Fianna felt extremely confused by this.
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t understand why a Shadow Demon would suddenly appear in the Academy at night, and even more so, why Liyakade and the others were confronting it after the school had quieted down.
“Teacher! Don’t slide so fast!”
Under Fianna’s magic, the stone beneath Liyakade and the others slid rapidly across the ground like a surfboard on the sea.
Seeing this, Liyakade shouted towards Fianna again.
“What exactly are you trying to do?”
Fianna was baffled by Liyakade’s words.
She didn’t understand why Liyakade had so many demands, insisting on going up the Back Mountain with them, even though the Shadow Demon behind them had nearly caught up just now.
She used magic to accelerate everyone, but then Liyakade said it wasn’t good.
Moreover, what made Fianna feel even stranger was that Alice’s attack just now seemed to have no effect or impact on the Shadow Demon.
Although Fianna had never witnessed a battle between a Light Element Magic User and a high-ranking Demon Race before, the knowledge from history books clearly stated that Light Magic greatly restrains Shadow Magic, able to inflict damage across a gap of about thirty levels.
Why did it seem completely ineffective just now?
It couldn’t be… Is this Shadow Demon more than forty levels higher than Alice?
If that’s the case, then this Shadow Demon is at least above LV.75, an overwhelmingly high level that no one in the entire Kingdom could rival.
Liyakade and the others would have no power to resist, let alone escape.
“This is Ultimate Magic.”
The situation was too urgent now.
To explain everything in detail from start to finish was too troublesome and there wasn’t enough time.
Liyakade had no choice but to use brief words to explain to Teacher Fianna.
“Ultimate Magic…?”
“So this kind of magic really exists?”
Fianna’s eyes narrowed.
After thinking for a moment, she recalled the concept of the Demon Race’s Ultimate Magic in the Academy’s Secret Codex.
It was said that every high-ranking Demon Race, after reaching LV.60 or inheriting certain bloodlines, could possess Ultimate Magic.
But the conditions for using Ultimate Magic were extremely harsh.
Every type of Ultimate Magic inflicted great backlash on the user.
Draining magic power was common; some even required the user’s soul and life as sacrifices.
After the War of a Thousand Years Ago, the Demon Race withdrew into their own territory, and for a thousand years, humanity and the high-ranking Demon Race had almost no contact or battles.
Therefore, no one had truly seen the Ultimate Magic of the high-ranking Demon Race since then.
At first, Fianna was skeptical about the existence of Ultimate Magic, but now, it seemed this magic truly existed.
“Alice, does your magic not work on her?”
“Yes, Teacher…”
Alice replied a bit weakly.
Only then did Fianna notice that Alice’s face was pale and her breathing was chaotic, as if she had expended a lot of energy.
“She has completely turned into a shadow now, and she’s no longer hiding on a single plane.”
“She can hide behind the shadows of other objects and people, letting other shadows take the brunt of Alice’s attack for her.”
Liyakade continued to explain to Fianna.
“It’s impossible to detect her position. Alice’s magic power consumption becomes immense.”
“She can attack others through their shadows, inflicting harm that no defense can block.”
“When attacked, there’s no bleeding or pain, but the injury is real.”
“What…?”
“It’s truly a bizarre kind of magic.”
Hearing Liyakade’s explanation, Fianna couldn’t help but be shocked.
The effects of such Ultimate Magic weren’t even recorded in the Academy’s Secret Codex, so when she heard the characteristics of Shadow Burial summarized by Liyakade, Fianna was astonished.
Magic that can’t be seen, can’t be sensed, ignores defenses, and even causes no pain to those attacked—such magic truly deserved the term Ultimate Magic.
However, within Liyakade’s words, a critical detail was revealed, though Fianna hadn’t noticed it yet.
The three people in front of her appeared completely uninjured.
So how did Liyakade know that the attack ignored defenses and caused no pain?
Did Alice heal them?
No, with this level of attack, once touched, the wounds inflicted could never be fully healed by Alice as she was now.
In fact, if Fianna walked a bit further towards the Teaching Building, she would see some strange flesh and a pair of wings that had previously been cut off from Liyakade.
If Fianna really saw those remains, she would definitely investigate later.
Fianna was not like Sistem, an insider.
She was a teacher at the Academy and a staff member of the Kingdom.
Even if Fianna had a good impression of Liyakade, in matters of great importance, she could not shield Liyakade.
If Liyakade’s Demon Bloodline was discovered, she would face pursuit from thousands of Guards in the Royal City.
The King would be even less likely to back down in such a situation.
No matter how much Princess Field liked Liyakade, the King could not allow further contact between them.
On the contrary, the King might even send soldiers to capture or kill Liyakade.
Regardless of the King’s personal feelings, under the collective will of the entire Kingdom, Liyakade could never be allowed to escape.
Therefore, after defeating Shadow Burial, they had to erase all traces left on the Plaza before Fianna noticed.
“Her primary attack target now is me, but her movement is slow.”
“That’s why I asked you to slow down, Teacher.”
“I see.”
After Liyakade said this, Fianna understood her intention.
Since Liyakade was the main target of Shadow Burial, and Shadow Burial moved slowly, she could keep running at a pace where she would never be caught.
In this way, they wouldn’t lose track of Shadow Burial, and Liyakade wouldn’t be attacked.
It was like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey—forever out of reach.
But this could only buy time.
Since it was Ultimate Magic, when would the magic end?
Would it truly dissipate after some energy was spent?
However, since Liyakade said they needed to go to the Back Mountain, it meant they already had a plan to defeat Shadow Burial.
“Do you have a way to eliminate her?”
While controlling the stone slab to move steadily forward, Fianna asked Liyakade and the others.
“That’s why I said we should go to the Back Mountain.”
Liyakade continued explaining their plan to Fianna.
“Earlier in the Plaza, all of Alice’s attacks were dodged by her hiding behind shadows.”
“So we need to go somewhere completely open.”
“For example, the mountaintop behind the Back Mountain—there, she would have nowhere to hide.”
“As long as the moonlight appears, she would be fully exposed to Alice’s attacks.”