Chapter 12: Protecting the Town

As the bandit was good at body strengthening magic, his physique was superior and he managed to get close to the old woman after using the tentacle attack

The man slashed his sword downwards intending to cut his enemy in half but Adah just controlled the sands to move her body

After that, a sand golem formed from the sands that Adah was standing on. The man was about to attack Adah again but she just moved the sands around him to buy her some time

Adah uses her left hand to slow down her enemy while her right hand went to touch the golem below her. As soon as she did that, a layer of glass immediately spread from the part she was touching the golem

"[Mirror Magic: Glass Golem!]" Soon, the sand golem turned into a glass golem and its body immediately glowed with a blinding light

"This bitch!" The gang elder cursed before stabbing his sword to the ground. A layer of the hardened sand rose to make a wall and he can only hope that it was enough to protect him

Adah controlled the golem and it fired a concentrated beam of light to her enemy

As soon as the light beam met the sand wall, the latter was immediately penetrated. Seeing this, the elder can only place his sword in front of him as the last sort of protection he can use

The light beam threw the elder's body away and he hits several of his men in a row because of the impact

Granny still has some strength even after that and several beams of light were shot from the golem's body to attack the group of bandits

More blood dyed the ground, one single beam was enough to kill both humans and scorpion

The bandits entered the town in such a high-end fashion yet they were being defeated by Granny and her team easily

After killing that much enemy, the glass golem crumbled into multiples pieces and Adah kneeled down the ground while gasping for breath

She didn't think that doing just that was already enough to push her this much

Kira used the sands around and slide her body towards Adah's position. As soon as she reached the old woman, white light covered her palms that she uses to treat the woman's fatigue

"Grandma, you are pushing yourself too hard" Kira said with a bit of a complaining tone. "D-don't mind m-me" Adah replied causing the younger woman to shake her head

Soon, the bandits were all killed and the town was safe again. The townsmen even felt that their fear was unnecessary as their 'protectors' easily killed the enemies

However, to everyone's surprise, a black miasma suddenly appeared from where the elder was

The man slowly stood up from the ground while his skin started to rot and turn black in color. In his hand was a syringe that still contained some droplets of black liquids

"Be careful, he took some potions. We don't know its effects" Adah warned everyone and they all raised their guards again

As mages focused on learning about the truths of the world, they will conduct many experiments on things that they desired. Most of their research was for something that can increase their power though

After the elder's body completely rotted, another wave of black miasma spread around

Kira felt that she can't let that miasma shroud the whole place and she took one of the fruits of her own research. It was a vial with white liquid inside. On top of the vial was a wooden fork and she removed the lid

Soon, white fogs started diffusing into the air and some of the mages use wind magic to spread the white fog around them

The fog has purifying abilities and when the black miasma hits it, they canceled out each other

The bandit controlled the miasma coming out from him and they entered the dead bodies of his men

The hateful thing was that no one on Kira's side died even when all of his men were killed. This was credited to the mages' teamwork and skills

Their powers were mostly sealed but they still have their skills to make up for it. That is also one of the reasons why Adah pushed herself and finished the fight in the shortest time. She doesn't want anyone on her side to die as they cannot use their full power

The dead bodies rotted just like what happened to their elder before the corpses started moving. Their bodies are completely black now and their eyes were lifeless but they were moving in such a 'lively' way

"Tsk, he uses a potion that is very troublesome" Making, seeing, and fighting undead wasn't new to this world. A lot of mages delved into the study of death, they produced uncountable numbers of undead, both powerful and weak

The elder issued an inhuman sound before he made around ten balls of darkness around him. "Stinky woman! You forced me to turn myself into a lich!"

There are many potions in the world that can turn one into a lich and that caused a variety of liches to appear. Some lich can be composed of only bones and some don't even look that different from a human

Turning oneself into a lich have different purposes and ways but most of them have side effects like not being able to feel pleasure from sex again. That is one of the reasons why the elder was angered that he was forced to do this

The lich controlled the balls of darkness and they all have a single target, that is Adah. The old woman's expression darkened, if she was at her peak, she can easily kill the lich but her power was sealed and she's out of fuel now

"Leave things to me" Kira reassured her before she made balls of light around her

The balls that have opposite colors clashed and canceled each other. That signaled the start of the second round and the undead went to attack the humans

John jumped in the air while his blood seeped out from his pores again. "[Blood Magic: Blood Daggers!]" Two daggers were formed using those blood and John slashed it to an undead scorpion

Just like most zombie-like creatures, these undead doesn't feel any pain at all. John controlled the blood from the wound he made and his daggers experienced a change in color

From blood-red ones, the daggers instantly turned darker as the undead's blood is black in color. However, that wasn't much of a problem. In fact, with the dagger containing even more blood, its durability and power will increase

"[Boosting Magic: Speed ​​Boost!]" A few of the mages glowed with a bit of light before their speed increases

"[Beast Magic: Cat Transformation!]" Another one of the mages around had a transformation in her body. Her ears turned longer while her pupils dilated. Whiskers also formed in her cheeks and her teeth and nails grew sharper

The woman went on all fours and used her claws to attack. The speed provided by her transformation and the boost that was given to her made her speed extremely deadly

The undead are weaker than when they are alive and it would be easier to kill them. The only problem was their leader. With the mages' teamwork, they can kill him but they don't want to receive even just a single casualty

"[Dark Magic: Acid Rain]" the lich pointed his hand above Kira and small droplets of acids fell from it

Kira waved her hands and controlled the sands to make a 'sand umbrella' that shielded her and Adah from the 'rain'

After that, Kira counterattack and hold out her right hand. A bright blinding light shone from her hand and it causes the lich to close his eyes in irritation

A rapier appeared in Kira's hands and she rushed towards the lich causing her hair to flutter around because of the winds

However, as soon as he was blinded, the lich gave the undead an order to protect him. Thus, Kira was blocked by the undead she wasn't able to turn blind

A white light coated the woman's weapon and it pierced one of the undead's forehead. The rapier exited through the back of the undead's head and it fell to the ground as soon as Kira retrieved her weapon

With the undead changing their targets, this gave the other mages a chance to attack

Jeremy, the one that removed the slave bindings in the slaves that attacked the town before drew runes in the air using his mana

The man threw those runes in the area he judged the undead will step on. As soon as the undead's feet touch the rune, their bodies will immediately be locked on their places, unable to move for even just an inch

Some of the undead opened their mouths and fired black clouds at Kira. The woman slashed her rapier on those clouds and the white light in it destroyed the clouds

As the lich was still a bit clear-headed, he realized what kind of situation he was in. He dashed to one of the undead scorpions and hopped in its back to flee

However, Kira can't let that happen. The woman gracefully jumped in the air. That single leaped of her almost made her reach the enemy

Seeing the woman, the lich controlled the scorpion and have it spray poison to Kira. This time, it was Kira's feet that were covered with white light and her speed exploded that enabled her to dodge

"[Light Magic: Light Blades!]" Kira raised her rapier in the air and ten blades of light appeared. The blades targeted the lich that spread out another round of black miasmas

That causes Kira's vision to be blocked and her attack loses its target. At that time, the undead reached her again that made things harder

When the miasma disappeared, only the scorpion remained. The lich was nowhere to be seen

The lich abandoned the scorpion as its huge size will make it easy for anyone to notice him

Kira looked at the scorpion in disappointment before she killed it with her rapier

After the killing of the undead, the town was completely safe again. Aside from the injuries, no one of them died

As soon as Kira was back, Cairo immediately runs towards her. "W-what are the items you used before? I want to make things like those too!"

Cairo acted like he saw a toy for the first time and he looks at Kira in excitement. The fight was really blood boiling and Cairo's interest was also piqued by the magical items they use

Cairo likes everything that will help him become stronger. The lich uses a potion, Kira used one too. Cairo wants to learn how to make them!

Kira doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. The kid just witnessed such brutal fighting but he acts as if he wasn't bothered by it

In truth, Cairo was really scared earlier but that is the reason why he wants to learn to make similar things like what the lich uses. It would help him save his life!

Too bad that Kira's answer disappoints him. "All mages researched in various things and their research will often have a physical representation like potions. However, they can only do research when they already have enough basic knowledge. You still need to learn a lot of things before you can start researching. You don't even know all human body parts yet, doing research with your current state is only a waste of time "

Cairo was disappointed but he did not insist on what he wants. He knew to himself how severely lacking he is. Cairo needs to accumulate more knowledge first

Knowledge will give him access to a lot of things that will ensure his survival

"Don't worry, you'll be able to make your own research soon. You're smart and you only need time to learn more things" Cairo only nodded his head at that

As the townsmen are already saved by the mages, they want to help with the 'cleaning' or in other words, disposing of the dead bodies. Too bad that the mage didn't let them do that

The monsters might have already been dead but they are still emitting magic radiation from the magic that was used to them. It can negatively affect these non-mages people in many ways