Chapter 1326 Survival

When the barrier surrounding the Magus Academy disappeared, the two crimson warships immediately began their descent, entering the planetary atmosphere of the Magus Academy.

The sight of the terrifying elven battleship with its sharp edges drawing closer terrified every human in the Magus Academy. Everyone could feel their hearts drop as their hope for survival was crushed to the bottom low.

Not waiting for any further sign, all of the cannons on the two massive ships began to stir awake as they started firing their payloads, releasing hells of explosions on all the areas throughout the academy.

Kaboomm! Kaboomm! Kaboomm!

The sky rumbled violently as numerous deafening explosive sounds shook through the air, accompanied by loud screams of despair as now the number of civilians killed had just risen to thousands with each passing second.

The massacre was shocking even for the magus figures around; so much so that every able-bodied man, magus or no magus amongst the civilians, was compelled to stand up and fight for their own life. At this moment they knew that only themselves could decide whether they survived or not.

Being one of the strongest on the human alliance's side, Elder Sinuure was forced to abandon his fight and quickly soared high into the sky, opening his arms wide as he cast a protection spell enforced with his domain.

[Absolute Serenity]

In a matter of seconds, a translucent screen of water rose from the ground before converging in the sky above to form a dome-like structure. Created by the profound Law of Water, the barrier was able to withstand most of the bombardment the two elven ships carried out.

Seeing the old magus' actions, others who were capable seemed to be planning to do the same. However, just as they were about to do so, the two elven ships suddenly opened their hatches and released hundreds of pyramid-shaped flying ships into the air – the infamous elven fighter jets.

Like a bird of prey finding its prey, those jets all swooped down and swarmed the sky as they started shooting beams of energy that could turn every figure beneath the magus realm into a pile of ashes.

As the only human alliance's construct in the area, the warship Dreadnought immediately tried to return fire towards the two elven warships. It even went as far as using its own body as a shield to block some of the shots.

"Divert all non-essential power to shields and cannons, proceed!" Magus Rosia ordered loudly, Lord Izta's first wife and acting captain of the ship.

What came next out of such disasters were the sight of hundred dark elves jumping out from each of the warships. As if that wasn't bad enough, dozens of magus could be perceived amongst them. Each and every one of them was ready to unleash terror upon all down below.

Emery and the other three stood frozen as they watched in disbelief at everything that unfolded before their eyes. However, soon they couldn't observe any longer as they saw several elven fighter jets heading towards them.

It turned out that being in such a high place as the Hall of Aspire made them quickly get targeted by the elves. Dozens of dark elves quickly arrived at their location, sparing no effort not to hide their killing intent.

Once again, Olivier and Atlas flew out of the window to welcome the newly-arrived elves, while Eeshoo immediately controlled all of his 64 Soaring Shuttles to launch the first strike of the clash.

Seeing the actions of the three of them, Emery was pumped to fight as well. However, just as he was about to join in, Grand Magus Yvere quickly stopped him.

"No, Emery. You can't join them, there are other things you need to do here."

A reluctant expression appeared on Emery's face as he wished he could jump down and save as many civilians as possible. But he relented in the end, because the old grand magus convinced him that this task was far more important.

"I need you to activate the artifact one more time."

Under the grand magus' instructions, Emery walked over to the artifact. As soon as his hand touched the blue crystal, once again, he could feel his Spirit Reading rapidly expanding by at least a hundredfold, covering the entirety of the Magus Academy.

This time, with the situation unfolding, Emery felt his heart ache greatly from the fact that he could see what was going on in the academy in such detail and clarity.

"Please, Elder…  quickly tell me what I need to do…" plead Emery, as he cried from experiencing such torture.

Unfortunately for him, there was no response. It seemed Grand Magus Yvere needed more time to do what he planned, realizing this, Emery could only grit his teeth and wait for the next instructions.

Unbeknownst to him, the old grand magus once again coughed out blood, not only was he injured from his battle against Zenonia, but he also had exerted himself during the battle against the Monk.

Yet despite such conditions, the man still forced himself to do what he was about to.

Moments later, the spell he had prepared finally took effect in reality, turning the room they were in into a lush forest of white trees emitting a brilliant green light, with the old grand magus at the center.

[Sacred Tree of Spirit]

All of a sudden, white roots entangled Emery's body as a whole. In that instant, he could feel a powerful wave of spirit energy entering his body rushing towards his nature core.

[Spirit force increased exponentially]

The sudden surge of power gave Emery an incredible feeling, but at the same time also caused an intense pain in his chest.

Caught off guard, Emery almost found himself crashing to the ground as he managed to recover at the last second. But still, the pain was so excruciating he felt like he might lose consciousness at any moment. With the old Grand Magus words help him to resist and continue.

"This spell will work just like it works with your plant creature. Hang on! "

Amidst the agonizing sensation, Emery could hear Grand Magus Yvere's instructions, telling him to channel the energy into the blue crystal. Gradually, his Spirit Reading was elevated once again, expanding another fold to the point that he could sense the dozens of planets surrounding the Magus Academy.

Then, the grand magus' next instructions rang clearly in his ears.

"Now, I need you to teleport all the civilians away from here."

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