It had to be admitted that this battle had gone incredibly smoothly. Even Punk himself had not expected his actions to proceed so flawlessly.
As a prepared and cautious spellcaster, his plan had merely been to lie in ambush along this prophesied "path the enemy must take," set a "Bernice Chain Trap," hold a "Muse's Twisted World" in reserve, and wait for his prey to walk into the net.
For "Whisper of Destruction," who was not particularly skilled with Enchantment School spells, such an ambush was basically the strongest strategy he could manage. If he set up even more Enchantment School traps without sufficient proficiency, the energy fluctuations would instead be more likely to give him away.
So in the end, Punk had prepared only two traps. As long as the fairly capable Ankazan avoided either one of them, he would have gained at least a small chance to escape.
In the Legendary Mage's plan, it would have been enough if these traps merely delayed Ankazan's escape for a while. A major battle would still have been unavoidable afterward. After all, an "Order Keeper" valued by the Mage Guild might possess any number of trump cards. Expecting to defeat the enemy too easily was probably unrealistic...
However, reality cruelly proved one truth—suppression by six spellcasting levels was more "realistic" than any trump card!
The power increase brought by higher class levels was comprehensive and all-encompassing. Although ordinary Legendary Level Spells cast by high-level professionals could never surpass their limits and reach the Morningstar tier, the bonuses provided by class levels increased a spell's energy saturation, duration, and destructive power. A spell used by a Level 39 Legendary spellcaster was certainly not something a Level 33 professional could break free from easily.
It was precisely because of this enormous level suppression