Chapter 970 - Eve of Action
Chapter 970 Eve of Action
The sudden plague on the outskirts of the city further emphasized the critical nature of the situation.
The higher-ups of Haisas had only theorized that the companions of the witch might attempt to save her, but that theory had now turned into bloody reality.
In a single night, over a dozen towns had been infected with a deadly plague.
The disease came with such ferocious momentum and intense infectiousness that even the rulers of the nation were shocked to hear of its symptoms.
Ordinary medical officers could not do anything about the plague. They couldn’t even protect themselves from being infected by it. The only means of curing and removing the plague spores were the holy knights’ Light’s Healing.
However, a divine spell such as Light’s Healing was demanding. Even the First Grade Iron Knights could only cast the spell five times a day if they pushed themselves to their limits. Meanwhile, the many trainee knights in the city would exhaust all of their divine power after a single use of the spell.
Faced with such a situation, the leaders of Haisas could only selectively send the holy knights to the towns and villages whose residents were suffering the most from the plague. Still, could droplets of water ever hope to extinguish a blazing inferno?
Soft knocking sounds came from the door.
“Sir Eadric, it is time for dinner!” The maid’s voice came from outside the door.
“Tell your master that I will be praying for the Holy Light for the entire night tonight. I won’t be joining him for dinner. Do not let anyone come in and disturb my prayers!” Greem rejected in a stern voice.
“Yes, sir!”
Soft footsteps rang out, and it became quiet once again.
Greem lifted his head and looked at the faintly crimson night sky. He raised a finger and slowly started to gather the fire elementium in the air.
Radiant fire elementium was stripped from the colorless air and gathered at Greem’s fingertip, causing it to glow brighter as it turned hotter and hotter. It seemed as if it would burst into a great flame at any moment.
At this moment, an intangible yet firm power appeared above Greem’s head and started to extend toward his position.
Holy Ward!
The fire elementium Greem had gathered upon his fingertip had reached a threshold. Any more and it would instantly burst into an actual elementium fire. When that happened, the Holy Ward that enveloped the entirety of Haisas would be triggered, and the holy knights at the Chape would be alerted.
The holy knights of Henvic walked the path of faith, and their only mastery of magical powers was through the singular form of the Holy Light. However, thousands of years of development and focus had allowed them to discover alternative uses of the holy light.
For instance, this Holy Ward that covered the city of Haisas!
Using the sensitivity and exclusivity of the Holy Light, a gigantic Holy Ward had been erected around Haisas. Any active or passive gathering of magical elementium within this barrier would trigger and activate backlash from it. Fortunately, Greem was only gathering the fire elementium on a small scale and had not allowed it to turn into an actual fire.
Otherwise, even an apprentice-level spell would have resulted in backlash from the Holy Ward.
Apart from monitoring and detecting magical energy fluctuations, the Holy Ward could also create a single-elementium environment. It was also a trap that the holy knights had left for the adepts.
If any adepts were to think too much of themselves and broke into Haisas City alone, the holy knights controlling the Holy Ward from the Chapel would switch the state of the barrier from passive to active. When that happened, all other magical elementium apart from holy light would be restricted within Haisas City.
It was incredibly terrifying for otherworldly adepts who were now neck-deep in enemy territory!
As such, apart from gathering information over the past few days, Greem had also continuously been testing the reactions and mechanisms of the Holy Ward. Through the Chip’s examination of the power flux, he had confirmed the exact location of the holy array.
Greem would first have to dispel this ward if he wished to assault the Holy Light chapel.
He would never be as foolish as to battle two Third Grade Gold Knights under the suppression of the Holy Ward.
Greem sorted out his emotions beneath the crimson moonlight and once again reassessed his combat plan. After confirming that there were no flaws, he finally released an order to attack to a specific remote place in the distance.
The Holy Ward might be exceedingly sensitive to magical elementium, but it clearly could not obstruct the faint connection between souls.
With Greem’s orders given, the Spirit of Pestilence Remi finally put the plans into action!