"You dare make such a move in my presence? Very Bold!"Ahika roared arrogantly and ma.s.sive heatwave spread across his and covered the entire village like kingdom. His crimson red eyes were fixed on the serpent dragon above and he considered taking making the first move.

Hmm?

Only after Ahika acted to counter its frost did the water dragon recognize the existence of these people below, especially Ahika who was scorching red by now.

It with a raised eyebrow and an inquisitive look on its terrifying face, the dragon opened its mouth and a ma.s.sive water torrent that could easily cover half of Baldmar shot towards the warriors and mages of the kingdom.

"Protect the village… don't let these monsters get anywhere near our children and wives… As for this beast, I'll deal with it quickly!" Ahika said before shooting into the sky, leaving shattered earth at the point where he once stood.

"Fire lizards breath!" He roared and spat out a ma.s.sive wave of scorching flames that clashed with the water torrent. 

Bang!

A thick cloud of steam appeared right in front of the two combatants and none took the initiative to attack. The water serpent wore an intrigued expression on its face as it gazed at the little lizard man that dared to challenge it with the fire element.

"This world has become more interesting… what's your name child?" The water dragon suddenly spoke, leaving all those that heard its voice in a confused state.

When did magic beasts start talking?

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Back in Gyro, all the members of Cato residing in the towns closest to the walls of the kingdom were asked to retreat deeper into the kingdom. 

Under everyone's excited gaze three powerful figures stood in midair and conversed in hushed tones. Their aura was like the vast sea and it easily covered the kingdom. Midway into the discussion, two more figures appeared, they were the two undead generals of the death mage.

Everyone looked at the sky expectantly as they waited for these five people to finish their conversation and a few minutes later, four vanished and only one remained.

Derik stood so high up in the air that he could literarily kiss the clouds. Black clouds gathered and loomed over the kingdom and the next second the spatial dome surrounding the kingdom began to crumble, the roars, howls, and growls of the hordes of magic beasts outside filled the air and the people were terrified.

Without the spatial barrier of the spatial mage, the mighty walls of Gyro will not last long against these bloodthirsty magic beasts and when the wall is destroyed, Gyro will be annihilated. They all gazed at the death mage with expectant eyes, hoping he will explain what was in his mind

"For how long will the human race hide behind these walls, scared of the magic beasts? Will you all forever be contempt with a life where you wake up every single day of your lives and fear that these walls may crumble and your lives will be stolen away from you by these beasts?" Derik's voice was soft and had a soothing effect that everyone in Gyro felt. His blazing red eyes were fixed on the crumbling blue spatial barrier.

"This has to stop… I wish to build a future where the next generation can laugh happily and fear nothing… where they can go outside these d.a.m.n walls and play freely… For this purpose, I have chosen to eradicate these beasts here and now… You need not fight people of Gyro, just sit back and what your guardian eradicate your fears once and for all…" Derik's gaze drew colder as he finished his short speech and in the next second, numerous purple flashes of lightning struck towards the southern gate of Gyro, giving these beasts access to the town located at that spot, Briton!

With a pa.s.sage opened and his death aura spread across the walls of the kingdom to frighten them away, the magic beasts abandoned their plan of destroying the walls and ran into the kingdom through the shattered gate. Those magic beasts who were at the other sides of the kingdom possessed low intellect as well, so they all ignored the walls and surged towards the southern part of the kingdom a path has already been created for them.

The magic beasts which were gifted with the ability of flight were struck down by numerous bolts of purple lightning the moment they reached the walls of Gyro regardless of their level. Derik's figure vanished from the eyes of everyone, leaving them dazed by his words. Creating a world without magic beasts? 

Wiping them out?

His words terrified everyone but also brought hope and joy into their hearts. Numerous visual magic bugs were released around the kingdom in an instant, surging towards Briton where the battle will take place and multiple water orbs were created for the civilian to watch their guardian's fight. The people of Cato have long since abandoned their homes, seeing Derik act now, they considered remaining here for the rest of their lives and becoming a part of Gyro if the death mage can accomplish this task.

Derik appeared above Briton with a sinister smile on his face, behind him were the five youths under his care whom he brought with him in hopes of making them understand what it means to be strong.

"This will be my first official lesson to you guys…" Derik spoke to them softly with his hands placed behind him and his red eyes getting even brighter.

"When you meet a threat, don't just defeat it… or harm it…. Eradicate!" Derik suddenly roared as the magic beasts entered Briton.

His death aura spread like a tidal wave and crashed into the first batch that appeared, forcibly draining them of their life force, leaving behind thousands of monster corpse. This method was used on the second, third, and fourth batch of magic beasts that arrive, filling Briton with a sea of magic beast corpses. 

Those who watched this happen were terrified of the death mages' power and they began viewing Derik in a new light. He could forcefully steal a weaker foes life force with just his aura, didn't that mean he could do it to them as well?

Even those five kids who were the closest to Derik were scared of this ability. Everyone could clearly feel Derik's power rise for every batch of magic beasts he killed.

At this point, even these magic beasts with low intelligence could tell that entering this kingdom was just a death sentence. Soon the horde began to retreat but Derik had no intention of letting them go so easily.

He breathed out a gray mist that filled Briton in the blink of an eye. Soon thousands of corpses belonging to the magic beasts began to move. Like robots, they all sprang on their feet, each possessing a terrifying death aura.

"Spread out… Kill them all until none is left alive, my undead army!" Derik said with a vicious smile on his face.

His figure then vanished along with the dark clouds that surrounded Gyro, leaving behind only stunned viewers and five terrified kids in Briton.