<h4>Chapter 185: Left Hand (Part 2)</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    There were still two other evil spirits trapped within the giant shackles and they began to snarl at Saleen. Seeing that the current cutter had not dissipated, Saleen controlled it to enter into the eyes of another evil spirit.


    This time, Saleen acted quickly. Using the memory he had of earlier on, the current quickly churned within the skull and enveloped the entirety of the holy prose. Just as he was about to dissect the holy prose, it quickly reassembled and the outeryer of holy prose exploded violently, Saleen felt a heavy blow to his head and his control started to slow down. Over a dozen symbols took the opportunity to escape.


    The evil spirit’s skull exploded and ck juices sprayed all over the shackles in an incredibly disgusting disy


    Just as Saleen was considering changing his method to deal with the third evil spirit, the purple mes in the distance suddenly expanded and the temperature dropped even further. Saleen raised his head and saw a swordsman with arge figure appearing from the mes. He was decked in heavy armor and was carrying a sword de.


    A grand swordmaster!


    Saleen saw that the eyes of the swordmaster were still pitch ck. He knew that the ck deacon must have found out that he had been researching his secrets and was beginning to grow uneasy.


    Saleen had suspected from the start that even if these evil spirits were able to revive an infinite amount of times, against any professionals who were at the level of a swordmaster or above, they would be too weak. The ck deacon could not have used them to defeat everyone.


    If he and Lex persevered, with the number of scrolls they had with him,sting a month would not be a problem. It was possible that the ck deacon would not be able tost a month controlling the Book of the Fallen.


    A divine master had to eat as well and not everyone was like Lex who had arge number of daily necessities and rations with her.


    Saleen had a habit of doing this as well, but it might have been because he had been afraid of starving to death since he had been young. He would always keep some smoked meat or bread inside of his bag or demonic ring. Saleen wanted to make sure that no matter what environment he was in, he would not need to worry about food anymore.


    At the start, his reason for learning magic had been so that he would never have to worry about food ever again.


    As expected, the ck deacon was growing uneasy. He had not expected anyone to unveil the secrets within his holy weapon, and if Saleen continued, all the evil spirits would be destroyed sooner orter. Hence, he had no choice but to release the second form of the evil spirits.


    The second form of the evil spirits possessed powers that were simr to the ones they had possessed before they had died. This swordmaster had once been a bronze grand swordmaster with incredible battle techniques. Even though he had lost his vision, his senses had be more heightened and were simr to those of a mage of the same grade.


    In most situations, a mage could still fight without his vision. This swordmaster had such high focus that with the help of the purple mes, his senses had increased by more than ten times.


    Saleen saw the grand swordmaster walking over and said softly, “Nailisi, take him out quickly. When this one dies, it will not revive that easily. Otherwise, the ck deacon would have used them to surround us and would not have gone through all that trouble.”


    “Alright.” Nailisi walked towards the grand swordmaster. At the same time, the eyes of a fully constructed puppet turned red and activated as it followed behind her.


    “That’s a fully constructed puppet! It… it’s perfect.” Daniel had only realized now that the structure of the metal giant was not themon puppet magic that he was used to.


    Saleen had not heard what Daniel had said. He knew that their troubles were just beginning. If the ck deacon decided to surround them at the expense of all of his evil spirits, with more than eight hundred evil spirits at this grade, they were dead for sure.


    At this thought, Saleen looked at thest evil spirit in the shackles. It had begun to struggle and the parts that were locking down its limbs had started to shatter. Saleen raised his left hand and took in a deep breath. A dim green water ball appeared in his left hand, and since he had advanced, the two strange-looking water shields hadpletely changed their appearances. They no longer looked like water bubbles, but instead werepletely liquid.


    With a booming noise, the two water shields urately struck the face of the evil spirit before adhering to it and enveloping its entire skull.


    Kaboom…


    The evil spirit’s spine broke, and the skull which was covered by the water shields fell to the ground before bouncing back up.


    Saleen extended his hand and the water shields flew back to him as he hesitantly looked at the evil spirit’s skull. Nailisi had already charged forward with the fully constructed puppet. Its axe was almost as long as a sword de, but was much heavier. The sword de of the grand swordmasternded squarely on the fully constructed puppet’s chest. Had he been a living human, he would not have been this dumb.


    The fully constructed puppet did not care about the grand swordmaster’s attack at all. It swung its axe and smashed it directly into the chest of the grand swordmaster.


    The sword de had been stabbed in at least half a foot. The swordmaster had likely been incredibly powerful when he was still alive. If he had not been facing a puppet made entirely of metal, this stab would have been enough to break any shield from a low-grade mage. Even a grade-4 magecking ice te armor would have been killed within seconds.


    The fully constructed puppet’s axe pierced directly into the swordmaster’s chest, and with a push, his entire chest came copsing down, having been cut into two halves by the axe. Nailisi jumped up and grabbed the swordmaster by its head, giving it a tug, and the entire head together with the metal helmet came off. She was afraid that it was still not dead and with a press, ck juices spilled out from the gaps within the helmet. The entire head had been crushed by her.


    The grand swordmaster’s hands were still pushing forward and he had lost his bnce by then. With a st, the entire head of the sword de broke. The fully constructed puppet took a step forward, and bringing its axe down, chopped the body of the swordmaster into pieces.


    Seeing this, Saleen did not feel relieved at all. The grand swordmaster was too powerful and a single strike to the fully constructed puppet had nearly broken its outer shell. Moreover, it could still battle even though its body was chopped into two halves. Things like this posed a serious threat to mages.


    Saleen had always been curious about his left hand but he had no time to contemte it now. Even if this had something to do with the Myers Goddess, he could only brace himself for the time being. He picked up the head of the evil spirit which was enveloped in the water shield and shoved his left hand inside.


    Saleen’s left hand passed through the skull and grabbed onto the holy prose. The holy prose could not fight back under Saleen’s left hand and lost the energy that it had exhibited before.


    Saleen could clearly sense the life energy within his left hand. It was so overwhelming that he did not dare ept it. If a person wanted something, they needed to pay something of a simr price. Saleen was afraid that this was a trap by the gods, but if he did not find a way to deal with the evil spirits quickly right now, hundreds of swordmaster-like evil spirits would hack all of them into pieces.


    A person about to die of thirst would not care if the alcohol was poisoned.


    With a swooshing sound, a purple chill shed past the mes and went towards Saleen’s throat. If it had not been for the fact that this weapon had been moving too quickly and the sound could not be masked, Saleen would not have realized that he had been ambushed.


    From his left hand, the second water shield emerged. Sika threw her boomerang at the same time and knocked the oing weapon onto the ground.


    Assassins!


    The ck deacon had restored the abilities of the evil spirits. Saleen was able to kill the evil spirits, but if the first form was used, the ck deacon would be in big trouble.


    “Mage, no matter how strong you are, you are but a grade-4 mage. Do you really think you are a match for my hunters of hell?” The ck deacon’s voice resounded again and Saleen keenly located him.


    No wonder the ck deacon had been unwilling to attack in this manner. Doing so would expose him.


    Saleen saw that the purple mes between him and the ck deacon had evil spirits reviving continuously within them. This time, they were no longer crawling on the ground but were all standing upright. All of them were holding onto weapons they had been skilled at when they were still alive, and among them were three mages.


    “Lex, it’s up to you,” Saleen shouted. If he could find the ck deacon’s location, so could Lex. Lex had nine fully constructed puppets with her and they would be enough to withstand the attacks from the swordsmen. With her abilities, she could defeat the ck deacon as well. As for himself…


    Nailisi retreated. Sika stood nervously beside Saleen. The assassin earlier had only thrown a dagger before disappearing into thin air.


    Daniel could not be bothered with the injuries of the winged skeleton anymore and he released it from his death mes, having it fly about in the air.


    Saleen’s hand trembled and the skull within the water shield fell to the ground. The two clear water spheres returned to Saleen’s side, ready to defend against any further attacks from the assassin. At the same time, he activated his fully constructed puppet. He no longer needed to save his magic nuclei. This battle would be hisst. If they lost here, there would be no point to holding on to any magic nuclei.


    “Daniel, don’t be nervous. Even if we die, I won’t let the Holy See get anything.”


    Danielughed. He was not afraid of dying, but rather, he was a little regretful. If he had known this day wasing, he would have researched some recipes for poisonous magic and thrown it into any church in order to get some money back. Now, he had lost his family and had not earned anything. He was not content with dying in this ce.


    “Mages, before you all die, could you tell me your names?” The ck deacon hade to terms with the situation. Now that his men had died, he could not shun his responsibilities. If he saved his evil spirits and was not able to capture a few of them to bring back, even the grand cardinal would not be able to save him.


    Saleen looked at his clean white left hand and sputtered, not answering the ck deacon’s question.


    A mage’s beliefs were even purer than those of a holy master. Despite things having reached this stage, the ck deacon was still thinking of shaking his soul. He was starting to lose ground and was no longer confident of winning this fight.


    Although Saleen had no idea where Lex was, he knew that so long as she managed to find the ck deacon, there would only be one oue: The ck deacon would be tortured by Lex until he died. Lex still had a level-7 scroll with her, and if even that could not kill a deacon, her title as a grade-6 mage would be an utter joke.