"Fire Element disturbance; that's bad, the enemy is releasing a forbidden spell, scatter quickly!"
No sooner had the white-haired elder finished speaking than the assembled Clergy, defending en masse, scattered like startled birds.
The anticipated forbidden spell did not fall; instead, because the team dispersed, they presented Belsden with an opportunity, and casualties steadily mounted +1+1+1...
Realizing they had been duped, the people were powerless.
It was an overt plot. Maxim could control the forbidden spell with ease if they had not scattered; a real forbidden spell would have descended.
With their frail bodies against the forbidden spell, ninety-nine percent would end in complete annihilation, with the remaining one percent leaving perhaps a trace of remains.
