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Amber immediately took another arrow from her back, slotting it in the hole of the blow, she pulled the bowstring. In that instant, she released her hand — launching the arrow in full force towards the Gluttonous Earthworm.

The arrow sped up, rapidly advancing as the power of the wind reinforced its speed and durability.

Without checking if it landed, Amber turned her back as her body vanished, leaving dark feathers on her wake, moments later she reappeared at the back of the group. In mere seconds, she slotted in more multiple arrows — pulling the bowstring; she shot once more.

Woosh!

The arrows appeared like a blur, shooting towards the eye sockets of the ominous skulls hanged on the wall. A click resounded as multiple arrows landed on the vacant sockets of different skulls.

"Eimi, shower it with attacks." Amber ordered calmly.

The other three students were silent, not responding as their eyes stared in disbelief at the scene before them. Arrows, multiple of them, landing accurately in the narrow eye sockets of different skulls; activating the deadly traps of the room.

"Grahkk...!" The Gluttonous Earthworm shrieked, immense pain assaulting its mind as an arrow notched on its pupils. Its eyes dripped dark red blood, bleeding from the injury.

While it was still trying to recover from the pain, it faintly heard a sudden clicking sound echo near it. What followed was something it couldn't believe — soon after, the inevitable descend of the death-traps landed.

The maze slightly rumbled. Long, and sharp steel blades along with silver spikes protruded — erupting from the walls as they shot towards the Gluttonous Earthworm in a flash.

Dark red blood gushed out as the traps grazed the skin of the Gluttonous Earthworm. The other three members opened their mouth widely in disbelief. With that amount of traps and attacks, the skin wasn't even shedded, only grazed. What kind of monstrous defense was that?!

"Eimi, stop staring and attack!" Amber sternly reminded the petite, noble sorcerer in the group. She took another arrow from her back. "The Gluttonous Earthworm isn't just any simple monster. It's a demon born from earth. While many highlight the intelligence and sneaky ability of the demon more, contrary, its most terrifying aspect is neither of those but rather its monstrous defense that many understate."

The sudden reminder suddenly startled Eimi, her hand clumsily holding over the silver steel wand. She turned her head to Amber, nodding meekly. She raised her hand, manipulating the magical energy inside her as she redirected it to the wand.

At that moment, several orbs of light conjured above her head. She nudged the wand slightly; transforming the orbs of light into long blades of light.

Eimi bit her lip, aiming at the Gluttonous with precision; she moved her hand as she shoved the blades of light towards the demonic earthworm.

Woosh!

With an arrow blinding its eye, The Gluttonous Earthworm couldn't see very well. It was barely able to react from the several blades of light flying towards its body. It manipulated its own body size, thinning its body as it dodged several blades of light.

However, one blade of light seemed to be striking at its body with precision. Realizing the hopeless situation, it immediately tried to burrow on the ground in the hope of escaping.

"Not on my watch," Amber said cooly, pulling the bowstring tightly as she aimed the bow at the body of the Gluttonous Earthworm.

Amber manipulated the magical energy inside her, redirecting it to the tip of the arrow — at that moment, an aurora-blue energy slowly conjured and swallowed the whole arrow in silence.

The arrow looked mystical — covering it whole was the illuminating visage of aurora, displaying unmatched beauty and power. It flared like a fire, but unlike that of fire, no fiery crimson flames burned; only the rainbow hue of aurora waiting to be unleashed.

The other three students shifted their eyes at her figure, staring at her breathlessly.

"«Aurora Arts..." Amber muttered as she closed her eyes. In that moment, she released her hand — letting go of the bowstring, launching the aurora-filled arrow to the Gluttonous Earthworm. "...Sublime Phoenix»."

Woosh!

The arrow flew, shining resplendently amidst the dark surroundings. In flash speed, it immediately arrived at the body of the Gluttonous Earthworm. Before the Gluttonous Earthworm could burrow itself, the aurora energy on the arrow suddenly enlarged, turning into the shape of a phoenix — in that instant, the demonic worm shrieked.

"Graaaaahkkkk.....!!!"

The aurora-filled arrow pierced right through the monstrous defense of the demonic earthworm, shattering its scales like fragile glass. The phoenix arrow dragged the earthworm's body to the walls, hanging the Gluttonous Earthworm as its body was engraved, along with the arrow on the dark obsidian walls.

Amber lowered her bow as she sighed in relief.

In that moment, an awestruck, amazed silence descended on the dark room.

"...Amazing."

Shao Lu muttered, awestruck. Beside him, Eimi and Heidi nodded in agreement as their eyes stared star-struck at Amber.

"Don't relax just yet, it isn't over yet." Amber reminded softly, her fingers snapping. The three snapped out of their thoughts.

"Huh?" Eimi opened her mouth, surprised. Not over yet...? As if realizing something, she hurriedly turned her gaze to the earthworm once more. "It's still not dead yet?!"

The Gluttonous Earthworm wriggled its body, struggling to escape.

"Didn't I just tell you? It has monstrous demonic defenses." Amber frowned. "Although It looks weak and dead, it's still a Gluttonous Earthworm with defense rivaling that of Rank D Miracle Invokers."

With the Gluttonous Earthworm having a defense rivaling of Rank D Miracle Invoker, it was already impressive enough that she was able to pierce and cripple the demonic earthworm as a Rank E Miracle Invoker.

In different levels of ranks, the strength and purity of the magical energy inside a person differs from one another. To give an example — if a Rank E Miracle Invoker were to reinforce themself with magical energy, at most they can just shatter walls and bend metal at ease.

And if a Rank D Miracle Invoker were to reinforce themself with magical energy, their strength would be able to shatter down buildings and houses.

It was a collosal difference between two ranks — the former still starting on the road of Miracle Invoker, therefore only still grasping the basic of magic. The latter on which that already experienced [Ascension] through ranks and gain explosive strength.

A similar example would be having a legendary artefact of a sword. If a newbie and weak Rank E Miracle Invoker were to use the legendary sword, its power and abilities would be heavily downgraded due to the lack of strength and skill of the Rank E Miracle Invoker.

But if a per say, a Rank C Miracle Invoker were to use it, then it could be a potential weapon of destruction that could destroy cities, towns and villages in one swoop.

That was the massive difference between each Ranks.

...However, it was important to note such massive difference of ranks didn't apply to demons. Demons have no ranks or path of power to speak of. They were mere mystical beings. Rank D threat demons were far, far weaker than the average Rank D Miracle Invoker.

"Shao Lu, and Heidi, go finish the demon up close." Amber sighed, shaking her head. She returned the bow to her back. "You don't have to worry about the traps, it should all be gone...by about right now."

At that moment, countless clicks rang out in the darkroom as deadly traps suddenly erupted from the walls, hitting nothing but empty air.

Shao Lu widened his eyes in realization. Because of Amber's ultimate attack, the threads were inevitably grazed by the aurora energy of the arrow.

'Did she perhaps plan everything at the moment she stopped...? How terrifying...!'

He turned his head to Amber. Leadership, skills, decisiveness and smart calculations... she truly was the daughter of the guild leader of the world's greatest guild, Zeus Damion Hong.

Suddenly, a hand grasped over his shoulder, snapping him out of his daze. He shifted his head to Heidi, nodding as both of them approached the hanged Gluttonous Earthworm.

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