Orion dashed forward, his muscles coiling with lethal intent while Ether suffused his blade with its characteristic pale gray luminescence. The sword traced a lethal arc, severing the head of an aberrant that had lunged for his throat. Another monstrosity attempted to exploit his blind spot, but Maria intercepted it with devastating efficiency, her legs blazing with brilliant azure energy as she sent it careening sideways.He acknowledged her assistance with a subtle nod before extending his left palm toward the airborne aberrant. His [Dark Manipulation] manifested as a roiling mass of obsidian vapor that rapidly coalesced, extending into a lethal whip that separated the defenseless creature's head from its body with surgical precision.By his side, Maria had already launched into her next assault, her form nearly parallel to the ground as she delivered a devastating kick to an aberrant's neck, the impact nearly pulverizing its spine. The force of her strike propelled the creature sid

Orion squinted his eyes as the sunlight hit his face. After he adapted to the change, he glanced around him, observing the green pasture that surrounded him with the grass reaching up to his knees.He quickly noted that he had been separated from his group. ‘This must be a division type dungeon. We’ll start out separately before finally meeting up once more.’His hands found their way to the two swords Evangeline had made for him. The Ether within them was enough for him to last him one floor within the dungeon - only if he finished his enemies fast enough though. ‘Speaking of enemies…’The grass before him parted, allowing a fast projectile to approach him at breakneck speed. Any normal person would have had their head sliced off when meeting against the monster capable of that speed.But Orion wasn’t a normal person.A gray light coated his blade as he pivoted to the left, slashing downward as he did so and separating the monster’s head from its neck.Laying on the floor, with its c

When Orion’s sight adjusted to the light, he immediately noticed the 3 other individuals standing by his side. “It seems some of us made it.” Evangeline smiled as she drew their attention. Out of the 9 that had arrived, only Orion, Evangeline, Marcus and Alex had arrived at the 5th stage of the dungeon. Seeing this, Orion thought it would have been more efficient if they had brought Emma along as well but the girl had to stay behind with Derek to guard their base. They would have to figure a way to defeat this stage with their current manpower.The situation wasn’t that bad though. Orion’s heightened senses caught whiff of Evangeline’s and Marcus’ higher strength. The two had probably also advanced to the Late stage. Alex wasn’t far off too either, he had probably accumulated about 450 to 500 attribute points already._The fifth and final stage has begun. Your task is to wipe out the Goblin village in the depths of the forest. Note that there might be Hobgoblins within it._‘Hmm.’

The next thing Orion felt was pain. A figure had smashed into him before he was sent flying while he made sure to hold onto her despite the pain. Evangeline curled up in his hold as he tried controlling their fall, making sure to minimize the damage she took. He didn’t understand why this woman would do something as foolish as protecting him. With her Ether-oriented body no less. It seemed her [Dispersion] was more powerful than he gave it credit for, since it was able to disperse the force behind that terrible attack and reduce the damage taken. It really was a powerful defense type skill.“You stupid woman!” That didn’t reduce his annoyance though. “You could have died, you know that?!” They had finally smashed into one of the destroyed storage huts, crashing into the scattered debris. Orion kneeled, massaging his aching shoulders. His clothes had torn, showing the bleeding cuts that had opened up when he had made contact with the ground while protecting Evangeline. His back was

“Mr. Derek, calm down. Rushing in isn’t going to help!” Emma shouted out before her teacher rushed forward, her voice tinged with concern and warning.Derek paused, glancing back at his weakened lover before gritting his teeth and holding his ground, assuming a blocking stance. The lean man clicked his tongue when he saw this and waved at his companions. “Light ‘em up.”The group behind him immediately aimed forward, their fingers pulling the triggers on their guns, releasing a wave of bullets that shot towards Derek and Emma.The teenager waved her hand, creating a large fire ball that was suspended before them. After all, they weren’t powerful enough to stop bullets with their bare skin. She wasn’t powerful enough to completely melt the bullets either. Which was why multiple projectiles still shot forward, aiming straight at her. Derek would never allow that to happen though. He moved forward, blocking the weakened bullets with his toughened skin and patting away the flames that at