Chapter 442 - Join the team (1/2)

”A mage!” Someone from the group of onlookers shouted.

A mage was a rarity in the current world, so much so that usually if a person was one, they would be set for life. They could pretty much enter any kingdom as long as their power wasn't next to nothing and earn an easy living there and the empire was no different.

Even they had their team of mages and were welcoming to anyone who showed an ounce of magical talent. That was how sought after the mages were. Which made them start to wonder what was a mage possibly doing in a place like this.

Whatever the reason was, they were just happy that he was here and they thought that they now stood a chance of beating the beats or stalling it long enough for help to arrive.

However, Roy wasn't just any mage, he was a tower mage. One of the four greatest mages at Roland academy, or was one at least. But he couldn't use his full power here. There were two reasons for this. It was clear the facility was up to no good.

Right now he already had eyes gawking at him and in awe of his magic powers. But if he was to display an even greater degree of magic, there was the possibility they would use him for something else in this place.

The beast proceeded to get up and Roy threw out two more fireballs, knocking it back down again. It did minimal damage, but the force was enough to knock it away. During this time, Slyvia had picked up the girl and brought her back to her mother.

The guard she had hit from before was still on the floor, using his hand to cover the mark on his face. If it was any other time, he would have been raging with anger for what the women had done. But right now, Slyvia had her sword, and she was faced ready to fight the beast.

He felt a strange power in her and felt like if they wanted to live in this situation, they needed her alive.

The gorilla had gotten up once more and as usual, Roy threw out fireballs again, not wanting to show his arsenal of fire skills. Only using the most basic of spells. But the beast was learning and it immediately rolled as it got up from the floor avoiding the attacks, the next second it had charged towards Slyvia again.

'She'll be okay.' Roy thought.

Waiting for the right moment, as if a bull was charging towards a red piece of cloth, as soon as it hopped forward to deal a blow, she spun off to the side and attacked the beast through the stomach. But the blow was shallow.

”Damn it, I'm not as strong as the others,” Slyvia said. She knew she wasn't. While her friends were dealing with the troubles of the outside world, she had been in the council seat. Her skills hadn't deteriorated, but during this entire time, she hadn't gotten any stronger either.

A shallow cut like this was all she could really do with the equipment in her hand.

Due to the shallow wound the gorilla turned and went in for another attack, swinging its fists widely. The attacks were parried away until one of them grabbed onto her forearm. It gripped tightly, hoping to render it useless.

Then, right where the gorilla's arm was, a swing from a sword came down cutting one of the gorilla's arms off.

”Leave it to me, Slyvia!” Martha said. From one of the other dead guards she had picked up their weapon and was now using it herself. She had more Ki at her disposal than Slyvia due to the beasting process, and she also had her wind magic to help her as well.

The only problem was, swordsmanship wasn't really her forte. If she was to attack the beast, she feared it would simply dodge and she didn't know how to begin to deal with all those attacks. However, she saw an opportunity when one of the arms had grabbed onto Slyvia.

Lacing the edge of her sword with the wind magic and her Ki, she was able to create an incredibly sharp weapon that was capable of cutting the gorilla.

The beast cried and growled in pain once more, and before Martha knew it, she had been hit and whacked to the side, sent flying through the air and across the room.

Slyvia hadn't listened to what she said before. She saw an opportunity, and she was going to take it. The most vulnerable time and the best time to attack was when someone was attacking. That was when they would let their defense down.

Thrusting her sword forward she aimed slightly left of the chest, hoping to pierce the heart. She used her keen senses to make sure there was a heartbeat present there, and aimed to kill the beats in one blow.

It may have had the power of an advanced tier, but its body was still only that of an intermediate tier. She just needed to gather power.

'I need to give it everything I have. Somewhere, anywhere, just give me power.' She thought.

Then, one of her eyes started to slightly fill with black, mixed in with Ki, a dark sinister energy had joined it. She certainly felt more powerful and was disregarding where it was coming from and at that moment. She had stabbed the beast right in its heart.