Chapter 674 (1/2)

Chapter 674: The Enemy’s Too Powerful, Let’s Run While We Still Can (2/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“He’s heading northeast. He must be going to the Isle of Dawn.”

Not too far away from the Shadow Fortress, Eliard was able to come to such a conclusion after observing the fortress’ surroundings through a Mirror spell.

Link stood up with his sword in his hand. Looking in the general direction of the Isle of Dawn, he said, “The High Elves must have used some sort of technique to summon him such that his power wasn’t even affected by the realm itself. He must be in a hurry to go back to Aragu through the Isle of Dawn.”

The wind was howling bleakly through the mountains at that moment. Though the climate in the South was warm and the forest grew thick here, the battle they had with Morpheus had all but caused the trees around the fortress to shrivel up. Most of their yellowed leaves were blown loose by the bitter wind.

Eliard walked up to his side and looked in the Isle of Dawn’s general direction. “Do you think we’ll be able to stop him?”

Link shook his head. “I don’t think we can… Still, it’s worth a shot.”

Their enemy was as uncompromising as a force of nature. The only way they could proceed now was to have a head-on confrontation with the Lava Knight. Only one side was allowed to come out of this alive.

Since that was the case, the only thing they could do right now was to take the Lava Knight down with everything they had.

As one of Link’s best friends, Eliard was immediately able to make out the resolve in his voice. He smiled weakly. “This is the first time I’ve encountered such a dangerous opponent. This should be fun!”

Ever since Eliard began studying magic under Link’s wing, he rarely had the chance to take charge of things on his own. However, with his current power level, he was now able to fight side-by-side with Link. This had always been something he wanted. Naturally, he welcomed such an opportunity with open arms.

As a Legendary master himself, Eliard had already mastered Link’s Void Walk technique. Together, the two of them leaped into the air, transformed into two streaks of light and hurtled through the sky.

A Warrior would never be a match for a Magician in terms of speed. The Lava Knight Mozur was already a Level-15 Legendary master. Though both Link and Eliard were vastly outclassed by him in terms of power, the fact remained that a Warrior would not be able to use that power as dexterously as a Magician.

A Warrior below Level-17 would not be able to fly in the air without the help of some special equipment or battle technique. His movements would only be restricted to the ground. He might even be faster than any other Magician on land, but the uneven geography of his path would definitely hinder his movements.

Link and Eliard only had to follow a straight-line path in the air towards the Isle of Dawn. After flying more than 100 miles in the air, Link finally sensed something.

“Did you feel that?” whispered Link.

Eliard felt for anything out of the ordinary in the area without losing speed. Half a minute later, he replied in a low voice, “It’s Infernal Power, and it’s moving really fast. It must be Mozur!”

Link nodded. Right now, the Infernal Power felt weak. There was also no sign of Mozur in the vicinity. However, he figured that the Lava Knight must be no more than 20 miles away from them.

After determining where the Infernal Power was coming from, Link and Eliard quickly changed course and headed straight towards where Mozur was.

Three minutes later, Eliard suddenly said, “I can’t feel him anymore. It’s as if he just vanished into thin air.”

Link felt the same thing. Now hovering in the air, he gazed at the forest of stone protrusions beneath them. There were stones of various shapes and sizes sticking out of the ground. The biggest stones down there were hundreds of feet tall, while there were smaller ones which were only three to four feet tall. Blind spots abounded in this stone forest.

“He must have noticed our presences. He must also know that he would not be able to match our speed. He’s probably hiding behind any of these rocks, waiting for a chance to ambush us.”

Dylosen had told them that the Lava Knight Mozur possessed incredible explosive power and a talent for sneak attacks. If they were not careful enough, he would be able to kill them in a mere second.

Eliard understood what was going on. He then said, “If we can’t even go down there to find out where he’s hiding without having our heads lopped off, then I guess we should just level the whole stone forest!”

Since their enemy was still set on ambushing them, their safest option now would be to use a huge area-of-effect spell and remove all possible hiding spots down there that he could avail himself of. This was where a Magician worth his salt excelled at.

However, such a feat would come at a heavy price. Eliard would need to expend a huge amount of power in order to cast such a large-scale spell. He would not be able to be of much help in the upcoming battle with the Lava Knight. In other words, after smoking out Mozur from hiding, Link would be forced to take him on by himself.

Link was not too optimistic about his chances of surviving a direct confrontation with a Level-15 master.

After ruminating on Eliard’s suggestion for a few seconds, Link finally nodded. “Do it!”

He would make his move the moment the Lava Knight was forced out from his hiding place by Eliard. Though their enemy was a lot stronger than any of them, if Link could get the drop on him, he would probably be able to increase his chances of victory.

Eliard took a deep breath. Then, power began circulating in his body until light radiated from his entire body. A few seconds later, he took out his magic wand and pointed at the stone forest below him. “Radiant Storm!”

Radiant Storm

Level-11 Sunlight spell

Description: Whip up a powerful storm capable of decimating everything in its path by agitating the air with a high concentration of Sunlight Power.

(Note: No blade of grass or stone will be left standing in the storm’s wake!)

A blinding light shone out from Eliard’s wand and expanded into a tenfoot-wide ball of light which seemed almost palpable. Then, the ball of light came off the wand’s tip and fell to the ground. It was not unlike watching the sun fall out of the sky.