Chapter 398: Night Mage Regiment (1/2)

Whoosh!

Allocating most of his energy toward enhancing the effects of [Zenith Nihility Dash], Aurus started to teleport, aiming for the cities nearest to the place he had been in seclusion in for the past three days or so. As Aurus teleported, the distance between each teleport was now multiple times farther than even before, all thanks to his higher comprehension level regarding his Epiphany of Tempest. Well, there was also the fact that he had formulated better ways to enhance the effects of his currently activated skills without spending much energy, allowing him to increase the efficacy of their effects to even higher extents.

Nevertheless, with Aurus being able to teleport farther, it did not take too long for him to appear in front of a decently sized city. From what Aurus could see, he estimated that there were around 50 to 60 thousand people living inside the city he appeared in front of, a far cry from the usual number of people found in towns, ranging from 3 to 5 thousand people.

Getting ever closer to the city, he reallocated his energy towards [Dark Universal Blade], aiming to obliterate the whole city in one go without anyone noticing. But as he arrived at the entrance gate to the city, he noticed that there was next to no person patrolling the gates at all. At most, there were only a few guards atop the city walls. On top of that, they weren't even doing their jobs seriously at all.

Seeing how the security of the city was quite lax, Aurus could not help but ponder as to what had happened to the city, which he soon found out was called Nachthexen City thanks to the large sign hanging above the entrance gate.

Making sure that his presence was not sensed by other people, he then walked through the small streets of the city, noticing that only a few people dared to go out of their houses to head to other places. Seeing this sight, Aurus could not help but recall a past memory wherein the same situation had happened. With that in mind, it did not take long for him to come to a conclusion as to why the city was like this.

Naturally, the reason had all to do with him.

After destroying eight towns in a row within a short span of time, the whole continent has finally deemed Aurus as a great threat to the peace and safety of the continent. Given how even the leaders of the towns, which were either at the peak of Rank 4 or were already at Rank 5, were easily killed by him, it wasn't surprising that the cities had come to a decision to restrict the movements of its citizens, lest they wanted to be caught up in the aftermath of an attack from him if he ever planned to head to the cities.

Well, fortunately for them, Aurus did become disinterested after seeing only a few people move along the streets, inwardly regretting the fact that he decided to destroy all of those towns in a short span of time, making the remaining cities and towns change how they govern their cities. Nevertheless, the primal instinct controlling his body could not care less as to whether or not most of the inhabitants in the city were roaming outside or not. To it, it only cared about the results, not the process.

And so, after roaming around the city for a bit to obtain a general idea as to how the city was currently like, Aurus then stopped at the end of an alleyway, allocating all of the energy he previously used on [Zenith Nihility Dash] to [Dark Universal Blade] to increase the strength of his attack once more. After that, he conjured a blade of wind, which instantly gained a dark streak on the middle as it gave off a destructive aura.

”[Spellswords of Ruination: Lost Art].”

”[Penultimate Blade of the Chaotic Tempest: Fragarach].”

Swish!

Tightly gripping onto the hilt of the sword he had conjured, he then swung with as much strength he could muster, instantly sending out a blade of dark green light that bisected all of the nearby houses within a certain radius laterally. Within seconds, as if all of the houses that were hit had lost their foundations, they all turned into rubble, killing all of the people that were in the houses. Then again, they would've already been lucky to not have been bisected by the blade, instead being killed by getting crushed under the weight of their houses.

Crash!

In that instant, a great portion of people peeked out of their windows and their houses, only to see that a small portion of their city had instantly turned into rubble without any known reason for their destruction. With that, almost the whole city had entered a state of panic, instantly thinking that The Great Calamity had finally come to take their lives. And so, most of the people continued to stay in their houses, hoping that The Great Calamity would only glance at them before turning away.

As for a select few, they left their houses and headed to the area where the most rubble was, only to meet Aurus face-to-face. Naturally, with such strong people appearing in front of him, it was no surprise that he bisected all of those that came to fight against him. With a city being more prosperous than a town, it wasn't surprising if most of its citizens were already at around Rank 2 or 3, which gave Aurus more Wind energy particles compared to inhabitants from towns or villages.

And so, Aurus continued to roam throughout the city, aiming for the houses on the outskirts for now. Within ten or so minutes, around 30% of the houses that were nearest to the city walls had already been obliterated. Surprisingly, with that amount alone, Aurus's comprehension over his Epiphany had advanced by one level, thinking to himself that it was worth biding his time over something like this.

Being spurred on by the fact that he would gain more comprehension levels through a city, he allocated a bit of energy towards [Zenith Nihility Dash], reducing the amount of time it took for him to arrive at a place where he would be affect the most houses before slashing out.

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