you?" Erwin said in a resigned voice as he withdrew his light shield.

"I didn't think I was so important to you," Onean said with a faint smile as she looked at the person in front of him.

Count Friar looked on at the pair of young people standing in front of him, and he was feeling a little dejected. Am I already so old that I need to be saved by a pair of kids? 

In reality, he could've evaded that attack from Faye, but he was still feeling very pleased to see Erwin showing such a dependable side to himself.

In contrast, Mistress Faye was in a far more perilous situation. She didn't even get a chance to examine the spell that Erwin had just used before the burst of golden light unleashed by King Cameron's sword was about to reach her.

An all-out attack unleashed by King Cameron was naturally one that was imbued with tremendous power, and after breaking through the ice spikes, the burst of golden light wasn't slowed down in the slightest as it pierced directly into the giant serpent's throat. In the blink of an eye, the massive blue serpent had already faded out of existence.

At this point, the formidable attack was already within 10 feet of Faye, and she immediately raised her serpentine staff in retaliation, upon which a ferocious hurricane erupted out of the snake's mouth.

The burst of golden radiance was obstructed momentarily, and it twisted around with a thunderous draconic roar as if it were expressing its frustration from its inability to bypass the wall of fierce wind before it

Faye looked on as Cameron's sword intent twisted around in the form of a golden dragon before pouncing toward the tip of her serpentine staff again, and even though she was using all of her remaining magic power to fuel the hurricane before her, which was tearing viciously at the golden dragon from all directions, she was still unable to prevent the head of the dragon from gently touching the tip of her staff.

Immediately after contact was made, Mistress Faye threw up a large mouthful of blood before flying back through the air.

Everyone was still reeling from the sight of Cameron's formidable display of power, so no one noticed that a burst of white light had already arrived behind Master Piro in a silent and stealthy manner. As it turned out, it was Prince Lazaar's Bai Ze sword.

"Look out, Master Piro!" By the time Cameron spotted the perilous situation that Master Piro was in, Lazaar had already arrived directly behind him.

After unleashing a series of extremely taxing advanced spells in succession, Master Piro's body was already in a considerably weakened state, and his magic power reserves were also close to running dry, so his senses toward the environment around him had been significantly dulled. Furthermore, his attention had been focused entirely on Onean and the attack that Cameron had just unleashed, so it didn't even begin to occur to him that he could fall victim to a sneak attack.

Before he even had a chance to turn around, Bai Ze had already pierced into his back before plunging out of his stomach.

He looked down at the tip of the sword protruding out of his stomach with a dazed expression, and a sense of feebleness welled up in his heart. Perhaps from the moment he heaved that forlorn sigh while standing in front of the gates of Sarus, he already knew that he wouldn't have much longer to live. At the time, he had already anticipated this battle between King Cameron and Prince Lazaar. As a grandmaster magician, there was no way that he could stay out of such a clash, and he knew that there was a very good chance that he would lose his life during the battle. At his age, life and death had already ceased to mean much to him. It was an honor for him to dedicate this final chapter of his life to the Cameron Family, and he had no regrets. However, he was feeling a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to see his prized disciple inherit the crown from King Cameron.

Lazaar pulled Bai Ze out of Piro's body in an expressionless manner, then rushed back in retreat as he watched Cameron with a cautious expression.

Cameron turned to Lazaar with an enraged gaze, and he was angry at Lazaar for his underhanded actions, but also furious at himself for letting down his guard.

Cameron had sent Faye flying with his unmatched sword strike, while Lazaar had impaled Piro with his sneak attack. Thus, neither side had come out on top in the wake of this sequence.

"Teacher!" Onean hurriedly flew over to Master Piro's side to support him and prevent him from falling.

Master Piro dabbed at the blood flowing down from the corners of his lips with his own sleeve, then shook his head with a wry smile as he gave Onean a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "It's alright, I'm fine."

Onean immediately cast an advanced healing spell onto Piro's wound, but this was a wound inflicted by someone as powerful as Lazaar using a divine weapon of Bai Ze's caliber, so the wound naturally couldn't be healed by a simple advanced healing spell.

In comparison, Faye wasn't in much better condition, either. After being sent flying by Cameron's attack, she had crashed directly into the city wall of Illingburn Fort before coming to rest.

Lana immediately arrived by her side, but at that point, she had already fallen unconscious. Lana quickly performed a physical examination on Mistress Faye to find that her breastbone had been shattered, and her internal organs had all been damaged. On top of that, her face had also been severely scratched by the shattered bricks of the city wall.

Just like with Onean, Lana's efforts to treat Mistress Faye's injuries also proved to be futile.

Lazaar cast his gaze toward the south, and he naturally saw the terrible condition that Mistress Faye was in, but his true objective was actually to establish eye contact with Sirius, who was standing atop the city wall.