Chapter 6: (5/8)

"The last time I casted this spell was more than twelve thousand years ago. You should feel honored that I used it again today to kill you."

"Thank you, I'm very honored. This is the first time I saw an actual dragon created from a magic spell."

"I took the idea from the [Earthen Hawk] spell to create this [Earthen Dragon]. Remember I told you that I have created unique spells to fight against Wind Magic? This is just one of them."

"How can this Dragon fight against Wind Magic? Oh, I see. You meant it could fly and my [Wind Walk] won't be able to avoid it."

"No, it is more than that. You will find out soon."

The Earthen Dragon flew toward and attacked Etgar and his clones using its jaws. Etgar casted [Gravity Manipulation] and expected the Dragon to fall. But the Dragon managed to fly normally without even showing a tiny sign of struggle against his [Gravity Manipulation].

"You figured it out, didn't you? My Earthen Dragon had [Ward of Stability] as its passive ability. Therefore, [Gust], [Whirlwind], [Gravity Manipulation], or even [Wind Funnel] won't have any impact against it."

One of Etgar's clones casted [Sonic Boom] toward the Earthen Dragon. It managed to push the Dragon back fifty feet and created a hole in its stomach. The rocks on the ground flew upward to patched up the hole on the Dragon's stomach as it continued flying toward Etgar and his clones. The Dragon was upset at the clone that casted [Sonic Boom] toward it that was why it casted [Earth Blast] toward that clone. The clone quickly casted [Warding Wind] to reflect the [Earth Blast]. However, the power of the Dragon’s [Earth Blast] was at least seventeen times stronger compared to the [Earth Blast] casted by Earthen Hawk. Several rocks passed through the [Warding Wind] and destroyed that Etgar’s clone. Etgar was channeling the blood pool inside his Blood Ring using [Life Drain] in order to stay alive. Discerning this Earthen Dragon is not a creature he should have underestimated, Etgar deactivated all of his clones then activated [Mana Infusion] and then casted [Sonic Boom] using both of his hands. The beam of [Sonic Boom] was so wide that it completely annihilated the Dragon giving no chance for it to recover from injuries.

Breathed out heavily, Etgar smirked and said, “There you go. Any other spell you need to cast before I go offensive?”

[Mana Infusion] has caused Etgar’s mana pool to be depleted. Even so, the blood pool inside his Blood Ring should be enough for him to play with Harbek all day long. Harbek has been an Executioner for too long to learn about Blood Mages uses blood pools inside their Magical Equipment embedded with Magical Blood Stones to cast spells without costing mana. Harbek giggled and said, “Boy, let me wipe that stupid smirk off your face. Do you know why Earth Magic is considered the strongest defense type of all Elemental Magics?”

“Hmm? Why don’t you show me?”

“Very well, then allow me to show you my newly created spell.”

Harbek casted [Living Fortress], another Saint-tier Earth spell personally created by him. The ground trembled again but this time it was much more powerful compared to when [Earthen Dragon] was casted. All the rocks on the ground started forming together and turned into a giant Rock Man with two hands and two feet that had a small castle as its head. Needless to say, this [Living Fortress] had [Ward of Stability] as its passive as well.

The [Living Fortress] grabbed the six Saint-tier warriors and the tenth-tier warrior that served Harbek. Then it gently grasped Harbek and placed them together standing in front of the castle. Harbek gave the order to his warriors, “Hurry up and go inside the castle. My [Living Fortress] will get us out of here.”

“Executioner Jarevar, are we running away from this Blood Mage?”

“Yes, we are. That Blood Mage alone is too powerful and I don’t want to waste any more time here. If his allies show up, we will be doomed. I have always thought that the Blood Mages work individually. Now I know that they have established a guild, this information is too important and I needed to bring it back to the Mages Council.”

Harbek then gave the order for his [Living Fortress] to walk away from the [Gust] zone created by Etgar.

“Hey, where are you going?” Etgar asked in a confused tone.

Ignored Etgar’s question, Harbek and his warriors walked inside the castle and closed the door. Harbek could not defeat Etgar today. However, if Etgar wanted to kill him, that would be another story. Earth Magic defense spells are definitely the strongest in all of Elemental Magics. Etgar would not be able to destroy this [Living Fortress] that easy as it will recover all injuries upon receiving damages. This [Living Fortress] had twice the size of the [Earthen Dragon] and four times more durable compared to it. Harbek still has enough mana to maintain the [Living Fortress] until it successfully takes him and his warriors to Graypost city.

“I guess it's my turn to go offensive now.” Etgar said as he activated [Blood Extricate] and casted [Convene Vampires]. More than two thousand vampires were convened and waited for Etgar’s commands.

[Blood Extricate], level 30 Blood spell that will actively extract blood inside the blood pools of all caster’s Blood equipment to form a big dark red energy ball that follows the caster everywhere he/she goes. The dark red energy ball will actively heal the caster and enhance all of his/her spells. Not only that, it will automatically siphon the blood of enemies when they bleed. More importantly, this spell required activation before [Convene Vampires] could be cast.

[Convene Vampires], level 45 Blood spell that will convene vampire creatures from the dark red energy ball of [Blood Extricate]. The bigger the dark red energy ball is, the more vampires it could convene. A Vampire creature is a giant bat-like creature but has two arms and two legs like a human. Unlike a human, Vampire only has three fingers on each hand and two toes on each foot. Vampires can't cast magic spells but they can fly and their physical strengths are on par with at least eighth-tier warriors and will scale with the caster’s power. That means the stronger the caster is, the more physical strength of the convened Vampires would be increased. A level 51 Saint-tier Blood Mage can convene Vampires with the physical strength comparable to ninth-tier warriors. Different from Summoning and Conjuring spells, [Convene Vampires] won’t drain the caster’s mana pool in order to stay alive or restrict the caster's mana regeneration. Vampires can heal themselves by sucking the blood out of enemies. Any fallen Vampire will instantly be revived by [Blood Extricate].