1068 Tragedy and Fear Part 2 (1/2)

Saleen was completely puzzled as to what was happening. The only thing he was sure of was that his Magical Element Tower was unable to take off and was sinking with the ground beneath it.

The magic arrays in the Magical Element Tower were not high level ones to begin with, and they appeared especially cheap in the predicament Saleen caught himself in. The magic power furnaces in the tower were powered by low level magic nuclei. They would be rather powerful magic equipment under level nine, but the space-time continuum outside the tower was in chaos.

The elemental storm was cut apart by all types of energy. The tower was unable to even draw any power from its surroundings.

The ground outside the city sank right after the mercenaries retreated back into the city.

If Saleen had been observing the terrain around those parts, he would not have done something so dangerous that day. The astrological knowledge he had learned, when used in conjunction with Figaro's formula, would have enabled him to calculate the rough results of the actions.

Daliang City was less than 100 square meters. The irregular city was built on very solid ground. Qin people had a habit of selecting safer areas to build cities, employing mages to figure out the specifics. As such, there would have never been an earthquake in Qin.

Yet, at the edge of the city, horizontal cracks began appearing beneath the city walls.

The cracks stuck close to the walls and did not cause any damage to the walls themselves. However, the cracks continued spreading and the land outside the city was only tens of meters wide. The cracks were spreading right outside the city.

Despite the fact that the magic catastrophe that Saleen created lay at the edge of the mountains, its influence spread into the Tanggulasian and Cloudflow garrisons.

The mages at Daliang City had dread all written all over their faces. They felt the raging elements that could not be brought under control by magic chords anymore. If anyone were to attack Daliang City, they would end up needing to fight with their powers at their lowest points.

The fear felt by the mages was shared by the holy masters right outside the city. The magic catastrophe that Saleen created disabled the holy masters within a hundred meter radius from being able to sense the blessings of their god, as well as prayers of believers on the plane.

With the ground sinking and the space reduced to chaos, Daliang City became the only safe place around. Body counts in the camps outside the city continued to climb.

It was not that those inside Daliang City were not afraid. The soldiers found that the city they were in continued to climb slowly. It was an illusion, as the ground outside continued to sink.

The Qin mages chose a very special place to build the city. Like Metatrin City, it was built on very solid rock formations. The difference was that Metatrin CIty was built right on top of rocks, while Daliang City was built on a several-hundred-meters thick layer of dirt on the rocks.

Lex was unable to stay airborne. She came to the city and looked at where Saleen was. The huge ball of light had extinguished. The night turned to its usual black, with specks of fire in the sky.

Lex was unable to do anything but watch the storm outside the city grow increasingly violent. If she had been able to fly, she would have rushed to Saleen's side and see what was happening for herself. However, flying outside the city would be an insanely risky move, as she would have to use her own magic chords, without being able to wield any of the elements in the air.

No one inside the tower was able to say anything. They all looked at Saleen, who was dazed. Saleen had no idea what to do. The magic arrays on the surface of the tower were scrubbed clean. The tower had become little more than dead weight, unable to take flight. It would have been fortunate if that was only the problem, but it was not. The tower sank alongside the ground beneath it.

A huge crevasse spread right at the tower, which toppled it and sent it downwards.

The tower had a diameter of more than a dozen meters, yet the crevasse was big enough to drop the tower more than 30 meters, before getting stuck somewhere comparatively narrow.

Going outside of the tower would risk getting killed, but staying in the tower would probably mean getting blasted by lava.

The lava within the crevasse gushed before Saleen was able to say anything about their current predicament, blasting the tower. Human power was miniscule compared to the force of nature they experienced. The Magical Element Tower, which was as heavy as a small mountain, was thrown high into the air, landing hard in the lava.

It was fortunate that elementite was not capable of being melted by lava. There was not any change in the temperature within the tower.

”My liege, should we leave?” Jola asked Saleen.

Sika felt relieved that both her children were nearby. She held one of them while Eleanor held the other. ”We're not going out. It's a chain reaction caused by magic and will eventually subside. The tower might be heavy, but it won't be submerged in lava.”

Saleen nodded. ”Indeed. We'll just wait it out. The is the safest place there is. If we were to go out now, someone would get hurt.”

”My liege, I seem to...be near my breakthrough,” Nicholas said the line out of nowhere.

”Oh?” Everyone turned their eyes at Nicholas.