Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 265

"Did those old bastards really send this formation to trap me?" the man cursed internally.

"Did they think that thety can get me using that? It was just a nuiscance and annoying but...hmmm, let’s humour them for a while", he chuckled as he thought of something.

"Hmph, let’s see what these brats can do with such formation", he mused internally but showed no fear or any expression that could give away his thoughts.

"The formation is active. This is our chance. Attack with everything you have. Activate any boosters that you possess. We may not get such a chance to surprise", James gave the orders, and the others did as ordered.

Even though the formation is active, which increased the power of the team and decreased Supreme’s power, he wasn’t phased by such fact.

In fact he wanted to see the face that they would make when he comes out as the winner of the match.

He even started to dream about the faces that the higher ups from the alliance would make when they come to know about the result.

"I just need to act until those reinforcements appear", the man thought.

He was not stalling the battle just because it amused him. He wanted to create major cracks in alliance’s power structure.

He saw that James sent a signal before he started to attack. It was an emergency signal that the allaince gave him to send if they find the Supreme.

Though the alliance felt that James and the team might be more than enough to capture or kill the man, they wanted to be sure that happened and at a minimal cost to them.

They already calcculated that a few might die, but they had no other choice. They couldn’t send too many powerhouses for weeks, hoping to catch one person, no matter how important that one is.

They ordered James to send a signal as soon as they see the man.

The alliance knew that many times proudful men like James wouldn’t do as they asked, out of pride. So, it has to be forced through giving direct orders. This he can’t ignore or he would be facing the consequences of defying an order.

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An hour later...

"What the fuck happened?" the man cursed internally.

The man didn’t understand what just happened. One minute he was having fun, toying with the alliance members, but the next minute everything changed.

He receieved an attack from his back, something he ignored, as it didn’t show much lethality. When he felt the attack, it felt like a debuff, but he didn’t care.

There are many items on his body that can remove any kind of debuffs. So, he didn’t feel anything about that, but as time went on, he felt something was wrong.

These debuff attacks came a total of ten times and all those ten times, he didn’t bother.

There was a reason behind that. The debuff only existed for a second before disappearing. He attributed that effect to the items he was wearing but once a total of ten attacks of same debuff appeared, something changed.

He started to feel weak all of a sudden. No matter what he tried he couldn’t get rid of the effect. At first he believed that was because of the formation and attacked them but even though most were dead it did nothing. Instead the effect became staronger.

"Did those old bastards prepare something to catch this supreme? Not knowing that such thing existed is bad, but it looks like...."

The man faltered and fell unconscious.

Seeing the man fell, James was surprised but he maintained caution, as it was a pretty common trick.

After confirming that the man really fell unconscious, he quickly binded him, making it impossible to cast skills and also reduced his attribute strength, making him a commoner without a class.

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"We caught the supreme", James spoke in a exhausted voice.

He spent all his energy on this and has no more reserves to talk anymore. Moreover, the price they paid for this capture was too much, so he didn’t feel like celebrating such an accomplishment.

There was a bounty on the Supreme for a long time, and the rewards for even giving information regarding their location or power level were way too high.

The reason why the alliance put such a high bounty was because they all believed him to be the leader of the cult. As long as he was captured or killed, the alliance felt that they could easily dismantle the cult swiftly.

At this moment, James and his team caught the so-called Supreme, which means they are going to get a lot of rewards, which should have been a happy occasion, but it was not.

He came to the wasteland with 70 members, including him.

Now, only ten stand victorious.

Forty out of seventy are dead, and the other twenty, for them, death would be a better choice than what they are facing now. Even the hunters who came as guides were gone.

At this moment, how could he celebrate anything?

Even the ten that survived have various injuries, which, if not treated in time, could lead to damage to their foundations. This would affect their combat prowess in the long term.

Now he has two options, wait for the alliance reinforcements or leave with his members to the nearby city or town.

As long as they exited the wasteland, there was a small town. They would not need to wait till they reach Rock City.

Moreover, with the two signals he sent, one when they found the possible ruins location and the next when the Supreme showed himself, the alliance reinforcements should be running towards them as soon as possible.

If they meet them along the way, the time wasted before the living ones got medical care would be less, which means the damage they suffered can be decreased, but moving them can also be dangerous as well.

He has two options, and as the leader, the burden of making such a decision rests on him. Whatever the result of such decision, he has to face the consequences.

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Some Distance away from the battle...

"Hehe, with him captured, what would you do?" the shadow chuckled, but disappeared soon after.