As the capital of the Lan'er Empire was the Wizards' stronghold, the Wizards' Association naturally had deep roots there. Apart from the outlying areas near the city walls, almost all of South City had been allocated to the Wizards' Association by the imperial family.
Every senior member of the Wizards' Association could receive a residence in this district. In addition, it contained numerous magical buildings belonging to the association, making it practically a city within a city.
And this district was the primary target of Vivian's Meteor Fall.
Two minutes into the battle, the meteor shower was still falling.
Flames thundered down from across the sky, blasting the whole of South City full of holes. Countless people screamed and fled amid the bombardment, only to be struck dead by meteors.
The Imperial Guard Knights could revive and return to their barracks to shelter from the catastrophe, but the Wizards had nowhere to hide. Their revival point was beneath the Wizard Tower, so they could only die over and over within this district.
It was not just the people. Buildings were constantly blasted into ruins as well. Shattered walls lay everywhere, and practically every house in sight had been flattened. Even the sturdier magical buildings were teetering on the brink of collapse.
The blood-red sky cast the disaster-stricken land in the image of purgatory. Everywhere one looked, flames soared and thick smoke billowed, while miserable cries filled the air...
Yet amid this devastated district, one patch of ground alone had perfectly avoided every meteor, like an ark floating on the sea.
Nine Nether and the others watched the devastation around them, terrified as countless fireballs skimmed past their position and exploded nearby.
Though no meteors fell on their patch of ground, no egg could remain intact beneath an overturned nest. They