Freya's Arrow

The next day.

Hekate woke from her sleep. Her magic power cultivation had temporarily stalled, so all she could do was sleep.

She opened her status panel and performed her daily draw as usual.

Duang~

Gift of Fate: You have gained one opportunity to resonate with a Resonance Star.

Another Resonance Star. Not bad.

Hekate gladly accepted the gift. Lifespan -1000!

A wave of weakness instantly rose from within her body. Hekate was used to ignoring it. She activated Star Chain and had it randomly resonate with a Star.

Congratulations, you have successfully resonated with Frost Star.

Frost Star: Freya's Arrow.

Freya's Arrow: Summons Freya's frost bow and arrow to attack a target.

A resonance skill!

After the previous Soviel Impact, Hekate already knew that the power of these resonance skills was absurdly exaggerated, nearly reaching the level of God-tier Magic. This one would definitely be no exception.

Moreover, this resonance skill could receive bonuses from Star of Magic, Star of Ice Element, and Divine Spark · Starlight. One arrow was equivalent to the power of three arrows.

That afternoon, Betty suddenly came to visit.

"Hekate, Cardenas Kingdom sent me a letter yesterday. They invited teachers from Grants Academy to attend the once-every-five-years Mage Exchange Conference. You were specifically invited as well. Do you want to go?"

Cardenas?

A kingdom southeast of Chaos. Its overall national strength was about on par with Chaos, but because it lay at the center of this continent, it was a place many wandering mages passed through. As a result, it had the largest Mage Association.

The Mage Exchange Conference was organized by that association.

Hekate shook her head. "I can't be bothered. I don't know any of those people, and none of them are stronger than me. Going would just be a waste of time."

Betty shrugged. "All right."

Betty had expected that answer before coming. She had merely wanted to see Hekate and relax a little.

"Then I'll have Teacher Ivin take a few teachers there."

"Okay."

After discussing the matter, Betty chatted with Hekate for quite a while before leaving.

Bored, Hekate activated Star Speech to see whether anything major was happening nearby.

After recording magical knowledge, Teacher Maxi from the Spell Library, Teacher Collet from the Element Library, and Teacher Canber from the Arcane Library were stunned by your Magic Crystal Phone and gathered to study it.

Your Magic Crystal Phone has caught the attention of the teachers at the Magic Crystal Tower, and they have also begun researching it.

After learning that Natasha possessed a noble title, an upperclassman began pursuing her madly. Natasha bluntly rejected him.

Little Bubble has awakened an inherited skill and can now cultivate.

Hekate looked in surprise at the little Mermaid still blowing bubbles in the fish tank. She was not even two years old and could already cultivate. As expected of a Legendary Bloodline.

She had deliberately given those teachers Magic Crystal Phones so they could study and manufacture them, mass-produce the phones, and allow more people to log into the Astrology Network.

Amid all that magical knowledge, she had slipped in a few red books. If she could influence others through them, she would gain more comrades.

It was perfectly normal for Natasha to be pursued. After all, she was the only one left in her family and possessed a noble title. That meant any child she bore would definitely inherit the title, which was highly appealing to commoners.

Besides, Natasha was quite pretty.

Five days later.

Teacher Ivin and several other teachers arrived in Cardenas Kingdom. However, they encountered trouble as soon as they arrived.

After settling into an inn, before they could even report to the venue, they were drugged. None of them could use their magic power and could only be at the mercy of others.

The five teachers were bound and taken to an abandoned Wooden Cabin.

A person dressed in a blue mage robe lifted Teacher Ivin's blindfold and demanded viciously, "I know that Mysterious Curse Master is in Grants Academy. Tell me who she is, or you'll all leave your lives here today."

Teacher Ivin glanced at him. His face was hidden beneath a large hood, and he had also cast Shielding Magic. She could see nothing.

She said calmly, "I don't know the Curse Master you're talking about."

A slap whistled through the air and struck Teacher Ivin hard enough to draw blood from the corner of her mouth. He smiled. "Don't think I'm joking. As the second-strongest person in Grants Academy, how could you not know?"

"My patience is limited, Ivin Anxia."

Teacher Ivin remained expressionless, as though she could not feel the pain in her face, and responded with silence.

"Very good. You won't talk, huh? I suddenly realized you're quite beautiful. You'd definitely be worth a lot if I sold you to the slave market." The Blue-Robed Mage chuckled.

The person behind him chuckled as well. "A Half-Elf's value would be at least ten times higher. Nail Magic Restraint Chains onto her, and she'll become an obedient slave elf."

"Hehe, did you hear that, elf slave? Do you like that identity?" The Blue-Robed Mage crouched down and patted Teacher Ivin's face with a half-smile.

"If she finds out, she won't let any of you go." Teacher Ivin looked at them calmly.

The Blue Robe Mage laughed. "See? Doesn't that mean you know who she is?"

However, at that moment.

An unprecedentedly intense sense of danger surged into the Blue Robe Mage's heart. He abruptly looked up, feeling an incomparably powerful magic power lock onto him.

The sheer strength of that magic power made the Blue Robe Mage's expression change drastically. He hurriedly shouted, "Not good! An extremely powerful spell has locked onto me! Protect me, now!"

Before his words had even faded, he ran outside the Wooden Cabin to observe the spell's trajectory.

The other two mages followed him out after hearing this.

The moment they stepped outside, they began casting all kinds of defensive magic without the slightest hesitation.

For a time, multicolored lights flashed and intertwined, forming layer upon layer of Magic Shields that tightly protected the Blue Robe Mage in the center.

A dazzling icy-blue streak suddenly cut across the distant horizon.

The instant they noticed it, the streak descended at the speed of a Meteor, flying straight at the Blue Robe Mage like lightning.

Then, with a deafening bang, every defensive spell shattered in an instant, turning into countless motes of light that scattered through the air.

The icy-blue streak pierced through layer after layer of defenses without obstruction and shot straight through the Blue Robe Mage's chest.

The Blue Robe Mage let out a muffled groan as his body staggered backward uncontrollably. A massive bloody hole appeared in his chest, and his blood froze at an unimaginable speed.

His eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the arrow piercing his heart. He muttered, "How can there be such powerful magic in this world...? How is this possible...?"

The Ice Arrow's magic power rapidly froze his entire body into a block of ice before shattering it into countless ice crystals. Even the two mages who had merely cast defensive magic had their magic power frozen solid by the cold, collapsing to the ground.

Naturally, Hekate did not spare them. While their magic power was frozen and they could not cast shields, she gave each of them a Fire Curse Technique and burned them all to ash.

Teacher Ivin's eyes widened as she stared in shock at everything that had happened. Her mouth hung slightly open. Only after a long while did she snap back to her senses as if waking from a dream and mutter involuntarily, "Could she have cast that spell?"

Cardenas Kingdom and Uruk Kingdom were a full ten thousand kilometers apart!

From such an incredible distance, her magic could still possess such immense power and impact. Had her strength truly reached such a level?

At that moment, a Miniature Teleportation Array appeared behind Teacher Ivin without warning.

A pair of scissors slowly extended from the Teleportation Array. With a crisp snip, the Mana-Binding Rope tightly restraining Teacher Ivin snapped.

Immediately afterward, a familiar voice came from within the Miniature Teleportation Array. "Teacher Ivin, don't be afraid. I'm here to save you!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Teacher Ivin thought, As expected.