Chapter 1966
A few cannons fired late, and the incoming cannonballs exploded near the hill a few moments later, their shockwaves and shrapnel tearing through the tent and revealing the circle of mages standing inside it. They had been chanting some incantations, and even the naked eye could see waves of otherworldly power radiating from them.
Derger was nowhere in sight.
For a moment, the field fell silent. Helmer, frozen in confusion, looked around for the God of War, but found only the startled mages. It seemed like the barrier they had erected around their position had not only stopped anyone or anything from going past it, but it had also muted the sounds of the outside world.
As hearts pounded in terror and breaths quickened, the mages scrambled wordlessly and unleashed arcs of fl
