The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 31, Section 30: The Cause of General Saul's Death

"I...can give it a try."

Little Grett said nervously.

"But I may not be able to fully control this power, and it might hurt others."

“It’s alright, I’ll handle it.” Thor waved his hand, signaling the mages and villagers to disperse. “Let’s go to the open space in front of the village.”

On the open space in front of the village.

Thor and Little Grete locked eyes.

The other monks and villagers watched from a distance.

Thor chanted a spell, and with a flick of his wrist, a wall of steel sprang up from the ground, ready to encircle the boy:
"Okay, let's begin."

"Use your strongest magic to attack me with all your might!"

Little Gray nodded:
"Then I'll start!"

He followed that instinct that seemed to originate from the depths of his blood and opened his arms.

Memories of ancient times well up from the depths of the soul.

The boy seemed to see himself transformed into a giant dragon, spreading his wings to blot out the sky and soaring across the heavens.

Below, thousands of dragons, elves, and dwarves lay prostrate, awaiting his commands.

—Memories of the ancient dragon empire!

hula.

The blazing flames, centered on Little Grete, surged and roared outwards, threatening to engulf everything in their path.

Wait, no, this power...

Thor's pupils widened, his heart tightened, and he made a closing motion with his hands.

The iron walls, half-grown ahead of time, rapidly expanded and encircled Little Grete, forming a closed ring around him.

A wall of steel surrounds the boy, ready to stop the surging magic!
Rumble.

The crimson storm crashed against the iron wall, causing it to tremble violently and twist and deform!
The iron wall quickly turned red and became hot.

A second or two later, it melted directly into molten iron!
The firestorm broke through the iron wall and surged straight toward Thor.

"Are you kidding me? This kind of power?"

Thor was taken aback, and at the last moment, he hurriedly uttered another life-saving spell word.

Hu Hu Hu.

The roaring flames engulfed Thor.

"General Thor!"

Joseph and many other mages who were watching nearby exclaimed in surprise.

Joseph, in particular, was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Back in the floating city, General Thor was a super big shot whom he had to look up to all the time.

Now it's his own student who's taking action; what if something happens to General Saul...

Huhu.

The intense heat dissipated and vanished.

The crimson sparks still drifted in the air.

The scalding air was unbearable just to inhale.

The open ground where General Saul once stood is now nothing but scorched earth.

The dry, scorched earth was steaming, and there was no one there.

Little Gret looked at the deserted, scorched earth and panicked. He waved his hands frantically, almost bursting into tears.
"sorry Sorry……"

Where did General Saul go?

The monks were also startled and looked around in a panic.

"Don't look for me, I'm here."

General Thor emerged from behind the mages. His clothes bore numerous burn marks, and his face was smeared with black soot.

He looked a little disheveled, but thankfully he had a constant passive protective magic, so he was mostly unharmed.

Even the many mages who accompanied him were seeing General Thor in such a disheveled state for the first time!
Surprisingly, General Thor was unharmed in the previous battle to wipe out the orcs.

On the contrary, now, in the hands of their own people, they have become so pathetic.

"The Seven Rings Firestorm, combined with some kind of fire affinity bonus, and further enhanced by what should be super magic techniques, makes its power significantly exceed the original version."

"In terms of destructive power alone, it is clearly stronger than mages of the same level, more like a type specializing in destructive and lethal attacks..."

"That was indeed a bit overconfident."

Thor breathed a sigh of relief.

In the instant he was engulfed by the flames, he successfully teleported away, avoiding the main brunt of the attack.

If he hadn't been prepared beforehand and had been caught off guard by this sneak attack, his situation would probably be much worse now!
—What Thor didn’t know, but Elion knew perfectly well, was that in the original history, he died in a sneak attack by the rebel leader Gretel.

"This child who just learned magic is already this powerful?"

The monks were all extremely surprised, and the shock they felt was beyond words.

This commoner child from the surface world, who hasn't even mastered the most basic arcane formulas, is already capable of threatening General Thor, the chief mage, in terms of magical skill!

At this moment, the mages were even somewhat relieved:

Such astonishing power is now on the side of the Empire!
“This is absolutely an astonishing discovery, and I must inform His Majesty El-Erian immediately.”

"It would be a great honor for Eldoron to be able to utilize such power."

Thor whispered a spell to send the message to the Sky City.

A few seconds later, Elian's figure appeared in front of everyone.

It was as if he had been waiting for this moment all along.

……

“That’s right, Your Majesty El-Erian.”

“This is amazing. That child seems to be using a completely different way of understanding and controlling magic.”

"A child who hasn't even mastered the simplest spell model can wield such powerful magic! This completely overturns conventional understanding."

Seeing the horrified reports from General Thor and the mages, and looking at the nervous boy Gret crouching in the corner, Elian showed no surprise.

He orchestrated all of this.

When Haug Bloodwolf refused to leave the land of Eldoron with the tribe, he was already being targeted by Elion.

At some point, Elian had subtly implanted a suggestion deep within the minds of this one-armed orc and his companion.

The exact time, the specific village attacked, and the entire attack sequence of this group of orc remnants were all planned by Elian.

Even as he died in the flames, Haug always believed:
The thoughts that arose in his mind, his sudden courage, his hatred and resentment towards the runaway chieftain and high priest, his anger and pain—all of it truly stemmed from his own free will.

Everything that happened tonight was just a game of chess by the Arcane Emperor deep within the palace of the floating city.

If Little Grete fails to awaken tonight, Elion himself, who is secretly observing from high above, will personally take action to deal with these orcs.

"Okay, I know."

After listening to everyone's reports, Elian said calmly.

He walked up to Little Grete, his eyes swirling with eerie blue runes, studied him for a moment, then turned and said:

"The situation of this ordinary boy fits perfectly with a hypothesis I proposed in my previous research."

"There are actually many elements of other races in the bloodline of humankind today."

"This boy's ancestors should be traced back to the ancient dragon empire era, to a powerful red dragon noble."

"Furthermore, coincidentally, he exhibited a primal atavism, and under special circumstances, the dragon's magic awakened within him."

This……

The mages, including Thor and Joseph, were stunned.

They have always been instilled with the following understanding:
Humans are not a race born with superhuman strength; they must rely on learning and understanding to possibly master arcane magic!
Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about the three chiefs who wanted to assassinate Elian; that will be addressed tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)