Erik pushed open the unlocked door, stepping into a long corridor. The system's voice echoed in his mind.
Erik directed the mana towards the Frostwind Fire Tempest's neural links.
"Ti for so fireworks."
The air crackled with frost and fla, and the temperature fluctuated wildly.
A miniature sun seed to form in his palm, its heat radiating outward. Then he launched the ball to the door.
The tal door buckled and flew off its hinges, a fiery vortex spewing into the open space beyond, mingling with chilling temperatures that released an imnse cloud of hot vapor that not only prevented everyone from seeing but also cooked alive all those around him.
The Blackguards were caught in the blast, their armor lting and their screams drowned out by the inferno.
[ENEMY HUMANS KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]
[0%, 1%, 5%, 30%, 70%, 100%]
[MANA SUCCESSFULLY ABSORBED, STARTING CONVERTING PROCEDURE.]
[3...2...1...0]
[MANA SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED INTO EXPERIENCE. 1260000 EXPERIENCE POINTS AND 12600 DNA POINTS AWARDED TO THE HOST.]
[LEVEL UP.]
[LEVEL UP.]
[LEVEL UP.]
Those who survived scrambled for cover, their laser rifles aid at the fiery entrance.
Erik erged from the door. The explosion set part of the surroundings on fire, which illuminated everything, but the vapor made it hard to see.
Richard was still on his shoulder, unconscious. But that was a lucky event, since Richard would have been in a ton of pain otherwise.
Erik didn't waste a second. "Co and get ," he said.
The blackguards heard him, and charged, but most of them didn't even have the ti to swing their arm or press the trigger that they ended up dead on the floor.
He didn't wait for the vapor to dissipate; instead, he used it as a cover while reducing the temperature in his imdiate surroundings to protect both him and Richard.
The chamber was full of bodies scattered amongst smoldering debris. But the few remaining blackguards, though shaken, were not defeated. Instead, they had a mad glint in their eyes.
The system's voice was grim.
Erik's grin widened, a predator's thrill coursing through him. "Excellent," he said. "Let's see what you've got from Doran's research."
The surviving blackguards attacked, plunging deep within the vapor. "Foolish."
Erik vanished, turning invisible within the mist.
The blackguards did not know that happened. Then, from the heart of the vapor, an illusion of Erik materialized.
The blackguard attacked, but that went through it. A wind blade arrived from the opposite side.
The blackguard reacted, creating a mana shield that got destroyed. Another blackguard fell.
"Where is he?"
"I don't know?!"
"Find hi—"
Erik slit the man's throat.
He reappeared behind another blackguard, his movents silent and swift. Before the man could react, Erik's hand was around his throat.
The man pumped mana into his brain, increasing his strength at least three tis, but it wasn't yet enough to break Erik's grip.
"Try as you want. You die today."
He snapped the blackguard's neck, his body crumpling to the ground.
Another illusion flickered into existence. A blackguard tried to attack him by using fire brain crystal power. But the illusion went through it.
Erik had enough. He conjured a series of wind blades. They sliced through the vapor, and after each second, thuds echoed across the area.
More and more bodies slumped on the ground, heads missing.
[LEVEL UP.]
"Even two brain crystal powers can't save you."
The system did the equivalent of rolling its eyes up. In the anti, Erik killed more blackguards.
The last few tried to flee. But Erik didn't let them go. He hunted them down, one by one. It took so ti, though, because the fuckers went into a panic and scattered. Erik did all that while holding Richard on his shoulders.
When the vapor finally cleared, Erik stood alone amidst the carnage, his clothes untarnished and his breath even. The area was silent; the only sound was the crackling of the dying fire.
"We're almost out of here," he said, turning to Richard.
With the man still draped over his shoulder, Erik surveyed the area. He needed a way out, and he needed it fast.
Erik raised an eyebrow.
Erik's grip on Richard tightened.
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