chapter 18: Bandits

(After four months)

The first months went smoothly, I started to train my body and hunt mana best and also dive in some dungeon but nothing remarkable.

I started to use my technique more , Dismantle and Cleave are two perfect tools to have, dismantle is a long range technique the more you master it the stronger it gets and cleave is a close range technique which in order to activate it you need to touch the opponent , in other words it's the perfect technique to have as an hand to hand fighter.

The shikigami that i tamed was max elephant /Rabbit escape / Round deer and lastly piercing ox . 

Max elephant was the easiest to tame the moment the exorcism ritual started I dismantle it ass into some sort of small cubes .

Rabbit escape was the trickiest that shit started to multiply the moment it was Summoned , thanks god I started the ritual in a narrow space so i managed to burned it to death.

Round deer is a towering deer shikigami that can heal through reverse curse technique , its have a strong positive energy, he was the creepiest one of them all, when I summoned him he didn't attack nor defend himself, it stayed still the whole time, I injured it and it immediately healed , no sound no movement no nothing we go back and forth till I decided that enough and use one off my strongest attack, it was cruel and creepy experience.

Round deer is the most useful shikigami to me now and will still be in the future.

Piercing ox is an ox shikigami that can charge with immense strength. It can only move in a straight line, but the longer its charge, the more powerful it is , he is not that good on it own but it is the toughest shikigami I battled, fast and strong , if you use it in a tactical way it will become a useful trap card, he also was the longest i battled , I experimented on him a lot before ending the ritual.

I am trying to mix my technique with my battle style to maximize my power in more than one way , trying different styles and totality with my shikigami. I am also looking for clues about the enemy base and a place for my base of operation but looking at the Beast glades now I don't think that I will choose it as a place for my base , most of the invasion will happen here , the distraction of the Elf's and the grand mountain which ether near the elf's or the dwarf who betrayed the continent, I will look for now if i found a place of my liking I'll use it if not i will look near Marlow , Telmore or Mirror Lake .

The Mana Art : simple domain , is an Art like the Mirage Walk what I'm trying to do is mix my mana with the mana of the atmosphere and command my mana to force the mana of the atmosphere into a domain around me which needs a very precise mana control , in this domain i can cast spells from anywhere and if my opponent is in my range i can limit his mana control and have influence on his spells , even if he was in front of me i can cast a spell from his back to target him , in other terms if you are in my range your fucked , the more I can control the more range i have .

It's very hard to accomplish because i don't have a reference or a starting point so i will try everything to get it done .

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(Another four months passed)

Yesterday at night I found a trace of a group of bandits But as easy as it should be to spot fith-rate bandits, this was proving strangely difficult, so there was only one explanation.

They weren't normal bandits , I found them suspicious because of the numbers and the way they move I'm pretty certain that they are slave traders but not a normal one , because of how organized they moved and the equipment they have .

 I began to walk through the elearings bathed in moonlight to quickly enter the forest where the bandits had last been seen.

"Mmm, well, it will be a good opportunity to test my powers.' I said to myself as I summoned my first shikigami divine dogs , I made a hand sign that looks like a dog , " find them " I command .

They are a pair of twin wolves capable of tearing enemies apart with their fangs and devouring them.

Each of the dogs can detect things and notify their master when you gets close. Their tracking abilities allow them to find lost allies and locations as well , they are very useful in this situation.

15 minutes later , I finally find a suspicious place and I understood why it was difficult to find the place.

"Mages."

I muttered when I saw that they were close to 10 orange core mages and one yellow , but the most important thing is that there were about 20 people right in a single area, which said that they were not members of his group . My primary core is initial silver while the secondary core is light yellow.

", i have to find out what this is all about."

" woof, woof ."

My wolf's bark to notify me of something that is following us. " you also felt it , good boys " I Mattered while I pet my wolf.

" don't worry about it I notice long ago that I was being followed " I said before I began to move through the shadows to get there faster, since the base was quite far away and After a few seconds my shikigami and me emerge from the shadows of the tree near the base.

"Mmm, what should we do?"I asked as soon as I noticed the slaves that were in the metal cage, which had pointy ears, something that caught my attention, "They really like elves.".

I said as I started to slowly get closer to see how the situation was, but as I got closer I could hear what the men were saying.

"Hey, how long are we going to be here?", Asked one of the slavers.

"Hmm, I don't know, until the Wykes say so.", His companion would respond.

"Anyway, we should have some fun with one of them before they give it to them.

One of the guys would say while seeing a young elf with blonde hair and blue eyes, who had marks from bumps and scratches.

"Yes, let's use that one and make her scream-"

The subject would not finish his sentence with a quick mana augmented flick, I snapped his neck Sound mana was still in effect as the crunch of his neck fell on deaf ears, without wasting a fraction of a second, I made my way towards the other one and stuck a finger into his skull which was in a mana blade state that flickers with little lightning.

I entered one of nearest tents I saw tow people sleeping, I made my way toward them, placing my hand over their chest, l sent a bolt of lightning, their body spammed once and then went limp, the chest area brown and crisp as they got a near-instant death.

Once I confirmed their death, I walked out looking for the others, luckily a mage arrived I sneaked behind him placing my hand over both his ears, I sent a high frequency wave into his ears, his eyes rolled back, without even time to shout or wail in agony his body went limp, brain damage to the extent it lost it's mass.

I continue my mascara in this beautiful night, sending my shikigami to the one who is far while I handel the rest , I lift the one who is the strongest and a guard to notify him and now we wait.

(WYKES' POV)

The night was disgustingly quiet , I'd like some action now and then, since it's not that much fun being a Wykes family guard, but work is work, I thought as I guarded the elf cages. 

But while I was waiting for someone from the family to come pick this up, Who would have thought that something would happen before that?

"Everyone alert, there is an intruder!"

one of the traffickers would say, which surprised me, since I had not felt anything, so I deduced that it was an ordinary person and ordinary, but that idea went down the drain when a smell of blood appeared out of nowhere.

"Mmm, interesting." I murmured at the appearance of the smell , which would be my entertainment tonight.

Without wasting time, I ordered the one who notified me to take care of the elves while I went to play, and once the elves were protected, I headed to the limits of the camp where the fight should take place in , but unfortunately for me there was nothing only dead bodies .

"Damn, I'm late."

I cursed mentally, as I thought I would kill the magician, but as I was about to leave, my eyes widened in surprise: the three magicians had been cut by a sword , but that was not What was shocking , what was shocking was how they were perfectly cut and no swords man can get this good .

"How did he do that?" I thought as I watched a boy with black hair and purple eyes approaching .

" you have guts to attack them and not cover your face, brat," I said as I took out my sword and began to emanate orange lightning to prove that he was just a child, but suddenly, he disappeared .

In the next moment , the guy appeared behind me and said " You are too loud " and disappeared again.

"Very nice and all, but do you think you're going to win against our numbers?" I said in a very shaky voice , but I never imagined what he would say.

"Numbers, what numbers?"He responded as a black wolf almost as tall as him , come by his side holding a person head.

After that every thing went dark , it was my last seen, a boy srounded by shadows and a big wolf with a mouth full of blood.