Since Ellie shattered the first seal on friday night, the battle had already lasted several hours. Fortunately, its intensity had risen gradually as the seals were destroyed one by one, so most of those fighting in the Snow Mountain had not yet shown obvious fatigue.
Winnie's power concealed Shade's trail within the blizzard, and thus the flying monsters failed to notice him. The two soon reached the outskirts of Peak of Fate. Looking toward the summit from afar, they could see magnificent Ritual Matrices blooming one after another in the air. The howls of thaumaturgy and the roars of evil creatures tore through the wind, while the shining spiritual light nearly turned night into day.
Pink crystals had formed platforms near the summit. The Stone Golems summoned by the Earth Witch shook the mountains, the emerald radiance of Elf Secret Method seemed to bring down enormous trees, and the golden Miracle Ling Light of the Five Gods Church's divine arts resembled suns in the night sky.
Dragons on the summit breathed Dragon Breath at the monsters climbing the mountain, while the sorceresses with Angel Bloodline had wings on their backs, as though true angels had descended.
And there was also the golden-haired Time Great Witch, manipulating the order of time, to the extent that even her own figure had become distorted amid the chaos of Temporal Order around her.
The battle was even more intense than Shade had imagined. Including the Witches, at least ten Thirteenth Ring Warlocks had gathered here. In the past, that would have been enough to begin fighting the final enemy directly.
Yet all they were doing now was defending the summit, allowing the candidates, the Chosen Ones who would appear later, and everyone else a chance to retreat. The Path of Atonement leading to the