Legacy of the Dark Sage

Chapter 1211 Buying Time

Deus frowned as soon as he saw Ruin. He recognized him because of the magic energy he emitted. However, he still had some doubts because there was something different about him.

Mages changing their appearance with array formulas, magic spells, or relics were common. They could even change the appearance and form of their essence. But no matter how a mage changed their essence's appearance or form, they would still possess part of their 'core.'

At the moment, Deus could not sense that core in Ruin. As a matter of fact, he could not even say if the Ruin before him was an essence.

During Deus's recent encounter with Ruin, he knew the latter could not appear in his original form before him. Which was why he assumed the one before him was also an essence. But he should have been able to sense Ruin's essence because he was an essence, yet he could not. It seemed confusing, especially when he was 100% positive the one before him was Ruin.

Unfortunately, Deus did not get the chance to mull over the mystery of Ruin's strange condition because the latter already made a move.

Concentrated magic energy in the form of red pillars of light fell from above and toward Deus.

Everything the light touched was not destroyed immediately, as magic attacks using concentrated energy did. Instead, it painted everything red, and they slowly rot away from the inside.

Deus maneuvered the automaton he donned and evaded the red pillars of light. Seeing those lights and what they did, he was more convinced of the Ruin's identity.

"You and your inventions are still as annoying as ever!" Ruin growled as he summoned more red pillars of light. These pillars did not fall from above this time but appeared from several red magic arrays and zoned in on Deus. From afar, they looked like beams of light with minds of their own as they followed Deus's around.

Meanwhile, True Void merged on Kyran's body, turning into armor even before Dues could have a good look at him.

"Go now while he keeps that guy busy!" he urged Kyran.

But.

"You are dying here for messing with our clan!"

All combat mages charged inside the room and attacked Kyran from different directions. Their confidence was ignited at Deus's arrival. Moreover, with the original intruder, who they deemed far more dangerous, occupied, they believed they had a better chance at incapacitating the one who imprisoned their Lady.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Unfortunately for them, they acted without understanding what Kyran was capable of. More importantly, they forgot that he was the one who summoned the domain that completely stopped them from circulating magic energies.

Kyran deftly evaded three combat mages bearing down on him with their fists. Their fists passed his body, landing on the ground or hitting nothing but air. He then moved and knocked out the combat mages in the split second that followed.

Crack! Crack!

Just as True Void was contemplating how to make Kyran respond to him, even if through telepathy, he was suddenly distracted by cracking sounds coming from the direction of the Void Sphere.

Kyran looked at the sphere and frowned after seeing some mages coming in from the holes in the ground, attacking it. Since they could not circulate magic energy inside his domain, they used their brute strength to attack the sphere. Their raw strength was weaker than the combat mages, but they compensated with their number.

Kyran frown deepened after seeing this. He did not expect brute strength would work against the Void Sphere. Then again, it made sense since he created the sphere like a cage, not a mass of nothingness. It would have already disintegrated the floor and anything in its surroundings if it had been the latter.

While creating the Void Sphere that way might have been more effective when he attacked Estrid earlier, he had an inkling that it would not work. Estrid had so many relics under her disposal, and she was aware of the Void Master running loose in the Higher Realm. She might have considered the possibility that he would come to her for help or some other reason and made preparations.

Anyway, Kyran sensed his Void Sphere would not have dealt much damage against Estrid even if he used it as an offensive move rather than a defensive move.

Putting that matter aside, Kyran was now put in a dilemma of dealing with the other mages. He could deal with them faster if he did not hold back, but he did not want to kill anyone unless necessary. For this reason, he only attacked the combat mages by knocking them out cold in mind.

"You! What are you doing?"

"What the—? Stop!"

Kyran heard some mages shout. Soon, he realized discord was happening among the mages attacking the sphere.

The combat mages attacking Kyran also noticed this, and some stopped in their tracks to berate their people, "Oi! What are you guys doing? You must work together and destroy the sphere to free Lady Estrid!"

Just as one of the combat mages shouted this, more members of the Crepuscule Clan arrived.

"Ack! My goodness! And I mean my goodness! This is why I told you to escape at once! See? Now they have multiplied to an unbelievable number that no matter how good you are, you will not be able to handle them alone...!"

True Void's voice trailed off as he soon realized something was amiss.

Among the newly arrived members of the Crepuscule Clan, one mage, a young fox in human form, said, "Thank you for buying as much time as possible, sir Null. Let us assist you from here on."

Kyran recognized the mage and was quite surprised at the sudden change in her presence, "It's you?"

The one leading the newly arrived mages were none other than Marigold.