Chapter 74 Sudden Power

After a few seconds of silence, Sisin fixed his glasses that were on the ridge of his nose, before calmly speaking, "You two have made a major mistake coming here."

"Oh yea? And how's that?" Alten teased on in a mocking voice, clearly enjoying himself today.

"First of all, you decided that you could beat us in a 2v1 situation. You should not have underestimated us so much, and on top of that, you also made another crucial mistake." Sisin spoke with his face shadowed as if he was some villain revealing his grand plan.

"And what mistake was that?" Alten said, amused at what he was hearing.

"You two probably expected to run away if we were too strong, but you failed to understand that we know every creak and crevice around these stone jungles because we have surveyed all throughout them looking for cave entrances."

Hearing this, Alten nearly burst out into a laugh, "Oh? You've searched every crevice huh?" He said, trying to contain his laughter while knowing that their base camp was only some meters away.

Sisin was still serious despite Alten's tone, "Even if you were to try and run away, we would locate you easily. This is our domain, no matter where you hide, you are always visible to us--" Just as he was about to finish his statement, a sudden sound jerked him with surprise, cutting him off.

"Oh really? So even I was visible?" Lyrian said, coming out from his hiding spot atop the rocks a few feet away.

"AH!" Sisin exclaimed in shock, caught off guard by the sudden voice, "How long have you been there!?"

At this moment Alten fully burst into a stomach-aching laugh, rolling around on the ground with tears coming out of his eyes.

Leon put his palm on his face in disappointment at the current situation, "What is going on right now?"

"I was following you guys for a while, I'm shocked you didn't call me out, even though you clearly knew that I was following you, with your knowledge of this land and all," Lyrian said in a mocking tone.

'This kid fooling around, but he's the real deal. Even if I don't know every crevice of this land, I should have been able to detect his presence with my abilities.' Sisin thought to himself, alert to Lyrian's strength.

"Err... that's that! Enough of this talking!" Ceaser suddenly yelled, taking out his sword as he quickly dashed toward Alten, closing their 20-foot distance instantly.

Alten could barely react to the speed, as Ceaser's red blade swung at his neck, reaching only a few inches away before being suddenly stopped by Leon's blade.

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Alten jumped backward a few feet to lengthen the distance between Leon and Ceaser, as the two began exchanging sword strikes at rapid speeds.

"You're mine!" Hontas suddenly yelled from afar, pulling out his bow and loading an arrow as he began circling around the flat area surrounded by stones.

"Not so fast!" Alten said, loading his own bow as he ran opposite of Hontas, both of them circling each the area as they readied their bows.

Seeing the other four preoccupied, Sisin quickly turned to face Lyrian. Already, his expression was slightly bleak with fear.

'Of course, I had to fight him!' He yelled in his mind as he stared at Lyrian, who smiled back at him.

"You shouldn't have ransacked our base, now, your's is ransacked, and you're going to be eliminated as well," Lyrian said as if he knew what Sisin was thinking.

"Shut up! Don't think that you can defeat us so easily! It may not look like it, but we have been training together for many years! We won't lose to some petty thieves like you!" Sisin yelled as he slammed his staff on the ground, holding it with both hands.

"Thieves huh? How ironic of you." Lyrian pulled out his obsidian blade.

Closing his eyes, Sisin suddenly began chanting several words that Lyrian had never heard. As he did this, the purple crystal on his iron staff which was the size of a pear, suddenly began glowing brighter.

Out of nowhere, he opened his eyes, "Begone! Heathen!" He yelled, directing his spear toward Lyrian, which instantly unleashed an enormous beam of white light.

'I've never heard a spell like that...' Lyrian thought to himself as he was suddenly encompassed by the surge of light.

He wasn't expecting much from the spell, seeing as how Sisin didn't seem extremely powerful, but his eyes suddenly opened wide out of shock as a powerful force instantly felt to appear atop his shoulders, pushing him down to his knees in a split second.

'What in the hell?' He thought to himself, caught off guard, as he stared at the ground.

The light became even brighter, as the weight on his back seemed to become continuously heavier, even to the point where he dug his sword into the ground to hold himself up.

'What is this power? The power of gravity?' Lyrian confusedly thought to himself.

After a difficult 10 seconds, the light disappeared in an instant, the weight on Lyrian's back also dispersing into nothing. At that moment, without wasting even a milli-second, he sprang up from his knees and blitzed at Sisin, appearing before him in a split second.

Sisin gasped slightly as Lyrian seemingly teleported in front of him. Lyrian on the other hand wasn't thinking of dragging this out, his hand on his sword as it swiftly traveled towards Sisin's abdomen.

'It was an interesting spell, but no matter. I'm sure I'll see it more in the academy.' Lyrian said in his mind, his blade reaching only centimeters from Sisin's body.

Sisin suddenly let go of his staff and put his palms together, closing his eyes as he spoke, "Divine Protection!"

On saying this, a thin, transparent white barrier suddenly formed around him.

'A barrier?' Lyrian thought to himself but didn't care enough to stop his blade. Currently, he was Enhancing his arm to ensure the blade would do its job and doubted that any such barrier could stop him.

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