Chapter 291: The Outcome I (1/2)
*BOOOM!*
A massive streak of light shot towards the Sovereign who could only let out a surprised growl before the blinding light enveloped her.
At the same time, Darcia's face fell as she noticed the cracks which had previously stopped began to spread all over the cannon again. The cracks covered the whole cannon in the blink of an eye and rays of light shot out from the gaps.
”NO!!” Darcia immediately went to reach the chamber in which the arm was placed, but her hands didn't even stretch before the cannon exploded!
Unable to decide between escaping and grabbing the severed arm, Darcia was unable to avoid the fire of the explosion which had a radius of at least fifty meters.
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Hundreds of meters away from the site of the explosions, Raven and Blaze together with the Rogue Crew floated in the air as they witnessed in awe of the phenomenon that they might never come across in the rest of their lifetime.
Even from so far away, the massive pillar of light descending on the ground and then the huge explosion in the air was all too clear for this group of Rank-8 Mages.
”o-...Ozul!”
Unable to stop herself, Raven shouted his name, jolting awake Blaze out of stupor.
After a few seconds, he spoke, ”Don't worry. Nothing can harm him.” His confidence stemming from all the time spent with Ozul and watching him solve all the difficult situations with ease.
But Raven didn't need any assurance. Anyone else might have not, but she certainly knew that Ozul could get as well. He wasn't invincible as everyone thought him to be. It was just that since he would never openly flaunt his strength, most of the time people couldn't guess how dangerous the situation was to him.
That might be the case right now as well since she wasn't exactly sure how strong Ozul was, but she could be sure of one thing: that massive pillar of light descending from the sky could crush a whole mountain range to smithereens!
Raven couldn't help but clench her fists in anger, towards herself mostly since she was always so weak to look from the sidelines whenever there was any dangerous situation.
Her dry lips pursed as she muttered in self-depreciation and an almost inaudible voice, ”It has always been like this...”
No matter how hard she or Blaze tried, they were never able to make a difference whenever Ozul needed it the most.
While Blaze heard her bitter murmuring, he couldn't do anything about it either. He was just as helpless as her.
It was frustrating because of how many times the same situation had repeated. Each time, they would push themselves even harder, but all their efforts would, in the end, prove to be futile.
If Ozul was here at this moment, he would have noticed the rage in the wavering eyes of Raven at this moment. Rage at herself and everyone who became an obstacle in Ozul's path.
At this moment, she swore to herself that after all of this was over, she wouldn't sit still. If putting in even more effort wasn't working, she would just have to use extreme means.
Slowly, her mentality was shifting after Ozul had confronted her and he would have varying degrees of feelings towards this change in the future.
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Back at the site of the explosion, nothing could be observed with naked eyes because of all the dust and the debris which used to be rock hard earth just a few seconds ago.
Contrary to the chaos just now, everything went still with only the winds blowing and the dust settling down.
The thousands of Rank-8 Beasts and the three Rank-9 Beasts on top of the mountains also went quiet in anticipation. They had all witnessed the massive pillar of white light descending on their Sovereign.
The whistling of winds gave an eerie feeling because of the deathly silence that reigned over these ruins.
It took quite a few minutes before the view finally became clear enough for everyone to see.
The ground was all uneven and one could only imagine what had just transpired here. Any normal Mage wouldn't be able to divert their eyes
The Beasts, however, all had their sight fixated on the massive hole that had erased more than half of the giant mountain temple!
Judging from the size of the pit that had formed on the mountain, one could easily tell that it was caused by the pillar of light that had fallen on the Sovereign.
From their distance, the thousands of Beasts on the mountains couldn't see how deep the pit was, but they all began to show their unrest as the four Rank-9 Beasts suddenly flew out from the disordered hoard of Rank-8 Beasts and separated from the rest.