Chapter 18 – Cody Alfredo

Brak

Edison was thrown in front of Griffin and Isabella.

"Uncle!"

Isabella ran over to check on Edison's condition. The old man was injured all over his body. Blood was coming out of his mouth, his face had turned extremely pale from the injuries he had received.

Seeing this, Isabella became very angry.

"What did you do to uncle?!"

Cody who was still standing on the stairs, looked at the three of them with condescending eyes.

"I just taught him a little lesson. He must learn not to eavesdrop on other people's conversations."

Isabella squeezed her hand tightly. She couldn't believe her best friend of dozens of years could betray and side with the enemy. But when she heard Cody's words just now, Isabella knew that he was no longer the same person.

"Is he Cody Alfredo?" Griffin stared at the man in front of him.

Green hair and eyes, has a single line of scars on the side of his mouth. The features are exactly the same as those described by Isabella.

[You activated skill "Clairvoyant" Level 1]

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Name: Cody Alfredo

Levels: 28

Species: Human

Phones: 415/415

Mps: 366/380

Age: 20

[Strength: 40] [Agility: 28] [Stamina: 30] [Vitality: 29] [Magic: 43]

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"What's this?" Griffin was shocked when he saw Cody's status.

Level 28, Cody was on a completely different level to the three of them. No wonder Edison could lose in such a pathetic condition.

Moreover, his strength and magic status were both at 40. Griffin couldn't imagine how strong the man in front of him was.

[New quiz has arrived]

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[Quiz : Beat wizard Cody Alfredo]

Completion reward : One of the high level elements, 15 magic points

Failure penalty : -

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"Why is this quiz appearing at a time like this?"

Griffin didn't know whether he should feel happy or not. Fortunately, there is no failure penalty in this quiz. The thing is, they still have to beat Cody no matter what, because now he's their enemy.

"Isabella, you shouldn't be in this place."

Isabella glared. "Is that all you want to say?"

"Then what do you expect me to say?"

"Why did you stab Raymond? Why did you betray Lirest? Why did you change so much to side with Boaren?"

Isabella conveyed all the questions that she could not ask before.

"Changed? Isabella, I never change. I've always disliked Lirest who was considered weaker than Boaren. Even if father gathers all the wizards and attacks Boaren, we can definitely win and get their territory. But he actually died miserably at the hands of the enemy. And now, Raymond was just the same. He is strong, and so are we both. But your naive nature made Boaren trample all of us. Now you can see the result. Whenever there is a chance, Boaren will immediately destroy Lirest."

"Just because of that you betrayed us? So because you don't like Lirest who wants peace, you create an opportunity for Barnes to destroy your own homeland?!"

Isabella snapped loudly. Tears were running down her face. This was the first time Griffin saw Isabella get so emotional.

"Boaren will attack Lirest sooner or later. Don't blame me Isabella, I just chose the side that benefited me more. After all, Barnes can give me something neither father nor Raymond could."

Griffin couldn't stand it anymore. He became furious just by hearing Cody's words.

"That's just an excuse! The fact that you betrayed the people who trusted you, including your elder brother, just to satisfy your greed!"

Cody glared at Griffin.

"An outsider like you has no right to interfere. What do you know about the three of us?! And I don't have an older brother as naive as Raymond."

Isabella could no longer bear hearing words from Cody.

[Isabella activated skill "Ice Control" Level 2]

5 pieces of sharp ice flew swiftly towards Cody.

[Cody activated skill "Root Armor" Level 3]

Prang prang prang

The entire ice sheet shattered before it reached its target.

Cody's body is wrapped in tree roots, protecting him from Isabella's ice attacks.

"Level 3, no wonder Isabella's ice can't penetrate it."

Griffin saw Cody's entire body covered in all except his head, making it look like armor. And even though his entire body was covered like that, Cody was still able to get off the stairs with ease. His movements are very flexible, indicating that he is already an expert in controlling his skills.

"Isabella, you are indeed a troublesome opponent. But you should know, in your sealed state, you are no match for me."

Isabella ground her teeth. Had these two sealing bracelets not existed, she could have drawn against Cody. But right now, her strength was clearly far behind.

[You activated skill "Flame Sword" Level 1]

With his short sword, Griffin stepped forward and slashed towards Cody's head.

Klang

Cody held Griffin's sword which emitted flames like it was nothing.

"A weak wizard like you shouldn't interfere."

In one squeeze, Griffin's blade shattered into pieces.

Buak

Cody punched Griffin right in the stomach, causing him to fly very far.

Griffin lay in pain, feeling like he was hit by a car. The difference in their strength was too great. The root armor was so hard that the flame sword couldn't penetrate it. Though fire is a natural enemy of plants. But if the difference in their power was too great, that fact wouldn't be very useful.

That was very clear, Cody's root armor was level 3, while the flame swrod was only level 1. Moreover, Cody's strength and magic status had reached 40. Meanwhile, Griffin's strength was only 22, while magic was 15. From the difference in power and magic, it was clear that the two of them were far behind.

Seeing Griffin being pushed back, Isabella immediately dashed forward.

"To magic, strengthen my weapon like you strengthen my physique."

Isabella's blade released thick blue mana. In one fell swoop, Isabella stabbed right through Cody's heart.

Seeing the attack coming, Cody took a step back, then protected himself with his hands.

Klang

Isabella's blade clashed against the roots hard in Cody's hand.

Cody, with extremely fast movements, moved a step forward, then punched Isabella.

Trang

Isabella at the right time managed to block the punch with her sword. Making it only pushed her back a few meters.

[You activated skill "Flame Sword" Level 1]

Griffin makes a sword with his fire element. The resulting sword's shape was not very tidy, it burned in various directions, and consumed more mana. But it's better than not having a weapon.

Once again, Griffin dashed forward. He swung his sword.

When Cody wanted to block the attack, flame sword penetrated his hand and burned the roots at his body.

At the same time, Isabella joined the attack.

Klang

This time, Isabella's attack was hard enough, causing a rift in the armor.

"Pretty good effort."

[Cody activated skill "Spiked Area" Level 2]

From under the ground, emerged a large thorny roots that are very sharp.

Griffin and Isabella managed to jump, just before the spikes dug into their legs.

Without them noticing, the roots on Cody's body had also spread to their hands. Making them unable to move backwards.

When they were about to step on, suddenly the thorns became longer. Getting their feet stabbed to the point of bleeding.

"I command the fire to burn everything in front of me."

Griffin's hand released fire that burned the roots in front of him. Cody, who didn't want to get burned, finally let go of the roots holding Griffin. At the same time, the boy slashed at the roots holding Isabella back using the flame sword.

The two of them broke free and immediately retreated backwards.

Cody looked at his hands, his roots root armor had been burned in half.

"You're pretty good too."

"With life energy, I command this area to be my domain."

After chanting the incantation just now, the area around them appeared grass and small plants that filled the entire ground and walls.

[Cody activated skill "Plant Aura Manipulation" Level 3]

From all over the plant, a green aura spread out in all directions.

"What's this?"

Griffin felt like his body was being suppressed by the aura just now. His movement becomes slow.

"Griffin, quickly run! This skill can block all of our movements."

Isabella shouted while moving with difficulty.

Cody lunged at Griffin, he wanted to finish this boy first.

"No time to dodge." Griffin saw Cody's fist aimed directly at him.

[Edison activated skill "Ghost Mode" Level 2]

The fist went straight through Griffin's body. His body remains visible, but becomes translucent for a time.

Edison moved with difficulty. Luckily he activated the skill in time. With that skill, he could make the body of the target he wanted become untouchable for a limited time.

"Burn the whole plant here! His aura manipulation only takes effect if there are plants around." Isabella shouted.

"With mana like fire becoming a part of my soul, I command magic to create waves that become my area."

Griffin's body emitted a wave that scorched all of the plants in an instant.

The aura that had been restraining them just now disappeared as soon as all the plants were gone.

Unknowingly, Isabella had arrived next to Cody.

[Isabella activated the skill "Ice Control" Level 2]

Cody's feet froze in an instant and stuck to the ground.

"Let the winds cold as ice, freeze everything around me."

Cody's body was immediately enveloped by a thin layer of extremely cold ice. The layer of ice caused his movement to be severely restricted.

""Griffins! I will restrain him, you go and save Raymond!"

For a moment, Griffin hesitated. Even Cody was too strong for the three of them to face, how could Griffin just go and let them do the fighting. But he also thought, right now only Raymond could help them.

"Alright, hold on until I come back again."

Griffin ran fast towards the sinner prison.

"You think I'm going to let him?!"

Cody released green mana all over his body, slowly starting to destroy the layer of ice.

"Our business is not finished!"

Isabella contributed to the large amount of mana that continued to freeze Cody.

Griffin ran into the sinner prison.

[You have entered the 'Sinner Prison']