Volume 1, Chapter 74 – The Dust Settles

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This…

Is this some kind of joke?

Bernard shook his head in disbelief, and as he raised his head toward the sky, the bright sunlight that had been shining directly on the Nivelle Mountains was completely gone, replaced by a mass of crimson dark clouds that had appeared out of nowhere, blotting out the sun! It caused the entire Nivelle Mountains to be filled with an eerie red light.

Furthermore, if one looked closely, they would discover that the thing in the sky was no dark cloud! It was an endless swarm of Blood Butterflies! The sky above the Nivelle Mountains had already been blanketed by them!

Butterflies were originally very beautiful creatures, however, the butterflies in the sky gave Bernard an indescribable sense of eeriness.

Sinister, oppressive, terrifying…

Moreover, such a vast number was enough to make one’s skin crawl.

The moment he looked at the sky, Bernard could not help but retreat repeatedly, an unprecedented sense of trepidation suddenly surging in his heart. It wasn’t just Bernard; the surrounding mages and the Royal Guard were the same, all looking toward the sky with eyes full of terror.

“Just what is going on?”

Almost everyone was asking this question in their hearts, but their question was unlikely to be answered.

Or rather, they didn’t have the time to think about it.

In the next instant, under the dumbfounded gazes of Bernard and the others, streaks of crimson light crashed together in the center of the bloody “cloud layer”! An overwhelming pressure that struck the very soul suddenly descended from the heavens, slamming down upon everyone.

In an instant, the previously dignified Third Prince Bernard spat out a mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground in excruciating pain! The others whose strength was insufficient suffered the same fate!

“This… Archmage! What is happening?!”

The sudden abnormality caused Bernard to snap out of his daze.

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Then, the terrified Third Prince hurriedly questioned Jake.

However, Jake could no longer concern himself with the safety of the Third Prince because the moment Bernard knelt, terrifying crimson lightning began to flash like a churning sea inside the bloody “dark clouds”! A surging power gathered within, constantly compressing and condensing! Just feeling the aftershocks of that red lightning left Jake horrified.

The Archmage quickly realized that once this red lightning fell, they would all surely die!

The only thing he could do was either use all his magic to escape alone or strike first to shatter the buildup of this eerie power!

Clearly, as the Royal Archmage, Jake chose to fulfill his duty!

He had to protect the members of the imperial family!

In the next moment, surrounded by brown magic power, Jake suddenly brandished his staff and charged toward the high sky with determination!

Unfortunately, compared to the speed at which the red lightning was gathering, Jake’s charging speed was trivial.

“Boom!!”

Accompanied by the roar of thunder and the frantic blooming of red light, dozens of red lightning bolts suddenly descended from the sky!

Under the terrified and desperate gazes of Bernard and the others, the lightning struck Jake! In an instant, the white magic shield surrounding Jake collapsed completely, and amidst incomparable agony, he was struck by the red lightning, turning into ash on the spot and scattering with the wind…

He didn’t even have time to let out a single cry of grief.

“How… how could this be?!”

Seeing this, Bernard was scared out of his wits, kneeling on the ground unable to move, his expression becoming distorted and ridiculous due to extreme fear.

The guards around the Third Prince who still barely had the ability to move did their best to rush to his side, attempting to take the dazed prince and flee the scene.

However, the red lightning did not give them time to escape.

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Suddenly, amidst bursts of desperate wailing, dozens of lightning bolts converged, abruptly transforming into a giant sword of crimson energy!

Surrounded by countless Blood Butterflies, it crashed down!

In the next instant, “Boom!!”

With a world-shaking roar, the red lightning vented in all directions as the terrifying Shadow Essence rapidly spread!

The blood-red light shot straight into the clouds!

In that moment, the entire Nivelle Mountains completely became history…

When the red light shot into the sky, inside Fort Garros, Miss Yumo indifferently shook her hand, and the rage and killing intent in her eyes seemed to gradually dissipate as the crimson glow around her faded.

Let it be, then.

‘A small lesson should be enough…’

Sigh.

Yumo couldn’t help but sigh in her heart, feeling a bit conflicted.

No matter how one looked at it, those people she had annihilated into nothingness seemed to be the elite forces of the Snownight Empire? And there was some kind of seventh tier archmage…

Under normal circumstances, for the sake of the future grand plan to counterattack the Abyssal Demons, Yumo should have preserved and cultivated these talents capable of fighting the Abyssal Demons. However, just now, blinded by anger and killing intent, she seemingly couldn’t hold back and attacked directly to avenge her daughter…

She should have at least let that seventh tier one go.

Sigh, whatever. Now that things have come to this, there’s no point in overthinking it…

Yumo could only shake her head helplessly.

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But at the same time, Miss Yumo also looked thoughtfully at the unconscious Mengxi nearby and Bai Yanluo, whose head was buried in the ground.

These two were undoubtedly extremely important figures within the Ashurmos Church and were key to the future fight against the Abyssal Demons.

And the Snownight Empire had actually thrown that kind of weapon at such existences?

Did they not know they were inside Fort Garros?

Or did they know and still choose to attack?

Yumo’s crimson eyes couldn’t help but narrow slightly as she recalled Xiao’s words from before. In current human society, because the level of Abyssal Demon invasions had been continuously decreasing over the last few centuries, the human empires and major factions, having lost their sense of external crisis, had begun various levels of infighting…

Looking at it now, the severity of this infighting was seemingly even higher than she had previously imagined.

“No, this won’t do.”

To put it bluntly, the current human forces were already fragile.

If they weren’t integrated and united, it would be impossible to deal with her family’s Abyssal Demons.

Perhaps while helping the Main Character Group increase their strength, she also had to find a way to unify the powers on the Ancheka Continent?

If anyone tried to cause trouble, she would just throw them to the Abyssal Demons as food!

Those mages just now were probably troublemakers! They deserved to be eliminated!

“Yes! That’s exactly it.”

After thinking about it this way, Yumo suddenly felt much better.

Then, the black-haired girl looked with slight concern toward the direction where the other Magic Fission Bomb had exploded earlier. At this moment, the crimson hellfire that had covered the plains and large sections of the forest had already been dispersed by a gust of gale.

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In the next moment, accompanied by a flash of emerald light, a gray-haired young girl flapped the wings behind her and slowly descended from the sky, arriving in front of Yumo.

Undoubtedly, the young girl was Li Yu.

And currently, Li Yu was holding a fluffy and soft little white wolf (dog?) in her arms, which was the miniaturized Li Mo.

The little white wolf, who was currently “taking advantage” of Li Yu’s embrace, suddenly raised her little head upon sensing Yumo’s presence, sticking out her tongue and looking at Yumo as if acting cute, which instantly made the latter let go of the heavy stone in her heart.

“It seems nothing is wrong?”

Smiling, Yumo reached out and rubbed the little white wolf’s head.

Li Yu, who was holding her sister, also gave a slight smile, her expression filled with a sense of relief.

“Yes, Mother, everything is fine. She was just caught off guard and suddenly hit by the blast, so the burns were a bit serious and her power consumption was quite high. As for the burns, I’ve already healed them with the Tears of Nature, and her power will slowly recover.”

“Mhm.”

Hearing Li Yu’s explanation, Yumo nodded with satisfaction.

As for the little white wolf? Being petted by Yumo like this, she seemed to feel increasingly comfortable and couldn’t help but start wagging her tail, causing Yumo’s brow to twitch involuntarily as a suspicious look appeared in her crimson eyes.

“By the way, this child, your sister, is she acting a bit stupid again??”

“Ah, well…”

Looking down at the little white wolf in her arms, Li Yu sighed helplessly.

“It seems like her head took a direct hit from the blast just now, giving her a concussion, and just like back then, she’s temporarily entered ‘silly dog’ mode…”

Yumo: …