In an instant.
A sudden, searing pain shot through Lynn's brain, as though a needle had stabbed it.
But when he opened his eyes again, the scene before him had changed. Across the pitch-black, mist-shrouded sky, countless threads of psionic energy invisible to the naked eye shot out of the surrounding darkness at unimaginable speed, connecting to Sir Awen at the very center of the battlefield.
And he himself was one of those threads!
At that moment, Sir Awen was like an enormous signal hub, receiving information from every direction.
Meanwhile.
At various locations hundreds of kilometers from Curse City.
The surrounding space suddenly rippled. One silhouette after another slowly emerged like ghosts, and Night Doctors wearing black Plague Doctor Masks raised their heads, gently pressing their fingers to the receivers beside their ears.
"Meritorious Figure Awen's orders have arrived. Prepare to activate the Node Magic Arrays!"
"Yes!"
As the orders were relayed.
The surrounding Night Doctors swiftly began chanting intricate, obscure incantations.
As the chants rumbled on, dazzling patterns slowly emerged on the ground beneath their feet.
Golden light flashed incessantly.
Spreading without end!
A holy presence instantly filled their entire area.
And theirs was not the only node. At more than a dozen other locations around Curse City, another dozen or so Night Doctors simultaneously established contact with Sir Awen at the center of the battlefield.
The magic arrays they had inscribed there in advance were activated.
In an instant.
Under Lynn's astonished perception, the images transmitted from hundreds of kilometers away showed countless densely packed patterns flowing like water toward the center of the circle.
And they were getting faster and faster!
"That's..."
Lynn was stunned.
Sir Awen raised his head. "That is the Matriarch's Summoning Magic Array at the Root-Level. However, I made some modifications,