Chapter 248 (2/2)

“I know.” As a Magician, he would definitely not overlook such an obvious premonition of danger. Thinking a bit, Link said, “Celine, let’s go. I’ll take you to someone.”

At first, he wanted to go find Milda alone. After hearing this dream, he did not dare leave Celine in Scorched Ridge alone.

Without thinking too much about it, Celine nodded.

Link brought Celine out of the cabin and ran into Jacker. The big guy seemed to have already received Lucy’s message and was busy arranging Scorched Ridge’s defense. Seeing Link, he walked over and saluted seriously. “Lord.”

Looking at him, Link realized that Jacker’s war aura had risen to Level-5. The epic Battle Art was extraordinary. Within a short period, Jacker had had a breakthrough. It was great!

Link said, “I feel that something bad will happen. There might be trouble. Alert the camp that all Magicians must be on guard.”

“I understand.”

Link thought of something else. “Is Eliard still at Scorched Ridge?”

Jacker nodded. “He’s always been here. Recently, he’s helping with the Mage Tower.”

“Good. If—and I mean if—something happens, protect him.”

“Yes.” Jacker grew solemn. He could sense the danger in Link’s tone.

“Very good. High Elf Princess Milda has left the camp, but it’s too late. I’m worried she’ll run into danger, so I’m going to get her back. The safety of the camp during this time depends on you.”

Jacker slammed a fist against his chest, promising as a soldier. Link nodded and summoned a Wind Fenrir. He helped Celine up the beast and then climbed up behind her.

With a low roar, the Wind Fenrir pounced forward.

The Wind Fenrir’s speed was around seventy-six yards per second. But even at this speed, Link traveled more than ten miles without seeing the High Elf Princess. He could only sense a faint Mana presence.

“It seems that the princess has also used magic for quick traveling,” Link said to Celine in his arms.

Scorched Ridge was very small. Celine had also seen Milda’s entourage, so she grew doubtful. “Are you talking about that group of snobby High Elves? I saw that they weren’t polite with you.”

Link nodded. “They truly weren’t very polite, and I don’t like them either. But compared to the alliance between our races, these are just small things. I can’t let her run into trouble while on my land.”

A mature lord would never let personal affairs affect politics. In politics, there were no relationships, only interests. Without interests, even family could cut ties. Of course, Link would not go to that extent. He had his own bottom line. For Princess Milda, his bottom line was currently to make sure nothing would happen to her while she was here so he wouldn’t get into trouble.

They had traveled another mile while talking. Link suddenly stopped. “Huh? How come the Mana disappeared?”

There were four more kilometers from the pier. It was a lowland with small hills everywhere and had an unclear view. Without the Mana for guidance, Link paused. He was ready to make the Wind Fenrir run up a hill to observe.

However, as soon as he thought of this, dozens of black shadows snuck out of the hills. Then Link heard a hoarse voice order, “Shoot!”

There were the clicks of triggers and then the whistles of arrows tearing through the air.

“Careful!” Celine cried reflexively before falling silent. She once was a powerful Warrior as well with rich battle experience. She knew that she shouldn’t distract Link right now.

Link reacted extremely fast. The moment the black shadows appeared, his gaze hardened, and he activated Edelweiss, the Level-5 defensive spell. Then, he released a single directional Flame Blast at a shadow.

When the enemies shot the arrows, the Flame Blast exploded as well. With a boom, the cone-shaped flame tide flooded towards the shadows.

However, what happened next shocked Link.

The shadows reacted extremely fast as well. Link had only used 0.3 seconds to release the Flame Blast 32 yards away. The spell had a range of more than 20 yards, but the enemy actually dodged it.

In addition to dodging, he attacked as well.

Link was taken aback. He thought, How come they’re so confident that they think arrows can break through my defense spell?

Just in case, Link entered a state of absolute focus. Time slowed instantly. He discovered that the arrows were abnormal. They were a bruised color with an eerie blue glow around it. Through the glow, he could see a large number of small runes.

Oh no! he thought. These are super anti-magic arrows! My Edelweiss can’t stop them!

The super anti-magic arrows used magic gold made from alchemy. Magic Disturbance Formations as high as Level-5 were carved on them. They were different from regular anti-magic arrows. Rather than using force to break through defensive spells, they destroyed the spell by disturbing the spell’s Mana structure.

Usually, these arrows could destroy defense spells up to Level-6. Because of the arrows’ extreme speed, most Magicians had no time to activate spells up to that level. That was why super anti-magic arrows were known as a Magician’s Kryptonite.

Link reacted quickly. Sensing danger, he used the last one-tenth of a second to use his consummate skill—the Spatial Lens.

With a light hum, the air began twisting. Ripples appeared in the air around Link and Celine.

The next instance, the arrows shot into the distorted air.

Spatial power could affect everything. As long as its power was not past the magic’s limit, Link could control the distortion to stop the arrows.

The limit was the peak of Level-7. This was not because spatial magic couldn’t do it, but because spells at Level-7 would affect the structure of the spatial Mana, causing it to collapse.

Obviously, a few arrows were far from the top of Level-7.

In the distorted space, the arrows cut straight paths. They brushed past Link and Celine and shot out without causing any harm.

“Retreat!” The black shadow was straightforward. Seeing that no arrows hit the target, he immediately tried to retreat.

But how could Link let them go so easily?