Chapter 616
GDK 616: Giving Protection
Han Shuo’s shouting had alerted Ayermike Cotton and Graeae. They gathered their attentions to the very peak and braced for the impact of the Radiant Blast.
With his consciousness unfolded, Han Shuo had a clear and detailed picture of the Radiant Blast at every instance. He sensed the elements of light rapidly converging, fissioning, and recombining as he calmly prepared to take the blast.
‘Radiant Blast’ was a forbidden magic that worked by concentrating an enormous amount of the element of light to produce energetic lights that bombarded a vast area. Based on his observation and probing of the glaring radiance in the sky, Han Shuo understood that the power of this Radiant Blast was not to be belittled.
The canopy of light in the sky above the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force grew bigger and bigger while the element of light continued to bunch. Millions of gaudy light rays suddenly poured downward. They looked like millions of swords made of light that had only one objective – to annihilate every living thing underneath it.
As the Radiant Blast unleashed its full might, a dignified and holy aura flooded into it, boosting the already formidable power of the forbidden spell.
Han Shuo’s staunch eyes were sparkling. His heart was as still as stone as he looked up at the Radiant Blast bombarding downward.
The Radiant Blast had enveloped not just the entirety of Babylon Academy of Magic and Force, but also more than half of the northern city district. When the canopy of radiance suddenly came crashing down, it appeared just as though the sun was falling. The scene was extremely frightening.
The citizens of the northern city district had all halted whatever they were doing at that moment. Every one of them raised their heads to look up at the sky above overwhelmingly aghast. In an instant, an intense feeling of horror flooded their hearts. A chaos of shrieks and cries erupted from every corner.
The scene was nothing unlike the end of the world. All those people underneath the radiance were petrified as they thought about the miserable deaths they would soon suffer.
Ayermike Cotton was no longer chanting dark magic spells. With his mental strength relaxed and with Graeae’s hurricanes blowing, the dark clouds that shrouded over the crowds’ heads rapidly dissipated.
A clear sky reappeared above the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force.
“What actually happened just now? I couldn’t see anything but I could hear densely-packed explosions. I thought that I was dead from being boomed!”
“Huh? That blinding light is gone. The dark clouds have disappeared as well. We are now out of danger, aren’t we?”
“I guess that’s the case. I can’t sense that stifling pressure anymore.”
The crowd discussed spiritedly. Their faces of fright turned into bewilderment. Every one of them curiously looked all around, as though wanting to find the answer to their doubts from the surrounding environment.
“Jeez, what’s happened to those houses?! They are all in ruins!” After the dark clouds dissipated, an archmage of the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force took to the sky using his levitation skills. After scanning the landscape with his eyes, he immediately shouted.
“That is the scene produced by a Radiant Blast. Any living thing struck by the intense radiance will be instantly vaporized. It appears that the Radiant Blast did cast down but 99 percent of its power was intercepted. Otherwise, the condition of the northern city district would certainly be far worse,” Amyes respectfully reported back to King Lawrence after he took into the air and surveyed the surroundings.
“That damned Church of Light, so much for advocating compassion!” Lawrence gnashed his teeth and was fuming with rage.
On the whole of Profound Continent, only the Church of Light which possessed the mightiest and the most abundant light magi could deploy a Radiant Blast of such formidable might. On top of that, as the Church of Light hadn’t gotten along well with Lancelot Empire all that time, it was a no brainer that the attackers must be associated with the Church of Light.
“How shameless and despicable. The Church of Light sure is the biggest evil cult in the world to actually do such a thing so devoid of conscience.” Old Hahn too was shivering with rage. Never did he anticipate that the Church of Light would actually be so savage in their conduct to release forbidden magic of mass destruction with such indifference to so many commoner lives in Ossen City.
This action had violated the tacit agreement between the countries of Profound Continent. This behavior of the Church of Light could not be described with just the word ‘mad’.
“Amyes, immediately deploy troops to calm the civilians. Candide, investigate this and find all those who conducted this wicked, conscienceless act!” Lawrence could not be more enraged.
After the event, Firenze let out a light sigh of relief, disdainfully looked at those cowards who were thinking about escaping, and mocked them, “See, told y’all so. It’s safest to stay in this place. Had you not listened to me and rashly left the academy earlier, you could have turned into a puff of ashes!”
Those people still had fear lingering in their hearts after narrowly escaping death. They forced a smile and kept silent, not replying to Firenze’s mockery.
Firenze lost interest in those cowards when they did not make any retort. He then glanced all around and asked, “Where’s that chap Bryan? It’s all over now. Where did he go?”
Anyone who was aware that Han Shuo had saved their lives started to look high and low for Han Shuo’s figure. However, they couldn’t find him anywhere they searched.
Faint bloody threads at an unseen hidden spot gradually drifted away. They were heading away from the northern city district.