"Why are you so obsessed with others' souls? Let's go!" Watson got more annoyed by the twisted apprentice necromancer and stepped forward to kill Abium.
Meanwhile, Abium moved his hand deep into the mud, created a small space before storing the mud in his storage space, and conjured a 'Red orb' in the mud.
Although it would hurt his body, Abium knew he had to escape this mud first and detonated the Red Orb spell.
A second later, an explosion occurred under the muddy ground and shook the surrounding a little. Just as the fire exploded, Abium cast the [Blazing Shield] spell and defended his body from getting injured.
His body was thrown off the ground in the next moment, followed by mud splattering in all directions.
Pant! Pant!
He took a deep breath as he landed on the ground and slowly stood up.
At that moment, the apprentice necromancer gave a surprised look and spoke.
"I am starting to like you."
Annoyed by his words, Abium imbued mana into his sword and asked coldly.
"Is there anyone else still hiding?"
"Do you think you have the strength to kill all of us?" Bilet turned gloomy as he saw Abium's calm attitude, touched his spatial ring, and brought out human skeletons from it.
A moment later, fifteen elite skeletons and three death knights appeared in front of Abium's sight.
But even after seeing such mighty force, Abium remained composed outside and asked.
"Why is the 'Order of the Dead' organization after my head?"
He felt that it was necessary to strengthen himself sooner.
Meanwhile, Bilet was amused by Abium's words and chuckled.
"Hehe. Okay, I will tell you if you manage to give me a heavy wound." Saying so, he controlled one of his death knights and moved it towards Abium at an incredible speed.
But instead of getting anxious, Abium calmly raised his hand and gripped his weapon tighter.
The death knight's movement speed was not less when compared with a fourth tier, but this apprentice necromancer had a lack of control over it.
It would be a fierce battle for him if Abium met any experienced official necromancer. But against this fellow, he could easily win.
With a clang, Abium swiftly blocked the death knight's sword attack, covered his sword with an intermediate aura, and quickly gave a heavy blow to the death knight's head.
'Hmm, this necromancer has no sword skills.' Abium sighed in relief and studied the other two opponents.
Meanwhile, Watson and Rainer had already entered combat mode and moved towards him from the sides.
'I'm not afraid of these two warriors. But this necromancer Bilet is a tricky guy. He won't tell me about his organization's plan even if I defeat him. From how he talked earlier, he might use that opportunity to escape.' Abium made a quick judgment, imbued more mana into his sword, and covered it with an advanced sword aura.
He knew that his zero-tier spells wouldn't do much damage to these people and only support him during battle.
With that thought in mind, he cast a blink spell and arrived in front of Bilet.
Then, he swiftly aimed his sword at the apprentice necromancer's chest and thrust his sword with full force.
But before his sword tip could touch the apprentice necromancer's chest, another death knight moved between them, raised its sword, and blocked his attack.
A loud clanging echoed, followed by a metal cracking noise.
A moment later, the sword in the death knight's hand broke into multiple pieces and fell.
'Should I take out the alchemic puppets and check them out?' A thought appeared in his mind.
But Abium immediately dismissed that idea and slashed vertically. A moment later, his sword made a blurring movement and sliced the death knight into two.
Thud!
The undead skeleton body fell along with a thud sound, causing Bilet to flinch in surprise.
But he didn't lose his calm and acted swiftly.
The next instant, Bilet controlled other elite skeletons to move closer to Abium and surrounded him, giving him no room to escape.
Meanwhile, Abium quietly raised his hand and cast a spell.
''Red orb!''
A second later, a reddish ball of fire appeared above his palm and radiated a brilliant light.
Without wasting time, he controlled the 'Fire Orb' and threw it toward the elite skeletons.
At that moment, he also sensed a metallic bolt was coming from behind and realized that the attacker was Watson.
'A sneak attack?' He swiftly moved his sword and tried to deflect the bolt attack.
But to his shock, he felt a crushing power from the bolt that caused him to stumble a bit.
Thankfully, he managed to deflect the bolt at the end and heaved a deep sigh.
A second later, the explosive sound echoed, creating a rippling shockwave.
Half of the elite skeletons were burned by the fire explosion, leaving only ashes and bones behind, while the other half managed to survive with light injuries.
"It seems fire is indeed the nemesis of the skeletons." He said in a cold tone.
At the same time, Abium glanced at the fallen steel bold and raised his eyebrows.
It was a normal steel bolt, but the sheer attack speed made him stumble back.
'That crossbow seems to have been enchanted by a magic spell.' He muttered to himself grimly.
Meanwhile, Watson also stared at his back and thought to himself in shock.
'I used a unique fire skill when attacking and improved the bolt's speed twice. But he managed to deflect it that easily? This guy's strength has been improved to another level!'
It was too abnormal that made him feel restless inside.
'I need to kill him here. Otherwise, his abnormal increase in strength may seriously threaten our plan!' Watson's eyes flickered coldly.
Without delay, he dashed forward, covering his whole body with fire-elemental energy.
The Silver knight Rainer also noticed the difference in the opponent's strength and followed after Watson while gripping his sword tighter.
'We must kill him right here and now!'
Both had the same thought running through their minds. Killing intent emerged from both of their eyes as they sprinted towards Abium at an incredible speed. Both appeared only a few feet away from him like a lightning bolt flash, leaving blurring images behind.
Meanwhile, Abium showed his back to them and faced Bilet with a cold look.
Although he noticed the two warriors' movements, he didn't make any movement against them and focused his attention on the apprentice necromancer.
Seeing the opportunity, Watson and the Silver Knight imbued their swords with intermediate sword aura and thrust them at Abium's nape.
Without glancing back at them, Abium squatted a little and ducked his head.
Simultaneously, he slashed his sword at the two elite skeletons in front of him.
A second later, Abium's sword cut through those white bones and decapitated the two skeletons.
Meanwhile, Watson's and Rainer's swords only managed to cut the air, leaving empty air gusts behind.
Both Watson and Rainer pulled their swords back in surprise and again thrust them towards Abium's back with full force.
"Blink!"
But before their swords could pierce through Abium's body, Abium disappeared from their sights and reappeared behind Bilet with an evil smirk.
Once again, the duo's swords only managed to slice through the empty air, causing them to gash their teeth in frustration.
At that moment, Watson and Rainer felt that this elf seemed to have possessed two more eyes on his back!
Meanwhile, Abium calmly raised his sword, aimed at Bilet's back, and thrust it with full force.
Like the last time, the other Death Knight came in between him and the apprentice necromancer and blocked his sword attack.
Alas, Abium didn't waver a bit.
Hum!
He took a deep breath and jumped upward forcefully. Simultaneously, he used the 'dark bind' spell on the death knight to bind its movement, controlled its body to bent down a bit, and stepped on the death knight's head.
Crack!
His forceful landing almost caused that death knight's head to break.
A moment later, he made a front flip and landed in front of the apprentice necromancer while turning around.
The next second, Abium imbued his sword with an advanced sword aura and thrust it towards Bilet's chest.
Puch!
His sword stabbed right through Bilet's heart and appeared on his back.
Scarlet blood appeared on his chest area and drenched his black robe.
But Bilet wasn't affected by the wound at all!
Instead, he curled his lips upward and smiled back at Abium.
'What the hell?! Did he not feel any pain?'
Seeing Bilet's wicked smile, Abium felt his chills all over his body!
"I got you now!"
Bilet spoke in a cold tone and tried to grab Abium's right hand using his right hand, which had multiple rune characters written on it.
Danger!
Abium felt an unknown danger as he looked at Bilet's creepy hand.
Multiple warnings echoed inside his mind like a loud horn. He tried to back away but noticed Watson and Rainer had already blocked his path from behind.
'If he touches my hand, I will face some curse-like effect. I don't know what this lunatic is hiding in his hand, but it's not a good thing.' Abium broke into cold sweats.