Hidden Battle

Josep's POV

*Whosshh* *Whoosshh* *Whooss* only a sound of wind that can be heard after my spell is casted. Not even a scream can be heard.

From my 3D radar, I know my spells that were compacted into a grain of rice and buff with numerous silent spells, already hit each of the head's targets without making any sound.

Without any delay, I move from my position to look at my prey's condition. It took a moment since the place is more than kilometers away.

During the way, I also coat my body with aura and make my presence harder to detect. Now, even if there is a guardian in front me, they will not notice me unless I make some commotion.

However, this technique also takes constant mental strength and can't be used all time. Shortly, I arrive at the scene where twelve people are lying down and dead with opened eyes.

Suddenly, I feel one of the lying down guys still alive through my perception. I approached him silently. He wears full battle armor. I pay attention to his surroundings that have scattered a lot of enchantment equipment with various life saving enchantments.

From my knowledge, these kinds of things will be active automatically when there is a life-threatening situation.

Fortunately, my spell was also imbued with a high level paralyzed spell and made the guy unable to move even though he survived my shot through his brain.

I will also not notice that he is still alive if not from the short distance. However, thanks to my precaution to cover my body with aura, he can't detect me even now I am next to him.

I pointed my finger to him and shot a couple of similar spells through his brain. After checking he is truly dead with the rest of their group, I immediately chant some ancient curses from Envy's technique to bind their soul in their body.

From Envy's memories, a soul will have about 15 to 30 minute to pass away from their body. As a master in soul art, Envy can bind the dead soul in their respected body as long as they have not passed away yet.

This also makes me realize, if he used his art when I passed away from Earth, we would likely still be alive.

I brushed this unnecessary thought immediately and focused on my current task. After binding their soul to their body. I planned to devour their soul to increase my own power.

Devouring souls is a very delicate action that one wrong move can even hurt or extinguish our own soul. Unlike consuming half of the soul that I do to Luna, devouring the entire soul has a small chance for the targeted soul to fight back and extinguish my own soul.

Then, I chanted another cursed art next to one of them. Shortly, a small ball with a light the size of a pea, comes out from his body and enters my body.

The moment it enters my body, I feel electrified but I calm down my breath immediately. I do all this to other bodies and leave the guy with various life saving equipment for the last one.

From their memory, I knew that this guy from the necros organization and the guy with life-saving tools is their high ranking member.

Since this organization also are experts in the art of soul, there is a chance that their high ranking members know how to fight back when their soul is being devoured.

If it is before I retain my previous aura technique, they may still have a chance. But, now there are sheep that need waiting to be slaughtered.

Still it will be quite effort to devour his soul, moreover he is aged more than one hundred years and also already devours some soul to prolong his life span.

I unconcealed my aura and applied it to my hand. Shortly, it changes to a darker color. Then, I took out the soul with some cursed chant like I did to previous ones.

Rather than a ball of light, the one that comes out is a ghost with a full body appearance of this high ranking member.

The ghost starts wailing in an eerie voice "Kekeke, I don't who you are…" Suddenly, I jab the ghost with my black color hand before letting him do anything.

Startled with my sudden action, "Impossible… No.. No…" he keeps wailing loudly and turning to the ball light of the soul without any shred of self-consciousness left in it.

Then, I gulp it and much like some mochi food. I release my coating aura and breath out. As I predicted, using all this high level aura technique in my current condition really taxing my body physically and mentally.

Even in my previous life, I could only master all this technique after training more than five years. Even then I can only use it for a few times or in a range of a few minutes.

This is also the reason why I decide to devour someone's soul. Lately my body is already developing quickly but I still could never fight endlessly.

Like when I get mental fatigued after a whole day of research, I still feel tired mentally in mind.

Normally one of the ways to improve this weakness is by keeping persistence to rise willpower and rising soul power unconsciously.

However, there is also a shortcut such as devouring others soul to empower one's soul. Since the soul and mind are connected, the stronger one's soul, the stronger their mind and less fatigued.

Of course my own willpower, soul, and mind is already absurd even in this world standart. However, I need to increase my strength as much as possible before stealing that item.

Done devouring the leader soul, I go from my place silently back to the main area since all my plans have already been successfully fulfilled.

But, rather than go to the battle competition area, I go to the healing section and search for Eve. Now, all I want to do is teasing my cute Eve since I know Hilbert will just win the competition without any obstacle.

Third Person POV

During the time Josep sneaks around the library, at the place underground near the center of the academy, there is a massive door and in front of it there are two groups of people.

One of the groups is in black attire with a hooded cloak and the other group consists of only two people. However, despite the lack of numbers these two people look the other party calmly.

"Hohoho, isn't it the famous behemoth organization that always brings destruction no matter where they go, right Nero?" as the one with the appearance of an old man with a long white beard asks his partner leisurely.

"Nya… sure it is, well no matter what they plan. they already took the wrong place to barge in, Nya." As the partner who has the appearance of a half cat and man replied.

As soon as he replied, he was gone and attacked the other group. But, before he can cut one of the members of black hooded party, his attack is stopped by another party member who has the appearance of a woman with black hair that uses daggers.

Shortly after their first trading blow both of them disappear because of their fast movement and leave only the sound of clashing behind.

"Hee… as expected of Nero the black cat to catch up with one of my subordinates." Said the leader of the black hooded group who finally revealed himself.

"Hohoho, isn't it the famous 'Destroyer' from the behemoth group?" as the old man recognized the leader instantly and turned to serious.

"To think that even Anthony Dore 'The Saint Wizard' knows about me, it is truly an honor." Replied the other party with a smirk.

"Hohoho, spare this old man that just a title from a long time ago. Now, I am just a humble old principal who likes to play with children." As the old man gave a smile of grandfatherly look.

However, at this moment the group from the behemoth curses the old man since all of them are being pressured by the mageforce the old man releases except their leader who seems don't feel anything.

"Cut the crap old man, give me the jewel of chaos and there will be no more trouble." As the destroyer releases his own mageforce and makes the whole room tremble.

"The jewel of chaos is one of evil artifacts from the Evil God, I believe I can't give you that young man." As the old man replied leisurely and ignored the tremor.

"I see, then I will get it from your corpse." As the destroyer cast a barrage of huge fireballs spell to the old man instantly.

Looking at the fireballs, Anthony waved his staff and all of them dispersed into thin air like it never existed.

Suddenly, the destroyer taps his hand into the ground and numerous spikes made from dirt from all directions attack the old man. With his staff, the old man stomps it to the ground and the spike disperses return to normal ground.

All this exchange happens a few times, only to end up with the old saint canceling the others spell. Left with enrage, the destroyer begins to prepare casting a high level star spell in large scale while he orders some of his men to cover him.

Notice the fluctuation of mageforce, the old man becomes serious and tries to interrupt it. However, the other behemoth members also attack with their own spell to the saint wizard.