Chapter 159 - Formation (1/2)

When the team leader activated the formation, hundreds of yellow lightning bolts struck the monster. They took it by surprise. Because their group acted silently, the monster didn't even feel it was surrounded. Only when the electric shocks went through its body did it realize it was under attack, but it was too late.

Mana of the twelve magicians had been poured into that formation. Sure, the monster was of the first rank and far stronger than any of them, but it couldn't resist that kind of power. In a matter of seconds, its body was toasted by lightning. For the last seconds of its life, it was in true agony.

<Formations are really serious weapons... I think if they had just activated this spell without formations, it would have done almost no damage to this monster. Now this terrible monster died under the onslaught of lightning.>

Evan was stunned, he knew the formation had to be powerful, but he didn't expect it to be such powerful. Nevertheless, many conditions had to be met to create the formation.

First, a certain number of people are needed to create the formation. The number depends on how much mana you have and how powerful a formation you are going to create. Secondly, you need two kinds of scrolls: the scroll of the spell used to create the formation, as well as the scroll of the formation itself. Thirdly, you need special stakes to infuse the magic circle with mana.

So, to create and activate one single formation you needed several people, spell scrolls, stakes, and a lot of mana. Nevertheless, the difficulty and expense are more than offset by the incredible power of the formation.

<If they had fought this monster, few of them would have survived. But, now the monster is dead, and they are unharmed.>

None of these people had yet reached the ”One-Pointed Star”, they were weaker than Evan. The young man realized this from their auras: they were quite weak. But thanks to the formation, they were able to kill such a strong monster.

”Great, that`s gone just perfect.  Be quick, take everything of value, and let's go.” The team leader said loudly and headed for the monster.

Swing.

The man drew his sharp sword from its sheath and plunged it deep into the monster's flesh. Next, he plunged his hand into the monster's wound and after a couple of seconds, he pulled an apple-sized green crystal from its body.

<Hmm? What is it?”>. Evan didn't know what the thing was in the man's hands. The crystal was obviously very valuable since the commander had personally pulled it out.

But, that crystal wasn't the only thing of value one could get from that monster. The other members of the group took some of the monster's skin, fangs, claws, and tail. All of this could be sold on the market for good money. Armor, weapons, and artifacts were made from these materials.

”Hey, let's go!” Said the commander, and the group quickly left.

<I think I should go after them. Perhaps, this man knows at least something about how to find the members of the ”Demonic Tree”, I shouldn't pass up such an opportunity. Any information would be useful to me.> Evan thought and quickly jumped down from the tree.

He was going to follow their group unnoticed. He knew he couldn't handle that many people alone, but in any case, he could easily escape. Individually they were weaker than him, even the group leader. What's more, Evan wasn't alone now, he had the raven who could kill several people with a single attack.

Whoosh.

Evan followed the group and kept about thirty meters away from them. There was no way they could have seen him because Evan was acting cautiously. They had no idea anyone was following them now. Their job was to get the materials from the monster to the base and that`s all.