Chương 99: Collapse

The goblin lord stood in the prairie outside Mirevale, his massive body towering over all living creatures. His height shot over the 6-meter-tall town's walls, and it was still growing. The goblin lord… No, after completing his evolution, that monster could no longer be called a goblin. He had transcended his race, becoming a feared Ogre Lord. The ogre lord slowly clenched his fist. Feeling the earth-shaking power contained within his palms, a grin appeared on his ugly face.

"Finally… How many years have I waited for this moment?" The ogre lord looked at his clenched fist for a while. Suddenly, his muscles expanded as he swung his fist towards the ground at supersonic speed.

"Boom!!!" An earth-shattering explosion resounded through Mirevale, followed by an earthquake that persisted for a while.

"Ahh!" The guards screamed as they were flung by the shockwaves. Only those strong enough or those who quickly grasped nearby objects managed to remain still. The town's wall trembled incessantly, dust and debris scattered down from it. Cracks appeared on its surface. For rank 3 creatures and masters, a town or city wall was too fragile. It took a while for the earth to stop shaking and for the large dust cloud to settle, revealing an enormous 100-meter-wide crater.

Cracks and fissures extended hundreds of meters from its center, climbing along the wall and collapsing most of the underground entrances nearby.

"You've got to be kidding me." Kaelen's face was pale as he looked at the destruction caused by a mere strike from the huge green monster. This was the first time he had seen such a powerful creature or such destructive capability.

"He has indeed reached rank 3, becoming an ogre lord. This is trouble." Richard solemnly looked at the ogre lord.

"What should we do? We can't win against that thing head-on. Should we evacuate?" He looked at the red barrier overhead.

"No, the barrier is still there, and it only allows entry." Kaelen was frantic. Sweat slid down his face as he nervously looked at the giant monster ahead. His instincts were telling him to run. One hit from that thing, and he would undoubtedly die. However, they were trapped. He had already sent many men to try and cross that barrier, but none could pass. Even he tried to strike it, but apart from creating a few ripples on its surface, he couldn't inflict any damage. Royal Road is the home of this novel.

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"Don't worry. Selene should dissolve the ritual any time now. She already had acquired some clues in the past." Richard sheathed his sword and said slowly.

"What do you mean by that?" Kaelen's face was full of questions. Richard didn't reply. The ogre lord had already started moving. He was leisurely walking towards them, his expression playful.

"As for that guy… It seems that Master Cassian had to act after all." Richard stroked his beard and said. His eyes brightened, seemingly anticipating something. …. In the meantime, inside an underground space beneath the southern district, Selene stood next to a giant magic circle. A giant red pillar flowed up from it.

"Shifting this segment 30 degrees, and removing these runes…" Selene muttered under her breath. She waved her staff, her magic extending into extremely thin spiritual hands, slowly erasing a few runes on the edge of the magic circle. This ritual point was powered by the large blood pool at the center of the ritual. As long as the blood pool didn't dry up, the ritual wouldn't stop. At the same time, each ritual node was protected as a whole.

Without the strength to destroy the barrier outside, destroying the node wasn't possible. However, through extremely sophisticated magic control and a great understanding of the ritual itself, it was still possible to modify it. With each rune erased, the blood pool churned more and more. Sweat flowed down Selene's forehead as the magic manipulation slowly grew harder. Yet, that didn't stop her. As the last rune slowly faded away, the giant red pillar flickered and then slowly disappeared.

The first ritual node had been destroyed.

"Now, it's up to Nerissa and Marielle," Selene muttered, wiping the sweat off her face. …… With the disappearance of the red pillar in the southern district, the red barrier covering Mirevale slowly dimmed.

"She really did it. As expected of that woman's disciple." Nerissa looked at the disappeared pillar in the southern district and couldn't help but exclaim. Even though she was also a rank 2 mage, she couldn't compare to Marielle in terms of knowledge and talent at all. She shook her head before turning to look at the pillar in front of her. The northeastern pillar.

"Well, I have to complete my task too," Nerissa muttered. Her expression slowly turned cold as a giant lance composed of pure darkness slowly gathered in front of her. ……. At the northwesternmost corner of Mirevale, Marielle stood in front of the third ritual node in Mirevale. A smile crept onto her face upon seeing that the node in the southern district had disappeared.

"Selene is as reliable as always." She chuckled. She slowly raised her sword, flames bursting on its surface, shooting over a dozen meters. The extreme heat caused nearby trees to carbonize. Smoke rose from the surface of the ground. The flames on the sword crackled for a moment before quickly converging, turning into a red energy light contained within less than a centimeter on the sword surface.

The sweltering heat that was enough to roast people alive slowly receded, but that didn't mean that the sword's temperature had gotten lower. In fact, all the energy and heat were confined within that small space on the sword's surface, increasing its power geometrically.

"It's been a while since I used this technique." Marielle's smile slowly turned ferocious. ….. Across several kilometers, as if on cue, both struck at the same moment. Nerissa waved her hand, sending a giant lance made of shadows flying at supersonic speed towards the bottom of the ritual node. [Shadow Lance] At the same time, Marielle swung her sword. An extremely thin but incomparably sharp mana line instantly flew from her sword. [Ember Collapse] The two attacks struck at the same time.

"Boom!!" Two large explosions suddenly sounded. The sound waves resounded through the entirety of Mirevale, startling countless residents hiding in their houses. Shortly after, the two remaining energy pillars inside Mirevale teetered before scattering, destroying the ritual.