Chapter- 5 : Phantom Bats

Under Cecil's lead we entered the dungeon, actually we are walking far behind the main team with only our fathers and two knights who are here to protect us.

Yes, we are being sheltered, it's evident that they don't want to put us at any risk but how am I supposed to gain any experience like this?

It's not like I have never seen a dead magic beast before, I am here to see their combat style and learn from it.

Anyway, it's been over an hour since we entered the dungeon and there's not a single monster in our sight.

Just as I was losing interest, the main team in front of us stopped.

"Here's a big chamber room down there, everyone be careful!"

I heard Cecil's warning, but a chamber room?

In a cave inside a mountain?

Which civilisation made it?

Suddenly too many questions popped up in my head.

It was said that "The Holy Maiden" was an otome game but its sequel "The Holy War" that was supposed to be released two years later, is an adventure based game.

Unfortunately I died before even its trailer could be released.

I'll have to beware about this place, this very well can be one of the locations in the sequel. And if there's a game location so there can be rewards as well.

Of course safety first. I don't want any game rewards on the cost of our lives.

The main team entered the chamber room as I was thinking about all these things.

We eventually followed after them. It was a quiet and dark place but we already had our fire torches ready and also a fire magic user in our team.

Let's see what's in this chamber of secrets.

The chamber was huge, and there seems to be a gate ahead that connects to another chamber.

Suddenly all the knights took a fighting stance, I used my 'Wind Vision' to see what happened, and I saw dozens of small shadows flying towards us from the room ahead.

When they passed through the gate we could see their clear appearance.

They are bats but not ordinary bats, they are monster bats over 70 centimeters in height with pitch black bodies and very long fangs, their ears are also much longer than normal bats and they has blood red eyes.

'Phantom Bat', monsters with dark attribute poison, their elemental power is weak but they are deadly for normal humans.

Such a large group can be a big trouble for the citizens if not handled immediately.

The main team quickly engaged in assault against the phantom bats while the two knights protecting us took a defensive stance.

The team under Cecil's lead are finishing off the bats very fast but even more bats keep coming out of the gate.

One of such bats escaped through the assault and headed towards us, so the knights drew their swords.

"Father, may I?"

I asked my father for permission to deal with the bat.

Unexpectedly father easily accepted my request. Maybe he also wanted to give me some 1st hand experience.

The phantom bat reached us at that time.

Though it was flying, so I first used 'Gale' to fly or more like jump near it and swang my staff in a circular arc.

Just as expected, the phantom back fly back to dodge the staff but as soon as it did, the arc turned into a wind slash and cut the bat in half.

I landed smoothly with the support of 'Gale'.

Although Gale is usually seen as a basic magic spell, it's actually one of the foundations of wind magic.

After getting my attributes the first thing I focused is in mastering this spell and all the technique related to it.

Luckily I have the blood and guidance of one of the strongest wind magic users in the east, my mother the Marchioness Kira Shen.

I have already mastered all the basic and some mid level techniques of this line and will continue until I completely mastered high level techniques as well but it may take several years.

I have just backed down when an another phantom bat flew out in our direction, are you deliberately letting them go Cecil?

"I'll handle this"

Elena declared and lifted her staff.

Her father also didn't stopped her instead he said something absurd.

"Elena, only two moves"

Elena also nodded like she was also thinking the same. Maybe she inherited her competitive attitude from her father?

As the bat comes closer, Elena casted wind slash as two blades made of winds are formed and goes towards the bat.

But instead from front direction, the blades approached the bat from right and left each.

Now the bat can only go backward or forward and it choose forward. The top of Elena's staff was already shining in black color, the bat also sensed the danger.

But before it could dodge, the wind slashes collided with each other behind it and disturbed its movements.

Meanwhile Elena made a forward motion as a small ball of black light is shot from it.

It was 'Shadow Ball' a dark attributed attack magic, such magic can be cast quickly like wind slash but are easily missed.

Here Elena show her talent as the shadow ball accurately hit the head of the phantom bat, killing it off in an instant.

Elena showed a smile which almost seems like saying 'don't underestimate me'.

I just chuckle at her attitude which is not exactly bad but still troublesome.

Just a minute later, two bats again fly in our direction. I can feel my father's eyes behind me almost like saying 'don't fall behind her'.

Alright, time to show something.

I held my magic staff and started making circular motion with its head. Almost like trying to draw a circle over and over.

I also cast Gale simultaneously, this is a trick to cast a mid level spell of 'Gale Line'.

Wind is gathered in a vortex like form, spinning rapidly making a vortex of wind.

This is the 'Wind Hurricane', a mid level spell which requires proper 'Simulation' to cast the spell and a good enough control to maintain it since it can easily get out of control.

Of course this is one of the spells I have mastered.

The hurricane is formed starting from the tip of my staff and as extended upward as it accurately catches the bats one by one. They got stuck in the hurricane losing the ability to move freely.

"H-how?"

Elena let out a surprised voice. She is not surprised by the magic but how I was able to accurately catch the bats with it.

As a fellow wind magic user she may already know what I did but not how I pulled it off.

"If you may, lady Elena"

Ignoring her surprise, I asked Elena to finish them off.

Elena nodded with an unsatisfied but serious look as she cast shadow ball ones again, but this time the dark energy on her staff was twice as much as before.

As soon as the hurricane disappeared leaving behind the confused bats falling down, two shadow balls were released from Elena's magic staff and accurately hit the bats.

What an amazing talent!

After regaining my previous life memories I started working hard on learning magic thanks to which I could learn this much.

But this girl no older than 8, can already use magic simultaneously and so accurately.

That's what you call a true prodigy.

The villainess talent is really scary!