Whoosh.
The fifth-rank heavy warrior carrying the box was sent flying by a sudden, heavy blow. Both his body and the box smashed through a nearby house, crashing heavily into the ruins and kicking up a massive cloud of dust and debris.
Olorine did not stop. Her blade glowed with silver light as she relentlessly unleashed Sword Qi toward the wreckage.
The sounds of screeching friction and impacts rang out continuously. The fifth-rank heavy warrior held his shield firmly, blocking every strand of the surging Sword Qi.
The shockwaves from the collisions ground the surrounding debris of all sizes into dust.
"Olorine, why would you betray us!"
The heavy warrior questioned her in a furious roar from within the ruins.
However, the only response he received was the sharp flashes of her sword cutting down repeatedly.
"Are you really going to ask that now?"
Olorine closed the distance. Ignoring the heavy warrior's rage, she swung her blade, which was wrapped in sharp, cyan Sword Qi, and struck down with a vengeance.
Blade met shield, spraying out countless strands of flowing wind Sword Qi that acted like a tornado, shredding everything in the vicinity.
There were even tiers of quality between different types of Sword Qi.
Olorine's cyan Sword Qi contained powerful wind element energy.
Part of this came from the effect of her sword, a greater magic grade magical artifact named Sighing Tornado.
Another part was Olorine's own inherent power.
For a swordsman to obtain elemental Sword Qi, they had to receive a special blessing.
Most of these blessings originated from dungeons, while others came from the blessings of elemental fae in the magical world.
The heavy warrior's shield was knocked aside. He gritted his teeth and, with a sudden shout, activated his internal defensive power while simultaneously triggering the special effect of his shield.
The dragon relief on the shield suddenly lit up, and a massive phantom of a dragon head was summoned. It roared as it lunged to bite Olorine.
However, Olorine dodged as if she had expected it, causing the dragon phantom to snap at empty air.
This was a greater magic grade magical artifact, the Dragon-head Shield.
Its special effect allowed the user to summon a dragon head to bite an opponent. If it hit, it would reduce all of the target's attributes for thirty seconds.
Additionally, the summoned dragon head possessed a portion of a true dragon's abilities, allowing it to breathe fire.
The flames it spat carried a cursed power capable of shredding defense.
Sure enough, as the dragon head missed its bite, it quickly opened its maw and spat out searing flames.
Olorine gripped her longsword and slashed out a tornado of cyan Sword Qi.
The scorching flames were swept up by the gale and carried into the sky.
In an instant, a dazzling fire tornado rose into the air. Even the people watching the Alchemy Ceremony in the square noticed the terrifying vortex at this moment.
"Lady Feiwan, what should we do!"
A terrified Fete could only cling to the strongest person nearby, Feiwan.
Feiwan ignored Fete, her eyes fixed on the rising tornado in the distance.
What kind of treasure could it be to attract so many people to fight for it?
She had to seize it and bring it back to her master!
However, it was not yet time to act. That faint sense of crisis Feiwan felt had still not faded.
She felt as though someone had yet to make a move.
If Tongmu were here, with its powerful vision, it would likely know what was still hidden.
Unfortunately, she was currently alone in Gray City.
At the top of the tower in Gray Castle, Tobin sat before the bell, perceiving everything happening at the scene through the Gray Mist Bell.
Every tiny detail of Olorine's expression during her betrayal was caught in his gaze.
Though he was deeply pained, he did not abandon his duty.
There was still one person who had not acted.
The Gray Mist Bell could sense a powerful, pure, and searing force.
Even a mage specializing in fire magic would not possess such a level of scorching mana.
However, he could no longer afford to hold back.
He picked up his staff and struck the Gray Mist Bell.
Clang!
With the tolling of the bell, Tobin teleported to the site of the battle. Using flight magic to hover in the air, he held his staff and aimed it at Olorine below.
There were no flashy spells, only a continuous barrage of pure magical bombardment!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Magical attacks condensed into orbs poured down like cannonballs.
In an instant, Olorine was enveloped as she swung her sword.
After so long, Olorine was the person most important to Tobin, the friend who had accompanied him the longest.
But it was precisely because of that that her betrayal was unforgivable!
Olorine looked up at the intervening Tobin, showing no surprise at all.
She knew this old man well; he was exactly that kind of man.
He would marry a noble lady he did not love just because of the prince's command and stay with her until her death.
He would also strike to kill her without hesitation because of her betrayal.
Cyan Sword Qi met the magic orbs falling from the sky.
Impacts and explosions followed.
It was as if an intense symphony was being played in the air.
As the piece ended, the dust of mana stirred by the wild winds dissipated. Tobin held his staff with both hands, pointing it at Olorine.
A magnificent magic circle unfurled in the sky like a complex scroll.
"Fifth-rank magic, Abyssal Stone Tomb."
In an instant, the earth shook as countless rocks pierced through the ground.
Looking down from high above, the collapsing earth looked like a giant abyss of a mouth, exposing sharp fangs as it lunged to tear into Olorine.
Olorine held her longsword in one hand and stepped onto the rubble beneath her feet, leaping toward the sky.
However, she was met in the air only by a continuous stream of magic orbs.
A powerful gravitational force also erupted from the gaping abyss below.
The surrounding air seemed to turn into countless invisible hands, grabbing Olorine's body and pulling her downward.
Olorine gave a sharp cry, and countless strands of cyan Sword Qi blasted downward.
The massive thrust resisted the attraction from below.
At the same time, she slashed out Sword Qi in all directions, shredding the stone fangs lunging at her.
Then, she grabbed a ribbon at her waist and gave it a light tug.
In an instant, the invisible space behind her began to warp, and a picture frame fell out of the void.
"A masterpiece grade magical artifact, Secret Garden!"
Tobin recognized the name of the frame at a glance.
This was one of the masterpiece grade magical artifacts collected by the Grey family.
It was a treasure discovered in a medium-scale dungeon controlled by the Grey family.
Olorine caught a corner of the Secret Garden and flicked it lightly into the air.
The space warped accordingly, and a fifth-rank mage and a fourth-rank swordsman were summoned.
The Secret Garden possessed an extremely strong stealth effect and was also a spatial attribute magical artifact.
It could store living beings and conceal their auras.
All magical artifacts possessed powerful mana. Using them temporarily made it extremely difficult to hide their presence, making them easy to detect.
The reason the Grey family had previously deployed the Life Casket so suddenly was that they couldn't manage the massive mana concealment in such a short time, which ultimately led to its theft.
But the Secret Garden had a stealth effect, using spatial power to hide things.
Tobin had no information on the summoned fourth-rank swordsman.
However, he recognized the fifth-rank mage, an old mage who had served beside the prince.
Feanor Grey, the uncle of the Grey family head and the youngest son of the previous head.
Feanor had already raised his staff, ready and waiting.
At this moment, a large number of magic orbs shot into the sky toward Tobin.
"Olorine, go take the Undying Wardrobe,"
Feanor shouted to the side.
Olorine sheathed her sword. Her body was enveloped in flowing wind as she dashed away, her target being the heavy warrior who had already run a distance with the box.
"Olorine!!"
Tobin shouted in anger from the sky.
"Old Tobin, technically, you should be considered my uncle-in-law."
"I am honored to be able to learn some magic from you."
Feanor raised his staff, pointing it at Tobin high above. His body flew upward as his magic circles began to unfurl.
A hundred years ago, the Grey family and Prince William were not as hostile as they were today.
Intermarriage between nobles was common.
Thus, as Prince William's confidant, Tobin had married the cousin of the family head at that time.
The current, relatively young William VI had a grandmother who was the sister of the previous Grey family head.
It was only later that the relationship between the two sides deteriorated due to conflicts of interest.
The continuously growing Grey family had already threatened the prince's rule over the Northern Territory of the Lanxi Kingdom.
Tobin ignored Feanor's words and raised his staff, unfurling his own magic circles.
"Fifth-rank magic."
"Fifth-rank magic."
Feanor charged toward the sky, utilizing the power of the earth below to cast earth magic.
Tobin looked down from above, showing no sign of backing down as he unleashed fire magic.
"Earth Dragon's Leap!"
"Lava Sledgehammer!"
Boom!!!
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