CHAPTER 723: CHAPTER 718: ANNIHILATION

Boom—

Ronald greatly enhanced the effects of the spell.

Almost the moment he uttered the incantation, the entire conference room—or rather, a large swath of the tree city area, creaked with the terrible interference of this power.

They heard the sounds echoing around them.

Although they were unclear about the actual situation, it was needless to think too much about the fact that Ronald had already taken action.

Members of the Secret of Aogen immediately struggled free from restraint:

"Scoundrel, you are courting death—ah?"

The Caster couldn’t finish his words, as the situation inside the conference room directly interrupted him.

Ronald stood unshaken in the midst of everyone, as the magic that enhanced his physical qualities surged within him, and he then stomped his foot down.

Thud—

All the Casters in the conference room.

At that moment, felt the ground give way beneath their feet, while the tables and chairs around them rocked in sync.

The next second.

All of them became aware of their predicament.

The part of the tree city that housed their conference room was falling!

"Ahh!"

"Save me!"

"Alte, fly with me!"

The Casters of the Secret of Aogen were in complete panic.

You must understand that their location was over a hundred meters in the air!

Even if a small number of Casters had the ability to save themselves from such a height, the vast majority were helpless, faced with the stark choice between life and death.

And then—

Boom!

The distance of a hundred meters was over in a blink of an eye.

While it sounded far enough, in reality, it was just a few breaths’ time.

Four to five seconds of struggle, some didn’t even have time to fully deploy their defensive spells before they crashed down with the wooden dome, and the sturdy trees that were meant to protect them now became terrifying assassins that cut their lifelines.

And just like that, amidst the simple roar.

Nearly all the decision-makers of the Secret of Aogen fell to the ground along with the destroyed dome.

Upon safely landing, Ronald’s body flashed with white light.

The "Guardian Angel" directly negated the impact of the fall, making a hundred meters drop as effortless for him as descending a stair when walking downstairs.

...

"Hmm... quite a few people survived."

Ronald’s gaze swept around.

Although there were wooden blocks obstructing the view everywhere, through the power of ’Fury,’ he could sense the actual situation within the range of the conference room.

Aside from the two Casters who reacted quickest and flew into the air using spells.

There were actually four others who fell along with the dome that still had the ability to move.

The leader of the Secret of Aogen, two older Casters, and one quite young man.

Under Ronald’s utterly unreasonable spell attack.

These were the survivors of the Secret of Aogen.

Amidst the dust flying in all directions, the leader of the Secret of Aogen also took stock of the situation at this moment.

The elite forces inherited by the Secret of Aogen over the years.

In just those four to five seconds, they had lost a full third.

—A stain on the leader’s record.

—An unacceptable loss for the school.

—Even the future external situation of the Secret of Aogen would be radically different.

Many subsequent problems surged into his mind.

But at this moment, the leader of the Secret of Aogen still forcefully suppressed this anger.

As a leader, he absolutely could not lose his reason now.

Facing a Caster with such strength, letting anger dominate his brain would only lead to a more complete annihilation.

The fact was too obvious.

Even if the entire force of Casters from the Secret of Aogen were sacrificed, they probably wouldn’t be a match for Ronald.

...

At this instant, the Casters of the Secret of Aogen thought of someone.

——Nicole.

This was a genius the likes of which the Secret of Aogen had seen only once in its history.

Even without the original text, she might have been capable of using the highest level of the Prophetic Spell in the school.

It was just a pity that back then,

due to his own choice, he had let Nicole leave the Yizi Forest.

If he had retained that genius at the time and taught her with all his might, would the situation today be different?

"Cough cough cough——"

Thinking of this, the leader of the Secret of Aogen coughed violently.

He quickly shook his head to dispel these whimsical thoughts from his brain and was about to start negotiating with Ronald:

"Rona—"

"Its name is Styx,

and the black water flows downward, reaching the foot of the dim and precipitous cliff!"

"..."

The expression of the leader of the Secret of Aogen froze on his face.

Just as he was about to speak, Ronald’s incantation was heard once again.

And this time.

The Magic Fluctuation emanating from the other party was still so powerful that it drove people to despair.

Under the terrifying power akin to the coming of the demon lord, the pitch-black mist searched for gaps and spread from every possible corner around them.

As the leader of the Secret of Aogen.

He shared a magical connection with his subordinates.

It was precisely because of this that the leader of the Secret of Aogen was acutely aware that the few remaining subordinates around him had also lost consciousness.

What could he do now?

Count on those two guys who were flying further and further away in the sky?

With a wry smile of resignation at the corner of his mouth, the caster from the Secret of Aogen also decisively pulled out the original text.

At a time like this, one could only hope to die with some dignity.

"..."

"Del, Hess, Owen, Zagou, Haga..."

He recited the Enhancement Magic spell, drawing the spell runes on his hand with familiar ease.

However, just as he was prepared for a desperate last stand, the change in the scene before him stirred a faint hope.

——He was the exception.

Unlike his subordinates who were instantly engulfed by the black mist,

After this multipotent mist filled the room, it did not immediately rush up to snatch away his life.

To be more precise.

This spell now seemed more like a cage.

Ronald had trapped him here to restrict his movements but did not intend to kill him outright.

"..."

"Gulp——"

The leader of the Secret of Aogen couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

He had the urge to fight to the death for the dignity of the school.

But after seeing the hope for survival in a situation with a slim chance of living, he truly couldn’t bring himself to make the choice to sacrifice himself.

Bang——

Just then.

A sound like an explosion echoed in front of him.

The leader of the Secret of Aogen was acutely aware that this was the sound of the wood planted in the ground in front of him being kicked and broken.

In other words——Ronald had arrived.

Almost the moment his mind realized this fact,

The black mist in front of the leader of the Secret of Aogen split open, revealing a glimmer of dawn outside.

Ronald stepped forward surrounded by the black mist,

looking down at him from on high.

"Earlier in the meeting, you said your name was Dave, the leader of the Secret of Aogen, right?"

At that moment, a strand of the black mist brushed across the face of the leader of the Secret of Aogen. Feeling the glacial coldness of the mist on his face, he was unable to speak and could only nod stiffly:

"..."

Ronald cocked his head, his expression devoid of any fluctuation:

"Get up, you’re still of use."