[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-445":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846298,2449,"Chapter 447: Not A Good Feeling","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-445",445,"\u003Cp>Osward\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning arcs crashed against my shields, breaking one while the other one had cracked all over the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been over twenty minutes since we were fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemy is powerful. I had been expecting it, but he turned out to be stronger than my expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wouldn't have been his match half a year ago when I had become a High-Mage. The half a year had given me time to study the new spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you would be a challenge, but you are only so-so,\" taunted Yegson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words hurt, but I didn't let them get into my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know how powerful, this bastard is, and I have to be careful every moment. The slightest mistake and his spells would hit me before I knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget me. He would even kill Asit and Urag. If I am not careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may be far away from killing him, but I am doing the job that had been assigned to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping him contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been doing that for over twenty minutes. I have stopped him not only from harming him but also from harming others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would attack others as well as me, and it is my job to stop those attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like right now, he had attacked Urag with Bone Spikes and I had cast a stone skin on him. In case any of them were to pierce him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a powerful defensive spell cast on him by his shaman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone skin worked well with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is better than casting a shield, seeing the spikes coming from the ground while stopping them with a shield possible, but it is a versatile spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the mage is good enough, then they could move it around it, and Yegson is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see, he was getting angry, despite showing a smile on his face. A lowly, generalist, he planned to quickly finish before moving toward another battle is keeping him contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had asked General Stone for this, but he wouldn't have given me. If I didn't have the ability in me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He isn't the man, who will listen to requests that are detrimental to battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been training hard for the past half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had studied countless spells and sparred with multiple opponents, including General Stone. That man is a monster; no spell could stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he used another spell. It is not targeted at me or Asit or Urag, but at soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drasis Wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A variation of Necrotic Wave; will affect the common soldiers, who, like us have held the undead back, while slowly killing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be bad. If the spell hit them; it would be terrible. This spell is a Grade IV spell; it will inflict them with weakness and ailments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiant Wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I activated my spell and, to the surprise, of the enemy. The light wave was released from my staff and clashed against the necrotic wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am one of the few people who could use the light elemental spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming to Greltheaven; I only knew one light spell. They are rare and the one, I know, was small and nearly useless at my level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept the affinity secret; the churches hound those with such affinities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had only revealed it to General Stone who had provided me with the light elemental spells. Mage Zela's help was also instrumental in learning them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I could use the offensive and defensive spells, but couldn't use the healing ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are the most difficult ones and I found out, that I didn't have much talent for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it is only half a year, which is not much for the conformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mages with the healing spells have great value. If I learn even a simple one, my salary will go up. I would also be a great help to the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Radiant Wave, hit clashed against Necrotic Wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't able to destroy it all, but 80% of the power of the attack had been reduced. The 20% hit the soldiers, but it wouldn't be as dangerous as it would have been at its full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't attack me immediately, instead looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept looking at me for four and a half seconds before he attacked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spectral Blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes turned serious, seeing the powerful spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectral blades are translucent, long blades. It will be my end if those blades hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aeryn's Wall. Garion's Curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't hold back either, used the defensive spells. I had not used it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aeryn's Wall is a light elemental shield and Garion's Curtain is a green element spell, which I had cast inside it, not behind and in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had merged the spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The generalist has many disadvantages compared to the elemental mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our spells are weak. We do not have expertise in one field, which makes it hard for us to advance, but we also have advantages of our own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can use a lot of spells without restrictions. Merge the spells of different elements, making them stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Bang Bang\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectral blades clashed against my shield, which held on against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of surprise appeared in his eyes before turning to irritation and his staff lit up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second later, a huge bone finger, with its sharp nail burning in the black fire, appeared in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spell immediately scared me. It's a really powerful spell; it could kill me so thoroughly that people would have nothing blood and gore burning in a dark fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First the Spectral Blades and now this, he isn't holding back at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The finger came down toward me. I shuddered in my heart, knowing full well, that even a small part of this spell could finish me off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to defend it and defend as such that not even the tiniest part of it could hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'll guess, I will be using that,' I thought, and my staff blazed with power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Azuro's Sphere. Hundred Plates of Azar. Larus Reinforcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sphere of wind appeared around me and a moment after that, white marble plates appeared inside it connected to each other by stone chains, which began to shine in a metallic light as Karus Reinforcement covered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a Hatsal's Defense; a famous defensive Grade IV spell combination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not only powerful but also hard to cast. I had practiced for over a thousand hours before I was able to master this combination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was also completely drained. My mana had gone below the 5%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took out the potion but didn't drink it as the huge burning bone finger had reached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The finger crashed against Hatsal's defense and immediately the cracks appeared on the plate. The finger crashed, before spreading to the other plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, all the plates had cracks with black fire coming out of them, which were quickly being sucked away by spinning air element sphere\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched with my breath stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack Crack Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed, and I saw the cracks appearing on the finger. Seeing that, I finally took a breath and drank the potion, which quickly began to replenish my mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, a loud sound rang out. The finger exploded, but also the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it did, I saw the Yegson, closer to me than earlier, but I didn't have time to think about it as the Spectral Blades coming at me once again; they had already crossed more than half of the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aeryn's Wall. Garion's Curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately cast spells, and I was relieved to see, the spells materialized just as the blades reached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that battle experience in my younger days coming to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had learned to cast the spells faster when I was still a student. I had seen mages, higher level than me getting killed by weaker enemies who could cast the spells faster than them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, in the battle. Even a microsecond could decide the life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Bang Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield defended against the attacks, but another was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the lances with a tip burning in fire; they came at me from all sides. I once again cast an omnidirectional defense, which is different from Hatsal's defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snort!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted and sent another spell at me while taking a few more steps closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages fight from a distance; it gives them greater freedom. The closer they get, the more that freedom shrinks, and the battle becomes dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to take a step back, but I didn't. I stayed on my spot, which surprised even the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He likely thought I would retreat seeing him advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may not be as strong as him and have as powerful offensive spells as him, but I am good at defending and casting faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will be able to defend against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, him being closer, might give me a chance to kill him, which I didn't think I would have when he started revealing his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to kill him, now, even more than before, seeing how strong he is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is an enormous threat and would become even bigger. If left alive, but killing him isn't going to be easy, there is a big chance of me dying, than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every spell, he is casting, he is taking a step toward me. It also forced me to cast the spells faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't try to attack him at all and focused purely on defense. I have read the information and know how powerful his defensive spells are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't attack unless I see the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed as he continued attacking me with his powerful spells, while I defended, drinking potion after potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't drink even a single drop, and why would he? When he could suck the mana out of the surrounding undead like he is doing right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended against his spells and moved to another group of spells to respond to his attack when I noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asit and Urag are closer to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were quite far away from me just a few minutes ago, but now they are less than a hundred meters away from me and seem like coming even closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are not coming closer to me on their own, but being pushed by their opponents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the necromancer, and he grinned. It's clearly his doing; he is planning something, and it involves all of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not give me a good feeling at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",1786,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","e09306bb66e51c693ba99a4de87b86481932a3b3429ab36fdb796d48759e3f2a","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-446","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-444",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]