Vivian was angry.
The girl had always had a good temper, from childhood onward. She was even the type to seem weak in front of outsiders. Aside from her troublesome little brother Andy making her angry a few times, Vivian had never truly lost her temper.
But this time, the girl was genuinely angry.
Even so, Vivian still did not use the offensive Magic Missile. Instead, she poured all her magic into the defensive Magic Shield.
If they had been given a choice,
the members of the Fire God Cult behind her would rather have been smashed to death by Vivian's Magic Missile with a "splat" than face what was about to happen.
Why?
Because although it did little damage, the humiliation was immense.
The enraged, anger-limited magic pump Vivian waved her little hand, and the magical elements filling the forest began surging toward her desperately, like sons rushing toward their mother, pouring into the girl's body.
"W-What!" The others did not sense it clearly, but Luo Er, a Fire God Cult mage and fellow Spellcaster, instantly turned pale with shock.
He discovered that even the magic within his own body was becoming difficult to control. It was in complete disarray and showed every sign of running wild.
This was the difference in attributes. It could also be said to be the innate suppression that high-tier Spellcasters exerted over low-tier Spellcasters.
Although Vivian was only level 10 while Luo Er was level 15, it was like how human growth and development in a natural environment was always balanced.
Luo Er's total attribute points at level 15 were certainly higher than Vivian's, but those points had been distributed evenly among all his attributes. When it came to the single attribute of Elemental Affinity, he probably had only one-seventh of them left.
So, in the world of Fall of the Gods, how did one judge a native's talent?
It was by seeing which attribute they favored when distributing their points evenly. The more they favored an attribute, the more talented they were in professions related to it.
And what about our Miss Vivian?
After a certain deranged Wolf Cub "manually operated" her, she had not put a single point into any of her other attributes. She had dumped all her attribute points into Elemental Affinity in one go!
That was what created the scene before them: Vivian, at a mere level 10, overpowering Luo Er, a Fire Mage, and beating the members of the Fire God Cult single-handedly.
"Impossible."
"This is impossible! H-How can you possess this kind of power!" Luo Er had gone mad. More precisely, his worldview had collapsed.
The Magic Barrier that Luo Er had just shattered with Flame Impact a moment ago was instantly restored by the girl.
No, "restored" was not quite the right word. More accurately, the little girl had "strengthened" it.
And this "strengthening" seemed a little too powerful.
"Hold the line! All of you, hold the line! No one is allowed to retreat!" Luo Er shouted at his Fire God Follower subordinates, but it was nothing more than self-deception.
Under Vivian's full power, the Magic Barrier was no longer satisfied with merely becoming thicker and sturdier.
It began expanding rapidly. From above, it looked as though it were advancing outward, like a moving wall, forcibly pushing every object the girl disliked farther away. Naturally, that included the members of the Fire God Cult.
The Magic Shield was originally a barrier formed to protect physically frail Spellcasters. In theory, its radius would be only a few meters at most.
But Vivian's Magic Shield now—
"Useless! You're all useless!" Luo Er roared, but even he was completely helpless against the Magic Barrier before him. He could only watch as it pushed him outward, farther and farther from Vivian and the others.
As for the ordinary cultists, there was even less to say.
They were fine if they did not attack the barrier. But the moment they showed the slightest aggression toward Vivian's Magic Shield, they were met with rebound force several times greater than their own.
Before long, several Fire God Apostles were sent flying by the Magic Shield's passive defense.
And this was despite the fact that the girl had not used a single offensive spell. Their side had nearly been wiped out.
Humiliating!
Shameful!
As the subordinates most trusted by Bishop Eudoxia, at least that was how Luo Er saw it, they were not merely disgracing themselves. They were disgracing the Bishop!
"Great God of Fire above, please unleash Your fury upon the world and gather it here as Flame Impact!" Luo Er once again poured out all his strength and chanted the strongest magic he could use.
Fire Rush!
Then, the next moment,
Luo Er saw that in the palm of the village girl standing at the distant center, the same searing energy had begun to spin and rise.
"T-That is—" When Luo Er saw the familiar spell in her hands, his face turned even paler.
Yes, that was right.
After watching Luo Er use Flame Impact once, Vivian had decided to try it herself—and she actually managed to cast it.
But although they were both Flame Impact, Luo Er's magic was only enough to condense into a cluster of drifting Flame Bolts, whereas Vivian's—
Boom!
The flames seemed to roar.
The fireball in the girl's palm grew larger and larger under the dense magic, until it was many times bigger than a normal Flame Impact. In fact, any spell placed in the little girl's hands was multiplied several times by her extremely specialized attributes, as if it had completely changed into something else.
"A-A second-tier spell? How could this be, how could this be! You can use a second-tier spell!?"
"This isn't Flame Impact! This—this is a second-tier Fireball!"
It was no wonder Luo Er was so certain that Vivian's Flame Impact was a Fireball.
When the fireballs in their hands were placed side by side, the difference was like comparing a great shaman to a novice. The fireball Vivian had condensed was too large to fit in a palm. It floated in midair and was several meters in diameter, while the one in Luo Er's hand—
It barely covered his palm, and at most was the size of a washbasin.
Thus, on one side was a Flame Impact comparable to a Fireball, while on the other was a genuine little Flame Impact. When their spells collided,
Whoosh!
Luo Er had the honor of becoming a charred man. He was blasted farther than anyone else. If his own Magic Shield had not automatically unfolded at the critical moment, Luo Er would have been swallowed by the flames, leaving not even ash behind.
A Fire God Follower, a Fire Mage who worshiped the God of Fire, had been defeated head-on by a village girl from the countryside using fire-element spells.
"Operation failed."
"We misjudged this vill—this villager's strength." When Luo Er spoke the word "villager," he nearly bit through his lips.
"All personnel, retreat! Let the Bishop deal with her!"
They had truly been beaten into submission by Vivian. Their confidence had been trampled out of them completely, inside and out, by the little girl.
However.
Vivian indeed had yet to cross the threshold of killing. She had not ruthlessly slaughtered the Grey-robed Ones, and had even allowed them to escape.
But they must not forget.
Beside the girl, there was also a Wolf Cub whose heart was even blacker than coal.
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