Chapter 25: The Might of Tier 1 (1/2)

Tyler appeared before the third magic beast with the long sword in hand, ready to strike. Only to find the beast in the air having already jumped the moment it saw one of it's kin die so easily. Before he could comprehend why the beast had decided to jump he saw a giant ball of dark green fireball already upon him, it had been shot by the first beast he had sent flying, their recovery speed was staggering.

Tyler forcibly stoped himself mid motion, it seemed like at a high enough level, even monsters would be capable of teamwork. He couldn't help but lament at himself over his lack of awareness of his surroundings, as a Swordsman that should have been elementary.

He bent his knees slightly and jumped up after the magic beast in the air, in one quick motion, he thrusted his sword at the belly of the beast, pun intended. The stomach area didn't have any scales and it made it easier to cut through the monster. He went through the beast, punching a human sized hole in the monster's stomach as he came out the other side, being covered in disgusting fluids he wasn't too thrilled about his kill this time.

The first Lesser Basilisk that wasn't as injured as he would've expected, seeing it's attack miss and it's last kin killed off like that, turned around and fled, with non of it's peers alive it's natural instinct to survive kicked in. Tyler being agitated by the blood and goo all over him wasn't in the mood to give chase, looking around and seeing the rest of the monsters being handled, he decided it was fine to use magic, as long as he tried his best to control it, it should be fine.

Pointing a finger at the escaping monster he cast a spell. ”Fireball” his voice was low but a number of ogres and beastmen could still hear him, including Liz, they couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with this guy. Granted he was a ridiculously strong Swordsman, but even if he was a magic Swordsman that had limited spells, fireball was only a Tier 1 spell.

Against a monster at the peak of mortal existence, a Tier 1 spell was like trying to melt metal with a candle, yet for some reason, they couldn't bring themselves to ridicule him, perhaps it was because he just saved their lives, especially Erin's.

Suddenly though, a massive ball made of fire so hot it looked a bit white, appeared in front of his fingertip, the heat was so great even the person the furthest away felt like he was being embraced by the sun. The ball of flame left his fingertips as it travelled through the field melting the ground below it and consumed the last magic beast, burning it to dust.

Everyone's mouth hung down, they were dumbfounded, how was this possible, a measly Tier 1 spell, defiled all sense of logic, everything they thought they knew about magic was put in question, Liz was the most dumbstruck one of all

She was a mage, a powerful one at that, yet what she had just witness was unexplainable even for who she suspected him to be, this felt wrong, it felt like he was cheating, she felt awe, frustrated, admiration, fear, hope, it was like this man was not of this world.

Tyler felt just as stumped as the rest of the crowd, he had expected the spell to be more powerful than it should yet this was ridiculous, he felt the massive amount of energy leave his body but unlike last time he didn't feel faint nor did he dropped to the ground gasping for air, perhaps his body was getting used to this, or perhaps one of the weapons on him had something to do with it.

He stood there as he watched the others recover from shock and kill the remnant monsters, it had been an hard fought battle, and they all looked exhausted and miserable, although they were a bit sloppy now there was more than 30 of them, against 2 monsters they quickly dispatched the monsters and they all collapsed on the ground exhausted.

Tyler couldn't blame them, he knew what war was like, although this was just a little battle, he had no doubt, they had all gone through hell. He walked through the battlefield back into the town to where Liz was standing. ”I'll clean you up.” she offered, Tyler was a little flustered as his thoughts trailed off. ”Clean” she said and bubbles appeared all over him sucking out all the dirt and blood before disappearing into nothing.

He instantly remembered the lifestyle spells they used on the human continent and felt embarrassed he had thought of something else, although the spell was a little different, it appeared demons used lifestyle spells as well. 'I should try learning some as well, hopefully they aren't broken like the spells i can already use.'

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Some distance away.

The Darknar region was know to have two large defining properties, the Darknar forest and the Darkin mountain range. They were located in different parts of the region and was only connected by the red river that cuts through both of them. They also share a similarity in how dangerous they had become.

The Darkin mountain range was a more dangerous place loaded with dangerous mountain golems and other rock type monsters, these monsters were hard to kill and were worthless to hunters making any trip to the mountain range not worth the effort. There were a couple of mines that provided rare ores within the mountain range but these places had already been claimed by the Great Five families.

Any trespassers would have the wrath of one of the Great Five families come down upon them, this reclassified the place as a forbidden zone. Usually no living soul would enter, but right now a hooded person entered the mountain range with steps that made it seem like they were skipping through.

The hooded person followed a narrow path up a mountain. They soon came upon a large opening that looked like the entrance to a cave. The person entered the cave without any reservations.

Three figures hiding inside the cave, turned their gaze to the hooded person that had just entered and made a slight bow before returning their gaze back to it's previous location. A female figure sat at the end of the cave, the three male figures stood around her, spaced out in some sorts of tactical manner, they all had slightly glowing weapons that provided the only source of light in the cave.

”Damn it!” The woman suddenly exclaimed, the three men that that were staring at her each took a step back. They all turned their heads as they looked at the lady with respect and an hint of fear. She slowly stood up as she trembled in anger ”Damnit, Damnit, Damnit....” she continued her tantrum kicking the earth and punching the walls.