Laurock Hotel is a small hotel situated on the side of Konola City's southern wall. From a business perspective, being located in such a remote area might seem unwise, but if you consider its true purpose as a secret passage, it's a different story. Additionally, there's a sparse forest to the south of Konola City, referred to as the "Endless Swamp" by locals. Through this marshy forest, you can journey all the way to the neighboring country of the Kingdom of Camos - The Dylan Kingdom, which has historically been in conflict with Camos. There is also a concept of political asylum in the world of Pheren. So, if the princess were to seek asylum in the Dylan Kingdom, there would be no need to worry about her safety.
It happened that Punk also wanted to leave the kingdom of Camos, which was now in civil strife, so the goal of going to the Dylan kingdom was the same as that of McNeesey. Of course, the most important thing is to escape the impending destruction of Konola first!
The wolf's speed is remarkable. Within half an hour, Punk arrives near the Laurock Hotel. The fire has burned nearly a quarter of the hotel. The once beautiful plaque, painted pink, has turned into half a piece of charred wood under the fire. However, despite its appearance of distress and decay, from Punk's observations, the fire seems to have been effectively contained just in time, and the main structure of the building is barely preserved. The load-bearing beams have not yet turned into charcoal.
The wolf's footsteps stopped behind a broken stone wall, and because the wolves had a kind of meat pads on their dewclaws, they didn't make any sound despite their colossal size.
Punk quietly released the spell Mystic Eye. A completely transparent eyeball floated out from behind the wall and started to watch the three young professionals not far away on the street. These three professionals were only apprentice level. They should have come here to conduct routine patrols. And It seemed that they didn't think that there would be any danger in such a place where even a living person could not be seen. So, not only do they did not pay attention to their surroundings, they were even in the mood to play around.
Most low-level professionals on the Pheren plane were generally young, and many of them were simply children. So some of them lacked emotional and intellectual maturity to be always cautious even in such an unforgiving world.
Punk watched the three idiots quietly who didn't even have a clue that an imminent disaster about befell on them.
"They need to be handled swiftly and cautiously. All of Lunka's subordinates are equipped with signaling techniques. Make sure they don't send any signals."
McNeesey's voice is transmitted to Punk through a simple communication method.
After McNeesey's reminder, Punk sets aside any unrelated thoughts in his mind.
Although dealing with these apprentice-level "junior operatives" isn't particularly challenging, when the requirement for speed is added, it becomes somewhat tricky. After all, Punk is a mage, not an assassin.
After thinking about it carefully, Punk decided to start with the higher-level young Priest. As when the caster was attacked in a team, most of the surrounding combatants would choose to gather near the caster for assistance, especially these hot-blooded and naive young peoples. And they most likely would not abandon a companion, even when the decision of escape was the best choice in the face of an irresistible danger.
Punk decided to take advantage of this fact and let them gather together, then use an AOE spell to kill them all in one go.
After Punk decided on a plan, he immediately took action. In the shadow of his hood, a large amount of azure blue magical light slowly revolved around his pupils, which were filled with coldness and indifference.
"Vertigo"
It was an upgraded version of the secondary stun spell, a spell that Punk had meticulously practiced in the past. And this spell only required a few key spell gestures to guide and didn't used any casting materials. Punk completed the spell model almost instantly inside his mind palace and released it into reality. As this spell belonged to the curse-type, it instantly traveled a distance of fifty meters and descended into the young Priest's brain.
The young Priest, who was still chatting and laughing with the girl archer next to him, suddenly stood up, and traces of blood slowly started to flow out of his eyes and nose. This young Priest did not put any defensive spell on himself, so he was hit by the Vertigo spell directly!
One shouldn't assume that auxiliary spells lack lethality. Punk's stun spell, cast by a 7th-level mage, struck this young priest, at most 4th level, without any buffers, causing the priest's mental power to shatter instantly. Judging from his appearance, his brain nerves were damaged, and he'd likely become an idiot or be paralyzed.
"Noah! What's happening to you!"
The soldier following the young priest rushed to examine his condition as he slowly fell to the ground, losing control of his body.
"Don't go!"
The archer girl beside them appeared to have realized something and tried to caution the warrior who was rushing toward the priest.
"Too late!"
The young warrior, who was trying to shake the Priest out of his dazed state, didn't notice that a white shadow was galloping toward him from the above. As a result, the warrior couldn't even put up a resistance as he was bitten by the Punk's summoned wolf. As the wolf roared and shook his head fiercely, most of the young warrior's lower abdomen and one thigh were torn off like paper, and a large amount of blood and minced meat were sprinkled on the hot ground.
The archer girl who saw this scene started to shed drops of crystal tears from her eyes. The companion who was chatting and laughing with her just a few moments ago, now dying a miserable death in front of her own eyes. She simply couldn't accept such a cruel reality.
But Punk didn't care about whether a dying person could accept the reality or not. And he quickly casted a spell "Arcane explosion" toward the young warrior who was now rolling and wailing on the ground. A pulsing lavender flame directly hit the warrior, and a ring of fire carrying a large amount of kinetic energy spread out from the center.
The "Arcane explosion" was a ranged spell that possessed a high-temperature burning ability and also carried a large amount of chaotic kinetic energy. That's why Its potent destructive ability was very suitable to be used against physical defenses such as armor.
Under the rotating diffusion of Arcane fire, the wailing warrior and the dazed young Priest were torn and burned into a focal block of the ground in just seconds. The whole brick road was also subjected to the same treatment and torn to pieces by the chaotic kinetic energy.
But the archer girl escaped. The red necklace on her neck activated a magical shield. Three scarlet shields emerged in the air and started to revolve around the girl's body. This shield almost entirely stopped the Arcane fire and the kinetic force.
Punk's eyes narrowed slightly; he recognized this divine art. It was the "Scarlet Shield," an art produced by the Church of the God of Warriors.
The girl archer leaped backward like an angry cat and jumped to a rock protruding from the ground. She yelled at Punk angrily:
"Do you know what you did? Noah is a Priest of the warrior church."
After finishing speaking, the girl pressed her red lips tightly and pulled down the flare hanging on her waist. Obviously, she was not stupid and wanted to send a signal for reinforcements!
But she couldn't use it anymore. In the girl's astonished eyes, a crooked yellow light collided with the scarlet shield, and the seemingly indestructible shield turned into scarlet light dots in the air in less than two seconds.
"Trainee-level incantation spell-Energy dissipation."
This spell was used by Punk, which scattered energy away from an object by creating a repulsive effect. It was most effective against this kind of "rootless tree" technique activated by magical items, as it didn't have any energy source to replenish itself.
"There are trillions of believers in Church of Warriors all over the universe. Do you think he cares about the life and death of a little apprentice Priest?"
A Vertigo spell hit the girl in the next second, and Punk's words filled with irony was the last thing she heard before losing consciousness.