Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 751 Casualties

Chapter 751  Casualties

The Frostclaw demons narrowed their eyes at her before one of them flew forward, his claws glistening with an icy blue light as he asked, "What are you insinuating, rotten corpse?"

The Ashen Fiend didn't back down and stared back at him with equal intensity, cinders of black ash floating around her and some covering her hands as she sneered, "Either you are planning some devious scheme like always, or you have colluded with humans."

Boom!

Swoosh!

As soon as she said this, both of them released their auras and rushed toward each other and attacked.

Bang!

Fwoosh!

The Frostclaw demon clawed at her neck while the Ashen Fiend, her palms covered in a layer of cinders, met the claw, causing it to erupt in flames that were quickly extinguished as a ripple of blue energy erupted from the claw. In this exchange, neither came out on top.

They pulled away and were about to clash again when a Scarlet demon and a horned demon appeared behind them and grabbed them while coldly shouting, "Stop this ugly display. Lord emperors are watching."

Immediately, both stopped, but they still continued glaring at each other with murder in their eyes.

They then rushed toward the human mages and started raining down their strongest attacks on them, wanting to kill as many as they could.

…

Meanwhile, high in the sky, the demon emperors' expressions turned even uglier when they saw Max's transformation.

[I was wrong. The threat this human pose isn't smaller than the domain guy. It's equal, if not bigger.] Matriarch Luen said to Vigil and others.

Vigil, Yshoy, and others nodded in agreement as the gazes of the Frostclaw demon emperors' flickered.

On the other side, the human emperors were equally shocked, especially Alton and Wyomin, who had watched Max use the Death Energy from the beginning. 'He can control it now?!'

Lady Verana glanced at Alton, who was looking at Max with shining eyes, and asked, [You know what energy that is?]

Alton shook his head, [No.]

Lady Verana stared at him in silence, which made Alton sigh in exasperation. [I really don't know. Neither did he tell me, nor did I try asking. I would suggest you also don't become curious about it because once those people arrive, things will be more troublesome if you are entangled with him.'

Lady Verana nodded lightly before shifting her gaze back to Azaroth, deep in thought.

While others were shocked or grim, Wyomin's heart was heavy. Although she knew Max was already in more trouble than he could handle, after seeing him control the Death Energy, she knew those troubles had just doubled at the very least.

It was one thing if he possessed a superior energy but wasn't able to control it, and it was completely different if he was able to control it.

'What should I do? He can't die, at least not before bringing it back to life.' She fell into deep thought, her brows furrowed in concentration.

…

Swoosh!

Max cut through the crowd of demons and arrived beside Martha, who looked at him with a grateful look on her face. Then, she worriedly asked, her voice almost inaudible, "Are… you alright?"

Max nodded and answered through his bloodline sense, not wanting to move his mouth too much before healing. [I am. Don't worry about me. Stay near me and focus on recovering. Also, you fought well.]

Swoosh!

Saying this, he cast a barrier conjured from his fire elemental mana, bloodline, and Death Energy around her.

Martha had expected him to offer his help because she knew he wasn't one to forget favors and grudges alike, but she hadn't expected him to praise her. If anything, she had thought he would scold her for pushing herself too much just to save some people who were most likely going to die later anyway. So, she was caught a little off guard, and couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.

"…Thank you." She mumbled, a small smile appearing on her face.

…

Boom!

Boom!

Bang!

Rumble!

Ahhhh!

After Max arrived beside Martha, the demons stopped targeting the people around him. Though he couldn't fly, if they pushed him, he could use a human Five Star mage's help, and then they would die, which they didn't want.

Without a doubt, Max had filled their hearts with dread, but this only made them even more enraged as their pride and ego were hurt, and they took this anger out on other humans. Max, Armand, and other Five Star human mages did their best to save as many as they could, but as the time passed, their number continued to dwindle.

The dying humans looked in Max's direction with pleading and hopeful looks on their faces. Max, however, ignored them and only focused on saving the people around him with an emotionless look in his eyes, but in his heart, he was becoming more furious.

However…

He forcefully suppressed his bubbling fury. Not only was he fighting and killing the demons continuously and simultaneously defending the people around him, but he was also enduring the extreme pain the Death Energy's continuous tempering inflicted upon him.

…

Hours passed, and soon night arrived, but the battles didn't stop. Both demons and humans were continuously dying.

However, the center of the battlefield had become calm once again.

After the Five Star demons had killed all the humans out of the range of Max's protection, they could do nothing, so they retreated. Of course, before they left, Max had reduced their numbers by half, unable to stop himself.

Now, everyone was resting, but the mood was gloomy.

While over a thousand demons had died, the casualties on their side weren't low either.

Out of over five hundred mages of the three families—Williams, Fuller, and Martell—less than a hundred were alive. Several Five Star mages had lost their lives. Now, the Williams family only had eight, Fuller three, and Martell four Five star mages alive.

Max sighed in his heart when he saw this. Then he noticed a man, covered in blood with his right hand missing, cradling a lady's corpse on his lap. His shoulders were shaking, and silent tears were falling down from his eyes to the now dead lady's face.

This man was none other than Devon.

Max sighed. She had died when he went to kill Count Wiley. Martha had tried to save her but was unable to because a high-stage Five Star demon had targeted her, and she was quite far away from her.

Max stood up and walked toward him.