Chapter 214: Anima(Part 13)
"Hm...I’ve never seen Spells formulated like this, it’s so creative and complex. I can understand how it works, but I’d need to go through several more samples before I can replicate it, it’s such a unique method," Remarked Tacitus, as he analyzed the Spell Cards.
A couple of hours had passed since the battles in the hotel had ended. After the assailants were defeated, the APF rushed onto the scene and moved the group from Persona and Sylph to a different hotel.
Several members of the APF were patrolling the area outside the new hotel, and the three Adventurers were posted in the corridor of the floor that the group’s rooms were on.
The group had also been provided with lavish amenities as an apology for what they went through, but the atmosphere was pretty somber, since they’d lost one of their members in the attack.
The explosion had killed Lloyd, his body left severely mangled and almost completely unrecognizable. While the others had survived and a few had even managed to capture some of the assailants, the fact that they’d failed to come out of it without any casualties was prevalent.
"This is the one that triggered the explosion. It’s fairly simple, but extremely powerful. It’s basically a suicide bomb, it absorbs the user’s Mana and life force, using that energy to trigger a devastating explosion. And this barrier Spell is definitely the most complex and advanced of all these Spells, it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It’s highly efficient, it can sustain itself for well over a day without a problem, it absorbs Mana from the surrounding air to fuel itself, which is extremely difficult to pull off.
And it’s effectively unbreakable, the way it transfers force and impact through it instead of dispersing like most other barriers do means it’d take an unimaginable amount of force to break through it. Even by Elven standards, this is on a whole other level, it’s terrifyingly advanced, it even has a function to block regular nullification Spells, fortunately that wasn’t enough to block my Nullification Magic. It also comes with a separate Spell just to deactivate it, it’s the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a flawless barrier," Mused Tacitus, as he went through the lines of Spell formulation carefully.
"It’s definitely the most durable barrier I’ve ever come across. Even with my full strength, I couldn’t so much as scratch it," Recalled Raven warily.
"Yeah, I couldn’t phase through it either. Whoever made it shouldn’t have had any way of knowing how my Magic works, but despite that, the barrier stopped me from passing through it," Spoke up Akila with a grimace.
"It also blocked teleportation, we couldn’t teleport through it," Chimed in Aster.
"Which means, your Nullification Magic is the only thing that can counter this barrier. With that in mind, we’re going to need you to stay here with us," Stated Jules, as Tacitus let out a quiet sigh.
"Yeah, I figured you’d say that. Fine, I guess I don’t have much of a choice. But, there might be another way to get through the barrier," Responded Tacitus, before adding as he glanced at Aster, "Your black blade, its ability to consume Mana should be able to at least temporarily create an opening in the barrier."