This was an enhanced version of Hellfire Eruption!
This spell wasn't a very useful area-of-effect spell, mainly because it took too long to shake.
First, magic power was poured into the ground, heated and boiled, and then flames and magma were spurted out of the ground.
It was powerful, but the long prelude to the gathering of magic power made anyone who wasn't a fool feel the magic power underground and the rapidly rising temperature on the surface.
Then, they ran away.
It could work if it was used to deal with immobile targets, such as buildings.
But that was only if the enemy didn't have a Mage, because the gathering of the hellfire eruption required delicate control of magic, and it could easily fail if someone harassed it.
So, this hellfire eruption spell was used to deal with military positions or large enemy buildings that weren't guarded by Mages.
But under normal circumstances, places that could afford an army were often overseen by Mages.
Because of this, the hellfire eruption spell could only be used to bully weak enemies, such as bandits who occupied a mountain.
The vast majority of mages only learned this spell to expand their spell library and train their control over magic.
However, Roland found that the spell had a great advantage.
It was powerful!
It was quite large.
And it didn't cost much.
If he could cancel the long casting time of shake, it would be an extremely powerful area-of-effect spell.
For this reason, Roland spent a lot of time optimizing the spell model of this spell.
But after spending nearly a month, he still hadn't found a way to optimize it.
The person who created this spell had already optimized its spell model to a very compact degree.
Even though Roland had a database of mathematical models, and he could indeed optimize it to some extent, he couldn't change it qualitatively.
Then, Roland changed his mind. Since the internal arrangement of the spell model was almost at its peak, he could use external means to strengthen it.
How about embedding it into a magic array?
Then, Roland quickly combined the two and created the Hellfire Eruption Magic Array.
It was more powerful, had a faster eruption speed, and had a larger range.
But there were drawbacks too.
A magic array had to be set up in advance, and a ruby had to be used as a catalyst for the rapid reaction of the fire elements.
The cost increased a lot.
But it was all worth it.
A pillar of fire with a radius of nearly thirty meters soared into the sky, swaying like a fountain.
The eruption lasted for nearly twenty seconds before it stopped.
The entire mountainside was filled with red magma.
The mountain fire spread.
Roland smiled.
In the picture that the magic spiders sent back, a dozen Druids were drowned and vaporized by the fire.
He didn't even let out a scream.
Aslan was the only one who managed to avoid the eruption of the underground fire by relying on the Wild Druid's amazing sense of danger, because he was stronger and jumped to the side in advance.
However, because he was so close, the flames on his back were ignited. He was so scared that he rolled on the ground and put out the flames. Then, he turned into a purple and black forest leopard and ran to the top of the mountain crazily.
The forest leopard that Druids had transformed into could turn invisible, but it would still be visible when it was running at full speed.
Roland floated in the air and looked at the mountainside that had been lit up by the mountain fire.
At the scene of the forest fire, which was as bright as day, the purplish-black panther ran in the forest fire, as obvious as lice on a bald head.
Because he was too scared, Aslan didn't notice that someone had locked onto him in the pitch-black sky.
He was scared at this moment. Very scared.
As a spellcaster, he had recognized that the spell that killed his companions was the eruption of underground fire.
He didn't know how to use the spell, but it didn't stop him from knowing its mechanism, features, and effects.
Everybody who was related to magic had a rating of "common knowledge of magic."
It wasn't a specialty or an ability, but pure knowledge and insight. It referred to how much one knew about magic, magic, and spells.
How many spells one could recognize and how to avoid them.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
The more spells one knew, even if they didn't know how to use them, as long as they could tell what spells they were going to use by observing their gestures and the flow of magic power, they would be able to deal with or counterattack in advance. In such a way, the balance of victory would definitely be in their favor.
Aslan knew magic well. If the full score for "common knowledge of magic" was a hundred points, he would get at least seventy-five.
The moment the eruption of underground fire appeared, he had already determined the name and ability of the spell.
But he didn't understand why the spell barely showed any signs of being cast, and why there were no magic waves before it was formed, and why it was so powerful and had such a wide range.
It wasn't magic!
Who was trying to harm him?
An evocation Mage close to the Legendary level?
It was possible!
Only a big shot of such a level could've cast such a weird eruption of underground fire.
But he had never pissed off such a big shot before!
He had only pissed off Roland recently.
Was the person behind Roland so strong?
Was it his teacher?
The more Aslan thought about it, the more surprised he was. He urged the black panther to run as fast as he could.
In any case, he had to get out of the fire first, hide in the woods with the black panther's talent of Stealth, and sneak back to the Elf Forest to ask for his teacher's help.
If the enemy could ask for help, so could he.
Besides, he had sent out a message for help earlier. At this moment, at least a hundred Druids were coming to Hollevin. As long as he met them, not only would his life be guaranteed, but he would also be able to counterattack Delpon.
He didn't believe that a hundred Druids couldn't take down a small human city!
However, exactly at this moment, he suddenly sensed a tremendous wave of magic power gathering high in the sky behind him.
His heart palpitating, he looked back, only to be so scared that he couldn't move at all.
The Arcane Bullets that filled the sky poured down on his head like dense raindrops.
Every Arcane Bullet was the size of a fist.
"Who is it? Who is it? "
The black panther spat out desperate human language.
Even with the panther's running speed, it couldn't escape from the terrifying ocean of Arcane Bullets.
It could only watch the Arcane Bullets fall in desperation and fear.
The only thing it could do was to widen its panicked and desperate leopard eyes.
The Arcane Bullets fell to the ground.
Continuous sounds of explosions rang out.
A tremendous amount of gravel splashed. At the very center of the explosion, the flying gravel was mixed with red blood and purplish-black fur.
The explosions lasted for almost ten seconds. Looking at the dust and black smoke rising from the mountainside, Roland waved his hand, and a fog of battle enshrouded the mountainside, extinguishing the forest fire there. After only the smoke was left, he floated away on a white cloud.
Roland returned to the Magic Tower and spent some time with Vivian.
Andonara went to the capital of Fareins to protect Stephanie, so Roland could only go to Vivian if he wanted to relax.
After studying low-level spells in the Magic Tower for two days, Roland returned to his manor to see how the Immortal Phoenix Blood Grasses were growing.
Then, to his surprise, he found Lady Bluebird in the manor.
Roland looked at her in a daze. Then he remembered that he did transfer Stephanie, Andonara, and Lady Bluebird from the capital of Fareins to this place.
But a few days ago, he only teleported Stephanie and Andonara to the capital.
He forgot about Lady Bluebird.
Roland covered his forehead and apologized, "I'm sorry, Lady Bluebird, I almost forgot you were still in my manor."
Because Lady Bluebird didn't have any combat ability, when the Druids surrounded the manor, she voluntarily went to the basement so that she wouldn't be a burden to Stephanie and Christina.
It was safer that way.
But she didn't expect that Andonara and Stephanie would forget her for the time being while she was inside.
Andonara only had Roland in her eyes, and she didn't really care about other women.
Stephanie, on the other hand, was so shocked by the word "divine arrival" that she was thinking about how to deal with the mess in the capital of Fareins that she forgot about Lady Bluebird for the time being.
Lady Bluebird stayed in the basement alone and lived on food and fruit wine for two days. Then, she couldn't take it anymore and ran out of the basement on her own.
But according to the maid, Andonara and Stephanie both went to the capital, and she was left behind.
She was so resentful that she was about to cry on the spot.
At this moment, she was looking at Roland with a self-deprecating look. "It's alright, Mr. Roland. I'm ugly anyway, and I'm not as charming and attractive as the First Princess or Ms. Andonara."
Roland smiled bitterly. "I'll send you back to the capital right now."
"That won't be necessary." Lady Bluebird waved her hand. "I haven't been back for days now, and if my husband's people find out, I'll probably be arrested and beaten to death. But I might as well live here for a while, and after the First Princess is done with the royal affairs, she'll probably arrange my future life."
"You're really not going back?" asked Roland.
Lady Bluebird nodded. "I won't go back for now. I'll have to trouble you for the time being, sir."
"Okay."
Roland was now well aware of the messy affairs of noble couples. In most cases, they didn't care where their spouse went for a few days, only whether or not it was good for their family.
It wasn't that there were no truly loving couples among the nobles, but that the proportion was too small.
It was good enough that one out of ten couples was loving.
Since Lady Bluebird was going to stay here for a while, he had to entertain her, but Roland didn't want to waste time on her.
Were Anna and Vivian not good?
Was magic research not fun?
He didn't have much time for research anymore, and if he had to entertain a noblewoman, there would be even less time for magic studies.
He thought about it and asked someone to invite the mayor's wife and her daughter over, asking them to help entertain Lady Bluebird.
The two of them were very fond of afternoon tea and chatting, and they definitely wouldn't drink it if it was handed to them.
As expected … Lady Bluebird soon became friends with the mayor's wife and her daughter, and the three of them stayed together every day, talking and laughing, and even found time to go shopping on the streets. Their lives were immeasurably happy.
Then Roland focused all his attention on magic research.
Once he started studying, he would spend whole days.
Without the distraction of women and trifles, the progress of magic research was quite fast.
It wasn't until the fourteenth day that an officer from the Guild of Mercenaries came to inform Roland.
"Mr. Roland, we've made progress on what you asked us to pay attention to."
"Oh?" Roland gave half a bag of gold coins to the officer. "Here's your commission. Tell me about it."
"From the direction of Parvasi City, there are almost a hundred Spell Casters heading toward Delpon City. They'll probably arrive outside the city by tomorrow morning."
After killing Aslan, Roland went to the Guild of Mercenaries and issued a few mercenary quests while he was studying magic. One of them was to pay attention to any spellcasters who were suspected to be Druids coming to Delpon from the outside world.
The commission for this quest was very high.
The Guild of Mercenaries accepted the quest and had been paying attention to the Druids' movements.
Naturally, there were a lot of humans in the human world.
Although the Druids could live comfortably in the wilderness, a lot of daily necessities had to be taken care of in the human world.
For example, salt, and some casting materials.
Not everyone had the innate skill of 'Casting Material Exemption'.
Therefore, if they dared to step into the human world from the woods, they might be discovered by someone who was observant.
After the Guild of Mercenaries in Parvasi City discovered the Druids' relics, they immediately notified the Guild of Magic in Delpon with a magic message.
The latter immediately sent an officer to inform Roland.
"Thank you for your intelligence." Roland pushed the bag of gold coins to the officer.
The officer picked up the bag of gold coins gracefully. "If you need anything in the future, just come to the Guild of Mercenaries. We can do anything for you!"
Then, the officer left delightedly with the bag of gold coins.
In his opinion, Roland was a super generous man.
He didn't expect that a piece of insignificant intelligence could be worth so much money.
Roland had never been a man who would wait for his enemies to come to him.
He was quite proactive.
Based on the intelligence he received, Roland calculated the Druid's approximate location and knew that he had flown out.
He intended to keep the danger out of the city.
Roland flew on a cloud for no more than an hour, when he found a cluster of mixed magic power moving in the woods below.
"Found you."
Roland threw down three magic spiders from the sky.
They were so small and light that they couldn't be hurt at all.
Also, there were a lot of leaves below them as buffers … Very soon, the situation of the Druids appeared in Roland's head.
"There are more than a hundred of them. They're scattered. Also, there are more than thirty Masters. "
Roland took the Nether God's War Scythe out of his Backpack.
At the same time, he took out a blue magic brick.
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