Awakened: Evolving to Godhood

John Crimson could control the movement of his eyes and watch whatever each of his magic eyes saw, irrespective of the distance between them. The only downside is that the further away the magic eyes are from him, the more magic energy gets consumed by his magic matrix in order to control their movements and witness what they saw.

"Hey, how long will it take for you to find their hideout?" Lisa said, looking at John.

An instant after she said those words, John's eyes brightened in a Sapphire blue light as the images of a large group of humans, who were sitting in the center of a clearing surrounded by trees, popped up in his mind.

"I found them," John said in a low voice filled with joy.

"Finally," Lisa said, feeling a bit relieved to know that he has found the hiding spot of the criminals.

"Where are they?" Theo asked, anticipating John's answer.

"They are resting in the center of a clearing seventy-nine meters to our right," John said as he pointed towards the east direction of the woodlands.

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"Did they notice your magic eyes?" Elliot asked as he looked at John.

John shook his head, signifying that they didn't notice him, and said, "I made sure to keep the movement of my eyes as discreet as possible, and there's no way for the rogue magicians to notice them. After all, they are hiding in the thick cover provided by the leaves of the trees."

"Is the road to there safe?" Theo asked, wondering whether or not they need to move discreetly to get to the clearing to their right.

"The coast ahead is clear of all monsters," John said before motioning them to follow him to the right side of the woodlands.

John rushed forward to the right, and Theo, Elliot, and Lisa followed behind him in tow. They tread on the grassy ground with a lot of uneven surfaces, moving past trees like gusts of wind as they stepped closer to the criminals, who were resting in the center of the clearing just several meters away from them.

After reaching a spot thirty meters away from them, John motioned them to take to the trees since walking on the grassy ground meant stepping on dry leaves that were making crunching noises, something might alert the rogue magicians.

They nodded their heads, signifying that they understood his signal. They put strength in their feet, leaping up to the limbs of the trees. After that, they jumped from one bough to another, moving past trees after trees, closing up on the criminals.

They were all magicians and a few times powerful than humans, so performing such a feat wasn't too hard nor easy. However, they were able to do it without much difficulty. Courtesy of the hard training they had pulled themselves through throughout the years.

After reaching close to the clearing, they carefully hid within the covers provided by the trees. Then from their concealed position, they furtively peeked at the criminals through the small openings between the bundle of tree leaves.

Although they were only a few meters away from each other, the rogue magicians didn't notice them. After all, the trees surrounding them from all four sides greatly obscured their visions, and the teenage magicians used this to their advantage, using the thick trees to camouflage themselves.

While taking cover behind the thick trees and peeking a glance towards the rogue magicians with his God's Right Eye of Wisdom, Elliot found out about the strength of each of them.

"Among the enemy ranks, the bald guy is the only one in the tenth level of the magical realm. His superpower is to strengthen his weapon. His magic matrix is to create a small shield. The guy on his left and the woman on his right are at the seventh level of the magical realm. They haven't awakened nor do they have a magic matrix. The rest of them are in between the first to the third level of the magical realm. Nothing impressive about them." Elliot said in a low voice while looking at Theo, Lisa, and John.

As they heard his words, their eyes widened in surprise, and they turned to look at him with an expression of bewilderment. How did he determine their strength? They found it hard to believe that he had managed to determine their strength and whether or not they have awakened, or what type of ability the boss had, so easily and in such a short time.

"You sure?" John asked.

"I'm 100% certain," Elliot said, revealing a confident smile on his face.

Theo, Lisa, and John remembered what happened in the magic coliseum, and they determined that Elliot has the godly ability to appraise someone's strength!

Oh, how wrong they were!

If they knew that he couldn't only find out about the strength of a person but also everything about them, their jaws would have threatened to drop to touch the ground.

"What's the plan?" Theo asked, looking at Elliot, the only one who could be considered his equal, or better yet, someone who surpassed him.

"On the count of three, let's launch a sneak attack to kill a few of them. Then, I will charge ahead with Theo and confront them. You two, kill anyone that tries to make a run for it." Elliot said, telling them about the plan.

"Okay," John and Lisa nodded, willing to go along with his plan. First off, John was out of magic energy, so he agreed without any hesitation. Lisa, on the other hand, was a ranged damage dealer and she also didn't have the guts to refuse the person she has already decided to marry and have a baby with.

Before the three-second countdown finished, Elliot, Theo created one spear each, clutched in their right hand. And Lisa created two daggers made of earth and held them in her hands. They were waiting for the countdown to finish. John, on the other hand, couldn't perform a ranged attack as he didn't have any superpowers or extra weapons. Just a sword, which he would need in a moment or two.

WHOOSH

An instant after the countdown ended, they released the weapons in their hands with all their strength.

The spears and daggers cut through the air and slammed into the rogue magicians. The daggers thrust into the heads of two criminals, killing them instantly. The forces of the spears, however, were so strong that they pierced the flesh of the criminals in the front and branched out of their backs without losing any momentum, charging towards the ones at the back.

"Ugh!"

Red blood burst forth from the holes in their bodies as they dropped to the ground one after another, blood splattering down to the ground, painting the clearing red.

The wooden and golden spears obliterated everyone in their path as if they were the scythe of the grim reaper!

And they were heading straight towards the bald guy in the tenth level of the magical realm. The eyes of the bald guy, who went by the name of Thomas, widened in fear as he felt death suddenly descending on him.