Earth's Greatest Magus

Cracckkkk!!!

In the direction where the two gazed, the sound of thick glass cracking could be heard along the heavy tremors. Dull, yet chaotic bangs of rushed footsteps soon followed, bringing a terrible premonition in Emery's heart.

The vibrations from the gravity spells seemed to be exactly what the captives needed to break the reinforced glass.

Although it was still able to hold the inmates, the damage on its surface was gradually becoming more and more apparent.

Baaammm! Baammm!

More than 50 magus-level inmates were contained behind the reinforced glass within the Level 4 prison alone and, at this moment, not one of them was slacking as they raced forward to take advantage of the forming cracks.

Loud, heavy bangs continued to echo throughout the entire dungeon.

Baaammm! Baammm!

In just a matter of seconds, one of the cells was finally broken through.

A large, three-meter full-moon magus with overwhelming strength stepped out of the cell, his expression full of mirth as he trampled on the large broken glass shards on the ground.

"Arrghh! I'm finally free!"

He immediately dashed toward the stairs without a care for the rest of the inmates, but the grin on his face quickly turned dark when two academy magus guards at the half-moon stage surrounded him.

"Get the fuck out of my way!"

At the same time, the sound of reinforced glass crashing and falling continued to come from behind as more of the inmates broke free from their cells. Before the two academy magus guards could even begin to subdue the three-meter full-moon magus, several magus-level inmates had joined the battle.

With the inmates no longer being suppressed by the reinforced glass, multiple powerful tier 5 and 6 spells were fired simultaneously, causing the dungeon to rumble even more as the tremors became even heavier.

The situation was breaking out of their control too quickly.

Whilst simultaneously trying to get the situation under control, Headmaster Delbrand hurriedly shouted toward Emery, "Get away from here!"

Emery immediately moved. As unwilling as he was to leave the headmaster in such peril, he was aware this was not a fight he could join or help with. Moreover, there was a chance he might become an unnecessary burden to the headmaster.

[Spatial Gate]

A distortion in space was soon formed. However, when Emery use his spirit reading, tried to lock onto the level above, a forceful vibration in space interrupted his focus straight away.

From behind him, the familiar voice of Magus Cassian reached Emery's ears.

"You are not going anywhere, Junior."

In a short span Emery's attempt to escape was shut down by the magus's gravity spell, while more glass cells continued to be broken.

With more inmates breaking free and no apparent solution to escape, Emery hurriedly used his [Immortal Gate] and cast [Twilight Transformation].

However, before Emery could do anything, he noticed the usually-calm headmaster currently had an irritated expression on his face. Without hesitation, the headmaster moved to cast his smoke-like spell and added it with a wind spell, causing the smoke to rapidly spread throughout the hallway.

The white smoke swiftly entangled all the escaped inmates and held them down, restraining their movements as the headmaster's voice resounded throughout the floor.

"Take another step out of the cell and you will regret it."

Following Headmaster Delbrand's words, screams and the sound of broken bones loudly echoed in the hallway. Not even a second after, sound of despair echoed again as the inmates' feet were mercilessly crushed into a burst of blood, sending chills down everyone's spine.

As the headmaster's cold gaze scanned everyone present, the inmates could feel their feet going numb.

It was a show of power, a warning toward the other inmates. With that one move, Headmaster Delbrand was able to stop the other inmates from breaking out.

After giving the inmates another warning gaze, the headmaster hovered in a cloud of smoke before turning back toward the gravity magus. With the white smoke surrounding his body, the headmaster broke the glass in front of him before speaking to the magus.

"I can't contact the academy… This is also your doing, isn't it."

Despite Headmaster Delbrand's questioning words, his tone made it clear he was certain.

From the looks of it, the headmaster believed something was currently happening at the academy. It was no wonder he was so rattled.

At the same time, a cloud of white smoke began to envelop the gravity magus's body. As the headmaster looked down into his eyes, Cassian Newt could feel his breathing become stagnant.

He involuntarily averted his gaze down and spoke with a slight tremble in his voice, "My apologies, Headmaster, please calm down. I will tell you everything."

Hearing this, the headmaster's gaze became sharper. With a simple gesture of his finger, the white smoke moved around the magus's right arm and broke it.

"Aaaarrghh!!! No, no… You are the headmaster of the academy… you cannot do this…"

Cassian Newt looked up to plead, only to meet Headmaster Delbrand's cold and sharp gaze.

"I am not Altus."

Cracckkkk!!!

Another sound of bones being crushed was immediately followed by the magus's scream. This time, his right arm was crushed into an unrecognizable clump of red mush.

"Tell me about your plan. Release Altus and pray that he will be the one to judge your crimes and not me."

If Emery was previously stunned by Headmaster Delbrand's power during the Nexus mission, he was now stunned by his ruthlessness. In such a short time, he made the magus who previously looked down on him tremble in absolute fear.

The headmaster gestured with his finger once again, this time the white smoke closed in on Cassian Newt's neck.

"Last chance."

Those words were said with complete disregard for the magus's life.

"Please, please don't kill me, I was only following my master's wishes please…"

Unfortunately, just when the magus was finally ready to talk, another powerful tremor shook the dungeon, this time from down below. At the same time, multiple magus inmates seized the opportunity to cast their spells. Some tried to attack the headmaster, while others tried to run away.

Amid the chaos, Emery suddenly felt a figure sneak up on him from the shadows. He swiftly moved away to dodge, but the figure still managed to stick behind him like his own shadow.

[Repulsion]

He cast a spell to push the figure away, but even his gravity magic was unable to hold it down, the figure was like a ghost.

As he just pulled his sword out, Emery was instantly slashed from behind. Looking down, it was a long, sharp finger claw.

It brought an extremely cold sharp pain, but that wasn't all. As the claws stayed stabbed in his body, he could feel his energy rapidly getting drained.

Behind him, Emery saw it was the man who was caught with Magus Cassian, a certain widely-known magus of the Dark Institute. Not only was the man a half-moon magus, but he also had a terrifying mastery of the Law of Shadows.

Upon meeting Emery's glare, the man laughed maniacally before vanishing into thin air.

At that moment, Emery felt energy rush toward him from behind. He turned and swung his sword to strike, but panicked when he saw the incoming figure.

It was not the previous magus, but Annara.

He hurriedly pulled back his swing, only to receive a head-on attack spell from the red-haired girl. A loud screeching noise stabbed his ears and caused his head to severely ache.

The next thing he knew, Emery felt a sharp pain in his neck as the girl use her [Vampiric Bite] on him.

At the same time, the shadow magus reappeared and once again pierced him with his claws, draining his spirit energy away.

With the two's combined attacks, The weakened Emery was quickly restrained.