It would be a complete lie if Ery said his body was not trembling in fear when he saw the fierce battle happening in the distance. The horror in his eyes grew exponentially when he saw the normal expressions in the two Wind Wolf warriors, who had turned into frozen sculptures, proving they didn't even realize they had died until the very last mont of their life.
"That's a tier 7 spell. That must be it. There's no other explanation otherwise," said Ery to himself, eyes still fixed on the scene of magnificent destruction in front of him.
The fear Ery experienced was justified though, as he was currently only able to cast up to tier 4 spells. Even if he managed to make a breakthrough to rank 9 right at this instant, it would only allow him to cast tier 5 spells. He clearly saw how Beatrice didn't leave unscathed when she tried to counteract it with her tier 6 spell.
This matter was clearly out of his league, just like what Klea had told him before.
Right now, Ery could only try his best to resist the fear budding and growing in his heart. He soon discovered he couldn't move his body, much less co out of his hiding place and help Magus Leon's group as planned.
In the end, he only watched the ongoing battle from afar and hoped that Magister Kadek would arrive soon. Otherwise, what would greet her would be the sight of all her subordinates being killed.
The possessor of Tiger Bloodline Magus Niria looked like she was about to deliver a ferocious, relentless attack to Beatrice's subordinates, who were trying to get away. Magus Leon imdiately got into action when he saw this.
Unexpectedly, he decided to stop Magus Niria in her tracks, instead of helping his fellow enforcer, who was still struggling with the black goat magus Jigow.
[Sun Blade - Tier 6 light spell]
It was an advanced-level enhancent spell, just like Ery's [Dark Infusion] spell, but obviously better.
An eye-piercing glow was cast on his blade, making it thrum with power as Magus Leon brandished it and shot towards Magus Niria, who was also running toward the escaping group led by Brutus.
Magus Niria realized she would suffer dire consequences if she persisted with her assault, so she quickly changed her trajectory and took a defensive stance to welco magus Leon, instead of continuing to attack the Wind Wolf pack.
Clank! BAM!
A loud tallic sound followed by an explosive one resounded in the air as, the two magus figures clashed into each other. Magus Niria blocked Magus Leon's deadly slash with her high tier gloves artifact. Before Ery could see whether the two sustained injury or not, they imdiately started a round of exchanging attacks.
"WHY?! Tell why would you do this?!" shouted Magus Leon, as he sent a horizontal slash. "From whom did you receive the order?! Is it the king himself?!" A glint flashed in his eyes as Magus Leon spoke those words.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
Unexpectedly, the usually temperantal Magus Niria didn't say anything, as if she had turned mute. She just kept deflecting and evading the attacks Magus Leon threw at her, while also squeezing a few attacks of her own.
Seeing there was no reaction, the scowl on Magus Leon's face deepened and the man shouted loudly.
"TELL THE TRUTH!"
Splat!
Blood splattered in the air. This ti Magus Leon managed to land his attack and wound Magus Niria's right shoulder, causing the latter to instinctively take a step back. A hateful look appeared on her face as Magus Niria stared at her opponent.
The expression on her face visibly distorted as she angrily said, "You slaves of the human alliance! you don't deserve the truth!"
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
While the battle between two magus level figures continued and grew fiercer as ti went on, Ery shifted his gaze towards Brutus and the others. After Magus Niria was blocked by Magus Leon, they imdiately grabbed the bound serpent girl and continued their escape as their figures shot towards the dense forest. anwhile, Beatrice quickly made her way to the two frozen sculptures, to see and check if they could still be saved.
On the other hand, Ery clearly saw how Magus Garnet shouted loudly, before his body started to emit a bright light. For a mont, he thought the other party was using so kind of enhancent spell, but his guess was proven wrong when Magus Garnet's body rapidly grew and finally allowed him to break free from Magus Jigow's grip.
Twice.
Thrice.
Nearly four tis the size of a normal human back on Earth.
Magus Garnet finally broke away from Magus Jigow and the mont they faced each other again, the forr had grown into a 8 ter tall figure. As if that wasn't enough, his entire body was also completely covered in tallic sheen as his spell took effect.
A tal elent Half-Moon magus would certainly not die easily even against soone at the peak Full-Moon stage. The living proof was Magus Garnet standing right before Ery's very eyes.
ARGH! A loud scream filled with hatred echoed in the air. Magus Garnet shot towards the transford Magus Jigow at breakneck speed.
Blood could be seen trickling out from his mouth as he raged ferociously and attacked his opponent relentlessly. The latter, however, was able to block each and every attack perfectly; he even managed to throw a punch or two amidst the onslaught of the storm of blows he received.
Bam! Bam! Bam! A series of dull sounds continuously reverberated in the air as the two battled, eavh strike they unleashed was capable of making the earth tremble.
What shocked Ery was the fact the smaller-size, dark-fur magus managed to hold his ground and even gradually take the flow of the battle. In just a dozen exchanges, he could see cracks had appeared everywhere on the tallic body of Magus Garnet, while his opponent Magus Jigow didn't seem to have sustained any major injuries.
Then all of a sudden, a pair of horns grew on Magus Jigow's head. Following that was the appearance of multiple sharp-looking bones protruding out of the latter's arms. Using those newly-arrived bones, Magus Jigow launched a series of attacks that crushed Garnet's cracked body apart.
CRACK!
The next thing Ery saw was the sight of a long horn piercing through Magus Garnet's body. The massive figure gradually returned to his original human appearance. It was clear Magus Garnet had lost and was at Magus Jigow's rcy, as the black goat splintered the forr's arms and threw his body to the ground like garbage.
"No!" shouted Magus Leon from the other side.
He had noticed how Magus Garnet couldn't handle the bloodline magus, but he couldn't go and help because he still had Magus Niria on his plate.
Ery, on the other hand, was stunned speechless. What he had just seen was nothing, but terrifying. Such a powerful Half-Moon magus enforcer was defeated in a matter of minutes and would probably be crippled for life even if he didn't die.
The sight only served to fuel the terror in Ery's heart. He considered the option of running away at this very mont. It was also at this ti Ery could sense multiple figures approaching.
Seeing how the situation at a distance was unfolding, Ery sincerely wished this group of arrivals were friendly. Unfortunately, he was once again reminded reality was cruel, because he couldn't be more wrong.
Four, six, before eventually stopping at ten. Ery recognized these people's signatures, as he had t them before. They were the 10 bloodline saint level warriors that Magus Jigow and Magus Niria had brought for this mission. Apparently, they had been running from the beginning and only catching up to the group now.
The few who ran the fastest arrived in front of the transford Magus Jigow, and the latter calmly said, while glancing at a certain direction. "Chase the wolves. Kill them all."
Once again, Ery was rendered speechless by this revelation. He couldn't believe the whole bloodline warriors were in this too, could it be true that King Alduin was the mastermind behind all of this? If so, what could this possibly an? A declaration of war of the whole bloodlines?
As the ten warriors started moving to chase after Brutus and the others, Beatrice imdiately took action and tried to stop them, but was unable to stop them all due to their numbers. When she was about to chase after those who slipped away, the large black-fur figure already arrived before her.
In the next second, Beatrice's body was slamd hard to the ground and she groaned in pain.
Ery knew it was ti for him to make a decision: be it help or retreat, he had to make a decision right now.
He closed his eyes and whispered to no one in particular. He had made his decision.
"I am sorry, Klea."
The next instant, a gate appeared in front of him.
A determined look appeared in Ery's eyes.
It was decided: no more hiding.
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