First Series: Wilderness Rumble (5/5), Two Strange Fish

[Freezing Wind Sparrow]

_Rank: S — High.

_Description: Conjures a sparrow that rapidly unleashes bursts of frigid gusts while flying, freezing the targets into popsicles with masterful manipulation and synergy of Ice and Wind Syllabus augmented by intent-based arcane syllabuses.

\_Skill Parameters:

—Type: Construct Control-type 

—Cost: Minimum 500 Mana. 

Although Aleron named it Sparrow, it was way bigger than a sparrow in size, stretching two meters long with five meters of wingspan.

The Freezing Wind Sparrow flapped its wings against the incoming Flying Blade Tunas and froze all fifty of them with its wide-area freezing wind waves as they fell on the ground.

The monsters nearby crushed and munched on them, killing all of them swiftly.

On the other hand, the trembling ground beneath Aleron suddenly blasted open and a giant crystal armadillo with two heads emerged, its aura terribly powerful!

"Legendary-rank! Nice," Aleron grinned as his eyes glinted and he directly used Magilore instead of Mana, executing his other Control-type skill—Python Grapple Vines!

Instantly, the ground from where the Two-Headed Crystal Armadillo emerged glowed and released a bunch of thick and big vines-like snakes that swiftly wrapped around the giant seven-meter-tall Legendary-rank monster and completely immobilized it!

[Python Grapple Vines]

_Rank: S — High

_Description: Conjures giant python-like vines from the ground and wraps around the target in deathly locked grips all over, utilizing Earth Syllabus and Plant Syllabus to design this control-type skill that can also crush and kill the targets within its grips.

\_Skill Parameters:

—Type: Control-Type / Off-Control.

—Cost: Minimum 200 Mana. Consume more Mana depending on the vine's size and number of vines.

The vines indeed tightened and completely crushed the Legendary-rank Twin-Headed Crystal Armadillo, shattering it with ease since he used Magilore instead of Mana, which significantly boosted the overall power of the skill.

Rias saw this and was wide-eyed with shock. 'I guess Legendary-rank is not his ceiling yet. Could it be he is as powerful as Early-stage Exceed-rank powerhouses?!'

'I can't even sense his Bloodline, which means he either doesn't have it or it is so powerful that my Bloodline can't register its presence…no, even his subordinate has a crazy Bloodline, so he should have one.'

*Roarr!*

Rias looked back at the sea and frowned. "This is the second time this terrible roar echoed from the ocean."

She was having a bad feeling regarding this—her intuition told her so.

The Exceptional-rank and stronger students from the Academy had also arrived in flying ships and were stationed in the formation at the very back of the forest in South East and East areas.

The military of the Longinus Empire had also arrived in the flying ships, using their magically enchanted weapons and masterful skills to fight.

However, the bad feeling Rias was having came true as the ocean five kilometers from the island created a giant whirlpool before a dreadful aura spread from it toward the forest.

All the monsters that came from the ocean suddenly turned more ferocious and became visibly powerful in their stats with this aura sweeping across the entire beach and forest.

Meanwhile, several giant tentacles stretching over a hundred meters in length emerged from the whirlpool.

"This is bad!" Rias's eyes trembled and she immediately used her skill to properly assess the monster from its magic aura, fleshy aura, and size.

'This is bad. It is as powerful as Median-stage Exceed-rank or higher. Why did such a powerful Exceed-rank monster appear this time?!'

'Is this indication of something big? The last time an Exceed-rank monster appeared was a year ago but it wasn't as powerful as this one…'

Rias's heart started racing. 'I need to call Grandfather Roshi, but he…'

The Empire had two Exceed-rank powerhouses, but a total of three including the previous Emperor.

Grandfather Roshi whom Rias mentioned was the previous Emperor and also the strongest Exceed-rank of their Empire. 

However, he was not in the Empire at the moment but inside the Labyrinth that was forty kilometers away, exploring its deepest part to train and acquire rare resources required to break through to the next rank.

The other two Exceed-rank powerhouses were weaker and by what Rias judged, it would be a struggle even if both of them fought against this giant Exceed-rank monster that was approaching the beach.

The Legendary-rank powerhouses that fought at the beach sensed the incoming aura as fear directly instilled in them.

*Triin*

Rias's communication card rang.

[Roxen: Rias, what's going on?! How powerful is that monster?]

[Rias: Terribly powerful. More powerful than Exceed-rank stationed at the Royal capital.

[Roxen: What?! What do we do now?! This is bad.]

Rias bit her lips and looked at the people fighting below before her expression suddenly froze as her gaze stuck on Aleron who was flying towards the beach while shooting monsters with his Gauntlets on the way.

'There's no other choice. I have to request help from Ale.'

Rias swiftly flew towards him without wasting any more time.

…

Deep in the ocean below the whirlpool, two strange fish talked to each other. Their eyes were pitch black and unnaturally big with multiple circular linings instead of pupils that glowed with intense different colors.

Their mouths were also unnaturally opened and they conversed like intelligent races while watching a few magical screens that showed the forest and people fighting against monsters.

"Brother Aazaroth, I can't wait anymore! Let's have some fun already. I can't wait to drink the fresh blood of these lower creatures and enjoy them. Haha, look at them using their magic power so crudely! Bwahahaha."

"Shut up, Apuch. We are still under the Netherworld's radar. I need to cut off the connection completely before we can enjoy our time here. If not, the father will forcefully pull us back."

"That silver-haired woman is unbearable!" The fish called Apuch excitedly shouted with its eyes whirling intensely as it looked at Enorin moving around using her skills and destroying monsters. "I want to possess her body and enjoy her soul! Hurry up, brother! I am tired of staying in this shitty fish!"

The other fish ignored the ramblings and focused on its work, but the gleam in its eyes also clearly told that it couldn't wait to wreak havoc.

"I need 10 minutes. Pour in more monsters outside and tell our group to possess Legendary-rank monsters. I want some of those humans to get killed. They are killing the monsters too fast. If we want to enjoy, we need to pour in monsters and let them wreak havoc."