All of them were ready to work just that harder to keep up with Ervin.
However, today's patrol was seemingly normal. There were a few Early and Middle Stage Class 1 Demonic Beasts.
The Early Stages were taken care of in an individual effort. While the two Middle Stages were killed in a good display of teamwork.
Today looked to be another round of slaying the common beasts.
However, after Harvey finished taking out a Class 1 Demonic Tiger, John suddenly snapped his eyes to the air.
A bead of cold sweat condensed on his face. Cold sensations rippled through his body. His Magical Sense was going absolutely haywire!
"Everyone into position!" John roared out orders. Rippling flashes of fiery Mana glisten out his body. The dominating power of a high-grade Common magical sword manifested into his palm from his spatial patch.
"Hm?!" The very moment John roared out orders, everyone else forced themselves into action.
But it was also in the same moment a blanket of shadows engulfed the entire air.
The sky that was radiantly shining a dawn orange glow was now covered in a black shadow. Waves of powerful Mana flowed out, surging all across the area.
The covering shadow was like the dawn of death, everyone's minds tensed from the feeling of true danger.
"Skree!!"
Ear-piercing cries blasted all across the areas. The covering shadows were actually numerous Early Class 1 Demonic Bird beasts!
Each of these Demonic Birds was terrifyingly large, their beaks so sharp it could piece straight through sharp metals, their wings so long it could exude powerful waves of air to shred apart the ground.
"A flock!" Everyone on the team, even Ervin became focused.
A Demonic Bird beast flock did not have an overwhelming physical force. Nor did they have Innate abilities dangerous to humans.
But what they do have is amazing speeds and a piercing effect from the tip of their beaks.
A flap of their wings can speed them right to their targets. With Mana flowing through their beaks, they would be able to pierce through Mage's Magical defenses!
When all of this is combined with their annoying amount of numbers, even an Adept Mage like John had to focus.
The flock of Demonic Birds barely looked down for a brief second. With their screening battle cries, they flapped straight down towards John's team, rolling out horrifying waves of killing intent so intense that any Non-Mage would have their minds on the verge of shattering.
It was instantaneous on the other side.
Brilliant lights of Mana power glittered out of everyone's bodies. The power of their Magical Arts surged, bringing out the full potential of their magical abilities!
Ervin narrowed his eyes as three Demonic Birds pierced straight towards him.
One went for his forehead while the others came for his right and left side.
The pincer trap between these beasts was impeccable. The intense waves of air pressure whipped against Ervin's eyes, nearly forcing them to close.
Three-way ambushed from Early Stage Class 1 Demonic Bird was still a threat even for Ervin's greater magical power.
But he took everything with an easing sense of calm.
The Demonic Bird piercing towards his forehead made it a few meters in only a couple of seconds.
Right at that moment, Ervin sliced out his magical silver sword, the tip of the blade glistening with blue waves of Mana.
The others were distracted by their own fights, so nobody paid attention to the flow of Mana spewing out of Ervin's silver sword.
The Mana flew out at what seemed to be light speed. Far more than enough to overpower the Demonic Bird's insane speed.
Unable to even react, the flow of Mana phased into the Demonic Bird's body.
There was no warning or any screeching cry. The Demonic Bird just suddenly stopped in its tracks. An invisible force tightly grabbed its body, forcing down a supreme suppression it could not break out of!
The power of Ervin's Telekinesis Control showed its glorious might.
Ervin didn't delay at this moment. His silver sword brightly gleamed with the power of his Physical Magical Arts.
He slashed out at breakneck speeds, cutting the flow of air beneath the force of his blade.
'Ch!'
Blood wildly splashed out. The Demonic Bird was instantly pieced by Ervin's silver sword!
In the first place, a Demonic Bird beast's specialty was its speed and piercing power.
Its defenses were better than the average human but lower than even common Demonic Lion beasts.
Middle Stage Ervin had no problem tearing through the beast's fur with his Physical Mana.
One was killed. But the fight wasn't over yet.
The two other Demonic Birds reached Ervin's right and left cheek at the same time.
Since he just used all of his momentum to kill the first Demonic Bird, there absolutely wasn't any time for Ervin to run backward, much less defend against simultaneous attacks.
His face seemed utterly defenseless at this point.
However, without missing a beat, the moment Ervin killed the first Demonic Bird, he stimulated his bloodline.
The Mana of Complete Invisibility instantly fused straight into his head!
The Demonic Bird beasts expected to tear into Ervin's meaty flesh. However, the moment they touched his cheek, their terrifyingly sharp beaks phased straight through him.
Even for beasts with barely any spiritual awareness, both Demonic Birds' eyes slightly widened at the sheer impossibility that had just occurred.
A hard screeching sound soon reverberated. Powerful lashes of airwaves whirled out as the Demonic Birds' beasts violently smashed into each other.
Both forces were at an equal amount of magical power. It was like metal striking metal, the reverberation of such powerful forces rampaged through the Demonic Bird's bodies.
Their vision became a bit dazed, the world around them slightly distorted from the violent clash.
At that moment, Ervin slashed out his silver sword with two lightning-quick strikes.
Dazed and confused, the Demonic Birds couldn't possibly react to Ervin's bloody onslaught.
His silver sword brutally tore straight through the left Demonic Bird's head and savagely sliced the right Demonic Bird's body into two pieces. Their corpses smashed to the ground with a wet thump.
Sweat pooled down from Ervin's face. He was slightly panting, his arm faintly trembling.
That whole moment seemed like it lasted for a long time. But in reality, merely only seconds have passed.
There was no strategy or long battle Ervin could've performed. His only chance was to either kill those Demonic Birds or be killed himself.
Using his Mana without any break like that left Ervin considerably winded. Only around half of his Mana energy reserves were left while his body felt like it had just run for a mile.
Still, Ervin didn't lax his body. He was tensed for any sensation of danger.
With a quick gaze around the battlefield, Ervin observed that Jane and Kane were doing decently well at keeping the Demonic Birds at bay with their magical arts.
Both of them were on the Water Mage Path, thus they were able to defend against the Demonic Birds' attacks.
Whatever art they were using allowed their Water Mana to absorb the force of the Demonic Birds' beaks. Their ways of defense were better than Ervin's.
But they lack the ability to freeze the beasts with Telekinesis and phase through attacks with Complete invisibility.
Unlike Ervin, the duo would have to wait for the right moment to unleash a killing strike.
John was doing the best as expected. Every wave of his fire-coated sword unleashed a stream of Fire Mana that decimated everything in its path.
The ground was torched to ashes, bushes illumined in dazzling flames, and large trees blew up in raging wisps of flames.
A large number of Demonic Birds absolutely could not resist. Many of them roared out keening cries as their bodies were brutally torched to burning ashes.
Thankfully, John knew the level of destruction his art would cause. He had moved hundreds of meters away, taking most of the Demonic Birds' attention. There was no need to worry about him.
When Ervin took a glance over at Harvey, he finally narrowed his eyes.
Harvey tried backing away with a great leap from his Fire Mana. He managed to cover some ground through the sheer force of his magical power. Wisps of flames continually torched the ground from his leap.
However, these wisps of flames and Harvey's speed just weren't enough.
The Demonic Birds avoided everything as they continually pierced towards Harvey with their suffocating waves of intense killing intent!