The thought of the Red Demonmander, being as powerful as he was, going out on a rampage on the battlefield against all the weak, lower ranked humans filled Margit with fury.
This was a direct vition of the unspoken rules of engagement.
Themanders of both sides were supposed to remain out of directbat unless something urgent came up, allowing the lower ranks to fight their battles and earn their glory.
But if the Red Demonmander was on the move, then Margit had no choice but to respond in kind.
His own power was equal to that of the Red Demonmander, and he would not let this challenge go unanswered.
"Prepare my ship," Margit barked an order to his direct assistant who worked outside his office.
"I''m heading to the battlefield."
***
Deep within the Red Demonmand ship, themander of the Red Demons was monitoring the battle with a mixture of boredom and disdain.
The humans had proven to be more resilient than he''d expected, but it was nothing his forces couldn''t handle.
Then, without warning, an alert shed across hismand screen.
A powerful surge of energy, exceeding the C tier, had been detected on the battlefield.
Themander''s eyes narrowed as he studied the readings.
"That power…" He muttered.
Only themander of the human side of the war in the Shen Wu system could produce such an attack.
"So the Humanmander has decided to interfere directly…" the Red Demonmander mused, his lips curling up in a predatory smile.
"How interesting."
The idea that Margit would step onto the battlefield was not one that he had expected from the Humans.
But in opposition to Margit''s reaction to this attack that had been detected, the Red Demonmander was quite excited for the battle that would result between the two of them from this.
He could already feel his blood pumping faster as he was finally going to see some action for the first time since the war started!
"Get my ship ready, it''s about time I saw some action!"
Themander ordered the soldier closest to him.
However bothmanders were unaware of the truth of the attack, misunderstanding it as a direct provocation from either side.
Now, because of this, they were on a direct collision course with each other.
And the real culprit of the attack had no idea about it at all…
***
Back on the battlefield, Alex was far too preupied with something to consider the level of attack he had just unleashed. Experience new tales on m v|l e''-NovelBin
[Calcting…. Calcting…]
The moment Varkoth''s life slipped away from him, this line of text appeared in front of Alex, with the system clearing doing something in the background.
If it weren''t for this mysterious message popping up, Alex would have had the time to evaluate the battle that had just taken ce, and he would have realised how powerful of an attack he had just unleashed.
But that would have to wait.
[Calctions finished. Results are as follows.]
[As you have defeated and killed an enemy with strength just barely breaching into the weakest of B- ranks, the requirements have changed.]
[The requirement of killing 1000 enemies above your own rank has been fulfilled early as a direct result.]
As the system notifications shed before Alex''s eyes, he felt a strange, tingling sensation wash over his entire body.
The air around him seemed toe alive with energy, even more than he had pumped into Virtue''s Edge to deliver that attack.
He could feel the raw power beginning to well within him, threatening to overflow.
[Ding!]
[You havepleted all requirements to rank up to C- rank. Beginning process now.]
Alex barely had the time to process the system messages before his body was overwhelmed by the evolution.
His muscles tightened, his bones resonated with a deep, almost melodic hum.
But his soul seemed to be the most affected by this sudden rank up.
His very essence began to be reshaped by the surge of energy coursing through him.
It was as if every fibre of his being was being torn apart and rebuilt at the same time.
Strangely though, Alex felt no pain from the process.
His senses sharpened even further, giving him even more rity of his surroundings.
The world around him became clearer, more vibrant, and even the faintest sound or movement from a mile away caught his attention.
He could feel the energy pumping through his veins, like liquid fire.
Out of nowhere, the crimson fire of his Phoenix mes flickered to life around him, burning hotter and more intense than ever before.
But they didn''t just surround him — they became like an extension of his will, moving with his thoughts as naturally as breathing.
''Holy shit!''
Alex''s mind raced, trying to grasp the scope of what was happening.
This was more than just a simple power boost like most other rank ups he had experienced.
It was as though he had been fundamentally transformed, his abilities elevated to an entirely new level.
But Alex could feel why it was so important that he had achieved basic control over an element before reaching C tier almost immediately.
His body assimted his Spatial energy, and even more so his Phoenix fire energy.
Although he hadn''t achieved basic control over his Phoenix Fire yet, it seemed it had still somehow forced itself into this process, which Alex wouldn''tin about as it only benefited him.
Now, he could feel any slight bit of spatial energy or fire energy in his surroundings, and he could draw them into his body as easily as breathing.
In fact, he ACTUALLY had to breathe in order to take this energy in…
This wasn''t like some eastern fantasy cultivation novel, where Alex would be able to ascend through the realms by naturally umting energy.
No, it was more like Alex could even more rapidly recover his lost energy now with this new ''ability'' that wasn''t really an ability.
But that wasn''t the end of it…