Chapter 207: Perfect Teamwork!

Whats going on?

This human alchemist was weaker than the young Frostborn. How did he suddenly become so strong?

Realizing that this human with an ominous aura was conjuring something dangerous, the Soul Eater s.h.i.+fted its attention away from the taunting female towards Salvatore.

It shut all of its eyelids, abandoning its vision in order to enter the Silent Realm. It only needed its perception to focus on its enemies.

I need to interrupt whatever he is conjuring.

This is a Taboo Alchemy that only sages can complete.

But isnt he just an apprentice? Not even at master level

The Soul Eater: ??? [Nick Young Meme.jpg]

It hadnt been summoned by anyone for hundreds of years, and all of a sudden it realized it no longer understood how the world works

In the Soul Eaters understanding, there was no such behavior as doping.

However, it recognized the alchemy technique.

Taboo Alchemy[Sun Corona Refinement].

Use an existing material to exchange for a small part of the Sunor to send the target straight into the star if failed.

It didnt want to receive the devastating attack.

As a summon, it wouldnt die. This body was simply an avatar, like a statue.

But it would still hurt.

If Im banished to the Sun

The Soul Eater shook his drill-like head uncomfortably. It disappeared instantly, avoiding the steel lances that were flying towards him, and moved farther awayat least out of the flames range.

As a matter of fact, it wanted to flee already; it wasnt even summoned by Silent Ladys believers.

An infidel who stole the spell and imposed multiple strange restrictions upon summoning the Soul Eater All in all, it was unwilling to be here.

It would willingly accept it if it were its boss telling it to work overtime.

But it was more accurate to say that it was working for another boss that knew its boss. It was alright with helping out, but it would never work overtime for him.

Unlike its hunter-like appearance, the Soul Eater was a relatively well-tempered summon. Surprisingly, it was much more cowardly than it looked. When it wasnt the Silent Ladys believers summoning it, it might flee in the face of a strong enemy.

The reason was simple this creature lived in groups.

It was the natural enemy of all Transcended that used mana. They fed on the souls that possessed mana pools.

Soul Eaters could see souls and sense the locations of spellcasters easily, as well as the power and characteristics of any magic being cast nearby. It also had a strong, resistant body that was proficient at charging and thus was commonly nicknamed as the Silent Spear in ritual.

At the same time, it could swap between the Silent Realm and the material world at will, which appeared as if it could teleport.

As such, among the high-ranking summons, they were quite popular.

Lets not forget the fact that an alchemist was a physically weak and slow Transcended. Only those reaching the level of Sage could intimidate the Soul Eater even a little.

Still, it had become hesitant.

It was crawling further and further away from the group. It hid into the mist generated from its body in the blink of an eye. It looked like a marshmallow lizard in action.

Annan also noticed the Soul Eaters fear, and quickly realized that the Taboo Alchemy posed a huge deterrence.

For spells of such level, the user would chant at a high frequency for each chorus of the alteration process and direct it at a specific route. This would enable the user to cast typically impossible spells by borrowing Truths from other people or deities and apply it through an unequal exchange contract.

Its essentially using loopholes in Truths to steal the authority of their owners. If the stolen party noticed it, they could confront the user by following the evidence.

That was why it was called Taboo Alchemy. Ancient Gold Rank alchemists, also known as the Sage profession, were nicknamed The Thieves of Fire.

(TN: I think fire thief is related to Prometheus stealing fire for man in Greek Mythology.)

However, if the user stole these Truths without being noticed and attained Gold Rank, they would be able to reliably utilize the power of that Truth without consequences.

Although the spellcaster would have to pay a painful price to existing owners afterward if the crime was noticed. It would normally be used only in an emergency.

The power of those at the Truth rank was potent. Even if the user only stole a little, it could still overwhelm anyone Gold Rank or below, just like how those below Silver Rank couldnt nullify elemental power entirely.

This seniors got something here.

Salvatore did explain the concepts of Taboo Alchemy to Annan before.

But he didnt tell Annan that he had already mastered at least one of these taboo spells.

For him, Annan wasnt a Gold Rank yet, so it was too early for Annan to know about it.

What the heck is that sticky thing crawling out of the seniors body?

How can it cuss at others during spellcasting? It seems to be better than the senior in spell casting too.

Isnt that Venom [1]?

If not, what is that evil creature with a malicious aura?

In the end, the Soul Eater didnt retreat. Apparently, it had some doubts about the power Salvatore had mustered.

Although the Soul Eater didnt know what drug Salvatore used, it didnt believe that Salvatores power boost could last forever.

Otherwise, if the Sage wanted to eliminate it, there was no need for Taboo Alchemy techniques. Sages could eliminate it as easily as flicking a finger.

Aside from that, the Soul Eater was a little hungry as well.

It wasnt old, by the Soul Eater standards.

It smelled that there was indeed a substantial, delicious soul nearby. It couldnt pinpoint the exact location yet, so it decided to stay around to look for it.

Hmm, that Frostborns soul seems so delicious and fragrant. I want to eat it.

Those two human souls seem dry. I dont want to eat them.

That strange alchemists soul who suddenly became a Sage seems to have a foul stench.

Conflicting smells a.s.saulted its olfactory function.

In the end, it couldnt hold its appet.i.te.

It moved left and right, escaped into the Silent Realm the moment it rounded the corner of a building, and instantly reappeared behind Annan and the rest.

There was no warning. It struck like a cannonball, attempting to pierce through Salvatore directly!

At this moment, an invisible wall of air rose behind Salvatore.

Annan had already antic.i.p.ated its attack.

It habitually liked to ambush from behind.

When the Soul Eater was hesitating, Annan had taken out a bottle of frost air. He placed the hammer next to his feet and clasped his hands together like he was praying.

Then, Annan used Salvatore as bait while being wary of his back. With that, it granted him the opportunity to intercept the most threatening Silent Spear at the first moment!

The Soul Eater, who came quickly, had its speed reduced tremendously as soon as it reached the wall. Although the wall was not too effective as the creature was solid, Annan immediately cancelled the spell once the Soul Eater hit it, and raised another wall right after!

Four consecutive, precise wall spells were activated. That slowed down the Soul Eaters Charge to a snails pace.

Those walls were all Annans guided spells, Impeding Wall!

While Annan quickly erected and canceled the Impeding Wall, a stream of chilling air spread rapidly on the ground and covered the Soul Eaters body entirely, freezing it in place.

For the first time, the [Elven Skin Gloves] fulfilled its purpose, allowing Annan to use two guided spells simultaneously to hinder the Soul Eaters actions in time!

At this moment, dozens of electrified steel lances descended from the sky.

The shadow had antic.i.p.ated Annans actions and believed that he would hinder the Soul Eater in time. So, it readied many spears in the air to launch at any time.

The steel lance barraged downwards, pinning the Soul Eater to the ground while severely injuring it. On impact, they released pillars of flame, which then also crystallized and hardened into steel.

With Annan and the shadows cooperation, the Soul Eater was sealed inside a st.u.r.dy steel column with a radius of about five meters!