Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Leon's last option was to run away in case things turn south. Still, he couldn't let the angels prevent him from using Transfer. That would be very troublesome in many ways...

"That kind of thing will take a while to prepare..." Leon said. "Shouldn't we visit the world where we will find Volt? I think that extra power can help us."

"No," Jorhorn said.

"... Why not?" Leon frowned.

"... Most likely, the angels know that we might use the spirit of thunder to help us," Jertien explained. "We can't obtain Volt's power, but you can, so the angels will protect the place where Volt's fragment is. Just like they will protect the places where the other magic circles are."

"Is that so..." Leon said and then looked at every one of the harvesters in the eye.

It had been the first time Leon looked at them like that at the same time. Despite that, they didn't show any emotion. Only Alurelle avoided meeting Leon's eyes.

"I guess it can't be helped..." Leon shrugged. "What is the plan, then?"

"There is nothing for us to do but keep strengthening ourselves," Jorhorn explained. "If they will find a way to lock us on this planet, then that will work for us because they won't have the chance to escape in case something happens. Besides, this is a big opportunity if we face them directly and defeat them, then our worlds will be ours again."

All in all, Jorhorn wanted to give the angels the last battle they wanted. They wanted to face the angels directly all at once, but they didn't want to provide Leon with the opportunity to obtain a boost in power. They were hiding something... Jertien's words made sense, but Leon still felt that something was being kept hidden from him. Perhaps they killed Volt as well and didn't obtain any power from it, or maybe Volt wouldn't give Leon any power because he worked with the harvesters and they killed Volt's friends... or relatives. It was hard to be sure what kind of relationship the spirits had.

"Well, it doesn't really matter..."

Since he didn't have much choice at the moment, he decided to follow the harvesters, but not for much longer. The angels wouldn't appear from the dungeon nearby for a while, but the number of dungeons on the central continent was even higher than on the northern continent. So, Leon and harvesters didn't have to take turns in clearing those places. However, instead of looking for a dungeon, Leon approached the paint of the magic circle and used Mana-Eater. Just as he had expected... he felt traces of mithril there, small particles could be felt. So, he recovered some of his mana.

"I guess this will do... I don't have to worry about noise, so shall I train Spinning Earth Arrow, Explosive Fire Arrow, and Fast-Conjuration, or shall I keep training Thunder Ray and Ice Beam? Why not both?"

There were some dungeons nearby, but the monster population on Celosie was small outside the ocean, thanks to the angels' work. However, it would take too much time to find those monsters and collect the mana from the magic circle. To make things more efficient, Leon had to be near the magic circle and of a dungeon.

"The angels won't come for a while, right?" Leon asked. "In that case, I'm going to look for a dungeon."

Jorhorn had the tower in his miniaturized form with him, so they wouldn't need Leon for the time being. Finally, he had some freedom, and he decided to leave without waiting for an answer. Since the magic circle was the size of half of the continent, it didn't take long for Leon to find a dungeon that was close to some marks of the magic circle, and there he found a new type of monster... Hellhounds.

Hellhound

Health: 15000/15000

Mana: 13000/13000

Stamina: 16000/16000

Strength: 1450

Dexterity: 950

Speed: 350

Active Skills: Fire Breath Lv 300, Fire Manipulation Manipulation Lv 310, Fire Creation Lv 280, Burning Aura Lv 280, Fire Transformation Lv 310, Fire Tornado Lv 280

Passive Skills: Wind Resistance Lv 290, Fire Resistance Lv 350, Earth Resistance Lv 250, Rage Lv 310, Fire Absorption Lv 330, Pyromancy Lv 300

"Is that a hellhound?"

Leon couldn't help but frown while looking at the creature, instead of flesh, it looked like the creature was made of shadows... its eyes were basically a red glow amidst the darkness. Regardless, probably because Leon leveled up a lot Appraisal, but now he could see some extra skills and some status of the opponent. As a mage, it couldn't be helped that he would have some low status like strength and speed, but the fact that such a monster had so much speed was insane... it could have even more if the beast weren't absurdly so strong.

"It is a fire type monster... let's see how well can handle Thunder Ray and Ice Beam."

Since it worked against the angel, Leon thought it would be a piece of cake defeat the hellhounds... he couldn't be more wrong. The very moment Leon used both spells, the creature jumped to the side and avoided the spells. Leon tried to follow them, but his attacks never hit the mark. The beast was fifty meters away from Leon, his magic projectiles could fly that distance in 0.1 seconds, but the creature was fast enough to dodge them. The hellhound could run around Leon indefinitely and would never get hit...

"... I guess this is the true power of monsters of a world that is on the third stage of assimilation has..."

Attacking like that was a waste of time, so Leon stopped Thunder Ray and Ice Beam. The very moment Leon did that, the hellhound charged. However, that was within Leon's expectations. So, he used Thunder Ray and Ice Beam again, freezing and electrocuting the creature at the same time.

"I'm not the right person to say this, but... you are just a bit smarter than the angels," Leon said.