Sudden Attack

Fran would soon discover that Eleanor had not been wrong about some mages being rather radical.

Although The Alliance's system was fairly complete, it was only fairly complete. A mage did not have to pay a price for killing an ordinary person unless they killed many.

Even if that mindset could not be entirely transferred to attitudes toward other mages, it would still affect individual mages and the atmosphere of The Alliance as a whole.

Just as Fran found a moment to step outside and issue some orders, a Second Order Mage hidden on the street launched a direct attack on her.

The attacker tore open three Magic Scrolls in succession. Pyroblast, Lesser Shatter, and Death Ray—three powerful attacks came flying at Fran.

The shield devices on Fran immediately activated in full. She had acquired a large sum of money through her dealings with the Astrology School, so how could she not buy some precious shield devices for protection?

Death Ray was the fastest. It struck Fran's shield and was about to dissipate together with that thin layer of shielding.

At that moment, the pale green Death Ray was still shooting from the attacking mage's finger. The instant he saw the ray hit the shield, he brutally stabbed a blue transparent crystal into his own palm.

A crack rang out as the crystal shattered. The mage's palm took on the appearance of the blue transparent crystal he had just held, and it continued spreading across his body.

It spread rapidly, faster than the still-flying Pyroblast. Its spread was not even limited to flesh; the Death Ray that was about to dissipate was stained blue as well.

The crystal reached Fran's deployed shield before Pyroblast did, making Fran frown. This crystal seemed far from ordinary.

She could sense the aura of