The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 558

Chapter 558 Risen Ruins

The first signs that all was not well in the land of Newbon came just before dawn, when Rae spotted a portal opening, but nobody came through.

Instead, there were signs of spell casting on the other side, and then the magic in the area began to destabilize.

[Karl, get up. Something is happening.] He opened his eyes and looked in the direction Rae's attention was focused.

The spell was still ongoing, and it was doing something to the energy in the area. Karl couldn't tell what at first, but then something under the ground began to shake, and the ground itself began to glow.

Karl felt one of the Spellblades coming over to see what had attracted his attention, so he motioned for silence as he pointed into the distance.

"I think that there is an ancient ruin there, and someone is casting a spell to try to activate it. Rae spotted the portal when they opened it, and I can sense the magic they're using, but I don't know what the goal is, unless they are treasure hunters seeking an ancient artifact." Karl whispered.

The Spellblade nodded. "That might be the case. We do the same thing from the Sect Compound at home. We have a portal array, and we either send out teams or we check on known and likely opportunities.

Seers can't tell when an anomaly or trial will appear until someone finds it. So, we search using historical references. Normally, we focus on things within the Golden Dragon Nation, since those are the ones that might be a direct threat or an accessible opportunity. But there is no real reason that you couldn't focus on the historical sites of the other nations.

If that is what someone is doing, there shouldn't be any effect on the area, though. It's just a scrying spell. If they are doing something to a ruin they found, that is an entirely different matter. They might have activated an ancient Relic. Normally, we try not to do that, as so many of them are unstable and could explode or cause other issues. Even the Anomalies are some of the milder effects, as they normally only last a day or two.

Legend says that the old capital of Hitcland, a human nation east of here, was completely obliterated when someone accidentally activated the ruins it was built over. Ten million dead within seconds."

Karl frowned. "Well, we can hope that whatever they're doing doesn't cause something like that. We're still far enough away that even if it would level a city, we should be safe. Besides, I can create stone walls for defence. A bomb outside the wall is much less scary." The Spellblade nodded. "About that wall. You might want to start thinking about making it. The power in the distance seems really unstable."

[Rae, want to give me a hand? Let's build a proper wall around the camp in case that thing blows up.]

[I'm on it. Then Hawk can cover it in his Ghostfire barrier. That should stop the rest of the damage.]

That turned out to be the worst possible answer.

Trees were falling, the ground was trembling, and the portal snapped shut with a surge of power that Karl was certain had been the caster on the other side erecting their own barriers. _{freёweɓnovel.com}