An Advanced Form of Magic Immunity

"Clack clack clack clack clack..."

Seeing its attack miss, the undead's jawbone opened and closed, producing a series of bizarre, grating sounds. It seemed to be trying to say something, but unfortunately, Miles and the mages definitely could not understand it.

—The barrier of language meant there could never be any communication between them.

At this moment, the mages were still busy putting out the several clusters of fire the undead had released at the start. How could they spare any attention to studying its reaction?

They tried water magic and dark magic, but no matter what methods they used, the gray-white flames only burned fiercer, like a bonfire doused with gasoline, casting the mages' faces in a deathly pale glow.

"This fire... this fire has nothing to do with magic at all. No, quickly abandon that barrier! Otherwise, the flames will swallow all of you!"

A shout suddenly came from not far away. The mages all turned their heads and saw Laila flying out of the dense forest, shouting at them.

The mages froze for half a second before immediately coming to their senses. They hurriedly shifted position, then dispelled their magic, allowing the elemental barrier to return to free, scattered elements. Yet what puzzled them even more was that under the influence of the gray-white flames, even the process of magic dissipating seemed completely different.

Because... those elements had not truly dissipated. Instead, they were swallowed by the gray-white flames and burned into nothingness.

—Those flames had utterly destroyed the elements.

This fact deeply shocked the mages. They dearly wanted to find a chance to understand the principle behind it, but... now was no time for research.

"Mage Laila, why are you here? Weren't you..."

"I sensed magical fluctuations. You had clearly run into trouble." Laila came to