892 Accidents (1/2)

In Cocus of the Duchy of Calais…

Since it was right next to the southern swamps, it was extremely hot even though it was the middle of the night. Now and then, creepy birds flew out of the darkness with bloodcurdling shrieks.

At the edge of the swamp, Arnold, who had been staring at Cocus City, was suddenly amused. ”Nielson, you never thought you could return to this city someday, did you?”

He was talking about his return as a master.

This place, as the capital of the Asso Empire, had the most perfect infrastructure for the defense that the Liege of Death worked out. Naturally, it became the target for the operation.

With his bloated fat jiggling, Nielson said with unusual, mixed feelings. ”I thought that I would never visit Cocus again in my life… I remember that I was praised right here by the Liege of Death when I became a ninth-circle archmage.”

Priscilla covered her anxiety with a smile. ”At first, I thought the target was Rentato instead of Cocus.”

The operation was mostly to be carried out by legendary sorcerers under the secret cooperation of legendary knights. However, after the churches were destroyed and the cities were occupied, a lot of senior-rank sorcerers were needed to maintain the order and prepare for the construction of the defense. Therefore, Arnold was waiting for the signal at the edge of the swamp with Nielson, Priscilla, Amanata, Fernando, and the other sorcerers.

Arnold clicked his tongue. ”The Sword of Truth does not want to lose his territory.”

”Huh, why is Douglas not here?” Priscilla basically figured out the reason. She looked around but did not see the archmage who left a deep impression on her ten years ago.

Arnold smiled. ”Douglas said that his research had approached the most critical moment, and he was onto something. So, I said that he did not need to take part in the operation.”

Then, he suddenly narrowed his eyes. ”It has begun.”

He received a message from the Liege of Death. The legendary sorcerers were about to take action.

......

Below the thick mud, the ragged City in the Sky lay there just as usual.

Douglas sat in the square at the center of the city, faced with pieces of papers that had symbols and numbers all over them.

The law concluded from tremendous astrological records and the application of calculus allowed him to touch something marvelous, but there was still a gap for him to figure out what it was exactly.

The questions haunted him and kept him here for days, but despite that, he never found the perfect answer.

The secrets of planets, and the power source of the earth. The most essential secrets of the world seemed to be right before him, and all he needed to do was to push the gate and embrace them!

All he needed was one more moment!

In the square, several sorcerers, who were watching over the place, roamed with their kids. They were very curious about the contemplative archmage but dared not approach him.

The kids ran joyfully far away from each other, trying to win the fruits in their parents' hands.

......

Aalto was set on fire. Buildings collapsed one after another. The defense circles did not seem to be of any use.

”What happened? Where's our defense?” Beto, who was in the middle of a party, did not expect the Church to attack at such a moment, or that the defense of Aalto did not work at all!

Aalto was the western stronghold of the Magic Empire. It was first built to deal with the creatures in the Dark Mountain Range and only second to Antiffler in terms of sturdiness. After legendary sorcerers, vampires, dragons, elves, and other people were gathered here to resist the Church, the defense had been perfected and fortified without a care about the cost. The city was as strong as Antiffler after more than ten years. It was one of the trump cards that the coalition army hoped to offset ”God's Arrival” with.

However, the defense was not activated at the critical moment!

Furan was in a rather chilly mood as she panicked. ”There's only one reason why the defense is not activated. Something is wrong with the legend who is watching over the defense!”

”Who is it?” Beto, the twins, and Antec asked simultaneously.

Furan looked at them and snorted, ”Are you idiots? The most important thing right now is to escape, not to find out which legend is wrong. Can you kill him? The grand cardinals and knights of the Church are right above Aalto, and you have the time to ask that question?”

She talked through the telepathic bond this time. While berating them, she ran to the basement of the villa. ”Do not run out. We may be killed by the aftermath of the battle of legends. Do not go to our teachers either. They must've been stalled by the grand cardinals and legendary knights. Let's get out of the city through secret channels and hide in the Dark Mountain Range first before we find out what happened!”

The proud students of legends were rather panicked. They did not know how to respond due to their lack of experience. Things would have been better if Stanis were here, but he had gone to the Dark Mountain Range for materials again.

Thankfully, Furan kept the basic calmness at this moment and showed her leadership. She pointed out the best way to deal with the situation.

Antec trembled hard in fear. He never thought that he would confront such grave dangers. He preferred to hide in the dark and defeat the enemy by creating dreams and illusions. Right now, the enormous noises in the sky challenged his heart all the time.

Suddenly, the purest light descended from the sky and purged all the unholy things as if it were a ruling of the god.

The light was reflected by a mysterious mirror that appeared out of nowhere and split into multiple streaks. One of them hit the house where Furan and her companions were at precisely.

A holy light burst out. With a tiny crack that sounded like the falling gavel in the hands of a judge, the whole house disappeared.

Beto, Furan, Antec, and the rest of them were only one step away from the basement, but they were all consumed by the aftermath of the Light of Judgment.

Seeing his body and his soul about to turn into holy light quickly, Beto only had one vague thought in his mind. Am I going to die so easily?