Chapter 227 Human Losses?
A few moments later that night...
"Shit! We're screwed!" One of the teachers next to the men carrying Vicente shouted as they encountered a group of insects, beings between levels 3 and 5, surrounding them.
They encountered many of these beasts in the area they were now, but to get to this place, they had to fight several insects along the way. That had not only cost them their energy but also caused injuries and even the death of three of them.
One of the teachers had died in the last five minutes of their escape, while two men of the Mazzanti family who had already absorbed their new pentagrams had also perished.
They decided to take their chances when they saw a tunnel different from the one they had followed earlier under Vicente's guidance. Why that? Simple, they were sure that Rory's group hadn't managed to completely stop the group of woodpeckers.
If they fled along the path that only they would be encountered by the woodpeckers if such beasts reached them, they would end up in the terrible situation of being alone against powerful opponents. But if they took the other route that the insects in the area took, they might be able to get the beasts in the area to fight each other.
Using one enemy against the other was a logical decision. After all, these insects clearly planned to act against the woodpeckers while they outnumbered the invading humans in the area.
So the group had made their way through the insect-infested terrain of this area of the Alpine Woodpecker Forest, trying to distance themselves from the angry 3rd stage woodpecker still furiously searching for them.
This strategy, however, carried the critical risk of failing and ending up with twice as many opponents!
As they made their way through the depths of the underground tunnels, the group of magicians encountered a powerful bunch of insects before the woodpeckers reached them.
As the only enemies around, and with the pentagram, the men immediately became targets for the insects of various breeds at a crossroads of tunnels.
One of the Mazzanti family soldiers, holding the metal plate on which Vicente was, broke into a cold sweat and suggested. "Guys, we can't go any further. We have to hold our position until the boss succeeds."
"What?" Julian shouted, breaking into a cold sweat as he stood guard.
"Get real. We can't keep moving." The soldier said before looking at his companions. "Let's leave the boss on the ground and use all our ammunition against these creatures.
We can only buy time for the boss now!"
The soldiers were aware of it. As long as they moved, it would be harder for them to protect Vicente and for the black-haired guy to absorb the pentagram.
On the other hand, if they stood still, they could form a formation around their leader to protect him and use up the ammunition they hadn't used yet while carrying Vice.
This would give them some space and time for Vicente.
The disadvantage was that they could be surrounded more easily by these creatures.
"Let's do it!" The teacher leader ignored the cuts around his body, seeing that this was the best they could do.
After minutes of movement, he couldn't help but admit how incredible Vicente was. Anyone else in that situation would have failed to absorb the pentagram and probably suffered a magical rebound.
But Vicente was still relatively well, which gave not only his soldiers but also these teachers hope that he could absorb the yellow pentagram.
'I hope you succeed, young Cesar. With your skills, we'll probably have a chance of escaping alive.' The leader of the teachers thought to himself as everyone in his group took position around Vicente.
Meanwhile, Vicente was in deep meditation; his consciousness turned to the depths of his being, where he could see two essences emitting powerful vibrations.
One of them was darker, and he had no idea what it was other than the yellow pentagram he could see. The other was his first Magic Gem, which had its red pentagram circling around it, emitting weaker pulses than the other.
A yellow pentagram was on top of his less impressive gem, descending on it like a huge weight falling on a small creature.
Vicente concentrated on it, trying to slow down as much as possible as the third pentagram in the depths of his being, using his first gem and pentagram as much as possible.
'This is really heavy.' He thought as he felt a sense of weakness throughout his being, similar to what someone would feel when doing an exercise overloaded.
'But it's not out of my reach!'
His first Magic Gem and Pentagram inflated, increasing in size to contain the level of power of that pentagram.
'My body is able to withstand the yellow pentagram of my other gem because of its unusual quality and properties. But at the end of the day, both gems are in the same body! Even if my first gem can't withstand it alone, it's not alone!'
Understanding better how a being with two different essences worked, he forced his first gem to grow, taking some of the 'dominance' of the second one.
As this happened, the mana circulating violently through his body made both his first gem and the red pentagram tremble as they grew.
Small diagrams appeared around the red pentagram, with orange inscriptions on its sides.
At the same time, the same inscriptions formed beams of light in the air, connecting this pentagram, the gem, and the yellow pentagram falling upon them.
Vicente trembled considerably, outwardly convulsing as he felt all the mana in his being seem to erupt.
He was currently about 33% through the level 1. But suddenly, the mana in his body improved its density and increased in volume, reaching 49% in the blink of an eye.
He almost fainted when he felt this sudden increase in power. Still, before that happened, he felt as if something had changed in his surroundings. It was much easier for him to continue his meditation now.
Feeling a good sensation similar to when a headache suddenly disappears, he seized the opportunity. Vice quickly used his 1st Magic Triangle to solidify the yellow pentagram in the position of the second space of his first gem.
He was on his way to complete the absorption of that pentagram!
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