Calamity Upon This World

The atmosphere turned colder as the duke-ranked water spirit Wiz finally gained a physical body.

The previously blue colour of Williams hair and eyes got slightly more blue as he raised his hand.

"(Nine Water Dragon Heads)" William, or rather Wiz in his body, muttered.

A massive blue mana circle formed in front of him, and from it emerged nine eastern-style dragons made up of water.

These dragons charged at the statue, aiming to devour it.

The statue created multiple walls of stone in front of it to defend itself, but the dragons tore through the walls with zero difficulty.

And before long, the demonic-looking humanoid statue met the same fate.

~BAMM! ~

~BAMMM! ~

~BAMMM!~

The dragons crashed into the statue and passed through it, creating a clean hole through which they went before spinning around and once again coming back for the statue.

The statue tried to resist, but it was hopeless. Even with its monstrous stats, ability to use magic, and ability to heal, it was completely devoured and destroyed without being able to resist.

The whole room, aside from the small barrier where the cleansers and miners were still trapped, was flooded due to the presence of the sea dragons.

Once the statue was destroyed with a wave of her hand, Wiz unsummoned all the water in the room and deactivated her spell.

(That should be enough, Wiz said as she returned control to William.

In just a few seconds after getting control, Wiz was able to easily anhilate a unique A-rank monster who was almost on par with a S-rank monster. It was truly frightening to see just how strong the upper ranks of the spirit world were.

And even more so that William had four of such beings at his disposal with the potential to get even more, it was scary to even imagine how strong William would be in the future once he's older.

But William had no time to think about any of this as the backlash of giving control of his body to someone far above his level finally hit.

"Ahhhh!! " he cried out in pain as he fell down on the ground.

His hair and eyes were back to black. It seems that even in his agonising state, he remembered to channel mana into his artifact to not revert back to his 10-year-old self.

Due to a stop in the supply of mana from William, the strings binding his allies and the barrier dissipated.

Both the cleansers and the miners ran towards William to try and help him.

"Raya, quick, use your healing skill!!" Max shouted at Raya, who rushed through the crowd, and upon reaching William, she placed her hand on him and used her skill  [healing bed of flowers].

Green, lush grass with flowers grew under William as a revitalising, bright green glow spread through him, healing his internal injuries caused by Wiz's possession.

And before long, the light subsided and Williams injuries healed.

~Pant~

~Pant~

Raya breathed erratically as she tried to take a rest; sweat had formed on her face as she lay on the ground beside William.

The reason why Raya preferred to avoid using her healing skill was due to how mana heavy it was and her not having much mana.

Raya only had a D rank in mana, which is why she didn't like using this skill, but seeing her party member John hurt, she completely forgot about the toll the skill would take on her and used it without hesitation.

Thanks to Raya's effort, William was now healed and able to avoid suffering in pain for another 5–10 minutes.

'It doesn't hurt anymore'

William thought as he got up, shocked by the lack of pain he was expecting to feel.

After taking a look around him, he was able to get a rough idea of what happened, so he moved towards the lying Raya, kneeled down, and said.

"Thanks a lot for using your skill on me to help alleviate my pain; it means a lot to me," he said, a dazzling smile formed on his lips.

"I'll make sure to repay you for this favour one day."

The faces of both Raya and Jasmine glew red in embarrassment seeing his smile and words. It was even worse for Raya, who was in direct sight of William and also extremely close to him.

"It's fine; you don't need to thank me; you did way more for us." Raya said in a muffled tone with a slight stuttering as she covered her face with her hand, unable to focus properly, seeing William, or rather, as he was right now, John's handsome face.

"John, what the fuck was that?" Max asked, in rage as he shook William.

Williams handsome face might be enough to make Raya and Jasmine forget about what happened, but it most certainly wasn't enough for Max, who almost relived his trauma of letting a friend die to protect him.

During his childhood, Max had some pretty bad experiences with his friend dying, and he swore to himself to never let such a thing happen again.

And yet, despite this, he almost watched John die just to protect him.

Hearing Max's question brought Jasmine back to her senses and helped her remember what just happened.

"I agree with Max; why did you do that?" She asked, her tone containing confusion, as if she had trouble understanding John's actions.

"What do you mean by why? I was just doing my responsibility," William replied, annoyed by why his party was having trouble understanding something so simple.

"The moment I became the leader of this party, your guys safety became my responsibility."

"And I for once don't like to run away or half-heartedly fulfil my responsibilities."

"And besides, it's fine; my life wasn't in any danger at any point throughout the fight. You guys are overreacting."

Max, Jasmine, and even Raya were stunned to hear his reply, almost like he was saying the obvious.

Eventually, Jasmine asked.

"I thought you died back when you got hit by that attack from the statue, and why did you not let us help you? Aren't we supposed to be a party?" Jasmine asked, annoyed by John's complete disregard for the feelings of anyone other than himself.

"It's fine; I'm still alive, and as for why I didn't let you guys help me?"

"You guys are simply too weak to have been anything other than liabilities in that fight" William said coldly, effectively turning the whole mood in the room awkward.