I Just Want A Peaceful Life

by Stayrr

( avg 45k ) What if the strongest person reincarnated to another world. Will he keep pursuing his dream to have a peaceful life? “Ding.. The Idle system is fully integrated.” “Wait… Why am I keep getting stronger!” Or will he conquer this new world? Seek and stay tune Angus's adventure in another world.

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Entering the stone building, Angus and Jayna found an altar with few items in the middle of the empty stone building. Based on the item's aura, they found it should be an artifact.

An artifact is a very rare item with many kinds of effects. So, getting one means getting a huge jackpot. But they managed to get a few at once after their first search.

Would that mean they will get more if they managed to harvest all the stone buildings? Now, both of them feel relieved that their hard work during the past hours is not useless.

As Angus's deduction is correct, both of them immediately take whole artifacts before going to another house that the clock arm pointed at.

During the way, Angus realized that the highest grade monster movement set in a pattern and occasionally stopped for a certain time. Then, they moved back to their previous spot before coming back again later after stopping.

Still, he decided to think about it later and focused on harvesting the rest of the stone buildings that the clock arms pointed at.

In the meantime, less than 30 hours are left before the inner area closes. During this time, most people already decided to go towards the stone pyramid in the middle area to go back.

"Tch.. another empty building. Just where do they hide the treasure like Colossus?" complained Neil before going out of the building.

Not only Neil, but many other people in the inner area also couldn't get something good during their search. The inner area may contain hidden treasures like a colossus. However, to get them is entirely up to their fate.

Some people with better luck could get something like books, scrolls, and weapons during their search. But, most of them couldn't get something good.

As time kept running, some of the despicable people decided to wait and ambush people near the portal before looting their harvest. Since this is similar to a restricted dungeon, as long as they leave no witness, there is no problem killing the others.

While all of this is happening, Angus and Jayna continue their treasure hunt unknowingly with the help of the monster's position as their guide.

Using the clock arm as an indicator, Angus and Jayna managed to sweep all the stone houses. They found artifacts and many various things like scrolls, books, and much other stuff.

Angus and Jayna are currently completely exhausted after running nonstop since they managed to solve the clock arms puzzle. Despite that, they are still happy with their harvest.

Fortunately, during their search, they didn't cross paths with anybody and create unnecessary conflict. Moreover, there are only less than ten hours left, so everyone is already near the exit at the top of the stone pyramid rather than searching for some unknown treasure.

Still, Angus's instinct tells him that this is not all. He feels like something is missing. Looking at his clock arm drawing once again, he found that each of the clock arms has the same distance and interval from one with the others.

After looking carefully, he found there is one clock arm that is missing. Then, Angus tells Jayna about this new discovery.

However, Jayna is already too exhausted to reply and give a reaction. She already reaches her limit and even drinks some potion during their search to keep up with Angus.

"Angus, don't worry about me. Just go check that place." said Jayna while sitting on the ground.

"No way, I will never leave you behind." replied Angus.

"But, it could be something more precious than what we found before." said Jayna.

"We gather all of this together, so we should stick to the end together." said Angus before carrying Jayna in a bridal pose.

"Kyaa.. Angus, What are you doing?" Jayna was startled at Angus's sudden action.

"Hold on.. It's going to be a little bit rough [Beast Walk]. *Whoosh*" Angus disappeared on the spot and appeared far away from their previous location.

Angus keeps using [Beast Walk] to his fullest speed while carrying Jayna. He also didn't forget to keep using [Great Mana Echolocation] to check the clock arm position.

Soon, they finally arrive at the stone house that was supposed to be pointed by the missing clock arm.

"Haa.. Ha.. We made it in time. Ha.. Ha.. Let's go check our last harvest." said Angus while calming his breath

"Angus, are you okay?" asked Jayna worriedly.

"It's okay. Ha.. Ha.. I just need to catch my breath." said Angus while taking out the last potion he could consume to rejuvenate himself.

The potion has limited usage. Continuously drinking potion will reduce its effect until it becomes null. It needs a certain period before people can drink the same potion again to get its effect.

Currently, both Angus and Jayna already drink the potion to their body limit. Drinking any potion further will only increase the recovery time they need for the potion to work again.

This is the first time Angus feels exhausted physically and mentally to the limit since his reincarnation.

Seeing that there are only fewer than seven hours left, they decide to continue despite being exhausted.

Without wasting any more time, they entered the stone house while supporting one another. Inside the stone building, they found the same altar as the previous stone building. However, there is nothing on the top of the altar except the swirl pattern all over it.

Looking at the similar swirl pattern, Angus immediately takes out his wooden bracelet in his left hand and shows it towards the swirl pattern on the altar.

A moment later, the bracelet shines brightly, and the swirl pattern on the top of the altar moves. The swirl pattern into a sort of sentence in the middle of the altar.

However, Angus couldn't recognize the language of the sentence despite his vast knowledge of the ancient language. As he wanted to give up, fire mana flared up from Jayna.

At this moment, Jayna's eyes changed into a sharp bird's eye, looking intently at sentences on the altar.

"Sacrifice everything in the memory of the forgotten ones." said Jayna in a deep voice.

After that, Jayna fell to the ground, and her fire mana disappeared like it never existed before.

"Jayna, are you alright?" Angus supports her.

"Yeah… It's just.. I am not sure.. I suddenly got another vision about Fire Phoenix life." said Jayna.

Since Fire Phoenix's life is very long, her memory is also too immense for her to handle. So, with the help of [Arctic Heart, Jayna fragmented the memory not to burden her mind.

However, occasionally her memory could resurface if there is a strong trigger like this or when she feels the other phoenix aura before.

After calming down a little bit, "I think the altar needs a sacrifice for the next part." said Jayna.

"Sacrifice.. What needs to be sacrificed? Based on what you said, we need to sacrifice everything in memory of the forgotten ones." said Angus.

"Argh… why so much puzzle. Now, I am furious at the one that created this place. It feels like this place should not be found by any.. one" said Angus slowly at the later part.

"Don't tell me… This is another Jail??" said Jayna.

The last time Angus and Jayna reach the place where everyone didn't want to be found is the jail of Fire Phoenix and almost killed both of them.

After being silent for a moment, both of them looked at each other with unwavering eyes. Although they are afraid about what will happen next, they also didn't want to give up after coming this far.

"Let's get this over until the end." said Angus steeled himself.

"Yeah.. We are already too far to give up now." replied Jayna.

"Still, what's the meaning of sacrificing everything? Everything is kind of an ambiguous word. Don't tell me we need to kill ourselves?" said Angus.

"I think that's not it. Since all this time, the answer is always coming from this place, so it must be connected to this place." said Jayna.

"Wait a minute… Don't tell me.. all the monsters? No, that's not possible. The altar is not big enough to contain them. Then, the only possible thing is something that we got from this place. Those artifacts and all our harvest!!" Angus thought out loud.

"That's quite logical. Since everything we have now is only that stuff if we are not bringing anything." said Jayna.

"So, we need to throw all that stuff into the altar??" said Angus while taking out the pouch storage that stores all the stuff they gathered before.

Looking at Angus's reluctant behavior, "Urgh.. give it to me." said Jayna as she snatched the pouch storage.

Then, without wasting any moment, she poured everything they gathered on the altar. As soon as she finished pouring everything, the altar shone brightly. It is so bright that it envelops the whole building.

Then, a loud clockwork bell sounded all over the inner area. *Teng* *Teng* *Teng*

Some of the people that still stay in the inner area are confused at the sudden occurrence. However, besides the sound, they couldn't see any change. In the meantime, the rumored dark elves look at the sky.

"Something is just released." said the dark-skinned woman before continuing to go towards the pyramid exit.

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After the loud bell sound, Angus arrives in a dark space with countless small dim lights all over the place. He feels like inside the water and without any gravity, yet he could breathe normally. To be exact, the place he currently resides is similar to outer space.

Looking that Jayna is gone from his side, Angus begins to use [Great Mana Echolocation] to understand his current situation. However, unlike usual, Angus didn't get feedback and result from his skill. It feels like this place is boundless and void, like outer space itself.

Despite his skill failing to understand his current situation, he unknowingly feels calm. He starts to feel unimaginably relaxation from his mind and body. All his lethargy and tiredness he had before is gone leaving behind the cozy and soothing feeling.

Being in this unknown state for an unknown time, he begins to forget all his worries, friends, his past life, dreams, even himself.

In this boundless place, Angus could see his memory start to fade one by one. His body also becomes transparent with each memory he has forgotten. It feels like the world is also beginning to forget him.

At this moment, Angus comes to a realization. He doesn't know why. But, he is familiar with this feeling. This is the feeling when he is dying in his past world and forgotten by everyone.

However, the feeling is more potent than before, and he unconsciously begins to forget everyone in his retaliation. He tries to make everyone disappear from his sight and memory leaving only an empty void and peacefulness.

Still, there is one thing that he could not forget, Jayna Heart. Unknowingly, he couldn't forget her despite the fact that he could forget his own family like nothing. Rather than forgetting his girlfriend, he begins to remember her more.

Their first encounter inside the academy testing ceremony. Teasing Jayna in the class. Annoy her by ignoring her challenge. Amazed by her appearance in the noble's gathering and royal palace.

The time they spend together all this time. The vow he takes under the starry night like this place. The life and death situation inside the Endless Battlefield dimension.

All of this memory keeps resurfacing and shows in the surrounding. He feels like seeing a movie yet also real.

Even though he likes to reminisce about his memory of Jayna, he also feels dissatisfied. He became longing for her but couldn't reach her at the same time. This feeling soon becomes endless torture for him.

After an unknown time, "Why can't I forget her? I could forget everything, even myself, but not her. I should just enjoy the peace and forget everything as everyone has forgotten about me." a voice comes from inside Angus.

"But why can't I forget her. What did she do to be always remembered by me who even forgot myself." the voice from inside Angus kept rambling.

Despite his struggle, he keeps remembering and longing for her. He starts to become crazy from this endless torture. Second become minute, minute becomes hours, day, months, soon become years. Yet, he still couldn't forget Jayna.

After another unknown amount of time which feels like an eternity, "Does it hurt?" a deep voice coming from space.

"Yes." replied Angus's inner voice.

"Which one is hurt the most, to be forgotten or couldn't forget something." said the voice.

"Couldn't forget something." said Angus's inner voice.

"Do you want to forget it?" asked the voice.

"Ye…. NO.. Never, I vow to always be by her side. I vow to keep her trust. I will never forget her even after I die." yelled Angus interrupt his inner voice.

"Even if it hurts and tortures you for eternity?" asked the voice again.

"Yes.. A-At least it's better than forgetting her." replied Angus in a gloomy tone like he knows that he will suffer for eternity from his answer.

"Good.. Please keep her by your side and remember her. Unlike what I did in the past." said the deep voice before strange energy coming towards Angus.

"As someone that is already forgotten by the world and times, I can't give you anything, But I could help to never forget about her."

"When you forget your path, you will remember her. When you forget yourself, you will remember her. When you become nothing like me, you will remember her. Some say this is a curse, but there is nothing more painful than forgetting someone precious to you."

"Now, Go, rise, embrace your path and live your life. Wreak havoc in this world, my heir." said the voice.

Suddenly, the dark space was destroyed into pieces like a mirror. At this moment, Angus is aware that he is lying on Jayna's lap. Jayna herself seems to be crying nonstop while calling his name.

"Jayna, why are you crying?" asked Angus as he hugged his girlfriend.

"Angus… You… Y-You are back. Huaaaa… I thought I lost you!!" said Jayna while hugging Angus back.

Suddenly, Another booming voice heard from every side, "T-This is impossible!!!"

Hearing this voice, Angus begins to realize their current situation. His memory begins to return like waking up from a long-time dream.

'What is that place? Is that a dream? No.. It's too real to be called a dream?' thought Angus while enjoying the warmth of Jayna as this is something he has been longing for a long time.

Looking around, Angus realizes that they are in a sort of enclosed circular chamber with various majestic stone sculptures around them.

Although it is a stone sculpture, it looks genuine, like it is alive. It is like a piece of art that no one could create. The statue is so beautiful yet alive and radiates an imposing aura. The previous booming voice also comes from these majestic sculptures.

If it is not because of his desire to stay with Jayna, Angus will already turn into a nerdy mode to analyze every piece of this art.

After getting his bearings, "Jayna, what exactly is going on?" Angus reluctantly releases Jayna from his hug and stares at her.

Then, Jayna tells him the moment after they put all the items they gather on the altar. After the altar shone a bright light, A booming voice was heard from all sides.

"Stop!!" yelled the booming voice.

Before they could realize it, both Jayna and Angus arrive at this chamber. Even Draven, who hides in Angus's shadow, is also forced to come out. The next moment, Jayna feels Angus's presence start to fade slowly.

Like to respond with his master, Draven also begins to curl up in pain and get weaker as time goes by. Seeing this, Jayna begins to grab the unconscious Angus, trying to wake him.

However, no matter what she did, Angus couldn't wake up. Even his body begins to fade away slowly. She slowly starts to forget Angus. However, at one moment, fire mana flared up from her body.

She heard a faint voice that was similar to the fire phoenix, "Don't give up!! Keep remembering him!!"

After that, Jayna keeps calling Angus's name without stopping and trying to keep remembering their memory together.

While all this happened, the statue in the chamber could only stay silent, looking at Angus's fading body.

They have already seen too many times about this scene happening in the past. None of them ever survive and are always completely gone in the end, being forgotten by everyone. However, somehow Angus managed to be back and alive, hugging Jayna.

Hearing Jayna's explanation about the current situation, "So, you are saying I am fading away?" asked Angus, who kept caressing Jayna.

"Uhum.. Yeah.. It feels like I am going to forget you at any time. But, somehow, there is something that prevents that from happening. No, I don't want to forget you." replied Jayna while embracing Angus.

Looking at Jayna's vulnerable state, "It's okay. I am not going anywhere." said Angus trying to reassure Jayna.

After a while, "Ehem.. I am sorry to interrupt you. However, there is something we want to ask you." said one of the stone statues.

"No problem. I also want to know about our current situation." replied Angus while keeping Jayna on his side.

Despite his experience before being like a dream, his longing feeling towards Jayna is still real. If it is not because of his impeccable self-control, he may already eat Jayna.

Still, he restrained his inner desire since he could feel the presence inside each of these stone sculptures. His feelings towards Jayna that start from interest and love turn into obsession and make him not want to share her with the others no matter the situation.

"Yes, you may be confused about your current situation, young one. So, let me explain your current situation." said one of the statues.

According to the statue's explanation, this ancestral ruin is actually a temple to worship kings. In ancient times, the king was not only a title that could be easily obtained. When someone becomes king, it means the world itself recognizes them as the king.

This is different from the current king, which could easily be obtained from a simple coronation. All these statues inside this chamber are actually the ancient kings in the past that are recognized by the world.

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All the ancient kings in the chamber may have already died and gone a long time ago. However, their simple projection remains here as the world recognizes them and preserves their title.

Hearing this, Angus remembers the experience he just got before. The experience of being forgotten by everyone and the voice he heard inside that space. There is a similarity between this ancient king's voice and the previous voice he heard.

'Don't tell me, that deep voice in that space is also the ancient king?' thought Angus inwardly.

According to the ancient king, nobody truly knows who is the one that created this place in the first place. Some speculated the world itself makes this place. Then, it was modified and changed as time went by.

Before everyone arrived here and modified this place, there was already one altar concealed and sealed from everyone. This is the same altar that Angus and Jayna found before coming here.

This is also the oldest altar among the others. Based on the ancient king's story, everyone who managed to fulfill this altar requirement will be fading away and forgotten by everyone.

No matter how strong they are, all of them will turn into nothingness and be forgotten even by the world itself.

The oldest ancient king in the chamber explained that after his countless research, he speculated this place's purpose is to worship the deceased king, which means this altar also belonged to the ancient king before their time.

Because of its accursed nature, it is called the Forgotten King's altar. Knowing the terrible nature of the altar, some ancient kings in the past decided to bend the world and sealed this whole place.

After being modified countless times by notable and strong people, this place became a place where people received a blessing or legacy from the deceased one.

The stone buildings in the inner area symbolized the place for people to get a legacy after they fulfill the deceased one requirement.

Most of them have a heavy requirement before they could give a person their legacy. Some just leave them to fate. Some are carefully choosing based on their own preference.

However, unlike the others that come after the ancient king, the ancient king's stone house couldn't be easily modified and changed easily.

Apparently, this ancient king stone house is also the one that is directed by the arm clock from the monster position. The oldest ancient king in this chamber created this mechanism to separate people who genuinely deserve their legacy.

Hearing this, Angus and Jayna couldn't help but be surprised since it means that this oldest ancient king knows how to subdued and control the monster to do his bidding.

Looking at their surprised expression, "Hahaha… Don't be too surprised, young one. In my time, many other people were capable of doing what I did."

"However, to change the world, only us, the ancient king, could be capable of doing these things." said one of the ancient kings proudly.

Angus and Jayna couldn't help but think how strong all of this ancient king was when they were still alive. They also believed that the phrase 'changing the world' must be quite different from their understanding of changing the world.

'Based on what they told us, these ancient kings must be at least stronger than seventh grade.' thought Angus and Jayna.

After explaining the nature of this place, "So, the question is, how come you survive from being forgotten?" asked one of the ancient kings.

"I am not sure myself. After the altar shines bright, I arrive..." as Angus told his experience inside the outer space before truthfully.

Since they are great people from their time, Angus thought it is better to tell them truthfully than to keep to himself without a way to understand his current situation.

Moreover, Angus didn't truly get anything besides being cursed or blessed by always remembering Jayna.

Hearing Angus's story and experience, all the ancient kings become silent and seem to think deeply. Until finally, the oldest ancient king decided to break the silence.

"So, I was right. That thing is also an altar for ancient kings like us. Well, at least now we could solve the question that has plagued us for a long time. Now, what should we do for these two young ones?" said the oldest ancient king.

"Of course, I will give them my knowledge and power as they managed to solve the oldest one's test." said one of the kings.

"Hey, you cannot do that. You already passed your knowledge towards someone in this generation." said one of the feminine queen-like statues.

"Who said there is a rule not to pass it to more than one person." counter the previous ancient king.

"I will take him as my heir. I could feel his elemental affinity is fire. So, It should be me who is called as Firelord to take him as my heir."

"Heir?? Didn't you choose someone before?." rebuked another ancient king.

"Hey, it already happened thousands of years ago. There is no way my heir will still survive." countered the Firelord ancient king.

"Hmm… I could feel your potential and beast nature in your body. Little girl, how about you become my heir, this Queen of Beast." said one of the feminine ancient kings to Jayna with an enchanting voice.

Apparently, the ancient king in this chamber consists not only of men but also women who get recognition from the world. It shows the world itself does not differentiate between gender.

"No way, I already decided to take her as my heir. I could feel an enormous life force in her body. My ancient power is the most suitable for her." rebuked another feminine ancient king.

"She is someone that could resist forgetting her boyfriend. It means her will is strong and more suitable for my power." replied another feminine ancient king.

As the ancient kings argue one with the others, "One of them seems to have the power of the oldest being while the others have the limitless potential that could survive the forgotten altar. No wonder, all of us want them as our heir." said one of the ancient kings.

"Hmm… Quite all of you!!" yelled the oldest ancient king.

All of the ancient kings immediately shut their mouths and wait for the oldest ancient king. Based on this reaction, Angus suspects that this oldest ancient king may be the strongest among the others here.

After a while of silence, "Alright, I already decided. We should give the two of them our blessing and ancient power." said the oldest ancient king.

Hearing this, all the ancient kings yelled, "What??"

"Oii… didn't you say that receiving many ancient powers at once may make them get restricted by the world and couldn't use them to their fullest capability." said one of the ancient kings.

"I also agree with him. Moreover, each of our ancient powers has the potential to change the world itself. It will be absurd to give them." said another ancient king.

"True. Besides what happens with the balance of the world, you always preach. Didn't you always say getting too much ancient power at once could collapse the world balance?" said another ancient king.

"They already did. Ever since they resisted the altar of the forgotten king, they have already become an anomaly of this world. With or without our ancient power, their fate and destiny are already severed from the world." explained the oldest ancient king.

"Now, they are on their own. their fate and destiny are in their own hands. They will be bound to change the world, be it destroy the world or make it a better place. No one will know." said the oldest ancient king as he tried to foresee Angus and Jayna's future.

"Moreover, their ancient powers also will not be restricted by the world. So, they could use many ancient powers without limit. The only thing that will limit them is their own self. However, we cannot take them as our heir." added the oldest ancient king.

"Huh?? Why?" asked one of the ancient kings.

"Because from the boy's story, he is already the heir of the forgotten ancient king while the girl seems to already inherited the power of the oldest being in the world, much older than all of us." explained the oldest ancient king.

"Although the girl could become our heir, I believe her power will clash with all of you when you decide to make her your heir. As the ancient kings, you should know how stubborn the oldest entity's power works even after their master has been deceased for a long time."

"So, what we could do is to give her ancient power and not make her into our heir. Though it is almost the same, her power will not recognize it as an intruder and clash with her heritage power."

"To summarize, both of them are already the heirs of someone else. As the ancient king, you should know better than everyone the means of an heir. So, now we can only give them our blessing and ancient power."

"Still, the choice is yours to give them your ancient power. As for how they will use this power, it is entirely up to them."

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Hearing the oldest ancient king's explanation, all the other ancient kings could help but sigh helplessly as they could not take them as their heir.

After countless years of waiting, they finally could find the best heir candidate only to find that someone already snatched them.

Apparently, all of these ancient kings are waiting for the best candidate heir to inherit all of their legacy and power before they could truly pass on.

Even after choosing many heir candidates, none of them managed to inherit all of the legacies they left behind or use their ancient power to their fullest capability.

It feels like the world itself deemed that their power and legacy are too strong. So, they could only wait silently for the right person to arrive and inherit their power.

Yet after finding the most excellent heir candidate, they are once again disappointed as they cannot take them as their heir.

After long silent contemplation, the ancient kings decide to give Angus and Jayna their blessing and ancient power. As for how it will affect the world, they didn't care too much about it since they already died a long time ago.

In total, there are seven ancient kings in this chamber, along with the oldest ancient king, who should be the strongest among them. Each of them has their own unique ancient power.

After receiving the blessing and their ancient power, Angus and Jayna couldn't help but be shocked at the new power that they get. Just by using the basic ability of the ancient power, they feel that their combat capability has already risen significantly.

Each of the ancient powers that they receive truly has the potential to change the world. Instead, change it more accurately to shape the world. However, their mastery over these new power is still very low, and they could only use the most basic ability.

After digesting their ancient power along with the sudden influx of information about them, Angus begins to remember the time limit of the inner area.

Looking at the wristwatch, he found that there were already less than one hours before the inner area closed.

"Jayna, we need to go now. There is only one hour left before the inner area closes." said Angus.

"Ohhh… It seems we take more time than we previously thought. However, don't worry about it. Although I can't send you directly to the outside world, I could send both of you near the exit gate." said the oldest ancient king.

"This is also a good way for the two of you to learn the true capability of my ancient power. Watch carefully, young one. [The World]" said the oldest ancient king.

Then it feels like time has started to stop from the oldest ancient king sculpture, an invisible wave that only Angus and Jayna could feel reverb through the whole area.

A moment later, the space becomes distorted and envelopes both of them. Before they know it, they already arrive near the stone pyramid. Despite being teleported, there is not even a speck of discomfort like using [Shadow Blink] or teleportation device.

"T-That's absurd. What kind of power is that?!! It breaks all the common sense!!" rambling Draven while inside Angus's shadow.

After Angus gets his consciousness, Draven decides to rest in his shadow as his body is still weak from the pain he got during Angus fading away. However, he wakes up as he feels an enormous power that should be impossible to replicate.

Although it looks like simple teleportation, instead of using its own power to teleport, Angus and Jayna feel the space itself is teleporting them.

There is a vast difference concept between these two powers. The first one uses its own power to affect and tear the space, while the latter uses the space to teleport both of them. It feels like comparing an artificial product with nature itself.

After a while, Angus and Jayna shake their heads, and Draven mad rambling. Then, they begin to run towards the pyramid exit.

Although they want to keep learning and unravel the true might of this ancient power, they need to get out of this place as soon as possible first otherwise, they will be trapped for one year inside here.

Not only trap, based on the ancient king's explanation, but they may also need to fight all the deceased ones that inhabited this place. So, staying inside this place is a suicide.

Fortunately, during their stay in the Ancient King chamber, they managed to rest a little bit and regenerate some mana and stamina. This way, they could still run at a fast speed towards the pyramid.

Arriving at the pyramid perimeter, Angus and Jayna begin to hear many sounds of battle around. Hearing that Angus didn't hesitate to use [Great Mana Echolocation, he found out that a dozen people blocked another group.

"You should just surrender, young master Neil. You may be talented, but there are more of us. We will never let you go back easily." said one of the group.

"Tch.. cowards!! If you want to fight, fight like a man one by one!!" shouted Neil with the other Sur youngster.

Not only does Neil's group have this kind of conflict, many other people who want to exit the inner area are also getting ambushed. Still, most of them didn't succeed, while only a minority of them managed to kill and loot the treasure from the corpse.

Ignoring the others' battle, Angus told Jayna about the current situation, which made Jayna frown.

After a moment, "I think we should help that Neil. This is to repay uncle Jade for his help during our stay." said Jayna.

"Huft... Alright, let's help him." said Angus before running towards Neil's direction.

Arriving at Neil's location, The blocking group is already surrounded and suppresses the Neil group. Without wasting any more time, Angus shoots a few [Fireball] towards the blocking group. *Bom* *Bom* *Bom*

"What the?!! Ambush!!" said one of the blocking groups.

Using this opportunity, Neil's group decided to break through the encirclement.

Looking at this, "Tch.. Ignore the others, we must prevent Neil from getting away. We can't let him escape!!" said one of the blocking groups.

At this time, a flash of fire appeared in front of the blocking group in the blink of an eye [Fiery Burst]. Without hesitation, Jayna begins butchering the other people using her fiery sword. *Slash* *Slash*

All the nearby people get slashed by Jayna like a hot knife cut butter [Ancient Power - Hellfire]. Jayna uses one of the ancient powers [Hellfire]'s basic ability to raise her fire sword temperature.

Combined with her fire phoenix ability to be immune to fire, she could raise her fire sword temperature to the point of almost reaching her own [Sacred Fire] skill.

Some people decide to fight Jayna, but her sword temperature is scorching hot and easily destroys the other party's weapon.

Jayna looks like an embodiment of a cold murderer chopping meat than people. It only takes one slash to kill one person. None of the people could stop Jayna's momentum. In just half a minute, she already killed more than half of the people from the blocking group.

"T-This is fire mastery!!" said the leader of the blocking group before he decided to attack Neil at his last attempt to complete his mission.

Unbeknown to him, the ground below Neil suddenly rises and gives him some breath from the other attacker [2nd Circle - Earth Wall].

Looking that Neil managed to get away while an unstoppable fire sword chased their group, the leader becomes more resolute to kill Neil.

"Break the Earth Wall!!" yelled the leader.

At this moment, many pointed spikes appear from the surrounding earth wall's stone ground towards the surrounding [2nd Circle - Earth Spike]. Unlike a few weeks ago, Angus's proficiency in spells is many times higher than before after a few weeks of rigorous training.

He could cast the same spells a few times at once without getting fatigued. As the blocking group retreats from the Earth Spike, Jayna uses this opportunity to butcher them in mid-air.

The ancient power [Hellfire] also increases the explosion speed of Jayna's Flame Burst many times than before, making her similar to a human jet.

Fortunately, Jayna could control her body to react and adapt to her new speed without losing her combat capability. Otherwise, she will never control her speed and only hit many obstacles.

Looking at Jayna's adapting to her new power quickly, Angus couldn't help but feel proud of his girlfriend and his own teaching. However, he also did not stay still and let her take the others. Looking from afar, he begins to calculate and predict all their movements.

Normally, he needs a little bit of effort to use this kind of ability. But, he just got an ancient power that seems perfect to him [Analyze]. An ancient power to help the mind analyze everything based on the user's knowledge.

Using [Analyze] combined with his vast fighting experience, he could easily predict the group's movement before they even realize it. Without wasting any more time, Angus immediately chants to cast a spell.

During this time, the leader realizes their chance to kill Neil is almost zero, especially with the magician hiding in the perimeter and an unstoppable girl wielding a butchering fire sword.

"Tch… Retread.. Back to the portal exit!!" shouted the leader.

A wide-area magic diagram appears below their ground [3rd Circle - Quagmire].

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[3rd Circle - Quagmire] The ground turned into a deep quagmire as soon as the complex magic diagram appeared. The retreat group was surprised at suddenly losing their foothold and sank to the ground without doing anything.

This performance shows the true power of magicians. Although the magician cannot make a sneak attack and is weak at close combat, they could reverse the situation, especially at the group battle.

However, not everyone could take the magician path. It needs a lot of hard work and talent, especially in their mind power talent.

Moreover, it takes time to train a magician into a capable one. Only a freak like Angus, with the help of a system, could do this kind of performance at his current age.

Fortunately, there are no capable magicians in the opposite group to counter Angus's spell. Even if there is one, Angus and Jayna could easily dispose of them with their new power.

Trapping inside the quicksand that keeps sinking make all the opposite group panic. This panic movement only makes them sink deeper. Only the group leader managed to stay calm and try to get out slowly from the quicksand area.

Without giving them time to collect themself, Angus comes out from the back and approaches the opposite group.

"Jayna, give me some fire!!" shouted Angus as he constructed a magic diagram in the air.

Hearing Angus, Jayna slashed the last standing person before shooting a wave of fire towards the quicksand with her sword [Sword Art - Crimson Slash].

Unlike her weak crimson slash before, after combining with [Hellfire, her crimson slash could burn at high temperatures that even could be felt from a distance despite its small size.

Using Jayna's Crimson Slash, Angus casts another spell to enhance its burning power and size [2nd Circle - Fire Oil]. The combined attack soon enveloped the entire quicksand area and burned all the people in it. *BOMM*

The entire area immediately turned into a hot blazing flame that could be felt from far away. Angus didn't expect their combined attack to turn into a deadly large-scale attack comparable with high circle spells. The opposite group couldn't even scream before being roasted alive.

'It seems we still underestimate the true power of those ancient powers. I couldn't help but think about how strong those ancient kings were when they were still alive.' thought Angus.

Looking that none of the opposite group managed to come out alive, Angus feels shame since he couldn't take a prisoner. But it didn't bother him too much.

After the situation is under control, the remaining Sur group approaches Angus and Jayna with awe and gratitude. Only one person among them looked at them with contempt and jealousy.

'Damn it!! Those outsiders!! How could they have that kind of power?' thought Neil inwardly, but he chose to stay silent in the end.

Of course, Neil's reaction couldn't be missed by Angus's perception that was already enhanced with [Analyze] ancient power. Still, he didn't care too much about it.

It's because, with his new power, people on the level of Neil are already not in Angus's eye. Even though he knew about it, he couldn't do anything to Neil either. So, he chose to ignore Neil for the time being.

After a small celebration, the remaining Sur people follow Angus and Jayna back to the portal. Since there is less than an hour before the portal closes, they decide not to waste any more time and run towards the exit.

Fortunately, because of the size of the group, no other small group decided to ambush them. Besides, it will take a long time to fight against groups of their size.

A few minutes later, they finally arrive in front of the exit portal. Without wasting any more time, they went through the portal at once. *BUZZ*

After some uncomfortable disorientation, they finally return to the outer area in front of the gate towards the inner area.

Looking that the Sur group managed to come back along with Angus and Jayna, the other Sur Villagers felt relieved, especially the clan head Jade since he got some nasty rumor not long ago.

Back to the outer area, Angus's group immediately approached the Sur village people that were already waiting for them.

"Good work to come back alive. Each of you is the precious future of Sur village. Still, it seems you are going through quite a trouble inside the inner area." said clan head Jade who found a trace of battle and wounded some of them.

Then, one of the survivors decides to explain their current situation inside the inner area. Based on the survivor's story, while Angus and Jayna are doing their treasure hunt, some people secretly kill people from Sur village.

They managed to survive because, on the second day, they started regrouping rather than scattering around like usual.

At first, there were around forty people from Sur village entering the inner area. However, now only less than twenty have managed to survive and come back. It is unknown whether the rest are still surviving or not.

However, judging by the time the inner gate is almost closed, the clan head Jade didn't have any good expectations about them.

Each of these people that participate in the upcoming ceremony is precious and the future of their Sur clan. Yet more than half of them are buried inside the inner area because of the insidious plot from the other village.

Clan Head Jade couldn't help but look at the other village group base, which is waiting for their people to come back.

Some of them seemed surprised that Neil and the others managed to get out alive. But, they managed to keep their shocked expression the next moment. Still, this kind of change couldn't be hidden in front of the clan head Jade.

Unconsciously, clan head Jade releases strong fire mana towards nearby and increases the whole area temperature. Feeling this, all the other villages immediately put up their guard and were ready for battle while each of their leaders kept calm, glaring at Jade.

The passerby and small group beside the other five villages notice the change in the atmosphere and decide to get away from this location.

After a moment, the clan head Jade decided to shake his head and take a deep breath to calm his mind. Then, he takes back his aura and makes the surrounding place cool down before paying attention to Angus and Jayna.

"Thanks for your help, my dear nephew, lady Jayna. If it is not because of your timely help, Neil and the others may never return from the inner area." said Jade.

"Don't mention it, uncle. Besides, I already said I would help them if there is a chance. Otherwise, I will leave them independently. It's just our paths crossing each other when we are on the way to return." replied Angus.

Then, both of them chatted about various things before deciding to let the group rest. Along the way, Angus and Jayna found Gilford waiting for them in front of their tent.

"Cousin, Is there anything I can help you with?" asked Angus.

Based on Gilford's behavior, he will never seek someone unless it is an important matter, unlike Isvel, who likes to play around.

"Hmm.. Actually, I am not sure either. But, Somehow, I feel a similar feeling inside the two of you." said Gilford.

"I see, so he is really making you his heir candidate." said Angus.

"Heir?? What are you talking about??" asked Gilford in confusion.

"Actually, cousin Gil is the heir candidate of the ancient king of knowledge..." said Angus as he explained more about the ancient king.

During Gilford's upcoming ceremony, he somehow managed to enter the stone building of an ancient king by sheer coincidence. After being examined by the ancients of knowledge, the ancient king takes Gilford to his liking and decides to take him as his heir candidate.

This is also the main reason Gilford managed to get something ridiculous like Colossus and a few battle golem in the first place. None of the people in the world could give something like Colossus for free besides the Ancient King.

However, at that time, the ancient King was too lazy to explain things to Gilford and decided to let him uncover his power on his own. If it is not because of Angus, he may also never realize that he is the heir candidate of the ancient king.

Since Angus and Jayna also get the ancient power from the same Ancient King, Gilford could feel familiar power among the couples.

After explaining for a while, "Hmm… I see.. So, that's the reason why I could understand anything more clearly than before. as expected of the ancient power from the King of Knowledge." said Gilford.

"Anyway, thanks for the information. It helps me solve some questions in my head about my strange ability." added Gilford.

Then, Angus and Jayna finally could have time to rest. Running and searching for the stone house for more than two days with only a little bit of rest make both of them fatigued to the limit.

If it is not because of their second-grade mana core that enhances their resilience, both of them will already collapse a long time ago.

As Jayna wants to walk to her tent to rest, suddenly Angus pulls Jayna and drags her into his tent.

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Dragging Jayna inside Angus's tent, "Kyaa.. Angus, what are you doi.." Jayna starlet at Angus's sudden action.

Before she could finish her sentence, Angus suddenly kissed Jayna in the mouth. *Muach* Getting kissed by her boyfriend made Jayna starlet a little bit, but she didn't fight back and enjoy every moment with Angus.

After a long passionate kiss, Angus finally pulled away reluctantly from Jayna.

"J-Jayna, I-I am sorry. I just…" said Angus while feeling uncertain.

Looking at Angus's strange behavior, Jayna remembered his story of fading away in the inner area and immediately hugged Angus.

"It's okay. I am here." said Jayna.

Being hugged by Jayna, Angus feels all his fatigue loosen up at once. Somehow, he feels warmth and relaxation from Jayna. All he wants right now is to stay by Jayna's side like this. Soon, their fatigue finally catches up and makes them sleep under each other's embrace.

After half a day of resting, Angus and Jayna finally wake up while embracing each other. Although they often sleep together before, they begin more intimate after the incident inside the inner area.

After another few moments of resting, they reluctantly gather themself and wake up. After doing some simple cleaning, they decide to go towards the Clan Head Jade location. They still want to participate in the Battlefield Arena to test their newly acquired power.

After a few inquiries, there are still a few days left before the tournament at the Battlefield Arena begins. Using this opportunity, both of them decide to rest and relax for the next few days.

Unlike the other people who need to rest for a few days to recover their mana and strength after getting exhausted, Angus and Jayna only need around one day to fully recover.

Still, they want to rest properly and be ready to fight anytime, especially after knowing the insidious plot from the other village before. Now, they are already seen together with the Sur village group. The other villages may also start to target them anytime.

While Angus and Jayna have their rest, inside one of the big residences on the Black Rock Village gather a group of strong combatants.

"Alright, let's start the meeting." said the Black Rock village leader, Datun.

"According to our information, none of the mercenaries that we hired to ambush Sur Village's young generation managed to come back from the inner area." said one of the people in the room.

"Tch.. those damn weaklings couldn't even kill a bunch of youngsters." commented another person.

Unlike the other village, Sur village is pretty harsh at their upcoming age ceremony. As long as they reach the age of fifteen and form mana core, they must follow the upcoming age ceremony inside the inner area.

So, the majority of the people that go into the Sur village are only grade one combatants, with Neil the only one that reaches grade two. Although it is harsh, it also pushes the people to work harder to survive.

Furthermore, the inner area is not a dangerous place. Most of the monster is only grade one with few grade two, As for the grade three monster, they rarely are found and only stay at their spot.

Because of this, killing these youngsters should be an easy task for the group of mercenaries they hired.

"I hear there are some capable people among this new youngster. One of them even managed to kill a grade three combatant with only [Mana Ball]." said another person.

"Grade three combatant only with Mana Ball?!!" exclaimed the other inside the room.

"Yeah, actually, this youngster is fighting in the Battlefield Arena a few days before the inner area opens. Yesterday, some of my people saw him among the Sur village youngsters." said another person.

"Huft.. Sur village is really the cradle of young genius. Their growth is really absurd. In just a hundred years, they managed to become on par with our village. If we left them alone, they might be the one that would crush us." said another person.

"Still, we can't do anything. The moment we decide to act, the other village will take that advantage to attack us." said another person.

Then, all the people inside begin to argue with the others while the village leader, Datun, stays silent.

After a while, "That's enough, all of you." Before Datun could speak more, a guard came into the tent bringing a piece of letter.

Passing the note to the village leader, Datun opened and read the letter. After reading the letter for a while, Datun couldn't help but smile happily.

"Alright, everyone. It seems we are not the only ones that see Sur village as a threat." said Datun with a smirk.

Another few days passed by peacefully, and the time of the Battlefield Arena tournament finally came. The tournament is only for the grade three combatants below. As long as the participant has passed this requirement, they could participate in this tournament.

Angus and Jayna, along with the rest of Sur village youngsters, decided to participate in the tournament. Although the village youngster is only grade one combatant, they all have excellent combat capability to fight on par with average grade two combatants.

Furthermore, they also could accumulate fighting experience in this way and bring honor to the Sur village. However, it is still quite dangerous to participate in this tournament since most are grade three combatants.

At first, because of the casualty inside the inner area, Clan Head Jade was quite reluctant to let all this youngster participate.

But, looking at each of these youngsters' determined expression, Clan head Jade decides to give them a chance to bring honor to their Sur village.

Now is the day when the tournament begins. Because of the large number of participants, the tournament was divided into two parts. The first part is the preliminary stage, and the second part is the final stage.

In the preliminary stage, the participant will fight for points for five days. The top ten people who got the most points will enter the final stage. Each participant will have one point at first. They will get all the opponent points after killing or defeating them.

Furthermore, participants with higher points could not refuse challenges from the participant with lower points. At the same time, the lower participant could refuse the challenge from the higher point participant.

Still, each participant could only be challenged up to three times, but they could fight more if they wanted.

After registering their name in the Battlefield Tournament, Angus and Jayna get a badge as the indicator they are a participant of the tourney.

Since they didn't want to fight each other until the final stage, they decided to come to the inside arena to look for an opponent. They wear their badge on their clothes without any intent to hide it.

Some of the people recognize Angus from his first fight in the Battlefield Arena before. Most of the fighters were reluctant to fight experts like Angus in this preliminary stage.

Seeing that nobody dares to challenge him, Angus decides to challenge someone interesting from the arena.

As for Jayna, she decided to challenge everyone who wore a badge indiscriminately to gather points. While Jayna is having her own fun beating up some fighters, Angus found few interesting individuals entering the tournament.

These people are an orc called Ilgor, the ice maiden he found before, rumored dark elves called Miesta, a swordsman named Filiel, a magician called Houst, and many others.

After thinking for a while, Angus decided to challenge the current highest point person called Rondak the Boulder, a veteran of this tournament. Based on his previous fight, he seems to have some proficiency in the earth element.

Appearing in front of Rondak, who just finished his battle, "Let's have a fight." said Angus shortly while flashing the number of his badge.

Since he has not fought everyone before, his badge only has the number of one, while Rondak has the number of five. It means during this short time, Rondak managed to gather five points.

"Ohh.. If I am not wrong, you are the mana ball guy. Actually, I don't want to fight someone of your caliber on the first day of the tournament. Well, since you have a lower point than me, I guess I can't refuse it. Alright, let's get going and get over it." said Rondak

Arriving inside one of the divided areas, Angus and Rondak are staring at each other while the referee gives his usual introduction. A moment later, the fight started.

Rondak immediately covers his whole body with earth elemental mana [Earth Armor] before dashing towards Angus. While this happens, Angus only looks at Rondak calmly.

Appearing in front of Angus, Rondak immediately brandished his mace down without any hesitation towards Angus. At this moment, Angus shoots a fast [Firebolt] towards Rondak's fingers, gripping the mace. *Bum*

Normally, this kind of attack could be ignored by Rondak. However, Angus [Firebolt] is modified in quality, speed, and power. The precise attack managed to stop the Rondak attack at one point, stopping his momentum.

Without wasting this opportunity, Angus shoots more [Firebolt] towards various weak spots in Rondak's Earth Armor while using [Analyze]. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

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*Bum* *Bum* *Bum* Each of the Firebolts managed to hit all the Rondak's weak spots. Getting hit by the enhanced Firebolt, Rondak couldn't help but be pushed back a few meters away.

Despite being pushed back, Rondak decides to endure the pain of the Firebolts rather than dodging the incoming attack. Suddenly a brown aura covered his body, and Rondak did a sudden front flip [Rollout].

Rondak doing a fast rotation while moving forwards and covered with earth element mana. The Firebolts couldn't manage to keep Rondak in his place. A moment later, he was already in front of Angus, ready to clash with him.

However, Angus easily sidestepped the incoming attack from the Rondak and missed by a hair's breadth. Rondak keeps rolling forwards like a round boulder before making a turnaround and coming at Angus again.

Because of his previous momentum, Rondak moved faster than before. Still, Angus managed to dodge the incoming attack flawlessly. At this time, Angus also didn't stay idle either. He shoots a few Fireball spells towards rolling Rondak. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

Although the [Fireball] couldn't penetrate and hurt Rondak, it managed to reduce his momentum and speed. Noticing this, Rondak decided to change his strategy. [Rollout] may be a strong skill, but it needs time to build momentum and speed.

With being attacked by intense Fireballs, his momentum and speed will slowly decrease and stagnate. In the end, his body will be hurt by the Fireball as he loses all his speed and momentum.

Another Fireball is coming towards Rondak. Rather than endure the attack like before, he throws his mace towards the incoming Fireball. *Bam* The Fireball managed to explode in the air and give him a brief breather from Angus's relentless attack.

Using this opportunity, Rondak slams his hand towards the stone platform. Angus also didn't stay idle either. He shot another follow-up Fireball calmly towards Rondak.

Although his Fireball casting is not as fast as Firebolt, it is still fast enough to deter any warrior combatant.

Before the Fireball reaches Rondak, he pulls his hand from the stone platform and makes some of the stone platform tilting towards Angus's direction [Earth Wave]. *Bam*

The Fireball hit the stone platform and destroyed some part of it. [Earth Wave] managed to reach Angus and offset his balance. Angus immediately uses strange footwork and gets out from the Earth Wave's area [Rodeo Maneuver].

Using the time Angus got distracted by his Earth Wave, Rondak charged towards Angus and launched a strong mana-covered punch [Stone Bash].

Angus looked at the incoming attack calmly and tilted his head, dodging the strong punch by a hairbreadth. At this moment, he pointed his finger towards Rondak's chin from below [Firebolt]. *Bum*

Another Firebolt shot at point-blank range makes Rondak feel like getting a strong uppercut. Not wasting this opening, Angus shot another Firebolt towards Rondak's throat. *Bum*

Rondak managed to cover his throat with mana at the last second but still felt like being hit by a strong jab in his throat. He feels like being choked and staggered behind while covering his hurt throat. *Cough* *Cough*

Then, Angus shot more Firebolt to another vital area such as Rondak's eyes, groin, throat, and various critical acupuncture spots. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum* All the firebolts managed to hit Rondak's strong body.

Fortunately, Rondak's body is quite strong as he is an earth elemental warrior. Otherwise, his body will be riddled with holes already. Still, his body is wounded in various locations and forcing him to kneel on the ground.

Looking at this, "Surrender??" asked Angus coldly while pointing his finger at Rondak's head.

Using his last bit of strength to withstand the pain, Rondak nodded his head in a hurry to save his life. He knows that if he does not take this opportunity, he will lose his life towards the fearsome youngster in front of him.

Getting Rondak's nod, Angus pulled back his hand and went towards the outside arena. Seeing the battle end anticlimactically without bloodshed, some of the audience is booing. But, some also cheered at the exciting high-speed battle between Angus and Rondak.

Leaving the arena, Angus takes his compensation from Rondak. The rules said that a surrendered opponent needs to compensate the winner.

Usually, the compensation is something agreed upon before the fight. Otherwise, it will be a tremendous amount of mana core by default.

As a veteran, Rondak already prepares a considerable amount of mana core as compensation in case he loses. Although the compensation is very harsh, it is better than losing his life or all his possessions.

Angus didn't truly care about the compensation since he didn't lack money or mana core. Still, there is nothing wrong with having more money.

After taking the compensation, he went back to the audience area. He found uncle Jade and some other Sur villagers already occupied a spot in the audience.

Approaching the Sur village's spot, "Ahh.. Angus, congratulations for your win. That's a spectacular fight." said Isvel.

"Yeah, I never knew that a basic firebolt spell could be used in a close combat battle like that. It really opened my mind to use low-level spells like that." added Gilford.

"Well, I'm just trying to conserve my strength while beating my opponent." replied Angus in a humble tone.

"Yeah, you really conserve a lot. You only use two spells to beat a third-grade veteran." said Isvel.

Hearing this, Angus could only chuckle, "Anyway, how is the other?" asked Angus.

"Some managed to lose, and some managed to win. Fortunately, there is no casualty yet." said the clan head Jade.

"Jane and Kurvan decide to look out for the participant. If they feel our side is losing, they will interrupt the battle and surrender on behalf of the youngster." added Jade, who kept looking out at the arena.

"After the incident in the inner area, we cannot lose any more youngsters. Although the minimum compensation is harsh, it is still better than losing our precious youngster. This will also serve them as an experience at the same time." explained Jade.

Hearing this, Angus also looks at the arena. Currently, he found that Jayna managed to beat her opponent easily with the help of [Hellfire]. Hellfire ancient power is truly compatible with Jayna.

Since she has high resistance towards fire from the Fire Phoenix's ability, she could raise her fire temperature as high as she could. If not because her [Hellfire] proficiency is still low, she may raise her fire like a hot blazing sun.

The Hellfire ancient power is a supernatural power that governs and controls every aspect of fire. One of its basics is the temperature. According to the King of Hellfire, a.k.a Firelord, Hellfire could become a power to destroy anything at a later stage.

In the past, there were already some Ancient Kings that fell into the hands of this Ancient Power. Based on the Firelord, this ancient power could also be called the ultimate weapon.

However, without proper control, this power could harm the user before it could unleash its might.

Unlike Jayna, Angus didn't have high fire resistance. Although with the blessing of Firelord, he has a better fire resistance than before, he still couldn't withstand high-temperature fire like Jayna.

To use a high-temperature fire like Jayna, one needs to withstand its temperature first before unleashing it. Otherwise, the fire will damage or burn the user first.

Although Angus couldn't raise its temperature to a high degree, Angus could quickly gather and use fire mana than before. This is also one of the reasons behind his rapid casting of Firebolt and Fireball.

While looking at the arena, no one dared to challenge him after his victory over the veteran Rondak without getting wounded. No sane person would dare to fight someone like untouchable Angus on the first day of the tournament.

Most of them will try to wait until Angus exhausted himself or was wounded during one of the fights before challenging him.

As for Angus, he didn't truly care about that. He plans to wait for the other participant to collect more points before defeating them to reap all their points.

At this moment, Angus found Neil fighting in one of the arenas. Neil fights one of the veterans in the arena who is proficient at using spears. Neil himself wields a unique weapon called chakram.

Despite his shitty personality, he is pretty good at handling this difficult weapon and has excellent combat capability along with a little bit of fire mastery.

Looking at Neil's fight for a while, Angus shook his head to show his disappointment. Although he is called the number one genius in Sur village, he still lacks behind in Angus's standard.

'So many useless movements. Why the hell did he do that? He could conserve more mana without doing that movement. Hmph… Even Jayna before my training is better than him. I don't know why he is called a genius by everyone.' thought Angus inwardly.

Angus didn't know that Jayna is actually a rare talent that only appears once from a hundred million people.

Angus may realize the talent in Jayna, but since he is also surrounded by many old strong people in this world, he feels that it is normal to have a strong combat sense like Jayna, who is still at a younger age.

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While Angus and the others keep watching the tournament, a group of people has a secret gathering near the battlefield tournament.

"How is it?" asked one of the people.

"They decide to protect the youngsters carefully. If there is a sign of losing, they will interrupt the battle as soon as possible and pay the compensation." replied the other person.

"How about the Mana Ball kid?" asked the other person.

"He… I am not sure. I can't see his depth. However, there is one certain thing. He has a great combat sense. He could defeat Boulder without getting a single scratch. Furthermore, he only does it using Firebolt and Fireball spells to defeat him." explained the other person.

"During his fight, I could only sense first-grade mana core. However, I think he concealed his true strength. Based on his age, he should be in second grade at most. I think he is more dangerous than Neil brat." added the other person.

"Hmm… I see. Is there anything else?" asked another person.

"Yes, there is this girl around the same age as the Mana Ball kid. I don't know how but she has a high degree of fire mastery and excellent combat capability.

"From some of the battles, she could easily cut down and destroy all her opponents using her fire sword only." explained the other person.

After thinking for a while, "Huft.. It is really a shame they are from the Sur village. It doesn't matter. Stick to the plan. Don't let them notice our movement." said the other person before disappearing in the darkness.

Then, the others walk back to the battlefield arena and give someone a note along the way before blending in with the surrounding crowd.

The person that gets the note immediately reads it before burning it. Then, he notified a few other people with a silent nod.

One by one, the people begin to move and start challenging all the Sur village youngsters, even Jayna, who just finished her battle.

Because of this strange movement, Angus managed to see them from the audience seat and know that these people must be planning something, especially trying to challenge Jayna, who is ranking number three among the other participants.

Rather than fighting Jayna, who has high fire mastery, It is better to fight the other top-ranking people to gain points. Angus speculated these people might plot something. Before he could react, a person with full metal armor approached Angus.

"Hey, Mana Ball kid. Let's fight." said the person while flashing his one-point badge.

Looking at this, "Alright, let's get this over with." said Angus.

"Cousin, be careful." said Gilford, who also noticed the strange movement in the crowd.

"Don't worry, I will show them how to play this game properly." replied Angus before going down to the arena.

On the way to the arena, Angus silently cast a spell [2nd Circle - Telepathy, a spell to send information towards someone telepathically. Despite the spell's usefulness, it has many restrictions such as the distance, marked person, number of people, etc.

Still, it is a helpful spell to share important information to the ally like now.

"Jayna, be careful. The person that challenges you may be plotting something." said Angus towards Jayna telepathically.

"Yeah, I also realize they are a little bit weird." replied Jayna.

After Angus and the full metal armor man fulfill all the procedures to battle, they go towards one of the arenas. Once the referee is done explaining and doing some introduction, They start the match.

The metal armor man takes out two swords coated with strange liquid and charges towards Angus rapidly. Looking at this, Angus also didn't stay still. He shot a bolt of lightning towards the approaching armored man [1st Circle - Spark].

The armored didn't expect Angus to instacast another elemental spell beside fire elemental and immediately get electrocuted on the spot. Since he wears normal metal armor, not the enchanted one, the spark managed to electrocute him longer.

The man tries to withstand the pain and keeps approaching Angus. But Angus kept sending another [Spark] towards the man, making him stagger on the spot.

After a few more [Spark, the armored man kneeling on the ground feeling the numbness in his entire body. Without wasting any more, Angus shoots an enhanced Firebolt towards his eyes to completely blind him.

"Arrghh!!" screamed the armored man.

While he screamed, the armored man exposed his mouth, and Angus shot another Firebolt towards it, ultimately killing the man. Looking at this, the audience begins cheering at Angus's decisive attack. Some people even give him the title the Untouchable.

Angus ignored all of this and began looting the armored belongings from his corpse. He also sees that Jayna managed to kill her opponent without problem using [Fiery Burst] and her fire sword.

Before Angus could approach Jayna, another person challenged him the moment he got out of the arena. Since the other person also has one point, Angus couldn't refuse his challenge. At the same time, Jayna also gets the same challenge.

"I see.. So, that's how you want to play. Let's see how many men you have." said Angus before getting back to the arena after doing all the necessary procedures.

During this time, Angus warns his uncle about this childish scheming. They decide to wear out Angus and the others by continuously fighting.

Although they could refuse the challenge after getting challenged three times, fighting multiple times against the opponent with the same power will eventually exhaust them. However, they miscalculated the huge mana capacity both Angus and Jayna had.

Knowing this childish plot, Angus decides to accept their challenge. He wants to know his current limit and how many people he could fight without external help. Furthermore, he also wants to see how many people are ready to die at his hand.

Although the other party is mercenary and a big village, they still have a limited number of third-grade strength people. Below the third-grade level, Angus could quickly kill them using his enhanced firebolt to break their defense.

Besides, killing all these people also means cutting the other party's hands for the Sur village. This will also be retaliation against the plot they did during the inner area incident.

Sharing this news with Jayna, she immediately agrees and turns this into a competition. The one that could kill more people will be the winner.

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but think again about his lovely girlfriend's mindset. She seems to become more violent and ruthless lately, but Angus is not a kind and merciful person. He already killed countless people that he even couldn't remember.

So, he is not in a position to judge his girlfriend's behavior. Fortunately, Jayna seems only getting ruthless when she fights against an opponent like this.

Furthermore, this is the world where the strong will devour the weak. Only the strong have the luxury to decide death and life.

Soon, another battle started, and Angus didn't show any mercy towards all his opponents. Angus managed to win all his fights without being touched even once. He also kept being challenged even after more than three challengers.

Now, he is already in his seventh match along with Jayna. Both of them didn't even get hurt and still have more than half of their mana during this time. Compared to all the training they got, this kind of feat is like a child's play for them.

After winning the seventh match, the other party began to hesitate to send more people. Be it the participant or the village behind them. They will be reluctant to send their people to their death meaninglessly like this.

Moreover, these people are in grade three, which takes around long years to cultivate them. Furthermore, Angus and Jayna are still completely fine without any sign of exhaustion at all.

As for the audience and the staff of the tournament, they also realize this little scheming. But, they decide to let it be since it will attract more people and attention.

Looking at some of the people getting nervous challenging Angus, "Is that all?? Does no one else dare to challenge me??!" said Angus with an enhanced mana voice to be heard by everyone.

The crowded audience becomes silent hearing Angus.

Then, after a moment of pause, "So.. Weak!!" said Angus in his normal voice.

But most of the people could hear what Angus said. Hearing all this, the audience immediately reacts. Some cheering, booing, and cursing, but the hired group that plots against Angus and Jayna feels like being mocked directly by Angus.

Even though they know that this is only a provocation, being called weak by a kid who only in his teenage age hurt their pride, be it a mercenary group or the other villages as the mastermind.

Hearing all of Angus's provocation, some of the prideful mercenaries and hired people immediately approach him to challenge him.

Most of these people are already at the third grade, the border between lower grade and high grade, a veteran with much combat experience, yet Angus mocked all of them. It feels that Angus is saying that all their hard work over the years is useless in front of him.

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Provoking all the hired mercenaries, Angus began his onslaught towards all these people without remorse inside the arena using only low circle spells.

Some of these mercenaries are almost as strong as the Boulder. Angus needs a little bit of effort to defeat him. He even begins to use other elemental spells, which surprise everyone.

During this time, Jayna feels cheated since all the hired mercenaries keep focusing on Angus and begin to ignore her.

However, looking at Angus's childish smile while fighting a challenging opponent, she couldn't help but forgive Angus for this one and cheering for him.

Meanwhile, Clan Head Jade already pulled back all the youngsters the moment he got Angus's message. But, Neil decided to keep fighting in the arena to show he is not inferior to Angus.

Still, Neil could only fight until the fifth match before expending most of his stamina and mana while Angus currently on his ten matches. Looking at Angus, who is still fighting without getting exhausted, makes Neil more furious and jealous towards him.

Inside Neil's heart, he truly condemns Angus since he steals everything from him. Even the hired mercenary begins to ignore his presence.

Still, he couldn't do anything. Angus combat capability is the real deal. Despite only using low circle spells, he could use them efficiently without wasting mana or movement to defeat and kill his opponent.

With a grumble, Neil decides to get out of the arena. He feels like going to explode if he stays inside the Battlefield Arena any longer.

At the twelve matches, Angus started to have some sweat on his face. He still has plenty of mana, but his mind starts to get tired from rapidly casting spells continuously.

Based on the rough calculation, he already cast more than a dozen of low circle spells. Even for a high-grade magician, this is not an easy feat, especially during high-speed battles like he currently had.

Now, all the audience is paying attention towards Angus's match. They want to know how long he managed to keep his winning streak.

Besides, all the audience members are also combatants who could feel that Angus is still hiding some of his ability. They are curious at Angus's true limit.

At the Sur Village place, "Hahaha… To think he has this much capability that he hid from us. It seems his survival against a grade four combatant before is not a fluke." said the clan head Jade.

"Yeah, Furthermore, his dodging skill is top-notch. It feels like he already knows his opponent's movement before." said Jane, who looked at Angus with her crimson eyes.

"Elder sister is right. There is no way he could always dodge all the attacks by a hairbreadth. This showed he could read the opponent's movement. Still, reading your opponent's moves while doing high-speed casting is an almost impossible feat." said Kurvan.

"Even if I gave it my all and enhanced my brain with mana, I could only do it for five minutes at most. This shows the high mind power Angus has." added Kurvan.

"I am not sure about his magician capability. But, I feel I will have a hard time fighting Angus despite my lightning speed. It seems we need to train harder after this. We can't lose to our little cousin. Hmm.. What do you think, Gil?" said Isvel.

"T-That's impossible…" muttered Gilford, who kept looking at Angus's movement from his goggles.

"Huh.. Did you say something, Gil" asked Isvel

"His movement.. is so perfect and controlled. The harder the battle, the more refined his movement. Father, are you sure he is a human being? His movement is really.. unworldly." said Gilford.

"What do you mean, Gilford?" asked Clan Head Jade back.

"You may know this, but I have this special power…" as Gilford explained his ancient power towards his siblings and father.

Hearing his power, everyone realizes that Gilford is fortunate to have it. Although [Analyze] is not an offensive type skill, it is still great to read and understand everything. Basically, this is one of the best support-type skills.

Based on Gilford's explanation, Angus managed to control every single movement in his body with almost zero waste. Because of this, he could dodge any incoming attack or readied his body before the incoming attack.

Since Gilford has quite deep knowledge about the humanoid body, he knows that to control all single movements like Angus requires rigorous nonstop training.

The training is so ridiculous that he could even kill a second-grade combatant only using the physical power he gained during the training in theory.

In summary, Angus is not only strong as a magician but also as a warrior. According to Gilford's [Analyze, his body strength is almost on par with third-grade warriors. Furthermore, the one that shocks Gilford the most is his refined body movement.

At first, it looks like normal movement, but the more he observes Angus's movement, he feels like seeing someone using the skill. It feels like Angus is using skills to casually dodge his opponent's attack using absolute control over his body.

Basic movement and skill are quite different. Skill is something that could be achieved after the repetition of basic movement training with the help of mana. However, Angus dodging movement feels like he used skill for every move.

Suppose it is not because of the lack of mana to support the skill. Gilford will think Angus keep using the skill. However, this is also another impossible feat with Angus's mana capacity.

Although Angus's mana capacity is on par with the average grade three combatant, it is not big enough to supply his consumption in this kind of multiple battles.

Hearing Gilford's analysis, everyone begins to realize how powerful Angus is. It seems that all this time, they still underestimate Angus's capability.

'No wonder… King Leon decides to let Angus and Jayna go towards this dimension. Apparently, he is another ridiculous little monster. I must not let him die in this land.' thought Jade resolutely.

Unbeknown to Angus, everyone started to have a high opinion of him. But, even if he knows about their opinion, he will still fight all the challengers excitedly.

Now, his match has reached the fourteenth match. During this time, Angus was already exhausted mentally. His casting speed starts to get slow, especially after fighting against his opponent, who hides inside his enchanted armor.

"Brat, it seems you are already at your limit. You should stop being arrogant and receive my challenge. I am different from all the weaklings you fight before. I am Rendy, one of the leaders of... " said Angus's opponent.

"Bla… Bla.. Bla.. Did you want to fight or have a chat?" said Angus.

"Y-You… fine. If that is your wish. Die!!" yelled Rendy

Like the previous match, Angus shot a few Firebolts towards him. However, Rendy brings his small shield and parries all the Firebolts while keeping his charge momentum.

Looking at this, Angus changed his attack to Fireball. But, Angus's casting speed is not as fast as before to give Rendy time to dodge them.

Still, Angus anticipated this and shot a few of them towards the ground to make the Fireball explode.

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam* The explosion created a small shockwave and pushed Rendy back. During this time, Rendy takes out a scroll from his bag rather than continue his charge.

"Eat this!! [3rd Circle - Fire Blast]" Yelled Rendy.

A surge of a big ball of fire coming towards Angus from the rune magic scroll. Looking at this, he immediately uses all his mind power to create a few thick Earth Wall [2nd Circle - Earth Wall]. *BLAM*

The Fireblast and Earth Wall clash one with each other creating a firestorm. Fortunately, the Earth Wall managed to defend the Fire Blast despite being cracked all over.

"Huft.. Huft... " As Angus got a heavy sweat on his head.

Just now, he pushed his mind power to the limit and fatigued his mind. Using this opportunity, Rendy managed to arrive in front of Angus and brandished his sword.

However, despite Angus's exhausted mind, he managed to dodge Rendy's sword by hairbreadth while retreating back.

Not going to give Angus a chance to take a breath, Rendy keeps pursuing Angus while slashing down his fire-imbued sword. Still, Angus managed to dodge every attack while backing away.

"Is that all?? You couldn't even touch my body like the weaklings from before." taunted Angus.

Hearing this, Rendy begins to attack Angus more fervently. *Swosh* *Swosh* *Swosh* However, none of the attacks reached Angus. After a moment, Angus finally feels his mind getting rested a little bit and shoots a firebolt towards Rendy's face.

Rendy managed to react timely and tilted his head before counterattack using his fire sword. Both of the combatants begin to fight at close combat. Angus is using his firebolt, and Rendy is using his fire sword.

At this time, the rowdy audience is silent, not wanting to miss any single moment of this exciting battle. Be it Rendy and Angus, both of them have excellent combat capability.

Still, in the end, Angus managed to read Rendy's fighting pattern and predict his movement landing a few shot Firebolt to him. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

Along the way, Rendy begins to receive more Firebolt. Although it didn't land on the vital area, it still hurt him and caused him to make more mistakes.

"Don't be cocky, kid!!" yelled Rendy

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"Don't be cocky, kid!!" yelled Rendy as he brandished his fire sword widely.

Before the fire sword swung, Angus already retreated a few meters back, leaving the range of Rendy's sword. He also shoots more Firebolt during this time to Rendy's body. *Bum* *Bum*

"Urgh.." as Rendy staggered back.

Rendy pulled another scroll from his space storage, "Take this!! [3rd Circle - Fire Blast]."

The same huge Fireball is coming rapidly at Angus. Angus feels dread at this time since his mind is still exhausted and can't cast Earth Wall fast enough to protect him. His escape was also cut short by the surge of fire.

'Guess this is my limit.' thought Angus as he planned to use his rune magic card.

Suddenly, Angus remembered something in this split second.

"When you are in your limit, belief, have faith, it will protect you. Make you invincible among others." said one of the Ancient Kings inside the chamber.

"Yes, there is that!! [Ancient Power - Unbreakable Shield]" yelled Angus.

Suddenly, a solid silvery white shield appeared in front of Angus. *BAMM* the Fire Blast and [Unbreakable Shield] clashed one with the others. After the dust settles down, a strong shield hovers in the air in front of Angus without any damage.

[Unbreakable Shield] one of the ancient powers Angus and Jayna get from the Ancient King of Devotion or also called Queen of Faith. This is an ancient power based on faith, belief, willpower. As long as there is unwavering faith, the user will be invincible.

If [Hellfire] is called the ultimate weapon power, [Unbreakable Shield] is the ultimate defense power. A power that protects the user as long as there is an unwavering belief.

According to the Ancient King, this power is a strong yet fragile power. As long as there is unwavering belief, it will become an indestructible shield. But, with a bit of wavering belief, the shield will crumble like a sandcastle.

However, looking at the silvery-white shield that managed to withstand the Fire Blast, Angus couldn't help but be proud of this ancient power.

At this time, Rendy couldn't help but be surprised that Angus managed to defend his last trump card. Then, the silvery-white shield begins to diminish completely. As the shield is gone, Angus gathers the leftover fire mana from the Fireblast in the air into his finger.

Normally, he needs a high degree of fire mastery to do this. However, he also received an Ancient Power [Hellfire] from the Firelord. [Hellfire] not only could raise the temperature of Fire skill, but it also controlled the fire mana in the air to a certain degree.

Usually, this kind of ability is rare and hard to achieve since it needs very high attainment in fire mastery. Even in the whole Heart Kingdom, where most people have fire affinity, only Duke Jacob Victory, the fire dragon duke, managed to do this feat.

Of course, compared to his father's [Firecast, Angus's current control over fire mana still lacks even with the help of [Hellfire]. But, it is still enough for his current situation.

Looking at the concentrated fire mana in Angus's fingertip, Rendy feels a dreadful feeling about it and immediately charges towards Angus.

Rendy appeared in front of Angus and brandished his sword, "Got you." said Angus with a smirk.

Before the sword touched Angus, A silvery-white shield appeared in the air and blocked Rendy's sword [Unbreakable Shield]. *Clang* Because of the strong momentum and Rendy's powerful charge, the clash creates a strong wave towards the surrounding area.

Still, the shield managed to defend Angus while he was still gathering more fire mana and overcharged his spell. Facing the strong shield, Rendy begins to put more strength into his sword.

Suddenly, the shield disappears out of thin air, and Rendy loses his balance forward. In this split second, Angus already sidestepped, dodging Rendy's sword while keeping the spell on his finger.

Using Rendy's lack of control of his body, Angus pointed his finger to Rendy's head and released his overcharged spell [1st Circle - Overcharged Firebolt]. *Piuuu* *Splash* The fire concentrated Firebolt shot towards Rendy's head at point-blank range.

At the last second, Rendy managed to cover his head with strong [Fire Armor]. But, it still didn't even last a second against Angus's strong overcharge Firebolt.

It managed to completely obliterate Rendy's head and keep flying until it hit the arena barrier. Because of its strong force, the arena barrier even has a minor crack.

Looking at Rendy's headless body and strong firebolt, the silent audience couldn't help but surprise and start cheering loudly.

"Damn, can that even be called a Firebolt anymore?"

"Yeah, it's more like a strong high circle spell."

"What an absurd attack is that?"

"Did that kid gather the fire mana from the air?"

"What's with that shield? It managed to block strong [Fireblast]."

Various comments erupted from the audience as they witnessed Angus's prowess. Compared to all the previous fights, this is the most exciting fight and shows Angus's true capability.

As for the hidden hired mercenary, they couldn't help but feel fear at Agnus. Fourteen grade three combatants died under Angus's hand even one of their prominent experts died. Now, they didn't know if they should keep challenging Angus or not.

At this time, with a ragged breath, Angus said, "Huft.. Huft.. Alright, Who's next?!!"

Hearing that Angus still wanted to continue the fight, the audience couldn't help but cheer for him.

"Untouchable!! Untouchable!! Untouchable!!" as the audience said Angus's title.

Looking at Angus's rough breath, the hired mercenary couldn't help but feel that they still have a chance. Soon, they decide to send another man to challenge Angus.

After Agnus completes the procedure before the fight, he suddenly takes out a few vials of potion bottles and drinks them without hesitation before coming to the arena.

Looking at this, the hired mercenary finally realized their blunder. All this time, Angus never takes a potion even once. So, once he takes the potion, it will completely recover his strength and stamina. They feel tricked by the kid in front of them.

"Alright, Let's start the fight." said Angus.

Angus immediately shoots multiple Firebolts at his opponent as the fight starts, preventing him from surrendering and moving. With his refreshed mind, Angus casting speed is back to the top-notch.

Moreover, as he keeps using Firebolt, his casting is also getting faster and better than before. Combining that his opponent is not as good as Rendy, he obliterated his opponent right away and won the match.

After looking at this, the hired mercenary feels that it is impossible to injure or even kill Angus in a one-on-one frontal battle like this. Not wanting to lose any more men, they decide to call out their people.

Seeing that no hired people got baited and challenged him, Angus also decided to call out of the day. As he leaves the arena, a muscular orc is waiting in front of him.

"You are strong, kid. Let's fight." said the orc in a rough voice.

Looking at the orc's badge that has already accumulated at some point, he knows that he is not part of the hired man.

"Nah, I'm already too tired." replied Angus casually.

Hearing Angus reply, "Are you satisfied?" asked the orc.

"Huh??" asked Angus back in confusion.

"Are you satisfied fighting all those weaklings??" said the orc.

Hearing this, Angus begins to think something, "Hmm.. Of course not. But, do you think you could satisfy me? How about this? I will fight you if you manage to reach the final stage." said Angus before ignoring the orc and going towards Jayna.

Angus knows that the orc race is a battle maniac. From the rumor, they even thought that it is honorable to die in a fight. A race that is clearly quite a headache to deal with but also interesting at the same time.

'It seems the final stage will be quite interesting. I hope someone could force me to go all out.' thought Angus.

Angus decides to call off the day and back for tomorrow. Although he already won fifteen matches and his first match, most of the people he killed were mercenaries with only one point. In total, he only got 21 points.

With this point, he already reached first place in the ranking point. But, the difference with the second-ranking is also not too far. So, he will need to gather more points again tomorrow.

Looking that Angus called off the day, the Sur village group also dispersed and went back to their camp. The audience also feels disappointed, but they couldn't force Angus either.

Along the way, Angus and Jayna decide to shop for something with the loot he got from the arena.

It will be a waste to let all the mana core they got rotting in their space storage. It is better to trade it for a more valuable item.

Angus decides to buy some overpriced potions. Although it is overpriced, Angus has a lot of funds to worry about it.

He also buys some rune magic scrolls with ridiculous prices and few rare ingredients. After buying all these, he still has a lot of surplus mana core.

Now, he knows why people in this place sell everything at a high price. It is because the one that buys in this place is people with a lot of money or mana core.

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"Did you surrender?" said Angus while pointing his finger at the person in front of him.

"*Cough* Y-Yes." replied the person while in haggard condition.

Hearing this, Angus pulls out his finger and goes out of the arena to collect his compensation. Few days have passed since the tournament started. Now, it is the last day for the preliminary stage.

During the past few days, Angus and Jayna constantly get challenged by various kinds of people. But, none of these people were part of the hired mercenary that challenged Angus before. All of them are participants in the tournament.

Since they are participants in the tournament, Angus and Jayna decide to give them a chance to surrender. Otherwise, they will not give them any mercy.

Some of the participants are quite strong and have an excellent battle sense that both of them need a little bit of effort to defeat them. Jayna even needs to use [Unbreakable Shield] once to defend against her opponent's attack.

This also gives Jayna valuable battle experience. As for Angus, although he couldn't fight using his full power, he could still enjoy the battle. After defeating his last opponent, Angus managed to secure his place among the top eight.

Seeing that Jayna is also finished with her battle, Angus approaches her to get out of the arena. After a while, they could get out of the arena without hassle with a few Sur villagers that act as guards.

Since Angus and Jayna already revealed that they are part of the Sur village, Clan Head Jade decides to give them some guard to protect them in case the other villages plan to do something.

Currently, the clan head Jade himself is very busy. He found that the other villages were too quiet in the last days and decided to keep vigilance over everything. His instinct as the Sur village leader for years warns him that they must be plotting something.

Because of this, Clan Head Jade became very busy for the last few days. He needs to supervise many important transactions with various parties in the ancestral ruin.

Getting out of the arena, Angus and Jayna decide to do another window shopping with their harvest from the arena. As they search for interesting stuff, Angus finds a familiar presence nearby.

Curious about this person's location, Angus decides to drag Jayna along with the guard towards the person's place. After a while, Angu, Jayna, and the guard found Isvel in a secluded spot using a binocular with drooling coming from his face.

"Woo.. Yes, take that towel off, baby." said Isvel

Seeing that Isvel did not notice their arrival, "Cousin Isvel, what are you doing here?" asked Angus

Surprised by Angus's call, "Hicc.. A-Angus.. Why are you here? Hahaha.." as Isvel hid his binoculars.

Feeling that there is something wrong with Isvel's reaction, Jayna immediately snatches the binocular before Isvel notices.

"Ehh.. Lady Jayna, what are you.." before Isvel finished his sentence, Jayna using the binoculars to look at the previous spot Isvel saw.

Then, Jayna immediately found a group of women taking a bath in an enclosed public bath. But, she could see in clear view from this spot. Looking at this, Jayna immediately flares up her fire mana while Isvel is getting sweating.

"Jayna, what do you see?" asked Angus, still confused about the other two people.

Before Angus could take a look at Jayna's view direction, "Don't you dare look at that way!!" said Jayna in a deep voice while melting the binoculars.

"Ahh.. My precious binoculars.." said Isvel at this time.

Hearing this, Jayna suddenly throws a fire punch towards Isvel, "Die!! you pervert!!" *BAM*

Isvel immediately flew away towards the enclosed public bath and crashed into it. Then, a series of woman screams and hitting sounds came from it.

All this time, Angus could only smile awkwardly towards his girlfriend's behavior while the guard chose to be silent and pretend not to say anything.

"Hmph.. Angus, you do not see anything in that direction, right?" asked Jayna while glaring at Angus.

"Ehh.. N-No, I don't see anything." replied Angus in a hurry.

'Actually, I already know that there is a women's public bath that way. But, she didn't need to know that.' thought Angus inwardly.

"You are not lying, right?" asked Jayna again.

"N-No.. Of course not. Anyway, let's go back now. This place is quite far from our camp." said Angus.

"Alright, Let's go. Oh yeah, how is Isvel doing?" said Jayna.

"Ohh.. he got beaten up by some wome... " as Angus stops his sentence and realizes what he just said.

"I see.. beaten up by who??" asked Jayna in a cold tone.

"N-No, Jayna. You know it's my skill. I couldn't help but know about that. Besides, you are definitely better than them." replied Angus in a cold tone.

Hearing this, Jayna immediately blushed and said, "Pervert!!" while trying to cover her body.

Jayna looks at Angus while blushing, "It's only you. If it's only you, It's okay." said Jayna with a lower voice, but Angus also hears it with his sharp perception.

Angus immediately hugged her, "Jayna, for me, you are the most beautiful person. You are mine, and I am yours." said Angus, whispering near Jayna's ear, making her blushed more.

Finally, they decide to go back from this secluded place. On the way, Angus and Jayna see a few shops with enclosed tents behind their stall. However, their stall didn't show any merchandise, and only a word called the slave.

The tent behind the stall was also enclosed without any way to see through them. However, Angus and Jayna could feel that there is a lot of life presence inside the tent. According to the guard that accompanied them, this is the place where slave traders sell slaves.

Be it in Firuman or this dimension. Some people even trade things such as slaves. Although it is ethically wrong to trade life being, this is also one of the most significant sectors for the economy.

Moreover, with the help of a contract, people could get a loyal slave that would do anything for their master without being afraid of betrayal.

The Heart kingdom itself also does not forbid this kind of trade. However, they still place heavy regulations on this trade.

Based on the rumor they heard, people that couldn't pay the compensation in the battlefield arena for losing will eventually get sold as slaves in the end. Because of this, slave traders are also kind of normal in this place.

Unlike the Heart Kingdom, which has heavy restrictions in slave trading, this place is quite insidious since there is no regulation about their slave source.

Most of the slaves here are from the debt called debt slaves. But they also come from the kidnapped people that are being enslaved forcefully. This kind of practice often happens in lawless places like Endless Battlefield dimension.

Because of this, only people that will buy slaves come to this area. Otherwise, most people will try to avoid this area in fear of getting kidnapped and enslaved. Some people said that getting enslaved is worse than being dead.

While Angus and Jayna are walking away from this place, they suddenly hear a faint voice from one of the slave trader tents.

'Why.. Why.. Why..' the whispering sound feels like the whimpering of a wounded animal.

Angus and Jayna immediately look at each other before Jayna could say anything, "No.. It's not our business." said Angus coldly.

At the moment, Angus and Jayna hear the soft whisper that few of their ancient powers are active on their own. They could listen to this soft dreadful whisper because of their ancient power.

But, they didn't expect that the most mysterious and dangerous ancient power would also be active. One of them is called [Light Bringer] from the Ancient king of light.

A power to control light and darkness. One of the most difficult powers to use among the ancient powers Angus and Jayna receive.

The ancient king of light that gives them this power has never taken an heir candidate before. It's because most of the people could never even use the basic skill of his Ancient Power.

Still, with the blessing of this ancient king, Angus and Jayna are also sensitive towards the light and darkness elements. Currently, they feel a thick dark element from one of the slave trader tents along with the dreadful whisper.

This shows that there is a person inside that tent that could use a very dark element. The dark element is so strong that it is almost on par with Mundus, the strongest dark elemental creature in the world.

If they do not feel Draven staying hidden in Angus's shadow, both of them already thought that Draven is going rampage at that location.

Besides the [Light Bringer, another ancient power called [Allegiance] from the Ancient King of monsters or Queen of the beast also activated.

This is the sole reason why Angus is reluctant to visit the store. Not because he is afraid of the slave trader, but because of the trouble from this dark elemental person.

The person with the thick dark elemental has a similar mind to a monster. If Angus and Jayna didn't have [Allegiance, a power to connect with the monster, they might never know the state of this person.

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A person with a monster mind means the person has the body of a normal living being but the mind of a monster. A mind that only seeks destruction like the monster itself, especially towards the civilian society.

This change could happen to every person. It is similar to a mental disorder. The cause of this phenomenon comes from many factors such as continuous mental abuse, physical torture for a long time, or getting overstressed by something for an extended time.

Although they have a monster mind, it doesn't mean their wisdom and intelligence are gone. This makes them more dangerous than ordinary monsters, who are like mindless beasts.

Usually, people will immediately kill the changed person before it could cause more damage. There are even stories about small countries getting destroyed by this changed person. Furthermore, there is no cure to reverse people with monster minds up to this day.

As a high noble, both Angus and Jayna know about this kind of phenomenon and the way to prevent their minds from turning into monsters.

Both of them were already taught that they could become anything except being turned into monsters from childhood. It is even better to become a dictator or murderer than a monster in mind.

Moreover, there is no way to indicate whether a person has already turned into a monster or not. The only indication is their tendency toward destruction.

If it is not because of their ancient power [Allegiance, Angus and Jayna may also not know the person's monster mind.

At first, this is the only ancient power they are reluctant to use since it will literally connect the user with the monster, especially in their mind. They didn't know if there would be any side effects from this power when they connected with the monster.

Like the others, the Queen of Beast also didn't explain her ancient power's true capability. She only described the basics of this power which make them connect to any beast or monster. As for the actual value and strength, both of them need to explore it by themself.

Feeling a person with a monster mind nearby, Angus and Jayna hurried their pace to go back to their camp. They hoped that the other people would soon handle this person.

There is another reason why a person with a monster mind is dangerous and disdained by many people. It is because of their strength and power. They could use both miasma and mana at the same time.

Some even managed to create two cores inside their body. One for the miasma and the others for mana. Combined with the mind focused on destruction, they could become an unstoppable killing machine that even high-grade combatants fear.

Angus didn't know what stage this person had, but he also didn't want to get entangled with such a troublesome person. They already have their troubles to survive in this dimension. It will be nothing but sheer stupidity to mess with this person.

Both of them managed to reach the camp and rest peacefully over the night without any disruption. At this point, Angus also feels that the other village is too quiet.

They even didn't let their people participate in the tournament. According to the other villagers, there will always be tight competition between each of these villages. Some even bet whose village will be the winner.

Still, this didn't mean that the quality of the people entering the tournament will be lower. According to the others, besides Angus and Jayna, most people who reach the final stage are newcomers with unprecedented combat capability.

Even though Angus feels that the other villages may be plotting something, he couldn't do anything since there is no proof, and he didn't know what they would be doing.

Arriving at the Battlefield arena with the most Sur villager, Angus and Jayna are immediately welcomed by the arena's staff. The whole Sur villager is excited to see Angus and Jayna fight, especially with their unique identity.

Entering the arena, they could see a massive arena in the center that is not divided anymore. The entire arena is the enormous size of the circular stone platform from the previously divided arena during the preliminary stage.

This will make the fight almost without boundary, like in the wilderness. In the middle of the arena, there are already few people waiting for them. They are the other contestants that also managed to reach the final stage.

After waiting for a while, all the top eight contestants finally arrive. Then, without wasting any moment, the announcer begins their welcoming ceremony.

"Welcome everyone to the battlefield arena. Today we will hold the final stage of the tournament like in the previous years. First, Let me introduce you to the eight participants that managed to get into the final stage." said the announcer excitedly.

"WOOO" reacted to the surrounding audience.

"The first ranking is…" as the announcer begins to introduce all the participants.

After the end of the introduction, "Now, participants, you may choose your opponent." said the announcer.

The moment the announcer finishes his sentence, an orc arrives in front of Angus.

"Kid, I managed to get into the final. Let's fight." said the orc towards Angus.

Apparently, the final stage is regulated based on the participant themself. They need to challenge one person, and the challenged person could not refuse them. After winning the fight, they will go into the next round.

Then, they will fight again in the next round using the same rules until only one person remains. Being challenged by the same orc from a few days ago, Angus couldn't help but smile.

"Alright, Let's fight." said Angus shortly.

Since Angus is the first one to be challenged among the others, his match becomes the first fight in the tournament's final stage. Seeing that Angus and the orc are ready to fight, the other competitor leaves the vast arena.

"Have fun." said Jayna in a low voice, but Angus could still hear her.

Hearing this, Angus only nodded his head.

After leaving the two of them alone in the arena, "Kid, what's your name?" asked the orc.

"Angus.. Angus Victory." replied Angus shortly.

"Good name, Mine is Ilgor. Let's have a great fight." said the orc with a grinning smile.

Suddenly, Angus shoots a few fast Firebolts towards the orc. The orc charges towards Angus while dodging the firebolt by a hairbreadth. Ilgor's charge is very fast that he almost arrives in front of Angus in just a few moments.

But, Angus keeps his calm and shoots a Fireball towards the orc to stop his track. Seeing the incoming yellowish-red ball, the orc brandished his one-handed axe [Axe Art - Wind cutter]. *Bom* Vodun creates a slight wind arch toward the Fireball and destroys it on its path.

Despite the shockwave, Ilgor keeping his charge towards Angus. Before Ilgor arriving in front of Angus, Angus tapped his ground, and the stone slab below rose from the ground [2nd Circle - Earth Wall].

Ilgor was surprised at Angus's spell but immediately returned to his calm and brandished his axes in both hands to destroy the Earth Wall [Axe Art - Twin Cut]. *Slash* *Crack* The earth wall was destroyed under the Ilgor's Twin Cut.

At the same time, the ground below Ilgor also shines bright and releases a magic diagram [1st Circle - Entangle]. A series of plantation roots came out from the ground and entangled Ilgor's feet.

In the meantime, Angus jumps away from the earth wall and shoots Fireball in the air towards the Ilgor, who is still struggling to get out from the root. *BAM* *BAM* two fireballs managed to hit directly at Ilgor.

Normally, any third-grade combatant will die under such an attack or be left with a severe wound. However, after the dust settled down, Ilgor only got scorched a little bit on his body and a few bruises with slight bleeding.

This shows the tenacity of a combat race called orc. The powerful race that is born to fight. Because of the Fireball, the entangle spell also gets canceled.

"Hahaha… I know it. Our fight will be an exciting one." said Ilgor before charging towards Angus.

Angus created a few thick Earth Walls in front of Ilgor. Like before, Ilgor decides to destroy the Earth wall. Suddenly, another magic diagram appears on the Earth Wall [2nd Circle - Earth Spike]. A pointed spike made of the earth appears and attacks Ilgor.

This makes Ilgor retreat to avoid the Earth Spike. However, Angus didn't plan to let the orc go away easily. A massive magic diagram suddenly appears on the ground below Ilgor.

Although Ilgor didn't know about this spell, seeing its scale and didn't activate right away, he decided to get away from its range as soon as possible. The bright light soon changes the stone platform into a quicksand [3rd Circle - Quagmire].

Luckily, Ilgor managed to get away and arrive at the edge of the spell on time. Before he could feel relieved, a few firebolts hit his body and pushed him back into the quicksand. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

Angus also didn't stop there and created another magic circle in front of him, as Ilgor tried to get away from the quicksand, A thick oil coming from Angus magic diagram [2nd Circle - Fire Oil].

Without a way to dodge, Ilgor's upper body got splashed with the Fire Oil while his lower body kept submerging.

"Let's see if you could survive being burned alive." said Angus while shooting Firebolt towards the Fire Oil. *BOM*

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*BOM* The thick Fire Oil ignited into a blazing fire and burned the area along with Ilgor. Ilgor's current situation is horrible. His upper body is burned while his lower half keeps submerged into the ground.

Even with coating the body with mana, he still couldn't offset the scorching pain of being burned alive. Ilgor began to struggle more and led him to be submerged into the quicksand faster.

After a while, his whole body is submerged on the ground. Looking at this, Angus couldn't help but feel shame since the orc never tried to give up until the end.

Before Angus walks away, *ROOARR* suddenly a loud beastly roar coming from the Ilgor direction. *CRACK* Then, the stone platform near Ilgor place is cracking. *BOM*

*ROOARR* Ilgor appeared from the ground with madly red eyes and loudly roared towards the surrounding [Rampage]. The roaring sound is so menacing and loud that it creates an invincible pressure nearby.

Feeling at the Ilgor's bloodthirst aura, Angus could only smile at him. Suddenly, Ilgor disappears from his spot.

Feeling a dreadful feeling, Angus immediately uses [Rodeo Maneuver] to move from his spot. *BAM* *CRACK* Ilgor slams his axes on Angus's previous spot, destroying the stone platform under him.

Seeing this, 'What a powerful and fast charge!!?' thought Angus.

Then, Ilgor once again brandished his axe towards Angus with enormous speed. Angus dodges sideways from the Ilgor Axe. Before Angus could counterattack with his Firebolt, Ilgor already attacked him again with immense power and speed.

In the end, Angus couldn't help but keep dodging Ilgor's twin axe attack. Although Ilgor's attack is fast and strong, it is straightforward. For someone that could look at fighting patterns, Angus could dodge all this simple attack.

'Hmm.. As expected under the [Rampage, he couldn't think like normal.' thought Angus.

Suddenly, Angus realizes that Ilgor is not getting any weaker but faster and stronger. His fighting pattern also changes and adapts to Angus's movement.

'Hee… This is interesting. Let's see how you cope up with this.' thought Angus.

At the critical moment, Angus catches the orc's hand with his own hand. Feeling the pressure and powerful strength under Ilgor's arm, Angus redirected his power and threw him towards the quicksand area [Yin-Yang Balancing]. *BAM*

Angus's movement skill is so fast that none of the audience could clearly see what is happening before seeing Ilgor get thrown into the quicksand area.

During this time, Ilgor stabilized himself in the air using his super reflex and swung one of his axes towards Agnus [Axe Art - Air Slash]. An arc of an invisible blade coming towards Angus.

In the last second, Angus managed to dodge it with [Rodeo Maneuver]. In the meantime, Ilgor once again entered the Quicksand area.

Getting into the quicksand area, Ilgor couldn't help but struggle towards the edge as fast as he could to only feel like getting submerged more quickly. However, his location is not near the edge like before, and he needs more effort to escape from the quicksand area.

In the meantime, Angus also didn't stay idle either. He finally decided to take this fight more seriously. He claps his hands and creates various magic circles in the air while chanting.

After a while, Ilgor managed to get on the edge using his superhuman strength and get out from the quicksand area. But, he starts to feel exhausted from all the wounds he receives. Furthermore, his [Rampage] skill gets canceled as he enters the quicksand area.

Ilgor begins to feel the wariness in his body from the [Rampage] side effect. Still, he didn't care about that and decided to continue. Fighting an opponent like Angus is a rare opportunity for him. Just as he wants to charge at Angus, a few fireballs come towards him.

Since Ilgor couldn't receive any more damage, he decided to sidestepped and dodge the incoming Fireball. Suddenly, the ground he stepped on shines bright [2nd Circle - Water Torrent]. *BAM*

A surge of water sprouted from the ground and hit Ilgor towards the air. As Ilgor threw in the air helplessly, Angus threw a high concentrated lightning towards him [2nd Circle - Overcharge Lightning Bolt]. *BZZTTZZ*

The Lightning bolt travels in the blink of an eye and hits Ilgor while still in the air.

"ARRGHH!!" screamed Ilgor in pain from being electrocuted.

But, Angus already cast another spell towards Ilgor when he landed on the ground [2nd Circle - Fire Whip]. A burning hot whip appeared from Angus's hand and bound Ilgor's body.

"Urgh" screamed Ilgor in pain from the searing hot whip.

"Surrender!!" said Angus while on Angus's other hand already charged enhanced Firebolt.

Didn't want to give up yet, Ilgor trying to struggle with his numbed body to get out from the Fire Whip. Feeling the struggle, Angus immediately shoots Overcharged Firebolt towards Ilgor's leg. *PIUU* *BLAM*

Ilgor immediately loses one of his legs and starts to bleed. But, he still didn't want to give up despite having a hopeless situation. Looking at the resolution in Ilgor's eye, the sweating Angus couldn't help but shake his head.

"I think it is not honorable to die by blood loss. I could just leave you alone here until you die of blood loss. At that time, you will die not under my hand but by your own weakness called blood loss. Surrender, or I will leave you to die in such a pathetic way!!" said Angus.

"GRRAA.. I-I surrender." said Ilgor with a gloomy tone.

Hearing this, Angus released his Fire Whip from Ilgor and felt relief. He didn't want to kill such a capable warrior like Ilgor. He thinks that Ilgor still could grow more in the future. Besides, Angus didn't like a straightforward person like Ilgor.

Moreover, his mind also began getting tired after his last performance. Angus managed to cast multiple spells at once because of [Multicast]. A rare skill to cast multiple spells at once with a requirement of high mind power.

Without such a fast calculation ability and mind power, ordinary people will never be able to use this skill. This is one of the skills he inherited from Archmage Bern, besides the transmutation spell diagram.

However, this skill also heavily tasked his mind. Currently, he can only cast three spells at once, and after that, he will feel his mind getting weary. Because of this, he rarely uses this kind of power unless necessary.

Still, it is better than prolonging this fight, especially against Ilgor, who has strong endurance and body. Moreover, Angus also doesn't know how many potions Ilgor hides to recover himself.

Angus decided to end this quickly since he still needed to fight in the next round. He couldn't just give his all at this round.

The moment Angus releases his fire whip, the announcer begins to declare Angus win. Most of the audience immediately cheers for such an exciting battle. Be it Ilgor or Angus, both of them are strong.

"Hahaha… Multicast, no wonder he could defeat those fifteen mercenaries from before without any potion." said Clan Head Jade as he recognized the skill Angus used.

"Multicast?? What's that?" asked Kurvan.

"It's a rare skill to cast more than one spell at once. But, it burdens your mind heavily and also needs fast calculation speed. I thought this was only a myth since no one could do it, but I think I still underestimate Angus's capability." explain Jade.

"Yeah, it's true. I couldn't do such a thing despite having a huge mind power. I don't know how strong our cousin's mind power is." commented Gilford, who looked intently at Angus through his google.

After the battle ends, Angus decides to come towards the Sur village's bench to see the next match.

On the way towards the audience seat, "Angus, that's a great match." said Jayna while giving him a blanket.

"Ahh.. Thanks, Jayna." as Angus receives the blanket to wipe his sweating head.

"So, who is your opponent?" asked Angus.

"It is a full metal armor person called Erga or something. It seems he thought that I would only win this far by only relying on my fire sword artifact." replied Jayna.

"Really? Well, it's not wrong. No one could withstand your fire sword strike." replied Angus.

"Not everyone. You could still easily dodge it and probably block it with [Unbreakable Shield]." said Jayna.

"Hahaha… Well, that's true. Anyway, it seems the next fight is going to start. I will wait for you with everyone." said Angus before giving a peck towards Jayna's lips.

Didn't expect Angus's sudden action, Jayna became blushing red from it, but she was also happy at the same time. After calming her heart with [Arctic Heart, she turns back into an expressionless girl.

The next match is a veteran using a twin short sword named Falco and the rumored dark elves named Miesta. The dark elves also use a twin dagger in both hands. The fight between them is exhilarating and fast.

Both of them directly clash in close combat range for a while without getting the upper hand. Finally, after exchanging countless blows and skills. The Dark Elves managed to get a small cut on her opponent.

Then, like being poisoned, her opponent's movement starts to slow down and make small mistakes. This chance makes her opponent get more cut from the dagger. Finally, the dark elves Miesta win the match with her opponent on the brink of death being poisoned.

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After the match of the dark elves Miesta, the next match is Jayna with a veteran warrior called Erga. Erga has a bulk build wearing a few protective enchanted armors. His main weapon is a long greatsword.

Despite calling Jayna about relying on an artifact, Erga himself seems equipped with many enchanted items and possibly artifacts. According to some Sur villagers, Erga is a famous veteran that likes to collect items from their opponent.

After completing the procedure, both Jayna and Erga come towards the center of the arena. Erga seems to be smiling happily at Jayna as though he already won this match.

"Yo, little girl. Why don't you just surrender and give me the compensation? That way, we will not waste everyone's time." said Erga.

However, Jayna keeps silent and waits for the barrier to be fully erected. Looking at the silent Jayna at his taunt, Erga decides not to provoke her anymore.

In reality, if he is using this petty taunt towards Jayna one year before Angus's training, his insult will not only work but will effectively anger Jayna.

After Angus's training, Jayna will become sort of a different person. A person that will think any calm yet also aggressive at the same time inside the battle.

Before long, the referee signals the match to start. Both of them immediately disappear from their spot and clash in the middle of the arena.

During the clash, Jayna's sword is covered with burning hot flames like usual, while Erga is using his enchanted greatsword. Despite it being a highly enchanted greatsword, it is already shown a sign of getting melted from Jayna's fire sword.

Seeing this, Erga immediately retreated back and created a distance from Jayna. But, Jayna didn't want to give him a chance and kept pushing forward. Once again, she brandished her burning fires sword in full power [Sword Art - Crimson Slash].

'Damn!! She is persistent.' thought Erga inwardly while activating his enchanted boots.

Suddenly, Erga's body appeared a few meters away from his original spot. In the meantime, Jayna's attack hit the stone platform. *Bam* The stone platform turns into hot molten stone.

'Just how hot is that fire sword to manage to melt the stone platform like nothing. It seems I need to avoid a close combat fight.' thought Erga while he put away his enchanted greatsword inside his space storage.

In return, he takes out a dazzling wooden bow with a lot of runes on it. At this time, Jayna ran towards Erga in an attempt to force him into a close combat battle. However, Erga also does not stay idle either. He pulls the bow string and a mana arrow coming from it.

At the same time, his gauntlet shines brightly and makes his hands move in a blur. *Swosh* *Swosh* *Swosh* Erga releases dozens of mana arrows towards Jayna in less than a second.

The mana arrow travels in the blink of an eye and arrives in front of Jayna. Using her trained combat instinct, she managed to dodge all of them while keeping approaching Erga.

Although the mana arrow is fast, it still has the same speed as Angus's enchanted Firebolt. She could still avoid this kind of attack easily while moving forward.

In the meantime, with each mana arrow Erga releases, the enchanted bow starts to shine brightly. Later, Jayna notices the mana arrow is getting faster. She couldn't help but dodge them using her fire sword. *Ting* *Ting* *Ting*

Although their distance was only a few meters away, Jayna couldn't approach Erga further as the incoming fast arrow blocked her. Soon, Erga's bow shines brightly and shoots a massive mana arrow towards Jayna.

Unlike the previous mana arrow, this arrow is faster and stronger. In the blink of an eye, the arrow was already in front of Jayna. Jayna managed to avoid her vital part using her superb combat sense, but she still got hit in her shoulder. *Bam*

Because of the strong force, Jayna's body gets thrown quite far from the attack. The strong mana arrow managed to gouge her upper shoulder. Jayna feels unbearable pain from it. However, she still keeps focusing on the battle while trying to ignore the pain.

Suddenly, her fire mana flared up and started to regenerate her wounded right shoulder passively. At the same time, she realizes Erga is not shooting any more mana arrows while sweating all over his head.

Smoke coming from Erga's hand, along with a surprised expression on his face. Erga didn't expect Jayna to avoid his last shot with a wound in her shoulder.

Using this opportunity, She takes her sword with her left hand and charges towards Erga [Fiery Burst]. In the blink of an eye, Jayna managed to arrive in front of Erga. Without giving Erga a chance to activate his enchanted item, she brandished her fire sword.

In a moment, her sword was already near Erga's neck. However, a strong mana barrier suddenly envelopes Erga. *Bang* The mana barrier coming from his necklace managed to stop her burning sword for a moment before cracking.

Instantly, Erga uses his enchanted boot to get away from Jayna a few meters away. However, Jayna didn't want to give him any breather. She instantly follows him using [Fiery Burst].

Currently, Jayna is adept at using this movement skill, making her faster and more agile than before going inside the inner area. She immediately caught Erga and brandished her burning sword again.

But, Erga already expected this and used his enchanted boot to get away from her. Soon, a game between cat and mouse begins between Jayna and Erga. However, Erga didn't notice Jayna forcing him towards the Quicksand that Angus left behind in the previous fight.

Before Erga notices, he is already near the quicksand area. As he wanted to escape from his location, Jayna managed to predict his limited movement and block him in time with the help of [Analyze].

Because his speed is coming from the item, he couldn't stop or change his direction and was forced to meet with Jayna's sword. Once again, another mana barrier coming from one of his bracelets.

Still, it couldn't even hold a second before being destroyed by Jayna's concentrated attack [Sword Art - Crimson Slash]. *Bang* Jayna's sword managed to hit Erga's enchanted armor and create a crack on it but managed to save his life.

Like expecting this, Jayna brandished her fiery sword again towards Erga in an attempt to kill him. At this moment, Erga is still getting hurt internally from Jayna's previous attack. So, he could dodge towards Jayna's next attack.

Knowing his protective enchanted item is gone, Erga immediately shouts, "Surrender!! I surrender!!"

Then, Jayna's sword immediately stops right before Erga's neck. Erga feels relieved that Jayna managed to stop her sword in time. Still, the burning hot flame managed to scorch his skin a little bit.

Taking back her sword, Jayna begins to move out from the arena as the announcer declares her win.

"Nice, both of you managed to get into the semifinal." said Isvel towards Angus, who is sitting beside him.

Feeling the lack of response from his cousin, Isvel looked towards Angus beside him but only found he was already gone.

"Ehh.. Didn't our little cousin sit beside me?" asked Isvel.

"He already got out of here the moment Lady Jayna got hurt." replied Gilford from behind him.

"Ahh.. I see. It's good to be young. Hehehe…" said Isvel.

While the Sur clan are chatting with each other, Angus already arrives in front of Jayna.

"Jayna, are you alright?" asked Angus worriedly.

But, Jayna didn't answer and immediately embraced Angus.

"Angus, Am I weak?" asked Jayna.

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's take care of your shoulders first, okay?" replied Angus before going towards one of the participant's waiting rooms.

On the way towards the room, both of them keep silent without saying anything. But, Angus kept embracing Jayna softly. He knows that right now, she is wounded not only physically but also mentally. Arriving inside the room, the expressionless Jayna immediately tears up.

"Angus, I-I…" said Jayna.

"Hush.. Jayna, you are not weak." said Angus shortly while wiping her tears.

"B-But.. I got hurt from a weakling that only relied on items. Didn't.. Didn't.. it means..." said Jayna in a low voice.

Before she could finish her sentence, Angus silenced her with a deep kiss.

After managing to calm her down a little bit, "Jayna, you are not weak. You could manage this far is the real proof of your strength. Besides, you should be proud to manage to beat that weakling that only relies on items." said Angus.

"Still, I got hurt." replied Jayna back.

"Yeah.. But it's because you are also limiting yourself, right?" said Angus.

Jayna only nodded at Angus's answer.

Seeing she still not truly convinced, "Jayna, what is the most important thing in a fight?" asked Angus.

"Emm.. Winning." said Jayna, who remembered Angus's teaching.

"Right. In a fight, all you need to do is win. No matter how long you train yourself, if you are not winning is futile. Now, tell me, did you win the fight before?"

"Yes" replied Jayna while nodding.

"Then, there is nothing to worry about. Now, let's take care of your wound." said Angus before suddenly ripping Jayna's cloth on the shoulder.

"KYAA…"

"KYAA… Angus, what are you doing?!!" yelled Jayna while half of her clothes are thorned apart.

"Well, I just want to check your wound." said Angus while looking at the burning wound that started to heal itself.

At this moment, Jayna feels embarrassed and blushing as Angus could see almost all parts of her upper body.

"It seems the Fire Phoenix ability is really great to be able to heal this kind of wound. However, the healing speed is still too slow. We don't have much time until the next round."

"I will put some potion on it. You may feel a stinging pain a little bit, so bear with it." said Angus while taking a potion bottle.

Without wasting any time, Angus immediately poured the potion into the wound. *SSHSS* The fire in Jayna's shoulder absorbed the potion and enhanced its healing speed.

"Urrghh.. Ahh..." Moaned Jayna.

"Are you okay, Jayna?" asked Angus.

"Yeah, I was just surprised at the sudden sensation." replied Jayna while blushing.

Agnus was immediately dazzled by Jayna's blushing and embarrassed reaction. He feels like seeing a pure, fragile girl that needs to be protected. Jayna also realizes Angus's daring look at her, which makes her blush more.

A moment later, Angus shakes his head and goes back to focus on Jayna's wound, which is already almost fully healed. Looking at the crimson fire in her shoulder, Angus couldn't help but think of his medication blue flame method.

Without warning, Angus creates a blue flame on his finger and pushes them into Jayna's wound. The flame merged together and finally completely healed Jayna's wound. During this time, Jayna once again let out a moan.

"Ahh… Angus, w-what are you doing?" moaned Jayna, embarrassed, letting out a sudden cry.

"Errm… I just touch your wound with my blue flame. Does it hurt?" asked Angus.

"N-No, i-it's.. Just don't do that again. Now, get out!! I want to change my clothes." said Jayna with an embarrassing smile.

"O-Okay… Emm…" said Angus while still not moving from his place.

Seeing Angus not moving from his spot, "Angus, Why are you still here?" asked Jayna.

"Emm.. Can I stay here? I-I mean.. I just want to be at your side now." said Angus while hugging Jayna.

Jayna couldn't help but blush to hear Angus's reply. She tried to come up with a refusal, but no voice could be heard from her mouth.

Finally, she replied, "O-Okay, b-but please do not stare at me too much. I-I still have not prepared for it." replied Jayna in a low voice but still could be heard by Angus.

"Ahh.. No, I didn't mean it that way. I mean, I just want to stay at your side. I will turn back, and you could change your clothes." said Angus as he hurriedly turned his back towards the opposite direction.

As he turns back, he feels worse than before. Using his sharp perception, he could feel everything on his back. His longing and feeling to look at Jayna are getting stronger. It really takes everything to calm his mind and not turn back.

'Damn.. it. Is this because of that forgotten king's blessing? N-No.. Angus, get yourself together. She is your precious girlfriend.' thought Angus inwardly.

At this moment, Jayna decides to hurry, changing her clothes. As she begins undressing her clothes, Angus immediately takes a deep breath to calm his mind while closing his eyes.

However, this decision made him see exactly her silhouette and her way to change her clothes. He feels like the time itself is slowed down while Angus is savoring Jayna's body contour like seeing the most artistic piece of art.

Suddenly, the scene in front of him changed. He sees another woman similar to Jayna but with red hair instead of Jayna's beautiful blonde hair. The red-haired woman is also as enchanting as Jayna.

If Jayna is beautiful with her delicate and independent personality, this red-haired mature woman is beautiful while exuding a firm and strong character.

Before Angus realizes, the scene starts to become apparent. Looking at the surroundings, the setting is changed into lush vegetation instead of a private waiting room. In front of him, the red-haired woman is taking a bath inside the pond while humming something.

Her movements are very graceful, elegant and seem to complement nature itself. At this moment, Angus didn't feel lust towards this woman but rather a deep interest and longing feeling at her.

Angus didn't notice that he couldn't even control his body and feel like usual, yet kept looking at the enchanting red-haired woman. Soon, the red-haired woman noticed Angus and looked at him back. He could see sharp crimson bird eyes in her eyes.

Despite the firm and strong facade that the red-haired woman shows, Angus feels lonely and tender feeling inside her eyes. A second later, her menacing eyes turn into a fierceness that could burn everything.

Anger, hatred, and pride cover her true soft and tender personality, but Angus still could see her true nature. He could see the red-haired woman's inner feeling that makes her like the most fantastic piece of art yet fragile at the same time.

Before he noticed, Angus unconsciously said, "So, beautiful." while tearing down.

Hearing this, the red-haired woman couldn't help but be surprised. It feels like she could understand what Angus feels as she starts to mellow down. But she shakes her head and glaring at Angus with contempt.

Then, she bit her lips and glaring at Angus. She turned into the brightest crimson yet beautiful fire and destroyed the surrounding.

Angus also feels like being roasted alive by the crimson flame, yet he still is not looking away at the red-haired woman even once.

He keeps looking at her without caring about his own body. His looks are still the same as before. A look that shows a pure longing feeling yet without lust but honesty. Soon the fire completely envelops Angus, and his consciousness disappears.

When he wakes up, he feels in the lap of someone and once again sees the red-haired woman. The red-haired woman says something in an unknown language, but Angus's body is too weak to respond to her.

His body is currently engulfed in the crimson flame that slowly healed him. After a while, the red-haired woman put Angus on the ground and stood up.

Then, she looks back at Angus and says the same incomprehensible language before turning into a blaze of crimson fire and flying away. After that, his consciousness plunged into the darkness.

"Angus.. Angus.. Are you okay??" called Jayna.

Hearing Jayna's call, Angus opens his eyes and sees himself in the lap of Jayna.

Feeling the familiar scene, Angus couldn't help but saying, "Don't go!!" while waking up and hugging Jayna.

"Emm… Angus, Are you alright?" asked Jayna confusedly at her boyfriend's sudden action.

Hearing his girlfriend's question, Angus finally comes to his senses and looks at the surroundings, which he found in a waiting room.

"Err… How long did I pass out?" asked Angus.

"Not long, I just finished changing my dress before you suddenly slump on the ground while tearing up." explain Jayna.

After coming to his senses, Angus realizes that he is just going through memory, not just anyone's memory.

'That is probably the memory of the forgotten king and that red-haired woman, definitely the fire phoenix. No wonder he said to not become like him.' thought Angus.

Seeing Angus still absent-minded while hugging her, "Angus, is there something wrong? You make me afraid." said Jayna.

"Ahh… I am sorry, I am fine. Anyway, Jayna, did you know someone that Fire phoenix might be interested in her memory?" asked Angus.

"Fire Phoenix?? Hmm..." said Jayna while thinking about something.

After a while, "I am not sure. The Fire Phoenix is… you can say, too arrogant. She didn't see any other race at the same level as her or her sibling."

"She also used to play some men, making them her… slaves. As far as I know, she never takes an interest in other people, especially men."

"Still, that's what I currently know. There is still a lot of fragmented memory that I still have not gone through. Some of them even contain a powerful emotion that I don't have any access to see. Is there something wrong with Fire Phoenix?" said Jayna.

"Hmm.. I think the forgotten king has some connection with Fire Phoenix." said Angus before he explained what happened to him.

Hearing Angus's story, "So, you are saying the Forgotten King and Fire Phoenix might be lovers?" asked Jayna with curiosity as her woman instinct worked.

"I am not sure. But, the one I am going through is definitely the Forgotten King's memory. Still, the Fire Phoenix in his memory and what you are describing is very different. Maybe she is another Fire Phoenix?" said Angus.

"Hmmm… I don't think so. I feel that the two of them are related somehow." replied Jayna.

"Huh… How did you know?" asked Angus.

"It's my woman's instinct. I am sure both of them must have a deep relationship." said Jayna in a playful tone.

"Err… woman's instinct??!" said Angus looking at Jayna weirdly.

"Anyway, let's get out of here. It seems the last match is done." said Angus trying to change the topic.

"Okay, let's go." replied Jayna cheerfully.

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By the time Angus and Jayna come from the private waiting room, the last match between Ice Maiden and a magician called Houst is already over.

The winner of the match is Ice Maiden, as she turns the quarter of the massive stone platform arena into a freezing field. Both Angus and Jayna are surprised looking at this. They know exactly how much power it needs to turn the arena into this state.

Feeling the power in the freezing field, "Angus…" said Jayna while looking at Angus.

"Yes, she has the ancient power. It seems to be related to ice." said Angus as he also felt the strange power in the freezing field that lacked mana on it.

Normally, big-scale spells that change the environment will leave a tremendous amount of mana surrounding it. However, the current freezing field lacks this kind of mana. There are two possibilities of this phenomenon.

First, it is because of the high elemental mastery of the user. However, this kind of mastery needed to be at the pinnacle level that only a few people could reach, which is quite impossible for a third-grade combatant to do.

Only the sixth and possibly fifth-grade combatants have this kind of elemental mastery. So, it leaves to the next possible answer that is the power of Ancient Power.

Unlike ordinary skill, spell, or another mana-based attack, Ancient Power is a supernatural power that only uses a little bit of mana to create such a devastating effect. It is a power based on the user similar to skill yet also different.

The deeper the user's knowledge, experience, and understanding regarding the Ancient Power, the better its effect. It is even possible to use it without the need for mana after reaching a certain level.

As the Ancient Power user, both Angus and Jayna also realize this fact from their experience using Ancient Power in the last few days.

With this in mind, Jayna begins to look at the Ice Maiden in interest. As someone that inherits Fire Phoenix power and [Hellfire] ancient power, she feels challenged to fight over someone that uses ice-type ancient power, the opposite element of her.

Feeling Jayna's intentions glaring, the Ice Maiden looks at Jayna back after getting out of the arena. Angus somehow could feel an illusion spark between the two of them.

Then, he decides to leave the two girls having their fight. This leaves him to fight the dark elf Miesta. The dark elf, Miesta, seem to notice the two girls' battle intent and decide to leave them alone.

Since the Ice maiden has just finished fighting, this makes Angus and Miesta match next. Without wasting any moment, the two of them immediately went towards the arena to complete the procedure before the match.

After finishing the procedure, both of them enter the waiting room to prepare themself. Usually, the fighter will fight as soon as possible, but Angus and Miesta decided to prepare something before the match.

Angus also didn't have any problem with this decision since he feels that Miesta is different from others. He also needs to prepare a little bit for his fight.

Angus began to wear various protective enchanted item clothes and hide a few hidden weapons in his clothes. He also did not forget to check his rune magic card.

His instinct as a fighter tells him that Miesta is a powerful opponent. Combined with the rumor of her being a dark elf makes him look forward to this fight. He feels he could go all out without holding back in this fight. Still, he needs some safety precautions first.

After checking his equipment, Angus does some light stretching while waving Sky Thorn. Soon, it's time to get out of the waiting room.

At this moment, Angus's mind is focused on the battle and doesn't care about anything except the fight. Various battle scenarios are running inside his head with the help of [Analyze].

Looking at Angus's first serious expression while completely ignoring everything, Jayna couldn't help but sigh at her boyfriend's behavior.

"Haa… Boys." muttered Jayna.

But, she decides to let it slide since her battle instinct also tells her that Miesta is not an easy opponent.

In the end, she could only cheer her from the audience seat along with the other Sur village group. Entering the area, both Angus and Miesta wear different sets of clothes. All the audience could see that both of them were wearing highly enchanted clothes.

Without even the announcer, the audience is already cheering the moment looking at Angus and Miesta. Both of them are winning candidates that are popular among the audience.

Miesta wears a set of black-colored clothes with a black cloth mask on her face leaving only her upper face. On her side, there is a pair of daggers that she used before. She also has two curved blades on her back. Angus also found a few other hidden weapons inside her clothes.

On the other side, Angus wears another set of highly enchanted clothes with few red tones and decorations. There is an emblem of V on the back of his clothes. This is one of the clothes he got from his father.

Looking at Agnus's clothes, the clan head Jade couldn't help but sense pride. Although he already abandons the Victory family name, he is still one of the descendants of the Victory family.

Unlike Miesta, Angus didn't hold a single weapon in his hand, but nobody knows he hid a few hidden weapons like needles and daggers in his loose clothes.

Arriving in the middle of the arena, both of them stay a few meters away from each other. After the arena's barrier is fully erected, the announcer and the referee start the match simultaneously.

Miesta immediately dashes towards Angus while Angus shoots a few firebolts towards her. Miesta easily dodges Angus's Firebolts while keeping moving forwards.

Before Angus could cast another spell, Miesta threw her dagger towards Angus. In a split second, Angus crouches, dodging the dagger while tapping the stone arena [2nd Circle - Earth Wall].

As the ground below Angus rose, Miesta didn't stop her charge and even increased her speed. Suddenly, she ran vertically on the Earth Wall towards Angus. But Angus also didn't stay idle either. He shot a few Firebolts towards Miesta below.

Despite the unfavorable position, Miesta still managed to dodge Angus's fast Firebolt using her super reflex and keep approaching him. Looking at the approaching Miesta, Angus decided to jump towards the opposite side of Miesta.

While in the air, Angus shoots two Fireballs towards the Earth Wall. *Bom* *Bom* Landing on the ground, Angus immediately tried to prepare a few spells. At this moment, he feels a dangerous feeling behind his back.

Angus immediately crouches to dodge the Miesta's attack from behind. He didn't know how Miesta managed to get behind him unnoticed, but Angus decided to create distance first.

However, Miesta already launched her follow-up attack using her twin dagger [Dagger art - Flurry Slash]. It takes everything for Angus to keep dodging her attacks. Angus couldn't even counterattack her using the Firebolt spell even once.

Suddenly, Miesta throws a hidden dagger towards Angus, which he dodges easily. In the next moment, Miesta swung her arm widely, only for Angus to have an opportunity to retreat back.

Before Angus could counter with Firebolt, Miesta disappears from her spot, and Angus feels another dangerous sensation from his back. At this split second, Angus dodged to the side, but Miesta's dagger still hit Angus's back.

Fortunately, a barrier erected and enveloped Angus at the right time, protecting his body from Miesta's dagger. Before she could make another follow-up attack, Angus's body becomes after image and disappears on the spot [Beast Walk].

Angus appears a few meters away from Miesta. Angus's fast movement skill surprised Miesta for a moment.

'Interesting… She even forced me to use [Beast Walk].' thought Angus inwardly while grinning happily.

Then, Angus shoots a few firebolts towards her. This attack wakes Miesta from her surprise, and she decides to charge at Angus while dodging the firebolts.

Unlike before, Angus decided to charge back at her. In the middle of running, Angus wears a gauntlet from his wristwatch storage in his right hand. Suddenly, Angus accelerated using the [Beast Walk].

Before Miesta could react, she got punched in her face by Angus [Iron Fist]. *Bam* However, a mana barrier managed to protect her in time before cracking from Angus's strong punch.

Miesta tried to counterattack, but she underestimated Angus's strength and got thrown back a few meters away.

"Is that all?? I hear Dark elf are supposed to be great at combat. But, it seems that's just an exaggerated rumor." taunted Angus while he wore another gauntlet in his left hand.

Miesta didn't reply towards Angus taunting. It is not that she didn't want to respond. But, it is because she feels like in front of a powerful predator. A predator that stays at the top of the food chain looks down on everything.

As a dark elf, she is susceptible to this kind of thing. Right now, It takes her every being to calm down her mind and keep focusing on the current fight.

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While Angus decided to reveal his skill and physical strength, the audience couldn't help but be surprised at Angus's sudden change.

Up to now, Angus is famous as a great magician with an excellent combat sense. But, not in everyone's mind, Angus is also great as a warrior with high skill mastery.

"What the hell is that!! Gil, you are not lying, saying Angus also has great physical power." said Isvel.

"Yeah, but…" replied Gilford, who couldn't utter a single word.

"Such a refined movement skill, right?" said Jayna.

"Yeah, how could he do that? I have never seen something like that even in my entire life." said Jane, the eldest daughter of Jade.

"Fufufu.. It's too soon to be surprised. What if I told you Angus's fighting capability as a warrior is stronger than his magician capability?" said Jayna proudly like she is the one that did it.

"He what.." this time, it is the clan head Jade that seems surprised. Although he knows Angus has a strong body, he leans more towards the magician path, not a warrior from his previous performance. But, it seems this is only a facade he created to fool everyone.

'What a cunning move!! As expected of my genius nephew.' thought the clan head Jade.

"Well, It's not like Angus wants to hide it deliberately. It is just that if Angus uses his skill and physical power, he could never enjoy the fight. So, he never shows it to everyone." explained Jayna, who understands her boyfriend's personality.

At this moment, one person sends a deadly glare at Angus. This person is Neil. Right now, he feels that Angus is like an unsurpassable mountain.

His power, skills, spells, combat sense, all of them are already at the level he could not achieve in a short time. He feels like there is a massive distance between the two of them. Moreover, he also has a beautiful girlfriend like Jayna by his side.

For Neil, Angus is the perfect person without lacking anything. This made his jealousy burn more and completely clouded his mind.

While everyone has different thoughts about Angus, inside the arena, Angus didn't get a response from Miesta. Then, Angus clasps his hand to cast a spell.

Seeing this, Miesta decides to throw her dagger to interrupt him. Miesta thought that Angus might be dangerous in close combat, but his casting skill as a magician proves to be more difficult to deal with in the previous matches.

However, this wrong judgment will be her doom. Angus easily dodges her dagger while keeping his chanting. Suddenly, he abandons his casting and turns back, punches towards Miesta, who is just appearing behind him.

"The same trick will never work twice!! [Dynamic Punch]" said Angus while launching a few punches at once towards Miesta. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

Few mana barriers envelop her and withstand Angus's attacks before being destroyed. Because of Angus's multiple punches, almost all her life-saving mana barrier triggered.

Before Angus managed to break through all her mana barriers, Miesta got thrown off from the force. Didn't wanting to give his opponent a chance, Angus followed her and once again attacked her with a strong concentrated punch [Focus Punch].

At this split second, Miesta's hand is also enveloped with black-colored mana [Dark Punch] and clashes with Angus's [Focus Punch]. *BAM*

The two strong forces collided, and a shock towards the surrounding. Since Miesta launched her attack in a broken stance and unfavorable position, she got pushed back quite far away.

After pushing Miesta, Angus pointed his left hand towards Miesta and shot a few Firebolt. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

Miesta couldn't dodge the incoming Firebolt and triggered her last mana barrier to withstand the incoming Firebolt.

'Tch.. All my mana barrier items are used. Just what kind of monster is he?' thought Miesta while looking at his bleeding hand that previously clashed with Angus.

Seeing Miesta not coming towards him, Angus begins chanting a spell. While Miesta stabilized herself, Angus cast a spell [2nd Circle - Flame Wave] towards Miesta. *Whoosh* a wall of fire is coming towards Miesta like a tide.

Miesta decides to throw one of her daggers inside the Flame Wave. Then, take out the two curved swords from her back. Suddenly, her silhouette disappears from her spot.

Looking at this same trick, Angus immediately focused on the throwing dagger. Apparently, Miesta could use a blink-like skill with her dagger as the anchor.

If it is anyone else, Miesta may take the others by surprise. Unfortunately, she fights against Angus, who is familiar with the blink type skill.

However, unlike last time Miesta didn't appear near her dagger position. Not finding Miesta anywhere, Angus immediately uses [Mana Echolocation]. Getting feedback from the skill, Angus understands what Miesta plans.

Then, Angus claps his hand and uses [Multicast] to prepare a few spells. Suddenly, daggers and needles appeared out of nowhere towards Angus.

Before they managed to reach Angus, the stone platform below Angus rose up [2nd Circle - Earth Wall]. *Cling* *Cling* *Cling* The hidden weapons clash with the Earth Wall.

Standing on the top of the Earth Wall, Angus created another magic circle in front of him [2nd Circle - Fire Oil]. The Fire Oil covered a specific spot in front of him. Angus shot a few Firebolts towards the Fire Oil and set a blaze of fire.

At this moment, a magic circle appeared from the ground that was covered with Fire Oil [2nd Circle – Entroot]. A thick plantation tendril appeared from the magic circle and rose high.

Miesta in [Stealth] couldn't help but need to reveal herself on the top of the plantation that starts to burn slowly. At this moment, Angus already cast a few Fireballs towards her.

Seeing the approaching Fireballs, Miesta brandished her curved sword and created a few small spiraling wind blades towards the Fireball [Curved Sword Art - Air Circle]. *Bom* *Bom* *Bom*

The two attack, cancelling each other. However, all this attack is only a facade for Angus's next attack. Angus points his finger towards Miesta while gathering the Fire Mana from the surroundings.

He created an overcharged Firebolt in his hand and released it towards Miesta [1st Circle - Overcharged Firebolt]. *PIUU* *Bam* The Firebolt traveled in the blink of an eye and hit Miesta.

Before the Firebolt could hit Miesta, her tattoo in her body shines up and creates a strong bluish barrier. The barrier envelopes Miesta's whole body and withstand Angus's overcharged Firebolt.

Unlike her previous weak mana barrier, her current barrier didn't even crack in front of Angus's overcharged Firebolt that could even create a crack at the arena barrier. Still, she got thrown quite far away from the force of the Firebolt.

"Tch.. So, many life-saving barriers." said Angus.

Before Angus could cast another spell, Miesta put her hand up. "I surrender." said Miesta shortly.

"Ehh.. Why??" asked Angus in dissatisfaction.

"This protective barrier is a gift from the elders. Unless you are a sixth-grade combatant, you will have no way to make a crack in this barrier. I come to this arena to temper my combat ability without relaying the gift from the elder." explained Angus in a feminine voice.

"We two don't have any enmity for each other that required a deathmatch, and since you already triggered this barrier, it means it is my loss." added Miesta before going towards the outside arena without waiting for Angus's response.

Hearing this, Angus couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm his mind before coming down from the Earth Wall. Then, the arena barrier collapsed, and Angus could hear the cheering from the audience.

"And the winner is… Angus Victory!!" yelled the announcer as the audience cheered.

However, Angus didn't show any happy expression. Nobody knows his current mood.

'Haaa… I thought I could use my full force. To think there is a huge difference between the humanoid monster in the manual battle system and fighting in real life.' thought Angus inwardly.

Leaving the arena, Angus finds that Jayna is already waiting for him. Jayna immediately found Angusin in a bad mood.

"Pfft… Hahaha…" laughed Jayna out of nowhere.

"Hmm.. Is there something wrong?" asked Angus confusedly.

"Something wrong? Although you tried to hide it, you look like a kid who got his toys stolen. Hahaha..." said Jayna while laughing again.

"Urggh… Whatever…" replied Angus while rolled his eyes

"Anyway, be careful in the next round. Make sure to have a protective enchanted item. A person with Ancient Power means she is not an ordinary person. She is probably stronger or the same as Miesta." said Angus.

"Alright… Alright.. I will be careful. Besides, I am also not easily defeated." replied Jayna.

Hearing this, "Jayna… If you are in a critical position, go all out and use [Sacred Fire]."

"Ehh.. But…" said Jayna.

Before she could finish her sentence, "No but… I couldn't bear seeing you hurt" after saying this Angus heard a familiar deep voice in his head saying his exact word towards the red haired woman he saw before.

After a moment, "Angus.. Angus.. Hello.. Are you there?" said Jayna while waving her hand in front of Angus.

"Uhh.. yeah… I just got another vision." said Angus.

"Ehh.. is it about the Fire Phoenix? What's it? Tell me.. Hurry!!" said Jayna in an excited tone.

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"Ehh.. is it about the Fire Phoenix? What's it? Tell me.. Hurry!!" said Jayna in an excited tone.

"Umm… It's nothing important. Just focus on your next match, and don't be too stubborn to surrender. Otherwise…" said Angus while stopping his sentence.

"Otherwise, what?" asked Jayna.

"Otherwise.. I might kill that Ice Maiden girl for something petty like revenge. That's the last thing I don't want to do. Anyway, fight well and keep focus." said Angus while kissing her forehead.

Being kissed by Angus, Jayna couldn't help but blush, embarrassed. Then, she immediately calmed her mind and went towards the arena to complete the procedure along with the Ice Maiden.

After that, like Angus and Miesta, both of them enter their waiting room to prepare. While Jayna is preparing, Angus arrives at the Sur village group.

"Congratulations, little cousin, that's a splendid fight." said Isvel.

"Yeah, that's really a mind-blowing fight. I never knew you had a high skill mastery. Now, I am not sure how many things you have hidden from us." said Gilford.

"Hahaha… Everyone always needs to have a trump card, right?" said Angus.

"Well, you are right." replied Gilford.

Then, Angus begins to chat with the others. While they are chatting with each other, a few hidden people once again gather up and meeting in a remote location after Angus's match ends.

"Did you see that kid's fight? I think we need to eliminate him as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he grows any further, it will be the end for us." said one of the hidden people.

"Not necessary. Did you hear his name?" said another person.

"Angus.. Victory?? Don't tell me he is an outsider??" asked another person.

"Yes, otherwise, Sur village could never hide such a talented kid from us. I bet the other girl is also an outsider judging by the intimate relationship they show in the past days." said another person.

"Then, how about the plan?" asked another hidden person.

"It's too late to go back now. To make everything go according to the plan, I will hire them to care for those two outsiders. Since they are outsiders, They will certainly accept the job." said the other person.

"Alright, then let's go back and prepare everything. We can't fail in this plan." said another hidden person.

After that, all the hidden people begin to scatter away. In the meantime, Jayna's match with Ice Maiden finally begins.

Currently, Jayna is wearing red clothes with the Heart symbol shape on her back. She also wears a few hidden enchanted items for protection. On the other hand, Ice maiden is still using her blue-colored clothes in addition to a few pieces of metal parts.

She is also still bringing her staff on her back. According to the previous fight, Ice maiden is not only good at ice magic and is also good as a staff wielder.

Previously everyone thought that the staff is for helping her cast magic, but she is actually using it if she gets entangled in a close combat fight.

After entering the arena, both of them kept a few meters away from each other as in the previous fight. As soon as the arena barrier rises up, the match begins with Ice Maiden casting a spell.

Jayna also does not stay idle either as she suddenly uses [Fiery Burst] to appear in front of Ice Maiden. Without hesitation, she brandished her burning fiery sword towards Ice Maiden.

However, Ice Maiden managed to dodge her attack by a hairbreadth before casting a spell towards Jayna [2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. *Swosh* *Bam*

Since the Frostbolt shot at point-blank range, Jayna couldn't dodge it in time, but with her trained body control, she could parry it with her fire sword. Still, she didn't expect the power beyond the Frostbolt and made her retreat back.

At the same time, Ice maiden shoots a few more Frostbolt towards Jayna. Unlike the previous situation, Jayna managed to dodge the Frostbolt while moving forwards.

During her charge, she suddenly increases her speed with [Fiery Burst] and arrives in front of Ice Maiden while brandishing her fire sword. At this moment, Ice Maiden also takes out her enchanted wooden staff from her back, ready to clash with Jayna's fiery sword. *BAM*

The two forces collide and create a shock towards nearby. Jayna is surprised that the wooden staff is covered with cold ice parrying her burning fire sword. The cold ice completely nullifies her hot temperature to break the wooden staff.

However, this didn't stop Jayna. She immediately launched a few sword strikes to Ice Maiden. Ice Maiden also didn't stay still and tried to counterattack Jayna using the frozen wooden staff while parrying her attack.

Bluish energy from the Ice Maiden's wooden staff and crimson red energy from Jayna's sword keep clashing, making a sort of fantastic yet exciting show between two of the opposite energies. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

In the span of a few minutes, the two women already exchanged attacks dozens of times. Their clash created a thick mist towards the surrounding arena.

Suddenly, Ice Maiden decided to jump back. Not wanting to give her a chance, Jayna chooses to pursue her. At this moment, the Ice Maiden quickly cast a spell towards Jayna [1st Circle - Freeze].

A cold gust of wind appears from the magic circle in front of Ice Maiden towards Jayna. Seeing this, Jayna tries to counter her with her fiery sword. Then, the Ice Maiden controls the surrounding water mist to envelop Jayna. *Whoosh*

The thick mist combined with the Freeze spell managed to push Jayna back. Jayna could feel her fire temperature also dropping at a fast rate by the surrounding mist.

She immediately used [Flame Armor] to offset the surrounding mist. A blazing fire burns and envelops Jayna's whole body. Despite this, she still couldn't move a single step towards Ice Maiden in the front.

All of sudden, Ice maiden rotates her staff using her other hand and accumulates the water element in the air on her frozen staff while keeping the Freeze spell towards Jayna. A moment later, she slammed her staff towards Jayna [Frost Strike].

In this split second, Jayna's instinct tells her that this is a dangerous attack. She immediately abandons her attack and jumps towards the side. *Bam* The wooden staff slam on the stone platform and completely freeze the area in front of Ice Maiden.

Looking at such a devastating attack, Jayna's passive [Analyze] begins to work. She knows her current ancient power is not as strong as Ice Maiden's ancient power. Their proficiency at using their ancient power has a large gap.

However, Jayna is not someone that is easy to give up just based on this. She immediately brandished her fiery sword towards Ice Maiden from the side. The Ice maiden deflected her sword with her frozen wooden staff. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

The two of them fight in close combat again and create a lot of mist from each clash. Jayna begins to notice that the water vapor in the air is getting thicker after each clash. She knows it will create more advantages towards Ice Maiden.

Then, She decides to change her strategy. She points her finger with the other hand towards Ice Maiden and casts a quick spell towards her [1st Circle – Flame Shot].

The small ember quickly shoots at Ice Maiden's mask. The Ice Maiden couldn't help but get distracted by this Flame Shot.

However, this is an opportunity for Jayna to take. Gripping her sword on the other hand, she swung it towards Ice Maiden. *Bam* Ice Maiden managed to defend her attack using her staff.

But Jayna didn't stop her attack there. Jayna's left fist engulfed in a burning fire came towards Ice Maiden [Flame Strike]. *Bam*

Although Jayna's proficiency in [Hellfire] is still low, she still inherited some of Fire Phoenix's abilities. She could gather and manipulate her fire mana faster than anyone else. Changing a fire-based spell to a fire-based skill is like turning a palm for her.

Ice Maiden didn't expect such an attack and got hit on her masked directly. She got forced back a few meters away by such a strong skill. Under the attack, her mask is cracked, and a few drops of blood could be seen under the mask.

'No.. Mana Barrier item??' thought Jayna.

Mana barrier items are very precious items. Some high-quality mana barriers items are even more precious and rare than artifacts. This is because a mana barrier item could save one life automatically during a dangerous moment.

Then, Jayna looked at her fist, which just hit Ice Maiden. She feels like hitting strong steel. Moreover, her fire-covered fist almost completely extinguished the moment it touched Ice Maiden's mask.

It means the Ice Maiden surrounding body is enveloped with colder temperature. Then, Jayna decides to pursue her. She feels her attack before is not strong enough to knock out Ice Maiden.

Arriving in front of Ice Maiden using [Fiery Burst, she attacks her using another strong sword attack [Sword Art - Crimson Slash].

Ice Maiden calmly parries the sword with her wooden staff at this split second and points another hand towards Jayna's abdomen [2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. *Bam*

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[2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. *Bam* Before the Frostbolt hits Jayna's body, a bluish barrier envelopes Jayna and withstands the Frostbolt. Then, the mana barrier cracked into pieces. Still, the force makes Jayna thrown back a few meters away.

Ice Maiden uses this opportunity to shoot more Frostbolt towards Jayna. However, Jayna also counterattacks using her own Firebolts. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

The Firebolt couldn't completely diminish the Frostbolt, but it could slow down its momentum and trajectory, giving Jayna a chance to dodge them and stabilize herself.

*Crack* *Crack* *Crack* a cracking sound is heard from the surrounding Ice Maiden [Frost Armor].

Currently, Ice Maiden wears enchanting bluish armor made of ice and swings her frozen staff all around. Each of her swings is gathering more ice elemental on her staff. Not only that, all the surrounding area's temperatures begin to drop at a fast rate.

"Surrender!! You already have no way to win." said Ice Maiden coldly.

"Hmph.. In your dream!!" said Jayna.

"What a pity." said Ice Maiden while waving her bluish staff towards Jayna's direction.

Then, suddenly a chilling gust of wind immediately envelops the whole arena along with the swing of Ice Maiden staff.

Combined with all the mist nearby, the entire area surrounding Jayna instantly freeze into ice along with her despite her burning fire armor. *Whoss* Not even Jayna's mana barrier managed to activate and prevent such a devastating attack.

"Huff.. Huff…" as Ice Maiden having a rough breath after using such a large scale move.

*Crack* *Crack* At this moment, a crimson red color envelops Jayna and cracks the ice that freezes her [Sacred Fire]. *Blaar* The ice that envelopes Jayna completely melted and shattered along with the surrounding area. Even the stone platform below her starts to melt.

Opening her eyes, Jayna's eyes change into crimson sharp bird eyes then she brandishes her sword towards Ice Maiden [Sword Art - Fiery Wave]. A blazing hot wave comes towards Ice Maiden.

Ice Maiden immediately reacts towards such a devastating attack. She gathered all her remaining mana on her staff and slammed it on the ground [Ancient Power - Absolute Zero]. *BOMM*

The surrounding area beside Ice Maiden is completely burned and melted. Only the area behind Ice Maiden and herself remained intact. Still, her current situation also is not good. She already exhausted all her mana just to defend herself from Jayna's last attack.

Looking at the surrounding melted area, "Such a strong attack!!" muttered Ice Maiden while looking at Jayna, who is in a rough breath.

"Ha..You even.. Haa... defend against my last resort. Alright, Huft.. I surrender." said Jayna dejectedly while in a rough breath.

Hearing this, Ice Maiden couldn't believe herself. According to her investigation, Jayna should be a very proud girl and will never surrender easily.

"Why??" asked Ice Maiden in confusion.

"I already used all my mana and stamina. I could even barely stay conscious. Besides, any more than this, my protective boyfriend will definitely kill you." said Jayna while looking at the outer arena where Angus stands with an expressionless face.

Although Angus is expressionless, everyone could feel a thick killing intent coming from Angus. Noticing Jayna's glaring, Angus decides to take a deep breath and calm his mind. Lately, he notices that he has become more out of control regarding Jayna's matter.

After getting the blessing from the Forgotten King, his obsession towards Jayna has become stronger to the point he could hardly control it. He didn't know it would be good or bad for him, but he also realized that he cares and loves Jayna deeply.

So, seeing Jayna getting hurt is like stepping on Angus's tail, especially if the one that hurt is an unknown person like Ice Maiden.

If it is not because of the arena barrier, Angus already comes towards Ice Maiden and beats the crap out of the masked girl for freezing his girlfriend.

As Jayna surrenders, the arena barrier also comes down, and the referee announces Ice Maiden win along with the cheers from the audience. Angus immediately appears beside Jayna using [Beast Walk] and supports her.

He knows that Jayna gives her all in her last attack. It is already a miracle she could stay conscious after doing it.

Being supported by Angus, "Angus.. I.." said Jayna.

"Hush… You are doing a good job. That's a splendid match." said Angus while putting his finger on Jayna's lips.

"Anyway, let's get back first. You need to have a rest." added Angus.

After paying the compensation to the arena staff, they both decide to go back to the camp. Both of them get out of the arena while refusing the healing service from the battle arena.

The battle arena also offers a healing service with price. However, this service is costly. In some cases, its price is almost the same as the compensation for losing the match.

This is also why Jayna didn't want to use the healing service when she got hurt in the previous match.

Jayna also didn't receive any significant damage in this match, and her good to go from the battlefield arena. Furthermore, the final match will only start tomorrow. So, they didn't have any business in the battlefield arena.

Going out of the arena, Angus and Jayna found that their uncle Jade and the others were already waiting for them outside.

"Lady Jayna, how is your body?" asked the clan head Jade.

"It's okay. I just feel tired." replied Jayna.

"Then, let's go back already." said the clan head Jade.

Soon, they arrive at the Sur Village camp without any trouble. Then, Angus drags Jayna to his own tent and makes her lay comfortably in the bed in his embrace. After the incident in the inner area, Angus feels reluctant to separate from Jayna, even during their sleeping time.

As for Jayna, she is also happy that her boyfriend is taking a step in their relationship. During their relationship, Jayna notices that Angus is quite a passive person and likes to tease her but never takes a step.

Furthermore, Angus could control his emotions really well and make Jayna hardly understand his thoughts. If It is not because of her [Arctic Heart] skill, she may not know that Angus is genuinely caring and loves her.

However, all of this is in the past. Now, Angus becomes much more proactive ever since they arrive in this dimension. Some part of it because of the dangerous situation they got in that made them become closer and intimate.

Being in the embrace of each other, Angus and Jayna soon rest and sleep for a few hours comfortably. Then, Angus wakes up and leaves Jayna, who is still sleeping reluctantly.

Although he doesn't want to leave his loving girlfriend, Angus has an appointment with his uncle to continue the medication. During these past days, his instinct is telling him something bad will happen soon.

So, Angus decides to prepare for everything and increase his uncle's strength, even if it is a little bit.

Caressing Jayna's cheek, "Wait here, I will be back soon." said Angus while kissing her forehead.

Then, Angus goes towards the clan head Jade's tent. Arriving at the clan head Jade, Angus found that there were few people inside Jade's tent. Seeing it was Angus, the guard outside let him enter the tent without stopping him.

The moment Angus enters, "Are you sure about this?" asked Jade towards Abet, who was in front of him.

Abet didn't reply and looked towards Angus, then looked back towards the clan head Jade.

Seeing this, "It's okay. He should know about this matter." said Clan Head Jade.

Then, Abet begins to narrate his story once more in more detail. Apparently, Abet, the Sur village's guard leader, decided to observe the other four villages. He feels that the other four villages are too quiet than they should be.

Furthermore, they even give up a few huge transactions and give them to Sur Village. Even a fool will notice there is something wrong with this. So, Abet decides to spy on the other village's camp for the last few days.

At first, Abet didn't find anything unusual. However, soon using his keen sense, he notices that few high-grade people are missing from their camp. They didn't even come back for the last few days.

Normally, the other village's camp will be in chaos since a high-grade combatant is very precious towards the village. On the contrary, Abet found that the other village is completely fine, like not seeing that few of their high-grade combatants are missing.

Seeing the reaction of the other villages, Abet became suspicious about this. Even if the high-grade combatant decided to go home early, it is still too much of a coincidence for them to do it simultaneously.

Feeling that the other four villages are starting to work together, Abet and his men decide to do more through observation.

They didn't find any lead for a few days until they found that each of these villages purchased many slaves at once and sent them out to the Ancestral Ruin rather than towards their camp.

Abet sends his trustworthy and skilled men to spy where they are sent to. After a day of spying, the spy found that they were actually sent to the desert near the Sur Village return path.

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The spy found a few people from different villages gathered near the desert area. Then, the spy decided to go back towards Abet, reporting about the situation. Didn't believe in this, Abet decided to investigate by himself.

Arriving at the location, Abet didn't find the other villages like the spy told, but he found a few complicated runes enveloping the big area using his sharp sense. He realizes this rune hides an area.

Abet didn't know what is inside the hidden area, but he is confident the others could see through the outside. Fortunately, Abet is also cautious and uses camouflage skills to hide his body while inspecting the area.

Otherwise, he will be found by the other party and probably killed. Knowing this, Abet decides to come back and report towards the clan leader.

Hearing the detailed story, 'It seems the other villages finally decide to group up to destroy us.' thought Jade inwardly.

After a while, "Jane, what do you think?" asked clan head Jade towards her eldest daughter.

"I think the other villages only decide to have temporary cooperation in handling us. It is impossible for them to work together with their past relationship." replied Jane.

"I agree. However, their temporary cooperation is also something we could not handle. Furthermore, they must have an excellent rune enchanter to hide their entire army from the surrounding. It means they may already lay various traps on our way." said Gilford.

"I see.. In other words, we can't avoid a confrontation." said Jade.

"Yeah, since they already prepared this much, they will not let their plan be foiled easily." said Jane.

Hearing this, all the few people inside the tent become gloomy. Although the Sur Village is strong, they could never fight the combination strength from the other four villages. It is basically a loss before the battle starts.

After being silent for a while, "How about we ask for help from the hidden group? No matter what, the other villages wouldn't dare to touch the hidden group, right?" said Gilford.

"No, we can't. You may not know this. But, the hidden group will never interfere with the other village's conflict unless it is inside a few special sites like in the ancestral ruin." replied Jade.

After thinking for a while, "Haa… My dear nephew, Angus. It seems I can accompany you towards the exit. After your final match tomorrow, escape immediately with Lady Jayna from here."

"I bet the other villages already notice that you two are outsiders by now. They will not try to involve you too much since their real target is us." said Jade solemnly.

Hearing this, Angus thought for a moment, "Uncle, what are you going to do then?"

"Hmph… Of course, we are going to fight. We will give them the taste of hell." said Jade as his blonde hair rose from his erratic mana.

"I see. Then, I am sorry, uncle. I will also stay." said Angus.

"You what? Nephew Angus, you may be a genius, but this is a fight you can't handle. There will be dozens of high-grade combatants on the other side." said Jade.

"I know. But I simply can't abandon you all. Although it is a short time, I kind of like Sur village. Besides, we are not completely hopeless yet." said Angus.

"Cousin, did you have any plans?" asked Gilford, who noticed that Angus seems to have a plan already.

"I am not quite sure yet. There is still too much uncertainty and many things to do. First, how long until the ancestral ruin area closes?" asked Angus.

"It will be closed in about two weeks." replied Gilford.

"Hmm… It should be enough. You said they lay a few trap runes, right? Actually, I am also an enchanter." said Angus.

"As long as it is not a complicated rune, I could immediately disable or modify them given some time. Moreover, I also have that to help me." added Angus while looking towards Gilford.

"That?? you mean ancient power? That's right, given enough time combined with ancient power, you could turn back their trap towards them without their notice." said Gilford.

"Still.. that didn't change the fact we need to fight dozens of high-grade combatants at once." said Jade.

"Then, how about we... " said Angus as he told them his plan.

After a long discussion, "Although there is still a risk, it is not as hopeless as before. At least this way, we could still fight back and retread safely. Angus, are you sure you don't want to escape?" asked Jade again.

"Nah, besides, you are my patient, and I still need to heal that disgusting wound. Anyway, let's start the medication for today." said Angus.

"Urgghh.. can we just do it tomorrow?" replied Jade.

"No, can't do. Besides, the faster you get used to after the medication process, the stronger power you could bring out in the battle." said Angus with an evil smile.

"Alright. Alright…" said Jade, giving up his attempt to run away.

After that, like usual, a series of pained screams were heard from the clan head tent. Soon, time passed, in the next day, Jane, the eldest daughter of Jade, started to instruct the clansmen to procure a few things.

As for Angus himself, he has a final match to attend today. The clan head Jade also comes along with his sons and Jayna to look at Angus's match and not make the other party notice their plan.

Angus also told Jayna about their current situation when he came back to his tent. After telling the story, Angus told Jayna to prepare to have a fierce fight for the next two weeks.

At first, Angus wanted Jayna not to get involved in this dangerous battle. However, he also knows her stubborn personality, especially about this. So, he could only help her get stronger before the battle begins.

He also believes in her phoenix ability. An ordinary combatant will have a hard time handling her. So, he decided to let her join the battle to improve her experience.

One of the major reasons Jayna lost in her last fight is the difference in experience between her and Ice Maiden.

This large-scale battle will increase her combat experience. Furthermore, Jayna with [Hellfire] could become an unstoppable force, even fighting a few ordinary high-grade combatants.

Arriving at the Battlefield Arena, Angus and the others could see there were already many people gathering in the audience seat waiting for the final match to start. Angus also found that the Ice Maiden was already waiting for him near the arena.

"Then, I will go first." said Angus, excusing himself.

"Yeah, beat her up for me." said Jayna.

After saying goodbye to others, Angus went towards the arena and signed the contract to complete the procedure.

Without delay, the two last contestants come into the middle of the arena. Unlike yesterday, both of them were already wearing their equipment for the fight and didn't need more time to prepare.

The arena is also already fixed to normal, unlike yesterday which was riddled with quicksand, freezing fields, melting ground, etc.

While waiting for the arena barrier to be completely erect, "Let's fight to our heart's content." said Angus.

However, Ice Maiden only gives him a silent glare as a reply. Soon, the barrier completely covered the whole arena perimeter.

"The final match… Begin." yelled the announcer with the referee.

As soon as the match begins, Angus immediately uses [Multicast] and casts two spells at once [2nd Circle - Fire Oil] [2nd Circle - Flame Wave]. At the same time, Ice Maiden also start cast a spell. *BOM*

A series of fire waves are coming towards Ice Maiden while at the same time being enhanced by the Fire Oil to increase its burning. Before this burning wave came towards Ice Maiden, a thick wall of ice appeared in front of her [2nd Circle - Ice Wall].

Ice Maiden seems to predict that Angus will attack her the moment the fight begins. However, she still underestimates Angus's attack. Because of the Fire Oil, the fire keeps burning on the ground and slowly melts the strong Ice Wall.

Still, Ice Maiden let this be and decided to cast another spell towards Angus [2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. A series of Frostbolt coming from the Ice wall and flying towards Angus.

At this moment, Angus seems to be chanting something and decides to dodge the incoming Frostbolt. Hearing the chanting, Ice Maiden's expression became solemn.

She immediately tries to disrupt Angus's chant using another spell-like water torrent. But, to her surprise, Angus managed to dodge it by hairbreadth while keeping his chanting.

After a while, "Come forth and burn my enemy… [3rd Circle - Fire Wyrm]" yelled Angus as he cast his father's favorite spell.

*ROOARR* a Fire Wyrm appeared from the burning field and charged towards Ice Maiden. In a moment, the Ice Wall already breaks from the Fire Wyrm charge.

Ice Maiden couldn't help but retreat from the strong Fire Wyrm charge. During this time, Angus also did not stay idle and shot a few firebolts towards Ice Maiden, who still focuses on Fire Wyrm. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

Before the attack manages to hit her, a blue mana barrier envelops her and protects her from the incoming Firebolt. Seeing this, Ice Maiden decided to deal with Fire Wyrm first. She takes out her wooden staff and bashes it at the incoming Fire Wyrm [Frost Strike].

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[Frost Strike] *BAM* *Whoosh* The Fire Wyrm almost disappears from Ice Maiden's Frost Strike. The clash created a lot of mist nearby. The Forst Strike makes the Fire Wyrm look like gas that could easily disappear along with the wind.

Still, Angus didn't let his Fire Wyrm disappear yet. Using [Hellfire, he begins to reform the Fire Wyrm with all the Fire elements nearby.

This is the advantage of controlled spells like this. The user could manipulate the spell to a certain degree and keep it as long as they still have enough mana.

In due time, the Fire Wyrm reforms and charges towards Ice Maiden again. Ice Maiden, who is still casting a spell, decides to cancel her spell and once again bashing the Fire Wyrm with her frozen wooden staff [Frost Strike]. *BAM*

The incoming Fire Wyrm collapses under the strong ice elemental attack. In the meantime, Angus managed to gather a lot of Fire elemental on his left pointed finger.

Without giving Ice Maiden a chance, Angus shoots an overcharged Firebolt towards her. *PIUU* *Crack* *BAM*

The overcharged Firebolt traveled towards Ice Maiden in the blink of an eye and hit a few of her mana barriers before stopping at the last mana barrier.

Ice Maiden immediately focuses back on Angus. She could not let Angus cast such a powerful attack towards her again. Then, she decided to approach Angus. She slid on the top of the ground by freezing the ground surface and increasing her speed [Ice Path].

Looking at the approaching Ice Maiden, Angus decided to shoot Fireball to stop her momentum. *BAM* But Ice Maiden is very agile and managed to dodge the Fireball along with its shock easily.

Suddenly, Angus, who should be in front of Ice Maiden disappeared from her sight. Then, she saw a strong [Fire Punch] hitting her mask. *BAM* *Crack* Angus uses [Beast Walk] to approach Ice Maiden and launch a strong [Fire Punch].

The Fire Punch managed to penetrate the last mana shield and make a crack on Ice Maiden's mask. Rather than pursue her, Angus looked at his fist, which was covered with some thin ice layer.

'No wonder it managed to nullify Jayna's attack. Just in a split second, it managed almost completely to freeze my hand. Her ancient power is really a bad match towards all fire elemental combatants.' thought Angus inwardly

Then, Angus uses Fire elemental mana to thaw the ice on his fist while looking at the Ice Maiden.

After a moment, *Crack* *Crack* *Crack* a chilling aura comes from the Ice Maiden direction. A moment later, Ice Maiden shows a deadly glare expression towards Angus.

Currently, her mask is already shattered into fragments and completely shows her beautiful mature woman with silver hair. If it is not because of a bleeding nose and bruises from Angus's punch, many people will fall in love with her at first sight.

"You kids, why did you two always attack my face?!!" said the Ice Maiden while swinging her wooden staff around and gathering the ice elemental from the surrounding.

Hearing Ice Maiden remark, "Ahh.. sorry, but my girlfriend said to beat the crap out of your ugly face until your mother cannot even recognize you anymore."

"YOU… DIE!! [Chill Wind]" yelled Ice Maiden while waving at the staff.

Successfully taunted Ice Maiden, Angus immediately used [Beast Walk] to retreat back. However, Chill Wind managed to keep following Angus until he reached a quarter of the arena end.

Looking at the completely freezing field behind him, "Fiuhh.. I think it's too cold for my liking." said Angus.

In the meantime, Ice Maiden slump on the ground in a rough breath. In her last attack, she almost exhausted all her mana. Because of her emotional state, she consumed her mana more than she thought as she used the Ancient Power.

Ancient Power relies heavily on the user experience, knowledge, proficiency, and many others. However, unlike other ordinary skills, this supernatural force could become stronger than usual depending on the user.

When it becomes like this, it will be forced to consume more mana of the user in the worse case their vitality. At first, Angus just taunted her for her to lose her calm, but he didn't expect his taunting could have such a devastating effect.

This is also Ice Maiden's first time to experience such a thing since she receives her ancient power. Currently, she is almost on the brink of mana deficiency.

If she didn't manage to control her power at the last moment, she might freeze the entire area with the cost of entering a mana deficiency state.

Ice Maiden immediately takes out a mana potion. But, before she could consume them. *Bum* *Prank*

"Oi.. Oi.. Did you already forget about me?" said Angus after firing fast Firebolt at the mana potion bottle accurately.

"Come on… Don't you feel ashamed of using a potion in our sacred fight, ugly woman?" Taunting Angus again.

"You.. " Before Ice Maiden could reply, Angus already shot a few more Firebolts towards her. *Bum* *Bum* *Bum*

She couldn't help but dodging the firebolt with her exhausted body. Currently, she could still move her body, but if she uses a skill or spell, she may enter a mana deficiency state.

As a grade three combatant, entering a mana deficiency state will make her entering a weakened state for at least a week. Furthermore, she will feel a lot of pain and discomfort in her body.

Knowing this, Angus will not let go of this opportunity and keep attacking Ice Maiden from far. Despite the distance being quite far, Angus still managed to shoot at Ice Maiden accurately.

Soon, Ice Maiden's body was riddled with a lot of bruises from the Firebolt. Her chilling cold aura still managed to offset the Firebolt power, but she still got hurt a little bit by Angus's Firebolt.

While keeping focus dodging the Firebolt, Ice Maiden noticed her mana keep decreasing as she tried to use mana to avoid the attack.

'At this rate, I will enter mana deficiency. Did I need to surrender in front of this brat?' thought Ice Maiden before she dodges the Firebolt that came at her face.

'He.. did it on purpose!!' thought Ice Maiden in anger while dodging the Firebolt.

However, this split second is what Angus needs. While Ice Maiden is angry, Angus runs like a four-legged beast and arrives in front of Ice Maiden in the blink of an eye [Beast Walk].

Before Ice Maiden could notice, Angus already tackled Ice Maiden hard. Then, using his super reflex, he sat on top of her. Taking out his hidden dagger, he pointed the dagger at Ice Maiden's throat.

"Surrender or die!!" said Angus coldly.

Looking at Angus's cold eyes, the Ice maiden is like looking at a predator with countless blood and corpses around him.

"S-Surender.. I surrender." Said Ice Maiden unconsciously.

Then, like an illusion, the chilling cold intent is gone, and Angus is already going towards the outside arena. At this moment, the arena barrier also lifted.

"And the winner is… Angus Victory, the untouchable!!" yelled the announcer.

"Untouchable!!"

"Untouchable!!"

"Untouchable!!"

Many people from the audience keep shouting Angus's title name. As for the person himself, Angus does not truly care about the audience and the fame he just got. As he gets out of the arena, Jayna is already waiting for her and immediately hugs his boyfriend.

"Angus… Congratulations on your win. You really beat her." said Jayna.

"Well, I just do what you asked." replied Angus while hugging Jayna back.

"Anyway, I never thought you would taunt her and run away from her attack." said Jayna.

"I admit her attack is strong. However, it also consumed a lot of her mana, and since I get more mana than her, why shouldn't I use this to my advantage?" said Angus.

"You are right. I guess I still have so much to learn." said Jayna.

"Don't worry. I will help you." said Angus.

"Really?? Thanks, Angus." said Jayna while giving a peck on his cheek.

"Aww… such a cute lovebird. Say, cousin, why don't you teach me how to get a girlfriend?" said Isvel, who appeared out of nowhere.

"Pervert!! Angus, don't get too close to him, or you will get his disease." said Jayna in front of Isvel.

"Hush… you are too loud. Hahaha…" replied Isvel while laughing awkwardly.

"Anyway, congratulations on your win. I think the ceremony will be held a moment after this." said Isvel.

"I see… Thanks, cousin." said Angus.

Then, the three of them begin to chat about various things until one of the battlefield arena employees tells Angus to come to the arena. Arriving at the half-frozen arena, Angus found there was already one person in the middle of it.

The person is wearing a mask and black hooded cloak. Angus could sense that the man is dangerous and very powerful. He gave the same vibe as King Leon back in the Heart Kingdom.

'So, this is one of the famous hidden groups that everyone is afraid of.' thought Angus while approaching the man.

The man notices Angus's arrival and looks at Angus for a while before releasing a little bit of mana towards Angus. Suddenly, Angus feels like being pressured by the mana. But, he could still hold on since it is not as bad as King Leon's last test before coming to this dimension.

Looking that Angus managed to hold on, the man increased the pressure more. *CRACK*

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*CRACK* The stone platform in the arena cracking under the mana pressure. Right now, Angus is barely holding on to himself. After a while, the pressure was gone entirely, like it never happened before.

The cloaked man then throws a bracelet towards Angus. As soon as Angus catches it, the man disappears like never before from his location. However, everyone in the arena couldn't help but get sweaty and nervous.

Although it was only a moment, they could feel the pressure that the masked man released. It is not a pressure that everyone could handle. On the other hand, they were also surprised that Angus managed to withstand such pressure from the close range.

It means Angus is strong enough to endure the pressure that could even break a person's will, or he is already getting used to such kind of pressure. Whatever the case, the people in the arena will think twice to do something towards Angus.

Getting the bracelet, Angus found out that it is actually a space storage bracelet. He immediately inspected the storage inside and found that it has a large capacity compared to the special space pouch from the Golden Trade Merchant Guild.

Inside the storage, he found many items from enchanted armor, safety barrier items, magic runes with many different shapes, books, and many others. All of the items are high quality and comparable to the supply he gets from his father.

After that, Angus decides to get out of the arena and go back to the Sur Village's camp along with the others. On the way towards the camp, Angus and the others chatted about various things and some of the items he got.

Suddenly, all of them stop and look at the two people blocking their way. In front of them, there are two orcs. One of them is Ilgor that Angus defeated in the tournament. While the other is a big orc that is twice as big as Ilgor.

The big orc is not only strong but releases intense pressure towards nearby. All the people nearby immediately get away as soon as they feel the aura from the big orc. As an expert, they know that the big orc is a person near the seventh-grade realm.

In the meantime, the clan head Jade and the others are immediately ready for any confrontation. They know that the big orc is very dangerous and could possibly annihilate all of them.

Looking at the other party ready for battle, the big orc begins to smile slightly and release another pressure towards the surroundings. The pressure is not worse than the masked man from the hidden group.

However, the masked man controls the pressure while the orc barely controls it and lets it go wildly, which strongly impacts all the people in the area. *Whosh*

'Seventh-grade combatant!!' thought everyone.

Jade and the others couldn't help but feel a dreadful feeling. Even the calm Gilford couldn't even call his colossus as his body was trembling and telling him to run. At this moment, only Angus and Jayna feel a little bit pressured.

Angus already feels worse pressure from King Leon, while Jayna is quite immune towards this kind of pressure from the Fire Phoenix's fragmented memories. The Fire Phoenix, in the past, fought a lot of monsters that have a stronger aura than the big orc.

Still, both of them have not calmed down and have a solemn expression. They both know if the big orc decides to kill them right now, they will have no power to retaliate.

This is the true power of the legendary realm seventh-grade combatant. In front of this power, all the grades below them are insignificant. From the pressure of the big orc release, the only person who could possibly survive is Jade, as he is on the border of the seventh grade.

Seeing that only Angus and Jayna are not getting pressured from his mana aura, the big orc couldn't help but show a big grin that makes everyone shudder. Then, the big orc seems to lessen the pressure and say something towards Ilgor in the orc language.

"(You found a good master. Make sure never to betray him, or I will be the one that kills you.)" said the big orc towards Ilgor.

"(Yes, father.)" replied Ilgor.

"(Then, go. Make your pact.)" said the big orc.

Angus, who is studying various languages, couldn't help but overhear their conversation that seems like a grunt of a beast. While thinking about what the pact is, Ilgor comes forward, approaching Angus.

At this instant, everyone becomes more nervous while holding the weapon.

Before the situation escalated any further, "It's okay, everyone." said Angus while approaching Ilgor.

"Angus.." Jayna said, stopping him worriedly.

"Don't worry. I will just converse with them first." said Angus.

Arriving in front of Ilgor, "So, what is this about?" asked Angus towards Ilgor.

"I no longer have an honor." said Ilgor shortly.

"Huh??" replied Angus.

Hearing this, Angus and the others become more confused. Then, Ilgor began to explain. According to orc tradition, Angus and Ilgor's fight yesterday could be said to be a sacred duel. A duel that does not stop until one of them dies.

However, Angus managed to beat Ilgor to submission completely. This makes Ilgor lose his honor as an orc. An orc without honor is the same as an orc without identity, in other words, an outcast.

To bring back their honor, they must pledge their loyalty to the winner until they could win against Angus in another sacred duel. Hearing this explanation, Angus couldn't help but look at Ilgor and the big orc.

"(Are you fine with this? Your son will become my slave and or something worse than death?)." said Angus in orc language towards the big orc.

Hearing Angus speak in orc language, everyone was surprised, including the big orc.

"(He lost his honor the moment he surrendered to you. If he could not handle it, it means he is just a weakling. And I, Olgur, never raises a weakling.)" said the big orc.

"Haa… How troublesome. Alright, do what you want to do." said Angus.

"Then, from this day, I, Ilgor, son of Olgur the mad berserker, pledge my loyalty towards Angus Victory."

"My axe, body, and soul will be at your disposal until I regain my honor through a sacred duel. The world shall be our witness." said Ilgor while kneeling in front of Angus.

After that, a magic circle appears below Angus and Ilgor. The magic circle is almost the same when Angus makes Draven his familiar.

"I, Angus Victory, will hold your pledge, Ilgor, son of Olgur, the mad berserker. The world shall be our witness." said Angus while holding his hand above Ilgor's head.

Then, Angus slits his hand and makes a drop of blood falling towards Ilgor's head. All of a sudden, Ilgor's body shines bright as the blood drops on top of his head. A big swirl tattoo appears on the top of Ilgor's body.

Angus and Olgur are surprised looking at this phenomenon. Angus is shocked to find a similar swirl pattern on Ilgor's body. At the same time, Olgur is surprised that Angus knows about their custom. Moreover, the sacred pact seems to be approved by the world itself.

Olgur couldn't help but think how lucky his son Ilgor was to have a master recognized by the world. As someone who lives for a long time, he knows that a person recognized by the world is not an ordinary person.

The myth said this kind of person has a strong fate and could change the world. For an orc like him to survive inside this dimension, there are two essential things. The first is power. With absolute power, anyone could face every challenge.

The next important thing is fate. With a strong fate, even the weakest ant will keep living and survive through this treacherous land. Some people even called them destiny or luck.

Now, Olgur knows that Angus has this strong fate in his hand. This way, he is confident that Angus could survive in this world for a long time. He already witnessed many people with strong fates survive many impossible situations.

Soon, the pact is complete, and Ilgor finds the new tattoo on his body. While examining his new appearance, Olgur approaches both of them.

"(It seems the pact is more successful than I thought. Then, I will go first. Call me back when you manage to bring your honor, child.)." said Olgur towards Ilgor.

"(Y-Yes, Father.)" replied Ilgor.

"I will leave this stupid son of mine to you. Don't get too easy on him." said Olgur towards Angus before disappearing like the wind without waiting for Angus's reply.

'Ha… why do every single seventh-grade combatant like to disappear and appear out of nowhere? Do all of them have a secret tacit understanding to show off or something?' thought Angus inwardly.

"Alright, then let's get back to our camp. We still have many things to prepare." said Angus.

Hearing Angus's words, everyone wakes up from their stupor and continues their walk.

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While walking on the way, Ilgor follows behind Angus obediently without any word.

Looking at the following orc, "Hahaha… Congratulations, nephew. You got yourself a loyal subordinate. If I am not wrong when an orc pledges their loyalty to someone, they will follow it until their death." said Jade while laughing happily.

"Yeah.. Yeah…" replied Angus casually.

Angus is not in the mood to talk about it since it will create more hassle for him.

'Well, having capable people on my side is never wrong. Besides, he could always become Jayna's bodyguard, though she probably never accepts that.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Angus, you are thinking something bad about me, right?" asked Jayna out of nowhere.

"Hahaha… Of course not. I'm just thinking about how to improve your strength." replied Angus while maintaining his expression.

"Hmm… really?? Hmm… suspicious. Alright, be my good sandbag today, and I will trust you." said Jayna.

"Eehhh… No way, why should I? Just ask Ilgor if you want a good sandbag." replied Angus casually.

'Sandbag??' thought Ilgor confusedly without noticing the horrible fate he will have.

Then, Jayna looked at Ilgor for a moment, "Alright, I decide you will become my sandbag for today." Jayna said in a commanding tone towards Ilgor.

"Err.. Master." asked Ilgor towards Angus.

"Just do what she asked. Besides, this is also good training for you." replied Angus casually.

"Oh yeah.. Since you are now my subordinate. It means you are also her subordinate since she is my dear… Well, just obey her when I am not around." added Angus.

"A-As you wish, master." replied Ilgor.

"Good, don't worry. This princess will take care of you. Hehehe..." said Jayna playfully.

Soon, all of them managed to arrive at the camp. Jade and the others begin to disperse to their respective places. They still need to do a lot of things to prepare for the battle.

Since yesterday night's meeting, all the Sur Clan's high-grade combatants in the camp have already been notified secretly. Now, they are in the middle of preparation for the brutal battle that will happen around two weeks from now.

In the meantime, Jayna dragged Ilgor towards the nearby training place. As for Angus, he decides to check the rewards he got inside his own tent. After inspecting all the items carefully, he was surprised to find two artifacts in it.

One is a pair of boots, and the other is a cloak. If it is not because of the strange aura they release, Angus will think it is just another enchanted item.

The boots are made of complete metal on the outer side with a slight metallic wing on its side. While on the inside, it is made of some kind of leather. The metallic has a plain color and is a little bit rusted.

Furthermore, the boots are pretty heavy. If Angus does not open his first gate of life, he probably will have difficulty lifting the boots.

The cloak is also made in plain color. After careful inspection and the use of [Analyze, Angus couldn't identify the cloak's material, like the boots.

Angus only knows that it is some kind of fabric but didn't know what it was made of despite his vast knowledge about material as a crafter. Similar to the boots, the cloak is also quite heavy.

This is the first time Angus gets his artifact and decides to inspect it carefully. Many people say that an artifact is better than an enchanted item.

The rumor said that, unlike enchanted items, artifacts will never degrade and are pretty durable. In the world of Firuman, where many people live a long life, the meaning of never degrading and being quite durable is very different.

It could mean the artifact may last more than hundreds or possibly thousands of years. It is also possible to be strong enough to withstand a high-grade combatant attack. Such a precious item made Angus still couldn't understand why he got two artifacts as the reward.

If it is only one, he still could believe since the rumor said the hidden group often gives an artifact towards the winner. But, two at once is an entirely different matter.

'Haa.. Forget it. I will just use everything I got.' thought Angus.

However, it is not easy to use artifacts. Each artifact has its sentient spirit and is hard to tame, especially the sealed one like the two artifacts he got. Since both are in a sealed state, the sentient spirit may harbor a grudge and will be more difficult to tame than usual.

No one is like being sealed or being prisoned. Still, before he could use the true capabilities of the two artifacts, Angus needed to tame their sentient spirits.

Otherwise, they will stay still and only become like durable cloaks and boots. Even though it didn't have an effect, it is still better than standard enchanted cloak and boots in terms of durability.

After a few hours of careful inspection, Angus finally understood a bit of the seal in both artifacts. The boots have three layers of the seal, while the cloak has five layers of the seal. Before taming the artifact spirit, Angus needs to unseal them first.

Sometimes, the seal is made of a lot of complicated runes to solve or has unique requirements. From what he inspected, the need for the first seal is mana.

The seal will be lifted as long as the user supplies enough mana in both quality and quantities. This first layer of the seal is quite common among the artifacts. This is also to make sure that the one that could use the artifact is only a mana user.

Otherwise, if all these powerful artifacts fell into the monster's hand, especially the monster overlord, the civilian society would already be extinct a long time ago. The combination of monster overlord power and artifact is not something that everyone could hold.

This is proven with the last monster overlord that uses an artifact to control and summon undead monsters. Just one of the combinations of this power, many small nations suffered, collapsed, and many people died in a few years.

Fortunately, the monster overlord managed to be stopped in time before he could gather more undead monsters and get stronger along with the artifact.

Without any further thought, Angus decided to unseal the boots first by applying his mana. After a few minutes, the boots' rustic color changes and turns into a silver metallic color.

"This.. This is too fast? Didn't the book say that for lower grade combatant, it needs around a week or more for the first seal to react?" said Angus confusedly.

Angus didn't realize that his mana quality and purity are almost comparable with a fourth-grade combatant. This is because his mana core is significantly superior compared to others.

When he designed his mana core, he didn't only create it to have a high mana regeneration but also produce a good quality of mana.

As someone who has been standing on the top, he knows the importance of quality. Just by having a good mana quality, his attack could also have a more devastating effect.

This is clearly shown when Angus uses Firebolt. Although Angus modified his own Firebolt spell, it will still not have a devastating effect if not because of his mana quality.

After a few hours of supplying mana, Angus finally managed to unseal the boots' first seal. Each seal of the artifact will reveal some function of the artifact. Angus still didn't know its effect but he feels that the boots had become very light.

As he tries to put on his feet, he feels like not wearing boots at all. It also could adapt to his own feet shape and make it more comfortable. After that, he looks towards the following seal requirement, which is made of many complicated runes he didn't understand.

Angus predicts it will take a lot of time to solve and translate the runes to know its requirement. So, he put the boots aside first and looked towards the cloak. He begins to apply mana as he did with the other artifact.

Soon, the cloak also became more vibrant in color. It changes into a bright crimson color. Looking at the cloak color, Angus couldn't help but become gloomy.

"There is no way I will use such a flashy color. Only idiotic will wear a cloak with this kind of color." said Angus while keep applying the mana towards the cloak.

Finally, the cloak's first seal was successfully undone. By coincidence, Angus applied more mana towards the cloak and made it change color into slightly darker. Then, he decides to keep applying mana until it becomes completely black.

After testing a few more times about the cloak abilities, he found the cloak quite interesting. First, it could change its color if applied with mana. It will change into darker tones until it becomes utterly black before starting to change into another color.

He also found that the cloak is light like boots despite its thick material. As for its durability, it's pretty durable that even his sharp Sky Thorn could tear it.

However, the ridiculous part is when he wears the cloak. It tries to siphon his mana at a minuscule rate. When he gives in the mana to the cloak, It starts to blend with the surrounding.

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Angus decided to test the cloak artifact more by wearing it all over his body while keeping his presence as low as possible. He also makes his mana core to be undetected. Then, he decides to go around the camp while wearing the cloak.

Combined with Angus's superb stealth ability, he managed to suppress his presence. He begins to test his stealth ability under the cloak artifact.

Actually, Angus's stealth ability is already excellent. Only a few people may feel his presence if he is truly intent on hiding his presence. However, he lacks the means to hide his body in terms of visuals.

After walking around the camp undetected for a while, he arrives at Jayna's training area. He decides to test his stealth ability by approaching her.

Currently, Jayna is practicing her swordsmanship while Ilgor is found to be collapsing nearby. During their training, both of them managed to fight equally in close combat with only pure technique.

This is quite a surprise for Ilgor since he has high mastery in terms of his weapon. Moreover, Ilgor could feel that Jayna is improving as they continue to fight. It feels like Jayna could read his movement after some time.

However, Ilgor's mana capacity is not as high as Jayna's, leading to his defeat a few hours ago. During this time, he couldn't help but look at Jayna as a monster that may be on par with his master.

Although in terms of experience, she still lacks, her combat sense is very good. Combined with the vast mana and fire mastery, an ordinary grade three combatant is no match for her.

While recovering his mana, 'As expected of the master's woman, she is not an ordinary person. It seems I need to work harder to be useful for my master.' thought Ilgor.

Suddenly, Jayna stopped her training and looked in a specific direction.

'Weird, I feel someone is staring at me from there. But, my Arctic Heart didn't perceive anything from there.' thought Jayna while looking in a certain direction.

After a while, she decided to brush it off and continue her training. At this moment, A Firebolt appeared out of thin air from the direction Jayna looked before. *Bum*

As she didn't expect such an attack, Jayna got hit at her side. Fortunately, her fire resistance managed to resist the firebolt, but she still gets hurt a little bit from its force.

"Urgghh… Who's there??!" groaned Jayna.

Before she could react, another Firebolt came from her opposite side out of thin air. Once again, she got hit from her side.

'An invisible person?? How many of them? I couldn't perceive them at all.' thought Jayna while keeping vigilance towards her surroundings.

Looking at Jayna getting attacked by an invisible person, Ilgor decides to stand up and approach Jayna. However, a fast firebolt hit Ilgor's head mercilessly. Ilgor couldn't help but fall to the ground.

Then, a whisper was heard by Ilgor, "Don't interrupt and pretend to lay down." said Angus.

At this moment, Ilgor feels his swirl tattoo active and forces him to obey Angus's order. Looking at Ilgor down, Jayna decides to approach him. But once again, Firebolt appeared out of thin air from her side and stopped her.

Learning from her mistake, she managed to parry the Firebolt with her sword. However, the Firebolt keeps coming from her surroundings. She feels like being surrounded by few people at once.

Jayna managed to parry some of it but still got hit by some unexpected Firebolt. She felt helpless as more Firebolts hit her. She persisted and kept her guard while enduring the attack. She also tried to slash blindly while trying to guess Angus's position using [Analyze].

However, her combat experience and knowledge about of situation are not enough to make [Analyze] work properly. Still, she tried to persist despite getting hurt.

After a while, Jayna finally kneels on the ground as she gets exhausted from her previous training and Angus's Firebolt. As she wanted to give up, she saw a vision.

"It hurts.. Why?? I don't want to do this anymore. I… I am tired. Please let me rest… B-But, I can't. I can't even complain. I must go on. Alone. For I am Fire Phoenix." as Jayna heard a mature woman's voice from inside her head.

Unbeknown to Jayna, during this time, the Firebolt attack stopped. Then, she opened her eyes and took a battle stance while holding the sword.

"No, I am different. I may be Fire Phoenix, but I am also Jayna Heart, and I am not alone." said Jayna resolutely.

Seeing Jayna's resolute face, Angus once again continued his attack. Unlike before, she managed to dodge some of the Firebolt and parry them. She still got hit by a few Firebolts, but her condition is better than before.

There is a strong resolution in Jayna's eyes as she keeps dodging and parrying the attack. Angus also didn't slack back and keep firing Firebolt faster while occasionally using [Beast Walk] to change his spot.

As Jayna keeps dodging and parrying, she suddenly enters a trance state. Her movements become more refined. Currently, she feels like to perceive anything one meter surrounding her.

Angus also notices this and decides to move closer to Jayna. This makes his Firebolt travel faster since the distance is reduced. At first, Jayna could still parry some of the Firebolt, but she later got overwhelmed again.

Suddenly, she used [Fiery Burst] towards Angus's location. But, Angus changed his position by using [Beast Walk]. However, Jayna already managed to perceive his whereabouts and decide to pursue him.

Until finally, Jayna collapses on the brink of mana deficiency. Because of her momentum, she couldn't control her body and almost hit the stone ground. At this instant, Angus grabs Jayna's body to prevent her from falling.

"Fiuuhh… that's close. Anyway, it seems you managed to improve once more." said Angus.

"Haa.. Ha.. Meanie… I don't Ha.. Even have... energy.. to be angry." said Jayna in a rough breath.

Then, Angus gives Jayna a mana potion to prevent her from entering a mana deficiency state.

After Jayna recovered a little bit with the help of the mana potion, "Haa.. What's that? How could you become invisible? I couldn't perceive you even with the Arctic Heart at all." asked Jayna.

"Ahh.. Apparently, I got two artifacts from the arena rewards. One is these metallic boots. The other one is this cloak that could become invisible blending with the surroundings." said Angus.

"Ehh.. Two artifacts!! That's great. No wonder you could even hide you from my Arctic Heart detection."

"Ahh… about that… Actually, it is my stealth ability. I just use the cloak to cover my appearance. As for hiding my presence, it purely comes from my stealth skill."

"H-Huhh… but how??"

"Hmm… Let me show you. Could you sense me now?" said Angus while erasing all his presence completely.

At this instant, Jayna feels like Angus's presence is gone. If she is not looking at Angus, she may not notice that he is in front of her. She does not even feel any mana fluctuation from Angus. It feels like Angus didn't exist at all.

"This… Teach me!! You must teach me!!" said Jayna in excitement.

"Nope, can't do it." replied Angus immediately.

"Ehh.. Why??" asked Jayna.

"Because it is too hard for you now. It will take a long time for you to reach this state. Besides, in terms of stealth skills, you barely reach to be one with nature. This erasing technique is more advanced than that." Explained Angus.

"Boohoo… Well, sneaking around is also not my battle style anyway." said Jayna while pouting.

"Hahaha… Yes, you are right. Your battle style is more suitable for a frontal attack. But, it didn't mean you could not train in stealth. Maybe in the future, I will teach you if you manage to improve your stealth capability." said Angus.

Then, Jayna begins to remember something, "So, Did you manage to tame them?" asked Jayna.

"The Artifact?? Nah… I just barely unseal its first seal. It will take some time to translate and solve the next seal. So, I will leave it be for the time being." said Angus.

"Ermm.. you will not become obsessed with them, right?" asked Jayna meekly.

"Obsessed with them?? For what??" asked Angus back.

"Ahh.. forget it. It's good that you get a precious artifact." said Jayna.

Looking at Jayna's face, "Did someone you know become obsessed with the artifact??" asked Angus.

"Errr… I-It's nothing." said Jayna.

"Hmm… Well, I am not sure what happened to the person you know. But, rest assured, even if the artifacts are great and precious, it is still not as precious as you." said Angus.

'This is also not the first time I handle a sentient item. But, she doesn't need to know that for now.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Alright, then I believe you. Anyway, Angus, you are too cruel. I still feel sore all over my body from your Firebolt." said Jayna.

"Ehh… really. Then, maybe next time, I will increase the attack." said Angus with an evil smile.

"Err… No.. No... I mean.." as Jayna didn't know how to respond.

"Don't worry. I may not like others to hurt you. But, I still will not go easy on your training." replied Angus with a grin.

Looking at this, Jayna couldn't help but sigh at her fate. But, she is also happy as this means she also will get stronger.

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After chatting a little bit with Jayna about her training, Angus accompanies her towards her tent to rest.

He also told Ilgor to stand by near Jayna to protect her secretly. Even though Jayna may notice and hate this, he still couldn't bear Jayna getting hurt in case he is not around.

Then, Angus decides to go towards his uncle Jade. Since he now has the invisibility cloak, he has more options for the incoming battle against the other villages.

Arriving at the clan head tent, "What do you mean I will lead the others to escape?!! I could also fight!!" shouted Neil.

"Don't be stubborn and just listen this time!!" yelled Jade.

'It seems I am arriving not at the right time.' thought Angus inwardly while looking at the father and son quarrel.

Before Angus could go out, the people in the tent already noticed his arrival, which made Angus harder to leave without being rude.

"How about him? Will he also participate?!! An Outsider!!" said Neil while pointing at Agnus.

'Why suddenly he involved me??' thought Angus.

"Neil!! How many times have I said Angus is not an outsider. He is your cousin!! And he is volunteering to help us." said Jade.

"So, that's it. You choose this outsider over your own son!!" yelled Neil.

"This has nothing to do with that! Tch.. Guard, Bring Neil out. Make sure he calms his head." command Jade towards the nearby guard.

As the guard tried to take Neil out, "I could get out by myself." struggle Neil.

As he passed Angus, "Don't you think this is your win!!" said Neil coldly towards Angus.

Angus, who heard this, could only raise his eyebrows, 'Why did he hold a grudge against me so much? As far as I know, I never interact with him too much.' thought Angus.

Angus sense not only could feel someone's presence. He also could feel other's intent though there is a limitation to this ability. Angus is confident that Neil has ill intent towards him.

This ill intent is similar to his little brother in the past before he was dying. A foul intent that comes from deep jealousy and hatred. Usually, even if Angus notices this, he will not do anything since Neil could not do anything to him.

However, he is now not alone anymore. There is Jayna beside him. Angus silently vows that if Neil decides to involve Jayna in whatever he plans, he will make him taste a fate worse than death.

Although Angus thinks something horrible to Neil, his outer expression is still calm without any turbulence. Then, he put this thought at the back of his mind before looking at his uncle, who is contemplating something.

"Uncle, should I come back later?" asked Angus.

Hearing Angus answer, Jade takes a deep breath for a moment, "No need. So, What is it? We are still not getting camouflage items yet." said Jade.

"About that, I actually managed to get two artifacts as the arena reward, and one of them has the ability to blend with the surroundings." said Angus.

"T-Two artifact??" replied Jade.

"Yeah, since one of them could make me blend with the surroundings, we could move forward with our plan." said Angus

"Are you still serious about that?" asked Jade.

"Yeah, how about this? Why don't you try to sense me while I am in camouflage? If you could still found me, I will decide to abort this plan." said Angus.

After thinking for a while, "Alright, let's try it. Wait for a second. Guard, call Abet here. Abet is the best person in the Sur Village in terms of sensing ability." said Jade.

Soon, Abet comes into the tent and gets some explanation about Angus's plan.

"Alright, let's do it. I am not sure about the other villages' sensing ability. But, I am quite confident in my own ability. So, don't be too sad if it does not succeed." said Abet.

Then, Angus begins to cover his body with his dark-colored cloak and erase his presence. Suddenly, Abet and Jade couldn't perceive Angus at all. They feel like Angus has already left and gone from their room.

Even after a few minutes of trying to sense Angus, they still didn't manage to find Angus.

"Alright, I give up. I can't even feel you at all." said Abet.

"Wait for a second, Abet." said Jade as he released his mana towards the surroundings.

"This.. Damn, you even managed to approach me near my side without my knowledge." said Jade.

Angus takes out his cover and reveals his presence beside Jade. This also surprises Abet since if Angus wants, he could launch a sneak attack on Jade.

"Hmm… As I thought, active mana search still manages to find me." said Angus.

"Yeah, however, normally everyone will never release active mana. So, as long as you don't do something suspicious, they will not find you. Besides, only high-grade combatants like me that could use this technique to search people properly." replied Jade.

"True. So, will we proceed with the plan?" asked Angus.

"*Sigh* Well, I am really against it since you will be alone in there. But, looking you have this excellent stealth ability, I guess I could let you go. Still, I will suggest you go tomorrow when you are in perfect condition." said Jade.

"Yes, then I will excuse myself first. Tomorrow, I will go towards their camp. I am too tired for now." said Angus as he went out from Jade's tent towards his own tent.

Arriving at his own tent, he finds Jayna already asleep. She wakes up as Angus enters the tent.

"Huam… Angus, so did you get the permission?" asked Jayna.

"Yeah, I will be going tomorrow." said Angus.

"I see.. Emm… I know you said I couldn't follow you. But, please be careful. You are…" said Jayna.

"Hushh.. Just sleep for now." said Angus while cuddling Jayna.

Then, both of them begin to rest under each other's embrace. Angus is also quite tired since today he had his final match and unsealed the artifacts. He consumed of his current mana to unseal them. Moreover, he also trained a little bit with Jayna.

If it is not because of his high mana regeneration, he may already have entered a mana deficiency state a long time ago.

The following day, Angus woke up refreshed. All the fatigue he got yesterday was already gone. While laying on his bed and caressing Jayna, Angus decides to look at his status first.

Host: Angus Victory

Age: 14 Years Old

MP: 386/386

Heritage chi: ???

Strength: 39

Dexterity: 39

Intelligence: 41

Vitality: 43

Soul Point: 293

During the last few weeks, his status didn't change much since he didn't have time to gather soul points from the manual battle. All the points he got mostly from the automatic battle.

The only one that still slowly increases is Angus's mana. Even though he didn't focus on refining more mana, it seems it slowly grew passively as he kept using mana during the battle.

After checking his mana is fully regenerated, he decides to wake up. As he moves around, Jayna also wakes up.

"Good morning, princess." said Angus.

"*Yawn* Morning, Angus." replied Jayna while wiping her eyes.

"So, are you going to go now?" asked Jayna.

"Yeah, the earlier I go there, the more time we have to prepare." replied Angus.

"Alright, be careful," said Jayna.

"I will. Don't worry, I will come back soon." said Angus as he gave Jayna a peck on her lips.

Then, Angus began to dress up and covered his body with the artifact cloak. He decides to become invisible from the start in case there are already few spies inside the camp.

Walking out of the Sur village camp without everyone noticing, Angus soon arrives at the ancestral ruin entrance. After sneaking outside and passing the gate, he found himself at the outskirts of the Surya desert.

Then, Angus continued his journey under the scorched burning desert to the other villages' camp that Abet told before. After running for a while, he finally found a strange mana barrier enveloping a large area from his [Great Mana Echolocation].

'Surely, this is the work of the enchanter. However, it is done poorly. Otherwise, I will not find their hidden camp easily. Well, it is also great since I could change their rune trap to our advantage.' thought Angus inwardly.

Angus plans to sneak at the other village's base camp and modify the runes around the area. So, when the battle starts, the rune trap will not work properly and give the Angus group more advantage.

In due time, Angus manages to locate all the hidden rune traps. He needed to decipher their rune language first before he could change it. While trying to decipher the rune trap, his ancient power [Analyze] worked at full capacity helping him.

After a few hours of reading the rune language from a few rune traps that were scattered nearby, Angus finally managed to decipher the rune language completely.

'Fiuhh… This is easier from what I previously thought. It seems all of them are made in a hurry and leave a lot of openings. Well, not that I will complain about it.' thought Angus while he began to modify the rune trap.

Using the ancient power [Analyze] and his knowledge as an enchanter, Angus modified the rune trap quickly without notifying the other enchanter.

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Few hours passed since Angus started modifying the rune trap he found under his invisible cloak. While Angus began modifying some rune traps, he found some nasty traps, such as poison to a little explosion trap.

Angus decides to tinker all of the rune traps stealthy without triggering any of them. Another few hours passed, and Angus felt a few groups approaching his location through his [Mana Echolocation].

Angus decides to use all his capability to hide his presence and is ready to attack anytime. Then, a group of people with the same clothes style came towards his location.

"Haa… I will never get used to this hot desert." said one of the incoming people.

"Quit rambling. You already said that countless times. Do you think I want to stay in this place?" said another person.

"*sigh* Let's just check the rune trap and be done with it already." said another person.

"But, don't you think this kind of patrol is useless? There are already other teams that intercept any monster or beast from coming here. Besides, all of us don't have any knowledge about runes." rambling one of the people.

"Sushh.. Just look over them and go back already. I don't want to stay here any longer." said another person.

Then, the incoming group looks around without checking the rune trap. All they did was make sure that none of the runes were triggered before going back to the hidden area.

Hearing the little information from these people, Angus got a few more ideas to disrupt the other villages.

'It seems they decide to prevent any incoming beast towards this location. No wonder there are no other monsters in the surrounding area. Let's see if I can do something about it.' thought Angus inwardly.

Then, Angus continued modifying the remaining rune trap under the scorching environment of the Surya Desert. Fortunately, Angus already has [Hellfire] to resist the hot temperature nearby.

Unlike the first time he entered the Surya Desert, he didn't get heatstroke or get tired under this harsh environment. Soon, he finished modifying all the rune traps without triggering any of them.

"Fiuuh.. This is easier than I expected. It seems the enchanter is only focused on making it stable with basic hidden features. Well, not that I complain if they make it this way." said Angus.

After that, Angus begins to search the team where they intercept the monster. Since the other villages decided to camp in an open area like this a few days ago, many monsters should be attracted to them.

However, from the conversation he heard, he speculated some people keep the other monster at bay. Angus decided to find these people in case he could do something to them.

As an ex-assassin, Angus knows a place like this only needs a little bit of disturbance to make it collapse on its own. He plans to do a lot of sabotage on many things to make the situation here more chaotic.

After running around for a few hours, he found a blue-clothed team fighting against a huge scorpion. Using [Analyze, Angus found that there are two fourth-grade combatants, three third-grade combatants, and five second-grade combatants.

The giant scorpion is in the third grade and seems could be killed at any moment. However, the two fourth-grade combatants decide to let the others handle this to give them some experience.

Looking at this, Angus immediately gets an idea. While in stealth, Angus decides to approach them slowly. After close to a few dozen meters, Angus talks with Draven that hides in his shadow.

"Draven, get ready. I want you to target the closest people with that big scorpion. Kill them stealthy while they are in the way of getting attacked by the scorpion." said Angus telepathically.

"Yes, master. Finally, a fight after a long time." replied Draven.

Soon, a blue-clothed person is going to be attacked by the scorpion tail. The person is ready to retread back and dodge the attack.

Suddenly, a sharp black spike coming out from his shadow punctured his heart, instantly killing the man. Then, the man's body gets pierced by the scorpion's tail.

"Agni, You monster bastard!!" roared the other person while charging at the monster.

The other blue-clothed people were also surprised at this development. Before they could react, the yelled person already charged at the scorpion.

As he clashed with the giant scorpion, another black spike pierced his heart and killed him before the scorpion claws grabbed his body. Seeing that there are two casualties already, the two grade-four people immediately react.

"Everyone move back, now!!" shouted one of the grade four combatants.

The two grade-four combatants immediately clash with the wounded scorpion that seems to become more aggressive. While this happens, Angus decides to call Draven back.

Fourth-grade awareness, endurance, and reaction speed are more significant than the two lower grades that Draven killed before. It will take more than Draven's current sneak attack to kill them.

After calling Draven back, Angus starts to cast his spell silently from far away. Normally, casting a spell will give one presence because of their mana fluctuation. However, Angus found his wooden bracelet could absorb any excess mana he created when using a spell.

This makes his presence hidden while casting the spell. Of course, there is a limitation, such as he could only use low-level circles, could not use overcharged spells, and many others.

Still, this is a great advantage for him. After a while, Angus cast his spell silently and shot concentrated mana towards one of the fourth-grade combatants [3rd Circle - Snipe Shot].

*Whosh* The concentrated mana traveled in the blink of an eye and penetrated one of the Fourth Grade combatant's heads. This attack instantly kills the fourth-grade combatant. Coincidently, the scorpion claw is also in the way to crush this fourth-grade combatant body.

Because of this, no one realizes about Angus's sneak attack. Although the fourth grade is an elite combatant, they still have the same weakness as any other living race. If their head or heart gets destroyed, they will still die like any others.

Furthermore, Angus created [Snipe Shot] as his own spell that focuses on speed and penetration. If it is not because of the need for spell stability, he may lower its circle to the two circle spell instead of the third circle spell.

He noticed that there are many kinds of barriers in this world as life-saving items. So, he decided to create a spell that could penetrate all these barriers. After a few months of researching, he finally managed to make this spell.

However, he couldn't use it until now since it takes time to cast the spell with Angus's current capability.

Seeing her partner getting killed by the scorpion claw, the other fourth-grade combatant decides to retreat. Although the scorpion is wounded, she still was not capable of killing it without risking her life.

"Retreat, call for backup!!" shouted the fourth-grade woman while dodging the scorpion attack.

All of a sudden, a small concentrated mana ball pierced her head and killed her instantly. The giant scorpion claw immediately crushed her body into pieces. Seeing that all the fourth-grade leaders died, the other combatant decided to retreat and run for their life.

However, Angus decided not to give them any mercy. He immediately told Draven to kill all of them. Soon, all of them died under the sneak attack of Draven and him. Then, Angus leaves all the corpses to the giant scorpion monster.

"Two people are high-grade combatants. Not a bad harvest for the first hunt." muttered Angus before running to another fighting team.

Soon, Angus found another team with similar numbers to the previous one. Using the same tactic as before, he begins killing them one by one and leaving their corpses to the monster. After hunting a few more teams, Angus decided to hide and rest in the stone forest nearby.

"Fiuuhh.. twelve high-grade combatants on the first day. I bet they will send more people to their team by now. Well, with these large areas to cover, they will just think it is the work of the monster." said Angus.

"By the time they realize there is something wrong. It will already be too late. Anyway, let's rest up for now. Draven, please stay on guard while I rest." said Angus while sitting under the shade of protruding stone.

After resting for a few hours to recover his mana, Angus continued his hunt. As he predicted, the other villages begin to send more high-grade combatants to fight and subdue the incoming monster.

Angus even found a few fifth-grade combatants that began massacring a group of monsters. He decides to leave the fifth-grade combatant team for the time being and target the team consisting of fourth-grade combatants.

He didn't know if his [Snipe Shot] could instantly kill the fifth-grade combatant, especially the warrior type one. He also didn't want to test it since if he failed even once, he would get exposed, and the plan to reduce their manpower is gone.

Then, Angus began to continue his hunt for the fourth-grade team combatants. As long as the highest in the team is fourth grade, he decides to hunt them down.

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"Huff… Huff.. Who? Who is it? Show yourselves!!" said a person in white attire with a wing emblem on his back.

The person looks haggard and vigilant towards the surroundings. Despite his power that reached fourth grade, he couldn't help but feel anxious. '

Not long ago, he and a few of his colleagues tried to hunt and subdue the monster along the perimeter that seemed to become wilder.

There are even a few higher up from the fifth-grade dispatch in case it is the attack of a high-grade monster. Still, this is just a baseless rumor.

Since this place is near the Ancestral Ruin, not many monsters dare to come near it, especially the higher grade one. Nobody knows the reason, but Ancestral Ruin is famous for being a monster-free area from a long time ago.

Because of this, it is still relatively safe to camp in this area. Only a few stranded lower-grade monsters dare to come near this place.

However, not in everyone's mind, a person sabotages and ambushes their hunting team. While everyone is focusing on fighting the monster, the person ambushes the team and kills them one by one stealthily.

Currently, in this desolate area under the burning scorching sun, the person in white attire is trying to run away but keeps getting ambushed by a strange deadly attack. He only managed to survive because of a life-saving item that could protect him against high-grade attacks.

After the strange deadly attack, unable to kill him, he knows that someone or something is ambushing them. While he tried to tell the others, all his colleagues were attacked by the black spike coming from their shadow.

As for the other fourth-grade combatant in his team is getting shot by the same strange deadly attack he got. This leaves him alone, facing the third-grade monster in front of him.

After a fierce battle and using all his resources, such as the item rune and another life-saving item, he finally managed to kill the monster.

However, he also did not get out without injury. During the last attack, the strange deadly attack ambushed him again and managed to injure his leg.

Because of this, he couldn't retreat to the camp. Furthermore, the ambusher is very cautious and slowly chipping away at his stamina under the scorching sun. Unlike the others, the ambusher is not directly killing him.

Under the hot scorching sun, the man finally collapses on the desert sand. Right now, he realizes that he cannot come back alive. The moment he decided to end his struggle, A firebolt hit his head and knocked him out.

After that, Angus, under his invisibility cloak, approached the man carefully. Sealing the man's mana with the special handcuff and casting another sleeping spell, Angus brings him to the stone forest, his current hideout.

'Fiuuh… As expected of a Fourth-grade combatant, their tenacity is different from others. Well, it doesn't matter since now I have a good source of information.' thought Angus.

Arriving at the stone forest, Angus decides to remove all his prisoner clothes and items on his body.

'Since he has a mana barrier that could hold [Snipe Shot, he must not be an ordinary person in his village. There will be a searching team that will be dispatched not long after this to search him.' thought Angus.

Then, Angus tells Draven to scatter the item far away from this location. He also did not forget to tell Draven to place the item near the monster to make it harder for the pursuer. Using this method, he has more time until he collects all the information from his prisoner.

"Let's see.. It's been a while since I interrogated someone. Hope my skill is not getting too rusty." said Angus as he woke up his prisoner.

Waking up the prisoner, the man immediately recognized Angus's face. But, As soon as he looks into Angus's eyes, he feels a chill run deep into his heart. He feels in front of the strongest predator.

Looking at the man's condition, Angus decides to continue the interrogation while releasing a sharp killing intent to his mind.

"What's your name?" asked Angus in a cold tone.

"S-Sulta.." replied the man while getting an uncontrolled tremor.

"Alright, I will ask a few questions. I hope you answer me truthfully. Understood?" said Angus while releasing a killing intent to Sulta's mind.

"Hiii… Y-Yes.. I will answer it. I will answer it." replied Sulta hurriedly.

After a long interrogation session, Angus decides to let Draven bring the disabled Sulta to the nearby monster while he prepares to infiltrate the enemy camp.

According to Sulta, he is coming from the Sky Wing Village. Their village sent half of their high-grade combatant for this joint attack which is around thirty people. They also sent dozens of few low-grade combatants to get experience in this kind of battle.

Two fifth-grade combatants lead this force temporarily while their village leader still in the ancestral ruin observes the Sur village movement.

Sulta didn't know the other village's fighting force, but it should be the same as them since this is only a temporary alliance, and the other village still didn't trust each other. So, they are still on guard from one with the others and dared not to send full force in this operation.

For the sake of smoothing the ambush plan with the low casualty, the other villages also decide to hire a few enchanters to cast a big camouflage barrier around their camp. Because of this, the enchanters are forced to stay in the camp to maintain the barrier.

Such a big barrier that covers a large place needs a tremendous effort for them to maintain. This is the majority reason why they couldn't check their rune trap in person and send another patrol team.

He also found that Sulta was the son of the fifth-grade commanding person from the Sky Wing Village. Like Angus predicted, they would immediately send a search team for him in case he was gone.

Under those circumstances, a few other fifth-grade combatants might also leave the camp to search for their missing people.

'Since I already hunted around forty people of the fourth-grade combatant. These will greatly affect their fighting force and need the fifth-grade combatant to come to investigate it.'

'It means there will be fewer people in the camp, which is a good time to infiltrate.' thought Angus inwardly.

After Draven comes back to his shadow, Angus immediately departs towards the other village's camp. He also meets a few teams with the fifth-grade combatant as their leader searching around the area during the way.

Angus ignores them and continues towards the camp under his invisible cloak. After a few hours of running, he arrived at the opponent camp hidden under the invisible barrier.

He decided to wait and didn't enter the invisible barrier directly. Soon, a patrolling guard wearing black clothes comes out from the barrier to check the rune trap. According to Sulta, they will send a team to check the runes every few hours.

'The black clothes indicated that they come from the Infernal village. Well, it doesn't matter as long as I can infiltrate with them. Draven, shadow mode.' said Angus telepathically.

Then, Angus's body was fully enveloped in black shadow. He silently approaches one of the patrol teams and enters their shadow without being noticed.

While inside the shadow, Angus feels like being inside the water and can't move his body properly. Angus didn't panic about his current situation and kept observing the patrol team.

According to the conversation between the patrol team, there is news about a few missing hunting groups that force the few fifth-grade leaders to investigate the matter.

After patrolling and checking that none of the runes is triggered, they come back to the camp. For the people besides the Sur clan, they will have a hard time in this scorching desert.

Entering the barrier, the patrol team immediately feels rejuvenated since the air inside the barrier is not dry and hot like the outside.

After entering the barrier under the patrolling team's shadow, Angus decides to get out from their shadow while under the invisible cloak. Then, he immediately uses [Great Mana Echolocation] and locates everything in the camp.

After a while, he got the general layout of their camp. Basically, each village has its own camp separating from the others. Angus also found a group of enchanters trying to maintain the barrier in the middle of the camp.

After thinking for a while, Angus decides to approach each village's food supply. Inside this camp, there must be a place to cook and prepare the food even if the ingredient is kept hidden under the space storage.

Eventually, Angus managed to find the food supply area. He didn't hesitate to take out a green-colored liquid inside the bottle from his space storage. This is a unique poison that he got from Gilford.

Knowing that Angus decides to infiltrate their camp, Gilford decides to give Angus some poison made of the Plague Worm they killed before.

Unlike usual poison, this poison will not be immediately active and kill its consumer. This poison is similar to the disease pathogen. They will spread first before killing their host.

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Under the invisible cloak, Angus begins to spread the poison into the food and water. Then, Agnus decides to go towards the center of the camp where the enchanter resides.

Along the way, he heard a soft whisper, "Why… Why…"

Hearing this, Angus knows that the monster-minded person somehow gets into this place.

'This is going to become more troublesome. Let's ignore him for now.' thought Angus while he went to the center of the camp.

Apparently, the enchanters stay in a big tent that many people guard. As he tries to approach them slowly, a group of a few fifth-grade combatants from different villages comes into the camp after hunting the monster.

Somehow this commotion attracts the nearby guard's attention for a moment. Using this moment, Angus enters the big tent where the enchanter resides. All of the enchanters are quite old and only have low-grade combat strength.

They sit in a circle while in the middle of them, a white orb is hovering in the air, helping them control the barrier in the camp. They seemed to be focused on sustaining the barrier and didn't care about the surroundings.

Angus takes out another poison bottle and decides to make it spread in the air while protecting himself with mana so as not to get contaminated.

Then, he decided to get out of the tent. The moment he gets out of the enchanter's tent, he feels a strong mana fluctuation in the air.

"So, you are saying that I should let go of my son?!!" yelled one of the fifth-grade combatants with white-colored clothes and released his mana to the surrounding.

Feeling the mana fluctuation in the air, the other people in the camp also gather around.

"Calm down, Sulfar. We still didn't know the real situation. Besides, there is a chance that Sur village may come here anytime. We can't risk sending more people to get out there." said the blue-clothed man.

"Then, what do you suggest? I will not stand idle while my son's situation is unknown." yelled the fifth grade with white attire.

"*sigh* How about this? Tomorrow the village leader will come. At that time, why don't we consult this matter towards the village leader? Be patient and wait for one day." said another person in black clothes.

"One day!! No way, it's too long." rebuked the angry fifth-grade person.

"Then, what do you want? You can just take your men and do a massive search that may lead us to be exposed. We will not let you foil our plan because of your selfishness." said the brown clothes person while countering the angry fifth-grade combatant.

Just as they about having a clash, *Cough* *Cough* *Vomit* *Vomit* Many people in the surrounding area begin coughing and vomiting green liquid.

'Alright, that's my sign to go.' thought Angus as he ran towards the base exit. Since he already spread the poison towards the enchanter, he didn't care if he would be found by them when he passed the barrier.

As soon as he passed the barrier, the alarm triggered. *Teng* *Teng* *Teng* However, the chaotic camp situation makes some people ignore the alarm. Still, a few quick-witted fifth-grade combatants decided to come to the alarm barrier side.

However, Angus is already running far away under his invisible cloak to avoid detecting the fifth-grade combatant.

According to his uncle Jade, mana active search could only be done within a radius of tens meters away unless they are a sixth-grade combatant above or someone with unique trait ability in detection.

In this boundless desert, they will be like searching for a needle in the haystack to find Angus. Angus didn't dare to stay in this place any longer and decided to go back to the ancestral ruin.

Although he could kill many fourth-grade combatants in the past day, it is because of the preemptive attack while in stealth. He still couldn't defeat a fourth-grade combatant in frontal battle easily without risking his life or using forbidden techniques.

Moreover, there is a chance many high-grade combatants will surround Angus during the fight. So, the best option now is to retreat as he is sure that the camp will strengthen their defense. Besides, he is also already creating enough chaos in the opponent camp.

After a few hours of running, Angus finally entered the Ancestral Ruin without notifying anyone. Then, he immediately entered the Sur village camp and went towards his own tent. As soon as he arrived at his own tent, Angus found that Jayna was inside his tent.

"Hmm.. Hm…" hummed Jayna.

Currently, she is taking a nice soak in warm water with the bathtub equipment she bought before. Angus could hear Jayna's humming sound while soaking her body in the warm water while he was entering the tent sneakily. Looking at this, he couldn't help but want to tease her.

Standing behind Jayna, Angus takes out his invisible cloak and suddenly kisses Jayna's naked shoulder, "It seems the wound from before really is not leaving a scar."

Feeling touched by someone and hearing a familiar voice, Jayna immediately looked back and found Angus.

"Angus!!" exclaimed Jayna while standing up and showed her naked body for Angus to marvel.

Realizing Angus's stare, Jayna immediately realized her blunders, "Kyaa… Pervert!!" screamed Jayna while going into the bath up again.

Fortunately, the tent is enchanted with some isolation runes. Otherwise, everyone will come here and create more commotion.

Jayna immediately distances Angus while inside the bubbling water, "Angus, get out now!!"

"No way, I am too tired now. Besides, It's been a while since I took a bath. So, I might join you." said Angus while beginning to undress.

Looking at Angus trying to join her, Jayna didn't know what to do. Part of her misses him after a few days of not seeing him. But, she was also embarrassed to be seen naked by Angus.

While she contemplates how to respond, Angus already enters the bath along with her. The bath is quite spacious for the two of them to use. But, it will still make them touch each other.

At this time, Jayna couldn't help but turn back and hide her embarrassing face looking at Angus's naked body. Just as Jayna wants to say something, a hand pulls her body backward and forces her to lay on Angus's naked body.

"A-Angus…" said Jayna while blushing.

"Hushh… I am quite tired now. So, let me rest for a while, okay?" said Angus while closing his eyes, enjoying the warm water and Jayna's presence.

Hearing this, Jayna couldn't help but give up struggling and lay her body on Angus silently. Suddenly, Angus starts caressing Jayna's smooth skin from her arm and back.

Feeling the touch, Jayna couldn't help but let out a soft moan sound a little bit. She could feel every Angus touch give pleasure and a shivering sensation all over her body.

"Angus…" said Jayna in a low voice.

"Yes, my princess." replied Angus playfully.

"Please… Don't…" said Jayna while feeling Angus's hand touch.

"Don't what??" teased Angus while letting his hand run all over Jayna's naked body.

"We can't… We are still not old enough." said Jayna.

"Then, kiss me if you want me to stop." said Angus while teasing Jayna's naked body.

After a while, Jayna decided to end this before it escalated any further and kissed Angus passionately. All her pent-up frustration at being alone, she gives it all through this kiss. She didn't realize that while kissing, Angus could also see her naked body.

In due time, their long passionate kiss ends, and Angus looks at Jayna's blue eyes.

"Beautiful." said Angus while lifting Jayna suddenly in princess-style carry towards the nearby bed.

Then, Angus takes a big towel nearby and starts to wipe Jayna's body slowly. Jayna didn't expect this and tried to struggle.

"Angus, I can do this alone." said Jayna.

"It's okay. I will do it. Because after this, I am going to eat you." replied Angus playfully while keeping wipe Jayna's body softly.

"Eat me?!!" exclaimed Jayna while becoming more blushing.

"Yup, I want to eat you before anyone else." said Angus.

"No.. Angus, w-we…" said Jayna.

"We what?? or perhaps you want others to eat you first?" asked Angus teasingly.

"NO.. I mean.. If it is you, it's okay." replied Jayna meekly.

Soon, Angus dried their bodies and launched a sudden kiss towards Jayna. After another long deep kiss like an eternity, Jayna and Angus cuddle one with the other naked in the bed. During this time, Jayna already feels comfortable being naked beside Angus.

Looking at Angus sleeping peacefully, Jayna somehow feels dissatisfied and hopes Angus to do more than this. But, her moral as princess told her that this is wrong. Even right now, being naked while hugging each other is already wrong.

But, she didn't mind that. As Angus said, he will be the first one that eats her. As long as that happens, she is willing to give up everything for Angus.

Jayna begins to look at Angus's peaceful sleeping face, who seems to be very relaxed. She guesses that he must be not having a good rest or sleep during the last few days. Knowing this, she didn't mind giving Angus this situation as his reward.

Then, she lay back and embraced Angus further along with the blanket that covered their body. Soon, she also fell asleep in Angus's arms.

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The following day, Angus wakes up and finds Jayna naked in his arms. He couldn't help but kiss his fiery blonde girlfriend and wake her up.

"Morning, Beautiful." said Angus.

"M-Morning, Angus." call Jayna, who starts getting embarrassed being naked and try to hide her body with the blanket.

Looking at this, Angus wants to eat Jayna again. But, he restrains his urges and decides to get out of bed. He needed to report his deed during his infiltration yesterday and make the follow-up plan.

After having a little chat with a little bit of kissing, Angus and Jayna dress up before going to the clan head Jade's tent. Arriving at the tent, they found there were already a few clan elders inside the tent.

As soon as Angus entered the tent, "My dear nephew, you are back. So, How is it?" asked Jade directly.

"It's great. I managed to…" replied Angus while he began to tell a short story about his deed.

After Angus's explanation, everyone was surprised that Angus managed to do all this alone. Some of them even doubted Angus's story.

However, before they could express their doubt, "Excellent, no wonder the other villagers packed their things and got from the Ancestral Ruin in a hurry a few hours ago. It seems you managed to create chaos and discord among them." said Jade as he truthfully trusted Angus.

"Gilford, how potent is your poison?" asked Jade.

"If it truly works its wonder. It should render anyone from fourth-grade combatant below in sickness for weeks. The lower their grade will also make the poison become more potent. Without proper medical attention, they may die anytime."

"However, I believe they have some medicine to counter it since it is a poison from the Plague Worm, which is located near the Black Rock village location. Still, this will make them unable to exert full strength for a few weeks." explained Gilford.

"Great. According to Angus, the enchanter only consists of low-grade combatants. Although they may not die, they will be unable to stabilize the barrier and will reveal their camp." said Jade.

"Then, Clan leader, this is an opportunity for us to strike them. Their force is weak and poisoned." said one of the village elders.

"No, we can't do that. Even if their force is weakened, it can only happen to their fourth-grade combatant below. According to Angus, each village has around two to three fifth grade combatants in the camp." said Jane, the eldest daughter of Jade.

"Furthermore, they also got reinforcement when their village leader arrived. I believe each village has four to five fifth-grade combatants, which make around twenty fifth-grade combatants in total. This is a force we can't handle in a frontal confrontation." added Jane.

"Jane is right. For now, frontal confrontation is out of question." replied Jade.

"Then, what should we do, clan leader? We can't just stay still waiting for our doom." said another elder.

"Actually, we can wait." said Angus.

"Huh?? What do you mean?" asked Jade.

"When I infiltrate their camp, their lower grade combatant seems to can't adapt well to the desert environment. This way, they will be forced to spend mana or resources on maintaining their condition."

"Moreover, their current barrier is collapsing, which makes them unable to rest properly under the scorched desert. As for the fifth-grade combatant, although they are strong, they also need to come out and push back the monster nearby." explained Angus.

"This will deplete their energy. A week surviving in the Surya desert is not easy without being fire resistant. As someone who has lived in this place for a long time, I bet all you understand this." added Angus.

"True. However, the other villagers could also hide in their tent or something similar from the hot desert environment and recuperate themself." said Gilford.

"Yes, but we still could force them to come out. Remember when I said they need to keep hunting monsters nearby? What if they need to send another force to subdue the monster." said Angus.

"You mean we will ambush their monster-hunting team as you did?" asked Kurvan, the eldest son of Jade.

"Yes, although I hate the thought of working together with that miasma creature, but since they use that Plague Worm first, we could also use the monster to our advantage." replied Angus.

"It's a plausible idea. However, what if their village leader comes out?" asked Isvel.

"Then, we can…" Angus begins to tell his plan to everyone.

After a lengthy discussion, they went back to their respective places according to their plan. Then, Angus, Isvel, along with a few elders create teams for infiltration. Each team will consist of four to five people.

Unfortunately, most Sur villagers focus on the frontal battle rather than infiltration since they live in the desert, where it is difficult to hide. However, their current focus is not sneaking like Angus before but a fast team that could strike fast and retreats.

Angus decided to create his team that could at least hide their presence under the camouflage item. After a few days of searching, Jade finally procured some camouflage items according to their initial plan.

These items will be used by Angus's team, who are good at hiding their presence. Now, Angus is looking at the few people in front of him with Abet.

"So, they are the best spy in Sur village?" asked Angus to Abet.

As Angus decided to create a team that specialized in sneaking, he chose to ask Abet as the guard leader and the person with good sneaking ability himself.

"Yes, most of them are only low-grade combatants. However, their sneaking ability is the best in our village."

"Don't worry, we are only going to sneak around without having a frontal battle," said Angus.

"Then, which one do you choose?" asked Abet.

"I choose.. him, her, and her, and... finally him. Yup, these four people." said Angus while pointing to the few people in front of him.

"Err, Are you sure? All of them are low-grade combatants?"

"Yup, Besides, as I said before, we are going to be sneaking around not having a battle." said Angus once again.

"Alright, then. Agni, Fira, Rose, and Kay. From now on, you will be under young master Angus's command!!" said Abet.

"Yes, sir." replied the four people at once.

"Make sure you take care of young master Angus. Otherwise, you will receive hell from me." said Abet to the four people seriously.

"Y-Yes, sir." replied the four people with uncertainty.

'It seems they are also receiving good discipline training.' thought Angus inwardly.

"Alright, as you know, my name is Angus. I will not demand many things. I only want you to obey my command without any hesitation, and don't worry, none of you will die under my command." said Angus.

"Yes, young master Angus." replied the four people.

"Just call me sir or Angus during our mission. Now, pack your things, and we will immediately go out in fifteen minutes." command Angus.

"Alright, sir." replied the four people before going towards their respective places.

After that, Angus goes towards his tent. Arriving at his tent, Jayna is also preparing her stuff. She also decides to join the infiltration plan after a long heated discussion.

Although Angus is initially reluctant to let her go, he also realizes Jayna's fire mastery along with [Hellfire] is great power in terms of destruction. She could catch off guard some fourth-grade combatant and great fighting power at the same time.

Furthermore, her movement skill mastery is also great, making her a great ambusher and safely retreat.

Looking at Jayna packing her things, "Are you sure about this?" asked Angus.

"*Sigh* Angus, I know you worried about me. But, I am still the same as before. I am a person that pursues the power to decide my own fate." said Jayna.

"Yeah, I am sorry. I just can't bear you getting hurt." said Angus.

"It's okay. Besides, I will go with one of the fifth-grade elders this time. It should be safe for me. Besides, there will be Ilgor protecting me." replied Jayna.

"Alright, then. Just send me a signal in case you are in a dangerous situation." said Angus.

"Yup, you too. Be careful. Your task is more dangerous than mine." said Jayna.

Then, both of them begin to pack all their belongings and check their equipment. After one last check, they go to their respective meeting place.

Arriving at the meeting place, Angus already found his team ready in their combat attire. Most of them were wearing brown sand clothes that were easy to move. After checking their equipment and provision, Angus gives each of them an invisible cloak.

The quality of these cloaks is inferior to Angus's artifact. But, they are still better than nothing. After wearing the cloak, Angus takes out the map that he drew during the last few days of his infiltration.

"For now, we will be going out to the Ancestral Ruin while under the invisible cloak. Meet me at this location." said Angus while he pointed to the location on the map.

Then, he dismissed his team. Angus and his team immediately wear their own cloak and activate their invisible feature before walking silently towards the Ancestral Ruin entrance.

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Unlike Angus's own cloak artifact, the other invisible cloak could malfunction if they are moving too fast. The maximum speed they could use is at a person walking speed.

Moreover, it also consumes mana just to maintain the invisible cloak. The consumption mana rate is also higher than the one Angus had. Fortunately, Angus chose his team with the minimum strength of a third-grade combatant.

The third-grade combatant has plenty of mana to supply the invisible cloak for a half-day, which is enough for Angus's plan.

Arriving at the meeting point outside the Ancestral Ruin first, Angus immediately uses [Great Mana Echolocation] to detect the surroundings.

"Hmm.. It seems it will take some time before the others reach here. The other team also began to move according to the plan. They move fast." said Angus.

"Hmm… Let's see.. The barrier is down like we predicted, and they seem to gather around. Well, let's wait for the others first." said Angus as he also detected the other village's camp in the distance.

In the meantime, Inside the other village's camp, at one of the biggest tents, "This is ridiculous!! Almost all of my men got poisoned!! Datun, you despicable!!" said a woman in blue-colored attire.

"Me?!! Almost all of my men also get poisoned!!" replied Datun, the village leader of black rock village.

"But, you are the only one that has medicine to counter the poison symptom. Who else if not you that spread this poison?!!" rebuked the woman.

"Calm down, Mirva. My village elder detects that there is an intruder after the poison spreads. So, it should be the job of someone else." said an elderly in white attire.

"How can I calm down? Right now, most of my people are dying, and the Sur village could come anytime. I knew this plan was wrong from the start." replied the woman named Mirva, the village leader of Clear Blue village.

"Mirva. Don't be hasty to conclude. Almost all of my people also get poisoned. I believe it is an insidious plot from the Sur village." said another person in black attire.

"How do you know that, Faskar? All my hired men have not found anything mysterious about them during the last few days. In fact, they use our lack of action and become bolder in doing their business." said Datun.

"I also don't have any concrete proof. However, the only one that will benefit from doing this is Sur village. So, it must be their own doing." said Faskar, the village leader of Infernal Village.

'This poison is similar to Plague Worm that we sent to their village back then. But, I can't reveal this to them.' thought Farkas inwardly.

"Hmm… I am not too sure about that. It may be your plot to reduce our power since you are the first one that proposed this plan. Besides, one of your village's specialties is poison. Maybe this is your initial plot." said the elderly in white attire.

"Ridiculous!! I only want to destroy Sur village. Why should I spread the poison at this moment? If I truly want to poison all of you, you will be dead by now." replied Farkas.

"You say what?!! Hm.. Let's see who will be dead first!!" shouted Datun while releasing his mana towards the surrounding.

Before Datun and Farkas could clash, "Alright, that's enough both of you!! I don't care if this alliance breaks, but I need compensation. Half of my people here are dying when they fend off the monster nearby. Some of them are fourth-grade combatants." said the elderly in white attire.

"Hmph.. Greedy old Estar, It's because your people are too weak. Besides, some of our people also died when they fend off the monster." said Mirva in a cold tone.

"Still, my people are the ones that receive the highest casualties. So, you better pay up first!!" said Estar, the village leader of Sky Wing village.

"Y-You.. Shameless old fool. I'd rather die than pay you up!!" exclaimed Datun.

"Then, why don't you die!!" shouted Estar while releasing his own mana aura.

Looking at this, 'Tch… It seems this alliance is done.' thought Farkas inwardly.

Before the village leader could clash with each other, "Leader, there is a movement from the Sur village camp." said one of the men outside.

Hearing this, most of them decide to hold back their mana. "Alright, let's deal with Sur village first. Then, we will discuss this matter later." said Datun.

"Agree." said Mirva.

"I can do that." replied Estar.

"Yeah, let's do that." said Farkas.

Hearing the other village leader agree. "What's the situation inside the Sur village?" asked Datun.

"They seem to gather their forces in secret. Some of the Fifth-grade combatants could be seen leaving the ancestral ruin." replied the spy.

Hearing the report, "Hmm… It seems they already noticed we camped out here." said Farkas.

"Of course, fool. Who will miss this huge camp in the middle of the desert? I could even find this camp from dozens of kilometers away." retorted Mirva.

"Then, what should we do?" asked Datun.

"Let's gather our men first. We can't let them escape through different paths." said Estar.

"Good idea. We should not let those imbeciles escape." replied Farkas.

"Agree." said the other village leader.

Then, the other village leaders arrange their men and call back all the monster hunting teams. At the same time, Angus and his team finally gather together.

"Alright, it seems the other team's movement has already been detected. Now, all you will be moved alone. Our first task is..." as Angus explains his plan to his team.

After a lengthy explanation, "Alright, is there any question?" asked Angus.

"No, sir." replied the other four people.

"Then, let's move out, Also remember always to prioritize your safety." said Angus before he wore his cloak and disappeared from his spot.

A few moments later, Angus already met a monster-hunting team that was on the way to return back. He found that this team does not have a fifth-grade combatant among them and only consists of three fourth-grade combatants with few lower-grade combatants.

Taking a position from far away, Angus commands Draven to start ambushing them. A series of Black Spike immediately attack them from their own shadow [Shadow Spike]. Few people could not react fast enough to dodge [Shadow Spike] and died instantly.

"Ambush!!" shouted one of the Fourth-grade combatants.

While their attention focuses on the shadow spike, *Whoosh* *Bam* *Prang* a fourth-grade combatant dying with a tiny hole on his head. Even his safety item couldn't protect him from [Snipe shot].

"One down.. Two more to go!!" muttered Angus.

"Tch.. Who's it? Show yourself!!" yelled the fourth-grade combatant as he dodged the incoming shadow spike from his own shadow.

"Hurry!! Send a signal for he…" said the other fourth-grade combatant before another [Snipe Shot] pierced his head.

"Tch... Where is it?!!" said the only last surviving fourth-grade combatant.

However, his life was claimed under Angus [Snipe Shot]. During the last few days of ambushing, Angus managed to get used to casting [Snipe Shot]. Now, he could reduce his casting speed by a few seconds less.

Although it is not only a few seconds, the impact is quite significant as it means Angus could attack faster and prevent them from running away.

Furthermore, he found casting spells only takes time for the first cast. It will reduce the time during the second cast or the third one since all the previous magic calculations still be applied.

This is actually an orthodox way of casting a spell and not recommended for its instability. However, this is the best method for the current Angus in ambushing and launching sneak attacks from far away.

After hunting the first team, Angus makes Draven store their corpse inside his shadow before searching the other team.

Soon, with the help of Draven, Angus managed to kill a few teams that consisted of the fourth-grade combatant. As for the fifth-grade combatant team, Angus let them back to their camp.

"I hoped the others could do their task as planned." muttered Angus

Then, he looked towards the enemy camp direction before starting to cast a spell. After a long chant, "Wind earth brezee… [3rd Circle - Hurricane]." Angus yelled as he released a massive amount of mana to support the spell.

*Whoss* A big hurricane immediately appeared before him moving towards the other village camp slowly. Like a snowball, the hurricane accumulated with the other dry air and sand. In due time, it became a massive sandstorm that covered the whole horizon.

After casting the spell, Angus slowly moves towards the enemy camp while regenerating his mana slowly.

At the same time, inside the enemy camp, "Where is the other hunting team?" asked one of the fifth-grade combatants.

"We don't know, sir. We lost contact with them after they decided to go back towards the camp." replied his subordinate.

"Tch.. why is it at this time?? Fine, gather the remaining people who still can fight." command the fifth-grade combatant.

"Did we need to use slaves?" ask the subordinate.

"Yes, use all of them. At least, they finally have their use." replied the fifth-grade combatant.

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