Chapter 47: Boss battle, Buff up, Team fight!

Chapter 47: Boss battle, Buff up, Team fight!

The sky over the Royal Capital plunged into darkness, like a brooding abyss in reverse.

“What... What’s happening?!”

The crowd watched as the spreading ink gradually filled the sky, devouring their hope.

Some mages within the academy tried to release sparks from their hands to illuminate the surroundings, but no matter how hard they tried, not a single spark came forth.

“Damn it! Mana disruption!”

A mage suddenly cried out in alarm.

More terrifying than before, a strong wave of negativity surged towards the mages.

Those who could still stand before, now, were all unstable.

They fell one after the other, and a sense of unease began to rise in Gwen’s heart.

Her intuition told her that perhaps, it was not only the academy that was in crisis.

Perhaps the entire Royal Capital was about to fall into peril.

“Look over there! What is that?!”

Several students pointed to the hill behind the academy and exclaimed in horror, a fearful atmosphere quickly spreading among the crowd.

The gradually transparent barrier already allowed them to see the outside world,

But the sight that met their eyes was one they would never forget in their lifetime.

The demon’s form began to expand rapidly, devouring everything it touched.

The hill behind the academy could not withstand the intense pressure and began to crumble, but the rocks did not fall. Instead, they were wrapped by the tongues on the demon’s body and sent into its bottomless mouth.

Even the sky was bitten off by it, shattering like glass, revealing a void with a hissing sound.

“That... Is that the demon?”

“The demon...that rescued Professor Devon?”

Panic spread throughout the academy.

Even the outside world had a clear view of this natural disaster-like chaos.

The Royal Family paid serious attention to this catastrophe for the first time, the army was dispatched, and a large number of mages rode in carriages, charging towards the academy to provide support.

For a while, screams, the sound of carriages, and the sound of the mountain collapsing filled the entire Royal Capital.

...

Caifla was thrown out like a kite with a broken string, breaking several stout trees, and then fell silent.

Looking at the fallen Demon Hunter and its rapidly growing body, the demon chuckled:

“Thanks to you, little girl.”

“Although it’s still not enough, I can’t be too greedy.”

The little girl the demon was referring to was naturally Hennie.

It never imagined that a randomly chosen ordinary person would have such a deep knowledge of magic.

This was a huge gift for the demon.

Under its manipulation, Hennie borrowed a massive power from it.

And set up a magic absorption array in the human academy that even it could not have imagined.

Comprised of countless different magic arrays, even a Fourth Order Mage would need a lot of time to analyze it.

Hennie used this array to absorb enough mana to complete her own revenge.

However, all of this benefited the demon.

As long as the magic array does not disappear, those mages can keep serving as its mana source, allowing it to grow continuously.

At this moment, the demon didn’t even want to consume Hennie anymore.

The knowledge in Hennie’s brain made the demon feel incredibly greedy for the first time.

Demons generally would not kill traders easily, especially excellent traders like Hennie.

At this time, its body occasionally emitted faint light.

That was the mana of countless mages in the academy being continuously absorbed, constantly providing it with mana recovery.

The mana in its body was continuously filling up.

Several dozen times more than it had given to Hennie.

In a sense, Hennie had repaid all her debts; it no longer needed to consume her.

Suddenly, a bright white light flashed, and Caifla emerged unscathed, her hands holding a silver blade, charging towards the Demon.

Demon Hunters gain a boost when facing Demons, but correspondingly, they lose some of their sanity.

However, when dealing with Demons, it’s clearly more beneficial to rely on instinctual combat.

The massive mouth on the Demon’s body was torn open in an instant, and countless black tentacles spewed out from between its fangs.

Impatiently, it swung its hand, slapping Caifla hundreds of meters away.

Yet she remained unyielding, assaulting it again and again. Each time, she was able to inflict some damage with the weapon made of special metal in her hand.

Although the damage was not high, it was extremely insulting.

The Demon gradually began to get irritated. The opponent was so weak, but like a fly, it was buzzing around its face, just couldn’t be swatted dead.

At this moment, a glimmer of magic suddenly lit up.

A purple formation gradually formed between Erica Duquois’s hands, each line, each rune was perfectly engraved.

Her hands came together, and the space around the Demon instantly tore apart. Clouds of stars appeared out of thin air, from which dozens of purple chains erupted, plunging into the Demon’s body.

Someone had broken the formation!

But this shouldn’t have been possible.

Even if the formation was broken, there shouldn’t be such a backlash of Mana.

The Demon’s deficient mind couldn’t support it to think any further, it lowered its head, casting a glance over Erica and Caifla.

It had no time to savor these two humans.

Enraged, it vented all its anger on the two, lashing out its tongue with tremendous force, sending them flying until they disappeared in the mid-air, leaving no traces.

The troublesome insects were dealt with in an instant, it dragged its body, step by step, slowly walking towards the academy.

It planned to use the entire academy as a stronghold, summoning a Demon’s Gate here, letting its offspring take over completely.

To transform this place into an empire belonging solely to it.

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, it lowered its head, sensing a life force beneath.

It was Professor Devon, trying to curl his body up, shivering in fear.

And so, the Demon opened its mouth, laughing maniacally.

—

“Ha, ha, ha, ha! So, you haven’t died yet, you foolish fellow.”

“Are you the enemy of that young girl?”

The Demon wasn’t sure what was going through Hennie’s mind, but for now, it could spare this fellow’s life and leave him for Hennie to handle.

Consider it a token of gratitude for the infinite knowledge Hennie had provided.

With that, its tongue coiled around the trembling Devin, and like a missile, it flung him towards the academy.

...

Meanwhile, all the Mages within the barrier looked visibly relieved.

“Yes! That’s the place.”

Under Veega’s guidance, Victor inserted the final magic rune.

Quickly, the magic array began to fade.

Numerous Mages felt their mana beginning to flow back, they were overwhelmed with excitement, bursting with joy.

Victor was also somewhat moved.

Hennie, she was indeed gentle.

After dispelling this magic array, he noticed a Reversal Array left by Hennie.

Once someone successfully broke the array, the effect of mana flow reversal would occur.

The mana drained from the person would begin to flow back at the same speed, returning to the caster.

Hennie seemed to have foreseen that the Demon would use her knowledge to gain more power.

So, she left a flaw in the array beforehand.

If the Demon was truly uncontrollable as she suspected, then, breaking the array could become the only chance for the Mages to turn the tables.

This was the last chess piece left by Hennie, the final killer move from someone who possessed knowledge but lacked magical talent.

While everyone was celebrating the slow return of their mana.

They were complimenting and thanking Victor.

Yet, they didn’t notice a dark shadow gathering from all directions.

The stone slabs of the academy began to crack, countless buildings were devoured and teetered on the brink of collapse.

Several Mage Towers swayed and shattered under the Demon’s convergence.

The towering teaching building was as frail as mud, and it collapsed with a loud crash.

In just a few seconds, the academy underwent earth-shattering changes.

The once glorious academy became dilapidated in an instant.

Many people couldn’t help but look up at the figure, towering like a giant.

“A Demon!”

It seemed to bring infinite terror, casting gloom over everyone’s heads.

It flung Professor Devin onto the ground with its long tongue, as if tossing aside an innocent dead dog.

At this point, everyone fell into sheer terror.

This terrifying aura, along with the horror that had just disappeared on the mountain top.

Everything was a clear sign.

The Demon had come to the academy.

The greedy Demon, drooling with filthy saliva, seemed ready to swallow everything in the academy.

Just then, a large, luminescent blue magic array rose from the ground again, bathing everyone within it.

“3rd Order Magic: Realm of Magical Power”

Effect: Greatly restores mana within range, significantly increases magic damage.

Victor’s calm voice echoed in the background.

“Well then, it’s time for the group attack.”