Chapter 360 : The Sealed Object
Chapter 360: The Sealed Object
“A finger bone?”
With the help of the 【Eagle Eye Spell】, Janna quickly saw clearly that the emerald-green glow was actually a finger bone, crystalline and translucent like jade.
And the battle between 【Lucifer】 and 【Cain-Bloodred】 revolved entirely around that finger bone.
“Vivian, do you know where that finger bone came from?”
“It flew out from inside the Magic Tower.”
During the three minutes when Janna was unconscious, 【Cain-Bloodred】, who had been blocked by 【Lucifer】, suddenly turned back toward the Academy’s Magic Tower while everyone’s attention was on Janna, and sliced it in half.
The moment the Magic Tower collapsed into ruins, a mysterious finger bone glowing with emerald light shot out from the rubble and flew into a nearby 【Spatial Rift】.
With the appearance of the mysterious finger bone, both 【Cain-Bloodred】 and 【Lucifer】 also rushed into the 【Spatial Rift】, launching into a fierce struggle over it.
“Could it be… that the Darksun Church’s true goal all along was actually that finger bone?”
From the moment the Darksun Apostle 【Uthaz-Dimsun】 descended into the 【Material Plane】 through the 【Ritual of Divine Descension】, to the time when 【Uthaz-Dimsun】 sacrificed himself to summon 【Yulan-Bloodred】…
If Janna had not interfered, 【Yulan-Bloodred】 might have already defeated Anthony-Rook and taken the finger bone…
“Right, Headmaster Anthony!”
Looking at the apocalyptic scene in the sky, Janna searched for Anthony-Rook’s figure while secretly feeling relieved that the finger bone had fallen into the 【Spatial Rift】.
If the finger bone had fallen within White Coral Academy itself, then even the aftershocks from 【Lucifer】 and 【Cain-Bloodred】’s battle could have destroyed the entire Academy.
“Anthony is not inside the Academy—”
Aside from Professor Uta, who was still maintaining the Barrier, Janna did not see any trace of Anthony-Rook.
“Could it be…”
Her gaze shifted back to the collapsed Magic Tower. A thought that seemed unrealistic suddenly flashed through Janna’s mind.
“Could it be that Headmaster Anthony is also among those fighting over the finger bone?”
Cracking sounds echoed again as space itself shattered. Seeing the sky covered in dense cracks like a spider’s web, Janna clenched her hands tightly.
Meanwhile, in Turin City—
Thanks to 【Lucifer】’s Light of Purification, the Darksun Seal that had been locking down Turin City was already on the verge of collapse.
Not long after, under the cooperation of Grace Eva and several other full-fledged wizards, the Darksun Seal was completely broken.
“Grace, did you hear that too?”
The moment they stepped out of Turin City, the apocalyptic scene above White Coral Academy came into everyone’s view.
Standing beside Grace Eva, Mary Margaret also looked solemnly at the sky shrouded in golden lightning and blood mist, and asked in a low voice.
“I heard it.”
Her expression equally grim, Grace Eva nodded and then turned to Lilith-Mag.
“The 【Sealed Object】 inside the Magic Tower—has been lost.”
At those words, Lilith-Mag furrowed her brows tightly.
“Rather than saying it was lost, it’s more accurate to say it was stolen.”
Having also received Anthony-Rook’s urgent message, Lilith-Mag immediately pulled out the Misty Branch she always carried in her Interdimensional Space Ring.
Unlike its usual vitality, the branch now looked as though it had been scorched, covered with ashen gray deathly energy.
It seemed that if she touched it again, the branch in her hand would snap apart.
“The most urgent task now is to retrieve the 【Sealed Object】. If it truly remains lost, it would mean a catastrophic disaster for all of Turin.”
With that, the three women exchanged a glance and immediately turned into streaks of light, speeding toward White Coral Academy.
“Let’s go too.”
The other wizards who had also seen the terrifying sight above the Academy wore grim expressions.
After Grace Eva and the others departed, Lucia Heigel and the rest also didn’t linger, flying rapidly toward their respective academies.
“Professor Grace and the others have returned!”
With several sonic booms, Grace Eva and her two companions finally rushed back to the Academy under the expectant gazes of all.
“All wizard apprentices, hear my command—lead all residents out of the Academy and back to Turin City at once!”
Grace Eva’s words fell like a boulder into a lake, instantly breaking the suffocating atmosphere of White Coral Academy.
Before long, under the guidance of the wizard apprentices, all residents of Turin City’s southern district left White Coral Academy through the Vine Corridor, just as they had come.
“Janna, I leave those people to you.”
Looking at Janna at the end of the group, Grace Eva’s expression grew complicated before she spoke solemnly.
“Don’t worry, Professor.”
After giving Grace Eva a firm nod, Janna followed the residents of Turin City and the other wizard apprentices out of White Coral Academy.
“Grace, are we truly right to do this? She is the Summoner of the 【Seraph】—”
“Mary, you should remember what Anthony said: Janna’s safety, at certain times, is even more important than the 【Sealed Object】.”
Saying this, Grace Eva once again fixed her gaze on the shattered sky riddled with Spatial Rifts. Then she formed hand seals, chanting long 【Mykethan】 incantations.
“Uta, leave this matter to us. Go recover your injuries first.”
Seeing Grace Eva formally begin the ritual, Mary Margaret handed a potion to Professor Uta, then began her own chanting.
“This is troublesome.”
Throwing away the now completely dead Misty Branch, Lilith-Mag also joined in the 【Unsealing Ritual】.
But even severely injured, Uta did not heed Mary Margaret’s advice. After downing the potion in one gulp, he too stood up and began chanting.
“Janna, what are you looking at?”
Walking at the back of the group, Vivian also stopped when she saw Janna suddenly halt, and asked softly.
“It’s nothing—I’m just worried about Headmaster and the Professors.”
Hearing this, Vivian also turned to look at the blood-red mist filling the sky.
“I’m worried too—but if we stayed, we’d only drag them down—”
Just as Vivian softly comforted Janna, suddenly, a pillar of emerald-green light burst forth from the blood-colored mist.