A hard pant can be heard from Xenyi's side as she is both tired and short of mana, even though she tried to summon another beast. Ryuma then speaks...
"That dark, full of void and emptiness, I wonder... If they were even alive..." Hearing Ryuma, Xenyi's eyes widened. Xenyi then answers...
"Well, you had a good eye for someone who barely had mana in his body. But, how exactly did you find my exact location...?"
"What're you talking about? Every beast tamer had their mana tied up on each other like a rope with their own beast. From the beast, and also the 'rat' that had been stalking us from earlier. It's a common weakness to whose used summon. Your mana... tells you where the exact locations of these guys..."
Ryuma points to the Orc who is trying to attack him from behind. Then dodged the attack and gave the counter blow right on the Orc's throat. But Ryuma's attack didn't end there.
"SNAP!" The sound of the bone breaking echoes in Xenyi's ears. Xenyi was surprised as Ryuma's arm choked the Orc's neck and immediately snapped its neck. The Orc Beast then falls to the ground. Unmoving and disappearing like the Ox from earlier.
"Now... this guy is a piece of work, I'm not gonna lie." Ryuma expected Xenyi's face to be full of despair, but right now she's standing. And smiling.
"That moves earlier... You barely hold back at all, which tells me that it wasn't your first time taking a life. That move tells me you've done it a hundred times... No, A thousand times!"
"Heh, you should have known me better than that. To take a life to protect, or to take a life because you had to... I've done this many times, specifically on the goblin or any wildlife that's trying to rob us of our home. I mean, I'm pretty sure Adventurer has killed once in their life, right?" Ryuma looked into Xenyi's eyes from a distance.
"Moreover, why should I feel bad for killing them? This soulless beast? And you specifically, have you taken a life before? Nope, you definitely have, that was a dumb question from me. You see, my master taught me the way to understand what kind of that person based of look in their eyes. And I can see you're not really a killer, but you indirectly used your beast to do the kill, you, ye,s that must be it."The word from Ryuma hits Xenyi in the mind, but she tries to fend off those words.
"SHUT UP! THIS IS THE WAY OF JIAHAO FAMILY!!! WE WILL USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO REACH TO THE TOP!!!" Judging by Xenyi's reaction, it seems Ryuma had hit the bullseye. And then, the wooden wall behind Xenyi was broken and shattered as the two creatures were standing alongside Xenyi.
"Heh, the Cobra and Red Monkey... It seems you both have quite the durability..." And comes along the Flame Cockatrice and Wild Hound behind Ryuma. Right now... Four of Xenyi's beasts, including her, make it five. A killing intent is coming from each one of the beasts, including Xenyi.
But Ryuma was calm. Along with his battle stance. Surrounded by the beasts. Everyone remains frozen... As some of the house frames started to crumble and fall to the ground... Every beast including Xenyi, charged toward Ryuma.
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Meanwhile, Kiyo was dodging every attack launched by Lorie.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Lorie blasted the whole area just to get rid of Kiyo. Unfortunately, none of the attacks have hit Kiyo somehow.
"KHKK Why the hell none of the attacks hit him?! I am Lorie Murphy! The Prodigy! Why couldn't my unstoppable attack hit him?!!" Since childhood, Lorie has been called a prodigy because she can create an orb with every type of element. Each of the orbs has a powerful magical output when it's released.
Although Lorie is an elf who is attributeless. So she's been shunned by the elves until she discovered her own 'Unique'. With the power she gets from her 'Unique'... She decides to change her life. Sooner or later, she's become the top student in her old school.
But because of everyone's jealousy, she didn't get to make any friends, even though she was at the top. With that in mind, Lorie decides to live for her and only herself and cast out everybody around her. Thus, she's been called an 'Arrogant Magician'.
"It didn't hit, it didn't hit, it didn't hit, it didn't hit, IT DIDN'T HIT! Why! This guy is like fucking cockroach!!!!" Out of extreme frustration, Lorie then gathers all her orbs in one place to make it one giant orb.
"I'll blow the entire area of this goddamn place! SOURCE OF ELEMENTAL: MERGING RAY!!! TRY TO DODGE THIS ASSHOLE!!!" A powerful force of mana and magic coming from the orb. Deep down, Kiyo knew he couldn't make it in time if he tried to run away. Instead, he is running in the opposite direction, towards Lorie herself. Kiyo reached his hand towards Lorie. In the mean time, from the tip of Kiyo's finger, Kiyo created a small, the size of a marbel of wind ball. And shoot it out towards Lorie's nose in the short amount of time.
"One of the most important steps for a magician to use magic is to breathe. They need to breathe in order to absorb the mana and use magic. So, to prevent the magician from casting a spell is to stop her airway to breathing. Or... You can just "disrupt" it."
Kiyo's windball gave a moment of delay to Lorie's magic. Give him a time to make contact with Lorie as Kiyo closed Lorie's mouth and nose with his hands, not letting Lorie breathe until she passed out. In the meantime, the powerful energy from the orb then slowly goes down but not completely. The huge energy ball without a destination or target. Thus, the energy was to let go right near Kiyo and Lorie.
"Crap, she passed out. Well, this is what happens when I hold too much against the girl." The energy ball exploded as both Kiyo and Lorie were blown off by the impact. But for some reason, there were no injuries on either of them. Because Kiyo foresaw the situation as he flew off, using his wind magic as he was holding Lorie in his embrace.
"Well, that's that." Kiyo's foot landed safely on the ground as he held Lorie on his arm. And watched the beautiful, colored explosion from a distance.
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At the same time, Mika was losing too much blood from the shuriken's wound on his body. Mika was frustrated as Ramilia decided to use the "Attack and hide tactic" by simply throwing a projectile at Mika and hiding her presence.
"FUCKING BITCH! STOP THROWING STUFF AND JUST COME OUT ALREADY!!!" At the same time, Mika was screaming, he then realized the presence behind him.
"Fire Style: Fire Breath!" Ramilia sprays a round of fire toward Mika.
"CRAP, I FORGOT THEY CAN USE MAGIC TOO!!!" The attack was effective, as half of Mika's body was burned out along with some of his clothes. Making him vulnerable right now. Mika tried to run away, but Ramilia anticipated Mika's move as she threw the smoke bomb, covering the entire area alongside killing Mika's ability to see.
Mika tried to get away from the smoke by running in a straight line. But before he knows it, his throat has been cut from the blind spot. Mika holds the wound on his throat with both of his hands so as not to let the blood flow out. Unfortunately, Mika eventually falls to the ground because of the blood loss.
After a while, Ramilia appeared among the smoke, looking at Mika, who was at death's door...
"That's one down. Now then, I should assist Lady Valena with her fight." As Ramilia was about to leave Mika's lifeless body. She immediately felt an intimidating aura. Ramilia turned around and saw Mika standing up. But that is not all...
"Every wound in his body is gone?! Along with the burnt wound?!" The glasses Mika wore had fallen.
The face behind the glasses supposedly has a cheerful face that everyone is comfortable with, and has changed to some scary thug you can find in some back alley. His aura almost imitated the same aura Ryuma had. Except, he was really pissed.
"You... Fucking bitch... Who do you think... YOU ARE HUH?!!" Mika grabs Ramilia's neck the fast as she can see it. In the next second Ramilia knew it, she felt her leg slowly leaving the ground as she was lifted in the air.
"T-This guy's grip is too strong I can't get away!" Ramilia tried to use last last-minute tactic by stabbing Mika's hand with the kunai. But in an instant, her hand was grabbed by Mika. At this moment, Ramilia knew she was cornered.