Chapter 1053 – (Side Story)31. A Witch’s First Love (28)
“Hehe…”
Arden watched the fight between the two wizards with an expression of bewilderment.
It is not only the next enemy elder who is involved in the battle who is surprised by Illyana’s ‘double casting’.
The three initiates who had to confirm the victory or defeat of this magic battle and report it to the Magic Tower were equally astonished.
“Aden! How on earth did this happen?”
The two inductees who were watching with Aden were shocked and questioned him.
They are also high-ranking wizards who sit in important positions in the Magic Tower.
They knew very well how absurd and absurd the current situation was.
Double casting.
Multiple chanting that uses two or more types of magic at the same time.
Double casting is a top art that only high-ranking magicians can use among existing magicians.
How can a student from the Magic Tower who hasn’t even graduated yet use this skill, which ranks among the high-level skills that wizards can show?
However, despite the questioning of other initiated wizards, there was nothing Aden could answer.
The fact that Aden returned with incredible growth over the past three months was also unexpected.
All that came to Aden’s mind were Illyana’s words, which she spoke with confidence.
‘I am now stronger than my teacher.’
As if stating an obvious fact.
I did not think that the disciple’s words, spoken calmly and indifferently, were empty and arrogant.
She thought there might be some basis, but it just didn’t come to mind because she didn’t expect specifically what it would be.
“I see.”
And I can feel the basis of Illyana’s seemingly natural confidence with her own eyes.
Aden had no choice but to accept it.
The student who was just about to graduate from the Magic Tower followed him to his feet, wondering what had happened.
“No. Maybe I surpassed it…”
In that case, Aden had to engrave his disciple’s fight with his own eyes at this moment.
Iliana was confident that the moves she had prepared were not just double casting.
I instinctively sensed that the basis for her confidence had only been partially revealed.
“Let’s watch.”
The initiates, who were frustrated and impatient about the incomprehensible situation, could no longer interrogate Aden, who watched her match in silence.
◆ ◆ ◆
Kwaaang!
The rock spear that bounced above the ground due to Illyana’s magic collided with the next enemy elder’s barrier.
The collision of two masses with heavy physical force created such a loud noise that it scattered around.
So bad
“Ugh!”
The barrier that collided with the rock window gradually cracked.
Three digits of attack magic and two digits of defense magic.
The difference in digits is also a difference, but the fundamental difference occurred elsewhere.
‘I… ! ‘You’re being pushed around!?’
The next elder was astonished.
There was some confusion due to the initial double casting, but what was even more shocking was the completeness of the magic revealed through the technique.
Unlike the rock spear that was sculpted through perfect techniques, the barrier that was completed hastily while trying to control the embarrassment did not perform its function perfectly.
No matter how many digits there is a difference, your own defensive magic is barely at risk from the student’s attack magic.
It was a shock that cannot be described.
Damn it!
“Damn it!”
The next Red Elder swore and poured magical energy into his defensive magic.
The precarious barrier that had cracked as it collided with the rock window was restored.
Kwaaang!
Putting aside his seriously scratched pride, the barrier finally deflected the spear from the rock.
“I don’t know what they did, but…”
If he thought he could beat him to this extent, it would be a big mistake,
Thought the next Jeok Elder.
“Tsk.”
Illyana clicked her tongue as she watched him block her own attack from a distance.
As expected, he is also a veteran wizard who rose to his current position after going through hardships in his youth.
He didn’t think he could win easily.
‘It’s a huge advantage that you can use two magics when your opponent uses one magic. But that doesn’t mean you won, so don’t be cocky.’
Eunhyeon’s advice is once again engraved in his mind and heart.
Even if you can use double casting, which can be considered a high-ranking skill, as the next enemy elder thinks, it can be an advantageous hand, but it cannot be a sure-win method to defeat your opponent.
The important thing is to devise a winning strategy to beat your opponent by utilizing the advantageous cards in your hand.
‘In these three months, you have already learned that.’
Illyana looked at him calmly, yet with the eyes of a leopard-like hunter targeting an enemy.
There was no hesitation or embarrassment from the beginning.
He just deploys the spell again and uses magic by infusing it with magic.
“Am I just suffering?”
[Four-digit sub-magic]
[Fire Rain]
A rain of flames flies in from the sky ahead along with angry shouts.
“Are you crazy!?”
The voice of Aden, who was watching from afar, was a mixture of shock and anger.
It is clear that the hundreds of flames falling from the sky like small meteors will burn Illyana’s body the moment they touch it.
Neither its scale nor its power is a magic that can be shown to a young student who has not yet been given a position.
“Do you still think that guy is a rookie wizard who doesn’t know anything!?”
At Aden’s cries of shock and anger, the next elder becomes angry and scolds him.
The opponent is not a young wizard.
What kind of chick shows off double casting that only a high-ranking wizard can do?
The next Red Elder regained his initial arrogance in belittling Illyana.
Even though she may have let her guard down, he corrects her attitude as soon as he recognizes her level and status.
‘He’s the same level as me. No. ‘Maybe more?’
I wanted to deny it, saying it was truly impossible, but even acknowledging it was an absurd reality that would crack my pride.
Nevertheless, I do not do the foolish thing of denying the reality in front of my eyes with the other person in front of me.
That’s why he doesn’t hesitate to do dangerous and reckless things that could kill his opponents.
Because she was confident that the magic she had just shown could not possibly be defeated at this level.
As if to prove that the next Red Elder’s thoughts were correct, Illyana calmly waved her hand.
[Single-digit sub-magic]
[Blast]
As if closing a curtain on a window frame, a gust of wind blew in response to her hand movements.
What covers the sky is a curtain of wind that has no shape whatsoever.
Hundreds of fireworks falling to set the earth on fire are all swept away by a gust of wind and die out.
“Ha.”
The next elder felt a strange emotion.
The rain of flames that will cover the sky is wiped out in a single moment, like the embers on a candle being extinguished.
It is only a single-digit magic that can instantly erase a four-digit magic boasting enormous range and power.
The factor that overturns not being able to cover a difference of not one but three digits is the difference in the amount of magical energy poured into the technique.
“How much magic power…”
It is impossible to determine whether it is in the body.
It was absurd to them who did not know Illyana’s history of absorbing all the spiritual energy of the Perennial Snowstrip without leaving a trace.
But her ridiculous feeling was short-lived.
Because Illyana can use double casting.
The fact that she only used a single digit of magic meant that she was pouring a huge amount of magic into the one remaining magic.
Her next enemy elder quickly scanned Illyana’s appearance with her own two eyes.
The purpose was to understand the structure of the magic unfolding around her and to confirm the identity of the magic she was using.
Only by confirming its identity can you respond to the magic, attack and defend, and make the best move.
That’s why it was the moment when I analyzed Illyana’s technique and shifted my gaze.
[Three-digit sub-magic]
[Ice Needle]
“This is crazy… !”
The speed of development of the technique and manifestation of magic is ridiculously fast.
It was as soon as I figured out the identity of the magic technique that I noticed dozens of ice picks covering the sky again.
There was no time to react.
It was just a natural human psychology that I had no choice but to use the same number again as the first time, just by instinct.
Because it was a case of successfully blocking the opponent’s attack.
[Four-digit sub-magic]
[Fire Wall]
It was a hastily created barrier of fire, but the situation did not occur as much as the barrier was in danger due to the rock spear.
Due to the compatibility between magic, the ice picks that were close to the fire wall melted and disappeared all at once.
And this situation brought about a familiar sense of déjà vu in the mind of the next elder.
[Three-digit sub-magic]
[Rock Spear]
“Will I get hit twice by the same move? !”
The next Red Elder did not use defensive magic this time.
Take a step straight away and increase the distance from the rock spear rising from the ground.
Coo coo!
Sure enough.
The spear of the rock bounces through the air while making a violent ground noise.
Aden, who was already out of range of the attack, immediately prepared his next move.
‘As soon as the barrier is lifted…’
She uses the best attack magic she can use.
If you want to use it right away, you can use a ‘six-digit’ higher level magic, but the magic calculation speed that Illyana just showed is crazy.
Even if they started from the same point at the same time, it would probably be Illyana who used magic first.
I really didn’t want to admit it, but my instincts and experience as a magician were warning me.
‘If it is magic that can be used as quickly as possible and with a high level of perfection, ‘five-digit’ higher level magic is the best.’
It really only took a moment for the thoughts in my head to reach that conclusion.
As soon as she dissolved the fire barrier that had blocked all the ice picks as she had thought, she was about to devise a spell to use a five-digit level magic.
“… !”
The next elder Jeok looked up at the sky blankly.
As soon as the fire barrier was lifted, what was visible was a huge sphere of prominence.
The bright red prominence that casts a huge shadow under one’s feet heats up the surrounding temperature like crazy just by its waving presence.
“Well, the thing…”
[6-digit top magic]
[Prominence]
Art created by a wizard.
A small sun was settling in the sky. I look up and finally realize it too late.
“I am… Was he induced?”
Illyana took advantage of the barrier of fire between her and her to block her vision, and she immediately prepared the spell.
Was it a coincidence?
That can’t be possible.
It was induced.
She erected a wall in the name of self-defense, not realizing that it was meant to block the view.
Deliberately recreating her initial attack, she guided and used herself for the purpose of blocking the view.
The opponent is already fully prepared to attack, while you are completely defenseless, let alone prepared.
‘No, even if it’s not like that.’
Even if we deploy defensive magic from now on, will we be able to block that tiny sun?
I had a hunch.
Even with the six-figure magic you can use?
Even if it’s the same six digits, something is fundamentally different.
It wasn’t that difficult to realize what it was.
“Shit…”
The magic power of a wizard.
The perfection of the technique.
The enormous amount of thinking and calculation that can be handled.
What sums it all up is the ‘difference in capabilities as a wizard’.
The moment he realized it was his defeat.
