Omen of Despair (6)

It was an incident that occurred in an instant.

The elite mage corps stationed at the very rear of the battlefield had been attacked. The battalion to which Helena belonged was among them.

From underground—not from the front or the sky.

They had made some preparations against attacks through the underground, but the enemy's assault surpassed their expectations.

Their attacker was Grave Vine, a gigantic plant-type magical beast that lurked deep beneath the earth.

While a fierce battle raged aboveground, it concealed its presence, detoured hundreds of meters underground, and approached the rear.

Grave Vine's staple food was mana.

It had targeted the mage corps, where enormous amounts of mana gathered.

After trapping everyone inside the barrier with hundreds of tentacles so they could not escape, it carved out the earth and hurled it away.

That was the result...