Chapter 178: The Ruin (1) (1/2)
Chapter 178: The Ruin (1)
Translator: LeoEditor: DarkGem
Under the night sky, the boat slowly stopped and the team jumped onto the rocks. The light that fell from the sky did not brighten up the area and they could barely see anything around.
Melissa stepped on a piece of rock and overlooked the island. The only thing in her sight was a tall black hill with no trees anywhere. The areas covered by shadows were deep and dark.
”Stay alert, everyone. This was the territory of a mid-sized wizard organization. I think there’ll be many traps around, so be careful,” Melissa advised.
The other four wizards jumped through the rocks and landed on the beach. The yellow dust was buried in pieces of broken black stones.
Kuirman jumped off a rock easily as Ainphent walked to his side.
”I don’t know why Melissa invited to you to join the team, but I hope you can prove that you’re necessary for the mission,” Ainphent said in a low voice.
”What’s the problem?” Kuirman’s brow furrowed. ”It’s not you who decides if I’m valuable to the team or not. Oh, wait, you’re the one who invited a Gas stage weakling to the team.”
”I’m confident that he’ll do great in the mission and I believe he won’t disappoint me.” Ainphent smiled. ”He’s not a weak Gas stage wizard by the way.”
He turned around and left.
”Are you sure about this?”
Kuirman narrowed his eyes.
He suddenly turned around and walked to Angele.
”Wizard Green.”
Angele scrunched his eyebrows and backed off a bit—he wanted to keep a safe distance from this man.
”What do you want?”
Kuirman took a glance at Angele.
”Wizard Ainphent trusts you a lot, but I want to make sure you can contribute to the team.”
Kuirman’s voice was deep and loud.
”So, will you accept my challenge? Just me and you. The loser shall quit the mission and admit that he’s worthless.”
Kuirman pursed his lips to a sneer.
Angele narrowed his eyes. It was obvious that Kuirman did not like Ainphent and was taunted into something, so he decided to challenge Angele to a fight. However, Angele needed to try his best not to reveal his signet and heart bombs here, and using only the Metal Mastery would not guarantee him a win. Kuirman had many practical experiences, and he was a wizard at the Liquid stage.
Although Angele was learning new energy compression formulas and had spent most of the time experimenting on the ship, he was still not sure if he could win against Kuirman.
Angele’s spell power was higher than before but using the energy compression method required a lot of mentality. They were getting close to the ruin and he did not want to waste his mentality, also, there was no time for him to recover.
”Well, I’m not interested,” Angele answered in a light tone.
Ainphent looked at him. ”It’s just a test. Accept the challenge.”
Old man Belem laughed. ”You’re a dark wizard, right? Why are you backing off?”
Melissa stood without saying a word but she was interested in the fight as well. Isabell still had no expression on her face; it seemed like she was not concerned.
The followers had already woken up. They jumped to the beach as well, attracted by Angele and Kuirman’s conversation.
The team lined up beside the two
”Don’t worry. It’s just a test. I won’t hurt you.” Kuirman’s green eyes were staring at Angele. ”Also, you need to show us what you can do. You’re the only Gas stage wizard in the team at the moment since the other one didn’t show up. If you want to share the reward with us, you must accept the challenge.”
He slightly leaned forward. ”Also, if you really are a coward, you can just go stay on the boat while the rest of us will continue the mission. What do you think?”
Kuirman turned his face to Ainphent and sneered.
Angele just realized that Kuirman was taunting Ainphent, but he feared his background and decided to mess with Angele instead. It seemed like the wizards here were all familiar with Ainphent’s family.
Angele glanced around. The wizards watching the argument all wanted to know how strong he was.
”Let’s get started then.”
He saw a green needle rushing toward his chest as he finished the word.
The needle was traveling at full speed, drawing a green arc in the air.
*DING*
A silver shield formed before Angele and blocked the attack. Fire sparked as the needle hit the front of the shield.
Angele barely had no time to react and Kuirman’s sneak attack almost succeeded.
‘Warning! Threat detected! Target’s attributes: Strength over 20, Agility over 15, Stamina over 17. Safe distance, 15 meters…’
The chip’s mechanical voice echoed in Angele’s head.
Goose bumps rose on his skin.
‘F*cking hell… Kuirman’s Strength is over 20?’
The silver shield in front Angele was penetrated while he was thinking.