Runemaster in the Last Days

"Brother, is it really that bad?" Sean retreated to recover his mana. He was basically panting by this time because he was exhausted.

"Yes. There are a few mana eaters coming and based on their speed… they should be at rank 6." Samuel frowned.

If these mana eaters were to digest the magic beasts quickly, they could even surpass rank 6 and reached rank 7…

At that time, even Samuel had no confidence to defeat these magic beasts.

Because when the mana eaters reached rank 7, it would have a transformation of strength and this was not a good thing for them. No rank 6 magic warriors would be able to defeat a rank 7 mana eater.

"You should focus on your battle."

Samuel patted Ruben's shoulder. "You stay on the back and protect everyone. I'm sure that you have more than enough magic scrolls for defense, right?"

When these mana eaters got closer, he would have to fight them with all of his strength. There was no time for him to pay attention his siblings and all.

Because of this, Samuel hoped that Ruben could protect them.

As for why he chose him…

Samuel was 99% sure that Riya should have stuffed Ruben with a few more magic scrolls. She's the kindest when giving magic scrolls to either Amelia or Ruben because one is her best friend and the other is her disciple.

"Yes!" Ruben nodded heavily. He knew that Samuel wanted to focus on the higher ranked magic beasts.

Protecting them was indeed important, but it didn't mean that Samuel would do it all the time. Because his ability meant that when there's a degree of danger that others could never solve on their own, Samuel would have to stand up and deal with it.

Otherwise, no one will be able to survive.

"Good."

Samuel walked on the wall towards the platform nearby and looked at the large platform. He had suspicion that these platforms were made for those magicians from the Magic Association. While it would allow them to attract more attention and see further away, this also made it easy for them to be targeted.

Then again, these magicians from the Magic Association would never let any magic beasts come near them.

So it should be fine.

He looked at the incoming mana eaters and silently transmitted his mana towards his sword. These mana eaters came from several directions and it was impossible for him to deal with them all on his own.

But the one that's coming to this wall…

"I'll be the channel of thunder, transmitting the power of lightning and projecting it towards my enemy… the great lightning spear!"

BOOM!

The loud sound attracted everyone's attention and the next moment, they felt as if their entire world had turned into darkness. There was only one flash of light and large number of magic beasts were killed instantly.

They were not the target but being passed by this magic spell alone was more than enough to kill most of them.

It was terrifying.

Swoosh!

No corpses were left as the magi beasts were turned into ashes instantly.

And the target of the magic spell, the mana eater, wanted to escape but it was not fast enough. The lightning strike hit it and pierced through its body, killing it instantly. The body slowly dissolved silently, turning into pure mana.

"One down." Samuel saw this and still held his sword on his side, ready to strike for the second time should it be necessary.

"Tsk, he's the one making the first move." Dina, who was standing on the other platform clicked her tongue.

She knew the existence of Samuel because this man was quite high profile in City A Base. With the help of her friends, she managed to gain a lot of information about other bases and found out the existences of other returnees.

Excluding Riya, Dina knew about Samuel.

The genius swordsman with four element…

How could she not know him when she had fought against Samuel a few times in that world?

It was really annoying.

"But I won't lose." Dina sneered and then started to chant, "I am the lord of the dark. May the darkness come and envelop the entire world. Block every ray of light, descend onto the world and cover every surface in the darkness. Darkness is the greatest power in the entire world. Let the darkness come, Dark World!"

Swoosh!

Once again, waves of dark element rushed towards the magic beasts' tide in front of Dina. These magic beasts were not able to do anything as they were being swept away by the dark element.

Everything was gone in a short period of time.

The mana eater that wanted to make a splash was also killed in succession because of this move.

It could not defend against Dina's attack.

"Now, it's clean." Dina nodded in satisfaction and then drank more blood essence. She knew that the biggest advantage she has is the fact that she could remove her mana quickly. Otherwise, her training would not keep up with those magic warriors.

But this is not enough.

If she wanted to be stronger than them, she had to advance to higher ranks faster than them.

And this is very difficult.

"Ooh, nice!" Peter yelled when he saw these mana eaters got killed instantly. The returnees were all very powerful as they have obtained more development time compared to others. Moreover, they have their own treasure that helped them to be ahead of others.

So fighting cross ranks were not that difficult.

'Dina is only rank 5, but a rank 5 magic spell can kill weaker rank 6 magic beast… is the mana eater so weak, though?'

Peter had only thought about this when he saw that there was an ethereal figure on the battlefield. It moved in their direction almost instantly after materializing.

"Dina! Use stronger magic spell! The mana eater is still alive," Peter yelled to remind Dina.