d very poor control over their magic - after releasing the black shadows, they had no control over its direction. That was why it was so easy for Benjamin to dodge the attacks.

"Come one, why are you not attacking? Hit me!" He reloaded the bullets whilst yelling provocatively at the stunned cannibal mages.

The only thing that he could do now was try to waste his opponent's spiritual energy.

His mages were still in the air, dodging the Door into Oblivion while throwing fireb.a.l.l.s at the cannibal mages. The cannibal mages continued to conjure s.h.i.+elds to block the fireb.a.l.l.s, making sure that the two elders were left unharmed.

The situation had now grown to a stalemate, but the Door into Oblivion continued to grow larger; with it, the cannibal mages were slowly inching their way to victory.

Even though Benjamin was but one mage, he could not just stand by. He temporarily became a gun-wielding dancing mercenary, doing his best to disrupt the situation with whatever resources he had.

"Enough! What are you all standing around for? Stop lollygagging and get rid of him!" the elder yelled at his subordinates, clearly angry at the fact that he was being made the fool of.

The cannibal mages hesitated, but eventually submitted to the command of the elder. They took careful aim at Benjamin and released ten more black shadows.

It was as though they were hoping that after taking aim they would successfully hit the target.

Benjamin shook his head.

"So naive."

This time, he dodged even earlier. The black shadows were still travelling by the time Benjamin had moved to the side. The cannibal mages tried to control the direction of the black shadows but to no avail – they clearly lacked the skills to do so. They were soon sent running from the hail of bullets from Benjamin’s firearm.

While they were running…

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Benjamin’s att.i.tude was very relaxed, after being strengthened by the potion, he felt as light as a feather. Dodging the attacks required little to no effort on his part.

But on the cannibal mages side, another three bodies dropped dead to the ground. A fourth person sensed the danger and quickly conjured a s.h.i.+eld in front of him, and in doing so avoided becoming another casualty.

The two elders could not stand it anymore.

"What are you?" They asked. After watching Benjamin’s inhumane speed, they were so shocked that they almost forgot to control the Door into Oblivion.

Benjamin loaded more the bullets while following the System’s predictions to continue dodging the enemy’s attack. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I’m just your friendly neighbourhood mage."