Chapter 289 Rescue Operation ( 6 )

As soon as Vincent heard them calling his name, he realized that the people he just saved were definitely someone he knew! He only knows a few people in the kingdom that were aware of his name so it shouldn't be difficult to recognize them.

Unfortunately, the barbarian just now used a technique that disrupted his senses…

With his poor vision, there was no way he could recognize them, especially during this night.

"I'm sorry… It's not that I can't remember you. I just can't see you right now since I've been blind for quite a while… Though I'm starting to get healed, I'm only seeing a bit of light at the moment." Vincent explained.

"Y-you're blind? But you managed to kill the tattooed barbarian…" Millie spoke with disbelief. This is the same for the others as they looked at Vincent with interest.

They have never heard of a blind person capable of becoming this strong. They were known as invalid people and were normally thrown aside in this harsh world!

"I killed a Tattooed Barbarian? Ahhh… That's indeed how they look. I believe they're called Totemic Barbarian but in any case, you're right. It was difficult but I managed to kill this one… The other two are already weakened but not dead yet so I needed to hurry."

"Ahh? You… you still need to fight? Aren't you exhausted?"

"I'm good. Let's catch up later once I've finished them all." Vincent wanted to leave immediately after sensing that two other Totemic Barbarians were about to remove the shackles binding them.

Even though he had already made the Totemic Barbarian vulnerable with his weapon skills, it wasn't enough to kill them still.

He needed to finish them by either destroying their hearts or their brains. Even Rem and Tara would actually have difficulty finishing these Totemic Barbarians with their Celestial Weapons alone.

They were truly tough and capable of using mysterious energy to aid them in battle.

"B-be careful, Vincent… By the way, it's me, Millie…" She said in a weak voice as Vincent started moving…

He paused for a moment after hearing her name as he couldn't help but glance back. Unfortunately, he really can't see Millie right now.

"So it's you, Millie! I'm in a hurry but I'll be back!" Vincent said with a hint of excitement in his voice. He was very happy to know that she was alright... Although he wanted to chat with her, he still has a task he needed to finish.

He then used his Shrouded Steps as he disappeared into the forest.

'It seems that it was truly a good decision to stop the barbarians from taking prisoners to their territory…'

Vincent thought as he left Millie's group to head back to the forest.

He wanted to study the two barbarians for a little bit more but he really needed to kill them now.

Currently, he has five mind techniques that can attack the barbarian's weak Consciousness Energy, and since he had never fought against these Totemic Barbarians before this, he was still unable to know what kind of technique is truly suited to deal with them.

This is the reason why one of the three Totemic Barbarians was able to escape and cause trouble for a bit. One of his techniques failed miserably as he realized that not all Mind Techniques were able to stop them.

The Tranquil Mind Crystal has Soul Shake.

The Nightbane Robe has Chaos Night.

The Aura-Forged Mythril Sword has the Fatal Mind.

The Aura-Forged Orichalcum Sword has the Sword Charm.

The Madness Mask given to him by Ignacy has Hypnosis.

Unfortunately, he used the mask against the Totemic Barbarian he just killed. The Totemic Barbarian resisted the Hypnosis and was able to escape the Formation Art trapping them in a loop of Mind-Attacking Skills

The Madness Mask was already an Epic Rank and was enhanced to +9… This level wasn't low at all but certainly not at the top tier considering Vincent's current set of items. However, Ascending the mask just proved to be so difficult even with Vincent's current success rate.

Perhaps, he needed to enhance his Ascension Skill to Level 9 before he could push it to the Pseudo-Legendary Rank.

"Graaahhh!"

"You'll regret this!"

Vincent heard the two Totemic Barbarians as they struggled to get away from the formation art…

'Hmm… So it took them a lot of time to recover… Let me try something else. Soul Shake for the one on the left and Fatal Mind to the other.'

Vincent planned and he immediately acted.

p Apparently, the main reason why his Senior Lola was able to protect her land was due to her deep knowledge of Formation Arts.

It was at a terrifying level that she could probably fight a hundred Grand Magus at the same time if she was able to prepare beforehand… with enough money of course.

The materials needed to create the Formations weren't cheap after all. It requires rare treasures and sometimes even alchemy ingredients.

Currently, Vincent is using a Looping Formation Art.

It is a formation that Lola made in two days and it allows him to cast a skill or any Mana Arts and the Formation's Effect can loop it almost endlessly as long as its core still has energy…

Although the size or range of this formation is small and it can't also be moved from its place, it is still something that Vincent had not thought to exist. He truly found great respect for these Formation Experts.

***

As Vincent was finishing off the two Barbarians, Millie and the other two who similarly know Vincent immediately became friends as they chatted casually.

"So you've met Vincent before when he wasn't blind yet. I wonder what happened? Do you think it's because he explored one of the dungeons owned by your family?" Millie asked Cedric as they leisurely returned to the airship.

"I don't think so… The guard didn't report any unusual behavior from Vincent. He was also together with a female warrior so I don't think it was due to that." Cedric replied as he explained how he met Vincent and the last news he heard about him.

"I see…" Millie replied as she looked at the brawny guy who was helping Cedric when he drained his mana.

"I'm Pascal… I'm a Magic Craftsman. He was my customer and I could easily recognize him since he had provided me a Mythril Ore to make him a sword. There was no way I could forget that." The man said with a smile recalling how he had advanced his crafting skills thanks to that ore.

"Hmm… Let's talk about Vincent next time. We need to check whether this thing can still fly." Ceri interrupted as they arrived at the airship.

Everyone agreed and they decided to head toward the control room hoping that they could really use this airship to complete their escape.