Chapter 214 : Chapter 214
Chapter 214. The Stubborn Magical Protective Barrier
After the adjustments were completed, five thousand Gold Mages began chanting under the leadership of the Legendary Archmages.
Above the Kadiya Royal Capital, mana gathered into ribbons of light visible to the naked eye. Five thousand Gold Mages, dressed in gold-inlaid mage robes, formed a gigantic Magic Array under the guidance of ten Legendary Archmages.
Their chanting was deep and orderly, like ancient incantations echoing within the clouds. With every syllable that fell, the elements in the air grew more violent, finally condensing into dozens of dark-red fireballs the size of fists.
This was the Super-Tier Spell powerful enough to raze an entire town to the ground—“Infernal Meteor.”
“Go…”
The Legendary Archmage’s roar pierced through the chanting. Dozens of fireballs dragged long tails of flame behind them, smashing toward the Royal Capital’s magical protective barrier like a meteor shower.
HUM…
The protective barrier lit up in response. A pale-blue membrane of light covered the entire Royal Capital like an overturned bowl.
The fireballs struck the light membrane and erupted with dazzling red light. The shockwaves swept up dust that filled the sky, yet they failed to shake the protective barrier in the slightest. They did not even stir a single ripple.
Upon the city wall, Feir IV stood before the mana crystal array, both hands pressed against the largest crystal.
The crystal emitted a gentle blue glow, illuminating his face until it appeared pale yet resolute.
The Royal Capital’s magical protective barrier was connected to the underground mana vein and supplemented by mana crystals that had been stored for hundreds of years. Its durability far surpassed the Kroll Kingdom’s imagination.
“Continue.”
The Legendary Archmage waved his hand expressionlessly. The five thousand Gold Mages bowed and began chanting once more.
This time, what condensed was no longer fireballs, but Wind Blades carrying a tearing aura. A dense torrent of pale-green blades of light swept toward the protective barrier.
CLANG, CLANG, CLANG—
The sound of the Wind Blades striking the light membrane was like a rainstorm hammering against iron sheets, dense and piercing.
The glow of the protective barrier flickered faintly, yet it remained stable.
Cold sweat seeped from Feir IV’s forehead. He could feel the energy of the mana crystals being consumed rapidly, but he gritted his teeth and poured even more Spiritual Power into the array, forcibly squeezing out the crystals’ potential.
Over the next few days, the Royal Capital became a battleground between magic and defense.
The Mages of the Kroll Kingdom took turns resting, using the mana crystals they had brought with the army to replenish their consumption. Super-Tier Spells smashed against the protective barrier again and again like an endless storm.
Sometimes, it was corrosive acid. Sometimes, it was a cold current that froze all things. Sometimes, it was roaring lightning.
The land around the Royal Capital was blasted until it was full of pits and scars. The originally flat plain became crisscrossed with gullies. Broken stones mixed with scorched earth, giving off a pungent scent of lingering magic.
Yet the Royal Capital within the protective barrier remained safe and unharmed. Although the elderly, the weak, the women, and the children in the streets were terrified and uneasy, they gradually calmed under the soldiers’ reassurance.
As long as that pale-blue membrane of light remained, they still had a shred of hope.
On the morning of the seventh day, when another round of meteor rain fell, the protective barrier finally showed a slight change.
Fine ripples appeared on the pale-blue light membrane, like the surface of a lake disturbed by a falling stone. Although they vanished in an instant, every Mage caught sight of them.
“It is weakening!” a Gold Mage shouted excitedly.
A sharp glint flashed in the Legendary Archmage’s eyes. “Increase the output. Use ‘Starfall from the Heavens.’”
This was an even higher-level Super-Tier Spell, requiring five thousand Mages to pour in their mana at the same time.
The chanting suddenly rose in pitch. The clouds in the sky began to rotate violently, condensing into a massive black vortex. Countless burning stones fell from the vortex like true meteor impacts.
BOOM…
This time, ripples spread across the protective barrier, and the light membrane even caved in slightly.
Half of the mana crystals behind Feir IV lost their luster and turned into gray stones.
Yet in the end, the protective barrier still held.
When the final meteor struck the light membrane, the ripples it stirred up slowly calmed. The Royal Capital still stood at the center of the devastated plain, like a nut wrapped in an unyielding shell.
The Mages of the Kroll Kingdom stopped. All five thousand of them lost their strength at the same time and collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath.
The Legendary Archmage looked at that seemingly fragile yet incomparably resilient membrane of light, his expression so dark it seemed water might drip from it.
They had consumed half of the mana crystals brought with the army, yet they had not even broken through the outer skin of the protective barrier.
Upon the city wall, Feir IV leaned on his sword and looked at the exhausted enemy troops outside the city, revealing a faint smile.
He did not know how much longer this defense could last, but as long as he still stood here, the protective barrier would not fall.
The magical radiance of the Royal Capital glimmered under the morning sun, reflecting the scattered lights within the city like a lighthouse stubbornly burning in desperation.
After thinking it over again and again, Dragon Mother Daenerys finally decided to act personally.
Since the fact that the Kadiya Kingdom had withdrawn had already been confirmed, there was no need to keep wasting time.
She had originally thought the barrier would be broken quickly. She had not expected the magical protective barrier of the Kadiya Royal Capital to be so stubborn.