ARCHDEUS

VALENESIA(2)

"The monster wasn't hurt!" shouted Joseph.

The strong wind blew back.

But this time the source of the wind was from the gusts of dark creatures in front of them.

A cluster of smoke began to appear like tentacles. Although it looks like smoke, but they have a very fast movement and direct the attack.

Joseph again swung the broom he held like using a sword.

Fortunately the smoke from the creature could be easily removed by Joseph. But they cannot relax.

While Joseph was focusing on taking defensive measures, Darius who was a ranger in this group had taken his arrow. He did not want to lose and directly aimed an arrow shot that was flowed by the aura to the cloaked creature.

But as with Joseph's previous attack, the arrow attack from Darius only passed through the body of the creature like an arrow passing through a wisp of black smoke.

"Impossible! This is spirit!" sahut Iona suddenly.

He suddenly remembered one of the types of creatures he had studied while in the magic education institution.

"We can't hurt him with a physical attack! This creature must be attacked with the kind of magic that is its weakness" he said.

He had heard that there were supernatural beings who had a uniqueness in their defense. For example a troll that has rapid regeneration so that fire and acid attacks have a more destructive effect than attacks through sword slashes. Then there are more effective skeletons destroyed using blunt weapons instead of arrow shots. Then some types of spirit and magic beasts that have a high tolerance to certain attacks. One of them was a spirit that was immune to physical attacks yet weak to divine-type magic.

Iona is not a graduate of King Julius' Magical University or any other renowned educational institution in the Kingdom of Artchania. He came from a magic academy outside the country that is actually quite famous, Cycelba Magical College. It was a magic college located in the Grand Duchy of Cycelba, a grand duchy incorporated in the confederate state of Anachiae with the official name for the country being the Alliance Counties of Anachiae. A state formed from a confederation of independent counties and duchies located on the Anakia Peninsula, an area bordering the Archiberian Territory to the west. His schooling there was purely due to his father's profession who was a diplomat for the Anachiae State Alliance.

Thus Iona's academic knowledge of magic cannot be underestimated. However Iona was one of the few people capable of entering the Royal Majestic Guard that even a graduate from King Julius' Magical University was not necessarily acceptable there.

"Mr Joseph, turn on your defensive skills immediately" he shouted.

Joseph and the other warriors cast an aura on their bodies as protection. This is not only to protect themselves but also other non-warrior members such as Darius, Rionard, and Iona.

Iona then casts [Fireball] magic, a level 3 magic with fire element. Because the magic has a large enough AoE, the area around the monster also burned.

However ....

"Damn," he exclaimed.

In front of all of them, the cloaked creature was still floating even though around it was a blazing fire.

This creature has fire element resistance! If so then ..., Iona thought.

This time the monster did not stand still. He turned into dark smoke and quickly floated close to them.

Joseph tried to block the monster with his broom slash but it did not give any effect.

"Damn! He's coming!" shouted Joseph.

This time Richard did not remain silent.

"[Martial art: Aura Barrier!]"

Richard exuded an aura energy that had a shockwave-like effect. It caused the monster that turned into dark smoke to crash.

"We have to run away" said Iona.

"What's wrong? Is this thing really that powerful?" ask Richard.

Although Iona had not attacked with all kinds of elements, but seeing from the visual spirit that was in front of them, he could be sure what kind of spirit it was.

*Spirit*which emits a cold wind, has a dark appearance and emits death. This was unmistakable, this was a dark-type spirit! thought Iona.

"!!"

Everyone knew it was the worst enemy.

If the creature they were fighting had resistance to physical attacks, then they had Iona capable of using magic attacks. If the creature had resistance to long-range attacks, they still had warriors with their sword slashes. However if the enemy they were facing was an enemy that had resistance to physical attacks and arcane magic, how could they face such a creature?

"I understand. Joseph and Camellia, help me fight this monster!" said Richard.

"Rionard, Darius, and Ionard, you must gather our equipment and evacuate all the merchants. We'll catch up," he continued.

"Good, sir."

As Rionard, Darius, and Iona were leaving, the three warriors who confronted the monster made an attack. They no longer flowed the aura as Joseph had done before. This time they followed Richard's way. After realizing that the attack from the aura still had an effect on the creature, they used attacks in the form of throws, waves, and explosions coming from the aura energy. Of course it is more difficult and more wasteful. But that was the only way to deal with or at least give others time to retrieve their combat equipment.

Fortunately although it seems that Richard, Joseph, and Camellia's attacks do not have any significant destructive effect on the spirit, they also seem unable to deliver physical attacks.

This means that most likely this creature uses non-physical attacks such as hypnosis and curses.

Although the three people still do not know how the power of the monster attack but they realize that the fog and dark smoke around the creature must be shunned.

That was why even though the creature was hovering close to them, they swiftly used waves of aura to repel the creature.

While the three were focusing on attacking the creature, Rionard had returned.

He now uses his combat equipment.

As an assassin, he had the fastest mobility among the others.

"Sir, we've brought all our gear!"

Richard who heard Rionard's report gave a triumphant smile.

"Good, you're all standing behind me!" he shouted with confidence.

Richard breathed. He made strong horses. With a full concentration of aura streams in large numbers gathered on his right arm.

"[Martial art: Wave of the Dragon]!"

Richard punched the empty air but that was not meaningless for no reason. Immediately after, waves of aura in numbers burst forth and attacked the monster.

As a result, the monster slammed out of the building. A giant hole in the wall appeared inexorable due to the wave of attacks from Richard.

Everyone who saw it fell silent.

"Sir, are you sure you're not a martial artist?" camellia asked with a look of admiration.

"Forgot that, now Rionard leads the way. We must each wear equipment. Like Iona said, if the creature is invulnerable by physical attack then he will come back to us."

"Good Sir!"

Everyone quickly walked out of the room for their equipment.