Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Abel did not say more to Barbarian Ruin, but an extra layer of carefulness was added.
“We can’t go this way; we need to take a detour!” Abel pointed forward and said.
“Is there danger up ahead? The priest asked in hesitation.
If they took a detour, there would be a big chance they would get lost.
“I’m not certain, but I don’t think we should go forward!” Abel shook his head.
From the information, he sensed he saw a big group of red ants with wings, and they were all spiritual beasts level.
It was the first time Abel saw insects that big, and he never thought ants could have the ability of a spiritual beast.
Of course, Abel wouldn’t say he saw them. Although the soul speaker’s ability was not really a secret, it was better not to let Barbarian Ruin know.
“I believe Wizard Abel. Let’s turn!” Half-elf Leon said immediately.
“Bighorn. It is not the first time we’ve taken this path. If it doesn’t work, I’ll open the path. I don’t think anything can stop us!” Barbarian Ruin gazed at Abel. Although he didn’t show any bad intentions, he still rejected Abel’s advice.
The priest hesitated for a moment, but the performance Abel gave in the forest was too impressive, so he said, “Ruin, if that’s what Wizard Abel said, let’s take a different path!”
“Bighorn, look at the time. If we change directions, we won’t make it out by the time the sky is dark. Then we won’t be able to leave the forest. That’s even more dangerous!” Barbarian Ruin then turned to the others and said. If you are afraid, then stay here and wait. I’ll open up the path!”
“Ruin….” the priest wanted to say something, but Barbarian Ruin dashed forward before he could even do so.
Barbarian Ruin was not stupid. He had an idea of what it might be up ahead, but he was confident. He wanted to wipe out the danger and tell Abel off after he came back.
He went on his mad wolf, and he replenished his roar and battle mode to its top condition.
After 100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters, till 500 meters, Barbarian Ruin began to relax. 500 meters was beyond the limit of a normal elite wizard’s power of will, so it meant Abel was wrong.
He kept thinking as he accelerated. However, he was stunned when he reached 1000 meters.
He abruptly padded on the neck of his mad wolf, and it viciously came to a halt.
Normally, it was very hard to get a mad wolf to stop once it was mad, even if the rider demanded it.
However, the mad wolf was also shocked by the sea of red ahead. It was made up of huge groups of red-colored giant ants glowing in this dark forest.
Just when Barbarian Ruin wanted to head back, a red giant and noticed him.
It flapped its giant wings, and the other ants got the message. Soon, countless ants moved. Just like a forest fire, a large patch of red giant ants flew up.
They did not fly very high, only around 2 meters. But they were dast. They were almost like arrows as they speeded towards Barbarian Ruin.
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“Go! It’s the flaming poison ants!” Barbarian Ruin no longer had the confidence he had when he was facing Abel. He yelled as he speeded back.
He didn’t want to lead those ants back to his team, but he just couldn’t escape this forest without a sense of direction, and the other paths are most likely also blocked by the ants.
The Barbarian’s booming voice came in handy again. Even though countless trees, his team could still hear his voice from 1000 meters.
“Flaming poison ants, how is that possible?” A scared look emerged on the priest’s face. It would be a disaster if they ran into spiritual beast level poisonous insects in this environment.
“Let’s get going quick!” Half-elf Leon’s face also changed as he quickly added.
Were they really that powerful? He also turned around on Black Wind and arrived next to half-elf Leon.
“The flaming poison ants have teeth that can penetrate armor, and they have powerful fire poison elements in them. If you are bit, those elements will be injected into your body and corrode it!” Half-elf Leon comforted his mad wolf as he explained.
Through his words, Abel got an idea of their power.
They only had a surface level defense. If a fire element was injected into one’s body, the damage it causes will be much more significant than a fire spell.
On the other hand, the poison element was the hardest to recover from. With both elements combined together, those ants would have a big advantage. They would definitely be in big trouble if they were surrounded.
Of course, the other 3 were in a much worse position. As an elite wizard, Abel could flash away in the most dangerous situations.
Just when they started to speed, the Barbarian Ruin’s agonized scream shrieked. Suddenly half-elf Leon came to a halt.
“I have to help him!” He then turned his mad wolf and headed back again towards where the yell was coming from.
The priest helplessly gazed at Abel. He then also turned back on his mad wolf as well.
The priest had no choice. He would die in the forest if anything bad happened to half-elf Leon. His mad wolf was half-elf Leon’s summon. Once half-elf Leon died, the mad wolf would die too.
The priest might be able to use his mud monster, but it wasn’t fast enough for this forest, especially against those ants.
Therefore, helping them was the best bet.
Abel shook his head. He was the calmest one. It would be easy if he wanted to escape.
If those ants were truly spiritual beats, he just needed to unleash his dragon energy, and they would be stunned, but those things were insects. They were naturally immune to dragon energy.
Or maybe dragon energy was too powerful to even care about insects. But no matter what, Abel’s dragon energy would not do much to them.
Black Wind was fast, and he soon caught up with the priest. Then they soon came across half of Leon, who was ruthlessly making little hurricanes.
Spells had a big disadvantage in the forest. Although those little hurricanes could move on their own, they all didn’t last long before hitting a tree and vanishing.
Those little hurricanes were cast towards the red ants trying to attack Barbarian Ruin. They picked up ricks from the ground and blasted the first size ants away.
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There were many things to avoid when casting spells in the forest. For example, it was best to avoid fire spells to avoid lighting up the forest or angering more spiritual beasts.
The scariest thing was causing a mass movement of creatures and spiritual beasts whose force could almost wipe out everything.
Barbarian Ruin held down his pain with the help of the little hurricane. He viciously struck off the few flaming poison ants who bit him. However, his mount wolf was not as strong. It took a big hit, and it retreated back to Leon’s monster bag.
Barbarian Ruin was not fast compared to those ants in the first place, and he was even slower after being hurt. Most of the flaming poison ants had caught up. They were almost like clouds covering the sky.
Leon’s 5 ravens arrived, but they still couldn’t do much in the face of so many flaming poison ants. They could only distract a small amount of them. The poison creeper below was also in the same situation.
The priest’s skeleton arrived by the side of Barbarian Ruin. Although these strikes could land on a small number of flaming poison ants, there were still too many. It was almost useless.
“Dark sight!” He yelled to warn the others. Suddenly a cloud of curse emerged from the sky, and raindrops poured down. The ants lost their sights. However, those things functioned as a collective. Still, some of them could direct the direction.
Half-elf Leon couldn’t care about Barbarian Ruin any more. The little hurricane he cast had angered a part of those flaming poison ants, and they began their attack on him.
The priest was still far, so he had time to retreat.
“Ah!” Barbarian Ruin yelled. He unleashed a ‘mad roar’ and scared off tens of flaming poison ants around him.
However, more and more flaming poison ants began to approach, a strand of hopelessness emerged from within.
The fighting style of Barbarian was often grand and vicious, but it was almost useless against so many little targets.
He might have done better fighting a small group of spiritual beasts.
He knew he didn’t have much mana left in him. When it was fully drained, he would be eaten alive by those ants.
At the last moment, a shadow suddenly flashed before him. It was Abel on Black Wind.
Abel grabbed his neck and threw him towards the priest. At the same time, he snatched his axes.
He had no intention of saving Barbarian Ruin. He just did it for half-elf Leon. He was quite friendly with Abel, after all.
Abel put away the leaf magic staff and held Ruin’s axes in each hand. Black Wind immediately got the message.
Black Wind began to turn, and Abel followed. The ax landed on a few flaming poison ants, but each strike gave him some momentum.
The left one struck first, and the right one followed. As he spun, the momentum grew.
However, those ants were too small, and the axes were too big. The rebound momentum it brought was too weak. His hurricane (damaged) was much slower than usual at first.
But Black Wind soon made up for its speed. With the extra fast enchantment from hell, the hurricane had reached its maximum power.
“Is this guy even a wizard?” The priest mumbled as he saw Abel spinning with the axes.
Barbarian Ruin’s jaw dropped. He was more familiar with this skill than anyone on the team.
He couldn’t care about the injuries on him anymore. His eyes were fixed on Abel, but he just couldn’t make out the details.
Abel was surrounded by large amounts of flaming poison ants, and the speed of Black Wind had almost turned his ax into a grey light reflector.
Ear piercing sound emerged from the forest, and Abel ignited his sight and data analyzing ability. He didn’t want to hurt the trees, especially since he was a soul speaker.
The trees had treated him as a member of the forest and shared all kinds of information with him.
Spinning in this speed with axes of this size in a forest was remarkable on its own, and Abel didn’t even leave a single mark on a tree.
The flaming poison ants knew they met a strong enemy, so they speeded up their wings, and all gathered around Abel.
Abel kept spinning faster and faster. Finally, he had become a hurricane.