Chapter 102
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Chapter 102: Any “Stability” Is Only Relative
The dark unknown substance at the intersection quickly disappeared under Lolth’s consumption.
No matter how shocked others may be, for Lolth, this is just a trivial matter.
In Lolth’s eyes, she had merely released some magic and casually manipulated it without any real effort. What was so difficult about that?
So she didn’t even notice Isabella and Ann’s change in mood.
“Let’s go and see the injured.”
Saying this, following the hint from the half-dragon soldier, she took Ann and Isabella to where the injured people were located.
Although there were witness testimonies and a basic understanding of how the black substance used in the attack functioned, Lolth remained clueless about the identity of the perpetrator or the location of their hideout.
She could only methodically check on the condition of the injured again, to see if she could find anything.
According to the half-dragon soldiers, the injured were currently in a makeshift “hospital” on the outskirts of Palgauro City.
Even in a bustling and prosperous city like Palgauro City, there were no real hospitals.
For most residents, they usually don’t see a doctor for minor illnesses but go to the clinic for serious ones.
Nobles and wealthier individuals can afford reliable doctors to visit them at home or even retain a private doctor exclusively for their needs.
If they have a serious illness, they can also seek help from a priest at the church or a healing warlock for treatment, or purchase Magic Potions for healing. Though expensive, these potions are generally effective.
Therefore, hospitals are not a necessity for human cities on the mainland.
However, since most of the church personnel in the city have left and the remaining Superoperators have a more hostile attitude towards the demon race than the common people, Shelldor cannot gather enough healing warlocks.
As for the military doctors carried by the Second Legion…
There are only three of them, including Shelldor’s two deputy officers and the part-time captain of the First Vanguard.
The main reason they were chosen is simply because the two deputy officers are green dragons with the innate ability to detoxify, though whether they use this ability is debatable. The captain of the First Vanguard is a Red Dragon, renowned for their speed in quickly evacuating injured soldiers from the battlefield.
The Abyssal Dragon Tribe is tough and powerful, their strong bodies give them a strong self-healing ability, so they mainly rely on self-healing when injured.
So, this time, ten or so demon dragons, wyverns, and half-dragon persons were all injured at once, and these injuries couldn’t heal on their own. For the Second Legion, this was a quite rare situation.
Shelldor had to set up a temporary “hospital” to accommodate these guys.
However, calling it a hospital was a stretch. In reality, they just set up a makeshift dragon bone tent on the outskirts of Palgauro City, and put up caution tape.
Crossing over half of Palgauro City again to reach the location of the temporary hospital, Lolth entered the spacious dragon bone tent.
Inside the tent, about ten individuals with characteristics of the Abyssal Dragon tribe were lying in disarray, with dark substances on their limbs, torsos, or even half of their heads, looking very weak.
As Lolth expected, these black unknown substances had the property of stabilizing after combining with magic.
This meant that not only would these substances restrict body parts, but they would also cause a considerable loss of magic.
Moreover, the bodies of the Abyssal Dragon tribe inherently contained a large amount of magic.
For them, such substances were undoubtedly quite frightening.
These black substances may seem to only affect certain parts of their bodies, but in reality, the hidden influence might have spread throughout their whole body.
Most demon dragons have grown too weak, not only incapable of fighting but also struggling with significant obstacles in their everyday actions and transformations.
Despite being aware of Lolth’s arrival, there were only two out of the twenty Abyssal Dragons, wyverns, and dragon people in the tent who could stand up to greet her.
“Master Lolthlinda…”
“Master Lolth, you have arrived.”
The two men who stood up—one with a blackened left hand and the other with a large black stain on his chest—both appeared rather wilted.
“Both of you lie down quickly,” Lolth waved her hand helplessly, then approached, “It’s quite troublesome to see you in this state… Before finding the true culprit, let’s first solve your injuries for Shelldor’s sake.”
Saying this, Lolth pulled the black, hardened scroll from her pocket once again.
After fully reacting and combining with magic, the magical power contained in this black substance tended to stabilize.
When these characteristics and reactions are applied to life, how to unravel them becomes a huge question.
Unable to use it without combining it with magic leads to a rapid depletion of magical qualities, which bothers Lolth a bit.
“No way, we can only use the most basic method…”
It is common knowledge that the destruction caused by cult leaders is irreversible, but in the magical sense, “irreversible” usually just means there are no shortcuts.
There is always one road that remains open.
That is to manipulate “magic” itself.
This is also one of the most difficult categories of magic to learn among the six basic magic categories in Cloud City, based on the principles of arcane magic.
Create pure spells using pure magic.
The magic released by Lolth when consuming that black substance magic earlier can also be considered a special, self-created form of Arcane magic.
The ultimate of arcane magic is theoretically that “anything magical” can be “manipulated” and “changed”.
This black substance is the same.
Although it looks very “stable” now, stability is just a relative state.
“Hmm… let’s try to increase magic output after a long absence… then try fire element.”
Saying this, Lolth released a terrifying flow of magic between her hands.
In her hands, a dazzling red light was emitted, like a substantial huge flow of fire element magic.
Most of the dragons lying in the dragon bone tent did not know what was happening, but they all felt an instinctual fear attacking them!
Isabella and Ann were too shocked to say anything.
They realized that if Lolth were to release all the magic in her hands now, it would be enough to trigger a small-scale riot of fire element magic tide!
However, standing a few meters behind her, neither of them could feel any heat coming from the fire element.
Meanwhile, Lolth casually and effortlessly directed the dense, shining magical energy in her hand toward the black object.
“Hiss—”
Like melting snow and ice, the black substance disappeared quickly.