“Now then….” Blake flew up into the air. He looked down at the frozen sea of reglios that were slightly moving and frowned. “It seems I can not fully stop time but slow it down to the point that it is like I have stopped it. But if I were to recreate this spell using astral energy, then maybe it would be possible. Anyway, let’s just take out the entire area.”

Blake flew high into the air before waving his hand and causing numerous runic markings to appear in front of him. This was one of the biggest astral energy spells he could use. It was something he had only tested once with the help of Ishtar’s barrier blocking the results in a small, contained space. “Erase….”

A simple name for a spell that wiped everything in a radius under him out of existence. As soon as he spoke these words, the mountain, the palace that was half destroyed, the city, and the surrounding area for fifty miles in all directions was now gone. There were no loud explosions. There were no flashy light displays. It was just a spell that turned the area into a wasteland.

All of the reglios were now gone. But Blake was sweating from head to toe. “The drain on the body from that one spell is too much. I think this is my max…. I now understand why Ishtar told me to limit the range of using this spell. It is an amazing spell, but its downside is the energy drain. If there was someone here with the power to block it, I am sure I would be a goner.”

Some spells were just like that. Powerful and easier to use than other spells, but the result is that you would be put into a weakened state once you cast it. Blake did not stick around as he waved his hand and, using magic, made a portal back to the city. As soon as he left just outside the fifty mile zone, a humanoid figure stared at the area in front of it with a look of hatred in its eyes. “Everything gone! That one is dangerous…. I will need to report this back….”

The figure quickly jumped into the shadow of a tree and disappeared from sight. It was at this moment that Blake had become enemy number one for the reglios. A spell that erased everything from existence was not something the lower reglios could fight against. They were still too weak.

When Blake returned, he fell from his portal and landed on the ground. He had no energy left in him at this moment. “Master!” and the defenseless Blake was now having his face licked and neck bit all over by a certain white fox.

He had only teleported himself to the entrance of the palace, so he was basically lying there on the ground while Little White did her normal thing. It was almost fifteen minutes before Little White was satisfied, and it was only then that she realized something was wrong: “Master, what is wrong?”

“I used a spell that drained my energy, so I am unable to move much. I need to rest a while a before I can do anything else.” Blake replied. He really did not want to move. He stared up at the stone ceiling above before slowly closing his eyes.

When he woke next, he found he was staring at the ceiling of his bedroom. Lying on top of him was Little White. And curled up next to him, all around him were his daughters. “Finally awake, I see.”

“Mmm… How long have I been out?” Blake asked.

“Half a day. You scared Little Moyi. She thought you were dead. She came running in here with tears in her eyes, crying away that her Papa had died.” Lillia let out an exhausted sigh. “Do you know how long it took for me to calm her down? And then all the other girls when they heard her pitiful cries that filled the entire palace!? Why would you use that spell after Sister Ishtar already said it was a spell you had to be careful with using!?”

“I was just testing it….” Blake replied honestly. He could not lie to Lillia since she would know the second he did lie. “Plus, it was the easiest and fastest way to get rid of all the reglios in the area. ” Blake was glad he did not try to push it anymore than he did. If by chance, a single reglios was left, he would be an easy target after he fell to the ground.

“Haaaaah!” Lillia shook her head while placing her hands on her hips. “Stay here and let the girls indulge in their Papa. I will go handle the other things.” Lillia did not even wait for an answer before leaving. She still had to do many things to prepare for what might come.

Inside the meeting room with all the council of elders present, Lillia stood at the head of the table. “We are in for a long ride. The influx of refugees is growing by the second. If this keeps going on like this, we will be lacking in many resources. Because of this, we need to move our walls out further. But this also means a risk of being attacked by the reglios. We have Sister Ishtar’s barrier protecting our current land, but we need more farmland. We can accelerate the growth of crops, so this is not an issue, but the land itself is what needs to be cleared out and then tilled to be planted. We will also need more monster meet as well. We need to keep up to date on supplies as much as possible.

“I also want another team to keep an eye out for the new races. We can not let them end up being killed by the reglios. While normally, I would ask if they would like to join us, but the current times do not allow for it. We need to start communications with all clans. This means even enemies. Whether they will listen or not is another story. But we will need to make sure that the other clans do not end up like the dragonic… We can not let the reglios open the gates to the underworld.”