Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

She also simultaneously made the footing around Diana like a marsh restricting her movements and slowly pulling her in. On top of that, she also cast multiple magic that created fire golems to zone her in a limited area and numerous Siesmic Shocks to increase the destructiveness of her spells.

Alecia went all out displaying the power of a level 631 [Mystic Geomancer]. On any other occasion, her spells would have a certain absolute result. Even if it was an army against her there was no going against such destructive spells.

However, unfortunately for her, her opponent was Diana, the only demi human out of the six who even after failing to inherit all of the powers of the Vecna, still survived the Trials of the Shadows and became a True Vampire.

If she failed to acquire all of those powerful abilities like the other five, does that mean that she was weak?

The answer was no. In fact, when it came to pure destructive power and strength, Diana was undoubtedly the strongest.

Although she did not gain many powerful abilities and skills, it needs to be mentioned that what she did gain was a body like none other. All of the powers that she failed to inherit, were instead absorbed by her body, tempering and altering it to such extremes that it became even more destructive and powerful.

Diana became a true vampire like none other. Facing Alecia's spells, she looked completely unimpressed.

Just as the attack was about to reach her, she used the club in her hand and swung it with all of her might.

BANG… A deadly and berserk to the extreme wind pressure was generated that directly smashed against the waves of landmass brought forth by the Seismic Magic Mastery, stopping its momentum completely.

The wind pressure was so tyrannical that it directly swept away the swathes of landmass and the golems rushing towards Diana. It only stopped after destroying four waves and numerous golems.

BANG… the club was swung again and another wind blast was sent forth towards the caster.

BANG… BANG… BANG… Diana kept at it, sending numerous wind blasts and destroying all of the magic targeting her. Right after that, she slammed her foot down on the ground with enough force to completely sweep away the marsh like ground restricting her.

Using the force to propel herself forward, Diana quickly covered the distance between her and Alecia. The latter panicked and tried to create a few more defence; however, a hurriedly created defence stood no chance against Diana's brute strength.

The walls of bedrock shielding her crumbled like fragile glass until the magic shield was all that remained to protect her.

Unfortunately against an opponent like Diana, even the magic shield couldn't give her a sense of safety for even a second.

For a magician, the Magic shield was their last line of defence. It was said to be extremely tough and durable, capable of sustaining powerful attacks. The more higher level and proficient the magician was, the more durable the magic shield.

Frida for example, was a level 421 Elemental Spellcaster, yet the magic shield that she erected had enough toughness and durability to even stop a level 637 assassin like Arent for a while given that the other party wasn't going all out.

From this one could see how tough the last line of defence of a mage was.

Alecia was level 632 Arcane Spellwever, her magic shield was bound to be more powerful than Frida's. Yet in the face of Diana's extreme brute force, it collapsed like fragile glass unable to even hold on for a second.

The fist of pure brute strength continued forward unabated and squarely smashed into her. All that force and power travelled onto her body, destroying her willpower and putting her out of order.

Alecia was defeated and the time it took for Diana to accomplish that, wouldn't even be more than a few minutes. After defeating the mage, she dragged her body just like Dieter and brought it back to her master.

"Master.. rawr… I completed my task… rawr" purring cutely, she wagged her tail and came closer for a head rub.

"Good job Diana, as expected you are the first one to complete the job" Theodore praised, patting her head.

"Brother, the others look like they are almost done too" Maybell pointed.

Just like she said, the others too returned soon after practically sweeping the battlefield with blood. At this moment, other than a few from the Blades of Ascension, not even a single enemy could be seen standing in one piece on the ground. All that remained was a harrowing sight for all to witness.

GASP… the adventurers gasped, unable to believe their eyes. Just until a few moments ago, they were fighting with their life in line, trying to get out of this hopeless situation. However, just when victory seemed as if it was slipping away from them, it quickly overturned with the arrival of a new group of people that they had never heard or seen before.

What's more the battle that they had been fighting with their life for so long, was over in just a couple of minutes with their arrival. The display of power that they exhibited was so impactful that for many present here, it would never leave their memories for as long as they lived.

The remnants of the resisting adventurers looked at the blood soaked ground and death sprawling all over the place and couldn't help but gulp. The sight was so shocking and terrifying that their bodies trembled with fear and at the same time they felt rejoice from the fact that the new group of people weren't their enemies.

Or else, by now their outcome would have been the same as the ones lying on the battlefield with their bodies lying in incomplete pieces.

"Shit… this.. what kind of joke is this? All the people on our side were killed and Dieter, Alecia and Joses were captured. This is not even funny… those demi humans there is something ominous about them. hey even defeated Dieter, there is no way I can win against them"

Muttering to herself, Arnet who was fighting Cynthia's group suddenly turned around and fled. With all of their forces annihilated and their most powerful member Dieter down, she wasn't foolish enough to stick here for any longer.

One couldn't blame her decision after all, who would have expected the arrival of a new group of demi humans who would wipe the floor with them? Escape was her only hope.

As for her teammates, the members of the Blades of Ascension never had a close bond like the other guilds. In here, every man was for himself. If you are strong enough, your efforts will be recognised and rewarded.

That was all there was to it, so about camaraderie, it never even occurred to her. It was their fault for lacking strength, her top priority was herself.

Being the high level assassin that she was, Arnet quickly disappeared from everyone's perception and melded with her environment until not even her presence could be felt any more.

"Dammit, we lost her. Where did she go?" Burg grumbled in frustration.

"What are you getting annoyed for, it's not like we could have defeated anyway. It looks like she realised that she stood no chance on her own after her comrades were captured. Thus she decided to flee" Marba slapped the knight's wide back.

"Huff… is this finally over?" Cynthia asked breathing a sigh of relief.

"Not yet, the one fighting with Blake is still around" Alvara reminded, guarding her back.

While everyone relaxed to catch their breath, Jordan of the Blades of Ascension who was fighting Blake, suddenly broke away from him and headed straight for the twins.

"That bitch ran away but so what? I am still there, as long as I can take their masters out, those demi humans who had lost the ones to command them, will not be able to move for a while. Using this chance, I will retrieve Dieter, Alecia and Joses, resetting the board completely"

Jordan planned his actions in his head as he ran. In his mind, he believed that the twins who were clearly the masters of the six powerful demi humans were weaker.

His belief was due to the fact that the twins looked like children and how strong could two children be? There was no way they were stronger than the demi humans.

Jordan increased his pace, even if they had lost the battle, he at least wanted to salvage it by getting the three who were knocked out, back. There was no reason for it, it was the only option he had.

After all, if he went back like this, his higher ups would no doubt kill him given the results. Not only was he unable to kill the last of the resistors, he had even lost his group and returned alone.

The disgrace and humiliation he would suffer not to mention the consequences, was something he did not even want to imagine.

Thus he rushed forward at full speed, his target the twins whose guards were completely relaxed. They were not even aware that he was approaching them at full speed.

A level 639 Wasteland Berserker in his full speed was faster than fast. In just a few seconds, he had already covered the large distance between him and his targets. 

There was just a few meters of distance between them, Jordan gripped his huge round axe tightly, ready to go for the kill in the split second when...