The Central Continent (Continued)

"Then he began chanting, but we couldn't make out what he was chanting..."

"What was the result of the chant? What spell did he use?"

"The earth... boiled."

The Wind Cardinal said something strange.

The earth boiled? What did that mean? No one present could imagine how the earth could possibly boil.

Yet everyone who had witnessed that scene described it that way.

"Countless spikes rose from the ground, the city walls collapsed with a roar, and the land seemed to roll like towering waves." The Wind Cardinal spoke quietly. "A hundred thousand beastmen knelt behind him, while wave after wave surged before him. Countless pillars of light descended from the sky, as if chains had pierced into the earth."

"That man simply stood there, and the city was destroyed."

One man stood proudly between heaven and earth. Behind him, an army of a hundred thousand knelt in submission, while his enemies were swallowed by the raging tides of the earth.

It sounded somewhat like the effects of [Earth Dragon Fury]... but the range and power of the ninth-tier spell [Earth Dragon Fury] were nowhere near that exaggerated, Aya thought silently.

"After the city was destroyed, the beastmen began moving. Large numbers of them retreated, but many remained on the wasteland," the Cardinal described the scene.

"Those beastmen who stayed behind were all carrying enormous bundles."

"The beastmen adjusted their positions, threw the bundles onto the ground, and then began beating them." The Cardinal made a motion as though swinging a club.

"The beastmen kept striking the bundles with iron rods or wooden clubs. Before long, blood seeped out from within and dyed the ground red."

"Hey... don't tell me the bundles contained..." Lakyus's face turned pale.

"That's right. Humans. Living humans." The Cardinal nodded. "Those beastmen used human blood