28 Kobolds (2/2)

As the voice of the chip ended a line appears on the ground in front of Zatiel, showing him the path to take.

”Let's go,” Zatiel and Sophia follow the path that the line marked and after a couple of hours they reached their first destination.

In front of them were small mountains with caves that led to its insides, and in the entrance, you could see small humanoid creatures with a lizard appearance, they were kobolds a race know for their hate for other species.

´Kobolds usually have a power bordering between a rank 2 and 3 apprentices, by what I can feel inside those mountains there must be around one hundred of them,´ Zatiel was assessing the enemies and preparing his plan of action.

”We have come here to kill those kobolds?” Sophia knew that with his power she will not be of much help in a fight so she was nervous before a possible battle.

”No, what we are after is some mineral that can be found inside those mountains, as for killing those kobolds, although they are dragon spawn, this ones here are too weak and even if we kill all of them and purify their blood, it will not get us a single drop of dragon blood. Besides we need someone to mine this place.”

”You are hoping that they obey you?” Sophia could not image how Zatiel was going to get those creatures to mine for him.

”Of course, if the only choice they have is between certain death and obedience, I am sure they will take the last,” Zatiel spoke with such a certainty like it had done this type of thing hundreds of times before.

Sophia didn't know what to answer to that, after all, although Zatiel is very powerful there are a full mountain fo kobolds against him.

Zatiel saw the confusion in her face but did say nothing, and commanded the chip ”A.I. Chip scan both of us.”

”Bip... Analyzing host.

Strengh: 12.3

Physique: 14.8

Agility:11.9

Abyss Aura: 15.7”

After eating hundreds of rat-mans, always having for meals the bodies of some magical creature and the acceleration in his abyss aura thanks to his work in runes Zatiel stats have grown tremendously.

When an apprentices reach a Spirit Force of 15 they take the title of Pseudo-Magi, due to already reaching the level of energy they needed to initiate the process of advancing to rank 1, but Neo-Demons require much more energy before they advance, having to get to 20 points before they can begin. Although the difference didn't look like much, those last five points will take more effort to get that all the others before them, and from now on only foods that have the energy level of a rank 3 apprentice or more have an effect on his body.

”Bip... scanning apprentice Sophia.

Strength:5.1

Physique:4.6

Agility: 5.3

Spirit Force:7.3

Status of the body: Severe deformation is detected in the organism. Due to the contamination of the body, advance to rank 1 is almost impossible.”

´The contamination allows her to get great physical power even though she has never trained her body, but it also contaminates her energy and constitution.´ Zatiel figure out the condition of Sophia immediately with the chip. He had several ways in which he can help her, but now is not the time, and he focused back on his current mission.

”Stay behind me,” Having said that Zatiel walks directly to the mountains without trying to hide from the kobolds.

Sophia didn't know what he was planning but after a little hesitation, she follows him.

The kobolds detected Zatiel and started to scream threateningly as they called the rest of their members. It didn't take long for a dozen of them to get together and charge at him.

Zatiel saw them attack, and his abyss aura started burst but he didn't launch any spell. What he did was releasing all the strength of his magnetic force field.

The moment he did that, a pressure so huge originated from his body that makes the kobolds that were running to attack them stop at once, almost falling. Their bodies started to tremble with fear showing up in their eyes and as Zatiel walked forward they started to move back.