Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

Chapter 124 Underground Town

Alphonse initially intended to fly the three of them back up, but after seeing the situation below, he changed his mind.

There was a town underground.

Although some buildings were damaged, most of the houses were still intact.

Alphonse slowly descended.

Midio stared wide-eyed, looking around in astonishment. "Where is this? Who built such a town underground?"

"This should be the deepest part of the ruins," Tessie said uncertainly, scratching his beard. "Perhaps the people here built a town here to escape some kind of disaster?"

Mia's focus, however, was different from the other two. Staring at Alphonse, she asked, "How can you fly? When did you learn?"

Alphonse discovered that the toe sword possessed wind attributes and could fly for short periods of time, but he had never told anyone else about it.

He casually replied, "That amazing bard Edson taught me. I wasn't strong enough to use it before."

Mia had heard this explanation before, so she didn't press the matter further.

"Let's look around." Alphonse started walking out.

Alphonse hadn't expected to stumble upon the lowest level of the ruins.

Taixi's speculation is very likely correct.

There was no sign of human presence here.

I wonder what happened to the people who used to live here.

An atmosphere of desolation and death pervades the ancient town.

It gives one the feeling that something is lurking in this town.

The streets and alleys were eerily quiet, yet air currents swirled dust and sand from the ruins, casting a hazy mist over the entire area.

The only sound they could hear was the footsteps of the three people around them as they walked through the mud and sand.

They explored several houses, but found nothing.

It's empty.

The items had long since weathered away, leaving only the house built of huge stones.

It seems that only these houses can withstand the erosion of time.

Alphonse couldn't understand why the people who built this town would set up such a strange trap above it. Did they want the intruders to fall and die?

Wouldn't it be easier to make a flip-up mechanism?

I was just about to enter the next room.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

It looked like some huge object was moving.

Alphonse paused, stopped in his tracks, and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

With a soft clang, Mia drew her longsword from her waist.

In the distance, a huge figure appeared at the end of the street.

Alphonse had sharp eyesight and in an instant, he clearly saw the appearance of the monster, and was immediately taken aback.

This monster had the upper body of a human, but its lower body was somewhat indescribable. The front half resembled an ostrich magnified many times, with feathers, strong muscles, and bird claws, while the rear half was covered in scales, with much thicker hind legs and a thick, long tail, as if...

dragon?

The thought popped into Alphonse's mind.

Only Western dragons have such a hindquarters.

When combined, it becomes unclear what kind of creature it is.

neither fish nor fowl?

Human-bird?

Half-dragon birdman?

Is it possible to communicate?

After all, it has half a human-like body.

However, they are giants; normal humans don't have such enormous bodies.

Midio murmured in surprise, "What kind of creature is that?"

Taisi picked up a machete in one hand and his large frying pan in the other, ready for battle.

Midio didn't dare to speak loudly; his voice was very soft.

But the monster also saw that a living person had arrived. It had been walking slowly and heavily, but suddenly accelerated and rushed over.

Dust immediately rose into the air.

This monster runs very fast.

It wasn't the only one that came; several huge black shadows flapped and flew up.

Alphonse was horrified. They were several giant monsters with women's heads and eagle-like bodies below the neck, making "hehehe" sounds as they flew.

The monster running on the ground appears to be male.

As it drew closer, Alphonse could clearly see the sinister grin on its face, its sharp fangs clearly visible.

It made no sound, but its mouth opened and closed intermittently, as if it were muttering something.

"Magic fluctuations!" Midio shouted urgently, "Watch your step!"

"Get back!" Mia warned at the same time.

Alphonse also sensed something was wrong, and carrying Tessie and Midio in each hand, he soared into the sky.

The ground surged like waves, and the soil and gravel that had been standing on it condensed into several thick, sharp spikes that shot out.

Mia had already moved, and a dazzling sky-blue sword light flashed across the sky.

In the blink of an eye, she had passed by those monsters.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Several heads flew up.

The female strange birds fell one after another.

The male monster had lost its head, and blood gushed from its neck like a fountain, yet it was still able to struggle, its entire body crashing into a nearby house like a headless fly.

With a deafening roar, the house collapsed instantly.

The monster's body crashed heavily to the ground, its limbs still thrashing wildly, but it couldn't stop the loss of life.

Mia calmly flicked the blood off her longsword and sheathed it.

She came to explore this site with a belly full of anger, and nothing ever went smoothly.

Despite her immense strength, she repeatedly suffered setbacks.

After venting his anger with all his might, he finally felt a little better.

"Wow! Sister Mia is amazing!" Midio clapped and praised her happily.

He had expected a fierce battle, but to his surprise, Mia dealt with all the monsters in just a few sword strikes.

Laymen watch the spectacle, experts watch the details.

Alphonse could tell at a glance that Mia's speed and swordsmanship had improved significantly.

In that instant, its aura was extremely imposing.

Alphonse had experienced Mia's battle aura up close, so how could he not notice the change?

"You broke through?"

"Yes." Mia nodded. "Thanks to the 'True Qi' you taught me, I was able to advance to the seventh level of Battle Qi."

Internal energy cultivation has this effect?

Alphonse had a question running through his mind.

This must be thanks to the Azure Sky Mirror, right?

Is it considered a hybrid species that combines internal and external cultivation?

"Lady Mia, you've reached the seventh level of battle aura?" Tessie's eyes widened in disbelief.

Mia nodded.

Apart from Alphonse, no one knew what level her battle aura was, so this was a slip of the tongue.

"No wonder you're so strong!" Taixi said with envy. "I don't even know if I'll ever have the chance to reach that level."

"You definitely can. You have to trust the internal energy cultivation method I'll teach you," Alphonse patted Tessie on the shoulder, encouraging her.

Although the Blood Fiend Demon Art is not as powerful as the Azure Sky Treasure Mirror, it is still a formidable technique that cannot be taught casually.

In other words, Alphonse went to another world and casually taught the students.

(End of this chapter)