I JUST WANT A PEACEFUL LIFE

"Hmm.. He will be good practice for Jayna." replied Angus.

In the meantime, inside the Ground Sanctum, the combined force of four religious groups was finally able to push the Plargos followers back. The Plargos members were overwhelmed by the continued onslaught and fell one by one.

Although Plargos members have nasty spells/skills to infect others with some unknown disease, they are still outnumbered. Moreover, the Holy knight also gets supported by their priest and could resist some of Plargos' nasty skills/spells.

Seeing the dangerous situation and they could be eradicated at any moment, "Group up together!!" shouted the purple-skinned man.

Then, he released a massive green arc of energy from his double scythe [Cruelty - Blister Divide]. *Whoosh* Farron didn't dare receive the incoming attack as he noticed a large amount of foul energy from it.

Blister Divide kept going until it hit the Ground Sanctum barrier. *Clang* *BAM* At the same time, the two remaining Zion priests coughed blood as they couldn't hold the barrier. Feeling nothing restraining him and the nearby space, the Plargos leader went towards his group.

"A chance!! Every shot!!" commanded Karum Priest leader.

[4th Circle - Vigor Benediction] [3rd Circle - Holy Blast] [2nd Circle - Holy Water] Many spells are flying toward the Plargos member. At this moment, Plargos' leader seems like breaking something in his hand. *Crack* [4th Circle - Summoning]

A bright light appeared in front of him. However, the priest didn't stop and kept shooting at them. After a while, they finally stopped and found another dreadful presence from the Plargos group.

As the view becomes more apparent, they find in front of the Plargos follower a massive hunk of black-colored rough stone. This stone is the one that defends the continued spells from the priests.

Then, the Plargos leader takes out the cloth on top of his head and reveals a pointed horn from his forehead.

Seeing the leader figure, "T-That's… He is One-Horned Eucros!" exclaimed the Temple of Death priest leader.

Suddenly, the massive black stone seems to be moving and reveals its actual appearance. Find the true nature of the rough black stone. Everyone immediately gets goosebumps and cold sweat seeing the creature in front of them.

"What the hell is that?" asked Anny, the Karum sixth grade holy knight.

"A-Are we truly fighting that?!" said one of the Holy Knights nearby.

In front of them, there is a gigantic black-colored snake that keeps getting bigger. *Ssshhsss* Hissing the snake loudly as it just woke up from its slumber. Then, the enormous snake releases purple gas from its mouth.

"Poison Gas!! Everyone huddle up!" said the Karum Priest leader while casting a simple barrier.

In the meantime, the appearance of the unknown snake beast also attracted Angus and the others.

"What is that? I've never seen that beast before." said Duchess Amberblaze.

"If I am not wrong, I think it should be the extinct Zokline, the mountain eater." replied Angus as he observed the snake.

Hearing Angus's reply, "Zokline??" asked Duchess Amberblaze back.

"It is an extinct ancient beast. However, I also don't know much about it besides its appearance and name. I only know from the historical record that they could easily eat a mountain and were called a mountain eater."

"Ancient Beast?! Damn, we need to evacuate the whole city and the quarantine zone." said Duchess Amberblaze before turning into a red flash.

Ancient and Legendary Beast couldn't be measured up just by their grade. Some of them even could be hailed as calamities or natural disasters. From Angus's explanation, the Duchess knows that there is a possibility Zokline belongs to a disastrous ancient beast.

At the same time, Angus found that the sleeping Anna had already awakened from her sleep and looked intently at the giant snake.

"Anna, what do you think about that snake?" asked Angus.

"Cute!! It's super cute!" replied Anna.

'C-Cute!! Okay, I didn't expect that kind of answer. But, which part of it looks cute?' thought Angus while looking at the dreadful snake.

"Err..  Did you want it?" probed Angus.

"Nope, it already belongs to that purple horn." replied Anna while shaking her head.

"I see." said Angus before looking back at Jayna, still fighting in the air against the Cardinal.

Angus didn't truly worry about Zokline since he knew the restriction of using it as the contractor of the legendary beast. Unless the One-Horned Eucros can Completely Subdue Zokline, which is an impossible case, he didn't need to worry about Zokline.

Achieving a Completely Subdued contract relationship is practically impossible. If Angus's heritage chi didn't act during Draven's contract, he would never be able to subdue him completely.

Moreover, the Ancient and Legendary Beast has considerable pride. The moment they know they will be Completely Subdued during the contract process, they will kill themself.

In other words, the contractor needs at least a lot of power to finish the contract process before letting the beast react and think. Ancient Beasts like Zokline will never do something for free. It must get something in return.

It means the Plargos leader couldn't use and command Zokline too much. With this kind of limitation, Angus could just beat that snake later after it fights everyone. Angus prefers to put his attention on Jayna, who is fighting in the sky.

Jayna and Angus rarely fight in the sky since Angus himself are not too proficient in this omnidirectional area. Compared to a sixth-grade combatant who could fly freely in the sky, Angus is more experienced in fighting on the ground.

Still, it didn't mean Angus couldn't teach anything about air combat. He could fight properly in the air but was not as proficient as those old experts who often fought in the air for years.

Therefore, he is more worried about Jayna since she didn't learn much about fighting in the air. However, Angus and Jayna also have [Analyze] to predict and help them fight in the air.

Furthermore, Angus could also help by sending helpful warnings and advice from a distance using their [Allegiance] bond. The Plargos Cardinal begins to have a hard time dealing with Jayna. He didn't have time to use any higher circle spell than the third circle.

'Who is she?! She is improving too fast!!' thought the Plargos Cardinal while parrying Jayna's burning sword.

The Plargos Cardinal realize Jayna's huge improvement since they start fighting in the air. He notices Jayna is only a third-grade combatant and initially tries to use his air advantage. However, he didn't expect Jayna to become more proficient in air combat as time passed by.

It is common knowledge that Magicians are weak at close combat. However, with the help of flying spells, they can negate this weakness. Magicians who can fly around are like a tiger with a pair of wings.

Some people even said that magicians must be proficient in air combat to survive. As a full-fledged sixth-grade magician, the Plargos Cardinal has a lot of experience in air combat. Hence, he didn't expect to be pushed back by a young third-grade warrior.

After pursuing a while, Jayna feels her mana deplete faster than fighting on the ground. Although using fire wing does not consume too much mana, she is still only third grade, with the mana higher than the average fourth-grade combatant.

She will definitely exhaust her mana first compared to a sixth-grade magician with a massive amount of mana. At this moment, mana fluctuates in a certain direction [3rd Circle - Mana Transfer]. After Angus casts the spell, Jayna immediately feels her mana refilled.

Usually, this spell will harm the target since every person's mana is different. Unless they use a special spell like [Divine Magic - Prayer's Room.], this spell will only harm the target.

However, Angus and Jayna notice after she touches Angus's soul, their mana becomes more similar to the point they could exchange mana with just a touch. If it is not because of their large current distance, Angus could just touch Jayna to refill her mana.

Feeling Angus's mana, Jayna couldn't help but smile. Then, she flaps her fire wings and shoots a few fire feathers at the Plargos Cardinal [Phoenix Rain].

*Whish* *Whish* *Whish* Since she is not inside the Prayer's Room area, she couldn't shoot too many Phoenix Rain at once, even with the help of Angus's mana. Didn't expect such an attack, the Plargos Cardinal immediately shielded himself using his scepter [Erosion - Feast Barrier].

'Artifact!!' thought both Angus and Jayna solemnly.

In the meantime, the Holy Knights have a hard time fighting against Zokline, who keeps sprouting poisonous gas. Not only is the gas toxic, but it also has a corrosive effect. The Holy Knights and priests could see the nearby stone debris melting slowly.

On top of their barrier spells, they also need to empower it with their mana while fighting the gigantic Zokline. Moreover, the snake also has very thick and sturdy skin. No matter what kind of attack they launch, they couldn't even create a scratch on it.

Using this opportunity, the Plargos leader breaks another rune crystal [4th Circle - Summoning]. Then, a bright light appeared before him and a large moth appeared.