This group of unknown magus wore robes that concealed their spirit energy signatures.
Even though they could argue that their robes were for safety, the behavior they displayed clearly told that these people had no intention of taking part in the Hunt, aiming instead to harm the other hunters.
The 5 magus did not wear any emblem representing a faction, but the way they confidently stopped Ery's group, without the slightest hint of worry about being ganged up on by other participants, told them they certainly had a powerful backing, most likely one of the three major factions, or maybe all three of them.
Still with a condescending smile on his face, the leader leisurely said, "It's nothing personal, kid. We are here just to make sure only the worthy pack enter the final round."
Even though their group had two Crescent Moon and three New Moon magus, Ery was confident they wouldn't be much of a problem to deal with. The issue he had was that it would take ti to deal with them. As he glanced at the remaining ti, Ery couldn't help but sigh.
[Ti remaining: 2 hours 8 minutes]
[Twilight Fang - Rank 32 - 42 creature - 111 points]
"We don't have ti for this. So get out of the way or die," Ery said nacingly, as he was irritated to see re scums dare to ss with him because of their 'reliable' backing.
"Die? You will kill us?" The leader burst into laughter as if he had heard the joke of the year. After that, he returned Ery's gaze with a wicked smile while saying, "I would love to see your confidence again after we kill your n and defile your won."
Not wanting to waste more ti hearing another useless word, Ery wordlessly kicked off the ground. His figure swiftly shot toward the group of five, earning him yet another mocking comnt.
"Charging head-on?! Foolish!"
Having prepared for such a surprise attack, three of the five magus quickly cast their spells at the sa ti. [Firebolt], [Lighting Bolt], [Wind Strike]; three Tier 4 spells sped through the air and struck Ery. The different elents reacted with each other, creating a powerful explosion that enveloped the area around him.
KABOOOOOMMM!!!
Clouds of dirt and dust were blown into the air, obstructing vision. The wicked smile on the leader's face widened as he shifted his gaze to Ery's pack, especially the two girls. Unbeknownst to him, a figure could faintly be seen standing in the smoke.
With Ery's Twilight Form, such spells only managed to stop him for a mont before his silvery figure shot out of the smoke.
One of the New Moon magus who was still laughing was less than ready when Ery burst out and arrived before him. After a glint of flash, the head of the magus flew into the air, his headless body fell to the ground with a thud.
When the others ca to their senses and saw the shining claws covered in blood, they realized they made a big mistake.
"FUCK!"
The other four magus were without exception shocked by Ery's speed and strength. Without them realizing, their bodies reflexively moved in shock, leaping away to put so distance between them and Ery.
Realizing what had happened, one of the Crescent Moon magus, a middle-aged man with a glaring scar across his face went into a rage. He cast buff onto himself as he stomped the ground, darting at Ery for vengeance.
"How dare you?! You're gonna pay with your life!"
At this ti, the five mbers of Twilight Fang dashed out of the smoke and attacked the remaining magus, led by Morgana who tackled the scarred face man. With the fiery wings on her back, she quickly swooped in and snatched him away from his comrades.
The other four didn't remain idle either. Beowulf and Tatyana went and engaged with one of the two New Moons, while Yoro and Andrei tead up to attack the remaining one. This left only one more Crescent Moon magus, the leader of the group, who watched Ery as the latter walked towards him.
"Would you like to repeat what you said earlier?" Ery said with a smile no less condescending than the other party.
In response, the man snorted, "Huh! I will fucking kill you!"
The magus' body doubled in size as he activated his transformation, transforming into a wolf with a skin like stone. It was obvious the man's battle power increased greatly after his transformation.
But when he swung his arm, sending a full force claw strike towards Ery, the latter casually grabbed his stony arm. Before he could comprehend what had just happened, he felt an excruciating pain as his opponent clenched his hand and crushed his arm in the process.
From their brief exchange, Ery could sense that the man had around 300 battle power. That was indeed high compared to a normal Crescent Moon magus, but he was now up against Ery, who had nearly 400.
Color disappeared from the magus' face when he finally realized what kind of opponent he had picked for himself. He looked at Ery in utter shock, unable to believe he was seeing such power from an unknown magus.
"Who… W-what are you?"
Not answering the question, Ery continued to attack the magus. After just a few strikes, the stone wolf already fell to his knees, begging for his life. Unfortunately, the only response he got from Ery was a stone cold face.
Realizing his pleas were futile, the man quickly stood up and ran away, only to be petrified when he saw the red-haired girl who had left with his partner had already returned, she was dragging a charred body behind her.
What unfolded next was a scene of slaughter. The group of five magus were either incapacitated or dead.
Ery saw two spirit souls erging from their now dead bodies, but decided not to give chase when he saw them fly away. Those people might be scum, but they were here on soone else's order.
This whole thing that happened was naturally seen by the audience, and thus tens of thousands of people once again paid attention to the abilities of this pack of dark-clothed wolf half-bloods nad Twilight Fang.
Even the Alpha King who was watching was inwardly satisfied with Ery's performance. The only ones who were worried were the people of the three factions, as they started discussing the existence of this new pack called Twilight Fang.
Ery and the others overca the magus group in around 10 minutes. However, he was still upset as he had lost precious ti.
[Ti left: 1 hour 56 minutes]
[Twilight Fangs - Rank 41 - 42 creature - 111 points]
If only killing a participant could award points, Ery would have gone back to the top 20.
Now that they were 10 minutes behind, Ery was worried their plan to dominate the inner layer was running too late. So, even though he knew they should make a move, he took the ti to ask his group's opinion, especially old chief Beowulf.
It was then that he noticed the latter seed to be busy surveying the land and checking the soil. He then said to Ery, "Lend Yoro and give ten minutes. We might have sothing here."
If it was a false alarm they would waste another ten minutes. Nevertheless, Ery agreed, because he trusted Beowulf's words. In the anti, he asked the others to hunt creatures in their surrounding area to catch up on their points.
After killing so Chaos Bat, Ery and the others returned to where Beowulf and Yoro were and found the two of them smiling.
"I think we found their nest. A huge one," the old chief said.
Beowulf's experience with Yoro's innate ability once again proved their worth.
It was such good news that Ery imdiately asked them to take the lead as the six of them quickly took off. After traversing forested terrain, the group found themselves arriving at a dry, yellow plain."
Wasting no ti, Ery decisively took one of his [Spirit Explosion Pills] and cast his [Undermaster] spell, quickly drilling a hole down the plains.
It didn't take long for Ery's excavation to work its way deep, reaching hundreds of ters underground. If it weren't for his belief in Beowulf, he would have quit long ago.
A mile through the hardened rock, Ery finally made it. He could sense an empty space, a chamber underground where he now sensed the movent of many creatures.
But what caught his attention was one humongous in size, who seed to have sensed his approach and charged towards him.
BAAMMMM!!!
A powerful tremor rocked the plains the group was on. A gigantic Abyss Worm shot out from the hole Ery had created. With a diater of about 10 ters, it was at least 3 tis the largest recorded on the data given.
Ery was seen clinging with his claws hanging onto the creature's forehead.
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