Chapter 80: Annihilate (1/2)

Nora watched the blonde-haired demon in the sky as she slowly descended. She had no idea why she hadn't been able to sense her before now even with her magic sense already active. It was already an impossible task dealing with the lone dark elf and yet, a demon with similar strength had now joined the fray.

She wasn't the type of summoner that was predicated on strength, to begin with so this situation couldn't get any worse because this was rock bottom. Most of her summons was specialized in stealth, tracking, hunting, and defense. The reason she was chosen to lead a scouting team was based on her adaptability and survivability and not her strength in actual combat.

The Darknar forest wasn't a place that strength alone could manage, especially when one decided to live here long term. All the safe zones in the forest were a different type of barren land and even for demons that could go years without eating, it still wasn't wise to stay in the safe zones for an extended period.

The safe zones create an isolated space that interferes with the monster's mental state. While demi-humans and demons could resist this, they would need to leave the safe zones for about an hour each day to survive. Of course, this specific information was only for the safe zone they reside in and she didn't have much information on the others.

There were probably safe zones that didn't interfere with the mind, but for the ones that did, it meant they needed more than just the ability to fight to survive there. A scout needed a variety of skills in their arsenal when venturing into the Darknar forest.

However, depending on their potential, one could only learn a limited number of skills and spells. And while potential did not affect one's ability to learn a secret technique, such Techniques were insanely rare and there were very few people that could actually learn one.

Due to these limitations, most nobles would only use their limited spell and skill slot to learn useful abilities that would increase their fighting strength and not their adaptability as Nora had. Due to that, she had been one of the best candidates to lead the scouting team for this generation.

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Liz watched the girls below her hesitate and sighed softly. They were obviously terrified and that was all because Rain had toyed with them for an unnecessary amount of time. Her original job had just been to seal the safe zone and make sure no one could escape but she had been forced to interfere due to how long this had gone on.

Liz gracefully landed on the naturally cracked ground of the safe zone that constantly emitted a faint heat and melted every ounce of snow that fell on it. However, the moment her feet touched the ground, it froze around her feet.

This phenomenon only served to frighten the girls even more as they all took a step back. Fiala and Lilou wanted to raise their bows and take aim at the snow demon but their instincts were screaming at them that if they did that, they would no doubt end up just like the Dire Ape on the ground.

Liz ignored the frightened scouts and approached Rain with a stern expression on her face. ”Why are you messing around, we still have three more of these safe zones to clear out.”

”Hehe~ sorry, I thought they would be stronger but they're so cute I just can't help messing with them. Tehe~” She said that playfully while trying to act like a klutz, Liz however, wasn't buying it.

”Don't tehe me, we only have a brief window to do this before the others are out of the forest and the other scouts start paying attention.”

”Aplexion seems to drain in an instant upon hearing Liz's playful remarks as a sudden realization seems to have dawned on her. ”NOOO... why didn't you tell me earlier... Alright fine, I'll just have to finish this quickly and handle the rest.”

Liz was a little surprised by Rain's reaction and how effective her simple tactic had been. It was normally hard for her to talk some sense into Rain unless it was something she wasn't interested in. She was a little too free-spirited that she always tends to get them in troublesome situations.

She was also able to either talk or fight her way out of almost any situation which made it hard to scold her. However, her recent infatuation with Lord Ty seems to have become quite useful in situations like this.

”Alright girls looks like playtime is over, I'm guessing you've already said your goodbyes.”

Mia was about to retort while trying to buy them time so maybe they could figure out a way out of this predicament when the dark elf suddenly vanished. The ground she stood on shattered a second later and she could no longer control her field of vision that was now staring at the sky and soon the trees that were now upsidedown, followed by the ground where she saw the rest of her body still standing stiff.