Ethel

"This girl never ceases to amaze me…" Zinon murmured with his eyes closed.

He was currently sitting while he was holding the necromancy bracelet. She only had to inject a little of her mana into her and she could share the senses with any of the junior subordinates. Although he couldn't control them, he needed a skill for that.

She is watching Kayla's epic battle, in which the girl seemed to be dancing in the middle of her enemies. The way she fought was magical, there was something about her that cast a spell on people.

The way Kayla always moved was just perfect. There was always a reason behind a step of hers, whether it was to dodge an attack or initiate an attack herself.

"It's like she can see everything from the sky…" Zinon murmured as her vision darkened. The junior subordinate she was sharing senses with had died.

I should let her handle this alone...she's going to gain a lot of levels thanks to this. Zinon smiled and stood up.

"Though wow, I didn't know that the sword they gave me had an enchantment with purification power…" Zinon shook his head. Those things were quite useful when lesser knights faced enemies with corrupted energies.

That was also the reason why Kayla was able to so easily cut down enemies that surpassed her by several levels. Fue una suerte que ella le diera esa espada porque de lo contrario, Kayla podría no vivir para contarlo...

"Though putting that aside, that bastard tricked me like I was stupid…" Zinon muttered resentfully.

His hatred for Derick had reached incredible levels. Few people still alive had played with her this way and she would make sure that number was reduced.

Zinon sighed and stood up, swearing that one day he would kill him. But suddenly, his vision was blinded by a strong light and when he regained his vision, he found himself in a completely white space.

"That...?" Zinon looked around her, alert. But her eyes widened in disbelief when she saw the person in the center of the white space, no, this place had no center, but the presence of that person made it seem that wherever she went, it would be the center of the place.

A human, with gray hair but a young face, saw her with a smile.

Zinon hurriedly knelt down and touched her head to the ground the moment she realized who the person in front of her was. Although she was rebellious, she knew when to show respect.

"M-messenger Cina... what brings you here?" Zinon asked nervously, she couldn't stop her voice from shaking.

But she couldn't be blamed! This woman in front of her was one of the people under Saint Larisa, the ear of the Goddess!

According to what she had heard, she had more than five thousand years of life and her level was around six hundred! Instead, she was struggling to reach level four hundred!

The power difference was too overwhelming!

"...You can stand up, our Goddess has taught us that regardless of the difference in strength, each person deserves to maintain their dignity."

Zinon nodded and stood up slowly, cold sweat running down her back. She had no idea why such a powerful person had appeared in her mind...

I hope she has nothing to do with breaking the seal... Zinon crossed his fingers.

"Don't worry... all that happened because you followed your orders, you did well..." The voice of the messenger Cina echoed in the blank space.

Zinon's eyes widened. She hadn't noticed her before, but Cina had kept her eyes and mouth closed. How can she talk and more importantly, can she read minds?!

"...That's not important now." Cina's voice began to sound exasperated, causing Zinon to tremble. "I came here to inform you that you had been given yet another mission and that I will remove the seal from you so that you can perform at your maximum capacity."

Zinon was paralyzed. She hadn't expected to be given another mission so quickly. But more than anything, she was surprised that the seal was removed. What he had done to have a seal placed on him had been no small thing and to have it removed for a mission...

"This... this is going to be hard, isn't it?" Zinon asked tiredly.

"... Possibly." The messenger Cina smiled a little. His normally lazy voice took on an amused tone.

She...she just made fun of my misfortune?! Zinon's mind stopped working for a moment.

"... you are imagining things" Cina denied the accusations and moved on to the main topic. "Anyway, your new mission is to reinforce a group that is being attacked by the legion of the living dead of the church of life."

"Currently the group of six is being attacked by ten undead and the most important person is escaping separately while some weaker undead chase her, although she seems to remain stable. Your mission is to support those left behind and make sure they don't lose."

Zinon's mind was bombarded with information. She had a headache when she understood everything. She believed that she would finally be able to rest, but now she would have another big battle...

"…oh, right, the person who is escaping is heading towards the location of the girl from another world, you will most likely want to hurry if you want to guarantee her safety."

With those last words tinged with laziness, the entire blank space exploded, leaving Zinon stunned.

"...Shit!" Zinon wanted to cry. So much she did to protect Kayla only for the girl to be in danger again.

Helpless, Zinon sadly stood up as he felt new information appear in his head and his power restored in seconds.

Zinon closed and clenched her fists as she felt amazed. She had always found it incredible how the people of the messenger pack could pass information over great distances, not to mention her divine ability to send reinforcements or energy from the other side of the continent.

Zinon, with his original stats and abilities, ran through the forest at high speed. According to the information that the messenger Cina had passed to her, the place where the group she had to protect was only a few minutes away at her maximum speed.

...

"Ha… ha… Sword Dance!"

A circle made of small icy blue letters and symbols appeared in the air. As if responding to a call, several swords exquisitely carved from ice emerged from the magic circle before flying in different directions.

The six swords followed a strange rhythm, flying around a girl with bright gray, almost silver hair, protecting her from the incoming attacks.

One of the ice swords blocked a spear made of shadows that flew in its direction, exploding into small pieces of ice that flew towards the attacker, slightly injuring him.

His pursuer, a man dressed in an all-black suit, retreated, but his companions advanced in his place. These two people, dressed in the same black suit, attacked her at the same time. One with a fireball and the other advanced towards her with his sword raised.

The girl didn't even turn her head as she controlled two swords to intercept the attacks. A sword collided with the fireball, causing an explosion of smoke. While the other tried to impale the swordsman's leg, but he blocked it. Although the ice fragments made some cuts on her leg.

Shit! Why does this have to happen to me?! Ethel complained angrily.

No one was supposed to find out about his escape and he could finally escape from that damn empire full of lunatics!

Everything was going well, her escorts did their job and the trip went smoothly! But those sinister men who seemed to be clones just had to appear and attack them!

Although Ethel complained, she continued running with determination. The words her parents said to her when they separated still echoed vividly in her mind.

Her father, a thin but fit man with gray hair, stroked her head as they exchanged glances with the pair of gray eyes she had inherited from him.

"Daughter... although I hate to ask you to abandon your life here, I have no choice... I can't let those bastards discover you. So please be a strong girl and wait for the day we come looking for you." Her father, a man who always had an icy expression, shed some tears.

As for her mother, she hugged her tightly and gave her encouragement, advice, and all kinds of things that she, as her mother, would have to tell her but that she probably couldn't now.

"…daughter, I am very sorry that I cannot be with you in your next stage of life…but this is the best for you or well, it is the best we can do for you…" her mother, a better woman with shiny gray hair like of her and blue eyes, smiled at her with tears in the eyes.

Even though she was teary-eyed that day, Ethel promised herself that she would be strong. She wasn't the only one who was suffering!

After that, Ethel had to embark on a journey with five bodyguards in an attempt to leave the continent. They traveled for two months, during which she experienced many things.

For example, she, who had not surpassed level 27 for years because she had first focused on training her special physique, finally rose to level 49, just a few steps away from experiencing her first-class promotion.

It had been a long time since I had experienced the feeling of leveling up and I had to admit that it was the most addictive thing I had ever experienced.

She also got very close to her guards, who would accompany her on her trip and stay in the Sloffizia empire. That was also an important point in the reason behind her trip. Although he didn't know how, his parents had made some deals with the Unity Church, the largest church in the empire, and managed to get him permission to stay there for many years and even attend the best academy in the empire.

But their happy and exciting journey soon came to an end when a few hours ago, several figures appeared around them without warning, attacking them.

She and her men were barely able to defend themselves from the surprise attack, at the cost of the arm of one of her bodyguards. Tears filled Ethel's eyes when she saw that, but having practiced countless times what to do in this situation and knowing that it would only be a hindrance, she ran without looking back.

The guards looked at her and smiled, assuring her that everything would be okay. So he could only nod his head forcefully and trust his bodyguards. But it's not long before she faces her own difficulties.

Without warning, several figures appeared and surrounded her, planning to knock her out quickly. But they didn't expect that she didn't hesitate for a second and unleashed a powerful ice spell that she had been guarding for a long time, killing two of the five attackers.

And that's how he found himself in this situation with no solution in sight...

This seriously sucks... those guys must be level 70 at least! How the hell am I supposed to beat three guys with twenty levels above me!!

Although no matter how much she complained, she knew she had no choice but to fight. So she used her fourth sword and intercepted a shadow projectile flying towards her direction and used the debris to deflect a fireball.

However, what Ethel did not expect was for the man with a sword to suddenly jump at inhuman speed towards her. The man's sword, which was high in the air, swung downwards forcefully.

"Shit-!" Ethel screamed and raised her hands. His dull gray eyes glowed a mystical blue for an instant before returning to their original color.

And without any spell, a dull gray ice shield appeared before her, protecting her. The sword collided with the shield, and surprisingly, the ice shield did not suffer any scratches!

However, Ethel's face was pale. She had spent quite a bit of mana creating that shield with her innate ability. Although the man was worse. The man was left in the air for a few seconds due to the powerful rebound of his sword colliding with the shield and Ethel did not waste that opportunity.

The last two ice swords he had left flew quickly towards the man's neck and heart, killing him instantly!

[You have killed a human Lv 62]

[+15000 experience]

[+7000 experience for killing a higher level enemy]

Ether did not pay attention to the notifications and followed her race while they chased her.

But she knew it wouldn't last long. She had never been a big fan of exercise and her physical condition was terrible.

But amid that exhaustion, she was able to hear something. The sound of a sword clashing against something hard. But the sounds of fighting did not stop. Without much thought, she ran towards the source of the noise.

As she passed the tall bushes that blocked her view, she was stunned by the sight before her. An epic battle was taking place before her eyes.

A five-meter-tall bear roared at the sky, showing its dominance before charging towards a black-haired girl covered in wounds.

The girl was small, very small, but despite that, she looked the bear in the eyes without fear.

He ran towards the bear, ignoring his cut and bruised body as if the bear should be afraid of him.

Ethel looked dazedly at the scene in front of her. Thanks to her high mana perception, she could have an approximation of people's strengths. And she could feel that the bear could cause trouble even for her.

As for the girl...

Why do I feel like he hasn't even woken up his class?!