Chapter 11: Despair (1/2)

Tyler snapped out of his daze the moment the dark skinned girl had drawn out a blade from her shoulder, she had been in pain when she did it that it snapped him back to the reality of his situation.

He wanted to take a step back but he quickly decided against it, any sudden movement could be seen as an offense. 'What is this situation.' Tyler was getting restless at the stand off, he seems he had walked into a dangerous situation.

Looking at the white haired woman staring coldly at him, he felt anxious as he noticed the tiny specks of ice floating around her. This could mean only one thing, she had most likely been the one that killed the Tier 4 Magic Beast.

Looking at the two ladies now, it was obvious, the dark skinned girl was covered in dirt and injuries, her shoulder was still bleeding, while the white haired lady looked like she had just walked out of a painting with not a single scratch on her. It was obvious they were not on the same level, the ground she was standing on was frozen beneath her, at this moment the entire forest that was frozen had already defrost, the only place still covered in ice were under the lady's feet.

If she had really killed a Tier 4 Magic Beast, even with the help of the dark skinned lady there was no way he would survive a confrontation with her.

This left him with only one option, to escape! what he needed to do right now was escape, but with the way she was staring at him there was no opportunity to retreat.Turning his back on her would only put him in greater danger, this was quite the conundrum.

With no feasible options available to him, it was best to pick the most likely to succeed.

What he needed now was a distraction, if he could confuse or distract the two ladies for a second he believed he could escape using the trees as shields and with his new physique he was slightly confident in his ability.

Of course he had no idea what abilities or spells the two ladies had so it might be pointless if they had a large area of effect spell, this was the only plan he could think of as his Earth attribute spells would be useless in a situation such as this, not to mention, all he knew were measly Tier 1 spells.

The problem was he didn't have any idea of how to distract them, any spells he used would take time as it would be his first time activating it and he might not be alive to complete it.

He couldn't just throw stones at them and run away, with their strength and experience they might not even flinch. 'Damn it, what do i do? if I Stand here two long they might just attack... Think damn it, think.' Tyler grumbled internally as he rack he's brain to find a solution.

Just as he was thinking about how to escape the air around the white haired lady suddenly changed, the wind got colder the ground started to freeze rapidly as it expanded around her, with her being at the epicenter.

The Moment Tyler sensed this change he had no more time to be hesitant, it was all or nothing, his life would be determined by the success of his next move, as long as she was affected for even a split second, he would have a chance to escape with his life.

Mages were only limited by their own intelligence, unlike sorcerers they had no limit to how many type of spells hey could learn within the range of their potential, as long as they could understand it, they could learn whatever spells they wanted with no restrictions to forms or attributes, although most mages preferred to be a specialist, similar to magic swordsmen, it was still common for mages to have a variety of spells, some talented ones could even learn a warriors secret techniques.

Tyler was left with no choice but to gamble, he had only used one spell, there were still a lot of question marks with his abilities. With the amount of restrictions he had, with being a sorcerer or a magic swordsman, but those were not what would save him, right now, he needed to be a mage and nothing else.

It looks like he would use his life to test the fact, if he was really a mage he still needed to cast the spell instantly like a skill, even though there wasn't a need for a magic circle he still didn't know how long the cast time was, without further delay he tried casting his spell with all his might.

Wave of Despair!

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Rain was getting anxious by the second, She hadn't even thought about how to handle the situation with Liz, yet another problem already presented itself.

Her shoulder was still bleeding and she was starting to get dizzy, but she could not take her eyes of the mysterious stranger. Rain wasn't really concern about the stranger, there was no way he could match Liz in her current form.

Her main concern was Liz, she wasn't in a good state right now, the longer she stayed in this state the more dangerous it will be for everyone including Liz herself.

Thump... Thump... thump...

Hearing her own hearth beat getting faster she couldn't help but be anxious, It has been a while, since she felt any sense of panic or nervousness during a fight, but she couldn't help worrying about Liz.

Just as Rain took a step forward in the process of making her move she sensed a sudden change in the air, the atmosphere that had been slowly warming up suddenly cooled down drastically, the air got incredibly thin, she could barely breathe much less move, she felt a stifling feeling run through her bones.

She had felt this feeling before, when she got impaled to the tree by the Rykir, she thought she would die by it's next attack, but just like this she felt the air change drastically, her body was unable to adapt that fast because of the injuries she had sustain during the fight so she had past out. When she came too, the area was frozen and both Liz and the monster was gone, leaving only the white haired lady. She wanted to brace herself to withstand it this time, she increased her guard and mentally prepared herself.

Expecting the world of ice once more she waited, but suddenly the air around the young man also changed, but it did not affect the world around him.

Rain felt relieved, it seems like whatever the young man had done was ineffective against the white haired lady's ice Domain. Just as she was thinking in that direction an eerie feeling creeped its way into her body.

A greyish black aura exploded from the young man's body, it expanded extensively as if there was no limit to it's range, Rain couldn't react in time, as the aura past through her body, she felt an intense sense of fear she had never felt before.

She couldn't help but stare at the young man in disbelief, what she was seeing was not the same sight as before. He was covered in the Greyish Black aura that wrapped his body like a cloak.

His eyes emitted a reddish glow that made her bones quake at the sight, her mind was flooded with all sorts of emotions as they were sending her one single thought. DEATH!