Book 5: Chapter 201: Erica
The turquoise orb plummeted, transforming into a falling star in an instant.
As the star made contact with the island, rocks melted, the lake evaporated, and trees turned to flying ash. A fiery, dazzling light enveloped the world, reminiscent of an apocalyptic heatwave consuming everything on the island.
The people at the heart of the island had no time to react before they were transformed into white light and eliminated from the round.
Erica, first to contact the star, clung to the belief that Lilith would save her. But Lilith had deceived her. In her disbelief, Erica was eliminated from the round.
Lilith landed on the lake’s shore, with a rare look of fatigue on her delicate face.
The magic power within her had been drained completely. In this small world where she couldn’t absorb external magic power to replenish it, even she would feel exhausted despite her dragon’s constitution.
“All settled,” Lilith mumbled, gazing across the lake. Though thick smoke still shrouded the view, she could make out the reddish rock at the island’s edge, half-melted by the heat, hinting at the hellish conditions at its center.
Lilith doubted even she could remain in such an environment unscathed, let alone the participants at the heart of the island.
“I think none of them survived…” she murmured, prepared to linger near the island just to be safe.