94 Chapter 94
Shadow Dog wielded his staff to smash Terrom but the latter moved quickly. He put the werebeast nucleus in his mouth and swallowed it immediately
“AAAGGGHH!!!”
Noble Lord Terrom cried out, his eyes went wide open as his body glowed brightly
The surrounding mana was stirred as a transformation appeared on Terrom’s body as he releases bursts and bursts of energies to the point that the Earthen Staff bounced off
Terrom’s lifeforce exceeded what a normal person should have while his body changes to a body that is neither human nor a magic beast
All the hair on his head that grew larger fell off. Thick purple veins popped on his head
His lips grew longer and all of his teeth turned sharp along with his tongue which became longer than usual
His hands suddenly turned into pinkish cream tentacles with sharp teeth at the end. This wasn’t something that is done by magic and would return back to normal. From now on, his hands would always be like that
Even Terrom’s legs turned into tentacles and every leg split into four tentacles, eight tentacles in total
If that wasn’t enough, he even grew tentacles on his back as if they were his tail and there were nine of them
“HAHAHAHAHA! WHAT POWER!” Terrom bursts into a fit of laughter, marveling at the unbelievable power that is coursing through his body
“Attack!” Lord Keito that knows how much of a power boost the werebeast nucleus provider cried out and all three of them casts their spells
“[Thunder Streaks!]”
“[Metal Stream!]”
Rezen and Keito sent their spells flying in the air and Shadow Dog also did the same thing
“[Corruption]”
A small black magic circle appeared on the earthen staff before it was covered with some sort of black energies
The five meters tall figure created with magic by Shadow Dog moved to strike the transformed Terrom with the staff
In return, Terrom smiled evilly at them. He uses two of his tail tentacles to crush Rezen and Keito’s spell while the others caught the earthen staff of Shadow Dog
The [Corruption] spell only started to show its effect when the tentacles that wrapped the earthen staff crushed it before sending the debris back to their maker
Shadow Dog uses his giant figure’s claw to catch the flying debris when…
Pew pew pew!
The nine tentacle tails of Terrom sent out black beams of energy, easily penetrating the Demon Dog’s Coat
Two of those beams hit Shadow Dog on his shoulder causing him to bleed
“Fuck! So overpowered?!” Rezen cried out in shock. Shadow Dog was originally the stronger of the two but he was badly injured in a single attack
The Demon Dog’s Coat dissipated after the caster was attacked. His shoulder slumped and right now, Shadow Dog can’t even lift his hand
“Not good!” Rezen hurriedly charged toward Shadow Dog to help heal him with his recovery pills but Terrom didn’t let him
“Where do you think you are going?” Terrom asked a rhetorical question before one of his tentacles shot out
It slapped Rezen hard that his body flew in the air before the tail tentacle opened its ‘mouth’ to swallow him starting from his feet
“[Savage Hounds!]”
Another mystic gem flew out of Shadow Dog’s elixir field and this time, it was a dog-type gem
Gems like these are either used to supplement a soul-type gem to become a magic beasts enslaver or boost a mage’s own fighting power similar to Leon that combined his fire and lion-type gems
Turns out that Shadow Dog still wasn’t using his full power earlier. If he uses his dog-type gem along with his darkness-type gem, the resulting power would definitely be stronger
Shadow Dog created three black hounds made from shadows. The hounds leaped in the air and either uses their sharp nails or sharp teeth to prevent Rezen from being ‘eaten’
“You’re finally using your full power. Let’s see just how strong the guardian of the younger generation of the Preston Family!” Terrom laughed heartily as all of his tail tentacles along with his hand tentacles condensed one magic circle each
“[Flesh Stream!]”
A stream spell is channeling the energy of their specific elements and a spell such as [Flesh Stream] is also possible
The stream spells are the most basic of the basic but depending on the person’s skill, the stream spell could be a tyrannical spell
Shadow Dog suddenly faces eleven stream spells at once but he was still unable to move his arms
Moving one’s hands is not a requirement for casting a spell but the motion makes it easier to some extent
As a result, Shadow Dog’s casting speed faltered and three of the stream spells weren’t perfectly blocked by him
His bloody body was thrown in the air. This level of injury was fatal
“Catch!”
Rezen hurriedly threw a recovery pill to Shadow Dog. If that man dies, Rezen himself would also die
Shadow Dog is his only hope!
Unfortunately, Terrom uses his tentacle to catch the recovery pill before crushing it
“This bastard!” Rezen curses and he was once again facing the tentacles
However, despite the injuries that Shadow Dog received, the three hounds from earlier were still moving
The hounds tried to save him but the other tentacles simply crushed them, returning them back into a formless form of mana
“Master!” Lord Keito cried out and he was about to help when one of Terrom’s tentacles smacked him unconscious
Rezen is moments away from being caught by Terrom and that is when Shadow Dog moved again
His arms were still dangling, unable to be used but he still casts his spell
“[Shadow Walk]”
“[Shadow Hand!]”
He uses two different spells at succession. The first one let him arrive close to Rezen while the second spell held a piece of scroll that it gently slapped on Rezen’s back
“A-ah?” Rezen was surprised and the next thing he saw were small fairy-like entities flying around him
These entities smiled at him before clasping their little hands together and Rezen felt himself surrounded by winds that carried him away from this place
The area of the tattoo’s isolation was quite large and it was still erected as of right now but unlike the others, Rezen has the ‘free pass’
He can go in and out of the barrier any time he wishes to and even if that’s not the case, the winds would definitely break the barrier at this level
“Wait! What’s happening!”
Rezen suffered from dizziness, the winds around him were revolving and moving too fast that even his physique was unable to take it causing him to lose consciousness
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“Young Master, do you really have to do this? I think it’s better to head back to the Clan and breakthrough first” Dominant Sky asked Claude
“I still have a little bit of time to stabilize my current realm and that time can be used to save people” Claude replied
Currently, the two of them are patrolling the areas around Greenwood City. The areas that are part of the city but are outside of its protection. The places similar to Rezen’s farm
These days, many people went missing and the most probable cause would be the doings of the Twighlight Beast
They have run rampant these days, killing both magic beasts and humans to create their werebeast nuclei
They were sacrificing innocent lives for the sake of power
Even Claude would fight for resources but this is just too much. He can’t just take this lying down when there are many people out there that needed to be saved
“Young Master, even if you save them, the Twighlight Beast wouldn’t stop. Besides, you can save them once but you can’t save them all the time. What if those bastards return after you were gone?” Dominant Sky reasoned
In her eyes, this is just a waste of time. Claude should be focusing on his preparation to reach the next rank
In the ‘mortal world’, 6th fusion rank mages were at the peak. Many people don’t have the talent to reach that rank and many are also stuck at that rank, unable to reach the legendary 7th rank
Claude Preston as seen by people has the potential to reach the 7th rank but reaching that rank is as hard as scaling the heavens
Because of that, in Dominant Sky’s view, Claude should be focusing on his cultivation than wasting time here
Many mages at her level already view normal humans as just numbers because of the difference in their standing
Mages that still care for normal people like Florine are on the rarer side since most of them would be obsessed with trying to break through
“You have a point but it doesn’t mean I can just do nothing. If my actions save at least one life then it would be worth it. If I saved them from the hands of the Twighlight Beast, after experiencing danger, they might choose to live inside the City where they could be protected better”