Chapter 74: Divine Tower Mages
Amidst the chaos, a stray ember grazed Sein’s cheek.
Although it did not cause a serious injury, it seared his face with a fiery pain.
Leena, who was near to Sein, fared far worse. This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.
Despite narrowly avoiding the initial onslaught of fire pillar and rain of flames, she was helplessly thrown several dozen meters by the ensuing hurricane.
“LEENA!” Sein cried out.
Quickly casting the Lightfoot spell on himself, Sein, who was glowing with yellow light, rushed to Leena and picked her up.
The source of the yellow glow came from the magic ring which included a geo elemental shield. It was a gift from Master Morsidor before his departure to Shadow Valley.
When Sein reached Leena’s side, her clothes around the abdomen and waist area were already stained with blood.
Even so, that did not deter a strong woman like her from casting a couple of buff spells, similar to Lightfoot, on him in time.
As a senior initiate, Leena had mastered a much broader array of magic spells.
She had also learned a shield-type spell, but it was not the type that could automatically activate like the one in Sein’s magic ring.
The two took a moment to assess their surroundings.
Shielded by a layer of geo elemental protection, Sein and Leena remained in relatively good condition.
However, the other intermediate and senior initiates in the camp suffered fatalities and injuries from the sudden onslaught.
Elemental light danced around Sein and Leena.
Most of them were aero and pyro elements that had come from the sudden onslaught, and only very little from the resistance put up by the black magic initiates.
The chaos had caused Sein to lose sight of Zorro and Faye.
Amidst the raging flames and hurricane, Sein and Leena had their hands full ensuring their own safety, leaving them with no capacity to worry about the others.
“Hehehe, you mages from the Divine Towers are quite the moralists. There are hundreds of innocent initiates on the other side of this spatial passage. I bet more than half of them have perished due to your magic.
“Oh dear, they were the future hopes of the Magus World! How could you eliminate them so callously when they hadn’t even violated any rules in the Magus World? Are you the black mage, or am I the black mage here?” the old voice said and chuckled eerily.
“Hmph, hunting black mages often comes at the cost of some innocent lives. After all, isn’t using other people as shields a common tactic employed by your group to evade the scrutiny of the various Divine Towers and Orders of the Knights?
“As for those initiates... while I can’t vouch for their character, it’s likely that those initiates raised by black mages will become a menace to the Magus World in the future!” The stern voice spoke again in the will transmission.
The voice startled many of the surviving black magic initiates, including Sein.
Fortunately, the situation did not deteriorate any further.
Another voice emerged.
“Senior Rhomwald, based on the junior and fresh initiates we’ve rescued so far, there are still innocents among the black magic initiates in this area. The fresh initiates, most of whom are shockingly under ten years old and have been subjected to suffering at the hands of the black mages in Gloomhaven. We, as mages from the Divine Towers, have a duty to rescue them!”
The appearance of this voice was a godsend.
While the full-fledged black mages on the other side of the spatial passage might hold a different opinion, this voice stirred some emotions among the black magic initiates in the Sand World.
Could it be that the mages from the Divine Towers were genuinely benevolent individuals who championed human rights and the welfare of the general public?
Having lived underground for many years with limited access to information from the outside world, most black magic initiates lacked awareness of the Divine Towers and the spellcasting community on the surface world.
Sein could only make an accurate judgment after returning to the surface world and interacting directly with these Divine Towers.
The plea from the other mage from the Divine Tower led to a reduction in the turmoil of aero and pyro elements surrounding the spatial passage.
At that moment, Zorro’s voice suddenly rang out from the crystal ball in Sein’s possession.
“Quick! Activate the elemental beads! This is our only chance to escape from the Sand World!”