The Mysterious Black Magician

"What do you mean by 6 people only?!"

"Wait, are there a fewer number of enemies on that side?"

"No, Young Master, there were supposedly more than a thousand monsters on that side."

"Do you mean more than a thousand monsters were defeated by 6 people only? Are you kidding us?" Harou asked with close smiling eyes.

"Ah-I mean, some participants already brawled with the monsters but they were at the losing side until those 6 people arrived."

Inside the room, there were a total of 5 people together with Harou, Lyka, and the scout. But both of them were doubtful at the scout's words.

"Are those 6 from the great family experts?" He asked again.

The scout did not ponder for long when he answered, "two of them are from your family sect, Young Master."

"Lupine twins?"

The scout nodded.

It made Harou more doubtful. He had no idea how strong Cinder was since she seldom came to family gatherings. But that idiot Ember, he was the weakest among their age inside the family sect.

'And six people fighting against a thousand monsters? What kind of joke is this?'

Seeing the doubtful faces of the people around him, the scout opened his mouth once again. "Young Master, the cause of their success are those Black Spirit Beasts!"

The last words took his interest.

"B-Black Spirit Beasts?" Harou repeated his words and asked, "what do you mean?"

"Yeah, one of them could summon such a beast. And the weirdest about it is….. not only one but multiple!"

"....."

To be honest, it wasn't surprising to see an expert summoning multiple spirit beasts at the same time.

"...really, those near 20 black spirit beasts are nearly invincible," added the scout.

"What?!"

Everyone exclaimed.

The scout explained to them all the details he knew.

How can someone control so many? Harou and the others couldn't believe it. And nearly invincible Spirit Beasts? They started to feel curious about it.

Based on the scout's information, they could reach there in 3 hours of nonstop travel using their speed-type Spirit Beasts.

Without wasting time, Harou decided to advance towards the west.

Outside, everyone was flabbergasted after witnessing a domineering fight. Who would expect that those black creatures are so OP(Overpower)!

Their flame breath could eliminate multiple enemies at one shot. And they were weirdly effective even against the demons who were known by their high resistance in the fire.

They could not process all the things that happened awhile ago!

Some audiences wanted to change their bet, but the betting was already close because the participants were already at the final stage of the elimination round.

Right at this moment, Mr. Faye announces the new top rank in points.

Rank 1 Cinde Rayla Lupine.

Rank 2 The Mysterious.

Rank 3 Gath Rainripper.

Everyone was wondering why the young miss had a rapid increase in her points even though the number of monsters she killed was lower than the summoned creatures of 'The Mysterious!'

They also noticed that every time those creatures killed the enemies, two people got the point increased, and she was one of them. But most of them were not bothered by it. However, some leaders from great families were watching the competition with great interest.

Nonetheless,

The audience could not forget when that person 'The Mysterious' walked towards the Skeleton Elder. He was being swarmed by 200 plus enemies.

Using his normal fighting ability, he fought with them like a mad man. Killing them one after another with a conventional method.

While the fight was ongoing, everyone had their jaws dropped on the ground.

They wondered if the guy was a psycho.

He wasn't even using a weapon. Well, he occasionally took the weapons of the enemy he killed then used it against them.

Sometimes, he even grabbed some stones and bricks on the ground, he fortified them using low tier spells [Strengthening] and [Durability], then threw it towards the enemies.

Everyone was watching him with uncertain faces. How come there's someone who fights like him? All of them thought so.

The weirdest things they noticed while he was fighting were the demons, they seemed like they were avoiding confronting him. Only the beasts and skeletons that were charging at him.

Right after killing all the beasts that the range enemies on top of the walls were bombarded by his teammates who were riding the black birds. Then the two men with him together with those black creatures rushed forward and confronted the last wave of the enemies.

After losing the backup, he started rushing towards the Skeleton Elder who at that time lost the protection from those on the walls.

The audience and those who died recently in that world inside the painting shook their heads when they noticed him moving near the pagoda.

Most of them knew that the leaking mist from it was bad news. However, everyone was dumbfounded again when he passed by on it while at the same time killing the newly respawned skeleton. Not only the audiences were astonished seeing him unbothered by the leaking mist. Even the Skeleton Elder gawked in disbelief.

Though half of the Mouse-model [Enhance Fire Dolls] dissipate after the mana inside them emptied.

The empress and Ella, well, they were as dumbfounded as the others.

They once again focused their eyes on the screen when they noticed him confronting the Skeleton Elder.

The Skeleton Elder tried to distance himself while raining dark spells at him.

Skeleton Elder was known for their 'debuffs'.

They could use poison, freeze, sleep, and any ailments that lowered their enemy's capability.

Yman threw some fortified stones, but the Skeleton Elder used a force shield. The fortified stone became useless against it, especially that he was a level 3 magician only.

He used his [Rapid Leap] ability to shorten their distance, but the enemy used [Shadow Steps] to distance from him. 

Yman got excited, truly, the Elder Class enemies were not an easy opponent, even though it was only a copy of the original.

But when the bee that he sent above finally returned to him, he grinned under the hood.

Then, Yman summoned his last batch of [Fire Dolls].

The suicide squad! His bee [Fire Dolls]!

About 50 of them swarmed towards the Skeleton Elder.

The Elder tried to escape, but sting attacks from 50 bees were not easy to evade. Surrounded by [Force Shield], it decided to confront the bees.

However, not only the bees that came to surround it. Half of the Mouse-model also came.

Finally, after an hour and a half of fighting, the Skeleton Elder lost when one of the bees managed to explode below it. The Elder lost its balance, but it managed to regain its balance in no time. However, it was already too late, he was already surrounded. All of the bees charged towards it and the remaining Mouse-model fired their flames. After that, there was a big explosion that shook the area.

An Elder class monster usually held a grimoire with them. Unfortunately, this one was only a copy.

But Yman did not bother by it.

Yman and the others took a break for a while after claiming the wall.

Yman sent a small bird [Fire Doll] to scout the place and have a bird's view of the entire place.

The bird flew higher and towards the distance. He learned that the walls were connected by four bridges. The western, eastern, southern, and northern bridges. These bridges ran towards the next line of defense.

And in the middle where all the bridges converged. A castle surrounded by a small version of walls could be found.

It was half a kilometer away from their location. Yman also noticed a group of monsters crossing on the western and northern bridges.

"Looks like the other participants went to the northern part," he mumbled.

"Is it? They might be planning to reunite with the other experts," said Cinder who was beside him.

At the moment, they were grilling some jerkies on top of the wall.

They needed more strength for the final clash.

Cinder secretly sneaked a glance at him. Wondering why this person had so much stamina. And the way he fought, she didn't know how to describe it.

He fought without a pattern or technique. All of the things would become a deadly weapon in his hand. Even the fortified stone was deadly.

'How can someone fling a stone like it was a bullet?!

Except for those high ranking experts, only this person can do it,' thought Cinder.

"Gyahaha, I think my breakthrough will come sooner than I expected. By the way bro, from what family are you?" A sudden throw of question from Ember. That was currently gnawing a big piece of grilled jerky.

Yman didn't know how to answer his question. Aside from that, his sister, the girl beside him, already knew that he was a human and not a Demihuman.

Seeing his troubled face under his hood.

"You shut up stupid, brother! Why don't you go and train your elemental spells," said Cinder while sending a wink to Crimson.

Yman forced a soundless laugh.

The six of them were surrounding the bonfire while gnawing their grilled jerkies. Most of them were already exhausted except for Crimson and Ember.

Yman also was surprised by Ember's stamina. Looks like this guy had weak elemental spells but high stamina.

Everyone was laughing when Cinder was pestering her brother to train his elemental spells.

Ember was wondering why their role had reversed for some reason. He was usually the one who pestered her to train.

Well, there's nothing he could do at the moment because only his [Partial Transformation] Artefact was with him. His stronger one was frozen inside his spatial ring.

Around 25 participants came to join their group. They were the leftovers from the recent battle before their group arrived.

At the moment, those 25 were resting on top of the wall while eating their grilled jerkies.

They were gossiping about that guy. He fought like crazy. And those summoned black creatures of him. What the f**k are those?! Thanks to their groups, they managed to survive as well.

Yman checked his status screen. He saw a noticeable increase in his Dexterity and Charisma.