Against the Current

The world changed in an instant.

Twelve magic power nodes lit up at once. Dark pillars of light linked together, weaving a vast net over all of Snow City.

The instant the Magic Array took shape, the terrifying magic power it had accumulated over decades erupted. A storm of magic power swept outward from the array in every direction. Snow City had already suffered enough, and now it was truly in trouble.

And it wasn't just the Magic Array. There were Love and Scholar, too.

Love was pouring out her magic power, trying to save Bubbles with Time Reversal while holding back the devastation caused by the storm. Scholar was doing everything she could to stop her.

After all, Bubbles had taken the original crystal's place as a node.

If Love brought her back, that node would cease to function.

Then everything Scholar had worked for would be for nothing.

Even if it meant sacrificing Bubbles... even if she was executed for it afterward, Scholar accepted that.

Thousand Blades and Knight weren't about to stand by. They charged in from either side.

But it was too difficult.

The storm unleashed by the Magic Array was powerful enough to sweep away all of Snow City.

The two of them could hold their ground in the storm, but launching a counterattack under these conditions was another matter entirely.

Only Thousand Blades' Silver Blades could barely reach Scholar.

Knight could hardly even get close to her.

"Forgive me... Teacher..."

Scholar reached toward Love and gently closed her hand.

At that moment, she unleashed the torrents of magic power from all twelve nodes.

BOOM—!!!

Love noticed that the eruption of magic power wasn't pouring down toward the ground. Instead, it was surging into the sky.

She didn't know what Scholar was trying to do,