878 Life over Money Part 1 (2/2)

The second floor also had large windows, and the space between the twenty-four elemental stone statue soldiers was very wide too. Saleen commanded the situation, having the fireballs dance about within the crevices, being pleased for finding out again what it was like to be a mage.

Control!

A mage's combat tactics laid within absolute control.

A diamond cut diamond situation was something not even swordsmen would have gladly put themselves in. The wisdom, skills, and experience of a mage became the determining factors deciding the outcome of a battle. Saleen was a grade-8 mage. If he had encountered grade-7 monsters in the number of tens of thousands, he would have done nothing else but run.

That time however, Saleen used the surroundings of the crystal tower to his own advantage, allowing him to leisurely kill the pests one by one. Saleen was able to run anytime if he wanted to. The reason why he stayed was because he knew of the immense importance the soul shards had for repairing Nailisi's twelve Notes of Purgatory. If it was on the Myers Mainland, he would not have dared allow Nailisi do something like that, as that would have been similar to what black magicians did.

Fycro dared kill one-hundred-thousand people just to create soul beads. If Saleen dared attempt something like that, his conscience would have eaten him inside out. These pests, however, were little else but materials walking up to Nailisi.

The adventure into the abyss gradually changed Saleen's way of thinking. In the past, he liked running away, unless it was absolutely necessary to fight or victory was promised. That time however, Saleen felt the rush of having everything under his control.

Such abilities came from wisdom, instead of some powerful magic chords.

Time flew and Nailisi had been killing thousands of pests. The number of monsters trying to enter the tower did not seem to be reduced though. Nailisi had an epiphany all of the sudden, it was a result of her demonic lineage. ”Some unusually dangerous monster are getting near us!”

The danger that monsters posed surpassed the power of all the pests combined. The pests would have tore Saleen and his followers to pieces if they were in an open field. It was precisely because they were in such an enclosed environment that the pests were not able to harm even one hair on him.

”Master!”, Nailisi shouted and took her demon form, the spear Saleen crafted for her in her hand. Saleen felt the approaching danger as well, which was an ability resulting from the soul contract between him and Nailisi, as well as the one between him and the Goddess of Myers.

The two contracts allowed Saleen's sense of danger to be on par with that of Nailisi.

”What is that?!” Saleen quickly retreated to the third story and looked outside. He was only able to see a huge humanoid shadow making its way to the tower from streets faraway.

The humanoid being was eight yards tall. Saleen's Elemental Eye opened at full force, and found that the long, black hair the being was dragging behind him was the same thing that made up the pests: dust.

The only difference there was that the dust did not flow and fluctuate, and behaved like true hair. Every single hair was clear, and swayed about in the water.

The being's face was vague, but he did have a human face. He carried a long double-edged blade in his hand. The blade's seven yard long body drew a broad path in the seawater. There was nothing standing in his way.

What was most eerie about him was that the being was naked from the waist up, with an even bigger face located at the spot where his chest met the stomach. The face opened its mouth wide, and it evil-looking eyes wandered about left and right.

The pests it had its eyes on were all monsters above grade-7. Once the face picked out a pest, the eight yard tall figure would just walk up to it and cut it to pieces with one slash, and then it swallowed the soul shards with its big mouth on his torso.

The mouth was filled with sharp teeth, which were all gray. Terrifying shrieks were heard with every soul shard bitten.

No pests were about to run. The figure was not quick with his movements. It was just that whenever he went, the pests were only able to kneel on the ground, waiting their turn to be slaughtered in a terrified manner.

Saleen immediately summoned Gloria. Regardless of how dumb she was, she would at least have some impression of the creature.

”Gloria, look. What the hell is that?”, Saleen pointed at the creature killing the pests, and shared his own senses with her at the same time.

”Master, you are going to be rich. That is an Angel of Fear,” Gloria answered, which unsettled Saleen.

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”A grade-12 pest. Catch him, and your mental powers will grow immensely!”