Genius Wizard Hides His Sword Skills [EN]: Chapter 85

85. Xylo Mountains (3)

From the start, Angel didn’t seem to have any intention of holding back.

[Whoa. This is serious.]

The unusual flow of mana gathering in his hands. The swirling energy that seemed ready to burst.

Crack!

It transformed into hundreds of tiny grains of sand at his fingertips.

Angel knelt on one knee, touching the ground with his hand. It seemed like a simple gesture, but.

The sand that touched the ground brought unexpected changes.

Crack! Thud!

The sand rapidly seeped into the ground.

The earth where the sand was absorbed seemed to writhe.

Thwaaa!

Something suddenly surged up from beneath the Black Wolves’ feet.

“Huh! No way!”

Drew screamed at the sight. It was indeed a shocking scene.

‘Hoo. Is it this much?’

What attacked the Black Wolves from below was the Hand of Earth. A not-so-difficult spell that Drew and I could also use.

However, the sheer number of them appearing simultaneously was overwhelming. Each grain of sand had manifested into a Hand of Earth.

“Krrr!”

“Kraaa!”

The Black Wolves writhed against the sudden, unexpected hands. Only then did the worry on Drew and Admun’s faces seem to lessen slightly.

“Wow. That mercenary you saved is amazing! I’ve never even heard of being able to apply it like that!”

“Angel, you’re truly incredible.”

Although it was an easy spell, using hundreds of them at once was on a different level.

“But, Ian.”

Drew tilted his head, having been admiring the situation for a moment.

“Yeah?”

“Weren’t you the one who said monsters wouldn’t approach us? That’s why we stayed in Ego for a month.”

“I did.”

“But why are those guys……?”

It was a natural question. We had lived in Ego for a month to make the monsters avoid us.

“That only works on monsters of a certain level.”

“Level?”

“Yeah. Black Wolves are only about 5-star, weaklings if you want to be precise.”

They looked ferocious, but in the Xylo Mountains, they were at the bottom of the food chain.

“Those guys aren’t capable of sensing an aura that’s far above them. It’s like a five-year-old not being afraid of a great mage.”

“Ah!”

The aura only worked on monsters with a certain level of skill. The Black Wolves were at a level where they couldn’t gauge the difference in power between them and their opponents. They were just mindlessly charging.

“Then Angel will have to deal with those guys.”

“That’s right.”

It couldn’t be helped. From the next area onwards, we probably wouldn’t even see the shadow of a monster, but in Mono, the first area, we had no choice but to use force.

Whoosh!

After the Hand of Earth, the magic Angel showcased was Fireball. This time, Angel created dozens of Fireballs simultaneously. He was only using spells that consumed relatively little mana.

‘Is he trying to conserve his strength?’

[He’s got more combat sense than he looks.]

‘It’s not always good to just use strong attacks recklessly.’

Although they were spells that even novice mages could use, they were enough to damage the 5-star Black Wolves.

It was an excellent choice for dealing with multiple enemies, as it could inflict fatal wounds with minimal power.

“Keeeng!”

“Kaaa!”

The Black Wolves writhed, engulfed in flames.

“Krrr!”

However, the situation was not easy. Other wolves were leaping over the burning ones and charging at us.

Pazzzzz!

This time, Chain Lightning stretched out. The Black Wolf at the front was instantly burned to a crisp.

‘His attack combos are excellent too.’

Angel controlled the battlefield, riding the flow appropriately. As if to prove that anyone couldn’t become the leader of the Magic Society, he didn’t even have a drop of sweat on his forehead.

[But aren’t you going to help? From what I see, Angel doesn’t seem to know how to drive the Black Wolves away. That’s why he keeps spamming spells.]

Angel was using various spells. It was true that his abilities were outstanding, but.

[At this rate, he’ll have to fight all night.]

It was by no means a good solution for dealing with the Black Wolves. Angel was much stronger than the Black Wolves, but there were too many of them. Nearly tens of thousands of them were waiting on the cliff above.

‘He’s probably prepared to stay up all night.’

At this rate, we would have to fight until the sun rose and the Black Wolves disappeared.

[Why don’t you tell him?]

‘I will. I just wanted to see Angel’s skills for a bit.’

There was only one way to drive away the Black Wolves before dawn.

‘I had to find that guy too.’

[Is that him?]

Oberon and my eyes simultaneously turned to one place. Among the battlefield where Angel’s magic was pouring down, there was one Black Wolf that wasn’t growling.

‘I think so.’

The one clinging to the cliff, seemingly observing the battlefield.

‘There’s no other one that could be considered a leader besides that one.’

It was the leader of this Black Wolf pack.

The Black Wolves, relatively weak monsters in the Xylo Mountains. The reason they were able to survive here was because of their strong organization, like now.

‘If we just give that guy a little scolding, they’ll all run away.’

The solution to quickly dealing with them was to target the leader.

‘Let’s go.’

I approached Angel, who was still spamming magic. His hands were moving non-stop.

“Don’t come closer. I’ll hold them off.”

“Are you going to keep fighting like this?”

“These guys will retreat when the sun rises anyway. They don’t wander around during the day.”

A willingness to fight all night. Of course, it wasn’t impossible for Angel.

“There’s no need to do that. Let’s drive them all away now.”

“I’m sorry. I don’t have the skill to drive them all away at once.”

Even as he lowered his head, Angel unleashed another barrage of magic.

“It’s not that. I’ll finish it. ”

His hands, which hadn’t stopped for a moment, twitched slightly.

“Excuse me? The Herald? Do you have a way?”

“Yeah. Just deal with the guys that charge at me.”

With those words, I gathered Aura at my feet.

Thwoom!

My destination, shooting off the ground,

‘It’s been a while since I’ve fought monsters!’

Was the leader clinging to the cliff.

“Kreung!”

“Kraaa!”

The Black Wolves instantly surrounded me. Of course, I wouldn’t have been able to reach the leader on my own, but.

Pazzzzz!

The electricity that suddenly flew in roasted the wolves. Thanks to Angel’s support, my steps didn’t have to stop.

Taat!

Angel continued to provide support even as I continued to leap forward. Thanks to that, I was able to reach the leader in an instant.

“Keee…….”

Unlike the Black Wolves that had been charging at us, this one lowered its body first, remaining cautious.

‘It’s more certain now that I’m closer.’

[This guy is definitely the leader.]

The numerous wounds covering its entire body. They seemed to represent the years it had lived.

I was the one who moved first. The magic I had chanted while running.

Fwoooosh!

The Hand of Earth surged towards the wolf’s hind legs.

“Kyaak!”

Then, as if it had expected it, the wolf leaped up. However, my attack wasn’t just that.

Whoosh!

It was a Fireball that had already been fired, anticipating where the wolf would jump.

No matter how much of a leader it was, its one-on-one combat ability wasn’t much different from the other wolves. At best, it was a 5-star, upper-tier level wolf.

“Keee!”

The wolf couldn’t avoid the Fireball that had been meticulously calculated and cleverly exploited its weakness. The wolf, hit directly by the Fireball, collapsed to the ground, engulfed in flames.

“Kreung!”

“Keee!”

The Black Wolves gnashed their teeth at the sight of their leader being defeated. But there was nothing they could do to me.

‘He’s reliable.’

Thanks to Angel continuing to throw restraining magic, the wolves couldn’t even approach me.

A situation where I only had to focus on the leader. I was confident that I could win alone.

“Kree!”

The wolf, extinguishing the fire by rubbing its body on the ground, gnashed its teeth.

Only for a moment.

Taat!

The wolf quickly charged towards me.

Surprising the opponent with agile movements was a characteristic of the Black Wolves.

‘Alright. Come on in.’

Even as it approached quickly, it shook its body from side to side, aiming for my weak points. And it was just as its rough breath came within reach.

“Keheong!”

The wolf bared its yellow teeth and tore its mouth open. Because of its beast-like appearance, anyone could have expected that kind of attack.

“Kyaaaaak!”

A monster is a monster. The opening mouth had unknowingly increased to about 1 meter in size.

Even its teeth had grown larger. It was the Black Wolf’s attack method that had once bewildered many adventurers who had visited the Xylo Mountains.

‘This is manageable.’

However, this time, it had chosen the wrong opponent.

I already knew its attack method.

Clang!

I also possessed a 5-star Aura.

Even with simple brute force, I wasn’t far behind the wolf.

‘Get closer!’

Moreover, my swordsmanship and combat sense, which had reached the level of Sword Emperor, were still there. I thrust Pragarakh, imbued with Aura, straight into the wolf’s mouth.

Thwack!

Pragarakh thrashed wildly. There was no need to borrow the noisy guy’s abilities.

“Kee, keeee!”

It was enough to simply thrust the sword into the wolf’s mouth at the right moment.

The sword was lodged right in its throat.

Splat!

When I pulled it out, black blood splattered.

“Keee…….”

The wolf was still not dead, panting roughly. Its eyes, looking up at me, were slightly shaking.

A gaze full of fear. There was no need to use any more force on a wolf that had already lost its will to fight.

“Get lost.”

Did it understand my words? Or was it just the desire to live a little longer?

“Keee…….”

The wolf growled lowly and took a step back.

Taat!

It quickly left the scene.

“Ooooo!”

“Ooooo-!”

The surrounding Black Wolves howled towards the sky. The howling that started from them began to echo throughout the canyon.

It seemed to be their signal, as they began to move away one by one. It was because their leader had lowered its tail.

[That ended easily.]

‘It’s thanks to Angel’s good support.’

As the wolves that had surrounded us disappeared from sight, the group gathered around.

“L, Lord! Are you alright!”

As expected, Admun was the first.

“W, what happened?”

Drew’s bewildered expression followed. Angel also seemed clueless, wearing a blank expression that I had never seen before.

A thousand years ago, when the exploration of the Xylo Mountains was active, everyone knew this method, but it was a strategy that Angel had never known.

[How many years has he been coming here?]

‘That’s right. He said that he has to come every year once he becomes the leader.’

[So, he’s been fighting all night every time he comes?]

‘Well, that’s about right.’

[……He must be feeling a serious sense of reality.]

Oberon was using another unknown word. There was no time to ask what it meant.

“Ah! As expected, it’s the power of the Sword of Light!”

Angel exclaimed in admiration. He had misunderstood the reason why the Black Wolf pack had run away.

[……You’re going to have to suffer for a few more years.]

Oberon’s bitter consolation was all that was conveyed.