The Mysterious Black Magician

In order to decrease his stamina to a certain degree where he could activate his Black Miasma, he had to beat himself a couple of times and heal again. It was one of the reasons why he went outside the cave.

At this moment,

The Dino version [Fire Doll] was rushing towards the last barrier in huge strides.

It was smaller than the Dino used by Tiafel and Taflas. But enough for two people to ride together. Though it was smaller in size, this dino runs faster than the real one, since it was fueled by mana that came from a powered-up expert. The flame was blazing in red-orange color, while the skin was oozing with black.

At first sight, Cinder was surprised to see why it was black-skinned, but Yman just tricked her by saying that it was a reaction of her flame to his [Mana Coating].

He noticed that she was not fully convince but Yman did not mind it. She would probably forget about it later seeing that it wasn't important at the moment..

Woosh! Thump!

The dino made a huge sudden leap to cross the river with 20 meters width. Thanks to his high perception ability the mist wasn't a problem at all.

Nonetheless,

With the effect of his Black Miasma, he powered up her before applying her flame, for the reason of having stronger magical energy. In this sense, the power of her flame becomes doubled. 

And also the effectiveness.

He used her flame, because her flame if Yman's guess was right, her flame was a divine flame or called as Holy Flame. This element was strong against all Demonic type monsters.

It was also the reason why the [Nightmare] class beast was so afraid of getting hit by it. He first noticed it when they fought near the river. The demon inside him was screaming for danger at the sight of her flame. The second was when they were chased by the dog-like [Nightmare] class. And lastly was when they fought the bird-type [Nightmare] class beast.

Currently, Cinder was tightly hugging him from behind. 

At the distance, Yman could perceive some enemies. Judging from what he felt, it must be from the monsters of rank C to rank B. 

Yman opened his Cyber storage and let two Bird-Type [Fire Dolls] out. These two birds were colored in crimson and not made by Cinders' flame.

The bird-type [Fire Dolls] flew beside them from both sides. Like guarding them against dangers. When it suddenly caught a hostile presence ahead of them, they immediately rushed forward like little jet fighters.

"!!"

WAAAAARR!! (SLASH!) (One monster tried to slash the incoming bird.)

HISSSSSS!! (BITE!) (The other one stretched its long body to bite the other bird.)

The monsters attacked his [Fire Dolls] using their claws and fangs.

WEEESH!! ( The first bird gilded to the left and avoided the incoming slash!) 

WOOOSSH!! (The second bird climbed higher to avoid the stretching monster that looks like a snake with medium size.)

After their successful evasion,

HUM!! BANG!! (After gilding to the left, it made a quick turnover and shot flame from its body that was identical to itself.) WOOSH!! BANG!! (The second bird made a backflip when it reached the unreachable height of the enemy, then fired flame the same as the first bird.)

(GWAAAAAAAARRRR…)

Both their attacks hit the target. But it did not kill them immediately, even the monster's bodies were on fire. They tried to fight back, but their struggles were futile as they could not reach or land a hit to the two agile [Fire Dolls].

[Rank C (x_[x]) Mutated Little Bear was killed!]

[You obtained 30 points for killing Rank C Monster!]

[Rank B (x,,x) Mutated Horned-Snake was killed!]

[You obtained 40 points for killing Rank B Monster!]

"....."

Such weird notifications appeared in his vision.

'Sistela did you change the notification panel?' He asked out of curiosity.

<KUKUKU, do you like it, HUH?>

'Well, it doesn't matter.'

<What a boring reaction. ('_')>

The bird [Fire Dolls] were seemingly toying with their enemies until both monsters were charred on the ground and turned to ashes.

It came back after killing the monsters ahead. But not even a minute when other monsters were perceived by them again.

Woosh! Woosh! (Without waiting for orders when they shot ahead.)

Again, the two bird-type [Fire Dolls] sped up forward.

(FIREBIRD ATTACK!) (FIREBIRD ATTACK!)

From their bodies, they shot flames to the enemies which are identical to themselves.

OIINNNNK! (Cries!) GYAOOOO! (Wail!)

[Rank B (x(••)x) Mutated Two-Tailed Boar was killed!]

[You obtained 40 points for killing Rank B Monster!]

[Rank B (x)v(x) Mutated Fanged-Bird was killed!]

[You obtained 50 points for killing Rank B Monster!]

Yman didn't know whether he would laugh at this new notification design.

For some reason it looks childish, it was so bright, plus with blinking effects.

<KUKU, actually, it wasn't me who changed the panel. It was her highness Miss Cinder.>

'What?' Yman was surprised to hear it.

'Why do you let your settings be looked at by others?!'

<It was fine, it was only an 'Entertainment Panel'. Only the visual effects anyway and not the important Settings. She told me that she's good at customization of visual effects. Unlike the usual dull notification, I think this one is better. BOY!>

"....."

Yman noticed something about Sistela but had no time to complain.

'Dammit, what are you… a child!?'

<Boy! Watch your mouth.>

(Sigh!)

'Don't be so trusting!'

<That's why you can't have a girlfriend, Punk!>

Yman blinks his eyes twice. D-Did he heard it right? For some reason, this deity of him had something weird! She sounded like a madam with colored hair while chewing a cigarette and shouldering a large baseball bat, A gangster!

He was on the verge of crying. 'I will factory reset you later!' He screamed.

<Nooooo, Punk!>

From his back, Cinder was secretly chuckling the whole time. She wondered what this guy's reaction was when he noticed her little surprise.

'How can she let this guy teased her without a little payback!' The big part of it was because he didn't give any compliment about how she looks. Even though he already saw her almost naked three times! Is this person a NUMB!?

Yman has an urged to drop the girl behind him. 

Actually, it wouldn't affect his battle as it was only part of the 'Entertainment Panel'. Like what Chloe always did to her deity. (Making her deity as an MP3 player.)

One black dino jumped on the slope, while two crimson birds tagged on both sides. It was caught by one of the Monitoring Devices.

Good thing that this Monitoring Device was made by magical energy, and not ordinary devices. It could somehow identify the silhouette but could not figure clearly because of the thick mist.

The audiences outside the world in the painting were whispering if who it was.

Occasionally, those two birds would sprint around them when some monsters wandered at 25 meters distance from them. Then, those would open fire at the enemy.

Their initial thoughts, "are those two birds are Spirit Beast?" Asked the empress who had her eyes fixed at the monitor in front of them.

"No, they are not!" Ella, who had a surprised face, answered the empress.

"Eh, are you sure, Rea Honey?"

"Yes, Aunt," firmly affirm Ella.

"Then what are those?"

"Sorry Aunt, I can't figure out what those birds are, but I do feel that they are not Spirit Beast."

The empress glanced at the Knight-Captain, "do you know what those two birds Mr. Knight-Captain Borge Bergal?" She asked him.

Borge Bergal stared at the monitor with a frown, then he shook his head saying, "sorry your Majesty, those two, if her Highness Princess Merea Ella said that it wasn't Spirit Beasts, then I don't have any idea what it was," he said with a sorry face for being unhelpful.

"I see, if even the Knight-Captain and Rea doesn't know about it, then I guess none of us can explain that thing." Said the empress with full of curiosity.

"Aside from that, I wonder who those people riding the dino Spirit Beast," added the empress.

Ella focused her eyes, a moment later, her eyes glowed with blue brilliance, then the Monitoring Device hovered closer to the people riding on the dino.

Upon seeing the figure, and the familiar armor, "It's him!" She exclaimed.

"Eh? Who do you mean?" The press asked with puzzled looks.

"I-I mean, The Mysterious, the guy who protected me from attackers a while ago."

"Ehhh? So that guy is 'The Mysterious'?!" Surprised the empress.

"Yes! Aunt!"

"Fufufu," laughed the empress with a glint of interest within her eyes. 'So it was him, huh!' She thought.

The thing about the killing of the Demonic Beast was still lingering within her mind. And that person was one of the suspects.

'Fufufu!' She laughed inwardly which reflected on her face.

"Yo-You look happy, Aunt…" Ella muttered.

"No it's nothing," she said.

"....."

Since it was that person, then those two birds, it was only him who could explain it to them. That person really did some unbelievable stuff in this competition.

On top of that, if she wasn't wrong, that beautiful girl that was riding in tandem with him, it was the Miss from Lupine Family! Just by judging her hair color and those two Wolf ears!

She wondered how he got close to her. Or perhaps those two knew each other beforehand. Ella wondered.

Nonetheless, 1 kilometer away, east of the last barrier, the group of Ember, Aegor, Taflas, and Tiafel found themselves in a disadvantageous situation against 10 demons. They were surrounded by both sides!

They have their back facing each other while readying themselves. 

Huff! Huff! Huff!

"Tsk, we are almost there. Why these monsters have to show up!" Said Tiafel with a grimace on her face.

Though they were not sure, the towering shadow ahead gave them a conclusion that it was the last barrier.

(GWAAAAARRRR!)

Growl the demons, while their mouths were dripping with sticky saliva.

(HARRR! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH...!)

One of the demons consecutively brandished its claw to Aegor!

(TING! TING! TING!)

But Ember used his Partial-Transformation Artefact and parried its attack.

(THUMP! BANG!) Ember sent a kick on the demon's stomach after he completely parried all of its (Claw Slashing Attack!). The demon was sent 5 steps away from them and crashed on the ground, which its back skidded a few meters.

However, it didn't hurt it. The demon stood up again. 

(GWAAAAAARARRRR!!!) After the first demon was sent crashing on the ground, the others rushed to attack at the same time.

"Thanks, Mr. Ember!" Aegor said his thanks.

"No biggie, you guys stay alert! They are going to attack!"

Everyone grimaced from Ember's warning. They knew that the current situation was a hopeless one.

Right after Ember shouted, all of the demons around them brandished their claws. While the others leaped in mid-air while raising their claws higher.

"Mr. Ember, you can leave us, and save yourself!" Tiafel urged him.

"She's right Mr. Ember, you can't die here with us!"

Taflas added.

A sweat trailed on Ember's face. If only it was him, he had the means to escape. But as a member of the Lupine family, he could not disgrace their proud family names.

Aegor remained quiet, he wanted to survive in this elimination round. He bit his lips.

(AHHHHHHHHH! I KILL YOU DEMONS!!) He rushed forward to clash with the demon in front of him. He could not die without a fight. He wanted to survive this round.

However, his hammer was caught by one of the demons and stopped his attack.

"Aegor!"

Everyone shouted his name after seeing the demon raised its hand higher.

Aegor grimaced and subconsciously closed his eyes.

But before the hand could brandish downward, 

(WOOSH! WOOSH!)

Two crimson birds collided with the demon's face.

(BANG! BANG!)

After seeing the birds, "[Fire Dolls]?" Taflas muttered in surprise.

"CRIMSON!" Shout Tiafel.