Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Although the situation of Five Star mages' wasn't as bad, it wasn't much better either.

Two early-stage Five Star mages from the Martell and one each from the Williams and Fuller families had already lost their lives to the Abyssal Howlers and Ashen Fiends.

Before dying, they had managed to severely injure their opponents, but the demons could easily recover using slightly higher-grade healing medicine.

"It seems the horned and scarlet demons aren't happy with the three tribes' intrusion."

Jonas said after noticing that the demons from both tribes weren't going all out like before and were only fighting those human mages that attacked them. Their subordinate tribes, dwarf demons and green serpents, were doing the same.

Swoosh!

Ra! Puchi!

Bang!

Fwoosh!

Although it was a good thing for them, the newly joined tribes, especially the Abyssal Howlers and Ashen Fiends, were proving themselves to be very tough opponents.

They fought with regard for their safety and only focused on killing humans. The Abyssal Howlers, when about to attack, would howl, which would give them a sudden boost, taking the humans off guard and injuring them quite badly.

While the human mages were starting to get used to their fighting styles and were starting to use their magic spells to defend themselves better and put distance between them to retaliate, they weren't able to properly tackle the Ashen Fiends because of their strange, elusive movement techniques and fearsome fire element control.

It seemed all Five Star Ashen demons had comprehended the Fire Law, as they were able to destroy almost all of the magic spells thrown at them using the simple fire elemental spells.

They would then close in and touch the humans, setting them on fire, which was dark red in color. Even stranger, those who had caught this fire weren't able to properly use their magic spells, which made it very difficult to put it out.

Unlike them, the Frostclaw Demons were fighting slowly while making sure they didn't get injured. This was why they hadn't killed any Five Star mage yet.

But everyone had realized they were very troublesome opponents, even more troublesome than the other two, because when they wanted, they could burst with strength like the Abyssal demons when they activated their Frostclaw bloodline and were also able to use and cast Ice Elemental spells, which, just like the Ashen demons' fire spells, although simple, were very powerful.

As the minutes ticked by, the battles became increasingly ferocious.

An hour later, when Max's head stopped hurting entirely, he told Jonas to join the battle.

"Have you recovered, Sir Max?" Jonas asked,

"Not completely, but I'll be able to defend myself. Moreover, Leo would be here with me, so don't worry and go help them."

Seeing he was just an early-stage Four Star mage, protected by two Five Star mages, one high-stage and the other early-stage Five Star, almost no demon had tried to attack him until now, which was good. But now that Max could protect himself, he thought it was a waste to keep Jonas with him.

Jonas nodded and left his side, rushing to where Martha was fighting two peak Five Star Ashen Fiend demons.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Just a minute after he left, a group of three demons from the Abyssal Howler tribe—one early-stage Five Star and the other two peak Four Star—rushed toward them.

"Can you handle the Five Star one?" Max asked as he stopped using his Nascent and Bloodline energy to recover his mental energy and stood up.

"Just leave it to me." Leo said, not a hint of fear or nervousness in his eyes.

"Alright. Go fight him and let the other two come to me." Max said, slowly stretching his body.

The demons became enraged when they heard him. They clearly had learned the human language.

Rawr!

The Five Star Abyssal demon growled and slowed down while the two Four Star demons shot toward Max, ignoring Leo, who was still beside Max.

Leo looked at two angry half-wolves with pity before rushing toward his opponent.

The Five Star demon's beastly dark eyes flashed with a hint of surprise seeing Leo leave the weak human's side. It had been staring at him and was ready to attack the moment Leo tried to attack his underlings.

Then its face twisted in a dark sneer, and a voice resounded in Leo's head, [You arrogant human, watch as he is shredded into pieces.]

"Oh?!" Leo stopped, his lips curling in a smile as he said, "Let's watch then."

Grr!

The demon grunted in acknowledgment, but seeing Leo wasn't even a bit concerned, a hint of wariness appeared in its eyes, and it sent the duo a message,

[Don't underestimate—]

However, it hadn't even finished its message when…

Swoosh!

Bang! Bang!

…Max took a step forward, exploding with a speed faster than them even without using his bloodline energy or mana. Then before the demons could react, he punched two times, each punch connecting with their heads, causing them to explode in a rain of blood and gore.

"Hm? Not bad." Max muttered as he came to a stop behind their falling bodies.

The Five Star Abyssal demon's eyes widened in shock, which immediately turned into the bubbling rage.

Swoosh!

Its dark eyes flashed, and more than ten meters of area with him as center became shrouded in darkness. Its muscles bulged and contracted, indicating the sudden surge of strength. Then it rushed toward Max, wanting to bite his head off.

However…

Swoosh!

Leo appeared before him and slashed his hand horizontally in front of him, sending a sharp crescent of wind whistling toward him.

The demon tapped into its demonic energy and covered its fist with it before punching the crescent, destroying it.

Swoosh!

It didn't stop there and followed up with another punch aimed at Leo's chest.

Leo clicked his tongue in annoyance, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes, and retreated backwards while casting a wind barrier in front of him.

Max was a little disappointed seeing Leo fall into a disadvantageous situation so quickly.

Just when he was thinking if he should help him, he sensed another group of three demons leave the chaotic battles and rush toward them.

Sensing one of them was an early-stage Five Star and the other two, while peak Four Star like the two he had just killed felt stronger, he cracked his neck and twisted his shoulders.

'Let's see how much I have improved.'

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