Mo Fan jumped down from the Ghost Wolf Beast's back and pointed at Lin Yu and all the Military Mages.
"You're still wearing those uniforms, yet you're following traitors around and capturing people for experiments? Are you worthy of those uniforms? Are you worthy of the Military Mages fighting demons with their lives at the border?"
His voice echoed through the ruins.
Among the group, the young Jiang Yi gripped his staff tightly, his knuckles turning white.
He was an outstanding graduate of a military academy and had joined the Military Mage ranks with the purest ideals.
He had followed Lu Nian because he believed a Commander Level officer could advance magic, but everything he had seen along the way... the records from those secret laboratories, the reports of missing low-tier Mages...
"We're doing this for a greater purpose."
Jiang Yi tried to convince himself.
"A greater purpose?"
Mo Fan spat.
"Using your own people as test subjects is great? Betraying the military is great? I think you're nothing but a pack of selfish cowards! Criminals in uniform!"
Lin Yu took a deep breath. "Final warning, Mo Fan. Don't force us to act."
"Act? Come on, then!"
Lightning and fire blazed simultaneously in Mo Fan's hands.
"Let's see who dies here first!"
He did not attack the Military Mages. Instead, he turned toward the Lizard Skull Giant Demon nest and poured his magic energy into his Lightning Element star particles.
"This is bad!"
Lin Yu instantly understood what he intended to do.
"Stop him!"
But it was already too late.
"Thunderbolt: Bolts from the Heavens!"
A thick bolt of purple lightning struck precisely into the deepest part of the nest, exploding right in front of the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon.
For that instant, time seemed to freeze.
Then, a deafening