At the sound of her voice, the surrounding environment began to resonate.
Thorne poured the well water from his bowl onto the ground.
Miraculously, the water did not scatter. Instead, it defied gravity, becoming countless crystalline droplets that floated into the air.
Cecil spread his arms, and the wind element bird on his shoulder screeched as it shot into the clouds.
Humm-
A green pillar of light more than ten meters across soared into the sky.
Within the pillar, countless phantom plants raced through cycles of growth and decay. Seeds sprouted, put out branches, flowered, bore fruit, withered, rotted, and became nutrients that nurtured new life. A cycle that took months or even years in nature was now compressed into mere seconds.
Vast amounts of ether were forcibly drawn from the primordial blood crystals and blasted into the heavens along the pillar. Like a massive pestle stirring the sky, it made the oppressive, deathly still clouds boil and churn violently.
Yet this celestial phenomenon, enough to make ordinary people tremble, did not distract Hector's vanguard Legion Commander in the slightest. He had no time to spare for the changes overhead. His gaze fixed on the fortress ahead, he sharply brought down the attack flag.
Atop the walls.
Boom!
The first burning alchemical canister tore through the sky, trailing billowing black smoke, and slammed into the fortress's magical power shield.
The pale blue barrier shuddered violently, ripples spreading across it. Burning oil splashed everywhere, sliding down the barrier and igniting a roaring blaze at the foot of the walls.
The assault had begun.
A Black Steel Construct in the front rank strode forward, cradling a cylindrical device covered in probes and flickering with an eerie purple light.
Ignoring the various spells fired from inside the shield, it walked straight up to