Fire Mage

Chapter 391: Struggle

In the meantime, Charles's Will also got stunned by the shadow reaper's action and soon frowned.

'What it did do? Where did her soul go?' He then turned his attention towards the similar 7-meter tall shadow reaper and started to ponder.

'This shadow reaper seems to be moving under Titus's Will. Is this a skill? Or, is something else pulling the strings from another plane?' Charles felt skeptical about its origin.

'Titus may be lucky, but there is also a possibility that someone else is pulling the strings.' As that thought appeared in his mind, he suddenly saw a deep void opened near the shadow reaper's mouth.

The next instant, a white humanoid fog came out of the shadow reaper's mouth and disappeared deep into the void.

'The shadow reaper directly connected to another dimension? Interesting.'

While he was in muse, Titus arrived near Laney's motionless body and ordered the illusionary shadow reaper to drop it.

But before her body touched the ground, a mysterious power appeared out of nowhere and caught it.

A silver-haired old man descended from the sky and landed a few feet away from him the next instant.

Simultaneously, an oppressive power came out of his body and pushed Titus backward.

He was none other than Andy Griffin.

Upon seeing the new arrival, Charles's Will also turned serious.

'Run, Titus! You are no match against him!'

Titus frowned as he resisted the oppressive power and asked in his mind.

'I can kill him like that woman, Teacher.' A cold glint appeared in his eyes.

'You are overestimating the shadow reaper's strength, lad. He is a dual-class mystic and also a peak level Rank-4 Expert-'

Before Charles's Will could warn him, the Shadow Reaper raised its bony dark hand and slashed the scythe at Andy.

But just as the scythe was about to touch Andy's body, a strange power came out from his bracelet and formed into a force field!

A loud clanging sound echoed, followed by a shockwave.

"A soul attack that directly aims at the soul connection, huh" Andy chuckled.

Meanwhile, Titus's face went grim. He clearly understood why his Teacher had warned him earlier.

Without any delay, he opened his mouth and muttered.

"Shadow Shift!"

It was his second skill!

Unfortunately, Andy made some hand gestures and completely locked the space.

Just as Titus's body turned into a dark shadow, some mystical power appeared out of nowhere and completely locked him!

"You think it is easy to get away after killing my daughter?" A cold voice came out of Andy's mouth.

Without waiting for Titus to respond, Andy raised his hand, pointed his forefinger at the Shadow Reaper's head, and muttered.

"Soul Burst!"

A second later, an invisible ripple came out of Andy's forefinger, moved towards the Shadow Reaper, and directly broke its illusionary figure like glasses!

...

At that moment, a bluish spatial crack appeared in front of a tall banyan tree and soon formed into a two-meter tall vortex-like portal.

Then, two female figures walked out from it and soon covered their faces as they got assaulted by the smell of the death.

One was a black-haired woman in her late twenties, while the other was a blonde-haired young woman.

They were Edith and Jessie!

As Jessie stepped on the ice-covered ground, she covered her nose, looked at the surrounding,s and soon trembled as she saw motionless Daisy.

Without any delay, she dashed towards her, gripped her with both hands, and checked her pulse in a hurry.

"She is dead." Before Jessie could confirm, Edith spoke in a cold tone and released her wisdom power.

"W-What happened here?" Jessie asked in a shocked voice. At that moment, a trace of panic appeared on her face, followed by a wave of uncontrollable anger.

"Something terrifying seems to have awakened." Edith paused for a moment and soon frowned as she sensed two powerful presence from the northwest direction.

"Come on! I think Titus is battling a powerful Mystic." She added in a solemn tone.

Meanwhile, Jessie widened her eyes and hurriedly stored Daisy's corpse in her space ring. Then, she turned around and ran towards Edith at a fast speed.

On the other hand, Edith waved her hand, conjured invisible flames, and started manipulating the surrounding spatial elements.

A second later, a spatial crack appeared before her and soon formed into a bluish portal.

Soon, both Edith and Jessie stepped into the portal and disappeared from there.

Simultaneously, another spatial crack appeared at the foot of the Red Hill and formed into a bluish portal.

At that moment, Andy stood 10 meters away from the portal and stared at the brown-haired young man hovering in front of him.

Although Titus appeared unharmed, some eerie black vines sprouted from the ground and bounded his legs and hands.

Currently, he was struggling with all his might.

As Jessie and Edith stepped out of the portal, both of them turned their heads towards Titus and Andy and became deadly serious.

Meanwhile, Andy also noticed their arrival and frowned.

A second later, he waved his hand and manipulated the dark vines to move Titus towards him.

"Duke Andy! Release my brother!" Jessie screamed in anger.

"Release him? Why would I do that? He killed my daughter." While responding casually, he raised his right hand and gripped Titus's neck.

In the meantime, Edith signaled Jessie to back off and then spoke.

"Your daughter killed his lover, Mister Andy. She is on the wrong side here." She suddenly froze as she sensed a change in the future, closed her left eye, and activated the [Multi-vision] skill.

A moment later, she widened her eyes in shock and cast [Burning Thoughts] spell on Andy.

Unfortunately, her sneak attack failed in an instant.

She noticed that Andy's consciousness seemed to be protected by some mysterious power.

'It looks like the Divine Power! Is someone manipulating his mind?' Doubt appeared in her mind.

Without any delay, she released her full wisdom power and activated her [Fire Domain].

The next instant, the ground, the nearby Red Hill, trees, and even the rocks disappeared one by one and were soon replaced with fire-elemental trees, lava pools, volcanic mountains, and ember stones!

Upon seeing this, a flash of surprise appeared on Andy's face.

"A Rank-5 Mystic! So, I don't even have a chance to retaliate, huh!" His voice appeared hoarse.

He then turned his attention towards Titus, tightened his grip, and curled his lips upward.

"But so what? My job is already over." A creepy smile appeared on his face.

Meanwhile, Edith waved her hand, controlled all the nearby fire elements to take shapes into snakes, and let them coil over his legs, hands, and neck.

Simultaneously, she increased the gravity threefold and sprinted while shouting.

"Don't do it, Andy! I'll erase your whole family!"

At that moment, Andy's eyes turned eerie black, his face distorted, and he looked completely different from before!

Not only that, but he also released a mysterious power and completely broke all those slithering lava snakes.

After that, he waved his hand, released an invisible ripple all over the surroundings, and said in an eerie voice.

"I don't mind sacrificing my family to achieve the True Destiny, Charles. Out of four hearts, one heart must die."

"True Destiny? What are you talking about-?" Just as Edith spoke, a specific Goddess's name flashed in front of her eyes.

"Sasha?" She asked in a stiff voice, conjured an eerie flame sword, and almost arrived in front of Andy.

On the other hand, Andy made a wicked grin, looked at the struggling Titus, and broke his neck!

"NOOOOOOO!" Jessie screamed and ran towards Andy.