Chapter 330: The Raid (Part 1)

Bishop Anbulier first closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, as if sensing something, before saying, "There are still some risks here, but if we hold hands and fly slowly, it should be fine."

Seeming to notice Xia Duo's puzzled look, Bishop Anbulier explained a bit more—

"This world is not as stable as our Main Plane; its terrain is almost constantly changing. Take the ruins we just came from as an example: when I was meditating last night, what I saw was still an intact town. Therefore, the three of us cannot be too far apart, and our speeds cannot differ too much, so as to avoid accidents!"

So that was it! Just then, Aiboke handed over two Magic Scrolls, "These are 【Group Flight】 scrolls. I didn't prepare many, try casting them on us!"

In Magic Vision, the magic aura of these two Magic Scrolls was not as clear as it was on the Main Plane, but rather hazy and indistinct.

Xia Duo took the scrolls and attempted to activate them according to the standard method.

Whoosh—

A burst of magic aura exploded in Xia Duo's hands. He felt as if his whole body had been pushed backward by some force. Fortunately, the Protective Spell cast by the Tower of Time was still active; it just flashed with light and then returned to normal.

"Failed!" Xia Duo said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Try again!" Aiboke remained unmoved.

He tried again, and it still failed.

Xia Duo looked at Aiboke, not knowing what to say. Aiboke's brow twitched, and he took out another one, but instead of handing it to Xia Duo, he—

"Let me do it!"

Saying this, Aiboke activated the 【Group Flight】 scroll, but unfortunately, he failed too. Xia Duo hurriedly turned his head toward the direction of the gray-black forest.

As if there were some beautiful scenery there.

But the next moment, Xia Duo felt his body filled with agility and lightness, as if he only needed a thought to make himself fly.

And that was indeed the case.

Aiboke finally succeeded in activating the 【Group Teleportation】 on the second try! Thus, the three of them held onto one another, with Aiboke in the middle, and all three flew in the direction of Bishop Anbulier, or rather, they were simply being led by him! It was strange to say, but just a few seconds after the three of them took flight, the surrounding scenery changed. Xia Duo saw with his own eyes the forest below beginning to move, seemingly slow but actually fast!

Before long, the entire environment had undergone a huge change—

The ground had actually turned into a plain! Looking down, it was like a hazy canvas composed of different shades of gray! Soon, Bishop Anbulier landed. Xia Duo looked ahead and saw nothing, only a gray plain of varying depths! No, it should be a wasteland! Because there were no plants on the ground, only gravel that had also lost its color.

"Have we reached the destination?"

"We should have!" It was not Bishop Anbulier who spoke, but Aiboke.

He explained casually, "I had previously set up Magic Alerts on the outskirts of the Mythallar Ruins, and now I can sense them."

Sure enough, after walking a few more steps, Xia Duo discovered a patch of wildly surging black clouds suddenly appearing ahead, with a black tower looming in and out of view as the clouds rolled.

"That is the Tower of Time!" Xia Duo shouted in surprise!

It was incredible; this was the first time Xia Duo had seen a complete building in the Shadow Plane! And those black clouds were perhaps the shadow of the Magic Net; it wasn't just the Main Plane's Magic Net that was rioting, the Shadow Plane was the same!

Only the Tower of Time stood firm and unyielding, standing tall amidst it all. Xia Duo was once again awed by the great power of the Great Arcanist!

Perhaps the Tower of Time was not as weak as he had previously thought!

……

Just then, Bishop Anbulier suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Aiboke, I have found the alert line you mentioned!"

"Where?"

Aiboke also became tense. After all, raiding through the Shadow Plane was only a theoretically feasible plan. Although there were speculations about shadow assassins, it could not be taken as reality after all.

And by passing through the alert line he had left himself, a judgment could be made.

However, Bishop Anbulier did not answer that question, but instead said, "We have already passed through it!"

Huh?!

Hearing this news, Aiboke knew that this operation could be said to have at least half succeeded! "We passed another alert line, but the orientation is wrong!"

Bishop Anbulier walked back and forth on this gray wasteland, his path having almost no pattern to speak of. Xia Duo and Aiboke followed closely behind him.

Every time they passed an alert line, Bishop Anbulier would report it. These Magic Alerts were not only set up by Aiboke and Aquilain!

None of the other Arcanists who came to the Mythallar Ruins to repair the Magic Net would have forgotten! Fortunately, the intervals between the Arcanists of the Main Plane were relatively large, and the corresponding alert lines that could be detected in the Shadow Plane each had their own characteristics, which were not difficult to distinguish!

"Found it!"

Xia Duo's spirits lifted. If it took any longer, the Protective Spell on him would expire, and then the raid would not be very safe! Having found the alert line, the next step was to return to the Main Plane.

Unlike the morning of preparation needed when coming here, going back was much simpler; it only required a Banishment spell.

After all, they did not belong to this world of shadows to begin with! Aiboke silently cast a Protective Spell on himself, as did Xia Duo. Although his spell was not strong, having even a sliver of effect was still something!

Bishop Anbulier was no exception. Besides casting on himself, he also cast it on Aiboke and Xia Duo.

However, there were not many priest spells, or Divine Magic, that provided direct protection; most increased resistance, enhanced will, or granted immunity to fear and the like.

Feeling the radiance of Holy Power surrounding his body, Xia Duo felt a sense of peace in his heart. This was not the effect of the Divine Magic; he had rejected the effect of the Divine Magic on his will.

This was his own true reaction when facing a critical moment. Perhaps he would have been nervous before, but when the truly critical moment arrived, all emotions were superfluous, whether it was nervousness or fear.

Mages also do not need passionate encouragement; they only need to remain calm and perform normally! (A Mage's normal performance is their greatest combat power; anything abnormal will only be lower~~)

Before departing, Bishop Anbulier said one last thing—

"When we return to the Main Plane later, we will appear within a range of about 10 meters around the target, likely in some shadow. Lord Xia Duo, you must immediately provide Guidance for the Tower of Time to block teleportation; otherwise, the target is very likely to leave directly."

"I understand!" Xia Duo gripped the Time Tower Badge in his hand and said solemnly.

Regardless of whether the opponent had the habit of "running away at the slightest sign of trouble," he had to consider them as such. Better safe than sorry—that is what that means.

Aiboke did not need any extra instructions. Bishop Anbulier tapped his hammer and shouted, "【Banishment】!"

The next moment, a holy radiance suddenly exploded, and the whole world seemed to collapse.

At the same time, Xia Duo discovered that the Magic Net, which had been hazy and blurry before his eyes, had instantly become clear!

——Tower of Time, 7th-circle 【Area Prohibition】!

(End of chapter)