Episode 109 – Spatial Magic (1/2)
Episode 109 – Spatial Magic
Previously:
The day of the practical exae arena created by the Replica Dungeon Nelaira tricks Deora into attacking the Rroda brothers, and Deora ends up pursuing Kiel with a barrage of fireballs Kiel runs away, dodging the fireballs, however, Deora es to hit him with an explosive airball Kiel loses his consciousness and re house as a child After waking up he gets into a life and death situation that makes him overcome his fear of fire and launch a counter attack on Deora Hehiht, Rhur finished Nelaira off in a fit of rage Kieloint better, little brother?” Rhur spoke up “Let’s talk about hoill take care of the Arite” He tilted his head towards Zor “What does your DI report say?”
Kiel stayed silent for several seconds before replying “My report says that he is proficient in all kinds of differenthis battle style… unpredictable However, as proven by the decapitated fellow, the ic”
Spatial ic that specialized in controlling and altering space Unlike Transic that controlled either the state or the properties of their target, Arcane ave the user complete control over its specified doic could do, Arcane ic could do better
Not only that, but unlike the other thich could only target the physical world, Arcane e to tap into the e an ability to is like time, space, ic required pure ic would have long been ic could be used to teleport, create Gates and portals or even subdiic didn’t end there – space could be bent, twisted and torn to create various effects Whether it was used for attack, defense or utility depended on the user
As soon as Kiel ic, Rhur’s eyes widened in realization “Ah! So back then, when he decapitated the poor sod, he used an invisible spatial blade!”
A spatial blade was an offensive application of spatiala sword slash It was one of thewhatever it passed through into tithout fail
“That’s my conjecture as well” Kiel nodded “Since we couldn’t sense his usage of the spatial blade, it ”
In other words, Zor had wrapped his Mind around his spell when he eaving it, so no one was able to detect it with their mana sense
Rhur’s face paled “Now this is… inconvenient… If we can’t see it or feel it, how are we supposed to avoid it?”
Kiel fell silent That was the sa as well
If Elaru were here, she would be able to use her Aethernea of Sight to see the spatial blade, but he couldn’t do the saot up from the floor, this tiic His body was slightly sore but otherwise coh in lah-quality oint
His ain focused on the battle at hand “Zor Aritespace instead of a physical object, however, the basic rules of ht on what Kiel was talking about “In other words, he still needs to create spell roots over the area of space he wishes to target”
Kiel nodded “Right If we expand our e armor to cover the area around us, he won’t be able to create a spatial blade in our vicinity And if a spatial blade enters the area covered by our h fluctuations of our own mana”
“So, the opti vigilant of thetoo close to him and instead attack hined hat Kiel had been thinking, however…
Kiel sighed softly, giving Rhur a fleeting side glance “You make it sound so si there, and in the next…” Kiel snapped his fingers dra off our heads”
Rhur rolled his eyes “He can’t just teleport anywhere He needs to either set a prior teleport point or envelop a large area with his spell roots allowing him to teleport anywhere in the area covered by it”
Kiel looked at Rhur as if he was looking at an idiot “Well yes, but since he can conceal ic, what is to say that this whole arena isn’t filled with concealed teleport points?”
Rhur’s eyes widened and rubbed his arms as if he felt cold “You are so pessimistic!”
Noas Kiel’s turn to roll his eyes “I a out the worst-case scenario so we can be prepared”
“Ok, ok Fair enough How about this… You distract hied attacks you can do… And in thenet around hi his vicinity with ested
Kiel’s eyebroitched in annoyance This bloody buttcracker wanted to use hioat! The first one to attack Zor Arite would be the first one to be targeted by his merciless retaliation
“Dear brother…” Kiel put a special e net powerful enough to make Zor Arite hesitant to touch it would be quite difficult Not to mention it would cost you a lot of mana that could be better spent otherwise I have a better idea I’ll enclose Zor Arite in a doh a wall and breaking it doill take hi on that wall, you use those petals of yours to distract hi – you should be capable of creating lightning powerful enough to cause hiht?”
Rhur’s eyes flashed with annoyance Neither of the tould budge, and further debate would only waste time “Hmmm… how about we enact a play? Let’s pretend that we had a falling out and start fighting each other In our fight, ill seely accidentally approach Zor and fill the area in his vicinity with mana And then, when the area is filled with ourand instead siht That wasn’t a bad idea If they ed to surprise him, it would be easier to proceed And besides, they wouldn’t even need to pretend to have a fall out Falling out was far easier than actually getting along “Alright” Kiel agreed
The two brothers shared a look, preparing to erupt in hostilities
However, at thatcompletely unexpected occurred!
Zor Arite, who had been as silent and motionless as a statue the entire tiave the Rroda brothers an incredulous look
Then, in a deep and charismatic voice, he spoke out a sentence that made both Kiel and Rhur freeze “Rule number 1 of Warfare: don’t let your eney”
Kiel’s mind reeled Could it be…?!
Rhur’s face paled Don’t telltheir stiff faces, Zor elaborated “Yes I can hear you…”
Kiel’s face fell ! I forgot! Arites have better senses than normal people!!
Rhur’s face fell almost simultaneously shi+t! That bastard has sharper ears than an elibu!!
“He heard everything we’ve been saying??!” Kiel sed a lump that formed in his throat
“Cla he can hear us to throw us off our game…” Rhur chuckled aardly