184 Left Hand Part 1 (1/2)

Saleen had cleared more than half of the evil spirits at once and the remaining few had quickly located him and pounced over. Saleen retreated two steps and had Daniel take over.

The death mage was much tougher looking than Saleen and the magic gestures that he made with both his hands were perfect. He kept silent as he recited his curses and completed his death magic.

Without a doubt, he was a hardworking person as well. It was just too bad that he did not possess a good magic lineage.

Saleen observed closely this time and looked for Daniel’s flaws and strong points. Like him, Daniel was looking to increase the speed of his magic, but he could reach the maximum speed of a single spell, and when combining spells, he did not have the powers of Saleen.

Giant bone shackles appeared in thin air and came from all sides, trapping three evil spirits inside. The three evil spirits were shackled at their heads and limbs, unable to move an inch.

This level-1 spell could only be used to control a mid-grade swordsman at best and could only be used once the swordsman was defenseless. A high-grade swordsman would be able to use his powers to break apart the shackles.

Saleen was delighted when he saw it. This magic was quite good. In a one-on-one battle, its flexibility was not as good as that of the frost array, but on the battlefield. It could control many enemies at once and was much better than the frost array.

If Daniel was with a warrior like Sika, he would only need to lock down their enemies for the warrior to be able to decapitate everyone.

Daniel must be kept by my side, Saleen started to think.

In choosing a death mage as a partner, Aini might have had stronger combat abilities, but Saleen could not be certain of Aini’s temper. He had gained the approval of Aini’s parents and had gone through life and death with Aini. It was possible that he was Aini’s only friend as well. However, Aini was a person with ideas of his own, and once he decided upon something, Saleen could not stop him.

Aini could not be controlled.

Daniel was different. His parents were not in the Qin Empire and when Saleen had come here, he had at least had Sika and Nailisi. Daniel was all alone, and not only did he not have anyone, but he was being watched closely by the people of the Holy See.

At this thought, Saleen smiled at Daniel and walked towards the evil spirits that had been restrained within the bone shackles.

The bone shackles had been created by death mages for battle and had many uses. This was death magic that required a medium and at minimum, a death mage needed to prepare some bone powder for its use. Hence, a dispersing spell was useless against the shackles, as they could only be crushed into bits. Furthermore, if there were any pieces left afterwards, they would remain there for a certain period of time.

Magic which was partially physical was very hard to deal with, and if one’s grade was not sufficient, it would be very difficult to dispel using techniques alone. Low-grade officers on the battlefield were swordsmen at most, and these spells could be used to completely halt any charging troops. No flaws existed with them.

Saleen approached the shackles. On them were not magic patterns, but rather, streaks of blood. The shapes of the bones were uneven and each nudge caused the evil spirits to be crushed even tighter. The evil spirits started scowling, long since having forgotten any language they had spoken when they were alive.

They were trapped in a hell-like space, never to die but having to suffer the eternal pain of hunger. If they came across anything to eat, they would suffer an worse fate. They would be driven by instinct to consume it, but any food they consumed would be split from them and become another evil spirit.

They could not avoid eating, but the more they ate, the hungrier they became. This was the life these evil spirits were living.

”What did they do to suffer such a punishment?” Saleen said. He was only thinking aloud and did not actually expect these spirits who had lost their minds to reply to him.

”Since the black deacon called this hell, it would be better for all of you to die than to live forever in hell… that is the cruellest punishment.”

As Saleen spoke, he took out a small bottle filled with restorative water. This object had mutated under Saleen’s magic, and yet it was unusually stable and nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Besides the fact that the amount of restorative water that Saleen created was eight times greater than anyone else, there was nothing different about it.

The restorative water in itself was a concept of unfinished magic. In other words, the process of completing this magic was incredibly slow and stable.

Even for a mage who was unfamiliar with a Water Magic, so long as they successfully created restorative water, they would be able to store it for six days. Only after six days would the spell be considered complete and start losing its effects. Saleen was not sure himself how long his restorative water could be stored, but whenever he was free, he would create a portion of restorative water to store. A single portion from him was equivalent to eight portions from another mage.

The clear, transparent restorative water floated in midair and Saleen recited his magic curse carefully. He could not afford to make any mistakes during this attack. A single mistake would mean that he would need to spend few more hours in this god forsaken place.

The restorative water gathered together and was slowly stretched thinner. The spell in Saleen’s hands was completed almost instantly and a long thick water current formed in the air, combining perfectly with the restorative water.

Current Cutter. Level-4 Water Magic.

Before he had learned this spell, Saleen had not thought that this spell would be sharper than the Ice Blade spell. It could be continuously upgraded until grade-10.