Kyle appeared behind Mia, who had been floating above the border with a few other mages. He looked around and noticed the pale faces of the people standing above the border.
"Mia?"
The people floating in front of him were startled, and Mia paused for a second when she heard the familiar voice. She swiftly cast another spell to take down a monster attacking a soldier, then she turned around to look at him.
"What happened, Kyle?"
Yue, Lara, and Niamh, who were floating beside Mia, glanced at him. Jian, who had just joined the mages, was also startled by his voice. Kyle took a deep breath and pointed his finger towards the forest entrance.
"If I give you enough mana, can you construct a shield big enough to cover the entire area in front of the forest?"
Mia blinked, not quite sure what he meant. Nevertheless, she nodded without hesitation.
"I can do it, as long as I have a large amount of mana in my body, but how?"
Kyle looked at her with a serious expression.
"Mana isn't the problem, but the process is going to be a bit painful. So, are you sure?"
Mia nodded and clenched her fists. She believed she could do it. If Kyle had a good plan, they could save a lot of lives. Yue frowned, wanting to speak up and question why Kyle didn't ask her, considering she was stronger than Mia. But she stopped when Kyle turned around and stared at her.
"Yue, I remember you have a powerful fire skill, right? And Jian too."
He glanced at Jian, who floated towards him with a nod.
"After Mia is done, I want both of you to use your fire skills. I want it to be as big as possible..."
He paused for a second and gazed at the duo.
"Would you do it?"
Jian and Yue glanced at each other, and then the red-haired man let out a chuckle.
"You think we won't? Of course, we would! A little pain is nothing!"
Kyle let out a faint smile as he nodded. Yue gazed at him with crossed arms.
"So, do we use the fire skill on the monsters? But if the fire is too big, I don't think we would be able to control it properly. What if it harms the people fighting with the monsters?"
Kyle shook his head.
"No, we're going to burn the forest."
Jian stared at him with stunned eyes and let out a dry laugh. If they burned the forest, it wouldn't just stop at a mere fire. The fire would spread quickly, destroying the trees, plants, and wildlife.
"You're joking, right?"
Kyle met his gaze with a serious expression.
"No, I'm not. However, I can assure you that the scenario you're imagining won't happen."
Jian approached him and flashed him a grin.
"Don't worry, bro. I trust you. And not just me, the others do too. Let's finish all this and go eat something good!"
Kyle raised his brow.
"I like the offer, but I already have plans with someone else who promised to cook for me. So maybe some other time?"
He tapped Jian's shoulder, who stared at him and vanished, only to reappear at the border in the next moment. Yue stared at Kyle's figure from a distance and then glanced at Jian, who had a look of disbelief on his face as if he had just experienced the worst betrayal of his life.
Yue's lips curled up into a beautiful smile. She thought Kyle would have forgotten her words considering the situation, but he remembered.
She glanced at the little Lynx sitting on Lara's shoulder and started floating to attack the monsters once again.
Unbeknownst to her, a pair of suspicious eyes had been observing Kyle and her interaction for a while now. Lily raised her brow when she saw the smile on Yue's face.
'What a beautiful smile. Are they in a relationship?'
Lily blinked and stared at Yue for a few seconds before tilting her head back to gaze at the silver-haired man running above the border.
'Ah... they don't seem to suit each other. Well, I think I should lay low for a while until everyone forgets about the fact that I am the dark mage's daughter.'
.....
Kyle peered at the glistening symbols beneath his feet. The mages around him were startled by his sudden appearance above the border, but he ignored them and kept on drawing symbols. He was so fast that they couldn't understand what he was doing. All they noticed were the shiny symbols he left behind.
After ten long minutes, Kyle vanished and reappeared in the sky, fixing his gaze on the opposite end of the border. Elder Han and a few others were trying their best to draw as many symbols as possible.
'It's not enough. I need more symbols... the more, the better.'
Kyle jumped into the battlefield, and in the next second, he appeared amidst the soldiers fighting the monsters on the land. His eyes glowed, and everyone around him gasped as blue flames scattered in all directions. The flames engulfed numerous low-rank monsters and vanished into countless bright particles.
However, before anyone could notice his presence, Kyle vanished and reappeared beside King Cedric and Retric. The duo had been struggling against three powerful (SS+)-Rank bats, trying to keep them away from the crowd.
Kyle glanced at the bats and drew his sword, then looked at the two men who paused upon his arrival. He asked them to focus on the low-rank monsters and clear the land. The duo glanced at each other and nodded. The King looked at Kyle with a smile and gave his shoulder a shake.
"Young man, I'll reward you once all of this is over. You have done a lot, not just for us, but for the whole Continent."
Kyle blinked and nodded politely. No way he would admit that he was only helping because of his friends. After Retric and the King left, Kyle started fighting the bats. It wasn't much of a fight, more like a one-sided beating.
'Bia, can you hear me?'
-'I can, but we are unable to get near the monster lord. There are too many monsters surrounding it, and every time we try to get close, they all jump at us from all directions.'
Kyle sensed with a frown that Bia's breathing was irregular.
'Tell Alec to come back. Change of plans. We're going to take care of the monster horde first.'
-'What? There are so many! How are we gonna do it?'
Bia asked a few questions, but since she didn't get a proper response, she agreed with a click of her tongue.
