Chapter 255

Before fighting again, Leon decided to do some tests. It looked like Cursed Ray could move a little faster than one hundred meters per second. Although Leon could fly faster than that, react in time to dodge such attack wasn't that easy, unless he uses Haste. However, Darya couldn't use Haste, and her speed was low. So, Leon decided to change strategies a little bit.

"There are too many monsters in this area," Leon declared. "I want to make some magic items out of these monsters. We will need to cull their numbers some or we will be in for some nasty surprises."

"I can see that… so what do you want to do?" Darya asked.

"Let's kill them without putting ourselves at risk," Leon said. "As we tried before, neither Telekinesis nor gravity magic are enough to stop them. Those liches probably have a high mentality… so, if we can't stop them using magic that cannot be touched, we will use one that can touch them and more or less ignore their mentality."

"So, you want to use earth magic and imprison them in one of your 'earth' cells." Darya frowned.

"That is right. Even though we can cause more or less the same amount of damage using the basic elements, I still have better control and efficiency over them." Leon explained. "If I use a thick and heavy layer of earth, their high mentality won't help them. Since their bodies are pretty skinny, they shouldn't enough endurance to resist or strength to escape either. So, I will try to crush them. However, they could always have some tricks up their sleeve. That is why I want you to attack their heads, your accuracy will improve, and even if you don't hit the mark, you will end up drawing their attention."

"Attack enemies from such a long distance… it will be hard." Darya frowned.

"It is necessary since we also need to learn the effective range of our spells," Leon added. "And we won't be able to learn that, without a decent target."

"What if I end up killing them?" Darya asked. "You want to make magic items using their spirits, right?"

"That's not a problem, just focus on improving your accuracy," Leon said. "Eventually, you will end up knocking them down, and we will obtain our chance."

Although that idea was just to avoid the unpleasant surprise that the Cursed Ray could cause, Leon ended up being more careful than ever, due to the fear. It looked like he wasn't as strong mentally as he thought he was...

Leon and Darya moved to one pile of rubble to the other very carefully, and Leon only used his earth to imprison on the liches when he was sure that he wouldn't miss the target. His effective range was also one hundred meters, so Darya wasn't the only one who needed to train her accuracy.

Just as Leon had expected, the liches couldn't escape when he created earth under their feet and quickly surrounded their bodies with it. Although Leon tried to crush their bodies with only that, he couldn't... the more distant he was from the target, the weaker his control over his mana would be. Still, he had done enough. The lich could use its head yet, but Darya exploded the creature's head using an Earth Arrow. Without being seen and with a clear view to the target and without any monsters nearby, Darya had no reason to get nervous and lose her focus.

"Hehe, did you see that?" Darya smiled proudly. "I can do if I try, my aim isn't that bad."

"You are right… now we just have to ask for all monsters to stop moving and wait for you to attack them first." Leon furrowed his eyebrows.

"Ugh… you are merciless as always." Darya frowned.

"Good job, anyway," Leon said. "However, next time, try to use an Earth Punch. Let's see if you can knock them out with a spell like that. The sooner we get the items we want, the better."

Darya nodded, even though she didn't want to take any risks, just like Leon, it was necessary to create the magic items they needed. Fortunately, they found another lich quite fast. Even though the first Earth Punch only managed to stun the lich, the second one knocked it out for good. In the distance, Leon saw a few liches walking around aimlessly, so he decided to use Telekinesis and move the unconscious lich to their position.

"What the heck is this…" Leon frowned when he saw the face of the unconscious lich.

The monster pretty much looked like a human being, the only difference it was that the lich didn't have any hair in its body, his ears were a bit pointy, and they had some sort of symbol engraved on their foreheads. It kind of made Leon recall the gravures Leon needed to make to create a checkpoint... it was some sort of magic rune or seal.

"Those guys are kind of creepy..." Darya said.

Leon couldn't agree more, but he couldn't say that considering that the lich was from a sentient race that was similar to humans and the inhabitants of Miebos. Anyway, even though the first thing Leon did was to take away the monster's magic wand, he decided to finish his business with the monster once and for all.

Steel Ring of the Liches

It grants you the skill Zen Lv 60. Intelligence + 60, Mentality + 40.

Leon frowned when he analyzed the ring he created using the spirit of that lich. The name was a bit different than the usual, and there weren't the roman numbers anymore. Fortunately, the skill he wanted to have was already on the ring. So, Leon couldn't help but smirk noticing the changes...