Chapter 44

"Katerina, I'm warning you. Get that damn, ugly, disgusting Parasitic Demon away, or I'll kill you."

Katerina laughed even louder when she heard the words of the third person. "Kill me? Who gave you the courage, LaRoux? How dare you say such things to me? Hmm? " The Parasitic Demon that grew out of her palm trembled violently when it sensed the emotions of its master. It then burrowed into the ground and kept coming out from his side, trying to bite him.

The third person's expression changed drastically. He quickly chanted a spell, and a dark green light gathered around him. "Clark, don't you want to stop her? She's a lunatic. She'll ruin all of our plans. If we fail this time, none of us will have a good ending, even you. "

Clark was the fourth person who had been silent all this time. He was the temporary leader of the four apprentices. When he heard LaRoux's words, he said softly, "Enough, Katerina." His calm voice was shockingly powerful. The three apprentices showed a pained expression at the same time. Katerina bore the brunt of the pain and screamed in pain.

"We've dragged this out long enough. Moldova Tower may not be strong, but if they really want to deal with us, a formal wizard is enough. We have to kill all the apprentices in Bran as quickly as possible, then collect the souls and flesh. "He glanced at Katerina." After that, you have nothing to do with me. But now, you have to listen to me, or I'll kill you. You know that I can do it. "

Katerina pursed her lips and put the Parasitic Demon back into her palm. She gently stroked her exposed mouth and laughed again. "Of course, Lord Clark. I'll listen to you, just like those puppies."

Clark ignored her and asked the first person, "Fawn, how are your preparations?"

Fawn patted the huge body of the Wind Wolf King and hissed, "Give me a few more hours. The potion hasn't fully taken effect yet. I can't control enough Wind Wolves yet."

Clark nodded. "Then, when night comes …"

"Wuuu …" At this moment, the wolf king beside Foen suddenly let out a low growl. Foen's face revealed a surprised expression. "An apprentice walked out of Bran Town alone."

.....

The town of Bran was shrouded in gloom.

According to Zach and Thomas, there was no sign of Anti-Mage in the morning's attack, and there were only a hundred or so Windwolves that came to attack the town. However, they did not know what Anti-Mage did, but every Windwolf fearlessly launched a suicidal attack on the knights and the runic barrier. If not for the two veteran apprentices in Bran Town, they would not have been able to hold on in the morning.

However, even if they managed to hold on, the knights were all wounded. Some of the knights who had lost their arms and legs were no longer able to fight. They could only replenish the soldiers from the ordinary townspeople who had the physical attributes of knights but had never received any combat training.

None of the townspeople ran away. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that they didn't dare. The bloody lesson from a few days ago had warned them that walking out of the enchantment alone would only lead to death. If they wanted to live, they could only fight to the death.

But the apprentices wanted to escape.

In a hidden corner, William and the other two gathered together and were talking about something.

"Let's run. It's Anti-Mage. How can we deal with such a scary thing?" Riley's face was full of anxiety. The staff in her hand was spinning on the ground restlessly, making disturbing noises.

Terry clasped his hands together, and the intertwining vines made a metallic sound. "We're just rookies. We haven't even learned much magic. This kind of battle is not something we can handle. Let's leave, William."

William was not as naïve as the two of them. He had already noticed that something was wrong on the way here. Since the existence of the Anti-Mage was confirmed, the reason why they could arrive at Bran Town safely was only because of the Anti-Mage's deliberate actions. He could guarantee that if the three of them dared to leave Bran Town, they would be the first to suffer a terrible attack.

"Wake up. We can't leave." William rejected the idea of leaving.

Riley broke down instantly. "No, how can this be? We can leave. Terry, can't we? We can leave, can't we? "

Unknowingly, William thought of Adam's words about the alliance of the weak. Indeed, the unity of the weak was worthless. At this time, the only thing that could help him was his own strength. Or, "Go and join the strong. We have no other choice. We can only hope that the senior apprentices can hold on until the tower's reinforcements arrive."

Thomas and Zach were doing their best to recover their magic. They had even taken out the broken aether crystals that they usually treated as treasures and could not bear to use. Seeing William's arrival, Zach said, "If you want to leave, I won't object. But I have to warn you. If you leave the runic barrier, you'll be in even more danger."

William shook his head and said, "Is there anything we can do?"

Thomas looked at William and said, "You're not too stupid. But to be honest, there's not much you can do. This kind of battle is not something that rookies can participate in. Let me think." Thomas thought for a moment and said, "There are four of you. Go and control the runic weapons in pairs."

The runic weapons were similar to magic items, but they needed the apprentices' own magic to power them. That was why Thomas arranged for them to be in pairs.

Unexpectedly, William's expression froze. "Mr. Thomas, Adam has already left."

.....

Adam had indeed left Bran. He had heard about the scale of the magical beast attack and the casualties in Bran from the townsfolk. With his insight and analysis, he could easily tell that Bran could not withstand a larger wave of magical beasts. In other words, if the reinforcements did not arrive in time, Bran would be finished.

Unlike the townsfolk and apprentices who were not strong enough, Adam could come and go as he pleased. Of course, he would not choose to be trapped in a dead city and fight to the death for someone unrelated to him.

He realized that the egg was unusually excited after entering this area. It was as if there was something in the surrounding energy that attracted it. Adam was dragging the egg towards the source of this energy.

The magical beasts along the way did not attack him. Instead, they kept retreating. Adam knew that these magical beasts were controlled by someone. They should be sending a message to the mastermind.

Adam did not stop them.

He was different from the other human apprentices. Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was a way of thinking that was at the bottom of the hierarchy. Exploring the unknown was his instinct, and out of his great interest in the Anti-Mage, Adam had chosen to search for them alone.

Adam was a natural-born mage, and mages were devout researchers. When researchers came across knowledge that interested them, they would temporarily disregard life and death.

"It would be best if I can capture them. If not, I can accept being dead. The worst case scenario would be witnessing their magic," Adam said to himself. As for the possibility of him being defeated and dying, the probability was very low. As long as there was no official Anti-Mage, with the help of Psychokinetic's amazing support, escaping should not be a problem.

Adam approached the source of the energy at a constant speed. As he walked, the number of magical beasts along the way increased. Their scarlet eyes flashed in the dense forest that blocked the sunlight. Adam became more careful. Psychokinetic covered his entire body, forming a thin layer of protection. Mana surged in the Mage Armor, ready to cast a spell at any time.

Whoosh!

From the shadows on Adam's left, a dark green arrow-like spell shot towards him rapidly. It pierced through a few magical beasts along the way. The power of the spell did not decrease at all. It even strangely devoured the magical beasts' flesh and blood to strengthen itself.

Adam raised his hand to cast the spell, but he felt a desire coming from the egg in his other hand. Without hesitation, Adam withdrew the spell and used Psychokinetic to move the egg into the path of the spell.

There seemed to be a terrifying laughter accompanied by pain. The spell landed on the eggshell and was devoured by the steaming evil energy. It then dissipated into thin air.

"Eh?" The enemy in the darkness was surprised. "The egg of an abyssal creature? You actually have such a good thing. Give it to me and I'll give you a quick death. "

Adam automatically blocked the spam messages and said softly, "The Anti-Mage?"

"You actually know? You dare to walk out of Bran alone after knowing? Are you looking down on me? You idiot under the sun! " The enemy in the darkness suddenly became angry. The anger came without any reason. In Adam's view, it was as if he was facing a mental patient.

"This is the Anti-Mage? A lunatic? "Adam stood in place and thought with a frown.

Similar spells came from all directions. Adam accurately raised the egg and blocked them. The emotion in the egg gradually changed from joy to pain. It was obvious that it could not digest too much.

The enemy did not seem to be in a hurry. He kept provoking Adam with words. "You've never experienced a real battle, right? Didn't the academy prepare a duel for you? You have to salute each other before using magic? Hahahaha, idiot, idiot! You're trash who grew up in a greenhouse. What right do you have to enjoy the sunlight? "

The enemy in the darkness kept moving in the dense forest. From the beginning until now, there were not two consecutive syllables that came from the same direction. The Anti-Mage was obviously well-versed in the art of battle. When he saw Adam not moving, he naturally treated Adam as a rookie. However, he did not know that Adam had absolute confidence in being able to discover his whereabouts in an instant. The only reason he was not moving now was because he did not need to.

Another spell was shot. Adam reached out his right hand and covered it with layers of Psychokinetic Defense. He caught the spell with his bare hands.

The spell was indeed corrosive. It dissolved the Psychokinetic Defense layer by layer until it dissipated outside the eighth layer. Adam sighed and said, "Only seven degrees of power?"

Every layer of defense that Adam condensed could block a spell with the power of one unit. As long as the power of the spell did not exceed the limit of the defense, Adam would not be injured. He intended to understand the power of the Anti-Mage's spell, but he was disappointed.

Judging from the characteristics of the spell, it should be a branch of curse magic. No wonder it was abandoned by mainstream mages. It was indeed very weak.

However, Adam was wrong. Curse magic was not good at frontal attacks. The reason why Raru came out to hunt Adam was because he looked down on the mainstream mage apprentices cultivated by the academy. The second reason was that he could not stand being together with Serena.

Adam was dispirited. He had no interest in the Curse Magic. Since this branch of magic had been abandoned by the mainstream, there was no longer any value in studying it. He said softly, "Is that all you've got? Or are all the Anti-Mages trash like you? "

Raru was stunned. The caution that arose from Adam catching the spell with his bare hands was instantly thrown to the back of his mind. He roared, "Trash! What did you say! You, you weak lambs, dare to look down on the great Anti-Mage? "

"He really is a lunatic," Adam thought. "Could it be that long-term repression has caused him to become psychopathic? Or does the cultivation of ancient magic have side effects that drive people crazy? "

"Corrosive Arrow! Corrosive Arrow! "Raru kept roaring and shot the same spell at Adam.

Adam noticed that Raru's habit of roaring before casting spells was not only out of habit, but also to use the scale to mobilize the magic. He could not help but laugh. He did not know how this group of arrogant Anti-Mages continued to survive in the Mage's Plane. Was it because the high-level mages treated them as protected animals?

"How boring." Adam said softly. As soon as he finished speaking, rays of light burst out of nowhere, illuminating the dark forest. Even though the magical beasts were controlled, they were forced to retreat by the light. As for Raru, he was even more at a loss.

"Found you."

Adam raised his finger and activated the spell stored in the thread, High Pressure Water Line.

High Pressure Water Line was one of the more complicated spells available to the apprentices in Moldova College. The rune group required a total of eleven runes to form it. A stream of water appeared in front of Adam and completed the operation in an instant. It gathered at Adam's fingertip into a small stream of water that flowed at high speed. Following Adam's movement, it shot towards Raru at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye.

High Pressure Water Line collided with the Corrosive Arrow and easily dispersed it. The energy consumed was negligible. When the High Pressure Water Line arrived in front of Raru, its power did not decrease at all.

Laru's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He had no doubt that this spell could easily slice him in half.

Raru hurriedly activated the life-saving magic scroll. The defensive spell stored in it formed a lightless shield in front of him and blocked the water line. This lightless shield should be a high-level spell. After directly blocking Adam's High Pressure Water Line, it did not show any signs of dissipating. It still stood firmly in front of Raru.

Lalu's face was a mixture of fear and heartache, forming a laughable expression. He roared at Adam, "My Lightless Shield, the life-saving magic bestowed upon me by the Great Magician! You destroyed it! You destroyed it! "

Although Raru was crazy, he was not an idiot. He quickly retreated into the depths of the forest with the lightless shield. From the way Adam casually used such a powerful spell, he could tell that Adam was not someone he could match. He was extremely vexed.

However, there was no such thing as foresight in this world. Adam looked at the broken scroll at Raru's feet with pity. This was actually a defensive magic scroll that was personally created by an official Magician. If he could obtain it in its entirety, its value would be shocking. However, it was useless now.

"You come and go as you wish. How can there be such a thing?" Adam rose from the ground and chased after Raru at a speed far exceeding his own. Psychokinetic energy was at full force, constantly capturing and compressing the air. Adam turned into a mobile cannon and continuously shot a dense barrage of wind blades at Raru.

Raru fled pathetically, not even daring to look back. The lightless shield was not fixed. It nimbly circled around Raru and received all the spells.

Adam sped up again and overtook Raru. Then, he landed a few dozen meters in front of him. He lifted his foot and lightly stomped on the ground. Raru was alert and hurriedly dodged. In the next second, a sharp spike rose from the ground.

This was not the end. Every time Raru dodged, this spike was accompanied by it. He dodged pathetically, but found that the spikes were appearing faster and faster. Not only that, but all kinds of 'low-level spells' were flying at him from all directions, making it impossible for him to escape.

"Damn it, damn it! Could it be that this monster's mental strength and mana were limitless? How is that possible! " Raru thought that the Psychokinetic energy was also a spell activated by Adam. He was horrified by the total amount of mental power Adam had.

Snap.

In the ten-minute chase, Adam kept draining the magic of the lightless shield. Finally, after six spikes hit the lightless shield at the same time, the shield dissipated with a crisp sound. Raru's face was filled with despair.

"You're just a lamb. You can actually defeat the great Anti-Mage …"

Adam interrupted him without hesitation. Adam had no interest in listening to the enemy's nonsense. "Anti-Mage isn't what you call yourself, is it?"

Raru was stunned and instinctively said, "What?"

"You call yourself what the enemy calls you. What a joke. You're just a bunch of Earth Rats. How dare you call yourself great?"

Raru roared, "You damn …"

Adam swung his hand and slashed a wind blade between his legs. One of Raru's legs was cut off. Adam said, "You're not alone, are you?"

Raru hugged his wound and rolled on the ground in pain. He never thought that Adam would cut off his leg so easily. Shouldn't he interrogate him first?

Adam walked towards him and stopped ten meters in front of him. He used Psychokinetic Tentacles to imprison him. Then, he threw a small fireball on his wound, stopping the bleeding instantly.

Raru was in so much pain that he almost fainted. He said hoarsely, "You'll regret this. I'll make you wish you were dead!"

How could a defeated dog dare to threaten the winner? Adam cut off his other leg and asked again, "Answer me."

Laru stared at him hatefully. Suddenly, his eyes turned into a pleading look. Using his upper limbs, he wriggled towards Adam inch by inch. He whimpered, "Let me go. I beg you, don't kill me." Come closer, come closer, I'm finished. But I want you to die with me!

Of course, Adam wouldn't give him such a chance. Curse Magic was a type he had never encountered before. Although it was confirmed that it was ineffective against official Mages, he was still just an apprentice. He couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't fall into Raru's trap.

"Stubborn." Adam threw out two wind blades and cut Raru into pieces. Then, he threw the Abyss Egg from afar. The egg quickly devoured Raru's flesh.

Adam sensed through his spiritual power that after Raru died completely, a strong negative energy rose from his corpse. This energy was directly devoured by the egg. From the feedback of the creature in the egg, it was very happy.

"Is this the cultivation of Anti-Mage? Absorbing special energy through destroying life? "Adam muttered to himself. At the same time, he continued walking into the depths of the forest.

.....

In the same empty space, Clark's expression suddenly changed. He then took out a contract made from the skin of an unknown creature. Raru's name on the contract turned gray and then disappeared.

"Raru is dead," Clark said in a low voice.

Foen, who was fiddling with a terrifyingly colored potion on the Wind Wolf King's body, and Serena, who was whispering to the parasitic monster alone, raised their heads at the same time.

"Raru is dead," Clark repeated.

"Hehehehe, that idiot is dead. It's not strange. But it's a pity. My little baby wants to eat him."

No one paid attention to Serena. Foen said, "He was killed by an apprentice who walked out of the tower alone? By a bunch of idiots who don't even know what battle is? "

Clark said with a gloomy face, "Idiots? No, Raru just walked out for less than half an hour. If he was killed in such a short time, the opponent who came was not weak. "

"Moldova College actually has such a strong survivor? I thought they were all killed by the official mages of Monte Carlo. "Foen also realized that something was wrong and said solemnly.

"Although Raru is stupid, his magic has a very good polluting effect on the runic enchantment. Without him, the speed of conquering Bran will be greatly reduced." Clark suddenly stood up. "We can't wait any longer. We have to attack immediately. Foen, it's up to you."

Foen nodded and then smashed all the potions on the ground. The hallucinatory aura spread with the breeze. The Wind Wolf King beside him instantly lost its mind, and a violent red light flashed in its eyes.

"Serena," Clark said.

Serena raised her head and smiled at him. Then she said, "What's the matter?"

"I'll leave that apprentice to you. Kill him or hold him back. Don't let him get close to Bran."

Clark was not moved. He knew better than anyone how crazy this woman was. A person with a brain full of lust would not be interested in her.

The parasitic monster grew from her palm and grew bigger and bigger. Eventually, it became an ugly serpentine monster on the ground. Serena rode on the monster and disappeared quickly, leaving only a sentence floating in the wind. "Your will, Clark, my Lord."

Clark and Foen turned and walked into the darkness. He had a bad feeling in his heart. This time, the harvest might not be so smooth.

"Foen, if the situation is not right, immediately abandon the plan and leave. If necessary, stay behind to cover the retreat."

Foen's face was hidden in a black robe. He smiled silently and replied, "Of course, my Lord."