It was already midnight.
The black cloth on the God of Wind's statue should have been removed by now.
Marcus did not sleep. He had been playing outside with Nina.
He listened to the world's sounds and waited until it was time. He had already agreed with his senior mages that he would take a look at the God of Wind's statue after midnight.
Marcuse already arrived at the temple at the agreed time. Upon seeing that Nina was sleepy, Marcus asked the guards to bring Nina back to the backyard to sleep.
On the other hand, he excitedly opened the door.
Creak...
The temple's door opened.
The surroundings were filled with candles, lighting up the temple as if it was daytime. The strange thing was that there was no one inside.
"Do the guards not know anything?"
Marcus carefully entered the temple and began to check.
There was nothing unusual around.
Then, Marcus raised his head.
The black cloth on the God of Wind's statue had been removed, and the majestic and unyielding statue was reflected in Marcus's eyes.
"So majestic and handsome."
The magnificent God of Wind's statue stood in the middle of the temple as if it was its guardian.
Marcus looked at it and had some feelings welled up in his heart.
[Ding!]
[Your Wind Blade Spell has been automatically evolved to the wind-type forbidden spell, Wind God's Wrath because you have observed the God of Wind's statue!]
"Forbidden spell? Wind God's Wrath?"
Marcus was astonished. He did not expect that the Wind Blade Spell had comprehended a forbidden spell that was even stronger, surpassing profound.
Above magic spells were profound spells, and above those were forbidden spells. The power of each forbidden spell was not to be underestimated.
Bang, bang, bang.
A series of grunting sounds gradually approached from afar.
It was as if there was some kind of magic that attracted Marcus to look in that direction.
This kind of sound was like a rubber ball continuously hitting the ground.
"It's so late, and there are still people playing with a rubber ball?"
No, it might not be that simple.
Marcus's fatigue instantly disappeared, and he directly used the Nightmare Eye to look outside the temple.
A bloody head rolled down the gate!
"Heh..."
Marcus discovered that it was the head of one of the guards that had taken Nina to sleep. He walked out of the door with a gloomy face.
'No wonder it was so quiet. It turns out that someone sneaked in.'
"Brother..." A little girl with disheveled hair suddenly ran out of the backyard in a hurry. She grabbed Marcus's arm and said, "There's a fight in the backyard. It's very dangerous. Teacher Gauss asked me to tell you not to go."
Marcus looked closely.
'So it's Nina.'
'How could the trespassers in the backyard do such a thing in the Wind Temple?'
Nina hesitated for a moment and slowly said to Marcus, "Should we run... or save Teacher..."
"I'll save them. Nina, you hide first."
Marcus didn't think much and went straight to the backyard.
It was a chaotic battlefield. The guards' hacked corpses were scattered all over the place.
There were three people in the backyard.
Two old men and one young man were confronting each other.
One of the two old men sighed and said helplessly at the young bald man, "Randy, why are you doing this?"
"Why do you want to continue killing people? You got your revenge already."
"Hehe, why am I doing this?" Randy replied with a gloomy face.
"How did you treat me back then!? Two years ago, I wanted to take you two as my masters, but you rejected me! I just wanted to practice magic and avenge my parents, but you two said that I was too murderous and didn't deserve to be a mage!"
His face suddenly distorted as he continued to yell, "So what if you chased me out? Ain't I a high-level mage now?
"After that embarrassing incident, I vowed to make you realize what a stupid mistake it was to reject me back then!
"Now, it's time for you to pay and repent!"
Randy's entire body gave off an evil and loathsome aura as if he was a demon from hell.
"Hell and Heaven are only separated by a single thought."
The white-haired old man said, "The road to becoming stronger is extremely long, but you chose an extremely dangerous shortcut. If you let go of your obsession now, maybe there is still a chance to return to the right path."
"Cut the crap! You two couldn't even handle three of my moves and are already on the verge of death. Yet you want me to change my mind? Are you brain dead, old man?"
Randy laughed and suddenly released a fierce dark wind blade at them.
"How much magic power do you have left?"
"A little."
"Good!"
The two old men immediately used the Wind Wall Spell to block his attack.
Unfortunately, the wind wall was useless as the dark wind blade immediately shattered it.
The two old men gasped for breath and collapsed on the ground.
At that moment, they no longer had any magic power to continue fighting.
"Die!" Randy roared crazily.
"Stop!"
A loud voice resounded throughout the courtyard.
A green wind blade collided with the dark wind blade that was about to kill the old men immediately after.
After the two blades collided, they began to rotate and grind against each other before dissipating.
Randy turned around to look. He saw a young black-haired mage youth in a purple robe standing at the backyard door, staring at him.
"Marcus! Run! You're not his match!"
"He's almost at the sacred-mage realm!"
The two elders stood up and advised Marcus to leave.
"Hehe... So your name is Marcus. My name is Randy," Randy said slowly. "I'm very interested in you."
"Randy..." Marcus looked around and said to him, "Did you do all this?"
"Yes. Why, do you want to avenge them?"
"I came here to avenge them!"
Marcus used his Shadow Flash Spell and pounced at Randy.
Randy also used his magic and started to rush forward. "Then let's see if you have the ability!"
Their figures flashed as they attacked each other.
"Stop running!" shouted Randy. "Do you think I will let you find my weakness!?"
After saying that, he immediately chanted the black-magic Wind Ball Spell.
The huge black wind ball shot at Marcus.
Unexpectedly, the rapidly flying wind ball split in the air.
It split into two, two into four...
Soon, countless wind balls of all sizes containing black magic turned into wind arrows and attacked Marcus like a murder of crows!
"He turned the Wind Ball Spell into the Wind Arrow Rain Spell? He used a big move right away?"
Marcus did not think too much, nor did he back down. He gnashed his teeth and used all the magic in his body.
Then he let the wind engulf his entire body and felt its natural flow.
Although this was his first time using it, he was not flustered at all.
At that moment, the two old men spoke to each other.
"Don't you remember a spell that gathers the wind of nature toward the sky?"
"Are you talking about this forbidden spell—Wind God's Wrath!?"
Time was tight, and the black rain of arrows had already arrived in front of Marcus!
"Break for me!"
A gust of violent wind exploded from Marcus' body, and it swept up Randy's wind arrows.
In the next instant, Marcus released the wind-type forbidden spell he had comprehended!
"Wind God's Fury!"