The Earthquake Spell continued to destroy the city.
During this time, Eric, carrying Judy on his back, circled around to the side of the Duchy of Saxony ruins.
The city walls here had also collapsed.
But behind the collapsed city walls, there weren't many skeletons.
Eric knew that the powerful skeletons with even a little combat awareness had all been drawn away by his teacher, Atai'er.
What remained were just a bunch of weaklings.
Eric planned to enter from here.
"Judy, tell me the location of the magic crystal."
"You have to enter the barrier first; only after divination can you know the location."
As Judy spoke, she pulled out the makeup mirror from her sleeve.
This time, Judy was serious about the divination.
She directly inserted the handle of the makeup mirror into the back collar of Eric's shirt, formed hand seals, muttered for a long time, and then closed her eyes.
Eric felt a cold sensation on his neck, which was a bit uncomfortable.
But due to his lack of understanding of Chaos Witch divination, Eric didn't dare to speak, only trying to remain steady, entering the city ruins while not attracting skeletons.
Judy was silent, and Eric remained vigilant of his surroundings.
The two stopped in a corner, and Eric noticed a unique skeleton.
That skeleton carried a longbow and a quiver.
It was a typical elite monster.
Unlike common elite skeletons, it wasn't attracted by his teacher Atai'er's showiness; instead, it wandered among the city ruins, constantly crouching down to examine something.
Just like an old hunter searching for prey.
Eric felt that the bow looked a bit familiar; its patterns were familiar, but the color was different, so he might have been mistaken.
"Eric, this way."
Just then, Judy patted Eric's shoulder, her arm reaching past Eric's ear, pointing towards a corner of the city.
Eric immediately snapped back to attention and ran in the direction Judy pointed.
Judy noticed Eric's distraction and frowned slightly, asking:
"Hey, how can you be distracted at a time like this?"
"I'm sorry, that skeleton behind us is a bit unusual, and I'm somewhat concerned."
Hearing Eric say that, Judy looked back.
It was indeed different from common skeletons.
"When creating skeleton soldiers, you need to strip away the creature's flesh and blood, extract the soul, and torment the soul until it only retains a craving for flesh and blood."
"But there are exceptions; individual creatures with extremely strong willpower or obsession will retain their habits or customs from before death."
"That skeleton should be like that."
Judy squeezed Eric's shoulder.
She felt that Eric had been out for too short a time and hadn't encountered these things before, so it was natural for him to find different things novel.
So Judy offered this explanation, satisfying Eric's curiosity while also providing him with some basic knowledge.
At the same time, she also reminded Eric:
"These skeletons that retain their individuality are extremely powerful individuals, and we cannot let it discover us."
Eric nodded:
"I understand."
Carrying Judy, the two ran all the way to a plaza.
From a distance, Eric saw the magical light emanating from the crystal.
The surrounding houses had all collapsed, and there were ruins everywhere.
Eric found a corner, put Judy down, and peered out to check the situation.
"What are you doing?"
Judy asked, confused.
Eric looked at Judy and said:
"I'm going out to destroy the crystal; you hide here."
With that, Eric "bravely" rushed out.
With the enhancement of the Wind Wolf Boots, he felt like he was flying.
In just a few seconds, he had covered a hundred meters.
Arriving in front of the crystal, without a moment's hesitation, Eric acted purely on instinct.
He drew the short sword from his waist.
Magic condensed, and attribute changes occurred seamlessly.
The short sword swung down, and a white blade flew out, striking the magic crystal directly.
"Gale Slash."
The practice on the way had finally paid off, and Eric felt that he must look incredibly cool right now.
Unfortunately, when he looked up...
The magic crystal didn't even have a scratch.
"Hey, it's quite tough."
Eric went forward and slashed twice more, even using the divine artifact dagger to stab it a couple of times, but this magic crystal didn't even have a single scratch.
Eric was dumbfounded.
"No, what the hell is this?"
Just then, Judy from behind shouted:
"Eric, fall back."
Eric looked back and saw a large ball glowing with an eerie light, emitting black mist, heading towards him, thrown by Judy.
Eric's soul nearly left his body.
He rolled twice on the ground, finally rolling out of the explosion range just before the large ball hit the crystal.
"Boom."
Eric got up from the ground, holding his head.
He dusted himself off and then returned to where he had put Judy down.
"Why can't I cut it?"
"Ugh..."
Judy covered her mouth, remembering Eric's monkey-like movements just now, forcibly suppressed the upward curve of her lips, and said with a straight face:
"That thing covers an entire Duchy of Saxony; how could it be so easily broken? Not to mention you, even a normal five-ring mage wouldn't be able to break that thing."
Eric sighed.
But then, Eric looked at Judy again:
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Pfft... I didn't have time."
"You just laughed, didn't you?"
"No, I sometimes have a nasal voice when I speak."
Eric's right cheek twitched slightly; he felt his face hurt a little.
"Is the barrier broken?"
Judy lowered the corners of her mouth and said, dropping her hand:
"No, that was an empty point crystal just now."
"What, is it a fake then?"
Eric's mental state collapsed even further.
He had been hitting it for a long time, and not only was it a fake, but he couldn't even break the fake?
However, Eric looked at Judy:
"You're not good at this, finding a fake."
As soon as Judy heard Eric questioning her professional ability, she became anxious and quickly explained:
"It's not fake, it's... Oh, just hold this first."
Judy shoved the makeup mirror into Eric's hand:
"I can't explain it clearly now; I'll teach you later. For now, let's find the next magic crystal."
With that, Judy closed her eyes and, facing the mirror in Eric's hand, performed another series of hand seals and muttering.
Eric, having learned his lesson, didn't dare to move a muscle.
After a few seconds, Judy opened her eyes.
This time, she found the crystal much faster than the previous time.
"Carry me, go that way."
Judy's hand pointed in a direction.
Eric carried Judy on his back and ran in the direction she pointed.
At the same time, Judy spoke from Eric's back:
"An empty point crystal is..."
Judy said a lot, and although Eric didn't understand many of the terms, he still relied on his past life experience—
He understood.
The magic crystals used in barriers are divided into—magic points, circuit points, and empty points.
Simply put,
It's similar to live wire, neutral wire, and ground wire.
However, even if the neutral wire and ground wire are missing, the live wire of magic can still maintain itself for a long time, just not very stably.
Eric was speechless.
Indeed, "learn mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and you can go anywhere in the world without fear."
So what if it's a magic circuit? It's just a variation of electrical circuit knowledge.
After Judy finished speaking, she patted Eric's shoulder and said:
"Stop here; my casting range is sufficient."
Eric looked at the black dot in the distance, a hundred and fifty paces away, with a million thoughts racing through his mind.
Are you Lu Bu reincarnated or something?
Also, why didn't you tell me to stop earlier?
Was it intentional or accidental?
Just as Eric was about to put Judy down, he felt a chaotic magical energy rapidly condensing above his head.
She didn't even need to get down.
Eric watched with wide eyes as a huge black ball violently struck that black dot.
"By the way, you're quite impressive."
"Of course, I am a Chaos Witch."
After being on edge with Eric all this time, Judy finally dared to boast at this moment.
Of course, it might also be that Eric was too incompetent.
Which gave Judy some confidence.
"What is it this time?"
"A circuit point."
Oh, neutral wire.
After Judy finished speaking, she placed the makeup mirror on Eric's neck again, formed hand seals, and closed her eyes.
Eric also found a place to hide.
Just then, a fireball landed behind the two of them.
Although it had been easy going so far, this was, after all, the Lich's main base.