Chapter 148: Permanent materialization skill (2/2)

His nickname was also appropriate: the “Hacking Butcher.” He was team Snow Wolf’s vice-captain, his strength ranking second in the team.

“It’s really a substitute. This guy and his team, are they really going to deal with Snow Wolf Academy with a substitute-only lineup?”

When he saw that the one stepping onto the field was truly a substitute, Ayrin threw a very displeased glance at Rinsyi standing there at the edge of the field, then immediately started to encourage team Silver Wolf. “Do your best, team Silver Wolf! Knock them down!”

“Pardon me, please let me through, I’m from Breith Trading Company.”

Just then, two men suddenly squeezed their way to Ayrin. They flashed a polite smile in his direction and said, “Ayrin, you should still remember us. May we bother you again?”

“Faint… It’s your guys again.” A speechless Ayrin looked at these two guys from Breith Magazine smiling their polite smiles. “What do you want this time?”

“We saw you seemed to have strong opinions against team Golden Stag. Is there any conflict between you?” the two men from Breith Magazine said, all smiles.

“It’s nothing, it’s just that I very much want to meet them in the tournament, then defeat them.” Ayrin said a few serious words, then added, “Defeat them with all their main members! Knock out Rinsyi!”

“Really?”

Light suddenly flashed bright in the eyes of these two. They exchanged a look, then looked at Charlotte beside Ayrin, then said pardon us for the trouble, we hope you’ll have a pleasant time watching the match. Then they left, full of excitement.

“I have a bad feeling.” Charlotte watched their backs and couldn’t resist saying, “I wonder what on earth they’re going to write this time.”

“It doesn’t matter. The more excessive it is, the more provocative, the angrier Rinsyi will be. Teacher Carter already said that infuriating your opponent is a very useful method, because someone burning with rage will often make mistakes.” Ayrin glanced at Rinsyi and humphed.

“But that guy Rinsyi, he’s on a totally different level from us.” Charlotte looked at Rinsyi’s back and said, solemn, “Ayrin, you already saw Ivan in action. But you have to understand that even for Ivan, there’s an insurmountable gap with direct Lannister descendants. This gap, it’s simply the gap between elite and taboo.”

“Exactly. The enemy is so powerful, so that’s all the more reason for you guys to help me.” Ayrin said, his tone very natural, very unwilling to admit defeat, “If you aren’t brave enough to see this guy as an enemy, then you’ll never surpass that guy.”

“…” Charlotte felt that it was simply impossible to refute Ayrin’s sometimes bold and confident reasoning.

“It’s starting!”

Just then, the referee announced the formal start of the fight between Pires, the first one representing Golden Stag, and Snow Wolf’s vice-captain Ferguson.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”…

The air around Ferguson exploded in vibrations as soon as the match officially began.

“Clang… Clang… Clang…”

Explosive metallic sounds rose in the field at the same time.

A thick scarlet armor suddenly appeared on Ferguson, two ram horns on the helm. A scarlet ax also appeared in his hands, taller than a grown man, the blade glinting with a red light so thick it seemed to be dripping with blood.

The picture of a bloody butcher!

On the contrary, Golden Stag’s Pires didn’t move an iota. He merely observed the bloody butcher-like Ferguson with a graceful smile.

“Did he immediately use a materialization skill like that because he’s afraid of his opponent?”

Ayrin couldn’t hold back his cry of surprise. “Won’t an ax and a thick armor like that consume many arcane particles in one cast? Or does he have some other special skills that guarantee he can strike his opponent before the ax and armor vanish?”

“No.” Charlotte had already trained a long time in Lannister’s army, hence her knowledge was even broader than Agate Lake’s Sophia. When she heard Ayrin’s astonished voice, she immediately shook her head. “This isn’t an ordinary materialization skill, it’s a permanent-type materialization skill.”

“Permanent materialization, what does that mean?” Ayrin immediately asked.

“An arcane skill that can permanently merge arcane particles with arcane energy and transform them into weapons. In other words, you can use arcane particles and arcane energy beforehand and condense them into a weapon, then this weapon won’t disappear, you can carry it with you. And some arcane skills among those can even turn these weapons back into minute particles and store them inside the body. They can be assembled again when they’re needed. The power of weapons like these scale with the strength of an arcane master’s arcane particles. Generally speaking, the weapon condensed by a three-gate arcane master will surpass almost any item made of steel,” Charlotte explained, turning to look at Ayrin.

“The Cup of Starry Sky Braves was originally made to stimulate and enhance arcane masters’ fighting techniques and use of arcane skills, because the inherent power of an arcane master at the taboo-level or above often surpasses all mundane weapons. That’s the reason why the Cup of Starry Sky Braves prohibits the use of any weapon, but permanent materialization skills are considered a type of arcane skills, so they’re allowed. Also, when you shape the weapon, it’s the same as casually pulling out a weapon prepared in advance, you don’t need to consume all that many arcane particles. You only start to consume arcane particles when you use these weapons.”

“These permanent materialization skills are pretty rare, they’re called a Gift of Steel in the world of arcane masters,” Charlotte added after a small pause. “Only a minority of arcane masters can learn them. People see them as an addition to the bloodline, like an additional innate talent. In the world of arcane masters, the most powerful close-range battlemasters are usually called wild battlemasters. And out of ten wild battlemasters, there are at least five who use this type of arcane skill. For this kind of wild battlemaster with at least five open gates, they can cut apart their opponents’ arcane skills merely relying on the weapons they condense beforehand. They simply don’t need to spend all that much energy to deal with arcane masters of a lower level. A powerful wild battlemaster can even kill a dozen arcane teams in succession. This is something arcane masters of other styles simply can’t compare to.”

TN: End of Pires vs Ferguson next chapter. All Arsenal and Utd fans unite! Or something.

There’s exceptionally no teaser for next chapter, because I couldn’t anything good to tease with in the next chapter.