1324 Finger Bone of the Heretic God Part 2 (1/2)

The more flawless a plan appeared to be, the more difficult it was to fix when something unforeseen happened. Fycro did something important, and the holy masters lost their very core—he left.

If Saleen were to leave Metatrin City, Jason would have been in charge. Even if he were not around, there was still Sika to command battles. Even without both Jason and Sika around, Daniel would have still been able to maintain the day-to-day affairs of the city. The nobles were also able to keep the city running simply by doing their jobs.

Fycro, on the other hand, was the very core of the Oracle Corps. Without him around, no one knew what to do when someone threw a wrench into his plans.

That finger bone was less 3 feet long. Its grey-whitish colors made it look a little different from usual rotten bones. Saleen's Elemental Eye was still able to see the layers of energy on the bone. He found there were sections of space within.

While level 10 mages were barely able to pull off such space partitioning in such a small area, piling up 10,000 spaces within that bit of area like the finger bone was something totally out of a level 10 mage's league.

Saleen was unable to do it either. The dark space he developed was on par with the finger bone in terms of power. He was only able to lay something like that on the most resilient of materials. If the materials used turned out to be average, doing so would have destroyed the material.

The spaces in the finger bone were more advanced. They all hovered outside of the bone itself. There was literally nothing on the bone.

Saleen noticed the part where the bone broke. It was a result of being broken by a sharp weapon. He was able to see the emptiness of the bone. The leaking liquid emanated evil aura that was very potent.

He was alerted and cast over 20 layers of Water Shield to completely wrap himself. Level 11 Endless Night from his magic robe was also cast.

The finger bone exploded without making a sound. The black liquid sprayed outside, spreading over a mile. The black liquid shot through the Lightning Cage. Most of its aura was stopped by electricity, but the area within the 1-mile radius was tainted with evil aura.

Saleen was at the rear when the explosion was about to happen. However, he stood right before Jola right before the bone exploded.

He knew that Jola would not have been able to dodge the force of the explosion. The compressed black liquid sprayed all over the place. The bone seemed to have carried tens of thousands of pounds of black liquid within.

All 24 layers of the Water Shield were destroyed one after another. Not even the lightning magic patterns on them had been able to prevent the black liquid from penetrating. The Endless Night disappeared altogether. Defense from dark element was unable to contain the explosion.

Saleen continued casting instant-cast spells. Water Shield bought him time and allowed him to open a scroll. The scroll conjured a water element crystalline wall right before him, which was 18-feet thick. It was still unable to stop the shockwave from the explosion. The water element crystalline shattered. The Figure of Fate within Saleen's body instantly wilted.

He looked incredibly troubled as he ingested huge amounts of pharmaceuticals, recovering over half of his mental powers and magic chords. The Figure of Fate suffered lethal damage. Even his Starline Robe was damaged.

”Dispel!” Rafel switched her spear without anyone noticing.

Her spear was thrust behind Saleen, dispelling all of the black mist before him. He backed away in a hurry and cast Water Shield.

The residual shockwave from the explosion subsided. The Water Shield blocked the black weapon outside, protecting Jola at the same time.

Jola was incredibly angered and ashamed of himself. Despite being a follower, Saleen took the hit in his stead. Had Saleen not had the Figure of Fate in him, he would have been dead.

”My liege!” Jola drew his sword, Face.

It was a weapon presented to him by Saleen. It had resilient, ferocious attributes. His face was completely reddened from the blood rushing to his head.

Saleen waved and said, ”Contact Grand Duke Iron Blood. We're retreating.”

He unleashed the lightning warriors to pick up the pieces of the bones on the ground. The pieces themselves caused no harm to the lightning warriors.

The Lightning Cage was still intact despite the explosion. The black liquid that stained the construct was quickly scrubbed off by electricity, disappearing without a trace.

Saleen put his equipment away and felt incredibly worn. He had continuously cast high level spells just to defend against the explosion. His magic chords and mental powers were totally exhausted. If it had not been for his magic amplifier, he would not have been able to protect Jola.

It was not Jola's fault. The fault lied with him for being overconfident and thinking he could take on Fycro's trap.

”My liege. I'll kill Fycro!” Jola held on his sword firmly, refusing to do as told.

”Jola!” Saleen used Thundering Shock, which hit Jola squarely and shook him to his senses.

While he was not killed in the explosion, he was still affected by the evil aura. He was extremely enraged, so much so that he almost pierced Saleen with his sword.

If it had not been for the fact that he had been following Saleen long enough that his body learned to protect him on reflex, he would have caused serious injuries to Saleen if he were to actually thrust his sword.