Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 429: Destruction

Xiao Lin had a look of innocence. Gu Xiaoyue had walked over as well, staring at him with a look bearing confusion and complexity. After that, she mentioned her earlier conversation with Silverlight. To put things simply, they were beginning to turn from observers to interferers.

Even though they did not understand much about time and space, they still had the most base of understanding. Nothing good would come out of changing history.

“If we leave now, wouldn’t we have come for nothing?” Xiao Lin was a bit unwilling. It was not easy for them to use Time Rewind to return to thousands of years ago. There were still a lot of questions they needed answered, such as where Poseidon was sealed, what a wormhole was doing in the temple, and what happened to Atlantis during its last moments.

If they were to leave, all those questions would be buried in the river of time.

Xiao Lin looked at Silverlight. She had maintained her noble coldness the entire time, but the fatigue on her face was more and more difficult to hide. It was a rare sight on Silverlight, and the sense of unease Xiao Lin had from before got even stronger. He started to feel like an ability like Time Rewind was not something even someone like Silverlight could use easily.

If they left now, they might not get a second chance to come back.

“Let’s just wait a little more!” Xiao Lin said carefully, noticing that Onyxia did not seem to have heard him this time. He relaxed and continued, “We at least need to see how and where Poseidon was sealed.”

Silverlight had her doubts as well. She was even more concerned than Xiao Lin about the final fate of Atlantis, so she wanted to watch till the end as well. She touched the eye on her forehead. Ever since they walked into the corridor of time, her eye had been constantly open. She finally sighed. “Fine, but don’t do anything dangerous. No, you best just hide far far away!”

Xiao Lin was frustrated, but could only nod in agreement. It really was quite strange. His attacks and his words could both affect history. Gu Xiaoyue and Silverlight had talked for half a day, yet nothing had happened.

Regardless, Xiao Lin retreated far away for the moment, at the very least, until Poseidon completely dropped his state of alertness. Poseidon had stopped trying to hurt Onyxia for the moment, and Onyxia took the time to prepare herself, relying on the incredible regenerative abilities of the dragon race. She once again turned into a black dragon, shakily standing on the ground for a moment before shooting up toward the sky. She had already lost the ability to continue fighting, and could only fly away from Poseidon.

The pause in the battle allowed the shattered sky to slowly stabilize, but the cracks that had already formed were hard to mend. Poseidon paced around the area a few times. Xiao Lin was not sure if he was doing something or just looking for potential foes. He obviously could not see Xiao Lin.

The only thing left in the rubble was that temple. Poseidon finally stopped in front of the temple, raising his trident, and the sky that had finally quieted down was once again filled with thunder and lightning. Countless streaks of lightning filled the dark sky like a web, constantly descending and gathering, yet they all connected with the trident.

The entire trident suddenly glowed brilliantly. Then, Poseidon once again rose into the air, hurling it forcefully to the ground. With the sharp crack of thunder, the trident embedded itself deep underground.

After minutes of silence, the ground started to shake. The shaking got more and more intense as it spread further and further away.

As the ground shook, it visibly started to sink at rapid speeds. In the horizon, the waves began to grow taller. The mainland had been thoroughly destroyed, and seawater had swallowed everything. This time, there were no longer any distractions. Xiao Lin noticed Onyxia hiding among the skies, but she had already lost all energy and courage to continue fighting.

“This must be the fall of Atlantis.” An entire civilization was being destroyed in front of his eyes. Xiao Lin had complicated feelings about it.

“Yet Poseidon still hasn’t been sealed,” Gu Xiaoyue recalled, looking at Silverlight.

Silverlight said that when she left Earth for Planet Norma, there were those who tried to seal Poseidon away, but other than Onyxia, they had yet to see anyone stand up to fight against Poseidon.

The destruction of the mainland continued for a very long time. There was no night or day here, and no way to tell the time either. Xiao Lin felt like at least a few days had passed, but Poseidon just quietly floated in the air the entire time, trident in hand as he channeled the power of the lightning underground, unceasingly destroying the foundation of the land.

After a certain period of time, buildings could no longer be seen at all. As far as the eye could see, there were only oceans. The only thing remaining on the vast expanse was the lonely temple. As the central part of the entire compound, it was also the highest point of the area, which meant it was the last to sink. However, it was only a matter of time.

Xiao Lin fell silent with them for a long time. He no longer dared to speak since he was worried Poseidon would hear them. Furthermore, none of them knew what to say facing the annihilation of a civilization. Xiao Lin and Gu Xiaoyue could look on as spectators, but that was Silverlight’s hometown. She was watching the destruction of her home. It was definitely something unbelievably cruel.

Xiao Lin glanced at Silverlight a few times, trying to find sadness on her face, but facing her calm expression, Xiao Lin did not know how to console her.

All the way to the end, no one appeared to seal Poseidon like Silverlight had said. If someone had encountered a problem on the way or if something else had happened, now that everything had been swallowed by the sea, no Atlantean could possibly appear now, unless Atlanteans had gills.

“It has to be over.” Xiao Lin let out a deep breath, finally speaking after a long silence, looking toward Silverlight. He asked when Time Rewind would end.

Silverlight’s expression suddenly changed. She suppressed her rage as she said softly, “I told you not to say anything!”

“Huh?”

“Watch out!” Gu Xiaoyue cried out an alarmed warning.

Xiao Lin turned around when she said that. Poseidon had launched his trident toward his direction. He wanted to dodge, but Poseidon’s strength was too shocking. The speed of the trident caused Xiao Lin to be unable to even react. In a second, it had already pierced through Xiao Lin.

There was no blood, nor was there any pain. Xiao Lin let out a long sigh of relief, still in shock. To Poseidon, he was still just an illusion. Even Legend-ranked attacks had no effect.

After a moment, the rumbling which had long stopped started to intensify again.