Minori stepped on the Bone Dragon, soared into the air, and confronted the Leader who was suspended in mid-air.
"I said, this is my territory."
"As for your subordinates, they are now my people." Minori deliberately let out a sinister cold laugh, displaying the arrogance of someone who possessed a Bone Dragon.
The Leader of [Zurrernorn] was very mysterious.
What interested Minori the most, besides whether they truly possessed the power of 7th Tier Magic, was their identity.
So!
Should I just solve it directly and get information from the other party's mouth?
Minori's eyes, hidden under his hood, flickered slightly. A strong person of this level must know a lot of useful information, and there was only Khajiit here.
There was no need to worry about leakage.
Even if the other party truly possessed the power of 7th Tier Magic, one strike of "Holy Throwing Spear" would be enough to severely injure them.
If they still had the ability to resist, another "Chain Dragon Lightning" would be enough.
The only thing that prevented Minori from making a decision immediately was the identity of the [Zurrernorn] Leader.
He had long suspected it, and there were only three possibilities.
1: The Leader is an independent individual, perhaps related to the country that was destroyed 200 years ago.
2: They are a member of a deeply hidden organization from another world, [Corpus Of The Abyss].
3: They are from the Slane Theocracy.
The first two were easy to say, but if it was the third possibility, then it would be a little troublesome.
The Slane Theocracy had just noticed the anomaly in the Abelion Hills, and this Leader suddenly appeared in the hills, which made Minori unable to help but think in this direction.
"A Bone Dragon, truly a powerful special Undead."
The Leader let out a sigh of admiration, and the killing intent in their tone dissipated a lot.
In such a short period of time, they were able to collect the negative energy to summon a Bone Dragon. The Leader was a little suspicious of whether Minori possessed some kind of ability to quickly collect negative energy.
They were targeting the "Death Spiral Ritual".
So that's how it is!
The Leader seemed to have thought of something, and the black negative energy mist on their body vibrated slightly.
"A Bone Dragon with absolute resistance to magic?"
"Being too confident is not a good thing!"
The Leader let out a cold laugh, and the area on the left side of their body covered by black mist wriggled. A strange magical staff made of dark gray bone stretched out from it, grabbed by a bony hand:
"The power of magic is endless. The existence of a Bone Dragon makes magic casters helpless... Heh, that's just ignorance of not having truly seen even stronger power."
"There are many ways to deal with a Bone Dragon, for example - 5th Tier Summon Undead · Skeleton Griffon!"
Dense negative energy gathered in mid-air, materializing from the black energy a griffon composed of bones, only one person high, emitting a dense aura of death.
"Hiss!"
The Skeleton Griffon flapped its wings, suspended in mid-air and twisting, its lion-like skull emitting a faint roar.
"Go." The Leader said in a low voice.
Whoosh!
The Skeleton Griffon flapped its wings fiercely, its body flying like an arrow. Perhaps because its body was entirely made of lightweight bones.
It displayed a terrifying speed far exceeding that of ordinary flying creatures, turning into a white afterimage and flying rapidly through the air.
"Using summons for a head-on physical attack, this is not the result I want." Minori understood the Leader's intention.
He had thought that the Leader was going to display 7th Tier Magic, but it turned out to be a countermeasure using summons. After all, a Bone Dragon was just a Level 16 monster in the end.
"Dragon Lightning!"
Naturally, Minori would not allow this Skeleton Griffon to approach. He raised his palm and released a dazzling and turbulent bolt of lightning.
Unexpectedly, the magic missed!
It wasn't the Leader interfering, but the Skeleton Griffon dodging the attack.
Boom!
After dodging the magic attack, the Skeleton Griffon had already rushed to the side of the Bone Dragon and easily shattered half of the Bone Dragon's wing with its body.
Crack—
Broken white bones scattered in mid-air!
Due to the damage to its wing, the Bone Dragon's entire body tilted, but it could still barely maintain flight and not completely fall from the sky.
After completing this strike!
The Skeleton Griffon did not continue to attack, but turned back and quickly retreated to the Leader's side.
"The Skeleton Griffon not only has extremely fast speed, but also has excellent dodging ability. Using a single-target magic attack is a wrong decision."
The Leader let out a smug chuckle, as if to prove what they had just said, that a Bone Dragon was not an existence that magic casters could not contend with.
"You are very good, whether it is the means to use 5th Tier Magic, or the means to summon a Bone Dragon."
"Both have already far exceeded the limits of what ordinary people know, those 'Adamantium' adventurers who are called national heroes."
"Join us, [Zurrernorn]!"
The Leader looked in Minori's direction and invited loudly.
Just the strength that Minori currently displayed was already in a league of its own among the 12 Apostles.
Leaving aside other things for now, just by virtue of the Bone Dragon and the "Flight" magic the other party possessed, the other Apostles would have no way to deal with Minori.
"Being too confident is not a good thing, [Zurrernorn] Leader." Minori heard the other party's invitation and spoke in a ridiculous tone.
The Leader's expression darkened. He had just said that sentence, and besides, the other party didn't seem to show any surprise after the Bone Dragon was damaged.
"Join [Zurrernorn]?"
"That's hilarious. What can I get by joining you? It won't be just a useless title of a secret society that only scares ordinary people, will it?"
Minori shrugged his shoulders, his voice suddenly turning cold: "I still think killing you would make me happier."
"Magic Breakthrough · Gravity Reversal!"
Buzz—Buzz—
A shocking gravitational force suddenly surged from the ground.
Rumble!
The speed of the Skeleton Griffon was useless at this moment, and it fell uncontrollably from high altitude and smashed heavily onto the ground, creating a deep pit.
The Skeleton Griffon struggled to get up, its entire body's bones constantly making "creaking" sounds, but it was still unable to break free.
Whoosh!
The Leader's figure followed closely. Relying on flight magic obviously could not isolate the influence of gravity. Their entire body was like being filled with lead, falling straight towards the ground.
By comparing the falling speed of the Skeleton Griffon, the Leader was clearly struggling, but the effect was not significant.
"Shield Wall!" The Leader quickly chanted.
A translucent magic barrier wrapped around their entire body, offsetting the damage from the fall the moment they landed, and they stood on the ground looking slightly disheveled.
"You've angered me!"
The figure shrouded in black mist made a movement of raising their head. The magnetic voice that could still be maintained before now became dry and hoarse.
"Dragon Lightning!"
"Don't think you're the only one who knows this magic, Dragon Lightning!"
Two turbulent lightning bolts collided in mid-air, the dazzling white light illuminating the sky, emitting a shocking screech. The terrifying magic collision formed an impact invisible to the naked eye, spreading out again.
After a brief stalemate!
The "Dragon Lightning" released by Minori broke through the "Dragon Lightning" released by the Leader with unstoppable force.
"How is this possible?" Since appearing, the Leader had for the first time let out a sound of surprise.
With his caster level, he actually lost in a magic confrontation!
"Lightning Attribute Defense!" The Leader raised the strange staff in their hand and struck the ground hard.
Light blue magic power covered their entire body.
Although Minori's "Dragon Lightning" broke through his "Dragon Lightning", its power was still greatly weakened and was blocked by the Leader's defense.
"Could it be that the other party is skilled in specialized lightning attribute abilities?" The Leader speculated inwardly, their pale white eyes, obscured by the black mist, became even colder.
It seemed that without showing stronger strength than the other party, it would be impossible to subdue them. Indeed, strong individuals of this level were all arrogant and conceited guys.
With the other party's strength, one person could break through a large city or a small country. No wonder they could cause such a stir in the hills.
Not far away.
Khajiit, seeing the two people fighting in the blink of an eye, retreated in a panic. He had completely not expected that the mysterious person would actually fight the Leader.
And from the situation just now, the mysterious person was actually gaining the upper hand!
However, the Leader's strength was not just limited to this!
"Did they block it? As expected of the Leader!"
Minori stood on the Bone Dragon, looking down at the Leader below. He had no intention of ending it here.
In any case, he still had to further test the strength of this Leader!
"Field of Fire · All!"
A shocking magic power fluctuation surged from within Minori. In an instant, a huge magic circle appeared on the ground.
Crimson flames erupted from the magic circle, and as soon as they appeared, they turned into towering flames, rising like a prairie fire.
This was the original "Field of Sand · All" magic, converted into fire attribute through the passive ability "Elemental Attribute Conversion".
At this moment, on the ground.
The moment they saw the flames rising from under their feet.
The Leader immediately activated "Teleportation" magic, but their body only swayed for a moment and remained in place, and the effect of the magic was forcibly interrupted.
"Ability to restrain magic?"
The Leader's pupils constricted, and then they felt the flames on the ground already enveloping their legs.
The rising high flames constantly formed a strong magic power suppression, and some of the flames turned into fiery vines that wrapped around the Leader's legs.
Even with the barrier of negative energy, the high temperature generated by the flames still transmitted through the black mist. Fortunately, they had magical items on their body that resisted fire attacks.
The Leader's feet were bound to the ground by the flames, unable to move, and they quickly controlled the Skeleton Griffon not far away to take them away.
Bang—
But the next moment, the Skeleton Griffon couldn't withstand the burning of the flames, and its body was burned to ashes.
Both fire and divine attribute energy would cause multiple times the damage to Undead!
"The Skeleton Griffon couldn't break free either? How could this be, this magic not only has a binding effect!"
A panicked expression appeared on the Leader's face, realizing that they had underestimated the other party and had capsized in the gutter.
The black mist of negative energy constantly surged, resisting the high temperature of the flames.
A sense of crisis like never before descended!
"6th Tier Magic · Pale Fire!" The Leader shouted loudly.
In mid-air.
Minori looked down at the Leader who was completely engulfed in flames, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "They won't be dealt with this easily, will they, or did I go a little too hard?"
"Field of Fire" was converted from "Field of Sand", so it naturally also had a series of effects that hindered the opponent's movement, caused blindness, silenced them, and distracted their attention.
Suddenly!
Minori suddenly raised his head, and a huge curtain of fire constructed from white flames appeared above his head.
Almost in the next instant!
The curtain of fire turned into a torrential rain of pale fiery raindrops, enveloping Minori below. This was a dual-attribute magic attack composed of fire and negative attributes.
Looking at it at a glance.
It gave people a chilling, inescapable, terrifying feeling.
Every drop of pale fire easily burned the air as it fell, making a "sizzling" sound of negative energy corrosion wherever it passed.
"6th Tier Magic?" Minori first scanned the attribute panel and noticed the level of the magic:
"This is..."
Immediately after, he noticed another magic that appeared immediately after on the attribute panel.
"So that's what they plan to do."
A look of understanding flashed in Minori's eyes. He pondered for a moment, looked at the pale fire rapidly falling from above, and chanted: "Teleportation!"
Swish!
Minori quickly disappeared from his original location and appeared outside the range covered by the "Pale Fire".
At the same instant, a figure also appeared not far from Minori, it was the Leader who should have been trapped in the "Field of Fire".
"Cough, humph."
As soon as the Leader appeared, they let out a painful groan and quickly retreated without hesitation, putting distance between themselves and Minori.
"They were actually able to escape from my magic?"
"So that's how it is, 'Unilateral Duel'?"
Minori first showed a surprised look, then suddenly realized: "What an unexpected strategy."
**3rd Tier Magic "Unilateral Duel"!
The specific effect is that even if the opponent escapes by means of teleportation, the magic can establish some kind of connection with the opponent and appear together at the location where the opponent appears.
The Leader first used a 6th Tier area magic attack, forcing Minori to use teleportation magic to dodge.
By doing so, they used the magic effect of "Unilateral Duel" to escape the restraint of the "Field of Fire".
"The power of that magic just now is a bit terrifying. It should be a power that surpasses the 5th Tier."
Minori let out an undisguised exclamation, raised his arm and waved, and the Bone Dragon, which was in the center of the magic attack just now, flew over unharmed:
"According to rumors, there are 4 humans who have entered the realm beyond human, becoming the legendary 'Abnormals'. One of them is the one in the Baharuth Empire."
"The remaining three are very mysterious, but thinking about it, the secret society [Zurrernorn], which is feared by various countries, and you, as the Leader, should have also reached this realm."
On the opposite side.
The Leader's figure was disheveled, and the black mist that originally covered their entire body had become thin.
One could vaguely see through the negative energy a dry figure wearing a loose magic robe, with a pale face, so thin that they could be described as a skeleton.
"I underestimated you."
Fear was revealed in the Leader's pale pupils, and even more so, disbelief.
If they hadn't reacted in time, they would have been completely trapped in that strange magic and unable to break free.