novellaaa Chapter 60 The Unknown Enemy
Chapter 60 The Unknown Enemy
This flippant, mocking, and chilling voice, like the flicking tongue of a viper, did not come from the direction locked by a detection apprentice. Instead, it rang out like a ghost from all directions, from the shadows beneath their feet, and even from the depths of fear in everyone's hearts!
"Who?!"
"Come out! You hiding thing!"
"Get out here!"
A cacophony of shouts, a mixture of shock and rage, rose and fell, and the apprentices' newly gathered courage deflated like a punctured balloon.
They turned their heads in terror, their wands pointing wildly at the surrounding bushes, shadows, and even the air, trying to find the source of the sound, but to no avail.
The sound was elusive, filled with a cruel, playful quality, like a cat catching a mouse.
"Tsk tsk tsk, don't get excited, little lambs." The voice rang out again, with a nauseatingly sweet tone, "Look at you all, huddled together trembling, it's really... delightful."
Leo's face was so dark it could drip water. He shielded the weakened Sirian behind him, and his mental energy surged out like an invisible tide, trying to pinpoint the source of the sound.
Nia gripped her wand tightly, her sharp eyes scanning the seemingly calm forest, a fine layer of cold sweat beading on her forehead.
York was so frightened that he shrank back, wishing he could hide deep in the crowd.
"Detect! Keep detecting! He's nearby!"
Leo gave a stern command, forcefully suppressing the chill in his heart. He knew that this method of disrupting his concentration was precisely a sign that an attack was imminent!
Upon hearing this, the apprentices with detection abilities gritted their teeth and, disregarding the depletion of their mental energy, once again pushed their senses to the limit.
Mental scanning spread like an invisible net across the dense forest, magical energy tracked and tried to capture any lingering evil fluctuations in the air, while elemental perception searched for discordant rhythms among the vegetation...
"There's a strong negative energy fluctuation on the left!"
An apprentice skilled in magical tracking suddenly pointed to a dense thicket on the opposite bank of the river, his voice trembling with excitement.
"There's something wrong with the right canopy too! It looks like something's moving fast!" another apprentice with Eagle Eyes shouted immediately afterward.
"No! It's underground! I can feel it, it's moving underground!" Another apprentice, focused on sensing the earth's veins, pointed in horror at the ground beneath his feet.
Chaos! Conflicting detection results point in completely different directions! Panic spreads again like a plague.
The enemy seems to be everywhere, yet also seems to be nowhere at all!
"Heh heh heh..." That chilling voice rang out again, filled with undisguised mockery. "Search, keep searching, you lovely lambs. Let's see if you find me first, or..."
Before the words were finished—
"Ugh—!"
A scream, even more piercing and shorter than before, suddenly erupted from the center of the apprentices' tightly defended formation!
An apprentice who was performing a mental scan with all his might suddenly had his eyes bulge out of their sockets and become bloodshot!
He clutched his head tightly with both hands, as if something inside was about to burst out!
He collapsed to his knees in agony, his body convulsing violently, uttering strange, inhuman noises, and dark red blood slowly seeping from his seven orifices!
"A psychological attack! It's a psychological attack!"
Leo's pupils constricted sharply, and he gasped in shock.
He recognized this extremely insidious and vicious method, which was silent and directly affected the soul!
"Help...help me..."
The apprentice twisted his body, reaching out to his companion, his eyes filled with extreme fear and despair.
But the apprentices around them shrank back in terror as if avoiding a plague, fearing that the invisible misfortune would befall them.
"Or... you can do it one by one, like he did..."
The chilling voice, tinged with cruel laughter, slowly continued, "...In despair, you kill yourself?"
Fear completely engulfed the people on the riverbank.
The shadow of death no longer comes from the outside, but is like a maggot clinging to the bone, deeply rooted in everyone's heart.
The tight formation became a binding cage, and the wails of their comrades became the most terrifying death knell.
Thauris and his dark wizard squad, like hunters lurking in the shadows, are using the most ruthless methods to gradually erode the will and lives of these "lambs."
Leo's heart sank to the bottom.
He looked around at the faces contorted with fear, at Sirian's pale face, at Nia's trembling hands as she tried to remain calm, and at the apprentice in the center, convulsing in agony and bleeding from all seven orifices...
He knew that if they couldn't find and eliminate the spellcaster hiding in the shadows immediately, they would all probably perish in despair, just as the voice had said!
At the same time, a sense of confusion welled up in Leo's heart. At this point in time, only the power of the apprentice level could deal with them, so why couldn't so many people on his side detect the enemy's location?
You have to understand, everyone on my side is an elite among the apprentices, an apprentice who is participating in the exchange meeting!
Even so, the opponent could still act like a ghost, difficult to detect, casually killing their apprentices without being noticed, unless...
"There's a clear agreement between black and white wizards that formal wizards can't be involved. You haven't forgotten, have you?"
Leo looked around and said in a tone that seemed to indicate he knew something.
"A formal wizard?" The voice clearly paused for a moment, then erupted into a maniacal laugh. "Hahaha! Poor little lamb, your ignorance terribly amuses me! You—"
Just as the echoes of that maniacal laughter reverberated through the treetops, Leo's arm, like a spear of judgment, pierced a twisted, withered tree on the riverbank: "Tear it apart!"
Dozens of elemental torrents erupted with a roar!
A blazing fireball, an ice blade tearing through the air, a roaring thunderbolt, acid that corrodes everything...
The rainbow converged into a destructive one, instantly engulfing the withered tree and the surrounding ten meters!
boom--!!!
Amidst the deafening explosion, ancient trees turned to dust, and the earth was ripped open with scorched wounds.
The raging elemental turbulence spread out like a hellish scroll, and the blinding light turned everyone's faces deathly pale.
Various elements were presented to the public in a visible form, like a colorful painting of death.
"Is he dead?"
"He should be dead. I don't believe he's still alive after such a powerful attack!"
"It has to be Senior Leo; he pinpointed the opponent's location so quickly. As expected..."
Just as the apprentices were discussing among themselves over the scorched earth, a scream filled with endless resentment and anger resounded through the forest!
"what……"
"You guys! You deserve to die!"
Hearing the voice coming from who-knows-where, the apprentices, who had just escaped death, felt a chill run down their spines!
"What? He's not dead?" ×N!
Just then, another voice, clearly mocking, rang out:
"Sean, are you sure you can handle this? Didn't you say you could take care of these 'lambs' by yourself? Looks like you can't."