Hero Xignos (5)

Even Green was startled by the sight. He had known Maxim possessed the spell Evil Spirit Wail, but had never given it much thought. He had not expected it to be so powerful!

Surprised though he was, Green did not slow down in the slightest. He immediately used the Ghost Eye to collect the burly, heavily bearded man's soul.

The bearded man had been exceptionally strong, possessing both the Advanced Apprentice Knight and advanced Druid apprentice classes. Although Maxim's Evil Spirit Wail had damaged his soul in the end, that would not prevent the Ghost Eye from transforming him into a powerful Evil Spirit under Green's command.

Yet just as Green raised the Ghost Eye to collect the soul, a sharp gleam suddenly burst forth and shot straight toward him.

A miniature old man with a white beard had actually rushed out of the bearded man's headless corpse!

The chibi white-bearded old man glared viciously at Green, looking as though he wanted to swallow him alive and flay him whole. Grinding his teeth, he shouted, "Evil Necromancer! You actually destroyed the body of my reincarnation! The God of Nature and the Earth Mother will never forgive you! Repay your sins with your own body!"

Green raised an eyebrow. He had not expected the bearded man to be anything out of the ordinary, let alone to have a hostile "old grandpa" hiding inside him! Then realization dawned. No wonder the bearded man had insisted on playing to his weaknesses rather than his strengths despite his talent as a Druid, concealing that identity to cultivate a Knight's Fighting Aura and combat skills instead. The ill-intentioned "old grandpa" inside him probably had something to do with it.

The bearded man had probably always thought this "old grandpa" was his cheat! Little had he