Chapter 398 Against The Powerful Undead

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Of course, the easy way out would be to purify it with holy magic. But this undead seemed high ranked, my holy light magic was very weak in comparison as I lacked affinity for it, so it was of the lowest possible level. Elizabeth could help in that regard if it wasn't because she's extremely tired, if I overexert her more for now, she might end up shattering her soul. When magicians overuse a certain element above their own limits without precautions, their soul might take a burden and take direct damage. Her spirit also helped, but it seems tired after using that magic that killed the Hydra.

At the very least, Elizabeth needs to rest for ten minutes if she doesn't want to shatter her soul. I cannot let her die now, or Ellergest and the priests would kill me when I get there. And it is not really my style to make other sacrifice themselves for me anymore, even less when it is just against a mere undead that is just a bit stronger than the others.

Interestingly enough, my affinities with the Dark Spectrum of Magic are not half bad. While my strongest affinities are Darkness and Blood, which could be called to be "Level 5" if we give them levels, the Dark Spectrum elements all have between Level 1 or 2 Affinities as well, meaning that I have a proper affinity for Soul, Phantom, Death, and other similar elements of magic to an extent, although Illusion is the weakest at Level 1, which was the reason I needed a special necklace to reinforce the affinity.

And such affinities are also growing stronger as I forge my Magic Circle inside of my soul with the Runes of Soul Element, which made it possible for me to, after a lot of practice, to use Tier 2 Soul Magic rather easily. I cannot do something as extraordinary as extracting the souls of my previous life's subordinates trapped inside my soul's Origin Core, but I can use it to damage and shatter the soul of this Undead.

"Cover you?! It's that all?" Asked Chris.

"Yeah. Attack that thing with everything you've got! Elenora, you come with me." I said.

"Understood!" Eleanora obediently said, rushing to my side.

"Alright then!" Erdrich roared.

"If attacking it is all we need to do then… I'll do it!" Eric said.

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"I-I can help as well- Agh…!" Elizabeth tried to help by conjuring magic, but only a dim light emerged before she felt weak. Her cultivation wasn't near as high enough so she could continuously use powerful magic like this.

"Elizabeth, stay behind us. You've helped us enough with your elemental magic, without you we wouldn't had been able to bring out the special spell I taught Eric." I said. Eric was able to fight by using his bow, even if he didn't used elemental magic, he had the [Bow Mastery] and [Magic Arrow] Skills, which were good enough to offer long-range support.

"B-But…" Elizabeth said.

If only I could create a Magic Circle inside her soul and helped her gather elemental runes, things would had been easier for her. But I had yet to find a proper way to help them create such things, even more, magic circles are dangerous to make and could kill someone by destroying their souls by accident, I don't feel confident enough to give one to somebody for the time being, even less now in this dire situation.

"Just do as I said!" I roared back; Elizabeth quickly stepped back as she nodded.

"Elizabeth we'll cover your back as well." Said Erika, holding her enormous black sword which now gained a red color as well, her necklace began glowing with red and purple light.

"Leave it to us." Erdrich said, his body quickly bulging in size as his body mass became double as big in mere seconds.

"Yeah, we can do this… Just another bastard we gotta take down… We can do this!" Chris cheered himself up, although deep down he seemed fearful. His Fire Fox Spirit emerged around him, imbuing his body with a fire aura, and everyone else as well, boosting our stats.

"I am tired too but I'll offer you support with my arrow…!" Eric said while gritting his teeth, he couldn't help but tremble in fear but he was still mustering the strength to help us. His arrow quickly began to glow with a bright golden light, as he activated the [Magic Arrow] Skill.

p "Now!" I roared, as the entire group pointed their weapons at the monster in front of us.

"GRUOH!"

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The Phantasmal Mimic had just finished reconstructing its skeletal arms made of countless bones, as it saw several gigantic fireballs falling over its body conjured by Chris.

"Fire Spirit Arts: Fox Mystic Fire!" Chris roared, as the flames immediately turned into small fire foxes, attacking the Phantasmal Mimic and biting its phantasmal soul and bones, and the rest of its body constantly, and then exploding in a chain reaction!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM!

"GRRYYEEEHH…!"

The Undead really felt that pain as it hurt directly into its soul. Although Undead were incapable of feeling normal pain, if one hurt their soul, they will scream in agony as it was the only sensitive part of their very beings. And just as I imagined, Spirit Energy-imbued magic can hurt souls too!

"Now!" Erika said, as she ran into the frontlines with her Dolls who all had become [Warriors] and [Magic Swordsmen] holding big axes and magic swords, and unleashing small little techniques that combined together into a powerful swarm of attacks, shattering the monster's bones and damaging the soul too.

"Blood Blade Arts: Crimson Cross!" Erika unleashed her newest technique she learned herself, imbuing her sword with her Mana and Ether flowing out of her powerful soul, as an enormous cross-shaped attack made of crimson energy impacted the Phantasmal Mimic while it tried to evade!

BOOOOMMM!!!

"ORRAAAH!"

And just after that, Erdrich's fists were imbued with the power of his demonic energy and mana, surging as countless phantoms in the shape of fists hitting the Mimic countlessly!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!

And while it all happened, I made my way sneakily into the Mimic's back using [Shadow Sneak].

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