Chapter 132: The End

"Good, very good!"

Narens laughed out of sheer fury, but his expression quickly turned cold. "One day, I will settle the score between us!"

With those words, Narens turned and walked away, not even bothering to dispel the layer of bone armor covering his body.

*Shhh, shhh, shhh...*

"What are you doing?!" Suddenly, Narens realized that his bone armor was being covered by black quicksand, and his entire body was being restrained.

"Although you wouldn't dare kill me..." Lin Wei grinned, cracking his neck, "...I, however, dare to kill you!"

"If you lay a hand on me, aren't you afraid that Lord Kibul will hold you accountable afterward?!"

Narens was somewhat panicked; he could not comprehend Lin Wei's reckless disregard for the consequences.

"Afraid? Why would I be afraid?"

Lin Wei continued to smile, but this smile made Narens's heart tremble.

"You..."

The black quicksand had already crawled up to Narens's throat. He felt his windpipe being compressed, making it difficult to even make a sound.

"Do you really think Lord Kibul will pursue the events of tonight?" Lin Wei walked up to Narens, meeting his hateful gaze. "When the Segavei lakeside battlefield no longer exists, what will Lord Kibul have left to pursue!?"

Narens was stunned, wanting to say something, but he could no longer make a sound. The black quicksand had already overflowed into his mouth and nose, like ants crawling back into their nest.

"You think tonight's raid was just a skirmish? You're wrong. It is the horn that signals the end of the war," Lin Wei continued. "Although I cannot guess the true intentions of the Fanged Bloodshadow, if you just stop and think calmly, at what stage of a war would one commit all their trump cards to a desperate gamble?"

"Furthermore, Lord Kibul never appeared from start to finish. Why? Naturally, because he himself has been caught in the whirlpool of the war! After tonight, the Segavei lakeside battlefield will cease to exist!"

Lin Wei's words struck Narens's heart like a hammer. He struggled, seemingly trying to break free from Lin Wei's restraint.

"Are you trying to say that if my conjecture is wrong, I will have to pay with my life?" From Narens's eyes, Lin Wei saw a final glimmer of desperate hope. "Narens, you have spent too much time in the academy!"

"In times of peace, rules must be obeyed! But in times of war, chaos is the only order!"

Lin Wei sighed softly, looking at Narens. "Even if I am wrong and the war continues, do you think Lord Kibul would kill the remaining strongest combat power in the camp just for a dead Level 3 wizard apprentice?"

"Go to hell, you hateful bastard!!"

Lin Wei controlled the Star-Dark Quicksand, exerting pressure from both inside and outside Narens's body!

Narens was entirely enveloped by the Star-Dark Quicksand.

*Pop!*

"A seed for a formal wizard... what a pity..."

Lin Wei shook his head.

...

On the surface of the lake.

Kibul and Remanson stood opposite each other.

The lake remained calm, but the land and trees on the shore were riddled with countless holes.

Kibul's entire right arm was gone, and the wound at his shoulder continued to corrode, the dripping blood as thick as molten wax.

Remanson was equally severely wounded; a fist-sized hole had been pierced through his abdomen. Every time the flesh began to heal, a force of resistance would erupt from the wound, scattering the newly congealed flesh once more.

"Let's end it here..."

Remanson said abruptly.

"What do you mean?"

Kibul clutched his wound, looking bewildered, cautiously guarding against Remanson in case he was playing a trick.

"This is the end for now. We shall cross paths again if there is an opportunity..."

Remanson's feet began to liquefy, spreading to his shins, his thighs... and finally, he slowly merged into the lake surface.

Kibul watched as Remanson 'melted' away.

"He really left..."

Kibul could no longer sense any trace of Remanson's aura.

"The end for now—what does that mean?"

Kibul was completely baffled.

"A message from the academy headquarters!"

Kibul's waist twitched, and he pulled a verdant green stone from his belt.

The stone flashed with a glowing green light, particularly conspicuous in the dark night. Kibul channeled his wizard power into the green stone.

After receiving the power, the stone vibrated, emitting a swirling ring of light.

*Swish!*

The ring of light condensed into a single point and suddenly shot into the center of Kibul's brow.

"This..."

A look of shock and surprise appeared in Kibul's eyes.

"The war... has ended!?"

Kibul suddenly recalled what Remanson had said before leaving.

"Why... this war started so abruptly and ended just as suddenly..." Kibul frowned deeply. "What kind of conspiracy lies at the heart of this?"

Kibul was suddenly in a state of agitation; the situation on the Stantone Continent was becoming increasingly obscure. The Fanged Bloodshadow, who stirred up storms and disrupted order, remained an enigma.

"Whatever, I shall investigate further once I return to the academy..."

Kibul used his remaining arm to pull out an orange-red potion and swallowed it in one gulp.

The corrosive energy at the site of his amputated limb began to gradually fade.

...

In the dense forest.

"Star-Dark Quicksand!"

Another Fanged Bloodshadow wizard apprentice fell victim to Lin Wei's ambush.

"Not bad, I've finally gathered two hundred points..."

Lin Wei touched his military merit card and smiled with satisfaction.

At that moment, a crimson signal flare, bright enough to illuminate the entire Segavei lakeside, exploded above the Shadow Forest camp, sending out layers of red ripples.

"This is the highest-level summons!"

Lin Wei looked at the red light filling the sky. "This is a summons that only Kibul can initiate..."

"Has the raid on the camp already ended?"

Lin Wei did not linger and hurried back toward the camp. If he were considered an academy traitor due to a delay, it would be troublesome.

Lin Wei moved quickly.

"Tragic..."

As soon as Lin Wei stepped into the camp, he scanned his surroundings.

Severed limbs were scattered everywhere, and blood had dyed the ground red.

"Lin Wei!"

"Lin Wei..."

The voices of Ingmor and Sanier reached him.

Lin Wei turned to look.

He saw Sanier walking shakily, supported by Ingmor.

"It's lucky I have a wind-attribute talent; my running speed is fast, otherwise Sanier and I would have been left behind halfway!" Ingmor complained.

"Thanks."

Sanier squeezed a smile onto his pale face and said to Ingmor.

Ingmor nodded, looking indifferent toward Sanier.

Sanier smiled, keeping the debt of gratitude for his life in his heart.

"What happened after we left?"

Lin Wei asked Sanier.

Sanier shook his head. "I don't know, we only just got back here too. We should go see the teacher; he just issued the highest-level summons, so there must be something urgent."