Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 855: Recruitment - Lost Control

Tong~

Max’s mind jolted the moment the bell chimed. By the time he recovered from the impact, he found himself standing on a chaotic battlefield.

Countless demons were battling against humans and were slaughtering them one by one.

’Hm? Am I supposed to kill demons to pass?’ thought Max, confused about the objective of this test.

But right then, a familiar but desperate voice called to him.

”Max, save me!”

Before he even looked toward the source of voice, his heart started racing and when he looked over and saw Leticia, drenched in blood, facing a dark-skinned winged demon who had pierced her abdomen with its claw, his eyes turned red.

Immediately, he began circulating his mana to cast [Phoenix Wings] to rush over to help her but to his horror, he couldn’t feel his mana.

Remembering his dantian’s state, he turned to using bloodline energy to enhance himself and started rushing over but then he realized his bloodline energy couldn’t enhance him and he was running at the speed of an ordinary human.

’What’s this? Even if bloodline energy didn’t boost my attributes, with my current physique, I should easily match a Four Star or at least a Peak Three Star mage’s peak speed.’ This thought had just crossed his mind when he saw the dark-skinned winged demon look over, a cruel and sadistic grin appearing on its ferocious face.

Then under his gaze, it raised Leticia in air and swiped its other clawed hand toward her neck.

”NOOOOOO!!” Max’s temple throbbed, his eyes widened and he let out a hoarse roar while pushing himself to his limits, wanting to arrive in time and save her but everything was useless.

Pak!

Under his horrified gaze, Leticia’s head flew through the air and landed in front of him, her widened eyes staring at him with a resentful look in them while her lips moved.

”You didn’t... save... me...”

BANG!

Max froze in place, staring at Leticia’s severed head with bloody red eyes.

”AHHHHHHH!” He then let out a manic roar. His blood boiling within his body and blood mist started oozing out of him along with tangible killing intent that twisted the space around him.

Staring at the dark-skinned winged demon, he uttered in a low, guttural voice, ”I WILL SLOWLY TEAR YOU FROM LIMB TO LIMB AND BURN YOUR SOUL IN HELL FIRE FOR ETERNI—”

”MAX!! Wake up!”

Right then, he heard a shout and the vision in front of his eyes shifted.

The first thing he saw was the middle-aged man who was by the bell examiner’s side standing in front of him, staring at him with narrowed eyes.

The second thing he noticed was that his hand was raised toward the man’s neck, seemingly about to grab him.

The third thing he noticed was that he was covered in gradually dissipating blood mist. He also noticed Rima standing a few feet away from him, looking at him with concern in her beautiful eyes.

He glanced over at her and calmly said, ”I’m alright.” Then he looked at the middle-aged man and bowed slightly, ”Thank you, Elder, for helping me just now.”

It wasn’t difficult for him to figure out what had happened after seeing the blood mist that had appeared around him in the vision. Clearly, he had lost control and subconsciously used a self-harming ability of his bloodline.

Thankfully, this middle-aged man seemed to have acted on time and helped him snap back to his senses, otherwise...

Feeling weakness in his body and seeing he only had less than half of his bloodline energy left, he took a deep breath and glanced at Meredith still hovering in the sky at the center of the city, causally looking at him.

”Are you blaming her for showing you whatever vision you saw and lost control?” Right then, the middle-aged man spoke.

Max didn’t answer but his expression told everything. The man shook his head and disappeared, leaving only a single sentence. ”It’s the weak and cowards who blame others for their shortcomings. I expect better from you.”

Max watched him leave, his eyes flickering in thought.

He then sighed, ’You are right, Elder. Only weak and cowards blame others for their shortcomings. If my will was strong, that vision wouldn’t have pulled me in like it did and I even might have been able to destroy it.’

”Max, what happened?” Rima arrived beside him and used her mana to clean him.

”I couldn’t differentiate between illusion and reality and almost lost my mind.” answered Max, his tone even.

He then asked, ”Were you able to block the sound?”

”Yes.” Rima nodded.

”Good.” Max hummed before asking, ”How many seconds did I last before losing control?”

Rima pursed her lips, not wanting to answer because she feared it might give him a blow harder than he could endure, but under his insistent gaze, she sighed and raised two fingers.

”Twenty seconds, huh?” Max muttered, disappointed. ”But it’s alright. Now that I know what I’m lacking in, I’ll find a way to—”

Just as he was trying to cheer himself up, he noticed Rima had an odd look in her eyes and his face immediately fell.

”Don’t tell me I only lasted two seconds?” He asked, incredulous.

Rima averted her gaze, not answering.

Max fell into a dumbfounded silence. It was only after Meredith announced that the test was over and they had half an hour to rest did he finally speak, ”Damn...”

”It’s alright, Max. As you were saying, now that you know your weakness, mending it wouldn’t be too difficult.” Rima consoled as she gently held his hand and leaned on his shoulder.

”You are right.” Max nodded and then took out the pill bottle from his spatial ring which the middle-aged man had put there before leaving.

Even though he hadn’t told him what it was for, since he had given it after he burned his bloodline energy, it most likely helped it recover.

As put the pill in his mouth, it immediately slid down his throat and dissolved into mist which rapidly merged into his blood.

Rumble!

His blood began to boil and strands of bloodline energy started to appear in his blood veins. Within half an hour, all his exhausted bloodline energy recovered.

”As expected of an Emperor Rank Power, they have such wonderful pills.” He muttered. If he could have more of these pills, he wouldn’t have to worry about using up his bloodline energy when fighting.

”Alright, rest is over.” Just then, Meredith’s voice rumbled, ”Elders, distribute the trial plaques.”