The thirteen sages of the Iron Crown were a firm force that had been safeguarding this region. Every one of them had the strength of a peak rank 1 Magus, and their leader, the Great Sage, was even at rank 2!
Siley knew that if he were to be trapped by this group, things would very very troublesome. Even fleeing would be an issue. The terrifying vitality of the spirit beasts was something that Magi who developed their strengths based on spells were unable to contend against.
Now, however, this little group of Steel Knights that had been around for hundreds of years had died, just like that? And their killer was a newly-advanced rank 2 Magus, Leylin?
Siley scratched his bald head, wondering if he had been caught in some Rank 3 Magus’ illusion.
“Who else is there?”
Leylin’s expression was a little strange and he began to roar, the blood-red in his eyes more prominent as they swept in the direction where the light Magi were hidden.
“This is bad! He’s found us!”
The leader whispered softly, and the entire group rapidly withdrew a large distance. It couldn’t be helped! Leylin’s poisonous attack that could affect a large area had terrified them.
“Hah…”
Leylin’s current situation was not good. Not only were there a few small wounds left behind by the retaliation of the Steel Knights, his expression was also crazed. White streams of air exited from his orifices.
[Liveliness of blood cells in host’s body has exceeded threshold! Beginning procedure to forcefully control situation!]
All of a sudden, a flash of bright blue rays covered Leylin’s body, and his body temperature lowered. The white mist condensed into fragments of ice inside and scattered all over Leylin’s body.
“Damn it, I got emotional again!”
Under the control of the A.I. Chip and the stimulus from the biting cold, Leylin was finally able to regain his senses, eyes flashing with intelligence.
“I can’t fight anymore, or else I’ll descend into a crazed state and go on a killing rampage till I die…”
Leylin surveyed the area, keeping the sight of the battlefield in his mind.
Though walking the path of a warlock with a bloodline allowed him to possess an incredible might, to the point that he could use his innate talents from his bloodline to achieve victory against experienced rank 2 Magi or even kill them and gain a reputation for himself, this branch of ancient Magi, the Warlock, had quite a few flaws.
The issue of becoming overly emotional was one of the problems.
Compared to the rational Magus, Warlocks were easily affected by the external world and were often extremely emotional.
Slaughter and battles would easily result in fury for Warlocks, causing them to descend into a crazed state and lose part of their rationality. If he were to be surrounded by enemies, he would not be able to escape at all.
“My bloodline is much too pure. The moment it flares up, even the potion of tranquility will be rejected from my body.”
Leylin checked his stats.
[Leylin Farlier. Rank 2 Warlock, Bloodline: Giant Kemoyin Serpent. Strength: 21.1, Agility: 14.4, Vitality: 27.9, Spiritual force: 104.3, Magic power: 53 (Magic power is in synchronisation with spiritual force) Status: Large amounts of adrenaline is being secreted. Similarity to emotional outburst of Warlock: 98.7%. Dispelling potion of tranquility.]
“A.I. Chip, use Plan C!” Leylin could only laugh bitterly and give out the command.
[Received authorisation, beginning small operation on Host’s body.]
The A.I. Chip loyally answered. In that moment, Leylin’s pupils turned sky blue, and cold energy particles were produced from all over his body.
“He seems to have a problem! Go!!!”
The light Magi who had been pursuing them saw Leylin acting weirdly. Excited, the light Magus who was the leader waved his sleeves and countless flying bugs came together to form half a human face, flying towards Leylin.
“You just don’t know when to stop!”
A fire rose in Leylin’s heart, but with the force from the chilliness, it was quickly suppressed.
His right hand slashed downwards, and a formless, translucent ripple spread like a wave in the air.
The formless ripple immediately collided with the sea of bugs.
*Bang!* The half-formed human face stopped moving for a moment, and large amounts of flying bugs fell to the ground, their compound eyes no longer moving. The bodies became stiff and began to rot.
*Huahuahua!* Like rain, the bugs fell from the sky and formed grey droplets.