"Impossible—" Feeling the chill against his neck, Darton slowly turned his head, his body rigid. When he saw the Kingdom soldiers' bodies on the floor, plainly devoid of life, his pupils trembled violently before shrinking to pinpoints—
He cast magic before the system's magic absorption could take effect!! Could someone really pull that off— Shock surged through Darton's mind like a storm, and his eyes filled with disbelief and horror as he stared at Achill!
The system's unique nature gave it an extraordinary need for magic power, bordering on ravenous hunger! As a result, the device's ability to absorb magic was unmatched.
Under normal circumstances, anyone who cast magic nearby would instantly have all their magic power stripped away by the system's powerful absorption! It could practically be called the bane of every Mage—
That was precisely why Darton had been so confident when facing Achill, who had now been elevated to the pinnacle of magic and hailed as the strongest of the Ten Wizard Saints! In his view, at such close range to the Eclipse system, even someone as powerful as one of the Ten Wizard Saints, an existence standing at the summit of the magical world, would be unable to cast magic and become weaker than an ordinary Kingdom soldier!
Of course, that did not mean exceptions were entirely impossible. For instance, if a Mage cast magic far faster than the system could absorb it, they could finish their spell before the system had time to react and activate its absorption!
Naturally, that was only a theoretical possibility! In reality, the Eclipse system stole magic power so rapidly that the entire process could be completed in a single instant! Thus, Darton had considered that theoretical scenario virtually impossible. No matter how powerful a Mage was, they would be