PS: Let me grab something to eat before the second update. It should be out around two. Tianzi swears to Mazu that he'll keep his word!
A fifty-meter pillar of light rose from Aaron's hand. Every warrior within a hundred meters of him was enveloped in a breathtaking shower of golden light, and translucent golden engravings spread across their armor. The mark of the Golden Law shrouded the skies over the Moonsea.
"His Highness the General has taken the field!"
"His Highness the General is leading the charge himself!"
"Quick, follow His Highness the General! Follow His Highness!"
"Your Highness Aaron, we'll follow you forever!"
More than twenty thousand troops of the Salian Shogunate surged behind Aaron, determined to crush everything in their path and plant the Purple Dragon Banner atop the walls of Teshwave-and even Zhentil Keep!
On the Shade Enclave's viewing platform, High Prince Telamont and the twelve princes could no longer remain composed at the sight.
What kind of magic was that?
They had never seen it before!!!
Judging by the magical output of Aaron's spell, Telamont concluded that he was a wizard of terrifying power. With the Weave locked down, even an Archmage like Telamont could no longer produce anything close to his former output. He could no longer casually whip up a forbidden spell when he had nothing better to do, toss it down somewhere crowded with Netherese, and see what happened.
Aaron had opened with a spell whose output was equivalent to Eighth Circle magic-and one of a completely unfamiliar category at that. In an instant, the mighty figures of the Shade Enclave, who had regarded the people of the Realms as "country bumpkins" and this war as "a fight between village chiefs," were left deeply embarrassed.
*Wait, weren't we Netherese supposed to be