Blood Moon Magic Wolf

Could Rigel still use druid magic even after turning into a monster?

As that colossal tumor of flesh came lunging straight at him, Lynn's heart hammered wildly.

In that flash between sparks and lightning, a golden figure tore through the night and charged fiercely to meet the monster.

It was Charlotte!

Her body was arched now, both hands raised high, the nails on all ten fingers turning crimson and razor-sharp.

The wound on her arm, cut open by the dagger, had long since healed as if it had never been there. Surging natural power flowed through her body—not mana, but a strange force that came from deep within her Bloodline.

At the same time, over the surface of her fair skin, countless golden hairs sprouted like bamboo shoots after rain.

From between her clenched teeth came wave after wave of a beast's low growl.

In the blink of Lynn's eye, she had completely transformed into a Magic Wolf!

Her frame was huge, her whole body covered in stiff golden fur that stood on end. Muscles bulged in sheets beneath her skin, and her sea-blue eyes were filled with wild killing intent.

A Beast-Shifter? Lynn was startled, then quickly realized what was happening.

A Beast-Shifter couldn't fully transform into a beast form. Was this a druid's ability?

Charlotte, transformed into a golden Magic Wolf, used brute force to ram Rigel's attack aside, knocked him away with one claw, then stood with every hair bristling as she shielded Lynn behind her.

What reassuring strength... Lynn sighed inwardly, unable to help feeling grateful that after encountering Rigel, they had run into Charlotte in time.

Roar, roar, roar—

Charlotte dug all four claws into the ground, raised her wolf head, and let out roars filled with wild power.

With her voice, the pure-white full moon overhead began to change.

A faint blood color seeped out from the moon. It did not feel eerie or evil; instead, it seemed extraordinarily strange and alluring.

Blood-red light bloomed in her blue wolf eyes as she stared coldly at Rigel's form.

Boom!

A blood-red beam descended from the full moon and instantly pierced through his head.

As if passing through nothing at all, it shot from top to bottom, punching a terrifying hole through Rigel's towering body.

What a powerful attack! Lynn's mouth fell slightly open.

Just now, even after Celine and the others' repeated assaults, they had only managed to cut a little flesh from Rigel's body, yet Charlotte's formidable strike had nearly split him in two.

Uwaaah...

All the slit-like gaps on Rigel's body, neither quite mouths nor eyes, let out low wails in unison.

Among them was not only his own voice, but other human voices as well, beast cries, the low growls of Magic Wolves, and the piercing screams of Goblins all mixed together, making one's hair stand on end.

But this monster still would not die. The flesh around his wounds squirmed rapidly, knitting back together.

The shape of his main body was also changing, as if shifting the matter that composed him in order to fill the massive hollow at his center.

How could Charlotte give him a chance to heal? Her crimson claws lashed out without pause, each strike tearing away a large chunk of flesh with heavy force.

Celine and the other two had also rushed over and launched their attacks one after another.

Elaine waved her staff and once again added the "Blessing Spell" to them.

Of course, all their attacks were only for the same purpose: to peel as much flesh as possible from Rigel's bloated body.

And the true main attacker was naturally Lynn.

As more and more chunks of flesh on the ground completely lost their vitality, and as he felt the mana inside him rise without stopping until it was brimming over, Lynn suddenly realized a problem.

Once his mana pool was full, he could no longer use [Mana Drain]!

Right now, what consumed the most mana for him were still the two first-ring spells, Frost Ring and Shield Spell. Compared to Shield Spell, Frost Ring, a concentration spell that required continuous mana expenditure, was clearly the greater "waste."

Thinking this, Lynn decisively summoned another Frost Ring.

This would undoubtedly split off a good deal of his mental strength, making him gather the Magic Web and cast "Mana Drain" much more slowly.

Lynn laughed self-mockingly. He had never expected that at a time like this, having too much mana would instead become a major burden!

If the other mages heard about this, who knew what they would think...

The effect of two Frost Rings "wasting" mana at the same time was immediate. A gap soon appeared in his mana pool, and "Mana Drain" activated once more!

After several rounds of cooperation like this, Rigel's figure gradually grew thinner, and his original obsidian-like skin was faintly revealed.

Only, that slender and elegant elven body was already beyond recognition. On his limbs and torso, some places were bent in grotesque ways, while others had swollen like tumors, pitted and uneven.

Lynn swept a glance over him and only felt that he was filthy beyond belief.

What kind of ritual was this, and what power had made this guy turn into such a damned thing?

He did not need to guess to understand. Such a creation, utterly devoid of beauty and wholly ugly, meant that the ritual had surely failed.

Even Rigel's current power was incomplete.

Seeing his body fall apart piece by piece, incomprehensible hisses erupted from the cracks on Rigel's body. Then, all at once, red light flared brightly.

This red light was similar to the radiance he had used in the mountain valley earlier to fight against the domain of the "Heart of Nature," only it was murkier, deeper, and darker.

At the same time, two beast roars rang beside Lynn's ears.

He glanced over and saw that they were actually the two magic wolves Celine, Liam, and Ulshi had ridden earlier.

They seemed to have received a powerful summons, racing over at full speed. Once they drew near the radiance of the red light, their bodies began to melt and twist, and in the blink of an eye, they merged into that red light.

Because he was in a magic-depleted zone, he could only replenish his own magic by plundering the bodies of other Demonic Beasts.

Rigel's figure swelled violently at once. Flesh all over his body spasmed as though he were gathering strength, and his entire body gradually expanded.

"He's trying to self-destruct!" Lynn immediately connected the scene before him with the way the Corrupted Magic Wolf had self-destructed before dying, and he shouted a warning.

Charlotte's body froze at his words, and Celine and the others also stopped moving, quickly pulling back to widen the distance.

But the evil power radiating from Rigel grew more and more powerful. It was easy to foresee that the force of the explosion would flatten the entire area.

Charlotte's golden fur instantly stood on end, and she opened her bloody maw wide, shouting at Elaine:

"Elaine, take out the Heart!"

Elaine hurriedly did as told, sending her mental power into the storage space within the staff's emerald and taking out that incomplete Heart.

Charlotte leaped through the air to Elaine's side, lowered her head, and bit the Heart of Nature in her mouth, but she did not use it immediately.

Instead, she ran to Lynn's side and said in a low, urgent voice, "Lynn, you use it."

"Me?" Lynn was stunned. He was not a druid, nor did he understand life-type magic. How could he use this kind of sacred object?

Charlotte quickly explained, "The Heart of Nature is incomplete right now, so it can only be treated as a relatively powerful magic item. In other words, enough magic can activate it!"

She added, "Of course, I'll assist you from the side and help you avoid being devoured by the power of nature! Hurry!"

Lynn did not dare hesitate any longer. He immediately took the Heart of Nature from her mouth, followed Charlotte's guidance, poured spirituality into it, and connected with its magic patterns.

Then he felt a tremendous pulling force inside the Heart, and the magic within his body began to pour into it in an unbroken stream.

For a moment, dazzling green light blazed forth, and the "Heart of Nature" domain unfolded once again!