ANMELDENThe white-clad geezer snorted in disdain. "It doesn't matter who you call—not even the gods can save you now!"Caleb was just an ant, meant to be crushed no matter how it hopped!In the distance, Lisa, who was still fighting the purple-robed hag, shouted, "Just think, Caleb! Did your clan elders give you anything?!""Bleurgh!"Caleb was busy coughing blood as he heard Lisa. He forced himself to calm down and started recalling from his first elder. "Elder Alea gave me a… black bead? That's not going to help.""Elder Eldin… Right!!!" He smacked himself on the head as he remembered—why didn't he think of that earlier?Eldin Eldin had given him three embroidered pouches, saying that it would come in handy when it was a matter of life or death.And this certainly was one such case!"Shit!"He swore as he rubbed his finger on the dimensional ring he wore around his neck, and a black embroidered pouch dropped out.As everyone looked on in shock, he took a deep breath and chanted, "E
Soon, hundreds of intimidating auras were pressing down on Caleb's group, and they were shoved against the ground, their bones cracking loudly and breaking.The terrible aura wasn't just emanating from the dozenish Demi-Sages, but from a real Sage and hundreds of Scion ranks!It was the most frightening stack of auras!"Argh!!!" Caleb growled, his eyes flashing viciously as he tried to stand.However, the white-clad geezer had already reached him, glaring at Caleb as he gloated, "You had the balls to kill Oner! Now, I will make you watch as I kill your friends!"Bang!"Argh!!!"With his palm, he slammed both Fafnir and Oxley down into a gigantic crater with a Reiki palm and left them coughing mouthfuls of blood!Whoosh!He then reached out with Reiki and grabbed both Bigby and Hwata, one in each hand, and lifted them into the air."Hwata!" Udal cried and rushed forward, when the white-clad geezer kicked debris at him, tearing through his legs!"Argh!!!" Udal screamed as he c
Snorting, the purple-robed hag then finished, "And Caleb Crawford will die!"Either way, there was no peace to be had in Corvina now.Soon after Corvus Academy was flattened, Corvus Palace activated their defensive ward.It rumbled as the dozen Demi-Sages bombarded it, with more Scion ranks from other Sanctuary factions soon joining them, keen to get in on the action.After all, a massacre would soon ensue once the ward was blown up, and they could get rich when they shared the spoils!Boom!The violent blows cracked like thunder as it kept the night skies as bright as day, while countless inside the palace watched in fear.The complex runes were flashing in the air whenever the invisible ward was struck, and it rocked the entire ward whenever a hit landed.Caleb looked on grimly from inside the palace and bowed at Taal. "Thank you for helping us, but Corvus will fall because of us. I'm really sorry about that…"Taal shook his head and quickly said, "It's nothing. Your clan el
Lisa and Soless glared at the purple-robed hag somberly.At that moment, they knew they might get killed at any moment, and there was no chance of them getting away!But in a split second, everyone resolved themselves to die!"Caleb…"That was when Rags rasped weakly at Caleb, his eyes dimming as he held on to his last breath."I'm here, Rector!" Caleb squeezed his hand, his eyes rasped as he got teary-eyed."There are three things I want you to promise me…""Alright!" Caleb nodded emphatically."First of all, in the event of my death, you will become the rector of the Eternia Seminary. Keep leading the Seminary in my stead."Second, if you all survive this, lead the Seminary into Imperia and claim the dharma of all humankind."Third, reclaim the Ten Emperors where the Seminary once stood but was stolen by the Ten Sentinel Clans… And fourth, avenge me… that Sword Emperor…"Caleb was speechless, while Hwata sobbed, "You said three, but that's four! Just stay with us…""Hah!
Whoosh!Rags' body glowed eerily as a terrific aura erupted away from his body, like there was a dazzling sun within unleashing waves of terrible sword flashes.The man himself was a sharp sword drawn, its edge at once deadly!"Look closely, Caleb! This is the Grand Death Slash—the signature Emperor-class sword technique of the Eternia Seminary!"Whoosh!He flew out rapidly right then, his sword flashes illuminating the skies like bolts of lightning as he danced through the ranks of his enemies and stabbed through them."Argh!!!""Run! He's crazy!""No, don't run! Let's attack him together! Hold the line—he won't survive that long!There were screams of panic all around as a ton of heads flew, while some were reduced to puffs of bloody mist in the air.Boom!Even as countless airblades whooshed through the air while the fight raged on from the distance, many figures were taking to the skies as the air was soon covered in blood mist!Soless and Lisa promptly ran over, with t
Even as Caleb pondered upon whether his clan elders had given him anything that could help, he kept scanning the field.There were just too many enemies, with each of them being too strong—even Soless, Lisa, and Martial were quickly overwhelmed.Meanwhile, Rags and the purple-robed hag's battle was the most violent.Even if Rags' combat ability descended to Demi-Sage, he was a Sword Exalt in every sense of the word and one who challenged a Sword Emperor. That was why both were evenly matched, with lethal airblades raging and spreading across every direction and keeping everyone away.Eventually, as they moved up to the skies, the clouds thundered as sword flashes ripped through the air, as if bolts of lightning erupted behind the clouds.All around them were figures lurking and waiting for the right change to strike, and none of them were weak!As long as the opportunity presented itself, they would pounce like ravenous wolves to rip their victim into pieces.That was when Cal