PAID

The collapse of the underground laboratory threw the entire Imperial City into chaos.

Erland, barely alive, staggered out of the rubble, saved only by the sorcerers and guards who had shielded him.

But before he could catch his breath, he shouted through his exhaustion and pain:

“Quickly—gather all available forces! Stop Konstantin and Feir at any cost!”

“Yes, my lord!”

Erland looked up, watching the two massive figures against the night sky, clenching his teeth in frustration.

The old sorcerer had hinted that this escape had been planned from the beginning by Konstantin and Feir. But Erland couldn’t understand how Konstantin had mustered enough consciousness to plan such a dangerous escape. The first contact between Konstantin and Feir must have occurred after the Red Dragon Sanctuary battle, when Feir carried Konstantin’s head back to the Empire.@@novelbin@@

At that time, Konstantin should have been too weak to plan anything, and there was no guarantee that the Empire’s sorcerers wouldn’t entirely wipe out his will during the second fusion attempt. If they had succeeded in controlling him, Konstantin would have become nothing more than a biological weapon, void of any self-will.

As Erland tightened his fist, shouts and spell chants filled the air as sorcerers and guards bombarded the sky with long-range spells, trying to target Feir and Konstantin.