Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Two minutes ago.

In the air, with the help of the Heart of Lava, Breken easily subdued Nister.

At this moment, the opponent's body was covered in lava, and no matter how much it struggled, the lava seemed to be stuck to it and could not be shaken off.

These are the elements of Brecken's modifications.

A few seconds later, the magma gradually solidified, turning into hard rock.

They held Niester's limbs firmly in place, and no matter how hard he struggled, he could not budge them an inch, as if he were frozen in mid-air.

"Phew... finally done."

Brecken glanced at the immobilized Niester, then slowly let out a sigh of relief.

"Then next, we need to hurry over to Lord Zoroark and the others."

After saying that, he removed the blessing of the Lava Heart from his body and returned to normal.

Every second after the Lava Heart is activated, it consumes magic power at an alarming rate. Therefore, when he is out in action, he must conserve his magic power at all times in case of any unexpected events.

"Whoosh—"

Immediately, Breken pulled a gleaming silver dagger from his storage bag and slowly flew it toward Nister.

This dagger is a tool used to dissect magical beasts; its blade is sharp enough to cut through the flesh and scales of a level one magical beast.

"What a pity...what a pity..."

He looked at the silent Nister with regret in his eyes.

"I really want to take over your business, but the situation is urgent right now."

With that, he reached out and pried open Niester's jaw, while simultaneously lowering his hand holding the dagger slightly, preparing to stab at the other's palate.

"call……"

But at that moment, a scorching heat quietly emerged from within Nister.

"Oh no!"

Upon seeing this, Brecken was immediately alarmed.

The corpse was wearing full heavy armor, with its head completely protected by a helmet from head to toe.

Therefore, he did not expect that the other party's mouth had even been modified.

Unfortunately, it was too late at that moment.

"Huuuuuu——!"

The next moment, a stream of gas condensed from fire elemental energy was spewed out of its mouth.

"ah--"

Brecken was caught off guard and his head was instantly covered by the gas.

The gas kept burning his eyelids and entered his ear canals, making a hissing sound.

Even as a fire wizard, he felt extremely uncomfortable.

"No! That's not good!"

However, he quickly realized what was happening and immediately reached out to stabilize the rock that was binding Nister, not giving him a chance to break free.

"Damn it! What is this thing?!"

Unbeknownst to Brecken, as he cleared the gas from his head, Nister, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly raised his head.

"..."

Suddenly, his cloudy eyes moved, as if a glimmer of life had returned.

Moreover, if you follow his gaze, you will find that:

At this moment, a transparent humanoid ripple is quietly emerging behind Brecken!

...Buzz.

...Mr. Poison Demon, please set off.

"Buzz—!"

As soon as Hughes's mental command came, Mr. Poison Demon immediately dispelled his invisibility spell.

In an instant, his arm suddenly turned into a blur, and the "Fang" he was holding was thrust out instantly!

"Whoosh—!"

The next moment, the dark green dagger pierced through Breken's neck and became deeply embedded in his throat.

"laugh--!"

At the same moment, the specially made venom on the dagger spread rapidly, covering Breken's entire body in the blink of an eye.

"Uh...tsk..."

Brecken only realized what was happening now, and a muffled sound of swallowing blood came from his throat.

He had just felt a blurry shadow flash past behind him, and then a sharp pain shot through his throat as a dagger pierced through him.

"Whoosh—!"

The next second, a dark, cold light suddenly flashed by.

"laugh--!"

It turned out that Mr. Poison Demon had delivered another blow, piercing the opponent's head with another "Black Fang".

With this, Brecken was completely dead.

Enveloped in the gas, his pupils rapidly dilated, and his eyes gradually lost their luster.

But his face was contorted with rage, as if he were silently cursing the murderer whose identity he would never know until his death.

"Swish! Swish!"

After confirming Breken's death, Mr. Poison took the dagger from the body.

"..."

At the same moment, Niester lowered his head again, the light in his eyes fading away.

Just now, it was Hughes who separated a wisp of his consciousness and attached it to Nister, so that he could observe the battle situation while issuing a kill order to the hidden Poison Demon.

Only then was the successful sneak attack completed.

In fact, Hughes had already summoned Mr. Poison Demon when the group of fireballs came from the sky.

He was summoned along with Nist and, while Nist protected Hughes, he activated an invisibility spell at Hughes's command and flew to a distant place.

Hughes knew that he was being attacked by more than one person, so he came up with this plan on the spot to avoid being outnumbered in the end.

The direction in which Breken was blasted away by the Ring of Resistance was naturally intentional on his part—the direction in which Mr. Poison Demon was hiding.

In this way, the opponent can fight alone against two modified corpses, one in the light and one in the dark.

Moreover, Hughes's purpose in setting up the slow-motion space was not only to divide the battlefield, but also to hide the invisible Poison Demon.

He initially hid Mr. Poison Demon in the sluggish space, causing his body to freeze.

Therefore, if Breken only senses the battlefield surrounded by the slow space and not the slow space itself, he will naturally not be able to detect the existence of Mr. Poison Demon.

Fortunately, this was indeed the case. It wasn't until he was disturbed by the gas emitted by Nister that Mr. Poison slowly broke free from the sluggish space and lurked behind him.

……

At this moment, on the ground.

"Whoosh!! Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Before Zoroark could even get a clear look at Brecken's miserable state, a series of sonic booms suddenly came from above.

Nystriker swooped down from the sky, wielding his greatsword and bringing it crashing down.

"boom!!"

The next moment, a loud bang exploded where the two were, instantly creating a large crater in the ground, with charred soil flying everywhere.

Fortunately, the two reacted quickly and dodged Nister's attack that came crashing down from the sky.

"Boom—crash!!"

But what followed was the collapse of the magma wall.

Without the two people maintaining it, the giant wall of magma was instantly shattered by the impact, and together with the remaining impact, it blasted towards the two people.

"Bang—!"

They were caught off guard and took another hit, which knocked Nister, who had just landed, to the ground.

"ah--!"

Zoroark was the first to cry out in pain.

Suddenly, several cracks appeared on the magma on his body.