The Greatest Sinner

Nuria and her men followed the man to the main building in the entire village. The villagers realized that there was no good to expect from the coming mages, so they hid in their homes and waited for the mages to leave.

Evan decided not to attack immediately, if they fight in the village, they would most likely destroy half of the village with their attacks. Evan was afraid that a special person who could, in theory, enter the Gust would get hit and die. Such a risk made no sense.

<They came here to scout the area, which meant they would head straight for the presumed location of Darkfil. They should make sure that the vampire base is under that mountain and report back to their superiors.>

There was a small grove in front of the mountain below which Darkfil was located. It was the perfect place for the confrontation with the members of Azure Bridge.

Evan wasn't worried that Azure Bridge's superiors would suspect anything. The most important thing was not to give away the exact location of the vampire base..

Evan didn't have to wait long. After about an hour, the Nuria group left the building and headed into the woods. Everything went just as Evan had envisioned. First, the reconnaissance team would explore the area, and then they would begin to rebuild the village as they saw fit.

Evan smiled and cast Ghost Step and jumped off the building, and stealthily followed them. The villagers were frightened by the presence of so many mages in their town, but they had nothing to worry about, very soon, the number of mages in Arker would be significantly reduced.

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"Miss Nuria, there are only rank zero monsters in this forest. Are you sure the vampire base could be somewhere around here?" Asked the man in the group.

"Shut your mouth, this is an order from your superiors. We were told to check all the woods in this area as well as the caves. These filthy things like to hide like rats in burrows." Rude replied Nuria.

At this moment, Evan was standing on a tree branch, looking down on them. Scarlet Sacrifice was on him, holding three scrolls in his left hand and a blue potion in his right.

<Well, let's not hesitate.> Evan thought and quickly drank the potion and then poured mana into all three scrolls.

His body was covered in a transparent, faintly blue shell, and the spells on the scrolls activated.

Suddenly a hail of deadly drops of blood rained down on Nuria's group, each one capable of piercing a monster of the first rank through its body. Then three scarlet spears appeared behind Evan, piercing the chests of the group's three members like lightning bolts. Finally, a wave of blood fell upon them, knocking down tree trunks in their path.

Naturally, Nuria and her subordinates had not expected this turn of events. As Evan had anticipated, he managed to seriously wound three people and inflict few wounds on the others. Only Nuria and the two Amplifiers remained unharmed.

"Who the hell are you! Kill him!" Shouted Nuria, and several men ran toward Evan.

He pulled the Dark Reaper out of the spatial ring and used Lucifer's Shackles and Touch of the Abyss. The scythe was instantly covered in tattoos and dark energy.

Evan jumped from the tree and turned into a deadly vortex. He swung the scythe with incredible speed and moved as fast as the wind. Two Amplifiers attacked him, and Evan had to give them a decent fight.

Whoosh.

Three seconds later, he turned the two of them into a bloody mess. Their limbs were lying all over the place, and their bodies were cut into several pieces. If it hadn't been for the precise cuts, it would have seemed like some enraged monster had killed these two.

"That's it? I should have attacked at the entrance to the forest, you are no stronger than the common people, what a shame." Evan said calmly, shaking the clinging blood off his scythe.

"Boy, you are overconfident, these two were at the stage - One-Pointed Star with one flame on the platform. You shouldn't be so arrogant." Nuria said coldly.

The next moment a staff of blue metal with a bright white stone and unique carvings all over the base appeared in her hands. Several symbols were engraved on the top of the staff, which glowed a pleasant blue color.

Nuria swung the staff, and a massive arrow of mana flew toward Evan, it was like the tip of a drill that could pierce anything. This spell was designed to destroy monsters of the first rank with a single attack.

Evan grinned and didn't even duck. When that arrow was close enough, he grabbed it with his hand. The arrow stopped just a millimeter from Evan's face.

Crackle.

He clenched his hand into a fist with force and broke such a powerful first level spell. Nuria was surprised but came to her senses abruptly and gave the command to attack.

Several spells flew toward Evan at once. At the exact moment, the remaining Amplifiers attacked him. Two of them had two flames on the platform, and one had three flames.

Normally Evan should have been dead by now, but he wasn't even worried. He overestimated the strength of his opponents.

Evan dodged all the spells with ease. Thanks to Ghost Step, he could easily reach speeds that made him look like a blur to the others.

His silhouette moved from place to place, bypassing all spells. The members of Azure Bridge were using targeted spells, not mass spells, they wanted to kill Evan, and such a decision proved to be wrong. If they had used mass spells, he wouldn't have been able to evade them so quickly.

Bam.

Three Amplifiers struck, but Evan easily blocked each of them. In an instant he moved behind one mage and plunged the Dark Reaper into his back. The scythe went through the bulky armor like a red-hot knife through butter. The scythe was sharp enough to cut the mage's flesh and spine in two equal parts.

"He's monster! Why is a mage with two flames so strong?" A frightened one of the Creators muttered.

"Shut up, he just knows some pretty good spells, and he has some pretty good equipment. We're certainly not worse." Said Nuria, and the three rings on her arms glowed brightly, and a huge amount of mana gathered around her staff.