"That side!" One of them pointed at the left.
All of a sudden, a huge sting pierced through another human, completely skewering his whole body.
Seeing this, a few Spirit Practitioners kicked up the sand with a burst of energy to expose the scorpion. After that, two of them charged in and slashed the scorpion's head and body, ultimately killing it.
Noel kept watching them. Although he didn't like this method since they were sacrificing normal and innocent people, he acknowledged this method as one of the best they could do in order to lure out the demons.
Still, Noel's ideology had been ingrained since young.
As soon as he sensed a demon approaching a person not far from him, Noel hurriedly moved to the side and grabbed the targeted person.
"What?!" The person was confused because Noel dragged him all of a sudden. He wanted to get angry because it hurt quite a bit, but a giant pedipalp soon emerged from the sand in his original location.
That person's face became pale, knowing that if Noel didn't help him, that pedipalp would have killed him.
Instead of listening to this confused man, Noel turned around and placed his hand on the ground. He poured his ice element into the ground.
The movement underground stopped abruptly, confusing the people near him. They thought the enemies would make their appearance and wreak havoc, but surprisingly, the movement simply stopped as if it had died.
When they took another look at the pedipalp, they saw it had been covered in a thick layer of ice.
Yes. Noel had actually used his ice element to freeze the demon underground. That energy pierced through the sand and reached the scorpion. He had to thank Old Ru for giving him this ability.
However, there was one more person that was curious about Noel's true power. He was none other than Legolaz.
"What is that control?" Legolaz frowned. He didn't believe that a Spirit Master could reach that level of control.
Penetrating the sand with their Spiritual Energy without kicking them up was hard enough to do, but Noel took it to a whole different level by freezing only the scorpion.
Even he didn't have that level of control.
"Is he really only a Spirit Master? What's wrong with the standard of the Muivell Kingdom right now…" Legolaz gasped, wondering if he should report this to the Grand Protector or not.
If the people from the Muivell Kingdom were this good, there was a chance that they would use them to defeat the Atrecaeca Kingdom. However, there was no proof that the standard had risen. Noel might be the only one who was this abnormal, so he couldn't make his move directly.
While thinking, he stomped the ground with his right foot. The ground shook for a bit, but it soon stopped.
They didn't know what Legolaz did, but those, who could sense the presence beneath him, would notice that two demons were about to ambush him.
"This is not good. There are only Low Level Demons that are attacking us." Legolaz felt a bit worried about the current situation even though they had skillfully defeated a lot of demons.
And this worry also appeared in Noel's heart.
The current situation was good, but it also showed there was a brain among the demons. Normally, the demons would swarm them without any sort of formation. And in a group of ten, they usually had at least one Mid Level Demon.
Yet, this time, only Low Level Demons attacked them. In other words, this brain was telling the Mid Level Demons not to attack them. And the only one capable of forming that kind of plan was a Superior Demon.
"When will the enemies attack us? I'm afraid there will be a lot of Peak Level Demons. We only have several Spirit Masters. While I can kill those demons, I'm more worried about the Superior Demon. Can that old man kill it?"
While Noel was thinking, someone was approaching him at high speed.
"!!!" Noel sensed the incoming presence. It was fast and didn't seem to be stopping, making him think it was an enemy that wanted to kill him. There was only one person that would try to do that. He must be related to the Supreme Devil Organization.
That was why Noel elbowed that incoming presence with his full strength. But surprisingly, his elbow felt like he had struck a wall. The momentum caused by that person increased the power of that charge and ultimately stopped him.
"Well, well. You are extremely strong like Legolaz said."
Noel turned his head around, finding a man who was in his mid twenties. He recognized this man in an instant since Legolaz was near him most of the time.
Yes, he was the second prince, Ramuer.
"Who are you?" Noel asked. They were supposed to be strangers, so he looked like he was scrutinizing this person for his actions amidst the chaos.
"Me? My name is Ramuer. I'm quite curious about the strength of the foreigners. To think there would be someone this strong…" Ramuer smirked.
As one would expect from a kingdom that emphasized strength, the second prince was bold and daring even though he represented the kingdom.
Noel was annoyed. He wanted the second prince not to make this expedition any harder, but he soon noticed a presence coming toward them. It seemed their clash triggered something underneath the sand.
Ramuer felt it two seconds later, but Noel had already removed his elbow and jumped sideways as if trying to escape from it.
"Tsk." Ramuer clicked his tongue and moved in the opposite direction as three scorpions came out at the same time.
Noel noticed something different, especially the weapon.
Ramuer took out a curved blade. It was like a crescent moon, but the angle wasn't that sharp.
However, the moment Ramuer waved it, the shape of the weapon allowed him to extend his Spiritual Energy like a crescent moon, slashing all three scorpions.
"…" Noel couldn't help but become a bit more interested. This was the characteristic of Spirit Users in this kingdom.
Unlike the Muivell Kingdom, which had mild Spiritual Energy, the Atrecaeca Kingdom's people had explosive Spiritual Energy. Additionally, their Spiritual Energy looked like a fluid that could match the shape of their weapon.
Unfortunately, his observation had to be ruined by the intrusion of another scorpion. Noel placed his hand on the dead scorpion and poured his Spiritual Energy into it.
During the training, Anna's hand would be blown away if the Spiritual Energy was uneven. That was why he dropped the amount of Spiritual Energy in the corpse, causing the imbalance to create a powerful shock wave that blasted the scorpion forward. He could only use his Spiritual Energy this way to replace the Enhance Forward Rune.
*Boom!*
Another scorpion appeared next to the second prince. As the latter was about to avoid it, the corpse crashed into the scorpion, immobilizing it.
"!!!" Seeing this opportunity, the second prince smiled before charging forward and killing this scorpion.
"As expected, you are—" Ramuer wanted to praise Noel, but when he turned around, Noel was nowhere to be seen. It turned out Noel helped Ramuer, not because he was the second prince. Instead, he helped him so that Ramuer's focus remained on the scorpion for a few seconds, allowing him to move to another location where he couldn't find him. Sadly, that wasn't enough to push away Ramuer. He smiled, "He is truly an interesting guy. It's a shame that kind of person hailed from the Muivell Kingdom."
Meanwhile, Noel had arrived at another spot. He fought another two scorpions and assessed the current situation.
"There are about one hundred deaths if I calculate it roughly. It's not bad, but it's only the first wave. I'm sure they are going to come with an even stronger demon." Noel clicked his tongue.
There were about fifteen fights that were currently occurring. They had a hard time taking down the Low Level Demons because they were located a bit deeper than the rest.
Fortunately, a few Spirit Wielders helped them and defeated the remaining demons.
But after defeating their enemies, there was a period of eerie silence. There was no battle, but the people were still on high alert.
They were looking at each other, asking the same thing. Had they killed all the demons?
That silence lasted for a minute before they concluded the enemies had finally gone.
When the people dropped their guard, Legolaz suddenly shouted, "Incoming!"
Noel also felt numerous presence climbing the sand, approaching them.
Numerous demons suddenly emerged outside their army, circling them. All of them were Mid Level Demons.
"Aaaahhh!"
"Ahhhhh!"
In addition, a lot of Spirit Practitioners and even one Spirit Wielder suddenly got killed from either stings or a pointed tail. A total of ten High Level Demons came out in the middle of their rank and let out a roar to shake them.
"Not good." Noel gritted his teeth, realizing this was the real intention of the Superior Demon. "Incoming!"
