“Just do it.”
Riley sent a signal to someone, and his clothes started to flap upward.
It wasn’t like there was a strong wind that caused it.
It was just…
‘… Raindrops?’
The gravity was changed.
The gravity was changed slightly so that just the slowly falling raindrops would float up.
[Note: From logical standpoint, this statement is absolutely flawed. Water and human body have density greater than the surrounding air, hence we sink in air when gravity is present. Some people can float in water because their body density overall is lower than water. We, and water, are denser than normal air, hence we will always fall toward the source of gravity, which is the Earth. If the gravity was changed to the point that the raindrops are not falling anymore, only way to accomplish this is to make the gravity zero. If that happened, everybody will be floating up.]
‘It’s her!’
Basilisk thought of Nainiae, the one who was instrumental in defeating Solia’s Grand Mage Astroa. Basilisk realized why the gravity changed and opened his eyes wide.
“This, this can’t be! This can’t…!!”
Realizing the raindrops were rising to the sky, the caped man mumbled that he can’t let this be and started to move his mana.
‘Again! Again!!’
With corpses in front of him, he tried to cast magic that would make the gravity heavy. He realized that his mana was moving slower. The man opened his eyes wide.
“It looks like this works well too?”
“What… are you talking…?”
Among the time magic, Riley cast the magic that made the affected mage take longer to cast spells. Riley seemed like he was glad he learned the magic. With a proud face, Riley asked the man,
“How is it? Is it actually difficult for you to cast magic now?”
“… Ungrateful, how ungrateful!”
Realizing Riley was interfering again, the caped man said ‘ungrateful’ as if it was out of habit.
“Ungrateful? How could you say that after interfering with my vacation?”
Hearing the man saying ‘ungrateful’ made Riley’s forehead to have a vein popped up.
“Ungrateful! Ungrateful! You, you ungrateful!!”
The mage with black cape was shaking in fury from watching the raindrops rising back up to the sky. The mage tightened his fists, and the ground started to shake.
“W… Watchout! The corpses that bastards raise won’t stop moving no matter how you cut them! Only way to stop them is to set them on fire! Be careful…”
Basilisk, who was watching the situation, struggled and raised his upper body to warn Riley. However, it seemed Riley was not listening at all.
“Guurrrr…”
Pak!
From below Riley’s feet, a black, rotten corpse’s hand popped up and tightly grabbed Riley’s ankle.
“How dare you, how dare you! How ungrateful! Our life long wish is…!”
With red eyes, the caped man glared at Riley. The man swung his hand wide and manipulated the corpses.
“…”
Riley looked at the corpses hand that grabbed his ankle. Finding it unpleasant, Riley narrowed his eyes and mumbled,
“About this thing you do, it is quite an intriguing trick.”
Riley didn’t sense any energy from the corpses. There was no mana or any kind of special energy. Despite that, the dark eyed corpses were moving on their own. They were certainly giving off a unique sensation.
“But…”
Riley furrowed his brows as he looked at the black hand and drooling corpses surrounding him and charging toward him. Riley finished his sentence.
“… in the end, it is just a trick.”
Riley leisurely finished the sentence. He focused mana toward his leg and exploded the corpse’s black hand that was grabbing his ankle.
… Pop!!
The black hand of the corpse exploded as if it was a balloon that got struck by a needle.
‘Huh?’
From a distance, it looked as if he exploded the corpse’s hand just by his gaze.
Watching this unbelievable scene, Basilisk and others quietly gulped.
“Now, what’s the next trick?”
Having freed his ankle, Riley leisurely looked to the front.
In front of Riley, there were corpses that the caped man just raised. The corpses were charging toward Riley with roars.
“Guuurrrrk!”
“Khaaaak!”
“Ah, so, this?”