Arcane Advent I: The Mage, The Girl, and The Ruined City

Author's Summary
July 21st, it was a normal day when a dome appeared and enclosed the entire city underneath a crimson moon. It was followed by swarms of black beasts, rising flames, fierce winds, and shaking earth. Within an hour, the majority of the city was destroyed.

Waking after the destruction, Leidolf sets out to search for survivors and uncover the source of the moon in the sky. Opposing him are creatures of the elements, vicious false beasts, and the one who pulled the trigger to it all.

Detailed Summary
At noon, July 21st, a malevolent force spread throughout the city. Sensing the impending danger, Leidolf activated his home's Isolation spell before blacking out from the pressure. When he awoke, he looked out the window and saw how devastated the city was, and headed out to find answers after arming himself.

Along the path downtown, he is attacked by Ravens, which shoots down using his Cen spell. He searched for survivors, but it seemed hopeless in that area, before moving on to test the durability of the barrier around the city. He is attacked by black wolves and the Guardian of Earth, and forced to retreat to men his now broken arm.

While healing, he falls into a deep slumber and has a flashback of his training under his nameless master. When he woke up, he checked the subways to search for survivors and avoid the enemies on the surface, as he made his way to the Residential area. He was attacked by bats and forced to use a Runestone to defend himself.

In the Residential area, he encountered a survivor, Aria, being attacked by the Guardian of Fire, and stepped in to save her. Using a combination of his Isa Runestone and his sword, he slew it and helped the girl bury her parents before leaving with her in tow. The scene then changes to mysterious man, who calls for reinforcement to investigate the barrier when a crack appeared in it, due to the death of a Guardian, which also woke up the one responsible for the incident.

Leidolf fights countless more enemies, as he has to defend the child, which left him exhausted and injured. The third Guardian, the Guardian of Wind, appears and he defeats it, but it leaves him unconscious. Another flash back to when he was attacked by Draugar occurred before he woke up.

On the last leg of the journey back to his home, he lectures her about what he knew about mages, when they are attacked once again by the Guardian of Earth. With no choice left, he unleashed his trump card, Tyrfing, and decimated it, before carrying her off to his home.

A flashback occurs to when a classmate named Scion was nearly killed after running into a spider monster, and Leidolf rescued her. Armel prepares for Leidolf's arrival, overestimating his rank and skill, by setting traps. The scene cuts to the man from before and a new, cloaked woman, hiding outside the barrier waiting to get in. Leidolf talks more on his past with aria, before leave to end this.

Members from the Arcane Syndicate arrived outside the barrier, led by an Class SS mage, one of the strongest alive. Leidolf fens off over hundred familiars by herding them together and unleashing his Fire Giant's Roar spell to incinerate them all, including the final Guardian, the Guardian of Water. The barrier collapsed and the high-ranking mage, entered after having a replacement one go up to prevent witnesses to the destruction. The cloaked woman followed her.

Leidolf used his remaining Runestones to bring the building Armel was in down, in his transformed state. Armel survived and they clashed, with Armel nearly victorious. Leidolf used his lifespan as a power source and blew him away, before destroying the seal. Armel is killed by the high-ranking mage, who he calls master.

Leidolf is in a near death state, when he gets a little help and goes back to Aria, who greets him when he opens the door. He's then attacked by the cloaked woman and the volume ends...