661 Bird of Death (1/2)

In such pure light, Buck couldn't help but close his eyes, but the dark red eyes of the monster of guts which contained infinite hatred and desperation still lingered in his head. His back was also soaked with cold sweat.

Then, he felt that an overwhelming, terrifying will brush his body, paralyzing both his mind and his body. He wasn't back to himself until a long time later, but the will was already long gone. The brilliance before him that looked like an arriving sun had also disappeared, and so did the monster of guts and his many child monsters.

Looking at the street around that had been basically ruined, Buck trembled. If he had investigated the area with a common officer, they would have certainly been among the people who went missing.

”My lady, has the monster been destroyed by you?” Asked Buck carefully, not just because he was worried about the monster making a come back, but also because he was deeply awed by the lady before him who smiled all the time.

Looking at the pieces of the silver badge on the ground regretfully, Heidi replied, ”Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for the monster to come back to life.”

Nor was it impossible to restore the silver badge…

Summoning the power of a legendary demiplane required complicated and expensive magic rituals. Even though she asked for the help of her teacher's 'Atomic Universe', the necessary process of communication was still mandatory. Therefore, in order to prepare most of the procedures of the ritual that could be modularized, one would need extremely expensive materials to make the special alchemical items. Even though she had worked for years in the Atom Institution and published a lot of papers, and she had a part-time job in the Holt Magic College, she could only afford one or two of such items.

She was simply crushing the enemy with money!

Hearing Heidi's reply, Buck took a long breath in relief. He reminded himself that he must not get involved in similar incidents in the future, or he wouldn't know how he got killed after he died!

Looking at the shaking two-floored house, he proposed, ”There should be clues inside.”

Heidi nodded in agreement. She was about to walk in, when she suddenly had a strong feeling of dizziness. It was obvious that her spiritual power had been exhausted. She evaluated his status and thought to himself, ”Even if 'Spell Trigger' can be simplified into a fifth-circle spell later, I'm afraid that the standard for the senior-rank sorcerers will still be the sixth circle. The people whose cognitive world is not substantiated cannot be called senior-rank, because they can only afford one quasi-advanced spell under the help of external devices.”

Seeing that Heidi was pale and breathing fast, Buck asked concernedly, ”My lady, are you alright?”

”I'll be fine after a rest.” Heidi took out a dosage of 'Water Song' and drank it. She immediately felt coolness in her stomach.

Heidi needed to rest. Not having the courage to enter the shabby building on his own, Buck thought of random topics. ”My lady, was the spell you used just now a simplified version of 'Eternal Blaze'?”

The battle in the sky of Rentato between the Congress of Magic and the South Church were witnessed by most of the ordinary people because of 'Paradise on Earth'. As a result, 'Eternal Blaze' became a synonym of the most powerful magic for people like Buck.

Heidi smiled. ”Not exactly. I simply borrowed the power of fusion simulated in my teacher's 'Atomic Universe' in order to build up my 'Arcana Light'. It sort of contains the qualities of 'Eternal Blaze'.”

If it were really a simplified and minimized version of 'Eternal Blaze', it would've been impossible for them to resist the explosion which took place not far away. They would've been burnt up by the storm energy and the high temperature.

After a while, Heidi's face was back to normal. She enhanced herself and Buck with plenty of magic effects, before the two of them entered the second floor prudently.

The scorched interior of the hall was the last evidence that proved the existence of the monster of guts. At the center of the hall was a weird, illogical magic circle. Even though it had been destroyed, Heidi felt obvious dizziness when she saw it, like the recoil of a failed hypnotization. Buck, on the other hand, was so enthralled that he almost failed to come back to himself.