Age of Adepts

Chapter 1280 The Bug Adept Arrives

While Scarface Gallow stared in the direction the machines had vanished, a particularly muscular warrior in black armor rode up beside him.

The two ferocious magical horses showed no signs of intimacy next to each other. Instead, they growled and roared, trying to intimidate each other.

After all, all magical horses were created through magical methods. The shadow of various magical creatures such as earthlions, shadow panthers, and unicorns could be seen in their bodies. It was because of their complex genesis and chaotic genetic sequence that there were only males among them. These creatures could not procreate naturally.

Moreover, they only had a short lifespan of ten years. They were considered cheap voodoo beasts that could be manufactured en masse!

However, cheap didn’t mean weak.

Because of how short their lives were, the adepts went all out in wringing out every bit of combat potential they had within them. The beasts became even more ferocious and vicious than what was possible for creatures born in nature.

Gallow’s magical sword was tied to his back. He reached out a large palm and knocked the horse lightly on its head. “Silence! If you alert the enemy’s scouts, I will roast both of you for dinner.”

His tone was light, but there was terrible intimidation behind it. The two magical horses immediately lowered their heads and became much less ferocious.

Their shells were thick enough to resist ordinary magical weapons, while their limbs and pincers were sharp enough to slice through leather armor three fingers thick. Even the magical armor of the knights glowed when the beetles bit at them. Terrifying scratches and cuts were left on the metal surface.

The appearance of the insect swarm had been too sudden. It had emerged directly beneath where the knights had been resting and instantly drowned three of the knights in a sea of black.

The other knights could no longer care for the gag order by then. Their runic spears pierced forth, each lunge accompanied by a glowing explosion of magic.

As members of the Bloody Spear, each and every one of them were qualified adepts. They were protected by magical armor, and the runic spears in their hands could unleash an elementium attack of their choosing, depending on the enemy’s elementium attribute.

Naturally, against the tide of insects, they chose fire attacks, which had the largest radius of attack and the most damage.

Unfortunately, these flaming spears that could quickly exterminate all life within a dozen meters barely worked on the insects. The ferocity of the flames and the sharp spears themselves could only kill the few beetles that were at the core of the explosion.

The other black beetles were only injured and recklessly attacked the three unfortunate knights caught in their midst.

The three figures roared endlessly amidst the swarm, unleashing shocking elementium explosions. However, they couldn’t break free of the encirclement of insects. The magical horses that had been caught in the tide were still valiantly resisting thanks to the scales on their bodies. An unbearable grinding, cracking sound of snapping teeth could be heard as they struggled.

Sadly, there were too many insects attacking them. A little hill of insects had already gathered around them. The insects squirmed. Each wave of resistance from the knights would only cause a layer of black beetles to fall off of the hill.

However, it didn’t matter how they fought with all their strength. The hill of insects was as thick and firm as ever, leaving them with no hope of escape. The beetles that continued to swarm approached the army of knights, seemingly intent on devouring every last one of them.

Bug Adept Billis…this was most certainly the work of Bug Adept Billis!

The only one in the Crimson Clan who could cultivate such horrifying insects was the intermediate Third Grade bug adept, Billis.

“Rezai, go save the three of them!”

Gallow drew the magical sword from his back, his cold, murky eyes scanning the battlefield for all movement.

The warrior’s name was Rezai.

He acknowledged the order and pressed his thighs together, instructing his horse to charge towards the squirming pile of insects.

Just as he was halfway across, Gallow roared, and his magical sword tremored. A shapeless, invisible thread of power sliced across the air, instantly beheading the two Voidreavers that had snuck to Rezai’s side.

The thread of force cut across the forest. Nothing could stand in its way.

Trees and vines alike were severed at the waist.

It passed through a seemingly empty clearing, and tragic insect cries could be heard immediately. Blood splattered as two heads went flying while their owner’s insectoid bodies crashed out from the trees onto the grass.

The death of the two Second Grade Voidreavers seemed to have signaled the start of an odd banquet of slaughter. The cries of insects could be heard everywhere in the forest, loud and blaring.

Countless unusual insectoid silhouettes started to appear between the trees.