The Corruption of Gods by Capital Begins

However, it did not matter much that the mage had suddenly taken the opposing side.

The Sack Empire's fate was already sealed. This was merely the final formal blow, officially ending an empire that had existed for less than three years.

As the third major power besides the Lords and the clergy, the Mages had earned Aburame Tetsumaru's wariness because they possessed knowledge in their minds and power in their hands.

But it was wrong for them to step forward now. Their timing was so absurd it left one speechless; they could not change the outcome at all.

In Aburame Tetsumaru's view, a mage's power was not suited for use alone. They were important amplifiers, capable of maximizing their strength only when supporting a powerful force.

But the Sack Empire's capital could hardly be called a city. It had only a little over two hundred thousand people, and its defending army was pitifully small.

Honestly, there was no room left for the Mages to display their abilities.

Still, Aburame Tetsumaru had underestimated the Mages' power.

The Mages in the Red Army's special forces warned him that they sensed enormous magical energy within the city. At least forty magic towers had synchronized the frequencies of their magic power, creating magical resonance.

In addition, over sixty magic towers had connected to ley lines or energy dimensions, drawing magic power to support rune frameworks and create fountains of magic power.

Aburame Tetsumaru, whose head was full of question marks, frowned at the Mages and asked in confusion, "What exactly do all these things you're talking about mean?"

Only then did the Mages in Red Army uniforms realize that they had used too many awkward magical technical terms, irritating both their comrades and their supreme commander.

So they selected the oldest mage among them,