Chapter 294 – 294: The Winds of Barthomeloi

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“Yes, Lady Barthomeloi!!!” the adjutant responded, his face stern.

The adjutant took a small step back, retreating into the ranks of the Canticle Brigade. The formation of the queue rapidly changed.

“Oh? Sounds like something interesting…”

Altrouge chuckled softly as she walked out of the tornado.

Whenever a gust of wind approached her, it would either shift direction or reverse course, suddenly as if unwilling to harm the lovely person before it.

“I lost control of the wind?” Seeing this, Lorelei raised an eyebrow.

Realizing the wind she had previously controlled was now out of her command, her expression turned exceptionally grave.

“It’s just that I’ve made a pact with the winds around me. Honestly, these lovely children were a bit agitated by your magical power,” Altrouge said elegantly and calmly, gently brushing aside the somewhat messy strands of hair on her forehead.

“Dominator of Blood and Contracts—!” Lorelei stated Altrouge’s title, her expression grave.

The ability to contract even wind elements was like a natural enemy to Lorelei, who specialized in wind-attribute magecraft.

Moreover, Altrouge had not displayed her dominion over blood from beginning to end.

“Am I being underestimated?” Lorelei looked fiercely at Altrouge.

The opponent’s undamaged black dress and her seemingly held-back fighting style were a great humiliation in her eyes.

“Can your so-called Winds of Barthomeloi withstand this one blow from me?” Altrouge chuckled softly, crimson light slowly gathering in her hand.

Having dealt with the Barthomeloi family before, she understood their pathological family fanaticism. To be able to bear the Barthomeloi name itself indirectly reflected the power of this magecraft.

However, the Black Princess, restored to her peak, felt no fear. Because at this moment, her feet were planted on the earth.

Endless life force from the ley lines surged into her body through the girl’s feet, which were in contact with the earth.

This was Gaia’s support for True Ancestors; as long as they were within the planet, a True Ancestor’s magical power was inexhaustible.

“Well then, let the Eclipse Princess of Black Blood appraise it! My, Barthomeloi Lorelei’s, highest magical achievement!!!”

Lorelei took a deep breath, her expression calming like the surface of a still lake. She slowly raised the baton in her hand and, like an orchestra conductor, began to move it with light, nimble grace.

“…”

The fifty Magi behind her wore solemn expressions, as if they were a grand orchestra in the Royal Opera House of England. Following the dance of Lorelei’s baton, they chanted the incantation in unison.

As the incantation was chanted, their vision immediately blurred. The atmosphere, as if boiling, resonated with the chanted words.

Haru lifted his head, looking at the massive vortex in the sky that filled his entire field of vision. The vortex rotated counter-clockwise with fierce, violent intensity, shredding all surrounding clouds, forming a spiraling white ribbon.

“Eeeh!!! It looks just like when I manipulate gales with Marble Phantasm!” Arcueid looked astonishingly at the clouds in the sky.

“The atmosphere of the entirety of France, and even surrounding countries, has been stirred up. Is this completely A++ rank wind element manipulation?”

Haru looked somewhat surprised at Lorelei ahead. He somewhat understood why she would later bear the titles of Grand Marshal and Queen of the Clock Tower

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To create magecraft closest to the level of True Magic at the age of twenty—Lorelei’s talent could be said to be among the very top tier of humanity.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lorelei’s forehead—or rather, the entire Canticle Brigade was sweating profusely. Such a massive large-scale magic placed an extremely heavy burden on their magical power and bodies; it could be said they were exerting their full strength.

As the chanting continued, the bodies of Lorelei and the others blurred along with nature. This was Elementalization, a protective measure to prevent the casters from being caught in the Winds of Barthomeloi.

Blood-red magical power highly concentrated in Altrouge’s hand, forming an incomparably pitch-black sphere of magical energy.

“Take this magic cannon of mine, and you’ll be my blood slave!!!” Altrouge flicked her small hand, and like the main cannon of a space battleship, a Heaven-piercing bombardment blasted towards Lorelei.

Lorelei’s gaze sharpened.

After glancing at Haru, she forcefully swung down her baton. As the baton descended, a colossal tornado connecting Heaven and Earth enveloped the entire field of vision.

The torrent of magical cannon fire collided with the raging tornado that covered the heavens and earth.

The tornado was pierced by the magic cannon in an instant, but the howling gale, seemingly unaffected, charged straight towards Altrouge.

“Hmm?” Altrouge swiped her right hand horizontally, as if wielding a giant red broadsword, splitting the entire tornado in half.

A massive roar suddenly sounded—it was the sound of a mountain range within the cannon’s firing range being cut in half…

The tornado, relying on the characteristics of wind, relentlessly scraped towards Altrouge.

The terrifying gale even affected the entire city of Tours, not far behind Haru.

Many citizens walking on the roadside were astonishingly swept high into the air.

An invisible ripple spread out. Both the tornado and the cannon fire abruptly shrank a large degree. An inexplicable sense of repulsion made Altrouge’s and Lorelei’s faces change slightly.

“Oh dear!” Haru shrugged. Just now, the Counter Force had issued a request, hoping he would stop the two sides from fighting.

Haru slowly lifted his hand, his palm forming a virtual grip, then suddenly squeezed.

The sky was abruptly dominated by him. The tornado, though shrunk by a degree, still incredibly violent, suddenly stagnated, then burst apart.

“H-How? Just one move…!” Lorelei looked with utter shock at Haru, who had defeated her masterpiece.

However, she was only astonished for an instant. The abruptly dispelled magic caused the entire Canticle Brigade to be released from Elementalization. They were all swept away by the exploding tornado, scattering in all directions.

Caught off guard, Lorelei only had time to make a few gestures to her subordinates before she too was swept far away by the storm.

“Eh eh?” Altrouge looked somewhat astonished at the crowd being swept away, the crimson magical light in her hand gradually dissipating.

“Haru, you interfered with my prey!” Altrouge turned around, pouting slightly, speaking with dissatisfaction.

“If I didn’t intervene, Alaya would have sent people to hunt you down. Just now in Tours, tens of thousands died in an instant,” Haru shrugged, speaking helplessly. He could already imagine tomorrow’s world headlines.

“…Eek! What does it have to do with me?! This was all done by the Winds of Barthomeloi.” Altrouge’s face stiffened.

She quickly averted her gaze, looking towards the city behind Haru. “Barthomeloi seems to have fallen towards Tours just now. I’ll go help deal with this anti-human criminal.”

“A hunting game?” Fou jumped to the ground, looking with interest at the city behind. “Haven’t played in a long time.”

“Eh eh eh? Is it very fun? I want to play too,” Arcueid shouted excitedly.

“Everyone wants to play? Well then, let’s play a hunting game,” Haru rubbed his chin, looking teasingly at a certain building in the city.

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