“So this is the border’s teleportation receiving point?”
Lilith stretched her limbs.
She pushed open the wooden door, and a vast world unfolded before her eyes.
In front of her was an expansive mountain range.
A few hundred meters away sat a cluster of buildings.
Lilith guessed that must be the temporary assembly point for Gimi City; she could vaguely see flags fluttering and figures moving about.
“The scenery isn't bad. It beats reading books in a tower all day.”
Lilith took a deep, pleasant breath, preparing to head toward the assembly point to find the people meeting her.
The moment she lifted her foot to take her first step...
Rumble...!
The ground beneath her feet shook violently without warning. Lilith nearly tripped, but she quickly steadied herself and looked up in shock toward the source of the vibration.
Then, a sight that made her skin crawl appeared.
A massive swarm of magical beasts poured out from the mountains, dense and overwhelming.
“Are you kidding me? I just got here,” Lilith said, her mouth agape.
She quickly scanned her surroundings. A sharp alarm was already blaring from the distant assembly point, and she could see figures running in a panic.
Given the speed of the horde, it wouldn't be long before they arrived.
But then, a thought occurred to her.
“Well, well... such a good chance to show—no, such a good practical combat opportunity. I definitely have to try out the new magic I learned.” Lilith covered half her face with one hand, a mischievous smirk playing on her lips.
Besides, there was no one else around. It was the perfect time to let loose just a little bit.
“But I shouldn't be too flashy. It’ll be a pain if I attract too much attention.”
She immediately used the spell she had learned that day, covering her body with magic to form a black robe.
“Perfect!” Lilith’s voice sounded excited beneath the hood.
She felt the magic within her body and glanced at the approaching tide of beasts.
With a kick of her feet, she flew straight into the air above the horde.
Meanwhile, at the Gimi City border assembly point...
The place was in total chaos.
The open ground originally intended for receiving students from various academies was now packed with people.
The piercing toll of the alarm bell continued to echo.
“What’s going on? Why is there a large-scale monster attack out of nowhere? Where’s the scout team? Why was there no warning?!”
A middle-aged, burly man who looked like a guild representative growled at a border officer, his face pale with rage.
The officer wiped the sweat from his forehead. “I don't know! The magic fluctuations deep in the mountains have been unstable since the day before yesterday, but the predicted scale wasn't anywhere near this large!”
The students reacted in various ways. Some turned pale and trembled.
Others were itching for a fight, their faces filled with excitement they couldn't hide.
“What are you afraid of? They're just magical beasts! This is the perfect chance for practice!” a red-haired boy shouted, a giant sword strapped to his back. He was a representative of the Northern War Academy, known for its bravery.
“Yeah! Let’s show them what we’re made of!” several other bellicose students chimed in.
“Don't be ridiculous!”
The guild representative turned around and barked sharply, “Calm down, all of you! Look at the scale of that dust cloud—this is no ordinary beast tide!”
“There are at least dozens of Rank 3 magical beasts mixed in there, and there might even be Rank 4 leaders! You kids, most of whom aren't even Rank 4 yet, are just asking for death if you go up there. Stay back!”
His roar successfully doused the enthusiasm of many.
Setting aside the fact that it was difficult for a human to defeat a magical beast of the same rank, the current situation was even worse.
While everyone was feeling uneasy, a sharp-eyed student suddenly pointed at the sky and cried out, “Look! Up in the sky! What is that?!”
Everyone looked up in unison.
A black figure was charging toward the overwhelming flood of monsters at an incredible speed!
“Who is that in the black robe?”
“Is he crazy? Charging into a beast tide alone?!”
“He’s going to his death! He’s definitely going to his death!” Someone closed their eyes, unable to watch.
Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, the black-robed figure hovered above the beast tide.
Lilith suspended herself in the air, looking down at the monsters below.
From this angle, the path of her slash wouldn't hit the distant assembly point, and the nearest human buildings were outside the danger zone.
“Okay, no problem. Zero chance of hitting any innocents.” She nodded with satisfaction, a smirk of anticipation forming under her hood.
“Magical beasts are supposed to belong to the demon race, right?”
In that case...
“Greet your king!”
She raised her right hand, aiming at the center of the densest part of the horde.
Buzz!
An invisible slash instantly expanded outward!
The next moment...
The slash swept through the horde.
The powerful magical beasts stopped in their tracks instantly. Then, fine lines of blood appeared across the centers of their bodies.
The earth-shaking roars came to an abrupt halt.
With just one strike!
A fan-shaped area was completely cleared!
After tearing through the beast tide, the invisible slash showed no signs of slowing down. It continued forward, slamming violently into the mountain range on the opposite side.
Boom!
A deafening, earth-shaking roar followed!
Under the terrifying impact, the distant mountain range shattered instantly, its peak visibly leveled.
Everyone in the rear froze, staring blankly at the area that had been turned into a slaughterhouse.
Gulp.
Someone swallowed hard with difficulty.
“What... what was that?” a student stammered, his legs shaking.
The color drained completely from the guild representative’s face as he stared intently at the black robe in the sky.
As a guild representative and a Rank 5 expert himself, he could better appreciate the horror of that single strike.
That was absolutely not something an ordinary expert could achieve!
A terrifying term escaped his trembling lips, exploding like a thunderclap among the deathly silent crowd: “Rank 8? No... could it be... Rank 9?”
“Rank 9?!”
Exclamations of shock rippled through the crowd.
That was Rank 9—an existence at the absolute pinnacle of the continent's power, a living legend, a strategic force capable of deciding the fate of kingdoms!
How could such a person suddenly appear at the border and even help them resolve a beast tide?
Up in the sky, Lilith had no idea she had been imagined as a living legend.
She was looking at her handiwork, her heart blooming with joy.
Her eyes widened as she looked at the distant mountain ridge. “This is the ‘basic magic’ Mentor Arret was talking about? This is practically a nuke!”
The most important thing was that she hadn't even charged up just now; she had just fired it off casually.
In a great mood, Lilith felt the trip had already been worth it.
“Alright, time to go!”
She had no intention of going down to accept everyone’s worship.
Her figure flashed as she flew back toward her starting point even faster than she had come.
Almost at the same time the black robe disappeared, her figure appeared back at the teleportation point, perfectly avoiding the line of sight from the assembly point.
“Phew~” Lilith straightened her dress and hair, making sure she looked like a freshman who had just arrived at the border.
Then, with a look of nervousness and curiosity on her face, she began jogging down toward the assembly point.
As she ran, she gave herself a mental thumbs-up.
“Acting: full marks. I really am a genius! Hehehe~”
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