"That's why I told you you've made a very big mistake," Gideon said. "After taking the activator, a continuous high-velocity magic flow state is all it needs to begin its effect.
All the power you've been using today, deploying your Bounded Field across such a large area, protecting your citizens, holding Cellica down there, and fighting me…all of it has been speeding up the activation of the Arcane Pathogen."
Then, with sadness in his voice, Gideon declared.
"The Demonic Hand's plan, their Basilisk's Stone Festival, has already started."
The moment Gideon said those words, Leoniel's control over his magic power slipped further, cracks running through the elevated platform they stood on.
With a loud rumble, it collapsed to the ground, massive chunks of rock raining down from above and smashing into the earth with loud explosions.
