Chapter 552: Thunder Marsh

Chapter 552: Thunder Marsh

On his second day at the Thunder Marsh camp, Sein headed directly to the Thunder Marsh, located to the east of the camp, instead of commencing his assigned task of performing various maintenance work and constructing the magic towers at the fortress base.

Fortunately, the battle near the camp was not particularly fierce, and the mission Sein had accepted did not have a strict deadline.

Therefore, his departure did not violate the directives of the operations command center.

Besides, the operations command center often granted mages like Sein more leniency and freedom.

Before leaving, Sein personally concocted several alchemy potions for his father.

With decent apothecary knowledge, Sein managed to amass quite a number of nice resources in the Knight Continent’s trial zone.

With him personally tending to his father’s injuries, Jeremy could rest easier than if others were in charge.

In fact, he was very satisfied with Sein’s initiative.

“Where are you going?” Jeremy asked as Sein was about to leave the fortress camp.

“The disturbances in the easter part of Thunder Marsh have been going on for a while, so I’m planning to investigate,” Sein replied.

Currently, Sein had his Aura Restraint spell activated, so Jeremy was unable to discern his true strength.

Unaware of Sein's remarkable feat of stealing a Rank Two knight’s kill upon his arrival at the Thunderfall World’s battlefield, Jeremy frowned slightly and expressed his concern.

“The unrest in the eastern part of Thunder Marsh isn’t something a couple of knights or mages can easily quell. The native creatures of the Thunderfall World periodically launch coordinated counterattacks there. During the last conflict, Rank Two creatures from the Thunderfall World were even spotted there,” Jeremy warned.

“Your ancestor, Julius, has been dispatched to scout the area and monitor the situation,” he added.

As a seasoned knight in such warfare, Jeremy was far more acquainted with the Thunderfall World than Sein.

"Why do these native creatures continuously attack the area we’ve already conquered and occupied? I intend to find out how they make their way there but don’t worry, I won’t act recklessly,” Sein assured.

Although they shared the last name, Sein’s early childhood experiences had created a small distance between him and his family.

Furthermore, his status as a tower master's apprentice meant that Jeremy could not abuse his position as Sein’s family elder to simply order him around.

After letting out a sigh, Jeremy handed Sein a small crystal ball.

Kelman was among the most severely wounded, yet, fortuitously, he did not succumb to his injuries on the spot.

As a recently promoted Rank One knight, Kelman had been primarily assigned to garrison and patrol duties by the fortress command center, which generally exhibited leniency in its mission assignments to spare newer knights from direct frontline combat.

Surprisingly, what appeared to be an ordinary garrison duty escalated into a highly perilous situation.

This debacle clearly resulted from a grave underestimation of the Thunderfall World’s forces by the Orders of the Thunder Knights, Steel Fist, and Green Gale.

Even their combined strength seemed insufficient against the formidable adversaries of this world.

Given the ongoing intensity at the frontline, the duration of this interplanar war remained uncertain.

***

The electro elemental particles were extremely active in Thunder Marsh.

It was an elemental force that Sein had seldom encountered before and its volatile nature far exceeded that of the pyro element he was accustomed to.

Many knights and mages, newly arrived in Thunderfall World to participate in the war, struggled to adjust to the world’s harsh environment.

It was common for individuals to be struck by lightning while flying through the sky.

This was the notorious characteristic of the Thunderfall World.

Sein, however, quickly adapted to the environment after his arrival.

CRACK!

Suddenly, a blue-violet bolt of lightning from the sky struck Sein.

Apart from a slight numbness in his body, it did not bother him too much.

Then, something caught his eye—a subtle movement beneath the surface of the dark marsh in the distance.

Now a peak Rank One mage, Sein could detect any movement within a thousand-meter radius under his mental focus coverage; nothing could escape his notice.

Reacting swiftly, a large fireball appeared at the top of his Verdant Flame Heart Rod.

Whatever had stirred in the marsh was now the target of a fiery and terrifying pursuit.