Chapter 69: The wind mage's scheme (1)

Seeing the lizard lay motionless on the ground, Ramie let out a sigh of relief.

During the confrontation, he, Lance, Neil and the other two warriors with them, stood beside the vehicles, waiting for the signal to participate in the fight.

However, it did not come, at least not at first.

This made Ramie think that the two leaders were hell bent on claiming the life of this beast all by themselves.

However, just then, the rock bombardment came, and the situation was turned.

Anyway, even despite the distance, the rock shrapnel still reached them and showered the armored vehicles.

Luckily, and due to the distance, the momentum of these rocks was not enough to destroy these APCs. And few dents were all the damage these vehicles sustained.

Anyway, after the first wave, Ramie and Neil hid behind the vehicles, as unlike the warriors, they didn't have life energy to protect themselves. Lance and the two warriors stood by them.

Although he wanted to help, but the flaying rocks kept coming and coming, thus preventing him from getting in an appropriate range to cast his ghost glare spell.

His spell had a range of exactly 50 meters to affect the target. Beyond this range, it wouldn't work at all.

But now, the APCs were stationed 100 meters away from the beast, as a getaway strategy, and right now, the area was under rock bombardment. If he tried to get any closer, he'd risk getting himself struck by a rock.

In the distance, he could see that even warriors at the peak of Lv.1 were barely holding themselves against these rock shreds, and were suffering from serious injuries, not to mention him who didn't even have life energy protection.

Luckily, Gregory and Brian let go of their reservation and executed plan B, which involved his intervention. They charged at the rock lizard from two different directions and started throwing ranged attacks at the creature, thus putting an end to the rock's shotgun predicament.

After that, Ramie dashed toward the beast, to get in the 50 meters range required for him to cast his spell. The other two warriors and Lance ran ahead of him, serving as shields.

By calling his name, and according to the pre-determined plan, they asked him to ready himself, and by shouting the word 'glare,' they asked him to cast his spell.

After casting his ghost glare spell, everything was settled, with unbelievable ease.

This made Ramie feel exceedingly thankful for having this artifact of his.

Although the warriors obtained an immense physical boost and strong defense by igniting their life energy, but the nature of this power forced them to be in the front lines of any battle, thus receiving all of the battle pressure and putting their lives on the line.

As for him, he just stood far away in a safe distance, and at the given signal, he just casted his spell and the outcome was decided, just like that!

Also, and judging by the toughness of the tier-2 beasts, in the next missions, this scenario would probably repeat itself again. And even without putting his life on the line, his team would still get the benefits.

This made him feel a bit guilty.

It wasn't just the warriors, but the other magicians as well.

even though they were magicians just like him, but in the end, his 'special' graded spell 'ghost glare,' had made him the only magician capable of impacting a battle with a tire-2 beast involved in it, thus, making him indispensable for these types of missions!

He knew that now, he could impose any condition on the compound, and they'd have no choice but to say yes to him.

However, in the end, he didn't want to take advantage of them like this, not when they were the ones that spilt blood in the fight.

Walking toward the warriors, few turned to look at him.

Envy was unconcealed in their eyes.

Even though they had the life energy coursing through them, but what that was comparing to such a powerful spell?

They had risked their lives and faced such a strong beast, but all this man had to do was to use his artifact, cast one spell… and the deal was sealed, just like that…

There was no question about it. This beast was killed only thanks to Ramie's spell. Everyone could tell that if this beast didn't go still for that while, then they wouldn't have been able to stab it in the neck that easily.

If they decide to fight this lizard in a melee fight and place themselves in range for this beast to throw his devastating tail at them, then even if they were to kill this thing, by then, they would have undoubtedly paid an enormous price in lives, and there was a good chance that they wouldn't have managed to killed him at all.

Following this kind of thinking, the warriors relaxed a bit. Having such magician with them… had saved a lot of lives. And it could be considered their good luck as well.

However, the moment few warriors casted their gazes at him, something strange happened to them…

Their pupils went wide, as they stared at him without blinking at all. Next, two of the warriors fell to the ground like as if they have been petrified. Two more staggered backward, struggling to maintain their balance, as if they were stoned.

Seeing this sight, Ramie instantly realized that there was something wrong here.

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Understanding the issue, ramie was felling very embarrassed.

Apparently, after using ghost glare, his eyes would emit a residual soul power that can cause anyone with lower soul force than him, that stares directly at his eyes to be caught in the spell initial effect, albeit at a much weakened rate.

It turns out that those warriors had casted their gazes at him. And since his yellow eyes were the most prominent part about him, they instinctively looked at it, which had caused them to fell in this state.

Not all of them had been affected in the same degree. Evidently, those who had their life energy deactivated were the most severely impacted ones. As for those who had their life energy activated, they had only fallen in a state of confusion and bewilderment, which didn't last long.

After Gregory and Brian came, his eyes had only stunned them for a moment before recovering.

Apparently, life energy could even defend against his spell, albeit to a certain extent.

'To not mention such important detail in the spell description… sighs. I hope there would another update to solve this issue, and that the spells that I unlock in the future wouldn't have this problem…' Ramie though grudgingly.

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Finally, they got their hand on a tier-2 core.

With this core, either Gregory or Brian could increase their ignition percent to above 25%, which was equivalent to mid-tier-2 beast. With this kind of power, getting another tier-2 core would become much easier. All what they have to do now, is to have Nora scan the area until she locates low tier-2 beasts from now on, and by killing these beasts, raising the levels of other warriors to the second level won't be problem at all.

With much difficulty, the lizard was finally loaded on the loading truck. Not wanting to stay out in the dangerous open ground any longer, the small convoy set off back to the compound in haste.

Even despite the injuries, smiles still found their way to some faces.

Today, they had brought with them a heavy tier prize.

This was a tier-2 beast. The core wasn't the only precious part in it. The skin on its back and the for example; It was filled with bone plates that not even the javelin, the arrows, plus the inscription, were able to leave a scratch on it, not to mention breaking through it.

They could already foresee having strong shields and body armors that could even help them against tier-2 beasts. Also, the bones would be used to make arrows that coupled with the inscriptions, would enable them to inflict immense damage on tier-2 beasts. They probably wouldn't have to engage in close quarter combat any more.

If they could completely translate the might of these bones into weapons, then hunting other tier-2 beasts would be much easier in the future.

Arriving at the compound, many faces were full with smiles, as they anticipated the increase of power, which naturally meant a safer future for them and their families.

None of them had any idea that far in the distant; pair of vindictive eyes were eyeing the compound with malevolence.

'You thought you could kill my brother and just live here in peace, with those dogs of the compound...?'

The figure, who spoke these words, was not standing on the ground, but instead… he was hovering 2 meters above it.

'Hehehe… count these days well… as they are your last…!'

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