132 Rusty Blades. (1/2)

”You broke through!”

When Raven heard his loud voice, she slowly opened her eyes. However, unlike what Blaze had thought, she looked uncaring, almost as if she was disappointed!

”What happened? Didn't you just break through Rank-6?!” Blaze asked. But then he had an understanding expression on his face before he sighed.

”You know he's not gone forever...” Blaze tried to calm her down, but it clearly did not work as Raven seemingly didn't even look at him. All he could do was to stand on the side silently.

”You might think that we are geniuses, but we aren't good enough,” Raven replied after a while. Her face showed no expressions.

”But-” Blaze was about to say something, but Raven cut in to continue her previous words.

”Not good enough to stand by his side.”

Blaze looked down on the ground as he heard her words. He was also aware that although both of them could be considered geniuses, they were just mediocre compared to Ozul!

And it wouldn't have troubled them, but they were supposed to help him. However, because of their level, they hadn't been of any use to Ozul at all.

”Don't you think it's an opportunity? It wouldn't be long before he comes back. We now have the chance to prove that we are competent enough!” Blaze encouraged.

Although Blaze wasn't one of the overly optimistic ones, he would still try to look a way out of the situation. Giving up meant nothing. In contrast, even a useless attempt might have some chances to work out!

”Yes. And our first task would be to take care of him.” Raven muttered while giving a side glance to the tree where a shadow hid behind the branches.

Blaze did not hurriedly try to look in that direction. He whispered, ”You noticed it too, huh.”

”Of course, I did. I am a Rank-6 mage now. If you as a Rank-5 could do it, why couldn't I?” Raven scowled. She continued, ”You stay here. I will deal with him.”

”Wait! You just advanced, and you haven't even restored your Mana yet! That guy had been a Rank-6 for who knows how long. I think you will need my help.” Blaze stopped Raven before she was about to jump down.

”Just wait and watch, kiddo~,” Raven said with a smirk on her face as she jumped down.

Even when she thought that her speed of growth wasn't up to par, Raven still had the confidence to take care of the guy after everything that Ozul had taught her up till this point.

She had a clue from the day when Ozul had asked her if she had the drake cores still with her. And the next day, she had already noticed Brud eyeing them from afar.

Raven knew that he was up to no good, and sooner or later, he would try to do something funny. And it seemed that today was the day.

Moreover, Raven also had the experience of killing people stronger than her before. Only she had Ozul watching over her back then, and now she was alone.

Brud stood behind the tree, still clueless about everything when Raven focused on her Mana. She closed her eyes for a little while, and when she opened it, dark gas started to release out of her and covered the entire 10-meter radius area around her.

It was the Spell that Ozul had asked her to create so he could take advantage of it. However, there hadn't yet been a time when she had actually put it in use. She had named it as the Night's Shade.

There was naturally no light source around them except for fire torches, but those had now become useless because of the fog.

And now Night's Shade mixed in with the fog had set up the stage for Raven to do as she pleased.

The trickiest part in creating this Spell was for Raven to be able to see in the dark smoke, so Raven had a type of thermal vision where she was able to see anything that moved in that 10-meter radius.

Brud did not even notice the Spell since everything surrounding him at the moment was black, and the black smoke was like an invisible gas. In contrast, Raven had a more accurate understanding of the area.

The next second, two long daggers took shape in her hands as she moved towards Brud.

At this moment, Brud was looking around, trying to find if something was wrong. Although he had not noticed the Spell, he could still tell that something was happening because he had suddenly lost his vision, and everything appeared dark for him.