My Level Zero System

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Kain's breathing became even heavier, but after experiencing so much exhaustion, Kain had gradually gotten used to this feeling of mental fatigue.

Using a mid-class magic skill twice in a row wasn't easy to handle, and Kain had already expended a huge amount of energy killing a bunch of Crawlers before.

However, Kain still could not rest, his intuition told him that tonight would not be able to pass peacefully like that.

And it seems his intuition was right.

As Kain delivered the finishing blow to Nightcrawler, swarms of Crawlers rushed out from all directions in front of him. The timing was so perfect that Kain assumed the Crawlers had been waiting for this moment, because before that, Kain had not seen any Crawlers advance, or even appear at all.

They only appear when they see him weakened.

"Although they have not yet awakened true wisdom, these things... have formed some primitive cunning thinking."

"Wait, don't tell me... the Crawlers can take care of Nightcrawlers and use Nightcrawlers as weapons?"

All of this flashed by in the blink of an eye, and a terrifying speculation appeared in Kain's mind.

If so then... they are in danger!

But then, the momentary panic disappeared, as if it were just an illusion.

At least Kain had gotten this information early enough, instead of just treating tonight as a normal agitation.

As for the approaching Crawlers, Kain had only one thing to offer them.

Flames erupted from Kain's hand, but before he could make a move, the nearest Crawler was hit by a [Fire Bullet] that came from nowhere, burning half of its head off, and it unfortunately fell down dead.

Kain glanced back and saw Mera using [Air Step] and running towards him.

He frowned, about to open his mouth to ask why she came here instead of staying as he had arranged, but when he saw her worried eyes, Kain's steely gaze softened.

"You…"

"I saw you were hurt, so I was very worried."

Mera immediately blocked Kain's mouth, then smiled as if nothing had happened.

Kain cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment, then spoke seriously.

"Alright, the mission has changed. Today, not only do we have to defend this place, but we also need to rescue the other students."

"Is the situation that bad?"

Mera also became serious, catching up with Kain's train of thought very quickly.

He nodded.

"That's right, we absolutely cannot let too many students suffer losses."

Kain said in a low voice, after discovering the abnormally large number of Crawlers and the overwhelming power of Nightcrawler, he could no longer be complacent.

Along with that, although it's a bit cruel to say this, the current situation is a solid stepping stone for Kain to unify all the students into one.

"Then you take a rest."

"As for these monsters... let me handle them..."

Having said that, Mera glared at the Crawlers.

She stomped her foot, using [Earth Wall] to create a barrier taller than her body, blocking the entire path. This barrier was theoretically unable to stop the Crawler, but it was enough for her.

Mera then opened a narrow passage in the middle, just enough for one or two Crawlers to rush in at once, and the Crawlers indeed chose to go through the opening instead of wasting a few seconds climbing the earthen wall.

And as soon as they appeared, [Fire Bullet] shots at maximum power were fired and burned the monsters into charred corpses.

However, the Crawlers were indeed very smart, discovering that this was a trap, they returned to climbing the wall to get to Mera, but Mera had already planned for this situation. Whenever something poked its head out from the wall, a [Air Bullet] with enormous thrust would knock them back to the ground.

That was still not enough, in order to prevent the Crawler from jumping or destroying the earth and rock wall, Mera had been steadily increasing the height and thickness of the wall, raising it until the wall tilted forward, a part of the wall would fall down and roll around, creating clumps of earth and rock that would run over the enemies, this was the giant version of [Earth Bullet].

It could be said that with her mastery of all three types of magic systems, [Fire Magic], [Earth Magic], and [Air Magic], the tactics Mera used were perfect enough to deal with the Crawlers if it weren't for the appearance of exceptional things that were difficult to consider like Nightcrawler.

From each move, each magic activation, he could vaguely see that in the past period of time, she had been trying very hard.

A girl who was still a novice in the field of magic, was now able to stand tall and protect him, it was truly not an easy thing.

Mera's back just made Kain absent-minded for a moment.

However, after a while, Mera showed signs of wear and tear.

Obviously, using and maintaining three magics at the same time was not a small expense, not to mention that Mera had already been exhausted while defending in the middle.

But also because of the damage, the smooth coordination between the previous magics also began to show flaws.

Very quickly, a Crawler broke through the defenses.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The monster jumped and lunged towards Mera.

Her expression changed, and she was about to pull out the whip at her waist to defend herself when suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed above her head, knocking down the monster in Mera's astonished eyes.

Then, a calm voice rang out.

"You've exhausted yourself a bit, sit down and rest for a while."

"Leave the rest to me."

A hand was placed on Mera's shoulder, she raised her head and tilted it to the left, seeing Kain's flawless face, his silver hair looked a bit disheveled because he didn't have time to fix it, but his golden pupils were forever calm and reassuring.

Just like the first time they met.

Not giving Mera much time to ponder, Kain stepped forward, lightning dancing around him, seemingly acclaiming him as the absolute master of this natural element.

The tenderness towards Mera was hidden deep in the bottom of his eyes, all he showed was indifference.

And then, lightning struck.