Chapter 10: 9. Don't Only Read Half the Strategy

9. Don't Only Read Half the Strategy

Watching the eager girl, Leon brought her, light-footed, behind a giant rock.

This place was very close to the Wasteland Beasts, and one could also see the Wyvern directly.

He pointed at the Wyvern, then gestured a route—a path that just happened to allow using the rocks as steps to run all the way to the top.

"Did you see that?"

"Mm, I can go up." The girl nodded repeatedly.

Leon took down the Wind-Breath Sword hanging at his waist; on the way back yesterday, he had simply braided some vines to make a strap, making it easy to carry this sword.

"Are you going to give it back to me?" Zoe was very happy.

"If you ask like that, the answer is obviously no."

Leon didn't really want to occupy the naive girl's treasure; everything just happened as a matter of course.

As a member of a top-tier team who had seen the world, although the treasure was precious, he wasn't particularly rare-minded about it.

Among the twenty main members of Soul Apex, a total of six held treasures, and if one counted the treasures that had passed through their hands, it certainly exceeded twenty.

Among them were weapons, armor, magic tools, and even saddles for summoned beasts.

As for things like treasures, everyone in the team would certainly try them out, and Leon was no exception.

He had also used a treasure magic tool cast from collected starlight for a long time; relying on his Caster skills, he could easily draw out endless starlight to strike the battlefield, which felt truly great to use.

However, Soul Apex regarded all good things as "team property," and the team leader didn't take long to give this treasure to a newly joined female mage to use.

He once had a chance to obtain a treasure, a path provided by a friend outside the team, but at the time, for the sake of the team's assault, he used the funds to replenish combat supplies, so he missed the opportunity.

As for this Wind-Breath Sword of Zoe's, Leon didn't use swords to begin with, and even as a spellcasting medium, the Tier 3 wind elemental energy source wasn't enough to look at; it had also fallen from a higher tier, and wanting to return it to its original power would require a great deal of effort.

The main problem was that she was too energetic.

He felt that taking away her sword was of a similar nature to trimming a kitten's nails or putting an Elizabethan collar on it; if he returned the sword to her, he felt that something that would give him a headache would happen.

"You take it for this battle."

Leon pinched the blade and handed over the hilt, then looked at the Wyvern and said, "If you have the sword, dealing with it alone is no problem. If you can kill it, that's best; if you can't, just entangle it."

He pointed at the group of Wasteland Beasts: "After I kill them, two against one, we can kill the Wyvern immediately too."

"Okay, okay."

Zoe half-squatted on the ground, her whole body swaying left and right due to tension, her strength accumulated to the point of impatience.

"Don't be hasty, fighting the Wyvern here, you also need to pay attention—"

"Going in!"

The girl's slender soles pushed off the ground, her whole person flew into the air, smiling as she traced a vigorous arc and landed on the sandy ground.

Chee-chee-chee-chee—

Gravel splashed everywhere as she stepped on it; the startled Wasteland Beasts let out shrill cries, rolled as they climbed up from the ground, and were soon about to form an encirclement around her.

This guy is completely the type of "aggro-pulling king" from online games!

There was no choice; Leon could only fire two Tier 1 Caster magic impacts to attract the attention of the Wasteland Beasts.

Their defense had no effect against Tier 1 Caster spells; the two monsters hit by the magic impacts screamed, staggered, and nearly fell.

The other Wasteland Beasts turned their hyena-like heads to look over, their eyes reflecting a green light under the sunlight.

Leon waved at them and ran toward the position he had just envisioned.

Zoe, having lost the attention of the Wasteland Beasts, was like a fish in water; the Wind-Breath Sword hummed, and gusts of wind blew around her—this was the skill "Wind's Blessing" brought by the treasure.

With the help of the wind, her petite body sprinted like a wild cat; with every step, she leaped several meters, and even the steep rocky mountain couldn't stop her; in a few breaths, she reached the top.

Hiss—!

The Wyvern let out a threatening low growl, spreading its wings and flapping them; it was both an intimidation gesture and preparation for takeoff.

"Bad thing, eat my sword!"

With a crisp, delicate shout from Zoe, her arm swept out a powerful sword strike; the Wyvern hopped backward like a large bird, and her strike didn't hit directly.

However, although the blade didn't touch its body, the edge instantly released a gust of wind; a sharp whistling sound suddenly rose on the spot, and Leon in the distance, relying on his familiarity with spirituality, could perceive the wind elemental spirits being gathered in an instant.

Treasure Skill—Wind Blade.

The Wind Blade released by a Tier 3 treasure could slice through steel; it was simply not something the Tier 1 level dragon scales of the Wyvern could defend against. In an instant, a wound was torn into its abdomen, and the gushing blood bloomed in the direction of the wind blade, carving a blood arc high up and scattering toward the foot of the rocky mountain.

Leon nodded; Zoe's combat thinking was very clear, and her swordsmanship had already merged with the Wind-Breath Sword.

No need to worry about her for the moment; he also focused his attention on confronting the group of Wasteland Beasts chasing him.

The target he chose was a gentle slope that led directly to the edge of the floating island.

Further out, of course, was the sky with nothing to rely on.

Leon flicked a water-mist stone like a coin.

Just like his spiritual manipulation of the solid earth earlier, he activated the water-mist stone's spirituality to release water elements; the water flow condensed in the air and covered the Wasteland Beasts.

The suddenly appearing water disrupted the pace of this group of monsters; they already detested water and were also soaked through directly.

Before they could shake the water off their bodies, the falling water flow instantly became a surge, forming an extremely strong force that pushed them directly down the gentle slope toward the edge of the floating island.

Chee-chee-chee—!

The chaotic, shrill cries were swallowed by the roar of the water flow; they flew off the edge of the floating island along with the water, heading toward the endless scarlet land below.

"Whew."

Leon exhaled; the magic power called upon this time was more than when dealing with Zoe, probably around Tier 3, the last tier of the Mortal realm, where the strengthening effect of magic power reached its peak, thus producing a large amount of water.

Without such a large volume of water, it wouldn't have been possible to flush away that group of Wasteland Beasts.

Clearing out trash mobs is simply not a Caster's strong suit. High-tier melee professions can kill one with a single strike, and other spellcasters can also perform group damage head-on.

After solving his own problem, he looked toward Zoe's side.

"Help me!"

The girl was held by her legs by the Wyvern, hanging upside down in the air; while she futilely held down her fluttering skirt, she swung her sword to hack at the monster and called out loudly for help.

Although the Wyvern was covered in wounds, the monster's physique was very robust; it shed a large amount of blood, but it could still fly smoothly.

Look, this is the precaution Leon didn't have time to explain; this is the consequence of not finishing the strategy.

When adventuring in the airspace, the most efficient way to kill is not combat, but throwing others off the floating island.

Any life in Newbis knows that falling off the edge of an island is dangerous, but when lacking experience, it is possible to fail to notice it.

The Wyvern was clearly an expert at doing this kind of thing; it couldn't beat Zoe head-on, but it knew how to eliminate her.

"Use your ultimate move!" Leon hurriedly reminded her.

"Ultimate move, what ultimate move?!"

"Just your strongest technique!"