The Moonlight Swordsman

In little towns like Chester in Xelgar, Grade II mages were at the top of the food chain. They could have been elders or perhaps the heads of noble households.

But now a Grade II mage has died just like that, and the one who killed him was looting his corpse leisurely.

"This guy has a lot of stuff; let me take it all hihihih." Aizel kept his thoughts in mind while quickly storing everything in his storage ring.

"You, how dare you treat my elder like this; you will fucking die; I will kill you myself," Tintin shouted from the roof with a furious face.

Thomas rushed to Aizel's side, whispering slowly enough that only Aizel could hear it.

"How much lightning energy do you still have?"

"About 30%," Aizel replied.

"I am down to only 10%; we still have to face three more mages along with that stupid," Thomas responded. He was pretty tired from all the fighting. But there were still some enemies left before they could truly be safe.

Despite his exhaustion, Thomas knew he had to push through and defeat the remaining mages to ensure their safety. He took a deep breath and readied himself for the next battle.

"Don't worry guys, we will fight with you guys." The spear guy said as he, Nathan, and Alisme joined Aizel and Thomas while Alisha and Harry were ensuring David's safety. Aizel wanted to say something but in the end, he simply nodded.

Meanwhile, Tintin jumped to the ground from the roof, so enraged that he only wanted to kill them as quickly as possible. The other three mages jumped behind him as well.

"Sir, we must proceed with caution." One of the mages spoke with a shaky voice. Even though the enemy has been fighting all day and is tired, they still hesitated because Aizel killed a Grade II mage pretty easily.

"Shut up, you idiot; they have to die here right now or there won't be any next time. Remember what my father will do if we fail this mission." Tintin replied while all three remaining mages felt a chill run down their spines at the mention of Tintin's father.

The mages understood that failure was not an option and that Tintin's father was not to be trifled with. They prepared for the final battle with heavy hearts.

Tintin summoned his shiny, golden-colored sword and dashed towards Aizel with full speed, with mages following him.

"I know you guys are low on magic energy," Tintin said this while wildly slashing his sword at Aizel.

He was just swinging the sword in a cross-shaped pattern, which made it easy for Aizel to predict and dodge.

"What an idiot, let me waste his time and find an opening against the mages to dispatch them quickly." Aizel thought while pretending to be in trouble in sword fighting against Tintin.

Meanwhile, the remaining three mages attacked together towards Thomas and others. One sent a flying boulder in their direction while the other two guys boosted their speed and headed toward the hunters.

They knew that getting rid of the hunters first would tip the scales in their favor.

Thomas concentrated water in a thin stick shape while increasing the pressure on it, which made it like a waterjet cutting process.

He easily cut through the boulder with it while quickly transforming the rest of the water spell into a water whip and quickly grabbing one of the mage's legs with it.

The mage fell to the ground while the other one headed toward Alisme and Nathan. They were both getting ready to fight to the death with a mage, but suddenly many arrows flew past them and headed straight for the mage who was running in their direction.

The mage dodged the arrows pretty easily, but the arrows bought the time that was needed for Aizel, who was just playing with Tintin, to charge toward them.

Aizel quickly increased his speed with lightning, and by the time the mage could generate a rock shield, his head had fallen to the ground while Aizel panted heavily.

Now there were only two mages remaining who were engaged in combat with Thomas, who was trying to keep them apart using water tentacles. Both Aizel and Thomas were getting low on energy, and they needed to finish them quickly.

The spear guy noticed this and headed straight toward Thomas to help him. He enhanced his spear with mana while generating a thick, concentrated aura on the spearhead.

He rushed toward one of the mages and thrust the spear quickly toward him. The mage wanted to use his wind ability to dodge it, but one of the water tentacles grabbed his leg, which disrupted his balance, and a spear thrust pierced his chest, making a huge hole in it.

The other mage quickly rushed back towards Tintin; he knew if they didn't try to escape now, they were going to die.

"We should escape, sir; we won't be able to kill them with just the two of us."

"What two of us, we had the perfect plan. We used goblins to massacre their whole team. We even brought a fucking Grade II mage with us, but we still couldn't kill a single one of them." Tintin shouted madly while holding his hair.

He was raging furiously as Aizel headed straight toward him. He wanted to capture this guy as he was the son of the noble family; maybe, with the help of Leah, they can extort some rewards from the Paul family.

The mage quickly noticed that Aizel was heading towards them and used a fireball in his direction, which Aizel just sliced with his sword.

The mage wanted to use another spell, but suddenly Alisme sneaked in between Tintin and the mage and attacked the mage on its back while Aizel quickly threw a lightning spear in his direction.

With the combination of their attacks, the mage died with his eyes wide open, leaving Tintin behind alone.

"Now what should we do with you?" Aizel spoke while everyone quickly rushed towards him, trying to stop Tintin from running away.

But suddenly, an arrow with enhanced mana flew so quickly that it pierced his head, leaving a see-through hole in his brain.