Wizard, I Have Another World – Chapter 100

Chapter 100: First-Circle Spell: Aura of Fear

“Monster!”

“The monster is charging in!”

“……”

Unbeknownst to anyone, panicked shouts appeared within the Dragon King Trading Company’s headquarters.

Several merfolk scaled the courtyard walls and rushed into the headquarters.

Although they were quickly killed by the knights who rushed over after hearing the commotion, it still caused quite a stir.

Moreover, more and more merfolk were appearing nearby, quietly gathering and beginning to assault the headquarters’ main gate.

“Report!”

Someone came running over in a hurry:

“It’s confirmed that the Sea God Society’s headquarters has already fallen, and the Sickle Brotherhood can’t hold out either. They are requesting reinforcements.”

“Reinforcements?” Emma scoffed:

“Even if we don’t take past issues into account, we can’t even save our own people, so what can we use to reinforce them?”

“Lula!”

“What do we do now?”

Although she thought her daughter’s personality was weak and unlike the Dragon King Zimmerman, she was very shrewd.

When encountering problems, she handled them more steadily than she did.

“Because of the fog cover, the situation in the city is not very clear at the moment.”

Lula’s eyes showed contemplation:

“We don’t know how many merfolk have come ashore, where they came from, why they are attacking the Free Port, or if there are any other kinds of monsters.”

“However…”

“If the Sea God Society and the Sickle Brotherhood can’t stop them, then we probably won’t be able to hold out for long either.”

She straightened up, and said in a muffled voice:

“Have we contacted the City Lord’s Residence? Why hasn’t City Lord Soden sent troops to suppress them?”

“Gather our people. If we really can’t hold out, then we’ll retreat for now…”

“The Free Port supplies nearly 70% of the seafood in Duke Ferdinand’s territory. Its importance is irreplaceable, he will definitely not stand idly by.”

“Send someone out of the city to inform the Duke about the situation here. Even if we can’t defend the headquarters, as long as we hold out until reinforcements arrive, we can still retake the Free Port.”

At this moment, Lula displayed the aura of a leader of a faction, making all kinds of arrangements in an orderly manner.

Her approach was also impeccable.

“Boom!”

A loud bang came from the west side of the headquarters. The exclamations and shouts intensified, causing the expressions of the few people in the room to change.

They couldn’t hold out so quickly?

Rushing out of the meeting hall, the entire headquarters of the trading company was brightly lit by countless torches.

The stone wall on the west side had already collapsed, and several pitch-black, thick tentacles were wildly thrashing, entangling figures.

Those tentacles were as thick as a person’s embrace. With a gentle twist, they caused houses to collapse and the trading company’s guards were easily swept away.

The knights were also vulnerable in front of it.

“Ha!”

Emma took the lead and attacked.

She rushed forward, stomping her feet on the ground. The ground beneath her feet writhed, and countless vines shot out from it, entangling the tentacles.

“Rattle, rattle…”

The gnarled and wildly dancing vines covered the tentacles, and then pulled them down hard.

“Boom!”

A terrifying monster was pulled out of the darkness.

“S-Squid?”

“Octopus?”

Everyone was stunned.

Whether it was a squid or an octopus, no one had ever seen such a terrifying size before.

Its huge head was like a small mountain, and dozens of tentacles were like a spider web, each one like a thick tree, and when they moved, they looked like a group of giant snakes reveling.

Its skin was a deep black, as if it could swallow the surrounding light, making it difficult to see its true appearance. And on its body, there were dense, large and small eyes, like stars in the night sky, yet they carried a creepy eeriness.

Those tentacles were tens of meters long, covered with sharp suckers, each sucker was like a giant mouth full of sharp teeth, able to easily tear prey into pieces.

When its main body came into view, an indescribable sense of oppression and fear swept over them.

It was like the arrival of death. The guards of the Dragon King Trading Company scattered and fled, unable to launch any resistance.

“Whoosh…”

The tentacles rose, and with a burst of immense power, the vines shattered, and Emma couldn’t help but lean back, her face instantly turning pale.

“A Legendary Creature!”

Lula’s eyes narrowed:

“Attack together!”

Before she could finish speaking, a figure beside her had already turned into a wisp of smoke and shot towards the monster.

Raven!

Raven was not just a name, but also a Super Rune.

Super Rune ━ Fog Raven!

The body could turn into smoke, gathering and dispersing at will. It was a great advantage when facing opponents of the same level.

The only weakness was that its attack power was somewhat insufficient.

“Swish!”

Raven’s hands, with sharp claws, suddenly slashed at the monster’s tentacles, immediately tearing a long gash.

However…

The gash that looked ferocious to ordinary people seemed insignificant on the body of the terrifying monster.

“Bang!”

With a muffled sound, Raven flew backward.

Seeing that he was about to fall heavily, his body flickered and turned into a cloud of smoke, reforming not far away.

“Be careful!”

Raven’s face showed fear:

“Its body has a terrifying power.”

A terrifying power?

Karl charged forward with his sword. Just as he was pondering the meaning of those words, a warning suddenly came from his body and consciousness.

Danger!

Danger!

***

An uncontrollable panic arose from his heart.

It made his heart beat faster, his mouth dry, and even the arms holding his two swords felt a little weak.

This is…

First-Circle Spell ━ Aura of Fear!

The monster definitely didn’t know magic, but this pressure on consciousness and body was similar to the magic recorded in books.

“Be careful!”

With a low shout, Karl didn’t have time to think too much. His body flickered and grew to more than five meters tall. He resisted the fear and swung his sword.

Combat Technique ━ Gale Slash!

The heavy sword shadows, wrapped in a hazy petrification power, collided with the incoming tentacles.

Judging from the monster’s size and the destructive power it had just displayed, its strength was terrifying, and he was far from being a match for it.

Therefore…

Zero-Circle Spell ━ Minor Force Field!

Zero-Circle Spell ━ Gravity Distortion!

Zero-Circle Spell ━ Water Vortex!

Magic Item ━ Control Gravity!

Various spells and magic items were activated at the same time.

Thanks to the increase in mental power, the power of the zero-circle spells had also increased. With the superposition of many spells, even a legendary creature would be affected.

The wildly dancing tentacles suddenly slowed down.

“Bang!”

“Bang, bang!”

Loud bangs echoed in the field. Karl’s muscles were tense, and he was still struggling and had to retreat step by step.

Without the weakening effect of many spells, he would probably have been severely injured on the spot.

The suckers and sharp teeth on the tentacles were frantically gnawing at the greatsword, making a crunching sound that was even more chilling.

‘No good!’

‘Even with the weakening effect of the spells, its power is still far beyond mine, and this thing is actually immune to petrification!’

Karl gritted his teeth and barely held on, his eyes darting back and forth, various analytical data flashing through his mind.

If he were to fight one-on-one, he would have no chance of winning.

At the same time.

“Attack!”

Lula took out a huge machete, and with Otis’s cooperation, she slashed at the monster’s tentacles.

Even more vines fell from the sky, tightly entangling the monster.

Raven attacked the monster’s eyes.

“Roar!”

A terrifying roar exploded out of thin air, and several figures were blown away, and the vines turned into scattered pieces.

The rolling sound waves were like a tangible substance, sweeping across the entire headquarters, and the window frames of the nearby houses were completely shattered.

Compared to Karl, the others were even more vulnerable, and they were blown away with just one contact.

Fortunately, this was the Dragon King Trading Company’s headquarters, which had stockpiled various powerful weapons, including some that could severely injure legendary creatures.

“Shoot!”

“Thump…”

The crossbows, which required several people to pull their strings, trembled violently, and arrows that were several meters long shot out like lightning.

The powerful kinetic energy of these arrows could even penetrate city walls.

“Puff!”

“Puff, puff!”

The monster’s body leaned back, and arrows instantly appeared on its head, and blue blood gushed out.

This wasn’t over yet.

“Boom!”

The gunpowder hidden in the arrows exploded, instantly engulfing the monster’s entire head, causing it to let out a shrill scream.

“Fire!”

Lula’s eyes lit up:

“It’s afraid of fire!”

Although the attacks of the few people just now had caused some injuries, they were all insignificant to the monster.

But the exploding flames instantly severely injured it.

There was no reason for the difference in attack power to be so great, so it must be that the flames had a bonus effect on its damage.

“Bang!”

The ground trembled, and Karl took the lead in making a change.

Fire Rune!

“Whoosh…”

Two flames appeared on the greatsword in his hand, and he slashed fiercely at the monster’s thrashing tentacles.

“Puff!”

With a sound of burning, a section of tentacle fell heavily to the ground, and the suckers full of teeth on it were still writhing.

As expected!

Flames had a damage bonus.

Just now, even the petrification power had no effect on the monster, but the flames could easily cut off its tentacles.

“Attack!”

Lula roared, wrapping a burning cloth around her machete, and charged towards the monster with the others.

Burning vines and splashing oil covered the monster like a swarm of bees.

“Bang!”

“Boom…”

The sounds of collisions were continuous.

The monster, covered in flames, screamed repeatedly, and countless tentacles thrashed wildly, wreaking havoc in the trading company’s headquarters.

Its size was too terrifying, comparable to a small mountain, and even if it was burning, it couldn’t be burned clean in a short time.

And the only one who could directly block it was Karl.

The others could only assist from the side.

Combat Technique ━ Divine Sanction!

Flames danced and swirled in the air, heavily slashing into the monster’s body, and a terrifying force erupted immediately.

“Boom!”

The mountain-like monster was sent flying.

The long battle and the maintenance of Gigantism made Karl’s body tremble and his strength weaken. At this time, the Sea Whale Bell on his body rang, and a force surged through his body again.

“Again!”

“Boom!”

“Rumble…”

After a long time.

Karl shrank back to his normal size, his body trembling slightly, and his face was even paler.

“Legendary creatures, are they this powerful?”

The entire headquarters, with several grand knights, hundreds of knights, and various powerful weapons, had almost failed to take down the monster.

He glanced around.

Nearly half of the huge headquarters was in ruins, and he didn’t know how many knights and knight squires had died.

Since legendary creatures were so strong, how were they hunted in the past?

It couldn’t be that every time they went to sea, an entire faction had to mobilize all of their forces, right?

“No!”

Raven was tall and thin, and he didn’t like to speak much. Now, upon hearing this, he shook his head:

“Ordinary legendary creatures are far from this strong, and creatures in the water will become weaker after coming ashore.”

“The one we encountered this time is definitely an exception!”

“Mr. Karl.” Lula gestured:

“You take the final blow.”

According to the rules of the sea, whoever kills the prey last has the priority right to choose the prey.

Karl nodded.

At this time, all of the monster’s dozens of tentacles had been cut off, and the remaining body was covered in burns, only writhing instinctively.

But even if one got close, one could still feel the bone-deep fear.

It made one dare not look directly at it.

“Puff!”

Karl suppressed the fear in his heart and thrust out his greatsword. As the blade stirred, the monster gradually stopped struggling.

Just as the monster died, a familiar aura surged into his Sea of Consciousness, causing Karl’s expression to change slightly.

Huh?

Source Essence?

“Boom!”

***

Before he could carefully distinguish it, a loud bang came from the main gate of the headquarters, and countless merfolk roared as they charged in.

“Stop them!”

“We can’t hold them back!”

Lula’s eyes showed despair.

After the monster’s rampage, the Dragon King Trading Company suffered heavy casualties, and the strength of several grand knights had also greatly diminished.

Facing the charging merfolk, it was impossible to form a strong resistance.

What’s more…

There seemed to be another legendary creature approaching from behind, and among the merfolk, there were also those comparable to grand knights.

“Go!”

“Let’s get out of here first.”

In the chaos, taking advantage of the darkness and the fog, Karl quickly put the legendary creature’s corpse into the Divine Domain Fragment.

Then he hurriedly fled.

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Source Essence: 0.2

It wasn’t an illusion!

Karl’s expression was grave. When he killed the legendary creature just now, an aura had surged into his Sea of Consciousness.

That aura was indeed Source Essence!

‘Killing a legendary creature actually yields Source Essence? Or is it that legendary creatures themselves contain Source Essence?’

‘Or…’

‘Was that legendary creature particularly special?’

If killing legendary creatures could yield Source Essence, then there would be another way to obtain Source Essence.

For him now, the strength of legendary creatures was still too strong, but perhaps in the future he could easily hunt them.

‘Could it be that besides entities related to deities, legendary creatures also have Source Essence? Or does this legendary creature have the bloodline of a deity?’

“Uncle.”

Aya’s voice interrupted Karl’s thoughts.

She was wrapped in a thin blanket, curled up and came closer, her eyes flickering. After thinking for a moment, she spoke slowly:

“I think I saw Leon.”

“Huh?”

Karl came back to his senses:

“It’s an illusion, right?”

“Leon already died of the Water Plague. So much time has passed, and you still can’t accept it.”

“It’s not.” Aya shook her head and said in a low voice:

“It was a merfolk.”

“Although his appearance has changed, I think that merfolk was Leon. I… I wouldn’t be wrong.”

Karl turned his head and looked at Aya.

Aya’s face was serious, not at all like someone with a confused mind, but what she said was too unbelievable.

“Impossible…”

“I wouldn’t be wrong!”

Aya gritted her teeth:

“Leon and I grew up together, eating and sleeping together. Even if he changed his appearance, I would still recognize him.”

“Then does he recognize you?” Karl asked.

Aya was silent.

She had desperately shouted Leon’s name at the time, but she hadn’t gotten any response, and had almost been killed instead.

Even so.

“I wouldn’t be wrong, I wouldn’t be wrong, that was Leon, that merfolk… even if Leon changed.”

“Uncle, I know you don’t believe me.”

She turned her body and lowered her voice:

“I was a little doubtful at first, but just now I heard a few people say that Miss Lula’s younger brother had also turned into a merfolk.”

“Younger brother?” Karl frowned:

“The former chairman’s son who died of the Water Plague?”

“He didn’t die, but was soaked in a pool using a special method, and kept somewhere else.” Aya said:

“A few days ago, he turned into a merfolk.”

?

Karl’s eyes narrowed.

If what Aya said was true, then the sudden appearance of merfolk in the Endless Sea had an explanation.

Patients who had contracted the Water Plague had turned into merfolk!

Bloodline magic?

No!

It was the power of an evil god!

Some evil god had been quietly transforming normal people into merfolk.

Karl spoke, his voice hoarse:

“Aya, do you know how many people are thrown into the water each year because they contracted the Water Plague?”

“I don’t know the exact number, but people contract the Water Plague every day, and sometimes there are dozens or even hundreds a day.” Aya counted on her fingers:

“Over the decades…”

Her face instantly turned pale, her eyes lost focus, and her body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

Hundreds of thousands!

At least hundreds of thousands!

With this number of merfolk, not to mention the Free Port, even in Karl’s original world, as long as the deities didn’t interfere, they could easily destroy a kingdom, and even legendary knights couldn’t change the outcome.

“Swish!”

Karl stood up, his eyes fixed on the Free Port shrouded in fog.

He had originally thought that although this merfolk attack on the Free Port was strange, they would eventually return to the Endless Sea.

Humans were the masters of this land, and they only needed to avoid the storm for a while.

But now,

They might lose the Free Port forever.

And without the Free Port, there would be no water monkeys, and without water monkeys, he wouldn’t be able to make the Frenzy Potion, and that Great God’s Grace…

No good!

He had to grab a few first!

…………

The Sickle Brotherhood’s headquarters.

A white snake that was tens of meters long crashed to the ground, and its head, the size of a house, rolled off its body.

The leader of the Brotherhood, Ya Heng, who was wielding a huge scythe, landed lightly, his expression also not very good.

Among the leaders of the three major factions, his strength was the weakest.

Fortunately, the Super Rune Black Flame on his body could directly burn his opponent’s life force, so he could gain a lot of advantages when facing legendary creatures.

In addition, there were many grand knights in the Brotherhood, so they could barely hold out against the swarming merfolk.

Taking a deep breath, Ya Heng said in a muffled voice:

“What’s the situation with the City Lord’s Residence?”

“Chairman.” One person sighed:

“Several legendary creatures have appeared near the City Lord’s Residence, and our people have no way to get close.”

“Even if they got in, they wouldn’t be able to get out.”

In short, no reinforcements had been found, and no news had been sent back.

“Chairman.”

The second elder, Baird, rolled his eyes and took the initiative to speak:

“Why don’t I go?”

“You?” Ya Heng frowned, then nodded:

“Alright, you must bring back reinforcements. If City Lord Soden doesn’t take action, we won’t be able to hold out for long.”

“Yes.”

Baird’s face was serious:

“I will definitely bring back reinforcements.”

With that said, he turned around and leaped out of the headquarters.

The fog outside was thick and obscured vision, but it didn’t affect Baird, who knew the Free Port like the back of his hand.

His figure flashed, and he didn’t go to the City Lord’s Residence, but went straight to his own mansion.

Everywhere was filled with screams and wails.

The area around the mansion was no exception.

“Hmph!”

“Go find the City Lord?”

“If the City Lord could repel the merfolk, he would have already taken action. Now, I’m afraid the City Lord’s Residence has already been breached.”

“The Free Port is finished. I should leave early and find another way out. Staying here is just waiting to die.”

He thought to himself, and leaped into the backyard, casually killing a few merfolk who didn’t have eyes.

“Chirp, chirp…”

He took out a whistle from his body and blew it.

Not long after.

The guards hidden in the yard appeared one after another. A young woman in red, close-fitting clothes, Xiao Molly, was protected in the center by others.

They were all panicked, but when they saw Baird, it was as if they had found their backbone, and their eyes became focused.

“Father!”

“Mm.”

Baird nodded to his daughter:

“Hurry up and pack your things. We’re leaving the Free Port.”

“Ah!”

Xiao Molly’s face turned pale:

“Is the situation that bad?”

Leaving the Free Port meant giving up the relationships and family property that had been accumulated over decades.

“The headquarters of the Sea God Society and the Dragon King Trading Company have already been breached by those monsters, and the Sickle Brotherhood is the same.” Baird waved his hand:

“Time is of the essence. Don’t ask so many questions. Hurry up and take what you can, and let’s go.”

“…Yes.” Xiao Molly responded and turned around, heading towards the warehouse under the protection of the guards.

Watching the backs of the group, Baird stroked his chin, and with a leap, he jumped towards a corner of the courtyard.

There was an inconspicuous room here, looking like a utility room. Because it was located in the backyard, very few people came here, and it was surrounded by weeds.

“Squeak…”

Pushing open the door, Baird looked around. After confirming that no one was there, he slipped into the room.

He tapped the bricks on the wall according to a certain pattern, and a thick floorboard in the corner suddenly flipped up.

Revealing several wooden boxes underneath.

Seeing this, a look of joy appeared on Baird’s face. As long as these things were with him, even if he left the Free Port, he could still live a comfortable life.

“Tsk, tsk…”

Just then, a light tsking sound came from the direction of the door, and a burly figure blocked the door:

“No wonder I searched everywhere and couldn’t find them. So all the good stuff was hidden here by you?”

“You…” Baird suddenly turned around, his eyes narrowed:

“Karl!”

“It’s me.” Karl nodded, slowly drawing the greatsword from his waist:

“Second Elder Baird, I think this is the first time we’ve met alone?”

“What a pity!”

“Buzz…”

Before he could finish speaking, a bright light suddenly appeared before his eyes. It was Baird who had quickly thrust his sword.

Being able to become the second elder of the Sickle Brotherhood, his own strength was definitely not weak, and he was not far from the peak grand knight level.

With a sudden burst, very few people could dodge it.

Unfortunately,

he had met Karl.

Zero-Circle Spell ━ Minor Force Field!

Zero-Circle Spell ━ Gravity Distortion!

Magic Item ━ Control Gravity!

A water vortex also appeared under his feet, pulling Baird’s legs towards the ground.

With the addition of many spells, his speed was directly reduced by 70%.

“Swish!”

Karl attacked with his sword.

The sword light only flashed, and it had already passed through his neck. When he stopped, his head and body were separated.

Now, grand knights were almost vulnerable in front of him.

He grabbed a package and collected the items on the ground. Just as he walked out of the backyard, he saw a group of people rushing over.

“It’s you!”

The red-clothed woman, Molly, widened her eyes and waved her hand:

“Kill him!”

“Heh…”

Karl chuckled lightly, his figure flashed out, and with a slash of his greatsword, several people who had charged over died on the spot.

The red-clothed woman, Molly, changed her expression drastically and turned to flee, but a blood-stained sword blade suddenly emerged from her chest.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her body had already turned into a stone sculpture under the effect of the greatsword.

“Bang!”

Karl shook his wrist, and the stone sculpture immediately shattered.

…………

The fog was thick.

Black shadows shuttled through it. Hundreds of thousands of merfolk were scattered throughout the Free Port. Even the three major factions couldn’t stop them, and others were just lambs to the slaughter.

Suddenly.

The ground in front of them trembled, and smoke and dust rolled in, and the surging wind lifted wooden boards and stones into the air.

Karl raised his hand to block the dust, and squinted to look ahead.

What came into view was a giant toad, seventeen or eighteen meters tall, with huge pustules on its body. As the pustules trembled, streams of liquid that were obviously poisonous shot out.

When the poison landed, the ground was instantly corroded into a huge crack. If it landed on a person, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Its tongue was also surprisingly fast. With a wide opening of its mouth, the ground tens of meters away would crack open.

The afterimage of the tongue was almost beyond the reaction of a grand knight.

A legendary creature!

However, the condition of this legendary creature was not good. There were many cracks on its body, and two of its legs were broken.

The man with the trident, who was covered in armor, was fighting it. Streams of water gathered and exploded under the man’s feet.

Driven by the water currents, the man quickly approached the toad and launched an attack.

Sea God Hawke!

‘As expected of the number one expert under City Lord Soden, he can actually fight a legendary creature alone.’

Karl was amazed, but he could also see that the other party’s advantage was not obvious, and he was even slightly at a disadvantage.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He tightened his grip on the greatsword in his hand, and stepped forward, shouting:

“Chairman Hawke, I’ll help you!”

Secret Technique ━ Gigantism!

“Boom!”

A giant more than five meters tall appeared on the field, wielding two greatswords that were more than three meters long and charging forward.

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