The sudden frightening aura had only affected Vale and Cressida, who were causing trouble within the village.
At this moment, the two of them heard the voice of the person who suppressed them with just his aura.
"Do not cause trouble in our place. If you want to fight, do it outside our territory."
The deep voice came from an old man, and he didn't sound angry. He was merely reminding them, and perhaps, he simply didn't want any damage in the houses around the village.
"Thank you for being lenient to us… We're going to leave now." Vale immediately said as he was afraid that the man would change his mind or Cressida would say something stupid.
Luckily, the old guardian of the village was reasonable and didn't just throw them out.
Furthermore, he helped Vale stop the possession ritual he had been resisting all this time.
'Tsk… This village isn't simple. How come I failed to notice that.' Cressida frowned at this sudden turn of events as she looked at the Magic Circle she had created on the floor of her room.
With a wave of her hand, the Magic Circle that was formed by white powder scattered everywhere, leaving no signs of the Forbidden Ritual she had just used.
Then, without any more hesitation, she jumped out of the window and headed straight outside the village.
There was no way she'd wait until Vale had fully recovered before making her move.
Since it was dark, her Dark Manipulation Spell worked perfectly, and her Ghost Steps became even more unpredictable.
She was confident that no one would be capable of following her as she called all her Banshees back to her side.
However, as soon as she got outside of the village, she felt a hammer struck her head!
Bam!
Cressida dropped to the ground as the pain coursed through her body… She immediately ordered the Banshees to get near her as she absorbed all of them in the blink of an eye.
Thanks to her quick response, the pain in her head subsided as she resisted the mind attack!
She immediately used her Light Absorption Spell as she covered herself with Darkness. She had to find her enemy. She knows that it wasn't Vale who had ambushed her.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
A figure of a man suddenly stepped out from behind a tree. He wasn't too far from where Cressida dropped as he chuckled and said. "I thought that the two of you won't leave the village. I almost gave up."
Christopher, the man wearing a blue coat, was the Psychic that Vale and Cressida escaped from!
Vale, who had just come out of the village, squinted his eyes as he readied his Spells with him. He was prepared to attack at any signs of his enemy's movement.
He even pulled out two of his Elemental Talismans as his way to cover his actual Arcane Path.
In any case, this Psychic should still be unaware of his actual Arcane Path, so his trick should work just fine.
"It's a good thing that both of you weren't working together. Now, become my slaves." Christopher finally attacked as the two Dark Arts Practitioners were already inside his range. He felt that there was no way he would fail this attack.
'I'll be teaching you a lesson for killing my men.'
Christopher was extremely frustrated when his four Runecasters died in the forest. It wasn't easy to find them since most Runecasters would stay in their workshops or territory.
Runecasters wandering around cities and towns would rarely appear.
Needless to say, he had no idea when he'll get the Runecasters again. He can only be satisfied with these two Dark Arts Practitioners since they may not be capable of building or creating things, but they have lethality in terms of their fighting skills.
As soon as he felt connected to the female practitioner, he realized that he failed to connect to the young man not too far from him.
This baffled him for a moment as he shifted his focus to the young man…
However, what welcomed him wasn't a struggling young man resisting his mind attack but a Wind Elemental Spell!
It was a Wind Razor aiming to slice him in half!
"Hmph!"
Christopher realized that the Wind Razor doesn't have plenty of Wind Element on them, so it might be a mystical artifact or the elemental talisman.
With this in mind, he simply waved his hand and blocked the wind razor with his Mind Energy.
This Mind Energy was something only Psychic like them could control during their Metaphysical State or when they entered their Magic Zone.
Bam!
As he expected, the Wind Razor wasn't that strong. Nevertheless, this attack was followed by another Elemental Spell. It was an Ice Spear and it may be slower than the Wind Razor, but it has more power on it.
Christopher had to put in a bit more strength as he couldn't control the female Dark Arts Practitioner yet. Once he got complete control of this lady, it would be two versus one, and it would be much easier for him to deal with the strange young man.
"This…"
Unfortunately for him, Vale didn't plan to wait for him to fully control Cressida. As soon as he triggered the two Elemental Talismans, he summoned his three Ghost Hands stealthily and made them travel through the ground!
As expected, because of the messy fluctuation of energy, the Ghost Hands arrived beneath the Psychic completely unnoticed!
When the man noticed that Ghost Hands was in front of him, it was already too late!
The Ghost Hands grabbed and squeezed the man!
This should be enough to kill the Arcane Arts Practitioner, but to Vale's surprise, he didn't cry in pain!
'Not good.'
Vale realized that something was wrong, so he used his Lightspeed and Dark Manipulation to move around and become challenging to target.
He moved in a circle as he controlled the Ghost Hands to rip the man apart.
Bam!
The man was ripped apart, but no blood or flesh could be seen!
Vale felt shocked since he knew that his opponent shouldn't have died yet. Furthermore, he didn't know where this person might reappear, so he kept moving around.
Then, he heard several footsteps about 20 meters away from them. It was the Psychic who should've been ripped apart!
As expected, he was still unscathed!
"Whew, that was messed up… It was a good thing I only showed my illusion. So you're ultimately a Dark Arts Practitioner and not a Knight or an Elementalist. What a strange practitioner… You have a physique not suited for a Spellcaster, you know?"
