Bab 520: The Hidden Storm

The image of the trembling rabbit avoiding defeat by a hair's breadth he had built in everyone's mind suddenly shattered with his words as a suffocating pressure crashed on everyone.

The non-mages legs chattered in terror as they finally understood that Alice's crazy allegation had been true since the first day. Adam never tried and just played them like fools with his exaggerated acting.

Loud gulps echoed, and icy sweat dripped from the ones who had insulted him earlier as the sound of rushing wind rocked the place.

On the platform, Bernard stopped his incantation and watched with constricted pupils as a literal storm brewed between Adam's palms. The rumble of lightning registered next as bright purple flashes blinded everyone.

But the most appalling thing that sent a shiver down even Alice's spine was his swiftness.

Without a single word and in less than a second, Adam had ordered mana to reshape itself, something even she, an adept, couldn't do!