After separating from the others, Nox met with the rest of his pets, placing them inside the portal. But he didn’t leave just yet—there was still something he needed to do.
Nox activated his Spirit Tamer subclass. His dark aura grew several shades darker, becoming much more frightening, and the wind picked up around him, knocking dust and debris into the air, which caused his dark hair with red streaks to dance wildly.
"What is he up to now?" Zara mumbled to herself, her blue eyes flickering with curiosity and concern.
Though she had known Nox for only a short while, she had come to understand that he was someone she could never fully predict, as he was always doing something new at every moment. He was a bottomless pit of secrets—secrets she feared even one lifetime wouldn’t be enough to uncover.
No matter how much she learned about him, there was always something more. Something deeper. Something terrifying.
"I don’t see anything, but what is this powerful aura?" Zara took a cautious step back as the surge of wind generated from whatever Nox was doing pushed her backward. Her sky-blue hair was now dancing in the air as well.
The sheer weight of his presence alone was enough to make her beast instincts scream at her to run.
Then, suddenly—
A pulse of energy burst outward!
The winds roared, trees creaked under the pressure, and the ground trembled. Zara barely held her footing as the force sent cracks racing through the ground beneath them.
Then, as if the world itself was responding to Nox’s power—
Black mist erupted from the ground.
It slithered like living tendrils, twisting and curling unnaturally before spreading across the battlefield.
Zara’s eyes flickered to Nox.
"What is he really doing?"
Just now, apart from the black mist and environmental reactions, she didn’t see a damn thing!
While Zara’s thoughts were a jumbled mess, Nox looked ahead with an extremely focused expression—so focused that even a thunderclap wouldn’t have distracted him.
Before him, hundreds of black mist-like spirit creatures cried in anguish and anger as they were forced against their will to gather in one spot.
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Among them were twisted creatures, half-formed and writhing in pain as if resisting the force. Their forms flickered between solid and spectral—some resembling monstrous beasts, while others took the shapes of humanoid creatures.
These were all the creatures that had been slain on this battlefield.
Nox’s dark eyes gleamed with an eerie light as he extended his hand. His aura pulsed again, sending out invisible chains of authority that wrapped around the summoned spirits, forcing them to kneel before him.
Boom!
The ground trembled and cracked as several beasts—all at the Emperor level or higher—collapsed to their knees at once.
Zara felt even more confused as she sensed the incredible power just now.
"Okay, I’m done! I’m done trying to figure out what he’s doing, or I might lose my remaining brain cells," she scolded herself. She folded her arms against her voluptuous chest and sighed, shaking her head in exasperation.
A part of her wanted to ask him what he was doing, but because of how focused he seemed, she didn’t interrupt him, fearing she might disrupt and ruin whatever he was attempting.
"Where are you?"
She heard Nox mumble to himself, his gaze scanning the surroundings as if searching for something… something important.
And she wasn’t wrong.
At this moment, Nox was searching for the boss monster—the Dreadfiend Tyrant—the one he had slain. But even in death, the spirit of the creature was troublesome to deal with and stubbornly resisted succumbing.
The monsters gathered here were those slain by the Tristan soldiers and students—it didn’t include the ones that had dissipated into mist upon the boss monster’s death.
Since he was the one who had killed the boss monster, its spirit should be here as well!
"It must be hiding," Nox deduced. "Time to pull it out from its hiding spot."
"Pull what from its hiding spot?" Zara asked as she heard Nox mumbling to himself.
Nox didn’t respond to her question and instead said, "Wait here." He dashed forward, activating Divine Velocity and vanishing in a blur, leaving a rush of wind in his wake.
He streaked between the hordes of monsters.
After searching for a while, Nox eventually found the boss monster.
"There you are," he smirked.
The Dreadfiend Tyrant looked terrified, as if it had seen a ghost when it laid eyes on Nox, and immediately attempted to escape.
However, it was futile!
Spirit Fusion—Activated!
A whirlwind swept the Dreadfiend Tyrant off its feet, forcefully pulling it toward the other kneeling beasts.
Right off the bat, the beasts began to fuse together, their cries reaching an all-time high.
Zara staggered back, nausea rising in her throat. The overwhelming aura was suffocating, pressing down on her like an unmovable weight. She could barely breathe.
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Nox stepped in front of her.
The oppressive force vanished instantly.
Naturally, the pressure had no effect on Nox, as he was the source of it. Therefore, it greatly benefited him.
After a while, things settled down.
When she was finally able to breathe again, Zara glanced at Nox and asked between breaths, "Can you tell me what you’ve been up to now?"
Nox didn’t respond. Instead, he simply held her hand—a gesture that caught Zara slightly off guard.
Then, as if she had been enlightened, her eyes shone.
"T-that thing," Zara pointed with a trembling hand as she saw the giant looming before her, its shadow stretching far and wide. Its presence was terrifying and suffocating. The reanimated Dreadfiend Tyrant exuded an even more crushing pressure compared to when it was alive. Even its twin axes had returned, appearing much larger and more menacing.
Was this the reason for all the strange phenomena? The cracks, the winds—it was all because Nox was trying to bring back this monstrosity!
At that moment, a shocking scene unfolded once again—the beast suddenly went down on one knee, bowing before Nox, which left Zara utterly baffled.
"Is he… on our side?" Zara asked hesitantly.
Seeing the speechless expression on Zara’s face, Nox smiled and nodded. "Yes, he’s on our side. And he will play a very crucial role in our mission."
Zara’s eyes gleamed when she heard this.
She was beginning to see where Nox’s confidence originated from.
Just maybe… just maybe, they could actually defeat the Scourge Alpha Dragon with an ally as terrifying as this.