127 Magic Beasts from Hell Part 2 (1/2)

A dozen of the spikes from the black magic beast managed to pierce through the magic shields and shot into the bodies of the six magic beasts. Saleen could not tell how they had managed to break the magic shields through the alchemy binoculars, but he knew that they must have had similar abilities to a witcher spider. However, the spikes did little damage to the magic beasts that were surrounding it. One of them began to growl furiously and opened its mouth, shooting out a giant fireball.

The fireball landed directly on the head of the black magic beast, burning the top half of its body into ashes.

”It’s a Grade 4 magic beast,” Saleen said to the comrade setting up camp beside him as he watched on. The fireball had obliterated any defensive powers of the low-grade magic and had killed the black magic beast instantly. It could not have been released by any magic beast that was of Grade 3 or below.

Magic beasts were not like humans. Whatever grade they were, they could only release magic of that grade. That meant that they could not control the depletion of their magic chords. Hence, humans could use weapons and tactics to hunt them down and kill them. Through continuous harassment and depletion of the magic beast’s powers, even a swordsman could kill a Grade 4 and above magic beast so long as they could outrun it.

Seeing that its prey had a large part of itself burned away, the leader of the magic beasts pounced forward angrily and used its front claw to shoo away the magic beast that had caused trouble. The dead black magic beast did not have a large body, and now that half of it was burned away, there was even less of it for the other magic beasts to eat. The leader of the magic beasts bared its fangs and the magic beast that had been shooed away flew over ten meters and was knocked against a large tree.

The large tree started shaking violently as its tree bark split from the impact and began spewing black juice. The magic beast landed on the ground and stood up with a hiss. It also bared its fangs and gave a low growl, but it did not dare cause trouble with the leader.

Lex and the others continued building the camp. This time, Lex did not dare have the others stay in a tent and began to build a barrack. She was building a general’s barrack where even the roof was surrounded with metal. She was not afraid of a Grade 4 magic beast. However, if there were too many of them, she might not be able to avoid casualties.

If there were giant mosquitoes in god’s hell, there were likely to be even scarier flying creatures. The Myers Mainland had similar insect-like magic beasts and these magic beasts were never at the top of the food chain. A large number of giant mosquitoes could become prey for even scarier insect-like magic beasts, and even though they were only similar to Grade 1 beasts, she had been forced to use her magic scrolls.

This place was barren and was close to a forest. Insect-like magic beasts would be abundant. If they did not construct a sealed barrack, no one would be able to sleep well at night.

Saleen observed carefully. These leopard-like magic beasts had a strict hierarchy. The leader opened its mouth and ate the half of the magic beast that had not been burned, quickly swallowing it. The other six magic beasts stood around, not approaching to fight over it.

There were magic leopards in the Myers Mainland as well, but they moved around alone. These magic beasts were more like the magic wolves of the savannahs, moving around in orderly groups. However, magic wolves lived in savannahs while these magic beasts were active in the forest. They were obviously more dangerous.

”Saleen, do not worry.” Lex heard Saleen’s breathing speed up and comforted him. ”I still have enough magic scrolls with me. Once the camp has been built, so long as a Grade 8 magic beast doesn’t appear, we should be relatively safe.”

Saleen’s breathing slowed down. When the leader had been eating his prey earlier, he had turned and looked in the direction of Lex’s camp. In those purple-red eyes, Saleen had seen hunger and brutality. The magic beast had seen the camp. It had not just looked over by chance. Saleen was unusually sensitive to danger, and as he saw the magic beasts retreat into the forest, he had thoughts of turning back.

According to his knowledge of the Myers Mainland, there should not have been any high-grade magic beasts on the edge of a forest. Moreover, this area was close to the volcanoes and there would be less prey here. However, even if magic beasts that were similar to magic wolves had appeared here, his knowledge of the Myers Mainland might not have been applicable here.

If they turned back, it was possible that the volcano would explode again. If they continued forward, a vast forest awaited them. There were innumerable dangers in the forest. Staying here was not realistic either, as they would be caught between the volcanoes and forests. If the volcanic activity continued shifting north, it would be dangerous here as well. Moreover, it was possible that the magic beasts would not stay in the forest waiting. The magic beasts from earlier might come back for them.

”Lex, I think the magic beasts have noticed us,” Saleen said dryly.

”I know.” Lex began placing traps outside of the camp. The two swordmasters, Nailisi and Sika’s powers were great, and what would have taken dozens of people to build was quickly completed by the four of them.

A wind blew across the forest. After the volcanic explosion, the currents in god’s hell had grown more erratic. Beneath the grey skies, dark clouds began to gather.

Kaboom! Boom!

A bolt of lightning flashed down and disappeared into the forest in the distance, and what followed was the sound of thunder. Saleen nearly threw the alchemy binoculars onto the ground. If he had been a commoner, he would not have naturally been afraid of the sound of thunder. However, mages possessed a wealth of knowledge. Without the sun, where had the thunder come from? Inside of his books, Saleen had read that the formation of lightning was due to clouds absorbing the energy from the sun and releasing it. Could the magic books have been wrong? There is no sun in the interdimensional space. Just now…