assistirfilmes Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Erika cautiously confessed,
"I'm actually... an Apprentice 5th Rank magician."
“...”
Leon was, in fact, secretly surprised by her words. Reaching the 5th rank as an apprentice in her early twenties was certainly not an ordinary talent.
However, Leon saw no particular reason why he needed to know this. Erika, sensing his indifference, anxiously shifted her weight.
“Did I startle you by bringing this up so suddenly?”
“A little, yes.”
“I-I'm sorry. But...”@@@@
Awkwardness was evident on Erika's face.
“No, it's fine. Is there something bothering you?”
“Bothering me?”
Leon replied with a puzzled expression.
“No, nothing.”
“I see. Please feel free to let me know if you need anything.”
“...”
What was this about? Leon couldn’t quite grasp the sudden change in Erika's attitude.
After that, Erika didn’t speak to Leon again. However, whenever he made even the slightest movement in the carriage, she would quickly turn her head to ask if he needed anything.
“...”
Leon was starting to wonder what Erika’s true intentions were.
The carriage slowly advanced along the narrow forest path. As long as they reinforced their guard when the terrain got rough or the darkness thickened, there were no significant problems.
Occasionally, there were attacks from wolf packs during the night, but they weren't particularly threatening. Leon easily handled them during his watch, and Medriga also proved adept at dealing with the monsters’ assaults.
In the midst of this peaceful journey, it was the small, trivial things that troubled Leon the most.
“Everyone, please gather for your rations.”
Leon sighed as he heard the call. He already anticipated what would happen next.
“Please wait a moment.”
Erika quickly spoke and headed toward the supply area.
But before Erika could reach him, Medriga had already approached Leon, handing him a warm stew and some dried meat. Erika’s face hardened as she arrived just moments too late. Medriga, with a triumphant expression, glanced at Erika and twitched his mustache slightly.
Leon averted his eyes from Erika's frustrated expression.
“Thank you, but you really don’t need to do this.”
“Haha, no worries. I’m doing it because I want to. Just call on me whenever you need something.”
Medriga answered cheerfully, flashing a victor's smile at Erika. She bit her lip, struggling to suppress her frustration.
Watching this unfold, Leon felt a headache coming on.
Meanwhile, Erika seemed to have thought of something and turned her attention to Kito, who was resting on Leon’s head. She cautiously approached and asked,
“Have you eaten?”
“I don’t need to.”
“...”
Erika’s face fell into despair.
After she walked away in disappointment, Kito quietly spoke.
“I prefer Medriga.”
“Why?”
“He’s quicker on his feet.”
“...”
“And he has no ulterior motives.”
It seemed Kito also suspected Erika of harboring other intentions.
Leon sighed, pondering how to resolve this strange relationship.
Three weeks after the carriage set off, a rugged mountain range appeared as they passed through the forest.
“As far as I know, it’s rare for so many trolls to attack at once...”
Leon extended his palm toward one of the trolls.
“Fall.”
Crash
A lightning bolt struck the troll, sending it crashing to the ground.
“GRAAAH!”
The massive troll let out a pained roar as it collapsed.
These trolls, unlike the monsters deep within the Beast Forest, didn’t seem to have high magical resistance. They had impressive regeneration, but their defenses weren’t so strong that apprentice-level magic couldn’t penetrate, like the golems in the ancient magician’s lair.
The trolls had no means of defending against magic infused with the power of sorcery.
“A lightning strike out of nowhere...”
“It’s the magician’s spell!”
The adventurers' sweat-soaked faces lit up with hope.
Seeing that his attack had been effective, Leon quickly summoned nine more lightning bolts. In an instant, ten trolls were wiped out.
Leon called out to Tris, who was leading the adventurers.
“Hold on a little longer.”
Leon immediately began calculating the sorcery spell.
Sorcery magic, Glory’s Lightning.
As Leon’s concentration reached its peak, the surrounding air began to tremble, and an immense amount of magical energy started to swirl. The force was so overwhelming that Medriga, eyes wide with shock, stumbled backward in alarm.
The sky rapidly darkened with ominous clouds. Even the trolls, sensing the gathering power, hesitated for a moment. But they had no time to fully grasp the true extent of the power about to be unleashed.
Rumble
Thunder roared as the sky split open. Lightning bolts rained down furiously on the more than twenty trolls charging toward them.
Boom! Boom!
Lightning flashed in rapid succession, and the ground trembled with the impact of the strikes.
The trolls were utterly helpless against this overwhelming force. The massive creatures, once boasting of their formidable size, were now reduced to smoldering ruins amidst the smoke and flames.
“This is the power of a magician...”
The adventurers stared in awe at the scene before them. The power of a magician was far stronger and more overwhelming than anything they had ever witnessed.
“Are we even the same species...?”
“Watch your words.”
Tris, trying to remain composed, scolded the speaker while surveying the surroundings, though he himself couldn’t help but feel a pang of helplessness. It was as if cold water had been splashed over his pride. They had struggled to hold back the troll horde, only for the magician to annihilate them in less than a minute.
As the adventurers gazed at the battlefield littered with troll corpses, they were once again reminded of the immense power a magician wielded.
As Leon descended to the ground, Erika approached, offering him a cloth.
“To wipe away your sweat...”
“I’m fine.”
Leon responded with an awkward smile. He hadn’t even broken a sweat.
Medriga clicked his tongue, realizing he was a step too late.
‘Can’t you just stop competing over such things?’
“This is sorcery magic... Truly remarkable.”
Medriga, who had quietly approached, looked at Leon with pure admiration.
The group resumed their journey, but unlike their smooth passage through the forest, they were continuously assaulted by more monsters.
“Don’t you think this is strange?”
One of the adventurers beside Tris spoke in a tense voice. Tris nodded gravely.
“Is this... a monster stampede?”
Even for the Rivein Mountains, it was unusual for monsters to attack this frequently.
Suddenly, a giant shadow loomed over them. Tris gasped in shock.
“Is that... a thunderbird?”
“Isn’t that a monster that lives at the peak of the Rivein Mountains? Why has it come down here? This makes no sense! Someone must be luring these monsters toward us!”
A sense of impending doom began to close in around them.