Wallace imdiately returned to the surface after confirming that he has safely stored the machine.
He didn't even bother to check with Veda whether it was the real thing and only trusted his hunch since he had a bad feeling about staying longer on that cramped and dark place.
"Are you alright?"
Yumi asked seeing Wallace was breathing heavily. He wasn't even gone for long.
"I'm good. We have to leave this place..."
"Just like what we wanted..." Yumi smiled as she glanced at the ground.
Wallace did the sa and noticed that the previously grass-filled ground was now filled with mosquitoes...
The group was certainly attacked during the short ti he went away. This ans that this place wasn't really as peaceful as it seems to be.
At the very least, these insects were weak creatures considering that Veda had only warned him about the chiras that lurk at night.
Wallace leads the way as they quickly left the place. They were still in the forest but their current path seems to have a road that naturally ford through the years of usage.
This path may have been used by either a large number of monsters or a road might have been built here before but it just got covered by ground and so grass that grew in ti.
There seems to be no problem traveling for several hours as they avoided any troubleso mana beasts.
Rooaaarr!!
A sudden loud roar halted their movents as the sheer force coming from the sound even bent so trees.
"Let's try to avoid that..." Hannah suggested as she realized that the source of such a powerful roar was surely a strong opponent.
Yumi waited for Wallace to decide since she realized that the man looks to be more accustod to this kind of place considering his decision-making and unrivaled senses.
Roooaaarr!!
Another loud roar from a beast was heard and this ti, the origin of the sound was getting near them.
Clint and Elaine even readied their weapons in case they engaged in a fight.
"Wait, I think we need to try fighting this one. There will surely be a lot of these kinds of creatures in the place where the headmaster was staying at."
"What kind of creature?"
"Chiras..."
Crash!
They were about to ask what he ant by that word but as soon as the monster suddenly arrived in front of them, they realized that Wallace ant what he said. It was really a chira...
Grrr!
A threatening growl sounded as the monster stared at the group of people.
The chira was a mix of red deer's head, gorilla's torso, scorpion's tail, and lion's limbs. Its skin was even covered by a thin layer of scales.
It was unlike the previous bear that Wallace finished off who only had mutated so of its body to strengthen itself. This one was an abomination of a creature.
Wind Haste!
Mud Ground!
Hannah cast a quick support spell for everyone and another spell to slow the creature.
Luckily, the creature doesn't seem to be proficient in utilizing the mana hidden within its body so they quickly injured the chira.
Slice!
Hannah used her knife to cut a small part of its skin and utilized its effect. Clint used his gauntlet to land a heavy punch that throws the monster by several ters.
"Raaahh!"
The chira was hurt by these people as its eyes turned red in anger. Hannah even noticed that her 6th gen mana artifact wasn't effective with the creature.
This ti, even Wallace, who thought that this would just be an easy fight was threatened by the aura it exudes.
"Be careful! It is channeling so sinister aura on its mouth. It may launch an attack at any ti..."
Wallace reminded them as he noticed the aura accumulating on its body that was being directed to the chira's mouth.
The aura was similar to mana but it felt like it was a corrupted form of energy.
Rooaarr!
The chira made another deafening roar and this ti, it was accompanied by a powerful force that even makes the ground tremble.
They tried gaining their balance but the chira was already charging to the nearest person. It was Clint who just dealt a blow to the chira.
Blast Shield!
He was aware that his Mana Shell wouldn't last long to a rampaging beast that has a towering height of four ters. The spell he used has an ability to create a wind shock to any approaching projectile that could deflect or delay any attack.
"Co!"
Clint was readying his gauntlet and once the beast was within his reach he would release his strongest strike to finish off this beast.
Hannah had even supported Clint and cast a unique spell called Water Wave to further delay the approaching beast.
As they thought Clint would finish the opponent, a sudden thumping noise was heard and though it lasts for a re couple of seconds, they realized that there was no longer any mana present in surroundings.
"Crap!"
Clint was surprised by the sudden disappearance of Mana.
Wallace imdiately realized the graveness of the situation. Although Clint has a strong body compared to the other Adepts, he was still not a match to the huge raging beast ramming at him.
Its head's antler doesn't seem to be fragile at all and it seems that it could even destroy several trees with its single charge.
The young man used his Void Phase to quickly appear at the side of the beast and used 60 percent of his Astral Core's power to deal a heavy blow...
"Haaah!"
The chira took the hit but it wasn't thrown away this ti since it was being protected by corrupted mana. At the very least, the charging beast changed its direction and Clint avoided taking a direct hit.
"What happened? Why can't we suddenly use Mana?!"
Hannah worriedly asked as she tries to gain control of the surrounding Mana. Her Arcane Link was still there but she can just barely utilize her internal mana. She can't manipulate it and bring it outside her body.
Sothing was definitely causing a problem. They have been in places without Mana before and the only problem in those locations was that they were unable to control the surrounding mana to strengthen their spells and to utilize it for themselves.
At the very least, in those locations, they can still use their internal mana that was reserved within their bodies.
It was unlike their situation now that even summoning mana from their bodies was causing them problems!
They were worried about this incident... This continent seems to have more secrets than they expected.
"Thank you, Wallace..."
"Don't mind it. That guy was still not finished..."
As soon as he said this, he quickly activated his Astral Core and used his strongest punch to deal damage to that chira.
Splat!
Its body parts or flesh and blood splattered around the whole place.
Wallace was surprised for a bit. He didn't think that the chira would just die like this since it was able to defend his 60% strike a while ago.
As everyone sighed in relief and relaxed their bodies, Wallace was only standing on his ground and looking up in the sky.
His face was looking serious and he even slowed his breath unconsciously.
Yumi, Elaine, Hannah, and Clint noticed Wallace's unusual behavior and as soon as they glance at the direction he was looking at, they froze.
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