Archvel's mind was set on his new objective—to venture into the depths of the Silent Water Forest in search of valuable prey.
The secluded forest he entered to hunt and encountered the Scorpion Magical Creature and two Light Mages was the same forest he entered.
As he returned to his room in the Red Copper City, Archvel replenished his energy with a hearty meal.
Archvel set off from the city, heading straight into the depths of the Silent Water Forest.
"Finding magical creatures is a hassle on its own."
Archvel thought as he kept on walking.
Hours turned into twilight, and the moon's gentle glow cast an ethereal light upon the forest. Archvel moved with purpose.
"All the things considered. What I am doing in this forest is worth more than the time that I lived on Earth."
"It seems like, as a dark mage, I have a connection to night itself, and my power increases as darkness approaches."
"I don't know the exact reason, but being a necromancer should be better than just being an elemental mage."
"Of course, there are a lot of things that I don't know that may have different kinds of advantages."
His ears perked at the faint rustling of leaves nearby. Archvel crouched low, his body merging with the shadows, as he focused his attention on the source of the sound.
Moon Bear
Level Two Magical Creature
STR - 5.6
Magical Power 2.0
Abilities
Moon Beam Level 2: Cast a moonlight beam into the target, freezing it.
Children of the Moon Level 1 (when in the nighttime, all powers increase by 15%)
Archvel's heart raced.
"This creature is stronger than me when it comes to its stage and its stats."
"The passive nature of it also gives him a clear advantage."
"I believe it would at least fetch seven to ten gold coins in the market."
"Should I take the risk of attacking it?"
Archvel took a deep breath, and three skeletons were summoned behind his back, and he controlled them to attack from three different places at the same time as his right hand started getting covered by grayish magical energy. signifying the casting of the Decay Bolt.
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"I cannot leave this creature; it took me five hours just to find it."
The Moon Bear, with its massive frame and razor-sharp claws, loomed before Archvel and his skeletal companions as it noticed the skeletons approaching him.
It let out a deep growl, its amber eyes gleaming with primal aggression.
"This is not going to be easy."
With a swift command, Archvel directed his skeletons to engage the Moon Bear, their bony forms clashing against the creature's thick hide.
The sound of bones and sinew meeting echoed through the forest as the Moon Bear fought back, its powerful strikes threatening to crush the skeletal warriors.
Archvel, standing at a safe distance, focused his magical energies and cast a decay bolt.
As the Moon Bear continued its assault, he targeted it toward the creature's vulnerable points.
The dark energy surged forward, striking the Moon Bear's body with a sickening impact.
"Booom !!"
Its fur blackened and withered, as if touched by the hand of decay itself.
Despite the significant damage inflicted by the Decay Bolt, the Moon Bear refused to yield. It roared with fury.
The moon bear unleashed a barrage of furious swipes and ferocious bites.
Archvel's skeletons fought and tried to stop it; in the end, the body of Archvel is only one and a half times stronger than that of an ordinary human; one swipe from the Moon Bear is enough to kill him with ease.
"If not for my summons. I would be a meal for this bear."
Archvel saw that his two skeletons were almost about to be destroyed. Second, his skeletons are destroyed; the moon bear would target himself, and he would be sitting duck against the bear.
Archvel knew that he had to take decisive action.
He summoned every ounce of his magical prowess.
Concentrating his magical energy in his hands, he allowed it to build and intensify. Dark energy cracked and swirled, forming a volatile orb of pure power.
With a final burst of concentration, he released the spell, causing a devastating explosion of dark energy to erupt before him.
"Boooooooooooooooooom !!"
The force of the Dark Burst engulfed the Moon Bear, shattering its defenses and tearing through its flesh.
The creature let out a pained, guttural cry as its body was torn apart, succumbing to the overwhelming power of Dark Burst.
Archvel was smart enough to understand that spells are not just to be used as it is written, with enough intelligence and mastery. He believed he could control the power of the most simple spells.
In a sense, Dark Burst was just an explosion of stored magical energy from his hands.
One can easily deduce that if the stored magical energy is greater, the burst itself will be more powerful and deadly when exploded.
"Creativity in magic battles seems more important than I thought it was."
He surveyed the fallen Moon Bear and gathered the remains.
Archvel sat on the ground and started taking deep breaths.
"It is clearly easy to see that I need more power if I want to protect myself. What if something unlucky happened and there was another moon bear close to this bear I killed?"
The thought of getting eaten alive by a bear just instilled deep fear in Archvel's bones.
Taking deep breaths, a wicked smile formed on Archvel's face as he looked at his hands.
"I need to go on."
Archvel took a deep breath as he started preparing to pick up the pieces from the creature.
"Who knows what kinds of things I encounter that would make the things that I encounter now negligible?"
"These things are just the start."
"I know what I should do, and I need to be more careful from now on."
"After the Skeleton Ring is completed, I should start building a good amount of army for myself as well as look into the tomes from the Dark Archive so that I may find a utility ability or a defensive spell."
"This feeling of power will never change."