(Heartfelt thanks to 'Kaede no Chōrei,' 'otakujerry,' and 'Yan Yu Jiangnan' for their rewards!)
"Sizzle—!"
Amid the incessant sizzling, all the magic power on the Beast King's body was melted away by the encroaching Dissolving Wind, vanishing without a trace.
To deal with the Dissolving Wind, one had to resist it with pure physical strength.
However, the Beast King's body was also restrained by Garin, Mula, and Magnubi.
In other words, in this state, the Beast King could not move at all and could do nothing about it.
Yet the Beast King was not worried in the slightest.
Competing in physical strength?...
Magical beasts were inherently stronger than humans, let alone the Beast King...
Even though Garin, Mula, and Magnubi had restrained him, he only needed to exert some effort to break free.
At that point, the Beast King would be able to dispel the Dissolving Wind on his body as well.
The combined restraint of Garin, Mula, Linya, and Magnubi was nothing more than a minor inconvenience to the Beast King. It posed no threat at all.
Thinking this, the Beast King had forgotten something.
There were not merely Garin, Mula, Linya, and Magnubi present.
In the distance, Linya watched as Garin and Mula tightly held the Beast King's hands, while Magnubi's beast phantom restrained his body and a tornado that dissolved magic power swirled around him. She gave Cynthia a slight nod.
Cynthia immediately understood and raised her staff.
The next moment, everyone present, including the Beast King, was replaced by blocks of ice and vanished from the scene.
The Beast King only felt his vision blur. When his sight returned, the scene before him left him stunned.
This was a platform on the outskirts of the City of Different Eras.
Above the platform stood an ancient tree