The light came from every physical object within that area; in other words, every object was emitting an intense glow. After grasping the general situation, Miss Belinder had the ordinary people leave first. She asked Miss Matilda to deal with the farm workers who knew what had happened here, while she and Shade continued forward, stopping only when they reached the outskirts of the glowing area inside the shed:
"It seems more serious than the incidents in the city."
She softly chanted a spell, first trying powers such as the Extinguishing Light Spell and Darkness Art. After confirming that they truly had no effect, she tossed two light-absorbing runestones she had personally crafted toward the glow. These were Alchemy Items she had made specifically to deal with this strange radiance, based on the power she had sensed when she herself had been harmed.
But unfortunately, the runestones only absorbed part of the light for the first two seconds. Then one exploded on the spot, and even the shattered stone fragments began to glow. The other melted into the light like an Ice Block thrown into flames.
"The approach is correct. Ordinary materials simply cannot withstand this Abnormal Light. It seems that even if we find sufficiently strong materials in the future, mass-producing these runestones will still be difficult."
The witch spoke softly, then nodded to Shade. Shade pulled a stack of cards from his pocket. After finding Calamity Cards of the Deep Sea, he pressed a fingertip bearing a First Fire flame to the center of the card:
"Darkness Art!"
In an instant, it was as though space itself had developed a flaw. All the light attached to space converged on the card floating in midair.
Shade gave it a gentle push, and the card drifted toward the center of