Richard was the Black Scale Giant. By now, he had fully recovered his mana, and the injury to his arm had healed enough for use.
Riiip!
The Greatsword wreathed in black flames tore through a puppet apprentice's mana barrier, and the Greedy Demon Flame instantly drained the apprentice's mana dry.
Most of these controlled apprentices had already suffered mana loss. A slight brush from the Greedy Demon Flame was enough to leave them empty.
Yet while these apprentices had little mana, there were more than a dozen of them. Seeing Richard dispatch one apprentice with every swing, the Blind Apprentice immediately ordered them all to press forward.
To him, these apprentices were nothing but cannon fodder. No matter how many died, he would not feel a shred of regret.
As long as they could buy him enough time, their marks would still belong to him in the end.
Richard swept his Greatsword sideways, cutting an apprentice who had activated a gorilla bloodline transformation cleanly in half at the waist. Before he could withdraw his sword, another apprentice pounced on him, while the others' spells came one after another.
These apprentices' minds had been completely controlled. They attacked without fear of death, utterly unconcerned that their spells might catch their companions in the blast.
Bzz!
The Guardian Pendant activated.
The spells sent ripples across the mana shield. Though these apprentices' spells had been somewhat improved, they were still far from capable of breaking Richard's mana shield.
Richard seized the opportunity to force his way toward the apprentices through the barrage of spells.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
Richard charged into the apprentices like a wolf among sheep. These controlled Low-level apprentices had no ability to resist. The scorching black flames instantly turned their wounds to char, and a strange burnt stench spread through