While the rest of the investigation team was battling Lloyd, a strong wind was blowing outside the ruins. Mercurius’s movements were literally creating vortexes because of its size.

It was literally heaven-and-earth shaking! The clouds in the sky had long since been torn apart by the vortex produced by Mercurius, and every time it took a step, the land would change. Was the desert god angry? Austen might call the sandstorm covering the sky a god and fear it, but Mercurius was more than that.

Theo growled, “Kuk, what is this abrasive wind?”

The winds had reached a speed of more than 100 km/hr, which was enough to start carving through flesh and bone. Theo abandoned his robes and focused on maintaining his shield magic.

Damn, there’s mercury mixed in with the sandstorm. If I drop the shield, I’ll get poisoned!

The giant Mercurius was indeed a tricky opponent. The combination of its destructive power, its immortality, its long range light ray, and the sandstorm was deadly. Without Theo’s senses and Veronica’s mobility, Theo wouldn’t have lasted for a minu...