Chapter 24: Instantaneous Ability

"No!!" Juan Ce Long's venom made Delike Laite lose his sanity, and he shouted angrily.

"Lady Akdina will acknowledge me, as long as I present her with Bricolekt!" Delike Laite's eyes flashed with dazzling silver light, a Sorcerer's intense mental wave that triggered a Mana upheaval.

He looked at his own hands with disgust, as if self‑analyzing, and said, "I despise this filthy body; I so wish to be a Dark Elf like my mother, but ruthless fate made me a mixed‑blood goblin hybrid."

"Every glance from Gelikete makes me sick; if it weren't for studying Psychic Ability, would you think I'd be with an ugly goblin?"

Delike Laite laughed like a madman, staring blankly at the void as if looking at someone, "A lady as beautiful as Akdina, even if she treats me poorly, is still better than being with a goblin!"

Naimi Xisi clicked his tongue and shook his head, love‑brain truly deadly, this fool really thinks a noble Dark Elf lady would fall for a goblin?

Oh no, her mother is a Dark Elf, that.

Thinking of such a heavy‑tasting Dark Elf, Naimi Xisi shivered.

However, seeing Delike Laite despise Gelikete so much, he felt some regret, for just seconds earlier, the ugly goblin Delike had mentioned had just pleaded with Naimi Xisi on his behalf.

"Did you hear that? He really despises you," Naimi Xisi smiled, looking toward Delike Laite's back.

Delike Laite's body froze; he turned his head and saw Gelikete standing right behind him.

Gelikete's expression was icy; she had raced here desperately to rescue her lover from the dragon's clutches, and upon arriving heard this sycophant's confession to a Dark Elf and his hatred toward her.

"Gelikete?" Delike Laite's angry mind cooled down.

Gelikete tugged at the corner of her mouth, saying sadly, "So you really hate me."

Then her expression turned icy again: "Then I'll send you to hell; soon, I'll have your goddess go down to accompany you."

Triple‑Ring Conversion Ability—【Energy Cone】!

Without incantation or gesture, Gelikete simply raised a hand, and Mana surged from her body like waves; elements twisted, matter was seized, and a mass of fire, ice, and lightning fused into a cone of energy erupting from her fingertips.

The elemental surge instantly engulfed the unresponsive Delike Laite; the Blue Goblin's final sliver of consciousness before death was fear of dying, and a hint of apparent release.

Clap clap clap

Naimi Xisi applauded, praising, "Such a smooth casting method; the ability manifested instantly like a natural phenomenon. Lady Gelikete, your mastery of Psychic Ability impresses me."

This is the power of Psychic Ability.

A Psychic Sorcerer extracts inner strength to become his own power; he needs no complex components, tongue‑twisting incantations, or clumsy gestures.

By consciously shaping a small portion of Mana, he can conjure fire, move a massive stone without touching it, glimpse a moment in future Space‑Time, or communicate with creatures miles away.

Powerful fists and kicks, extreme speed, even the sharpest blade flashes pale in the blink of a Psychic Sorcerer.

In short, all Psychic Abilities are instant. A caster without casting preparation is the nemesis of any melee class.

It is said that Mages who reach advanced realms can possess special techniques called 【Super Magic】 for their spells, also achieving instant casting, but always at a great cost.

Perhaps a normal single‑Ring spell, after applying 【Super Magic】, will require consuming a three‑Ring, four‑Ring, or even five‑Ring Spell Slot as the casting cost.

Of course, even though Psychic Ability is theoretically instant, mobilizing Mana still demands great experience, with release gaps of tenths of a second, even a full second.

Gelikete's 【Energy Cone】 release time was virtually nil, killing Delike Laite before he could react; truly "No other, only practiced hand!"

The female goblin deactivated the ability's manifestation, laughing wryly, "Please don't praise me; thinking that after receiving your Psychic Link, I still pleaded for him like a fool makes me want to vomit."

Gelikete inhaled deeply, her eyes slightly moist, but she lifted her head toward the sky for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.

Naimi Xisi nodded inwardly, worthy of a Mana caster who cultivates a pure heart, unaffected; he then said seriously, "You heard it too, the Dark Elves have arrived, they are likely hiding in some corner outside the city, waiting for Delike Laite to deliver messages for them."

"You kill Delike Laite, I don't oppose; for a fool who dares challenge True Dragon Might, even if you don't act, I will make his life worse than death."

"But your actions disrupted my plan; I intended to control his mind, send a false death to the Dark Elves outside the city, then ambush them. Now, with Delike Laite's death, that plan can no longer be executed."

Gelikete silently nodded, awaiting the dragon's judgment.

Naimi Xisi thought for a moment, raised his dragon head and declared, "I know this city has a reservoir passage leading to the middle tier; Gelikete, as punishment, you must lead a hundred‑person Hyena Werewolf army through the reservoir to flank the Dark Elves, cutting off their retreat."

"If you return alive, your deeds will be atoned; whether your disciple attempted to assassinate me or disrupted my plan, those sins will be erased."

"But remember, do not let any Dark Elf escape," Juan Ce Long instructed.

According to Delike Laite's memory, Akdina is the least favored lady of the Di Fo Family, and the force that attacked Bricolekt City was her private unit, not very powerful.

Except for Akdina.

Akdina, a ninth‑level Storm Dragon‑vein Sorcerer and a part‑time sixth‑level priest, is said to have a grandmother who once seduced a powerful adult Blue Dragon, giving birth to the current Di Fo Family main line, and she luckily awakened the Sorcerer bloodline.

Juan Ce Long grew wary; he still recalled the peril of battling that red‑robed Mage, the Spellcaster being his most detested opponent.

!

"Luckily, just a Sorcerer."

Sorcerers, unlike Mages, cannot learn a variety of spells; they can only use innate awakened spells.

Like Juan Ce Long, whose bloodline contains a vast array of spells, even encompassing all spells of two major schools, such Sorcerers are almost nonexistent.

The vast majority of Sorcerers awaken only one or two new high‑level spells every two levels, and some with thin bloodlines may never awaken higher spells!

Of course, correspondingly, Sorcerers have more Spell Slots than Mages, and their casting attribute is Charisma, making high‑Charisma beings more common than high‑Intelligence ones, which also adds many Spell Slots.

Compared to Akdina's Sorcerer rank, Naimi Xisi is even more wary of her priesthood.

A priest is a devotee of the gods; they worship the myriad deities, who grant them daily Divine Spells through the Magic Net.

Priests have fewer Spell Slots than Mages, but Divine Spells, as god‑granted power, are stronger than spells of the same level.

More importantly, killing a priest carries a small chance of attracting a god's attention!

Though gods cannot descend upon Frelen, many ways exist to avenge desecration; the most common is issuing a divine decree, ordering high‑rank believers to assassinate the target.

Naimi Xisi sighed; that noble was insignificant, but this is probably just the beginning.

Dark Elves are increasingly attacking the central north region; according to goblin memory, Akdina came via a detour around Glimmersea.

But if those major cities ahead are breached by Dark Elves, the Dark Elves may march south in force.

Killing a god's priest does not absolutely draw the god's attention.

Gods have countless followers, even crossing crystal barrier systems or dimensions to spread their faith (e. g., Tiamat, the Dark Dragon Empress in the Dragonlance world is its avatar).

So you can imagine, if you are a god, countless streams of information bombard you constantly; lucky you might notice a priest's death, unlucky you might not even realize half the churches in a world have been wiped out.

This is also why priests offer sacrifices to gods, to reach the heavens' hearing.

(This chapter ends)