Perseus's Eye Strikes Back

"Watch out!" Albert shouted.

The next moment, the First-Ring cursed creature leaped onto the wall above Locke's head. The flesh of its right hand twisted and transformed into a black-glinting scythe, slashing toward the Great Green Owl Plantain behind Locke.

Below the three of them ran a river of strong acid. If they were knocked down, they would fall straight into it.

Albert swung his hand and cast the 0.9-ring Blade Bamboo Sword Dance, forcibly cleaving the terrifying monster in two with a vertical slash, then cutting it again horizontally and dividing it into four equal pieces.

Blade Bamboo Sword Dance struck with incredible speed. At the instant it was unleashed, it exceeded both the modified Ghoul's attack speed and movement speed.

Yet after being chopped into four pieces, the monster showed no sign of dying. Instead, each remaining upper half of its body transformed one hand into a black-glinting flesh scythe and swung at Locke and Albert.

"Wizards... die..."

At that critical moment, Albert shouted, "Locke, get out of the way!"

Sisyphus shouted, "Throw me out there to distract it, Locke!"

Locke frowned. Under such panicked circumstances, an ordinary person would probably have been overwhelmed by mistakes.

Yet not only did he feel no panic at all, he became even calmer. His thoughts were as still as an ancient well, utterly unaffected by emotion.

Even his pupils faintly transformed into golden vertical slits.

If I abandon them, I still won't be able to escape. This Ghoul's vitality and bodily functions have been greatly enhanced by the Curse-Eroding Bugs. And it is filled with hatred toward every wizard. It isn't hunting us specifically—it is hunting any wizard. Locke thought quickly. Wait. No matter how much it has been enhanced, its foundation is still Curse Magic.

*The Curse-Eroding Bugs are only