Chapter 164: The death of the demons.
The iced tea increased mana reserves, regeneration, and magical power by thirty percent, making King Aldric much less worried about his energy expenditure during the prolonged assault on the demon’s barrier.
Immediately after consuming the magical enhancement, both attackers’ spells became significantly more powerful. The barrier, which had been holding steady under their previous assault, began showing visible cracks as the enhanced magical attacks overwhelmed its defensive capabilities.
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The red dome shattered with a sound like breaking crystal, its protective energy dissipating as the master-level demon’s mana finally proved insufficient to maintain the shield against archmage-level and master-level succubus assault, despite burning through his life-force.
At that moment, Baron Richard’s eyes fell upon Noah for the first time since the chamber doors had opened. His face contorted with rage and betrayal as realization crashed over him like a physical blow.
"YOU!" he screamed, pointing an accusatory finger at the young merchant.
"You set me up! You knew the king personally. Otherwise, how could you bring him directly to our secret meeting? You followed me, you damn rat!"
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The baron’s political mind finally grasped the scope of Noah’s deception. The mysterious shopkeeper hadn’t been a helpless victim to extort; he had been a deliberate agent working to expose their conspiracy from the very beginning!
"You played me like a fool! Everything was a trap!" Richard continued raging, his voice breaking with fury and madness.
But his angry revelation came too late to change their hopeless situation. With their protective barrier destroyed and their coordinated attack interrupted, the extremists found themselves facing archmage-level opposition without adequate preparation.