Chapter 812: It's a Meteorite! Run Away Quickly!

At first.

It was only a tiny, extremely faint point of light that appeared at the end of the horizon.

This tiny bit of light was truly too minuscule.

Minuscule to the point of almost being swallowed by the afterglow of the setting sun.

Until a few minutes later.

That originally imperceptible point of light was rapidly expanding and growing larger at an extremely terrifying speed.

That originally faint light, as if injected with endless energy, transformed into a dazzling band of light that traversed the horizon.

The band of light grew brighter and brighter, thicker and thicker.

As if it were a golden Scepter wielded in the hands of the Heavenly Emperor, forcefully splitting the azure sky in two.

A sharp and piercing howling sound came from the horizon, sounding like millions of evil ghosts roaring at the same time, shaking people's eardrums with pain.

Hearts felt like they were going to jump out of chests.

The birds in the marshland on the ground, which weren't many to begin with, flapped their wings and fled in all directions.

Even the usually steady horned horses restlessly shook their heads and let out low cries.

"What is happening?"

A choresman who had just unhitched a horned horse and led it to the side was somewhat puzzled.

Horned horses are docile animals.

Just being led wouldn't cause such a reaction at all.

"What happened?"

Someone else also noticed the anomaly.

"I don't know, it's been like this starting from just now."

The choresman held the reins and shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Hurry up, otherwise if the boss sees you slacking off he'll dock your pay again."

"I want to as well, the problem is who knows what's wrong with this guy today, it just won't cooperate."

Upon hearing about docking pay, the choresman's pulling force increased.

"You're really... wait, look what's that!"

The person who came over originally wanted to reach out and help.

But just as he reached out, from the corner of his eye he saw the unusual situation in the sky.

And his loud shout also immediately attracted people's attention.

This place was originally the edge of the Wailing Marsh.

Any rustling of the grass in the wind would arouse everyone's vigilance.

Thus, those who had originally started pitching tents, as well as those guards maintaining vigilance, instantly all looked towards the place the other party was pointing at.

That was a band of light.

A fiery red band of light descending from the sky.

At the front end of the band of light was a clearly visible massive black shadow.

That... was a rock.

An irregular rock with an uneven surface.

Wrapped in raging flames, it was rapidly plummeting downwards like a fireball from hell.

Everywhere it passed, the surrounding clouds were instantly scorched and evaporated.

Forming a massive hollow pattern.

"Is that... a Meteorite!!?"

"Ah!?"

When seeing a Meteorite fall from the sky, anyone would feel afraid.

After all, an event this extreme, akin to divine punishment, might not even be experienced once in a person's lifetime.

So all the people in the camp stood blankly in place with their heads raised, as if they had been hit by a binding spell.

If it was only this, perhaps it would be fine.

In any case, something like 'seeing a Meteorite fall from the sky' could completely serve as a topic of conversation for the next few years.

However...

"Strange, why does it feel like that Meteorite is coming straight for our location?"

That's right.

An observant guy had already discovered something unusual.

"Hm? You feel it too?"

"I thought it was my illusion."

"No, it is indeed coming towards our location."

"What!"

"Quick, run away quickly!"

When they sensed something was wrong, everyone.

Whether it was choresmen, guards, or the caravan manager Arthur, their expressions all changed.

Then one by one they scrambled to run towards the road they came from.

Although they didn't know exactly where the Meteorite was going to smash into.

But no matter what, it couldn't possibly be running into the Wailing Marsh.

That was a place with a one hundred percent mortality rate.

In comparison, for something like a Meteorite, as long as I run fast, it won't catch up to me.

However...

"Miss Elisa, run quickly. No, Miss Lan Qingyou run quickly too!"

Looking at the two guys who weren't running at all.

Who hadn't even moved an inch, Arthur felt a wave of anxiety in his heart.

Could he not be anxious...

These were distinguished guests.

The Alchemists the Viscount recruited for the Duke's Faction!

If they died in his hands.

Then even if he could dodge the Meteorite, he couldn't dodge the Duke's sanctions.

Although the Duke himself might not do anything.

But the other people in the Faction would not let him off.

After all, a small fry like him wasn't worth the Duke himself dealing with.

However, no matter how he called out, the other party remained unmoved.

The white-robed Miss Elisa even turned her head and waved her hand at him, gesturing for him to go back!?

Is it that crazy?

Although he knew Alchemists were all quite individualistic.

But facing something like a Meteorite which was even more terrifying than a natural disaster, there's no need to be this calm right?

Hm?

Calm?

In an instant, Arthur seemed to think of something.

Miss Elisa just said the horned horses would be easily frightened...

Could it be because of this reason?

Looking at the crowd riding horned horses running away in the distance, Arthur's expression became somewhat weird.

Reminding him to watch the horned horses before the Meteorite even appeared.

And even earlier, that magical aura he had only ever felt from an Orichalcum-ranked Grand Magus, and that downward wave of Miss Lan Qingyou's hand...

No matter how you look at it, doesn't it seem like that Meteorite was summoned by her?

Hehehe...

Arthur, who thought of this question in his mind, was even amused by his own idea.

How could a person summon a Meteorite?

Although magic was indeed very mysterious.

But this was something probably even a Grand Magus couldn't do right?

A High-Rank Alchemist in her twenties who surpassed a Grand Magus?

What the hell is this?

Arthur didn't want to believe it.

But the things before his eyes forced him to associate it with this idea that even he felt was absurd.

But in the next second.

He believed it.

The Meteorite fell from the sky with a piercing howl.

And right when he could clearly see those irregular potholes on the Meteorite, he also simultaneously saw a transparent shield erected in front.

That.

Should be that Magic Shield Adams mentioned to him before right?

But could this thing withstand a Meteorite attack?

No...

If it really was summoned by her.

Then it definitely wouldn't be smashing herself right?

If it wasn't smashing herself, then it was something else...

The Wailing Marsh!

Other than this there was nothing else.

No wonder when he was explaining the Wailing Marsh just now, Miss Lan Qingyou was in high spirits.

So it turned out she already wanted to destroy this place?

Thinking about it, it makes sense.

Since it's so dangerous inside.

Then isn't it better to completely destroy it all at once?

Although doing this would inevitably affect the surroundings.

But fortunately, the Wailing Marsh's fierce reputation was known far and wide, and there were fundamentally no villages or settlements nearby.

So there's no need to worry about affecting the Empire's subjects.

As for any other flora and fauna, that didn't matter.

Thinking of this.

Arthur looked at Lan Qingyou.

That black figure floating in the air, set against that red Meteorite, appeared so... magnificent.

And dangerous.