Chapter 52 - Shortcut (2/2)
“Let’s move”
Rhode spoke in a low voice and assuuard position
Inside the old tunnel, only their footsteps could be heard in the darkness Lize, as usual, assuhthouse’ and suht to illu to Rhode’s instruction, Marlene walked beside Lize to help her reduce the possibility of an aroup because it was a relatively dangerous and critical position If the eneerous It required an experienced veteran to protect them from behind Since Marlene and Lize clearly could not bear the burden, the position of rearguard was left to Old Walker
The dirt shi+fted under their feet as they walked
Under the illuht, the abandoned rusted tools, oldcarts, corrosive holes on the wooden columns, and spider ere finally exposed Froh the tunnel
Suddenly, a perilous scent drifted in the air
“Lize”
At the end of the tunnel, Rhode scanned the see pit before hiesture When Lize saw this, she hastily brought her pace to a halt and silently cast a barrier on the four of thean to unsheath the dagger on his waist; his two dilated pupils were darting corner to corner with vigilance Then, he crouched down in attempt to catch any sound of h this oldtheht now he revealed his professional nature
Marleen did not react until she saw the rest of theripped the wand in her hand, awaiting further orders However, instead of scanning the area, her eyes focused on Rhode’s back Even if the eneht without his perh this condition was harsh, after her initial failure, Marlene was not really against it any pit
One step… two steps… three steps…
“Crack!”
Suddenly, a withered arround and rushed towards the four of the this sudden assault, Rhode, as already prepared froht sliced through the darkness Folloith a sharp whistling screech, the withered arround shook vigorously, and countless of withered arms flew into the air At the saround
“Marlene, Ice!”
“Ah? Okay!”
Hearing Rhode’s sudden command, Marlene was stunned for a moment Then she hurriedly raised her wand and pointed it towards the ground
“Caicy!” (Frost)
An icy white ulfed the surrounding air The tean to dip drastically; ice particles even started appearing in the air The undead was clearly affected by the fluctuation in temperature and its ht flaed from Rhode’s sword
“Woo…!!”
Within the burning flarowled at the frosted enemy before it, and under Rhode’s cos and claws
“Marleen! Thunderstor Rhode’s coht hand Soon, electrical sparks crackled around her fingers, and in a blink of an eye, bolts of lightning shot out towards the undead The thunderstorm roasted the undead creatures, and the impact launched their limbs into the sky Soon, before area before theain
“This…”
Marlene stared at the scene before her in disbelief Although she knew that her ht that she was able to beat that many undead creatures! What made her even more ecstatic was that she merely cast two spells — and those were low-level spells to boot! Since they did not need a long casting tinificant Even more so, she could not believe that… she actually could attack that fluidly?
Fluid and quick casting is a critical skill for a rasp the initiative to usurp control of the battlefield But it was easier said than done Mages had to memorize hundreds of different spells To be able to cycle through the spells fluidly and cast quickly at the sae enters the Soul Circle stage and acquired a better control of their ability would they then be able to cast faster and smoother
But still, Rhode’s ability to command was simply exquisite and beyond her expectations
Who is he actually?
Marlene could not help but stare at Rhode While it was true that he had a deep understanding towards ic, she too, had it as well But in the heat of the battle, she wasn’t able to choose the fastest nor the most powerful from her sizeable repertoire of spells without hesitation Notlike that
e?</ehts, he would definitely shake his head Never would he have thought that studying ic was that difficult and troublesome in this world The reason he could coae-scale AOE spells when fighting against a group of mobs, and he only casually chose one of those spells As for the principle ofthose boring things at all
The battle ended in five minutes
Under the blanket of ice, the undead creatures were frozen solid and were unable to show any further threat They were absolutely overwhelmed by Marleen’s spell After a while, Rhode scanned around once more When he ascertained that there were no esture
“Clean the battlefield”
Lize and Old Walker nodded and immediately dispersed On the other hand, Marlene revealed a confused expression Clearly, she did not understand what Rhode meant
“Clean the battlefield?”
“Yes”
Rhode said plainly and went beside a body that had been coan to search for sos in these bodies and then hand it to me”
“T-t-touch the corpse?!!”
Marlene’s face immediately paled