Is This Right?

"Sigh..."

Looking at Chu Yuan, Lan Qingyou lowered her head and let out a long sigh, then shrugged.

"Didn't I tell you before? It's because of the amplification enchantments on the Protective Barrier."

"After being amplified by the enchantments, the Mana Turbulence and Mana Tide become more violent than they were in the areas where they first intensified. Isn't that only natural?"

"It's like the inner flame on a stove, which burns at a lower temperature. I doubt anyone would use it to boil water."

Lan Qingyou's words left everyone sitting around her in silence.

Why?

That was the only question on everyone's mind.

Indeed.

Wasn't this completely contradictory?

After all, the Magic Protective Shield was supposed to protect them, yet it also intensified the natural disasters that could kill them.

Those two things were utterly at odds.

"No... It's not contradictory at all."

Lan Qingyou shook her head.

"Just think about it. A Magic Protective Shield large enough to cover the entire Karim Continent would require an enormous amount of Magic Power."

"In that case, if the shield is to protect us for a long time, it has to be self-sustaining."

"So it amplifies the Magic Power, then absorbs it."

"In that respect, it works on the same principle as the magic arrays I developed."

"No... Actually, this magic array is many times more advanced than the one I developed."

Seeing everyone's eager faces, Lan Qingyou explained, word by word, what she had seen in the magic array.

Although the Magic Protective Shield and the magic array upon it were both relics of ancient times,

everything had its fundamentals.

So, with Lan Qingyou's solid grasp of the basics, she could understand these things even though she was seeing them for the first time.

"So the amplification is meant to