Chapter 199 - How It Feels To Be The Loser (8)

"Oh my Lord! Thank you for answering my prayers!"

"We thank the esteemed Mage deeply from our heart for coming to save us!"

"May the Gods bestow an unending fortune to the benevolent Mage!"

Basil stared at the dramatically crying people in the cage, who were looking at him with eyes full of gratefulness, neutrally. There were exactly 99 people inside the cage, and all of their clothes were tainted in blood.

"You shall not celebrate too soon; I can't release you now. There are still many Monsters surrounding this place."

"Y-Yes, we are aware of the situation," answered one of the elderly civilians trapped inside the cage.

"Very well." Basil snorted coldly, and turned his back on the people. "Don't make too much noise. The louder you are, the bigger the urge the Monsters have to eat you."

It actually had nothing to do with the Demon's urge to eat humans—they ate whenever they wanted to, whether said prey made a loud noise or not—but the civilians knew nothing about it. Thus, all of them suppressed every sound that could possibly come out of their mouth.

"In deserts, even one's sweat is something that one may use to quench the thirst." Basil lightly smirked. "When desperate, people will do everything that can ensure their safety, no matter how stupid it is." He faintly shook his head in amusement.

Looking to his sides, Basil could see there were many Low Class Demons approaching him. The Low Class Demons remained unmoved; only some of them confronted Deacon and Iliana who were fighting like they had been partners for a long time already.

"Very well. Let's see how much I have grown."

Basil held his sword downward, and stabbed it to the ground. Nothing fancy happened, but it managed to startle the incoming Demons. Infusing his Mana to the Magic Circles on his heart, his surrounding air was immediately overwhelmed with his Mana.

Boom!

Four Magic Circles materialized themselves to the world. All of them were Ultimate Circles that were shining brightly in four different colors; each of them had been infused with Mana that was imbued with a different Element.

The red one was on fire, while the blue one had a ring of water surrounding it; the green one, other than shining intensely, had a couple of small gale surrounding it, while the brown one was covered with spiky earth.

Basil had done something that no one had ever tried before—using four different Elemental Magic at the same time—due to how difficult to control it. Of course, Basil's natural talent, his Mana Heart, and his Ultimate Circles played a big role in this matter.

The Low Class Demons, who were charging at Basil, now felt their instinct were screaming at them; they stopped in their track, but it lasted no longer than three seconds. Their indignation had made them ignorant toward the danger they knew was coming.

Basil didn't care with the stupid choice the Demons had made. He merely put his hand on the hilt of his sword that he had stabbed to the ground, and infused his Mana that was imbued with Earth Element to the sword.

His Fourth Circle—the one with the Earth Element—shone brightly, as the ground gradually rumbled. The Low Class Demons were well aware that an attack would come, but still none of them had any thought to stop in their track.

A Crawler was the closest Demon to Basil. It was a Low Class Demon that looked like a mole with the size of a mature tiger, and metal claws on its limbs.

Three steps away from Basil, the Crawler opened its mouth like a blooming flower, and two rows of teeth could be seen hiding below the layers of skin that had previously been protecting them. It was ready to gulp Basil's head in one go.

Despite of knowing there was a Demon that was ready to gulp his head right on his side, Basil remained unfazed; he didn't even look like he cared about it. Pushing his sword slightly deeper to the ground, he executed the Spell he was going to use against the Low Class Demons coming at him from his sides.

[Land Splitter]!

The rumbling briefly stopped, and a chaos started right after. Countless of earthen spikes emerged from the ground, skewering the Demons that were coming from Basil's left and right side, including the Crawler that was merely a step away from him.

Although Basil's Spell worked splendidly, there were still quite many of them survived. Of course, the Spell hadn't fully taken effect yet; it was still in the process of being perfectly executed.

When the survivors of the earthen spike were ready to move away from the spikes, the ground that was right below where the earthen spikes had emerged parted, creating a 5 meters wide and 3 meters deep trench that stretched over Basil's right and left side for 50 meters long.

The Demons helplessly fell to the trench due to their bewilderment at its sudden appearance, but other than that, they were pretty much fine. They had an awesome regeneration factor that allowed them to ignore their fractured bone that they got from the fall.

Then again, Basil didn't have any intention to stop his attack there. Raising his sword that had split the ground earlier, he infused his Mana that was imbued with Fire Element. His First Circle shone more intensely, as the fire covering it burned even brighter.

Pointing his sword to the trench in front of him, another Elemental Spell was executed.

[Purgatory]!

Nine red Magic Circles that were shining so intense it blinded one's vision appeared in the trench. The Demons trapped inside became even more alarmed as they could instinctively feel the suffering the Spell would bring them.

Burst!

Of course, they didn't have time to get out from the trench, as Basil's Spell took effect in a second; fire filled the trench making it look like a pond that was built on top of an oasis of fire. The Demons trapped inside were helplessly scorched, while screeching futilely.

The scene that was happening in front of Basil didn't only terrorize the other Low Class Demons, but also the Knights and Mages that were looking at it from afar. An anguish filled scream, and a raging fire—truly a scene befitting of a purgatory.

Still, Basil remained unfazed; he had seen humans being treated worse than that, and he had done worse things to the Demons in his past life. For him, the scene in front of him was nothing compared to the many things he had witnessed in the past.

Looking to his front, Basil could see another tens of Demons across the trench. They seemed ready to stupidly jump over the burning trench instead of taking a detour around the trench to reach him.

Pointing his sword at them, he infused his Mana that was imbued with Wind Element to it. His Third Circle shone brightly as a sphere of wind blades protected his entire existence.

"It would be great if I had Kusanagi with me..." Basil slightly shook his head upon remembering the destruction of Kusanagi. "Well, it can't be helped. If a human other than myself can destroy it easily, it's not a good weapon."

With a faint smirk, Basil utilized Wind Magic.

[Swipe]!

It was a Low Grade Wind Element Spell, but it became a fearsome Spell in Basil's hand. Unlike a normal [Wind Swipe], Basil's version had a wider attack range and was far more flammable.

Therefore when the wind was licked by the fire in the trench, another fire was immediately born. It looked like a burning wave of tsunami that was ready to sweep whoever in front of it.

It did just that; the stupid bunch of Demons that were standing in front of the burning trench in bewilderment were swept by the high speed wave of fire that Basil sent them. Just like the Demons in the trench, they were helplessly charred, along with the ground that the fire touched.

Cray, who was just 15 meters away from the burning crowd of Demons, couldn't help himself from exclaiming in amazement.

"Holy cow! That is amazing, Basil!"

Although he had seen much more flashy display, he didn't quite often witness someone could utilize their Spell as effective as Basil.

"Elementalist?! He is an Elementalist at such a young age?!"

"Ludicrous! How is he not burdened by the variety of Element he is infusing his Magic Circles with?!"

The other Mages, who only knew Basil for a day, were also bewildered. Although they had heard what kind of an abnormality someone named Basil was, they didn't expect him to be this abnormal.

Elementalist was a Mage that dedicated themself to master four main Elemental Spell—Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth—despite of having an Affinity of only one or two of them.

They made up their lack of Affinity by overwhelming their Magic Circles with Mana that was imbued with the Element they lacked the Affinity of. It was something that only a desperate Mage, whose progress was put to an end by an absolute bottleneck, did.

Despite how unrecommended this path of journey was, any Mage that paved this way had to be an extremely experienced and talented individual. Even so, not just all of them could utilize more than two Elemental Magic at once.

This is the reason why the students who were new to Basil's abnormality couldn't quite wrap their head around the fact that Basil had easily utilized three different Elemental Magic at the same time.

He looked even ready to utilize the fourth one!

Basil could see the bewilderment of his fellow students, and the amazement the Knights were showing him from afar with his eyes.

Instead of revelling in the admiration the people showed however, Basil controlled the wind around him, and used it to empower his voice.

"Those who are able, help me secure the hostage!"

"On my way!" Cray was the first one to respond.

Avoiding the Demons that were charging at him, he jumped to the air, and used Wind Magic to allow his body fly Basil's way.. He was eager to fight alongside Basil.