"Achill..." Gazing at the thunderous explosion sweeping across half the sky, everyone murmured his name, their eyes filled with admiration and respect. Yet not one of them showed even a trace of sorrow or loss. As for why...
"The connection stone is still glowing. There are quite a few cracks in it, but it hasn't shattered at all! Which means—" Mira and the others held a faintly glowing stone. Although more than ten fine cracks covered the stone bearing Achill's name and coordinates, it showed no sign of breaking apart! This was the military magic tool Achill had given them, engraved with Body-Link Magic and Resonance Synchronization Magic—the Magic Connection Stone!
At that, Mira and the others exchanged glances, then looked up into the sky.
"Achill must still be alive!!!"
"Damn... damn it..." Coughing up a mouthful of blood, Achill drifted helplessly through the waves of the explosion, his limbs limp. He no longer had the strength to maintain his flight. Even so, the wildly turbulent magic particles and the fierce winds generated by the explosion kept him suspended high above the ground, tossing him about like a tattered leaf that could not fall...
The King of the Underworld had disintegrated the instant the explosion erupted. Even after being cut apart and weakened, the roar remained too powerful for the King of the Underworld in his current state to withstand. Perhaps one day, once Achill had completely mastered summoning and controlling him, he would no longer fear such an incomplete, weakened roar. But now, after unleashing his final move, the King of the Underworld had lost his supply of magic power and was already on the verge of collapsing. He could not withstand the explosion.
The King of the Underworld had completely dispersed in an instant. Even so, he had