New Rule?

The massive amount of magic spells collided with the Earth Wall and managed to destroy it. The Earth Wall crumbled into pieces as some of the remaining magic spells moved forward.

But, they ended up colliding with the Water Sphere. In the middle of the sphere was Alex but most of the remaining spells simply vanished after colliding against it.

Some spells like Yellow Lightning managed to harm Alex since Lightning can pass through water. But, this water was a lot heavier. After it entered Water Sphere, the lightning had already scattered so when it moved, it began to lose all of its mana form and nature and integrated with the sphere itself.

Splash!

The Water Sphere burst out and the water got spilled into the ground. Alex stood there with a few bruises that he suffered from lightning spells. After all, Yellow Lightning wasn't the only Lightning shot at him.

But, he was still fine.

"Damn it! Everyone, use your strongest spells!" The man at the front noticed his condition as well and shouted. He was extremely anxious about Alex's strength. Although his mana level wasn't high, he was demonstrating higher-level spells which were difficult to counter.

Alex slowly raised his hand, and an immense amount of mana concentrated on his finger. This amount of mana at a single point would be enough to burst it but the control of his mana was so strong that his mana could be packed in a small place.

"Although I would love to play with you more, I also have a lot of things going on."

"Forbidden Magic- Demonic Flames of Hell"

Suddenly, his mana transformed into purple flames that came out of his finger. The purple flame changed into a fireball that kept growing. The mana from the surrounding was constantly evolving the size of the fireball until it became bigger than him.

"Use it! Use everything to counter it." The man at the front panicked. He instantly condensed a giant ball of yellow lightning and shot toward Alex, followed by dozens of different kinds of spells, most elemental and some unique.

But, the moment Alex shot his fireball, it moved at the speed of a bullet. It went almost closer to them when it collided against those spells. One or two spells weren't enough to make it explode, so it kept pushing until nearly dozens of spells started colliding and breaking it.

Boom!

The purple fireball finally exploded. The demonic flames of hell were an extremely powerful forbidden magic that only a few of his students knew. Stone Emperor was one of them.

Of course, as a teacher, even if his rank was lower, he was good enough to use this magic spell without any problem.

But being good doesn't mean being strong. He was simply using tricks to activate this forbidden magic.

Alex slowly pulled his hand back as the explosion expanded even to his position. He retreated dozens of steps where the flames couldn't reach. He raised his hand and looked at his finger.

Seeing the finger burn, he couldn't help but sigh. Forbidden Magic was Forbidden Magic. If he hadn't had Concentration, he would need to transform his mana into these flames throughout his body which would burn his entire body.

"Teacher!" A weak voice rang from behind. Alex turned around and saw Joseph weakly standing up. He could see the sweat coming off his skin.

"How much have you recovered?" Alex asked.

"I can walk." Joseph tried to make a strong expression as he stopped trembling but a few seconds later, his legs started trembling once more.

"Good! Let's go inside. After we find what we are here for, I will teach you an extremely powerful spell." Alex smiled and didn't discourage Joseph.

As a teacher, he would rather try to help them encourage than discourage them no matter their situation.

"Yes, teacher!" Joseph's eyes twinkled when he heard those words. He quickly walked near him and stood next to him. The purple flames were still burning heavily.

"Teacher, what kind of fire is this? Why is it so powerful?" Joseph asked curiously.

"These are the flames from Hell, not actually flames from hell but kind of the same concept. It is forbidden magic. And, as its name suggest, unless you have mastered basic, you can't use it."

"Unless it is a supplementary Forbidden Magic, you are absolutely not allowed to learn any of the forbidden magic. Unless others, your Mana Control is absolute trash while it requires an abnormal amount of mana control."

"So, you are absolutely weak for it." Alex reminded him carefully while showing him the burned finger.

Joseph was a bit sad hearing that but he nodded his head and became much more cheerful soon enough.

After the flames finally got extinguished, they walked toward the village. As they walked, they saw the melting bodies of those Asuras. Seeing this, Joseph couldn't help but tremble.

It was too cruel for him. The bodies melted like iron burned like corpses. It was disastrous to look at.

When they entered the village, they saw several Asuras standing there with shovels, knives, and hammers in their hands. All of them were either women or children. There were nearly fifty of them.

When they saw Alex, they clenched their weapons tightly as if they were preparing to attack.

Alex rubbed the back of his head and said "You can all leave. I already gave the chance to leave. But, your husbands or fathers were too stubborn to listen to a human. Now, I will give you a chance once more."

"And, think about it carefully. You can't defeat me. All of you are mothers of your children so think about them and leave this place."

Hearing his words, those mothers suddenly pulled their weapons with confusion. They looked at him and one of them who seemed like an elderly woman shouted.

"Why? Why are you letting us leave?"

She didn't believe that humans would let them leave. As for attacking them, it wouldn't be much of a surprise since they were from different races. Even though there was no longer a war, the skirmish between villages of three races wasn't new.

Alex suddenly raised his hand and moved his index finger in front of his mouth. A strange gaze appeared in his eyes as he glanced at her and spoke with a deep voice.

"Don't question others' kindness!"

Those asura females felt chills on their back. They looked at each other and slowly dropped their weapons. Even though they hated him, they are grateful for this chance.

But, they didn't leave. Rather, they stayed and said, "We can't leave."

"Wait, what do you mean you can't leave?" Alex looked at them with confusion and asked.

The Asura Females looked at each other with confusion and the Elderly Asura spoke.

"We either become the slave of the person who conquers this village or dies. This is the rule of our race."

Alex's eyebrows twitched.

"Hey, hey, what's going on? Why would you be a slave? Isn't that a major offense between three races? Are you trying to start a new war?"

The Asura Females looked at him with a strange gaze and asked "Mister, after the Third Great Magus War, Asura Race developed a new rule to strengthen its people."

"They forced several people to leave the kingdom and conquer the lands outside. These people divided themselves into factions and chose to conquer the lands around the kingdom."

"This land was conquered by our people and after that, it became our land. If we ever lose this land, we must fight to the death or become their new conqueror's slave. If we try to return to other villages or kingdoms, we would be tortured and killed."

"What the fuck? Is the new king of your kingdom a moron? Why would he send his own people to death? What the fuck happened after the Third Great Magus War?"

At this moment, Alex couldn't stay calm. His expression was very much serious.

Being a slave to another race!

This was considered an extreme offense between races. In fact, if a human tries to keep another race's individual as a slave, the law enforcer or army of the human kingdom will kill that human and let the slave leave.

Because they didn't want to start a war.

The females in this group clenched their fists. They also hated this rule but as the normal commoners, they have no choice. They kneeled to the ground and said.

"Mister, if you are not killing us, please let us stay here under your protection. We are ready to die but our children are still young. They haven't even lived a life even if that life means the life of a slave."

The Elderly Asura woman was the first one to beg and others followed her quickly.

Alex sighed and raised his hand.

"First of all, explain to me everything that changed after the Third Great Magus War. As for letting you stay, I would need to confirm if what you told us is true. So, for now, you can stay but stay away from us."