Resurrection

A violent tremor came from the ground. The entire city of Olifando was slowly sinking, as if being dragged into the abyss by an invisible hand.

"Enlaisi... you..." Wolund finally realized where this extraordinarily powerful magic was coming from.

Wolund's gaze pierced through the trembling earth beneath his feet, as if he could see the magic stone vein buried deep underground.

How did he do it... Wolund no longer had the mind to worry about this question.

Even Wolund could not have imagined that someone would spend nearly a century digging a tunnel right beneath Olifando.

The entire Olifando shook for a moment, then stopped falling.

Enlaisi was slightly taken aback, clearly surprised. He had expected Olifando to fall into the lake below, creating even greater chaos.

"I didn't expect you to already have a countermeasure," Enlaisi sighed. "To be able to react so quickly in the face of such a situation... as expected of you, Wolund."

Enlaisi wasn't in a hurry. After all, the magic surging from the array hadn't stopped. The energy of the underground vein still flooded into the magic circle beside him like a tide, emitting a scarlet light.

Wolund remained silent; he had roughly guessed what was going on.

That person took action.

To be able to stop an entire city like Olifando from falling... other than Aina, Wolund couldn't think of anyone else who could do it.

"Stop it, Enlaisi. This won't lead to anything," Wolund's voice carried a hint of exhaustion.

"Do you think there's still a possibility for me to stop?" Enlaisi's face was calm.

"In that case... let's do this, everyone."

Wolund soared into the sky, his dark blue robes snapping in the wind, and then he slowly raised his hand.

The crowd in this area had already been evacuated, so they could go all out.

Figures dressed in various colored robes appeared behind Wolund. These experts were the foundation of Olifando.

Accompanied by rhythmic chanting, dense magic arrays lit up in the air in an instant, blooming simultaneously like countless brilliant flowers, obscuring the sky over this residential area.

"This is quite a grand spectacle," Enlaisi muttered.

Searing fireballs trailing long flames, frost blooming from ice arrows in the air, and lightning dancing like wild golden snakes—a sky full of streaming lights smashed toward Enlaisi.

This volley of magic seemed enough to destroy any army.

Boom—

Magic of various elements smashed into the Vacuum Wall, triggering violent elemental explosions and forming clusters of gorgeous yet dangerous energy vortexes.

As the massive energy fluctuations dispersed, the Vacuum Wall remained completely unscathed, still protecting Enlaisi inside like a giant transparent egg.

"How is that possible?"

A mage in the crowd above voiced their disbelief.

Wolund's gaze was sharp, and he immediately noticed the clue: "He linked the magic array and the magic stone vein together."

"Principal."

Someone pointed upward. Wolund looked up and saw that Olifando's defensive barrier had begun to slowly fade at some unknown point. A gap had appeared at the top of the bowl-shaped magic barrier and was continuously expanding.

After all, Olifando's barrier was also powered by the underground magic vein.

At this moment, the Vacuum Wall in front of them was serving the exact same purpose as the barrier.

Enlaisi stood inside the array, his face slightly pale.

In truth, he wasn't sure if the Vacuum Wall he had set up could withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of these mages.

Although he had an endless supply of magic as support, as a professor of Olifando, Enlaisi knew better than anyone what kind of strength his colleagues possessed.

Enlaisi's gaze returned to Mian beside him.

It was slower than expected.

But for now, he had at least survived the first wave.

Just then, a sharp ice cone unexpectedly pierced through the Vacuum Wall's obstruction, grazing Enlaisi's arm and stabbing deeply into the floor beside him.

"Physical magic attacks," someone reminded aloud.

The group of mages outside immediately changed their strategy.

The Vacuum Wall was actually a wind wall with an extremely high concentration of wind elements. It had incredibly strong defensive power against elemental magic like fire and lightning, but its effectiveness was somewhat discounted against physical attacks like ice cones and rock bullets.

A new round of chanting began, and ice cones smashed toward the barrier in front of Enlaisi like a torrential rain.

But disappointingly, the moment they touched the Vacuum Wall, all the attacks were still instantly deflected or shattered into dust.

"It seems... there's not much difference from before?" The mages looked at each other in dismay. The physical attacks hadn't achieved the expected results either.

So, what was the reason? That previous ice cone had definitely broken through this Vacuum Wall.

Wolund frowned slightly, then realization dawned on him.

"Elemental mixing," Wolund spoke up. "First use elemental magic of other attributes to disrupt the elemental stability of the Vacuum Wall. Once it's in chaos, use physical attacks to break through!"

"I see."

"Understood."

Everyone immediately began to act according to Wolund's instructions.

Enlaisi clicked his tongue inwardly. As expected of that guy, he could spot the problem at a glance.

One physical attack after another broke through the Vacuum Wall's defenses. Although the barrier continuously repaired itself relying on the massive magic power, more and more gaps appeared on it, and the repair speed couldn't keep up with the rate of penetration.

Wolund's figure transformed into a streak of flame, charging straight in through a broken gap.

Enlaisi raised his hand and instantly fired several wind blades at him, which Wolund nimbly dodged.

In the narrow space, the two figures constantly flickered and alternated. The crowd could only observe the battle through the continuously destroyed furniture in the room—bookshelves collapsed with a crash, ancient tomes flying everywhere; lab tables were sliced in half, bottles and jars smashing to pieces; the walls occasionally bore the scorch marks of fire and the deep grooves cut by wind blades.

Finally, flames danced wildly like spirit snakes, transforming into chains that bound Enlaisi's body. The runes on the chains flickered, suppressing the flow of magic within Enlaisi.

"It's over." The staff in Wolund's hand pointed at Enlaisi.

Enlaisi let out a bitter smile. Even when they were young, he was always one step behind this guy.

"Terminate this array first. Stop now..."

An eerie heartbeat echoed through the world.

Everyone around felt their own heart skip a beat, as an indescribable sense of suffocation gripped their throats.

Wolund's expression turned solemn once more as he looked at Mian beside him.

Mian's figure began to twitch bizarrely. Like a puppet with cut strings, his body slowly floated into the air.

Mian slowly opened his eyes, revealing a sea of blood red.