20demayo Chapter 173: Stealing a Spell
Chapter 173: Stealing a Spell
Daniel's eyes widened with sheer horror as his back felt a chilling sensation, making him shiver involuntarily.
His mind raced as he faced death, hastily activating a protective artefact, the ring in his right hand, by infusing it with mana.
Boom!
The force of Aur's strike sent Daniel hurtling through the wall, the structure collapsing around him as he was propelled outside.
"Oh?" Aur raised an eyebrow, his expression tinged with amusement. "He was able to partially nullify my punch?"
In the blink of an eye, Aur vanished from his original position, as if he had been a mere illusion all along.
Daniel's condition was dire, with fractured leg bones, shattered vertebrae, and a disfigured head. Despite his injuries, he summoned the last shreds of his willpower and magic to support himself as he stumbled away.
"Whut tpe o monster is hat dfreak!" (What type of a monster is that freak?)
Daniel mumbled incoherently, his speech impaired by his disfigured skull. Glancing back in terror, he saw a small shadow converging toward him with relentless determination.
In his moment of despair, the shadow loomed larger in an instant, revealing a fist hurtling directly toward his face.
Boom!
With no hint of mercy, the man's head caved in under the brutal force of Aur's punch, his body thrashing like a fish out of water before collapsing to the ground.
Yet, Aur didn't immediately destroy the corpse. Casting a glance backward, he noted that the man had managed to flee around ten kilometres in his injured state, displaying a remarkable will to survive.
"But unfortunately, he lacked the intelligence to thrive in these circumstances..." Aur mused with a sigh. It was nothing short of idiocy for this rogue wizard, with only the strength of a peak wizard apprentice, to attempt an attack on the village.
"Wait, for what reason did he even dare to cause trouble?" Aur frowned. He had considered various possibilities as to why these men came to the village; however, the possibilities were countless, and there was not enough information. Since he was a rogue wizard, even the detailed information Aur had was after the man entered the village.
Aur didn't take the artefact, which was the ring in the man's hand, as it would have to be handed to the village.
Aur looked at the man with a frown on his face. He could feel the faint fluctuation of mana surrounding him.
"As expected, his mental space exploded while I just took one spell."
Aur felt that this was a real pity; however, he couldn't cry about it. Just the spell was pretty decent for him.
But now he needed to figure out what kind of spell this was first.
"Did you kill him, Aur?" George asked curiously, looking in front of Aur.
Aur turned to George and simply replied with a "yes."
George looked at the ring, which was still on the man's finger, and nodded his head. "Good."
The other four quickly caught up to Aur and George while taking heavy breaths.
"Captain..." John was shocked to see a corpse on the ground, with the skull caved into the neck and blood splattered, with organs still visible from the aftershock of a collision, making it a grotesque sight.
The expressions of the four changed slightly as they looked at the brutal scene in front of them, taking in a breath of cold air.
Aur shook his head with a disappointed expression, but he didn't speak back.
"We will return," Aur commanded, walking away.
"Huh, what about the corpse of the rogue wizard!?" John exclaimed in shock.
"Senior brother George will take care of it," Aur replied casually.
"Yes, you guys can go. I will give you the contribution points according to your merits and the items collected from him," George said expressionlessly.
The four looked at the corpse, their mouths watering with greed, but they didn't make a move, eventually returning back to Aur.