Chapter 159: Secret Lore

Samuel actually managed to break through the upper limit of his bloodline. It seems the other party had been making plans from the very beginning.

However, Hugh suddenly thought of a very serious problem.

"You are putting so much effort into raiding Holy Circle City. Aren't you afraid that once the Lost Domain falls, things won't go well for you either?" Hugh looked at the woman with a hint of strangeness. Why was it so necessary for them to invade Holy Circle City?

"Afraid of what? At worst, we'll just leave the Lost Domain!" the woman said indifferently.

"If you put it that way, your Black Wizard faction must have a large-scale teleportation array!" Hugh directly exposed the trump card of these Black Wizards.

"Hehe, so what if you guessed it? Even if you leak it, the Black Cross has plenty of ways to deal with it!" After saying this, the woman directly cut off her connection with Hugh, unwilling to converse any further.

"Hehe, it seems these Black Wizards are hiding pretty deep!" Hugh knew the woman cut him off because she feared that saying too much would lead to a slip of the tongue, but he didn't care. Anyway, he didn't have much entrenchment with these Black Wizards.

"It's time to notify Mavis!" Hugh felt the time was almost right. There wasn't much time left before the woman and the others made their move, so he needed to quickly have Mavis get ready.

"Are we getting ready to make a move?!" As soon as he contacted Mavis, the other party's excited voice came through the imprint.

"Almost. You can start getting ready. Be careful on your way here, don't get caught by anyone!" Hugh instructed Mavis. Because the public center had suspended its services, Mavis couldn't use the teleportation array to Silver Rose, so she had to come over ahead of time.

"Rest assured, just wait for me!"

"Mhm!" Hugh still trusted Mavis's strength, seeing as she was formerly a Level 2 wizard.

"Is it finally going to start?" Inside Gute's shop, Mavis had specially disguised herself for this operation, looking vastly different from her usual appearance. She also wore a small cloth pouch at her waist, which was filled entirely with items used to conceal her aura.

"Off I go!" Making sure she hadn't forgotten anything, Mavis excitedly set off in the direction of Silver Rose.

Currently, there were only a scattering of people on the streets of Holy Circle City, and the guards of Holy Circle City were nowhere to be seen. They must have been assigned other tasks!

"Lord, it's not very easy to strike at this distance!" On the beach, many wizards showed no hesitation upon hearing the order to attack, but looking at the sea monsters in the water, their spells probably couldn't reach such a distance.

"Do your utmost!" Marco also knew it wouldn't be an easy fight, yet he couldn't let people get too close. Sea monsters had a natural advantage in the water, and rushing in blindly would only increase casualties in vain.

Hearing Marco's words, all the wizards gathered together. For a moment, a dazzling array of various spells lit up the entire beach as countless elemental energy particles converged, erupting into one powerful spell after another.

"Fall back!" Marco shouted from a distance.

Immediately, a sand wall over a hundred meters high rose up. The giant sand wall extended along the entire surrounding coastline, and faint runes flickered upon its surface, making this sand wall exceptionally sturdy.

Marco was a Level 2 wizard specializing in earth elements, but constructing a structure of such massive scale in an instant was still somewhat strenuous for him. Even so, this should be able to hold them off for a while.

The sea monsters attacked by the wizards seemed to have been infuriated, and their chanting voices grew even louder.

The seawater began to churn, and a water tornado over a hundred meters high surged toward the sand wall like a drill bit.

The wizards standing atop the sand wall felt a wave of impact, while the runes on the sand wall flickered faintly, blocking this attack.

"Hahaha, Holy Circle City, here I come!" Samuel's voice suddenly echoed across the beach.

"Boom!"

The calm sea of the previous second was replaced in the next second by utter devastation! Giant waves roared with an unstoppable, crushing force, crossing the shoreline and advancing toward Holy Circle City.

The tsunami rapidly ravaged the villages and cities along the coast. Ordinary people were jolted awake from their sleep, countless screams and sounds of despair swallowed up by the seawater. Wherever the tsunami passed, facilities, trees, and buildings shaken to collapse were swept clean in the wake of the raging torrent!

The power of this tsunami, jointly unleashed by Samuel and the Deep Sea Demon Whale, far exceeded Fabian's imagination.

Looking at this tsunami, Marco felt a wave of helplessness. Tsunamis had occurred in the Lost Domain before, but they were usually handled by wizards, so they hadn't caused much loss.

Yet this time, looking at the giant wave several times taller than the sand wall he had just constructed, Marco felt a twinge of doubt as to whether he would still be unable to stop it even after reaching the rank of a Level 3 wizard.

"Damn it!" Just like Marco, Fabian felt equally helpless upon seeing a tsunami of this scale.

"No, I must return to Holy Circle City!" Upon hearing Samuel's words, Fabian understood that this time, these sea monsters were likely targeting Holy Circle City itself.

"Not even a greeting for an old friend?" An ancient-sounding voice suddenly rang out in Fabian's mind.

"Hmph, my teacher should have killed you back then!" Fabian looked with a gloomy expression at the Deep Sea Demon Whale in the sea.

Though Fabian appeared calm, his heart was burning with anxiety. He knew very well how many people Holy Circle City had dispatched this time. If that magic-disk octopus—which had somehow broken through the blood limit—went to Holy Circle City, it definitely wouldn't be stopped.

"Kill me? Didn't that teacher of yours fail to pull through and already die after crossing paths with me?

As for you, a Level 3 wizard forcibly promoted through a ritual by others, how much do you think you compare to your teacher?"

The Deep Sea Demon Whale directly used its spiritual power to broadcast the words it spoke across the entire sea area.

Upon hearing such a secret, Marco and the many other wizards broke into a flurry of discussion. They never expected that the strength of the universally respected ruling wizard of the Ring of Light Tower had actually been forcibly boosted.

"You... you can try!" Hearing the whispering around him, Fabian wished he could kill them all on the spot.

What the Deep Sea Demon Whale said was true. Back then, after his teacher—the previous ruling wizard of the Ring of Light Tower—fought this Deep Sea Demon Whale, his sea of consciousness suffered devastating damage and was beyond cure.

Fearing that the Lost Domain would be left without a protector, and even more so to ensure Fabian could smoothly succeed as the ruling wizard of the Ring of Light Tower, his teacher utilized a ritual centered around himself and using living humans as sacrifices to forcibly help Fabian break through to a Level 3 wizard.

Although he didn't know how this Deep Sea Demon Whale found out, Fabian had already made up his mind that this time, he must take down this Deep Sea Demon Whale.

"Hehe, want to make a move now?" The Deep Sea Demon Whale sensed Fabian's murderous intent toward him.

However, it certainly didn't believe that a forcibly promoted Level 3 wizard could be its match.

Dragging its massive body amidst giant waves, the Deep Sea Demon Whale charged toward Fabian.

Opening its gigantic mouth wide like a black hole, an immense suction force surged forth from within.

Boulders, trees, and buildings along the shoreline were sucked in one after another, only to be pulverized into dust the moment they drew near the Deep Sea Demon Whale's mouth.

With a sweep of its wide tail from behind, the moisture in the air all along the coastline began surging toward the sea. The wizards on the shore grimaced as they desperately propped up their respective defensive barriers.

Most of them were Level 1 wizards, vastly outmatched by the Deep Sea Demon Whale's power, and their defensive barriers were struggling to withstand the force.

Moisture was continuously being drained from these wizards' bodies. Each time it was only a tiny bit, but keeping this up indefinitely was no solution, especially while simultaneously resisting this terrifying suction force.

"Water... water, give me water!" A young wizard was already reaching his limit, his lips cracked and dry. He was merely a formal wizard who had broken through not long ago.

Through his family elders' maneuvering, he had joined the Ring of Light Tower, and shortly after joining, he had been dispatched to this place.

"I can't channel water elements anymore!" Behind the young man, a female wizard felt a pang of sympathy seeing his state and wanted to help him out. She herself was a water-element wizard, and gathering some fresh water was effortless for her.