Episode 90
When I came out to the stadium, Michelle was already waiting for me.
Rather than nervous about what to expect, her eyes sparkle with anticipation.
‘It’s still the same.’
When I was about to sigh without realizing it, Michelle came up to me on her own.
The management side is embarrassed and restrains it, but ignores it.
Come right in front of me and talk to me.
“draft. Are you ready?”
“I can’t tell you. what… … I’ll show you in a little while, so look forward to it.”
Tuk-tuk, as if telling me to go away, I lightly touched the hood Michelle was wearing with the back of my hand.
“good. go.”
“… … ?”
Michelle, who was tilting her head to see if she was trying to see through my motives, soon stepped back to her place with her signature confident smile.
It starts soon.
I erase miscellaneous noises, onlookers’ gazes, and all other observations from my consciousness.
‘If I can’t concentrate, I can’t even get my money’.
Even at the time of the game, the match in which Michelle participated was evaluated as difficult.
Even the users who were successful in the attack ended up being hit by high-powered magic.
So did I.
‘Is this an opportunity to relieve that resentment?’
At that time, you can slightly pay back the grudge of the keyboard and mouse that was smashed.
‘Though the other side seems to be prepared as well.’
Stare at Michelle.
A relaxed expression and a look that doesn’t feel tense at all.
However, if you grasp it not with your eyes, but with your sense of mana… … .
There are no gaps.
5 class level mana.
The difference between them is palpable.
‘Is it barely even if I have to put forward game strategy knowledge?’
If it was a battle where everything other than magic was allowed, there would be a way, but the purpose of this match was a competition using only magic.
It just has to produce results somehow.
Finally, the sound announcing the start of the match rang out.
Instead of fireworks, the remnants of mana generated by magic spread.
‘come.’
At the same time, both of them go into magic casting to carry out their respective plans.
with magical genius.
A master of black magic.
The first number that each unfolds.
“… … !”
Michelle’s mouth moves quickly.
Surprisingly, the speed of the chanting was not even half, but I can already feel the signs of the magic being completed.
“Sheesh, you’re cheating.”
There is no need to ask for tips.
Among Michelle’s skills, there is a magic-type passive skill called delay casting.
The effect can be pre-chanted before the battle phase.
A skill that prepares only half of the spells in advance and chants the other half during the battle phase to quickly strike first.
The air fluctuates, and a strange wind vibrates in a range of about 20 meters around my feet.
“Dragon Blast?!”
4 circle wind attribute common magic.
Commonly called dragon oil.
Wow!
Creates a storm that rises vertically, sweeping everything within range with a gale.
‘… … It’s fast too.’
Chilling out, I also unfold the number I had assumed.
shadow move.
Michelle’s eyes narrow.
What I first assumed was neither a preemptive strike nor a defense.
A movement technique for evasion from the start.
aaang!
At the same time as the waterspout soars upward, I narrowly seep into the shadows beneath my feet and escape.
‘I have no intention of competing with you at the speed of a chant.’
Even well-developed characters had a high chance of losing if they were openly confronted.
then?
‘Avoid head-on confrontation.’
The first of the vs. Michelle battle.
You don’t have to fight fair and square.
The point where I came out of the shadow is behind Michelle.
“Shall we just blow it to the point of containment?”
– Black flame.
– Consecutive chanting.
Black fireballs are ejected with only a slight difference of three shots.
A normal mage would be hard to stop.
Even if the first hit is blocked, the second fireball that strikes narrowly immediately burns the defense, and the third one that penetrates is slammed into place.
A tactic called three-point bombardment in magic combat science.
It’s not a game, it’s learned through the textbook here.
“Excellent~.”
However, what Michelle saw was joy.
“The timing is so cunning that you don’t even notice.”
He was delighted to grasp the magic flying from the blind spot without even seeing it.
Quaang!
Black flames explode, but the flames do not even reach the hem of her clothes.
Hitting a barrier made of mana.
The wall of rocks that rose up at the slightest interval hit the remaining flame bullets.
‘Did you block it by using double defense magic? … What kind of magic power control is that?’
Only two defense magics are used together to fill the gap.
It won’t be as simple as that.
(If there is a slight gap, the two defenses will collide and collapse…)
Spacing in millimeters.
In the meantime, the two magics must not touch each other.
Moreover, if it falls too far, there is no point in writing it.
‘First of all, keep looking for a gap.’
Casts magic in succession.
Flames pour down and black lightning scatters everywhere, sometimes countless bone mounds pour down.
Michelle also counterattacks with the same exact magic and erases the attack, aiming for that gap and stabbing with precision.
The high-powered magic was reaching out from time to time with precision, as if it were a sniper.
Without the movement technique I had learned so far, it was clear that I would have been swept away with just my feet and the decision was soon over.
‘It’s embarrassing.’
My body is itching to inadvertently use a method other than magic.
It takes quite a bit of force.
‘Tough… … .’
There is a saying that magic warfare is difficult to become a long-term warfare.
The higher the wizard’s proficiency, the greater the power and range of the spell.
‘Even if it doesn’t fit the magic, the aftermath is annoying.’
It’s not just about fire arrows, but once the chant ends, a pillar of fire soars around.
The air is hot and it becomes difficult to breathe.
Even if you block it, it also consumes mana and stamina.
If you lose your concentration even a little bit, you lose immediately.
‘It can’t last long.’
He had already cast dozens of spells, and when the aftermath dissipated, he confirmed the figure of Michelle beyond.
I didn’t even have a slight movement.
‘The other side must be too heavy on mana consumption… … .’
She would not be an exception to the one who was suffering from mana consumption.
As much as she uses exquisite skills, her consumption must be more severe.
‘Usually, if I aim for this, I’ll be defeated on my own.’
However, Michelle’s expression caught my eye in an instant.
The so-called Runner’s High.
It is conveyed that even such hardship is raising more enthusiasm, perhaps because it is an unfamiliar pleasure.
‘indeed… … . That’s a genius.’
The other guys are also exceptionally talented, but I didn’t really feel it because they didn’t overlap with me.
The equal field of magic.
As it is a talent that dominates the field, it is transmitted without filtering.
What to do with a guy like that?
A little more powerful magic?
Or induce a gap by spreading the magic of the lower circle as wide as possible?
Recall and review the rules learned here and the winning methods learned in the game in turn.
I shook my head and discarded it.
‘I decided.’
finally decide when
“… … Did you say you were looking forward to it?”
I’m not really looking for an answer. Even talking to her is a tactic in itself, but I don’t think it’s that crude.
It just came to my mind.
Didn’t Michelle look forward to this match?
expectations of my abilities.
“… … Were you able to fulfill that?”
It’s still a long way off.
“Then let me show you soon.”
It was judged that there was no chance of winning by competing with the standard stone.
Go according to the established plan.
“I will show you what you want. Michelle Whistinil. Other wizards may not show it.”
My own self-talk.
I don’t think I’ll hear it, but somehow she seems to nod.
“First I need to buy some time… … .”
Pretend to step back and spray black flames over a wide area.
Of course it’s blinding.
Michelle does not waver and lightly bursts her magic power to scatter black flames with a shockwave.
Eyes asking if this is a graveyard trick.
“don’t worry. The operation hasn’t even started yet.”
It was enough to spread a smoke screen just enough to block the view for a moment.
As if in return, he avoided the lightning strikes by making use of his shadow move.
‘hmm?’
Before reaching the expected coordinates, I hurriedly canceled the movement.
If you compare it with your senses, it’s a sudden stop.
My body bounces out of the shadows and lands exquisitely.
Blue chains are wrapped around the shadows.
‘Is it like sealing magic?’
shadow move.
While hiding in the shadows and moving, most attacks won’t reach you.
Michelle devised a way to see through my means of transportation.
“… … That’s why you’re a monster.”
As it becomes reality, it comes more unfiltered.
At least if she hadn’t skipped Chapter 2, things would have been a little easier.
As I licked my lips, I barely guarded the ensuing bombardment with defensive magic.
“… … hmm?!”
Pang pain is transmitted beyond the defense magic.
is it pierced
“It’s also Xian. I thought this was the end, but I never thought it would stop.”
“No, it is more difficult.”
He smiles bitterly and catches his breath.
The blow is big.
The consumption of mana also gradually exceeded half.
“It’s hard to fight attrition anymore.”
“I’m sorry. Then I’ll have no choice but to come to a conclusion. Warlock.”
“I agree. damn genius. … … However, I will win.”
“… … huh?”
Michelle tilted her head as if she didn’t understand. The two eyes stare at me without a gap.
… … yeah, i didn’t notice
“Let’s start.”
a means for consolidation.
That was the moment. Black lightning strikes from Michelle’s right side.
“… … how?”
She defended it without difficulty, but at that moment, for the first time, her expression was agitated.
I am here.
However, magic was activated from a place that had nothing to do with where I was right now, and it flew away.
Foul? No way. If that were the case, the match would have been forced to end by now.
It seems that the audience, even those onlookers, can faintly hear the murmur.
It must have been visible to them.
A trick beyond common sense that I’m using now.
“Is this just the start?”
Again, a black magic attack flies from a different direction.
“hallucination? no… … . It’s all real.”
“Right, it’s real. what… … The power is only about 2 circles.”
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It would be easy to block them one by one.
“But what if they keep flying?”
When I raise the corners of my mouth, magic is sprayed in earnest along with that mischievous smile.
Japanese bombardment.
Each variety of magic comes flying from all directions in the arena.
“… … Eh?! What, what?!”
The blood drains from Michelle’s face for the first time.
It is not difficult to block. It’s about 2 circles of magic bullets, and if you sincerely release your power, you can block it.
but.
“It’s troublesome if you’re distracted by me.”
– Black flame annihilation storm.
The storm of explosions aimed in earnest swept the front of the distracted Michelle.
It was narrowly blocked, but this time it was time for Michelle to swallow a moan of embarrassment and pain.
“Ugh… … . what way… … . ah?!”
A voice that seems enlightened.
You understand faster than I expected.
But it doesn’t matter.
I wouldn’t know if it was when I was preparing, but it’s too late to find out when it’s already started.
Something is engraved all over the stadium.
magic circle.
“… … A record of magic?”
“Yes, as you know, it is an essential skill and knowledge for making scrolls.”
Even if you don’t have to say it, you know.
Knowledge is fun when it’s out of the mouth.
Even more so when you surprise your opponent.
I couldn’t stand it and talked, and Michelle also listened silently.
As if answering correctly.
“What if you could engrave magic formulas on things, just like parchment? Wouldn’t it be possible to aim for an effect similar to scrolling?”
“No words… … no.”
A method that even the magic genius did not know.
openly disclosed.