William could clearly see every single hair on the nine people coming toward him. When they approached a certain distance, he snapped the finger of his right hand and a shield appeared in a radius of five hundred meters. This shield was created by a magical device. It did not block the entrance from the outside, but it did block the exit from the inside. It was able to withstand the third-tier disciple's full-power spell five times.
Then he snapped his finger once more, and the five-hundred-meter area was covered with fog. This fog was slightly different from the fog at the meeting point. It was an effective but powerful method to disrupt the sense of direction. This was done by William throwing rune-embroidered crystals.
Then he snapped again. In an instant, the surrounding spiritual energy was cut off. This magical tool was one that William had worked on for a month. It had the effect of repelling the surrounding spiritual energy, preventi
"Let's handle this first." He said, looking at Garry's friend. Then, without waiting, he lifted his stick and, using his strength proportionally, hit the man on the head with it. It was a straight and powerful blow, but William realized that he was wrong, even though he thought he had his strength under control. Most mages' bodies were very fragile. Before becoming an official mage, their bodies were very weak by normal standards. Of course, this was not the case for knights and those who excelled in some magical arts.However, the same could not be said for the man in front of him. The man's head exploded like a watermelon at William's blow. Teddie and the others bowed their heads helplessly as if the splashes of blood and brain fluid on them bothered them. It was a bad sight, but William had not expected such an outcome."I'm sorry." Having said that, he quickly untied the others and sent some flames at the man whose head exploded like a w
"ARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"Garry stared at the blood flowing from his missing arm, and his shattered elbow, and after gritting his teeth, he redirected his mana to stop the bleeding. Then he took a dark red potion from his dimensional bag, poured it on his wound first, and drank the rest.Then, enduring the pain, he looked in the direction of the arrow and the danger. Something was approaching him very quickly, and based on his perception, he was sure that he couldn't escape the thing coming towards him. Even his maximum speed wasn't enough to escape.So he raised his right hand and made a swinging motion. A shield of round hexagonal crystals appeared around him. Then he stepped down and cast another spell. He put his right hand on the ground and a black mist covered an area of almost a kilometre around him. Inside, the atmosphere suddenly turned to night.Then he just started waiting.
When Garry finished his transformation, William understood why his body was the way it was. That familiar scent, and also the strength, was almost the same as Azrauth's scent.William's first thought was that Garry had made a contract with Azrauth. Would it be the same if he made a contract with it? Would he be able to benefit from the energy of Purgatory just before death and get a second chance?Or was this the second phase of an ordinary boss?Still, Garry's situation made him even more excited, but also a little worried. Because now he had the feeling that Garry could hurt him.While William was thinking about this, he met Garry's sword arm. With almost an inch between them, William managed to escape.'Too fast!' William thought. William had not used his full power yet, but the [Wind Rider] spell was still active. However, he narrowly escaped. Even though it was a surprise at
William is back in town. The first thing he did was return to his room and restore his mana. It's always good to be prepared. After his encounter with Garry, he was even more confident in his strength.He had to be ready at all times, just in case someone stronger came out of him. He had never been in a bad or unfavourable situation before, but that didn't mean he would always be that way.William was also one of those people who always wanted to be one step ahead of the others. The fact that his power was higher than theirs and that he was progressing step by step in this regard, always put him in an advantageous situation, thus reducing the risks.Normally, William was not afraid of anyone, but this world was different. There were millions of ways to die that you couldn't even imagine, and William didn't want to be caught in one of them. With a quieter, simpler life, he just had to be strong enough not to die with his
The next day, Galen and his team arrived at the meeting point one kilometre west of the camp. Everyone was dressed in armour and ready for battle. In addition to their team, there were nearly fifty apprentices at the meeting point, most of them second-rank. There were almost no first-rank apprentices, and the number of third-rank apprentices was close to twenty.After the team arrived at the meeting point, Galen gathered the team in a circle and they checked the magical tools and potions in their dimensional bags one last time. The five magical tools given to Galen as team leader were distributed evenly among the members of his team. Among them were tools that provided a strong defensive barrier and a magical tool that made him lose his sense of direction.After everyone confirmed that they were ready, Galen walked over to the other team leaders a few feet away to go over the plans one last time.While the team leaders met, Seren watched them. Especially the apprentice named Cabal. Th
Twenty-seventh day...Seren felt a bit more uncomfortable today. After leaving the area where the decomposing bodies were in the cave, she came to a small space. Here, she both urinated and vomited a bit. After vomiting until she had almost nothing left in her stomach, she tiredly swung back to the small camp at the entrance of the cave. Everyone was starving. Eating the flesh of the same creature for nearly three weeks had driven them to death.She sat in the corner of the camp, leaning against the cave wall, and began to inspect the cave entrance. The attacks continued. The situation was beginning to break his psyche. Knowing that the enemy was always there, living in fear of death every day, a sense of danger from all sides overwhelmed her.In the past month, the Seren's sense of danger from the Cabal's team had grown exponentially. Now they looked at the enemy the way the enemy looked at them, sharing the same sense of danger. That was one of the main reason
" Boom!" "Crack!" The sound of Galen's bones breaking echoed through the cave.But he could still move. He dragged himself over to the Cabal, crawling with difficulty. Meanwhile, the five creatures around the Cabal lay motionless on the ground. They were not dead, but they seemed paralyzed.Just as he tried to stand up in front of the Cabal and grab the Cabal's neck, a whistling sound was heard in the air." Swooooshh!" With that whistle, an arrow pierced Galen's right shoulder. "ARRRGGHH!"With that arrow, Galen was paralyzed in the position he was trying to hold his arm, and remained in the same position, motionless. He was not dead, but he could no longer be said to be alive.Meanwhile, two more arrows went in two different directions. One for Beck on the other side of the cave, the other for Cora in the centre. The arrow to Cora wasn't the only one. Andre's dagger was pointin
Moments after Cora had trapped the Cabal under her weight, Seren's finger tweaked a body that had split two meters away. She had been unconscious for several minutes. Though she was paralyzed, the pain from the dagger in her waist acted as a protective mechanism, shutting her body down and causing her to pass out.When Seren opened her eyes, she realized that she couldn't move her body. There was almost no feeling in her body. She saw that there were more than ten creatures with Galen and that Jacob and Andre were chewed with him. Before she even had a chance to feel sorry for Galen, she realized that if she didn't act, she would also die.She had to do something. She was also unaware of Cora and Cabal's condition, as the only sound in the cave was chewing. At that moment she remembered something. A gift from someone earlier.William had left something on her desk before he left, and Seren now remembered that among the p