Antonio rapidly raised his power, blazing like a dazzling sun.
As he began releasing all the magic power within his body, large amounts of magic crystals started forming around him. These magic crystals were extraordinarily pure, because they were formed directly from magic power.
By comparison, mined magic crystals existed as associated minerals, so their purity could not match these magic crystals. But the price Antonio paid to create them was death.
Li had known from the very beginning that Antonio was the strongest person here, and also the one who had concealed himself most deeply. A level-seventeen mage—if he wished, he would not need to work as a mercenary at all. Any nation would gladly grant him the position of court mage.
In fact, if he wanted to, he could have become an S-rank mercenary.
But he had not. Perhaps simply so he could carry out missions alongside his companions, he had chosen to hide his strength and remain an A-rank mercenary.
That was perhaps why he had been so unlucky. Li absolutely could not allow him to survive now. Given what would happen next, it was impossible for Li to completely conceal his strength, and a powerhouse like Antonio would certainly be able to see through Li's true abilities.
And now that they had encountered this situation, Antonio had to die.
Faced with this certain-death situation, the only solution Antonio could think of was to sacrifice a mage above level sixteen and burn away all their magic power.
No one would be willing to do that. In his eyes, Li most certainly would not do so either. A level-seventeen mage would have no problem escaping from here. But Antonio had companions, so he could only choose to sacrifice himself.
Antonio's actions immediately drew the attention of the other