At the center of the enormous square stood a towering iron pillar. Hundreds of church knights bustled about nonstop, arranging thick, unfamiliar logs beneath the stone pillar in a circular pattern. A young female cardinal in red robes directed the knights. Even the slightest mistake in the placement of the logs was immediately corrected by her.
That person was Ailis. Li frowned. He had not expected there to still be a cardinal stationed here even now. To be honest, Li did not think much of a cardinal's strength, but to most people in this world, cardinals already stood at the very peak. With one cardinal present now, there would probably be three or four cardinals here once things officially began.
And Zeref's Twelve Shields...
Li sneered. It seemed that, later, he would have to strike with the force of thunder and kill Zeref's lackeys first before dealing with Zeref himself!
Li's heart suddenly stirred, and he sharply looked around in every direction. Only then did he realize that the entire square had been arranged into a massive magic array using all sorts of things. He was well versed in magic arrays, and though he had not noticed it at first, a closer look revealed that everything in the square had been placed according to a peculiar set of rules.
Although he still could not tell the purpose of this magic array, after the trees, decorations, and buildings were all considered together, Li could already tell that it was a magic array.
It had not yet been activated, and the execution stake was the center of the array. Li's heart stirred. If Layla in black was an absolutely powerful expert, then if she were used as the magic array's power source, the knights constantly walking through the array would naturally be