At this moment, Shien’s group had already entered the chaotically arrayed allies and started heading into the depths of Cosmos.
However, that journey was not a smooth one.
“Hey! That young noble over there!”
“Got anything valuable on you?”
“Leave it behind then!”
“Also that maid with you. You better leave her behind with us too!”
“I rather like those two little girls more!”
“They’re all nice! Leave them all here!”
As they walked down those dark paths, several figures suddenly popped out in front of Shien and company with weapons in hand and started laughing perversely at Shien.
Given how they’re dressed, they looked kind of like bandits or gangsters. However, due to the beast ears and tails on them and the animal skin clothes they’re wearing, they looked even more like barbarians.
Any normal person who encountered something like that should definitely have been terrified, right?
Beastmen are a physically standout race from the start. Their bodies are strong, much stronger than humans or elves. Showing their viciousness here would naturally be enough to scare anyone normal stiff.
They seemed to fully understood their own situation too. Given their actions and the aura they’re displaying, this shouldn’t be their first time doing something like this.
In other words, those guys are career criminals, bandits that specialize in robberies and murder.
However, in the face of those criminals, Shien just let out an annoyed sigh.
Never mind Shien, even Airi was showing an annoyed expression. Only Beatrice was blinking curiously. Lasha was still as calm as always, as if nothing had happened at all.
“How many times has this been?”
Shien turned to ask Lasha.
“If I’m remembering correctly, this should be the 11th time.”
Lasha replied without any emotion.
“The 11th time…” Shien spoke with annoyance, “Isn’t that a bit much?”
“It can’t be helped.” Lasha was still as calm as always, “This is the border, which means it’s a lawless battlefield from the start. Add in the fact that it’s a major melting pot of various races and the fact that the situation here has become this way, there are naturally many opportunistic people like this.”
“Sigh…” Shien let out an extremely undisguised sigh.
The beastmen criminals got extremely angry with the fact that Shien’s group was practically ignoring them.
“Are you looking down on us!?”
“You got quite the guts, noble brat!”
“It looks like we’re going to have to teach you a little lesson then!”
“Regret this and repent!”
Those provocative beastmen all started charging toward Shien.
Putting everything else aside, they were quite fast. Beastmen’s strong natural physical abilities did not disappoint.
Unfortunately, they chose the wrong person to pick on.
“[Flying Star].”
Shien just impatiently waved a hand and countless stars lit up, turned into a number of tiny meteors, and blasted out like beams of light.
This is a beginner class spell in Astro magic. It’s quite weak in power, mainly used as suppression fire. It’s something like blank ammo from his previous life, mainly used to intimidate and capture others alive.
Of course, in the hand of Shien, with his magic skill at max level, this kind of spell that purposefully lowered its attack power in favor of suppression ability would still become terrifyingly powerful even if it’s a beginner class spell.
Thus…
“Bang bang bang bang bang-!”
As those tiny meteors as thin as beams of light fell, the entire ally was blasted and exploded like it was being rained down on by miniature artillery.
“Wha-!?”
“Ugh-!”
“Gah-!”
The beastmen criminals just saw countless flashes of light before them before it felt like a wave of explosions washed over them. They were blown around and sent flying every which way and turned into trash that was freely stomped upon. In just a few moments, all of them fell to the ground, barely alive.
Only smoke and dust was let in that dark alley.
When she saw this, Beatrice showed a happy expression like she saw a beautiful fireworks display. Lasha was as calm and emotionless as always.
Only Airi couldn’t help but say something.
“Is this really a completely harmless beginner class spell used purely for suppression?”
Does the mortal realm have some different definition of the words “suppression”, “harmless”, and “beginner magic”?
The effect of this beginner class spell obviously showed about the same effect as a high class spell. If not for its lack of damaging effect, this entire alley would have likely been destroyed, right?
Could it be that the legendary astro magic is just that scary?
Airi at least doesn’t believe that.