Yet the Demon Scholars never showed themselves... not a single one approached the barrier even after this batch of more than a dozen Demon Dogs had all perished.
They were just buying time!
Taya understood... but she was powerless to solve it because her subordinates were too weak.
Just then, a dark purple magic Array flashed and vanished, replacing the initial Curse of Fear.
—The third curse, this time striking everyone without exception. Even Director Taya, with her directorial immunity, was helpless to resist it.
Layering curse upon curse is very difficult, yet the enemy seemed to have mastered this technique—they could cast one more curse than others. And each successful curse made it even harder to resist the next.
And this particular curse was the most lethal one.
—Ritual Curse: Energy Drain!
All the Transcendents who were cursed saw their Mana begin to drain at a visible rate, even without using any, likely losing one standard unit of Mana every ten seconds.
