The mages summoned from the king's capital gathered at the volcano's hillside and surrounded the volcano in a circle.

The mages raised their arms high, and the mana spewing out linked up with each other, gradually forming a huge spell formation that surrounded the volcano.

The streams of light were glittering and magnificent for a hundred miles.

Many of the magical steel nails nailed on top of the volcano were affected by the formation, and the magical chains on them began to clank and jingle, penetrating deeper and deeper into the volcano.

Runes were engraved on top of the formation, and the huge spell formation grew thicker and thicker, spreading out towards a hundred miles away.

The second-order mages stood one level lower than the third-order mages, channeling a constant stream of mana to them.

Until the first batch of second-rank mages were unable to continue, the second batch topped them.

When the earliest batch of second-order mages had rested, they rejoined the field, round after round.

A dozen or so third-rank mages concentrated and began chanting towards the center of the spell formation,

"The God of Nerima cries out in pain! Gather the coldness of the world!"

"The God of Mercy and Yellow begs! Chant the tears of sorrow of the lower world!"

......

Even though Erica was the daughter of a duke, she wouldn't receive any special treatment.

She was assigned to the ranks of second-ranked mages all the same.

After the knights evacuated the people, they were nearby to guard these mages from being disturbed.

Magic would attract demons, so they guarded the mages and cut down any demons that came close.

"This magic formation covers the entire Vesuvius Volcano, the longer the spell is cast, the more powerful the effect becomes."

Duke Revy, who was a third-ranked mage, tried his best to correct the spell formation, and he only wished that the eruption of this volcano would be a little later.

If this grand formation was allowed to repair for a day, it would be able to stop all of Vesuvius Volcano's eruptions.

After continuing like this for an hour, the previous batch of second-rank mages descended the mountain and another batch topped it.

Erica was amongst this batch of mages, she stood behind Duke Revy and began to chant in a low voice, transferring her magic power to her father.

Duke Revy chanted and drew spells while watching Erica's every move.

There was some relief in his heart to see Erica able to stand on her own.

"Erica, you've grown up."

The second round of mages went down and the third batch was about to come up, but Erica didn't go down.

She secretly drank a bottle of the blue potion she had purchased from Leah and instantly felt her spiritual energy filling up again.

Duke Revy was a bit surprised and very happy at the same time when he saw that Erica was continuing.

"I didn't realize Erica had so much spiritual energy."

"When I was at this age, I was nowhere near her."

After another hour, after the third batch of mages went down, the fourth batch of mages had also come up.

Erica was still standing on the spell formation, continuing to channel mana for Duke Revy.

She secretly drank another potion, and her spirit was once again fully restored.

If Duke Revy had just been surprised, he was now in complete shock!

"Erica's talent is so terrifying!"

"This amazing mental strength has already surpassed many of the third-rank mages."

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And as Erica's father, he only now realized how powerful his daughter was!

Soon, the fourth batch of mages also exhausted their mana and went down to rest one after another.

Erica secretly drank another bottle and continued channeling.

The third-rank mages around Duke Revy all noticed Erica.

It had already been four hours, where on earth did she get so much magic power?

Could it be that within the heart and chest of this talented young girl, an ocean called 'magic' was stored?

These mages couldn't help but ask the Duke, "Duke Revy, is your daughter a monster? Surprisingly, she has such a terrifying spiritual reserve."

"That's right, I haven't seen anyone's oxen that can continuously plow the land for such a long time."

Duke Revy was starting to have worries, he was afraid that his daughter was showing off her strength and letting her own body suffer irreversible overdraft damage.

But seeing that his daughter still seemed to be acting relaxed, he retracted what he wanted to say.

What the hell was going on here?

He couldn't figure it out.

It wasn't until five hours later, when the first batch of mages from the second round had all descended the mountain to rest again, that the second-ranked mages who were supposed to be in a queue with Erica once again ascended to the top of the mountain.

As a result, they saw that Duke's daughter.

She was still standing in the phalanx beneath Duke Revy, like an amazing light bulb, radiating the light of magic.

???

[Don't you need to rest?]

Yes, Erica secretly drank a potion after each batch of mages went down to keep her mana at a relatively easy level all the time.

Erica felt the shock and surprise in their eyes and felt very proud of her behavior.

''Thanks to the potion made by Professor Victor, this way I can still keep going!''

''Father will be impressed with me!''

She was still drifting in her thoughts when Duke Revy's angry roar smashed her awake like a hammer.

"Erica!!! you go down and rest!!!"

Erica, "......."

It was the first time she had seen her father so angry with himself, and for a moment, she shrunk her head in fear and went down with her head lowered.

However, her reputation as a formidable person had already spread throughout the ranks of second-ranked mages.

"Who understands? That's just a pervert! She didn't leave when I went down the first time, and when I returned a second time, she was still up there!"

"You mean Duke Revy's daughter? I saw it too, this spiritual power of hers is already comparable to a third-rank mage, right ....."

"Even that Victor, I'm afraid it's hard to tell her apart."

Erica's ears were very good, and she was a little proud to hear these sneaky words of praise for herself.

There were even people comparing her and Victor together, and she couldn't help but cheer a little in her heart when she heard those words.

But Erica also knew very well that if it wasn't for those potions, she wouldn't have been able to do anything to continuously support herself for that long.

That magical potion was none other than from Victor's hands .....

Thinking about it, those beautiful words praising her made her feel surprisingly ugly.

Sure enough, she was no match for Professor Victor.

I'm afraid that, for the rest of her life, she wouldn't be able to look at the other party's back.

"Ow ho ho ho ho!!!"

An earth-shattering roar once again came from the crater of the Vesuvius Volcano, as the rolling mountain rocks began to crumble down, and the ashes in the air flew towards the earth.

The black clouds above the volcano had cracks in them as if they were shattered, and the cracks were burned red.

The mountain began to tremble, and the magma began to stir inside the volcano.

"Quickly look! What is that!?"

A knight pointed at the hot raindrops that kept falling from the sky.

Countless fiery rains hit the approaching crater, and a chunk of rock crumbled apart like a bomb when it touched the raindrops.

All the mages and knights were on alert, the mages immediately carved up temporary spell formations to deal with the crisis, and the knights began to use magic props on their armor and silver swords to give them effects.

Is the volcano about to erupt now?

Suddenly, a voice came from Erica's heart, 'It hurts, it hurts ....."

"It's that voice again! What on earth is happening?"

She heard the voice coming from the summit of the volcano, and she wanted to go to the summit to take a look.

And, maybe ..... Professor Victor was there!

Erica remembered what the mages had said to discredit Professor Victor.

She didn't want to think of Victor as the one behind the eruption that triggered the volcano.

However, in this situation now, anyone who came would suspect it was Victor.

The disappearing Victor, and the volcano that was about to erupt.

"No way! I have to hurry up and think of a way to visit the crater."

Thinking like that, Erica noticed the Knights who were guarding the formation nearby.

That was the only female among the Knights.

She was beautiful, the second exceptionally beautiful woman Erica had ever seen besides her mother.

The first was the sister at Klevena's store.

Her temperament was completely different from that sister's, she was like a knight who came out of the cold, her aura was icy cold, and just standing there made people feel a sense of alienation.

Do not approach the living.

Erica had heard that this knight was Gwen, the current head of the Royal Knights.

She planned to go to this sister and request her to let herself out.

"If we talk to him directly about going up to the crater surely it won't work."

Erica paced in place in thought when suddenly an idea sprang into her head.

She made a show of being anxious and rushed over to Gwen.

As she had hoped, her behavior had indeed attracted the other party's attention.

"That, Knight Sister, I want to go to the restroom, can you let me out of here for a while first?"

"No way."

Gwen replied firmly.

"I'm going to be here to keep all of you safe, Ms. Erica, and ask for your patience."

"Oooh ...... cold and rigid knights who only know how to follow orders."

Erica muttered and went back in a huff.

But she was getting more and more anxious in her heart.

The voice at the top of the mountain, the disappearing Victor, all seemed to be reminding her of something.

She had to get out of there and head to the top of the mountain!

At this time, Duke Revy suddenly appeared next to her and patted her shoulder.

"Boing!"

Erica's body trembled as if she was a frightened bunny.

Duke Revy said solemnly, "My dear, give me an explanation."