Chapter 73

Despite not being so actively engaged in battles over their career as a mage it didn't mean that they were a complete novice. They didn't actively practice battles with their peers but still had once a week mock battle practice in order to not get their skills rusted. This was the case for all members of sphinx except those who were in security corps who were employed by the sect to protect the sect from intruders.

The two mages who accompanied Roger had a good understanding with each other as well as with Roger. knowing that they could not avoid being injured in this battle the two mages downed their potion bottle which enhanced their spiritual energy or mental energy which had taken a huge hit when their spell backfired.

Knowing that their enemy would most likely use the same strange attack to make their spell backfire, the mages made a plan to not attack the enemy but cast a wide range spell which would help create the perfect environment for their boss's spell.

With just an eye contact both spread their hands and insta-casted a Rank 1 spell which was very effective in a battle against large number. Though this shouldn't cause much trouble to their enemy it would create the perfect environment for subsequent spells to be casted.

With the rapid reduction in their mental energy, mist rapidly covered the entire area covering everyone's sight while marsh rose from land creating swamp and and weird plants from it.

This was a wide range attack spell which mages generally casted to deal with large number of warriors. Though this would be a great spell to slaughter warriors and knights it was not the same for mages. Though the mages would have to float to avoid the marsh it would have little to no effect on them as they have mana sense skill which allowed them to sense objects even without their sight. However there was a huge trap to this deadly mist spell which these two mages had created unknown to Luther.

'Are they for real. They used Deadly mist against a mage. Even then they screwed it up big time' thought Luther as he saw the mist did not help in blocking his eye sight. The mist was barely visible and most were dense around the marsh and focused towards the ground rather than at the top. 'Are these Rank 2 mages man control that bad? ' thought Luther.

Just as Luther was about to extend his mental energy to check underneath the mist in case trap hid in the marsh he felt a huge mana fluctuation from behind the two mages. Knowing that his opponent had readied the spell Luther no longer hesitated and quickly extended his psyche attacks and instantly made the two Rank 2 mages fall down.

Their bodies rapidly fell into the mist and disappeared from Luther's line of sight. Looking at the opponent who had collected huge amount of elemental energy Luther was curious as to what attack would he recieve. Facing a Rank 3 spell did not intimidate Luther as he had faced it n number of times in his life both during mock battles as well as during actual battles.

With his adrenaline pumping Luther had a crazed smile while looking at his opponent as if he was taunting him to give his best shot. Unlike the huge amount of elements which Luther identified to be lightning was formed by Roger, Luther was suddenly attacked by a bunch of vines as his legs, arms and body was wrapped instantly by dozens making him immobile.

'Eh! so that's what the mist hid. But this is far from hurting me. I'll use fire spell to destroy this bunch of vines and finish my opponent before he has chance to try any more of his tricks' thought Luther and just as he was about toto use flame as a means to destroy the vine but froze for a second.

'Wait a minute. Since these vines extended from a marsh it's most likely marsh vines and it has a rudimentary level of resistance to fire. There might be a chance that normal Rank 1 fire spell not having much effect to this vine'.

Knowing that he almost used the wrong spell to counter the attack Luther was no longer as lax as before. 'Though they might not have much experience, they are still from a mage sect. I'll use the best of my ability to kill them'.

With a thought the area around Luther was filled with elemental fluctuations as he for the first time was about to speak in the mysterious tongue and use a Rank 3 spell. However it was still too late. With prior preparations made by Roger he extended both his arms towards the sky and massive amount of dark clouds covered the sky and lightning began to form at a rapid pace.

Luther's face changed and he quickly tried to get away from the vines and found that the more he cut using wind elements the more it grew and tied him. Luther's mind quickly formed with the two Rank 2 mages. 'Those fuckers are still alive!!'.

Yes it was the work of those two Rank 2 mages who had fell into the mist. Being the person who controlled the spell, the marsh, weird plants and vines did not do anything to them. Seated on a weird plant they continued to supply the vines with their remaining mental energy in a bod to hold Luther at his place.

The lightning weaved into a huge dragon in skeleton shape and it rapidly descended towards Luther. This was the most powerful spell which Roger had created and it's power created a suffocation for everyone in the outskirts of Arcadia city. At a distance of 15 kms the shadow who was hidden with his elemental energy constrained to avoid the opponent's sense Voight watched this scene while feeling it's power radiating even to his place.

'Chain dragon lightning. I had heard of this spell from my seniors that someone from the inner members of the sphinx was capable of creating a very powerful lightning spell by that name. To think it was Roger. Well this fight had just gotten interesting. I will continue to observe this fight and be ready to escape' thought Voight.

Luther who was the person on whom this spell was casted for faced the full might of this spell. His face turned pale as he watched a huge ass skeleton dragon made out of lightning descend towards him. If this spell touched him then he would be reduced to ashes without a doubt. 'Tch, here I thought that I would be able to fight this group without having to use my scrolls. Well it isn't really easy to fight against a Rank 3 mage. If it was him alone I would have slaughtered him long back but he had two ants covering him. It doesn't matter I have gained more experience in this fight and will look to improve my techniques more' thought Luther as he extended his hand inside his robe and pulled out a scroll.

Just as Roger thought he had won he saw Luther's abnormally calm face as he pulled out a scroll and sent his mana in.

The scroll lit up and in an instant Luther disappeared from the scene making the spell which Roger had spent his entire mental energy to use go to waste. The spell descended into the marsh and blasted everything within the scene including the two Rank 2 mages who froze when they saw their vines which a few moments before covering the body of Luther empty.

Appearing on a different position Luther calmly extended his hand and hundreds of wind blades formed and shred apart the now energy sapped body of Roger who had a terrified look on his face.

Looking at the scroll wasted Luther knew he would have to ask his master to create a new spatial teleportation spell after he returned.

Looking around the scene of destruction Luther extended a sigh of relief and went back into the snake palace to do preparations to bring Lux's men to water palace and take over all Crown prince Voight's assets.

Meanwhile after seeing Roger lose, Voight escaped at a high speed while still maintaing his mana in a calm position to avoid any unnecessary fluctuations which could signal Luther. Though he felt his heart break he was decisive in leaving his position as the crown prince and escaped towards the pre prepared exit route. He neither cared about Cornelia who was coming to marry him nor did he care about the position he would be losing.

This attitude was what set him apart from his incompetent brother. Though his brother would now ascend to the throne he would never be able to truly rule the Arcadia kingdom. He would only be a puppet and all types of people will pull a string extended to them to make his brother dance to their tunes.

With his brother's attitude and charector it wouldn't be long before a cout starts within the kingdom and that is when I'll take my revenge. This time I'll prepare from the shadows whole slowly increasing my strength and allies in the dark. Because I was in the light all my preparations and powers were known to my enemies. I'll no longer make such mistakes.

In this bright day Voight Arcadia made his vow to enact his revenge. Till then! Voight changed his face and disappeared into the shadows.