Chapter 80 — The Nature of Magic and the Ringing of Art
Blade of Dawn · Page 4 of 4
"How would I know... But it's probably nothing good," Amber said, rolling her eyes. "Shadow magic is almost entirely destructive, after all. Shadow itself is a thoroughly negative force. Normal people absolutely should not come into contact with it."
Gao Yang sighed: "Fine. That was as good as saying nothing. By the way, why did you come all this way to tell me this? I'm not a scholar, nor a witch or mage specializing in shadow magic. And I expect that even if I wrote a letter to the scholars of the Arcane Society in the name of Gao Yang Cecil, they wouldn't take it very seriously..."
"Then that's not my problem," Amber said, pursing her lips. "I just wanted someone to tell. Now that I've told you, I feel much better. As for what you do about it afterward—that's your business."
The veins on Gao Yang's forehead began to throb.
But just as he was hesitating over whether to give the creature before him a good thrashing, a sudden explosion startled both people in the tent.
"BOOM!"
Amber dove under the table on the spot: "Waaah! What's going on, what's going on!?"
Gao Yang paid no mind to this abject coward, and instead strode out of the tent, looking toward the direction the sound had come from.
He saw a great many startled soldiers running toward the southeast corner of the camp—and that was precisely the direction of Hedy's magic laboratory!
Mother of god, art blew up, Rebecca really is terrifyingly quick to act.
Gao Yang sprinted toward that direction.
True, the magic laboratory had its own protective array, Hedy had her defensive magic, and Gao Yang had previously reminded Hedy to pay attention to experiment safety, so no one should be in any real danger—but judging by the force of that explosion, who knew how much of the laboratory's precision instruments could be saved.
He had to get there and save the day before Rebecca got strung up and beaten by Hedy...
(Good heavens, I actually updated another chapter!)