The Greatest Sinner

A formation capable of dealing with a monster of the third rank required the activation of a great deal of mana. It would take the member of the "Demonic Tree" about five minutes to fill it with mana and activate it.

Evan watched their actions closely. There was a monster, the members of the "Demonic Tree" and Evan near the ruins. The monster didn't know that it would be attacked soon, the members of the "Demonic Tree" didn't know that Evan was watching them, and as for Evan, he didn't know that there were assassins following him.

<This formation is very formidable, it will be able to kill or at least stun the monster. That's not really a good thing...>.

If none of the "Demonic Tree" members were injured, Evan would find himself in a difficult situation. It was too dangerous to just show up in front of them and try to talk. Evan was annoyed, there was nothing he could do about it.

He had already used the "Eye of Truth" and looked at the "Pillars of Soul" of the three of them. Each of them was at the "Two-pointed Star" stage. Evan wouldn't be able to handle even one of them.

After about three minutes, Evan saw a group of five men approaching them. They were moving straight toward Evan, and he quickly realized what was going on.

<How have they tracked me down? Shit, though... that's just fine! All I have to do is bump these people and the "Demonic Tree" members together. If they fight, somebody is sure to get hurt. But, what about the monster? I doubt he'll continue sleeping quietly while eight people are fighting in front of it.>

While Evan was thinking about what he should do, the "Demonic Tree" members had already noticed that their location had been revealed. They didn't know that these people had come here to kill Evan, not for them.

The two members of the 'Demonic Tree' nodded silently and headed toward the group of five. The third member of the squad didn't get distracted and continued to fill the formation with mana. The appearance of the group from Inlas was unexpected, but it wasn't a problem anyway.

<There are only two of them, while those are five, and the squad leader outnumbers the "Demonic Tree" members. Will they really be able to handle them? Their battle is going to be fierce and noisy. The Lightning Wolf will definitely wake up.>

Evan thought, and the next moment one member of the "Demonic Tree" cast an unusual spell. He was wearing a green demon's mask.

The transparent dome covered a huge area but stopped expanding when it reached the formation, otherwise, the Lightning Wolf would have woken up. They couldn't let that happen.

At the exact moment, Evan felt very strange, it was as if all the sounds from outside had disappeared.

<I see, so that's one of the reasons why the "Demonic Tree" is a very secretive organization. As long as they fight within this dome, no one will even know what's going on here. This dome blocks all sound coming in and out.>

Evan concluded as he watched another member of the "Demonic Tree" attack the group of bandits. He was wearing a yellow mask.

His "Warp" spun, and a sword created by wind currents began to appear in his hands. It looked like a small tornado. Next, he cast another spell. It was like acid rain that immediately fell on the group of bandits from Inlas.

<Hmm, apparently he's a "Creator," but he's going to fight at close range. I wonder if that's his fighting style or if he's doing it because the size of this dome is limited. If he doesn't act with the utmost care, a monster of the third rank will wake up, and then none of them are likely to leave here alive>, Evan concluded as he watched the events unfold.

"What the hell! Why are the "Demonic Tree" members here?!" One of the squad shouted in horror. They'd come here to kill a runaway guy, and they ran into the strongest dark organization.

"Don't panic, there's only two of them. We'll kill them and be done with it!" Pronounced the squad's leader and cast a spell.

He sent a yellow lightning bolt toward a member of the "Demonic Tree." At the same moment, one of them cast a spell that summoned a huge wall of ice. It protected them from acid rain.

Then the rest of the squad attacked the magician in the yellow demon mask. Fireballs, shards of ice, and deadly drops of water flew toward him. Yet, he had no intention of stopping or even defending himself.

In seconds, the spells should have reached him and killed him, but suddenly a strange glass shield appeared in front of the "Demonic Tree" member.

It had been summoned by his partner standing behind him. He was a "Summoner" and could easily protect his comrade from such attacks.

The glass shield absorbed many spells, but suddenly a devastating beam flew out of its center. It was created by the energy the glass shield had just received, absorbing those spells. This spell provided both stunning protection and the ability to counterattack immediately.

Whoosh.

The magician in the yellow demon mask swung his sword, and a wind blade flew toward the group. It was swift and killed two members of the squad instantly. What's more, dozens of trees behind them were mowed down and fell to the ground with a rumble.

The remaining members of the squad tried to run away, they were frightened by the power of the "Demonic Tree." Even though there were many more of them, none of them wanted to keep fighting.

Unfortunately, they were not destined to escape. When they tried to escape, stone hands appeared from under the ground and grabbed them. Seconds later, their heads flew off their shoulders.

The magician in yellow mantle walked up to them and removed the spatial rings from them. He put them in a special box that was designed to carry the spatial rings. Otherwise, there was always the risk that they might explode if they contacted each other.

<Astonishingly, they were able to deal with them so easily. Even though they are at the same stage, the "Demonic Tree" members are much stronger. The appearance of this group from Inlas was unexpected, but it did not change the situation in any way. Because of this dome, the wolf didn't even notice that there had just been a fierce battle in front of it.>

Evan decided he had to act on the situation. Maybe something would go wrong for the "Demonic Tree" members, and he could take advantage of it.

As he pondered, the preparations for the formation had already been finished. The one who was not involved in the battle was the man in the red demon mask. Apparently, he was the head of this small group since he was the one who had filled the formation with mana.

When everything was ready, he activated it. Only at that moment did the Lightning Wolf realize it was under attack and awaken from sleep.

Nevertheless, it was already too late. Dozens of chains shackled the lightning wolf. They weren't capable of killing it, but every link had poisonous spikes on it. After only a few seconds, the monster of the third rank had been put to sleep.

<What an incredible aura... something similar I only felt when I watched Draven's "Pillar of Soul." If it weren't for that formation, it would have easily destroyed half the forest...>, Evan thought.

The man in the red demon mask calmly said: "Let's go, we don't have much time, we need to search these ruins."

The others nodded, and the three of them headed towards the entrance to the ruins, but at that moment, the third wolf's eye suddenly opened.