In an instant, the countless brilliant points densely surrounding him began to flicker rapidly, each like a magnificent eye. Then-
They all fired slender beams of deep blue bordering on violet, weaving a cage of crisscrossing starlight across the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
Boom-
The middle-aged man with a brass pocket watch embedded in his eye and the other Thorn Ring wizard, who controlled metal crystal spells, failed to dodge. Crisscrossing rays of starlight pierced their bodies in an instant-
Neither had time to deploy any defensive measures, and the protective energy fields surrounding their bodies might as well have been made of paper.
Undine occupied a slightly safer position in the fight. Most of Zephlin's sudden barrage was intercepted by the other two, so she did not fall immediately. She actually "survived" beneath Zephlin's "Star Web" without injury.
The gap is too great.
Undine tightened her grip on her staff as waves of helplessness washed through her.
The Thorn Ring was merely a small branch of the Omnipotent Ring, and its legacy fell an entire tier below that of the Astral School. Moreover, these so-called tower masters had hardly been outstanding geniuses back in the Omnipotent Ring.
With those two factors combined, such an enormous gap between the three of them and Zephlin was hardly surprising.
Undine believed that if the top geniuses from their parent organization, the Omnipotent Ring, came here, Zephlin would feel much the same helplessness.
But regardless, until this battle ended, she still had to give it everything she had.
Undine put away her staff, replacing it with a thick Rock Crystal Book held in both hands.
She chanted softly. The sound of her incantation drew the pages open, establishing a strange resonance, and gentle light blossomed between Undine and the crystal