Lightning bolts appeared out of thin air, striking Euron's massive head. At the same time, the Ice Dragon Rune and the Storm Dragon Rune simultaneously exerted their power, creating an extreme cold storm in the cavern, instantly freezing the pool below and also freezing Euron, who was attempting to burst out of the water.
The violent lightning strikes used the people standing on his head as lightning rods, striking them repeatedly like sharp blades, tearing Euron's head and creating numerous cracks on his previously smooth skin. A large amount of blood also emerged from the cracks, quickly turning the lake red.
However, such an attack did not inflict fatal damage on Euron; he continued to emerge.
Seeing this, Lynd directly descended towards the top of Euron's head. The Banished Knight's Greatsword in his hand rotated with his body, opening a gash on Euron's scalp. Lynd unhesitatingly drilled directly into the opening, simultaneously activating the runic power within the Banished Knight's Greatsword and the Banished Knight's Greatsword armor, using the Nameless King Rune to amplify its effect, directly transforming into a lightning storm with a temperature exceeding the sun, enough to melt any metal, and exploding within Euron's head.
Euron's head, along with the people standing on it, was instantly charred. Even the water in the pond outside was instantly evaporated. The magic of the entire black stone core was torn into fragments by the impact of the lightning storm. The cavern walls were melted into lava by the super high temperature and re-converged at the bottom of the cavern.
The super-hot lightning storm lasted for about four or five minutes before ending. Euron's entire head was completely carbonized, the surrounding black stone was glowing red, and the black stone magic torn apart by the lightning storm formed turbulent currents in the cavern, crashing everywhere. Each time it hit the charred head, it would take away a fragment.
Lynd, inside Euron's head, did not immediately exit. Instead, he used his swords to clear a path and continued to drill down into Euron's head, quickly reaching Euron's brain area.
Euron's brain area was an empty chamber, with an altar in the center on which several offerings were placed. Around the altar knelt Victarion and the others seen earlier; all of them had also been charred by the lightning storm at this moment.
Euron, also charred, stood beside the altar. His head was still on his body, indicating that the outer head must have been created through magic. He was holding a sacrificial knife with the blade pointed at himself, seemingly preparing for self-sacrifice.
Unfortunately, he encountered Lynd, who did not hesitate or deliberate outside, but immediately acted with full force. As a result, the ritual he was performing was not completed before he was charred by the lightning storm.
Lynd descended from the air onto the altar. The Banished Knight's Greatsword in his hand further sliced Euron, who should have already been dead, into fragments. He did not spare the other carbonized people around him either, shattering them one by one to ensure they were truly dead.
At this point, the ground suddenly trembled. Lynd felt the black stone magic that had just been dispersed by the lightning storm begin to re-gather, forming a pressure within the black stone. Under this pressure, the surrounding melted black stone lava also crushed the carbonized head outside, and a large amount of molten rock seeped in.
Seeing this, Lynd had no time to think. He put the items from the altar into his pocket, then tried to lift the altar, but it remained motionless as if nailed to the ground.
Lynd felt the surrounding black stone magic growing stronger, so he ignored the altar and drilled directly out of the head the way he came in. He created a hurricane to propel himself upwards towards the shaft. As he ascended, cracks appeared in the stone walls around the shaft due to the internal pressure of the magic, and a large amount of rubble fell from above.
Lynd felt that Styria, above him, was likely also collapsing under the influence of the black stone magic, so he further increased the wind speed beneath him.
Ten seconds later, he burst out of the shaft. As expected, the top of the temple began to crack and collapse. Lynd immediately flew towards the outside of the temple and was out of it in moments.
Seeing Deltos in the sky, continuously unleashing lightning to disperse the gathering black stone magic, he flew towards him, returning to the dragon saddle on his back and sitting down.
"Deltos, together!" Lynd commanded Deltos, then, through their mental connection, linked the Dragon Rune power on his body with Deltos's magic, creating a lightning storm even more violent than the one in the cavern. Deltos even poured in the magic that hadn't fully formed in his rear pair of wings, causing the lightning storm to turn reddish-black.
Feeling the lightning storm gather to its limit, Lynd immediately hurled it towards Styria below. The lightning storm landed on top of Styria but did not explode. Instead, it slowly sank in, like a red-hot knife falling onto butter, melting the black stone it touched.
The black stone magic, which was originally collapsing inward, accelerated its collapse under the stimulation of this lightning storm. The entire city of Styria rapidly collapsed inward, and within a few minutes, it had completely disappeared from the surface, leaving only melted black stone lava rapidly cooling and solidifying on the surface.
Under these circumstances, the Ash River that flowed through Styria was also cut off, flowing to an unknown location, and the entire valley where Styria was located completely changed its appearance.
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