As he watched it slowly disappear, he urgently sent his Mental Power probing toward the spot where the monster had vanished, hoping to locate it again.
But his Mental Power sensed only malice. More precisely, it was an intense surge of emotion, encompassing pain, despair, slaughter, and torment-all negative emotions.
The sensation was terrible, even worse than when he had sensed Therris's soul. The moment he made contact, he could not bear those intense emotions and immediately withdrew his Mental Power.
But this action had clearly enraged the monster. Just as it had not long before, it lunged viciously at him.
Allen knew he had been exposed. He immediately ran for all he was worth, occasionally throwing out a few Wind Blades. But the monster's response left him dumbfounded.
The Wind Blades passed straight through the monster's body without affecting it in the slightest, as though there were nothing but air before him.
The monster reacted quickly, giving him no chance to escape. Taking advantage of that opening, it appeared before him almost instantly.
At such close range, he finally saw the ghostly face clearly. It was like a transparent flame, constantly distorting the air around it and radiating intense malice. Almost instantly, he instinctively used magic to resist its approach, releasing a first-tier Scorching Wind.
To his surprise, the spell worked this time. He could clearly sense the monster's pain, as though it were being boiled.
But rather than stopping its attack, the pain only drove it into a greater frenzy. It suddenly surged through his body, and he immediately felt an entirely different kind of blow.
It was his Mental Power that had been attacked, leaving him dizzy and dazed. At the same time, negative emotions flooded his mind like a tide.
Some of his Mental Power was