Faced with the small fireball technique, the girl Barbara reacted quickly, stepped back slightly, and dropped the long sword downwards, diagonally inserted into the surface of the wooden platform. He waved the short gray staff in his right hand, and a blue gem inlaid at the end of the staff lit up. The water vapor quickly condensed, releasing a water arrow more than twenty centimeters long.
The water arrow flew out and accurately hit the fireball. With a "pop" sound, it pierced into the fireball and extinguished the fireball. The water arrow also exhausted its energy and turned into a puddle of water, falling down and soaking a large area of the ground.
Zero-ring spell·Energy water spell·Spike water arrow!
Seeing that the attack was cracked, the boy Simon frowned slightly and was about to continue the attack, but saw that the girl Barbara had already made a counterattack.
Barbara opened her lips and recited a spell, and a ball of viscous green acid condensed and formed at the end of the short staff. With a wave of the short staff, the acid ball quickly flew towards Simon.
Zero-ring spell·Energy-like water-based acid branch spell·Slug Acid Breath!
Simon responded and recited the same spell, the air condensed, and an air missile flew out, hitting the acid ball and defeating it. The acid spread out and splashed on the surface of the wooden platform. There was a "sting" sound and a lot of foam appeared, but Simon was unscathed.
Zero-ring spell·Energy wind-like spell·Air projectile!
As Simon and Barbara continued to fight, everyone under the wooden stage watched extremely nervously.
Richard shook his head from a distance, feeling that this fighting method was too inefficient and conservative. The way the two fought was nothing more than using magic from a distance to force one of them to run out of mana early and have to fight in close quarters, and then decide the victory. It's like playing chess, dragging one side's pieces until all the pieces are eaten, and then it's checkmate.
Because the distance between the two people on the stage is not close, this mode of standing output has a very high error tolerance rate. There cannot be any major changes until the mana in both sources is exhausted. As a result, the battle between the two sides is not about fighting consciousness or magic skills, but about the stored magic power.
Bringing the model into the modern earth, that is, two soldiers who are enemies of each other. The competition is not about accurate marksmanship or high tactical literacy, but about who can carry more bullets. When two soldiers meet, you take turns firing one shot at a time and I take turns shooting each other. Whoever empties the bullet first will have to use the bayonet to fight in close combat, and will be at a disadvantage.
In this mode, unless there is a crushing advantage, in the end, the status will be almost the same, and it will take a hard battle and exhaust almost all mana, energy and physical strength to win. Therefore, it is impossible for the best students to defeat two students of the same level, which completely determines their combat effectiveness.
In Richard's opinion, fighting can be done in another way - a more efficient and faster-paced way.
The two of them can try to dodge each other's spells and release spells to attack each other's body. Even if the other party can also dodge, they will inevitably be drawn into a mobile battle, and the chances of various flaws will greatly increase.
At this time, as long as you can seize the opponent's flaws and attack in time, you can win at a small cost. Not to mention defeating two students of the same level, it is also possible to defeat three or four students.
To be more extreme, if you close the distance at the beginning of the battle and engage in close combat directly, you can win faster and at a lower cost.
Thinking about this, Richard shook his head, lost interest and was about to leave for the library. And just as he turned around, with a flash of his eyes, Richard spotted a somewhat familiar person disappearing among the crowd of people watching on the wooden platform.
Um
Richard raised his eyebrows and recalled the face of the person he just saw with the help of the lingering visual image.
That seemed to be... the face of the man from the mysterious organization that I saw hiding in the alley after attending the auction.
It seems to be called... Solmen? !
What is he doing here? What's the purpose
Richard became alert.
He has always been a little wary of the other party's identity and the mysterious organization behind him. Based on what the other party has done before, coming to the White Stone Tower does not look like he is doing a good deed.
That…
Richard squinted and looked into the crowd, hoping to find the other party, but found that the other party had disappeared without a trace, as if he had never appeared before.
this…
Richard frowned, not thinking that what he had seen before was an illusion, so what did the other party want to do
Looking towards the wooden platform, Richard saw that the boy named Simon and the girl named Barbara were still fighting, constantly using spells to attack each other, and the power of the spells continued to increase.
After a while, Simon fired out a flaming spear several meters long, stabbing Barbara hard.
Barbara kept releasing water arrows, trying to defeat the flame spear. But the flame spear called "Raging Dragon Strike" was obviously stronger than the previous "Small Fireball Technique". Barbara hit it with three water arrows in a row, which only made the flame spear shrink by half.
At the end, seeing that she was about to be hit, Barbara shouted, swung her short staff suddenly, and a large stream of ice mist poured out, wrapping it in layers towards the flame spear.
The flame spear shrunk layer by layer like a peeled onion, and finally dissipated completely.
"call-"
Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, but her face turned pale. The "Winter Breath" she cast was a near-level spell. For her, it was very costly to release it in an emergency.
At this moment, the companions in the audience issued a warning.
"careful!"
"Barbara, look out!"
"Barbara, get out of the way!"
After hearing this, Barbara looked at his opponent and saw that Simon had released another attack spell in the gap between her defenses. It was a ball of air compressed to the extreme, like a giant's fist punching towards her.
There was an explosion in the air. Barbara's eyes widened and she wanted to resist, but the mana consumption was too great and she couldn't do it. She wanted to dodge, but it was too late.
"boom!"
With a muffled sound, Barbara was hit hard and hit the edge of the wooden platform. Her whole body curled up in pain.
Simon looked at it, showing no sympathy at all. He opened and closed his lips, mana poured out, and a blazing flame was born at the end of the short staff, ready to continue the attack and kill Barbara.
"enough!"
A majestic voice sounded, and Teacher Shiraishi Gaota, who was maintaining order nearby, suddenly jumped onto the wooden platform and stood between Simon and Barbara.
"Boy from Black Castle, I think you've won this battle, so stop now, or the people from Deep Blue Castle will cause trouble for you." the teacher from White Stone Tower reminded.
Simon's eyes flashed, and the flame at the end of the short staff was extinguished little by little. He clasped his hands and bent towards the teacher of Baishi Tower. "Thank you, teacher, for reminding me. I understand." He walked toward the audience.
At this time, Barbara's companions from Deep Blue Castle had quickly rushed to the stage, trying to help Barbara up, fighting the injustice while doing so.
"Really, what kind of people are they from Heier Castle? They are so harsh!"
"That's right, Barbara was injured like this!"
"Next time I meet them..."
As they spoke, the people from Deep Blue Castle looked at Suomen with unkind eyes. Suomen continued to walk down the stage and ignored him.
Richard watched from a distance and frowned slightly, not noticing anything was wrong. Although I just saw Somen, a member of the mysterious organization, appear, everything is normal.
That…
Richard turned around and was about to leave, when a scream rang out.
"ah!"
Um? !