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Chapter 362 No Accidents

Cage and Andonara’s anxiety was understandable, because they remembered what happened to their family . Cage’s father had gone missing, and his wife died soon after childbirth .

The death of Andonara’s mother was quite uncanny too .

Though she was not very strong, Andonara’s mother was a Warrior . It was very strange that she died abruptly because of illness .

However, everything was possible when curses and spells were involved .

Seeing that they looked awful and lost their fighting will, Roland realized that they might’ve been hit by the psychological attack .

The purpose of such attacks was not always to cause delirium or unconsciousness .

Triggering depression was a way to fight, too . In a battle, grimness and low morale could affect one’s performance .

Roland immediately said, “Don’t overthink yet . Let’s get rid of this enemy first . ”

Hearing that, Cage and Andonara broke away from their devastation . Their faces immediately changed .

In fact, they were not exactly weak or undetermined . This cunning specter wouldn’t have affected them so easily if it hadn’t torn apart their defenses with a few simple words .

But now that Roland had woken them up, they looked at the weird specter gravely and seriously .

It was impossible for the specter to put them in such a position again, unless it was really far more powerful than them .

The horned specter burst into fury at Roland’s nosiness . It slapped Roland so quickly that barely anyone could’ve reacted .

But Andonara did . She stepped quickly in front of Roland and pressed her sword forward .

However, she was a pure melee class without any energy attacks .

The gigantic hand of the specter penetrated through Andonara and hit Roland’s magic shield .

Roland was thrown into the wall, leaving a huge dent on the wall . But thanks to the protection of the magic shield, Roland was temporarily stunned but wasn’t really hurt .

Andonara’s face became pale, and she fell on her knees . She would’ve collapsed if she hadn’t been supporting herself with her sword .

She felt cold and absolutely exhausted .

She didn’t pass out only because of the high magic resistance of the Great Swordsman . If a random Warrior were hit like that, they probably would’ve been killed .

“Diablo, you can go back to hell!”

At this point, Cage charged and slashed his longsword of blue flames, which drove the coldness away .

The specter, greatly scared of the blue flames, suddenly drifted two meters back, and Cage’s attack missed its mark .

Then, the specter pointed at Andonara, launching a ball of pale flames at her .

Cage turned around and cut the pale fireball into halves . Though the latter half of the fireball was gone, the front half kept flying at Andonara .

Greatly shocked, Cage tried to stop it again, but there was no time .

The specter put on a smile .

However, the shield-holding puppets that everybody ignored took action and stepped before Andonara .

The pale hemisphere of fire hit the blue shield and exploded, blowing the shield into pieces, which turned into elemental power and disappeared into the air .

The pale hemisphere was gone too .

Though the shield was broken, the puppet was still there . It condensed another shield and raised it, although it looked smaller than before .

Slightly relieved, Cage looked at the specter .

At this point, the specter looked awful and exasperated .

It grew larger as it floated forward and bashed at Andonara’s head with its two hands .

Cage rushed to Andonara’s side and lifted his longsword, hoping to block the attack with the blue flames .

But at this moment, the specter smiled hideously .

Its fists came to a sudden stop halfway through the bashing, and a sharp thorn protruded from its abdomen and pressed forward .

The bashing was only a distraction!

Cage was rather cautious, but having not been in a life-and-death fight in ten years, he had lost his battle instincts .

Caught unprepared, he was stabbed in the chest by the spirit thorn .

There was no blood or wound, but Cage’s face suddenly became pale . The blue flames on his longsword vanished, and he fell on his knees helplessly .

Retracting the thorn, the specter laughed crazily .

While it laughed in greatest satisfaction, a gigantic rainbow was launched and hit its face .

Then, the rainbow exploded together with the specter’s head, resulting in colorful pieces of magic power .

Roland shook his head and walked forward .

He had gotten rid of his previous dizziness, and he had realized his weakness again .

His reaction was too slow .

The greatest disadvantage of a focus on Intelligence and Spirit was the slow reaction .

It was true that his reaction was much faster than ordinary people’s, but he was not nearly as good as the melee classes or the Rogues .

Just now, even Andonara had reacted to the specter’s sudden attack, but he failed to .

Therefore… it seemed necessary for him to learn Foresight, a level-three spell, and keep it on permanently .

While walking, Roland snapped his fingers, and two blue puppets appeared next to Cage and Andonara and protected them .

Then, Roland cast Lesser Healing on them . The paleness on their faces gradually faded away, and they were regaining their strength .

At this point, the specter had regrown its head, but its size had been reduced too .

Seeing that Roland was healing Andonara and Cage, it roared in fury and pointed at Roland . The pale brilliance of magic was taking shape on its fingertip .

But Roland would not let it attack again, not after the setback that he suffered just now .

In fact, Roland had never stopped casting . From Prismatic Spray, to summoning the magic puppets, and then to healing, he had never stopped working .

The brief gaps between them were only illusions when his magic power was regenerating .

Thirty blue bullets of light were generated around Roland, before they were shot at the specter with fuzzy shadows behind them .

Greatly shocked, the specter stopped casting and flashed two meters away .

But Roland had seen it coming . His magic bullets were not concentrated but scattered, like a spray gun .

Though it flashed away, the specter was still hit by four magic bullets .

The magic bullets were not powerful individually, but they could be fatal collectively .

Hit by the four magic bullets, the specter went somewhat stiff like a living creature even though it was made of energy . Then, Roland’s second wave of magic bullets was ready .

This time, Roland reduced the range of the magic bullets, because he could tell that the specter could only flash two meters at best .

Therefore, he only had to cover the area within two meters from the specter .

The specter flashed again, this time to the left . Because the magic bullets were more concentrated this time, it was hit by six more bullets .

It roared in pain, shaking off some of the dust on the ceiling . It staggered back like a normal creature, and it shrank in size . Cracks could be found on its black body of energy too .

“Damn it . Who are you exactly?” The spirits ruthlessly glared at Roland . “An Elite Mage can’t cast such destructive spells so fast . ”

It was well known that when a Mage was still weak, it was impossible for them to cast a spell both fast and destructively .

In fact, it was not wrong . Even Roland had to prepare for five seconds in order to build an Inferior Fireball into a big one .

However, compared to other Mages, Roland was fast, and in addition to being fast, his spells were more powerful than other people’s .

Unwilling to waste his time with the specter, Roland began to condense fire . Since the specter had been hurt, Roland only needed to prepare for one second to build a fireball powerful enough to kill it .

As the fireball on Roland’s fingertip grew larger and more powerful, the specter was frightened at first, then it dropped its concerns and stopped struggling .

“Wait . ” Cage stood up . Thanks to the power of the Hero, he was resistant to the foul energy of specters, so he recovered faster . He said after he got back to his feet, “There’s something that I’d like to ask him . ”

Roland closed his hands and extinguished the fist-sized fireball .

Very soon, Andonara stood up too . She seemed frustrated and even slightly guilty .

“You’re not Diablo . ” Cage looked at the specter and spoke slowly .

After a brief shock, the specter burst into laughter . “Who else can I be if not Diablo? Your ancestor Kelter…”

“You’re not the real Diablo,” Cage said confidently . “Diablo is a Devil King . His soul can’t be so weak that a Mage can take it down so easily . He’s better than that as a Devil King . ”

After a moment of silence, the specter smiled . “You’re right . I’m not the real Diablo . I’m just a piece of his soul, one that is only the size of a fingernail . ”