304. Chapter 298 – I’ll burn them.

Chapter 298: I’ll Burn Them
Watching those of Noble Red gradually gather, Ivars, who was hiding in the priest’s house, narrowed his eyes slightly.

…… There are slightly too many people.

He slightly counted that there were at least thirty or so of those cloaked in red robes as well. They hadn’t even fully emerged from the forest yet.

And after these red-robed people left the forest, they restored order without any command at all –

They were only a bit boisterous and noisy the moment they came out, due to their excitement, but they quickly quieted down and spontaneously stood in caster squares that were more than a meter apart. And immediately they began casting rituals row by row, making sure that anyone had a companion who could keep a watchful eye on the surrounding area while casting rituals.

Just looking at this sense of order made Ivars heart thump.

–This can’t be the Noble Red’s elite troops, can it?

The batch they sent over when they attacked the Inspectorate before had looked professional. But they were clearly not as elite as this batch.

Ivars did know that there was indeed a regular army within Noble Red. But he didn’t know much about it, after all, Noble Red didn’t enter Ben.

The giant prince Wolfram himself is not going to drill people …… After all, the reason why the giants can be crushed by the knights is because the giants have long been accustomed to their own power, and there is no battle formation and cooperation to speak of, it is completely their own battle.

However, there are air cavalrymen who defected from the past within Noble Red. He brought a systematic training and command program to Noble Red – Aiwas had done this side quest and was slightly impressed. But it’s all skipped in the middle, so he’s not sure of the specifics.

Only vaguely remembered that this man was a student of the Great Guardian, then seemed to defect out of jealousy or something, sensing injustice.

At that time, as a player, Ivars didn’t feel anything. But nowadays he was really feeling the pressure-

Demon Scholars trained on the scale of an army were very difficult to deal with even if they were only at the third energy level. After all, demon scholars were essentially two units, one was a demon and one was a scholar …… This meant that these demon scholars could turn into a caster cluster with a large number of humongous front row meat shields at any time.

The only good news was that the giant leading the group was instead only three meters out.

This indicated that he either had an impure bloodline or a low tier of the power path. The latter indicates that his status in the Giant Kingdom is not high …… Then he should not have mastered those special mystical techniques that were secretly passed down from the royal family, and he should not have divine blood.

Aywas remembered that the Giant Prince Wolfram was a Spell Ceremony Mage’s Advanced Profession Grand Sorcerer. He was truly having divine blood and was very difficult to deal with.

And with Noble Red being a Demon Scholar-dominated association, they definitely had at least one other top level who was a Demon Scholar.

–Unsurprisingly, it should be him.

A pure-ranked Demon Scholar was better than a former high-ranked warrior moonlighting as a high-ranked Demon Scholar – although the giants themselves were quite meaty, but if there was another high-ranked melee professional rank, Ivars really didn’t know how to deal with them.

Looking at Ivars’ frown, Lily gently tugged on the corner of his coat.

“Young master,” Lily whispered, “Why don’t I go and directly assassinate him ……”

Ewas snapped his head back and gave Lily a startled look.

–How dare you?

When did Lily become so radical?

“…… He’s most likely a Fifth Energon level,” he said with some toothache, “You might want to take it easy. The Shadow Demon may be able to help you kill him, but it may not be able to bring you out again ……”

Lily hadn’t yet completed the second advancement ritual of adapting to the Dao Dao to arrive at the third energy level. Even with the prioritization bonus of the equipment on her body, it was impossible to assassinate a fifth energy level transcendent with high vitality inside a group of regular troops and then return safely.

Even if he counted the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flame, he didn’t have that confidence that he could bring Lily back again.

“But,” Lily frowned, “if we don’t take the initiative ……”

Through the window, they could see the demon scholars setting up some sort of ritual.

First they summoned their own native demons to themselves, then they began to discreetly enchant themselves with statuses.

–Ewas recognized it, it was the Demon Berserking Ceremony.

They first berserked and disoriented the demons, then used the power of the contract to enslave them. It was a mysterious technique used when manipulating demons stronger than themselves.

This made Ivars look a bit distracted-

What exactly were these people here for? Are they also here to find the Book of Law?

Hopefully Hajna and Sherlock were hiding and wouldn’t come looking for it at this time.

Otherwise, with their strength, bumping into these Demon Scholars would be troublesome ……

But just at this moment, one of the people in the Demon Scholars’ square suddenly saw Ivars.

His eyes, which were covered by a red robe and still flashed with scarlet light, met Ayworth’s four eyes.

Aiwarth was instantly startled, and subconsciously pulled Lily and began to retreat quickly.

And Lily also realized what was going on and began to arrange layers and layers of white silk threads in the room.

About two seconds later, a black thunderbolt, which stretched and shortened like a worm, suddenly shattered the glass and exploded inside the room!

After it landed on the ground, it shattered into countless pieces of black lightning, and the corrosive aura from the dark attribute mana blew out the ground and walls with spiderweb-like purple cracks. Luckily, some of it was stopped by those silk threads, otherwise it would have splattered onto Ivars.

Ivars just breathed a sigh of relief, followed by another hot fireball drilling in through the window.

It glowed white-gold and steamed with rolling heat. It began to expand violently the moment it entered the room, and by this time it was too late for Aiwas to find a way to summon the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flame. Ivas subconsciously turned back and hugged Lily, tackling her to the ground while shouting, “Shadow Demon!”

The shadows beneath Lily suddenly swelled, and the Shadow Demon burst out of it, forming a half-arc shield of shadows that held them back.

The fireball that burrowed into the living room exploded with a loud bang, shattering the walls and floor along with the living room table and cabinets!
The entire floor shook and rocked. Searing flames began to spread through the room while thick black smoke blackened the walls.

Ivars easily recognized the two spells.

–This was the Thunder of Corrupted Bones and the Fireball spell!
The former is an armor-breaking ritual spell capable of searing right through metal armor and piercing through shorter walls and barriers……. The ritual materials used are the old man’s three spinal bones and the maiden’s bile.

The latter, on the other hand, is a classic blast-type spell.

The power of the fireball spell is very familiar to Ivars, because Ivars “explosion” attribute of the Flame Butterfly is equivalent to a fireball spell.

However, Fireball was a mage’s spell, and demon scholars usually lacked fire-attribute mana, so they couldn’t release it. Therefore, this was most likely his contracted demon launching a cascade bombardment at the target of his attack.

And being bombarded head-on by the fireball, the Shadow Demon let out a muffled sound.

It wasn’t a Phantom Demon that was good at defense in the first place – if it wasn’t to protect Ivars and Lily, the normal way for it to dodge would be to hide in the shadows.

“…… I’m going to kill them, Ivars!”

The Shadow Demon let out a low growl, “There’s no use stopping you!”

The flames didn’t do any damage to it, but the light released when the fireball burst made the Shadow Demon visibly uncomfortable. It was probably the equivalent of throwing a ball made of feces at a human’s face – not much damage, but extremely insulting.

Perhaps because of the effects of the demonic berserking ritual that was in operation, the Shadow Demon’s aggressiveness had become noticeably stronger.

“Ah, I’m the same.”

Ivars narrowed his eyes slightly, a ghostly purple glow looming, “Won’t stop you ……”

He had just looked at it from afar, and was blasted twice with spells …… even with mending. If he didn’t react quickly, he might have to be blown up into a serious injury.

Originally, Aiwas was still thinking about whether or not to avoid it.

After all, the fifth energy level was indeed not to be messed with.

He himself is not afraid …… but if he provokes them and causes trouble for Eagle Point Village, it will not be good.

–But it was only when these Noble Red Demon Scholars took the initiative to attack him that Ivars suddenly realized the identity of these people.

There was a reason why they were like street rats in Avalon. These Demon Scholars had a history of slaughtering villages, and even the “Big Purple” group had just slaughtered a village before coming to the Glass Island.

For these demonic scholars without taboos, humans are nothing more than walking ritual materials …… They have become accustomed to slaughtering villages without the ability to resist to replenish ritual materials. And now that they have the fifth energy level transcendent on their backs, they are even less likely to have any scruples.

Previously, Ivars had been living on Glass Island. Until that time when the Inspectorate was attacked and basically never had any large-scale disasters, Noble Red had also always had his tail tucked between his legs on Glass Island. So he didn’t have any obvious feelings about it, and didn’t think they were that scary. He only felt that they were just a bunch of clowns.

And now that this fireball had come down, Aywas suddenly understood. They hadn’t intended to leave any survivors in the first place, and it had nothing to do with whether or not he messed with them.

Aiwaas also finally realized what “slaughtering the village”, which he had only read about in the game text and newspaper text, really meant.

–These people were not clowns, but real demons.

“…… Huh.”

Aiwas’s pupils gradually lit up with fuchsia flames, the purple color in them becoming brighter and brighter.

“A fifth energy level giant. Forty-odd regulars of the third energy level or higher …… is quite a challenge.”

“They’re all just scum-“

The Shadow Demon’s increasingly furious, malice-filled voice rumbled in his head, “Kill them, Ivars! Charge forward and kill them!”

“-Quiet, Shadow Demon.”

Aiwas’s icy voice rang out, “Don’t order me around. I’m the one who owns you.”

Between the thumb and index finger of his right hand, a pure red card appeared out of thin air, as if by magic.

A butterfly pattern was outlined on it with black lines, and the butterfly on it couldn’t wait to start flapping its wings.

“–Butterfly of Paradoxical Flame.”

Ivars called out her name in a low voice, “Come to kill.”

“As you wish, brother.”

A voice with an echoing, ethereal, cool voice rang out from Aiwas’ mind, “I’ll scorch them.”

Then, flames like streams flowed out from the very center of the deck –

Update complete!
It’s better to double shift, triple shifts kinda hurt my body meow ……

Push the newbie’s (probably counts as a newbie) new book “My Armed Maid”, milk it for milking~

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