A guide to defeating a first rate mage and his lackeys

"Dark cage!"

A coffin sprung up from under me and closed on me, trapping me inside. It seems like quite the high ranking spell considering it took me about 2 seconds to break out.

"Clasp of despair!"

Ohhh. This spell is meant to lower one's senses and drive them to madness. It's totally a spell meant for breaking my spirit.

I didn't know black magicians had so many fancy spells.

But of course none of that worked, it just made him look like an idiot who's mindlessly throwing spells at a 15 year old kid.

"Such insolence!"

He takes several steps back and points his staff towards the ceiling. Looks like this is gonna be a big one.

"Bloody inferno!"

As soon as he shouted that line, a whirlpool of deep red fire that mimicked the color of blood engulfs me.

I clap my hands together and focus the surrounding mana inwards to create a breeze within the fire. The breeze becomes a current of air and that slowly becomes a gale.

"Dispel."

The fire stopped raging and soon dissipates.

I've learnt quite a lot of things while fighting with this guy.

First of all, it seems like unlike regular mages that utilize mana from their surrounding, black magicians seem to be able to call upon a greater force and channel mana through it.

No wonder black magicians are considered to be way stronger than regular mages of the same rank.

I stare at Leroy's master and slowly start to release my aura. The moment I did so I heard a cry from beyond the open door.

"Hii!"

"Wanfi! That man! He's one of THEM!"

It was the crazy looking lady who just spoke. Judging from the fearful look in her eyes and her current tattered clothing, she must have had quite the run in with Elaine.

"What?!"

"Miss Agatha are you sure?!"

So the master's name is Wanfi and the woman's name is Agatha.

"Yes! That bastard has the same aura as the ones who destroyed by base!"

"Are you done with your little chat? I guess it's my turn now right?"

I raised my hand and made a gun gesture towards the master and disciple duo.

"Magic bullet."

A large blue ball fires forth from my index finger and rushes towards my target.

[BOOM!]

The blast made a loud sound as it collided with the enemies defences.

Oh he managed to block that, that was surprising. Well I guess it was only a fifth rate spell, but to be honest I wasn't really holding back.

It seems he really isn't your run-of-the-mill mage.

Wanfi continues to grit his teeth as he stares at me. It's great he still has the energy to continue. It would be boring if he only amounted to this much especially with that weapon. If I were to say, considering the power of his pass spells and previous casting speeds, coupled with that staff of his, he's definitely close to advancing to the master rank right now.

Just then, I hear the sound of clanking from behind me. Judging from the energy I felt before, it's the two chimeras.

His attacks thus far was probably to stall time for them to get here.

The first one I had seen before, the second had a head of a silver eagle and the body of a grey lion.

"Ha! Both of them are equal to 3 star mana beasts, let's see how you get out of th-"

[BOOM!]

First strike to the torso of the silver eagle chimera. It goes down.

That was disappointing, I thought it would at least have some tricks up it's sleeve.

[CRASH!]

The terequila queen chimera strikes down with one of her legs but misses me. As our eyes meet, its eyes flash purple.

It's using the mind control ability again huh.

"Gravity control."

I swing my wrist downwards.

The area around the chimera vibrates violently as I unleash the spell. It tries to resist for a few seconds but then falls to the ground.

"Mana blade."

Blue mana took a solidified form and coated my hand in the form of a blade.

[Swoosh]

A wave from my hand and I easily take its head.

"AHHH my babies!"

Shrieks the crazy woman.

"Impossible! Even if they were on the lower end of chimeras! How could you!"

Just then I hear several chants come from behind me.

[BOOM!]

Clearing away the smoke from the impact I see the 7 captives staring at me with cold eyes. All of them look as though they were lifeless, as though they lived to only obey commands.

"Haha! You wouldn't be able to kill the students of the academy would yo-"

"Mana blade, extend."

3 heads fall to the ground. It's great that they were standing in a straight line.

"Guiding force: greater pull"

As I curl my fingers down towards my palm, the remainding 4 students fly off the ground and towards me.

I pull my fist back and crackles of electricity could be heard as streams of yellow light flow out of my clenched fist.

"Thundering punch."

In that instant, all 4 bodies got shot back and fell to the ground with a huge wound on their chest.

I turn back to Wanfi.

His eyes, it's brimming with both fear and anger. With the way he is now he looks super predictable.

"You goddamn monster!"

"You goddamn monster!"

Called it.

He looks shocked beyond belief now. He takes another step back and lowers his head.

"I didn't want to do this since it was so close to creation..."

"But I'll use it to defeat you now you FUCKING BRAT!"

The air around him is starting to change. It's growing denser by the moment.

I could attack him right now and end this fight, but where would the fun be in that?

Let's see this guy's full power.

Streams of purple converged towards Wanfi and his skin starts to change into a dark purple color. The mana I'm feeling in his body is slowly going crazy, bursting and tearing his muscles apart. But besides that, he grows bigger stronger and eventually reaches a height of 3 meters.

The previously pale old man was nowhere to be seen. In his place stood a giant with purple veins clearly visible from every corner of his body.

Luckily for him the ceiling of this base is high, otherwise he would've bumped his head.

It's apparent the power he's using is coming from those worms he implanted in others. The number of life forces I'm sensing in this base has dropped by 3, signaling the death of the 3 workers.

The other students at the academy are probably dead as well.

Speaking of workers, lefty and righty have been observing the situation since just now, but looks like their rushing to leave the base since they saw the scene here.

Well they'll probably die by Elaine's hands if they escape anyway.

Leroy smiles hysterically as he steps back into the opposite room right next to Agatha before tripping and falling on his behind.

Now back to this guy.

"RARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

"Why the hell is he roarin-"

Before I could finish my line I found myself blown all the way to the back of the room I was once in.

With each strike of his fist I land in a different spot of the base.

Blow after blow, strike after strike, there is completely no way to resist. Each punch contains a devastating amount of black mana within it. One strike enough to kill a normal mage.

If it wasn't for the overflowing demonic body, I would've gotten hurt as well.

The sound of crumbling enter my ears as the entire place seems to be shaking from the shear strength Wanfi is displaying. Comparing the him now to the him moments ago would be like comparing a mighty tiger to an insolent rat.

He's definitely exceeded master rank now.

Pure destruction continues for the next few moments.

But that's enough now. I've probably experienced all he has to offer.

"HUH?!"

A huge hole forms on Wanfi's body and the next thing he knows, he drops to the ground.

"Hoh? You can still stand after that?"

Wanfi picks himself up as he charges towards me once more uttering the words...

"It's useless yoU SNOT EYE BRAT!"

"THIS IS REAL POWER!"

The hole in the middle of his chest bubbles and traces of spilled blood can be seen flowing back to the wound at an extreme speed. The wound seals and it was like it never existed at all.

Super regeneration. That's what they call this ability.

How much power has he been amounting to be able to heal like that?

[BOOM!]

Wanfi speeds up and launches another full barrage of attacks.

One to the face. The other to the stomach. And finally tossing me up to deliver a fatal punch to my back.

From his breath I can clearly tell Wanfi has changed his attitude from when he first transformed.

Anger ceased to exist. Only fear was left.

He must've figured it by now.

No matter what he does, no matter how many punches he pulls nor kicks he does.

It doesn't matter.

"Alright then."

"Let's put an end to this."

A small stream of darkness emerges from my middle finger and forms a ring. Darkness enveloped my body for a moment and I'm now fully covered with black clothing.

"Blade."

Wanfi stares in awe as a shadow forms into a sword in my right hand.

I ready my stance.

"Real power?"

[WHOOSH]

A jet black stream flashes though the underground base.

Cut.

Wanfi's nearly destructible body, the door to the opposite room, Agatha and even the falling debris from the ceiling.

In that split second...

All of it, was cut cleanly in half.

"Demonic art 44: Sonic Sunder."

For the next few moments, blood splashed onto the walls, dyeing the entire base in a scarlet color as debris continue falling.

"This is real power."

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"Alright! That was great, I got them all in one strike!"

So I said while unequipping Blade.

I look back to take a glance at the aftermath.

Beside Agatha's lifeless body, Wanfi's body was slowly corroding away in a dark purple color, as though something was eating him up from inside.

Looks like his regenerative powers aren't able to match the might of the demonic art.

"Ahh...AHHH! AHHH!"

That was Leroy.

I had purposely left him alive just to deal with him separately. He's now currently squirming on the floor trying his best to crawl away.

Did he really lose all the energy in his legs because of fear? Well this makes things easier.

"Guiding force: greater pull"

In that instant, Leroy shoots towards me and I grabbed him by the head.

"AaaaH! AHHH! MONSTER!"

Tears dripped from his bloodshot eyes and snot flowed out of his nose as his entire face was filled with sweat.

He's a complete mess now.

It's been a while since I've used this spell.

"This is for the punches."

"Demonic art 15: Isolation mirage."

I dropped Leroy on the floor and he finally quietens down.

His body starts to violently writhe about, twising and turning while foam exited his mouth.

He should be experiencing the effects right now. The spell I've casted traps the victim in an unending loop of pain. Depending on their current mental fortitude, they may have a chance to break out of it. But for those who have lost the will to live, it's a great spell to torture them.

For Leroy who has completely lost the will to live after getting caught, he must be experiencing hell right about now. And he will continue to experience it until he dies.

[BOOM!]

The entrance above bursts open.

"Oh great they're here."