Chapter 234: Deconstruct (1/2)
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Leonel's enigmatic steps sent him fluttering across the training room. Three puppets wearing wooden armor pressed him from all sides, conjuring spells of all kinds to bombard him.
Leonel's eyes remained closed, his Internal Sight remaining concentrated on this small region.
Thoughts of how Lamorak had toyed with him played in his head again and again. The memories were so vivid that he could almost feel the same pain coursing through his body once more.
Leonel was suddenly cornered by all three puppets. It seemed for a moment that he would be pincered from all sides.
An arrow of earth, fire and water assaulted him from different directions, aiming to take his life.
The puppets of this room were all entirely made of Spiritual Wood. As a result, their ability to cast spells was even beyond that of their human counterparts. This made up for their stiff actions with overwhelming power.
That said, to humans, more Spiritual Wood wasn't necessarily better. After all, if one's wand was too large, it would be like trying to use a sledgehammer to staple two sheets of paper together. And even that wasn't necessarily a good analogy considering in this case, the mages might not even have enough strength to 'lift' the sledgehammer.
However, these puppets were different. Their Spiritual Pressure was provided by crystals. In that case, they were much less limited in this regard.
Just when it seemed Leonel would be struck, he arched his head forward, narrowly dodging the arrow of earth. His hips twisted, ducking past the arrow of fire.
The two arrows swept by his body, crashing into the opposing puppets and sending them flying.
The final arrow of water took advantage of the situation, zipping through the air and appearing between Leonel's brows in a flash.
Leonel's eyes suddenly snapped open, an overwhelming Spirit Pressure sweeping forth that seemed to freeze the arrow in air for a split moment.
'[Deconstruct].'
A sweep of wind swirled around Leonel. In that moment, a Magic Art appeared before him in the path of the arrow.
The water arrow regained its momentum, crashing into the Art before it without pause.
However, the collision one would have expected never occurred. The water arrow seemed to pass through without issue. But it was at that moment that something astonishing happened.
The arrow began to lose its structure. Starting at the tip — the first point to enter Leonel's Art — it collapsed, becoming no different from normal droplets of water. In fact, Leonel felt a refreshing spray shower his face at that moment, causing him to smile.
Leonel crossed the remaining distance between him and the water mage puppet, sending a punch out to its chest.
PENG!
The form of Leonel's boxing had still been steadily increasing. All his power shot up from his pivot foot, through his hips, and into his fists, crumpling the wooden armor of the puppet.
The lights of the room dimmed, signaling that all the puppets had been taken down.
'Still not enough…' Leonel muttered.
He had been able to force two of the puppets into a corner without lifting a finger, but still failed to do so with a third.
'I might need to go to the Knight Academy and read the books within their library to understand what this General Star really is. Walking around blindly on my own will take too long. I have a feeling that even the primitive woman I learned this ability from only faintly touched on the topic.'
Leonel felt that it was about time he chose a new spear. He knew he had completely mastered the technique of the primitive woman. He had just been a bit distracted by Magic Arts in recent weeks.
For example, [Deconstruct]. It was an auxiliary type spell of the Three Star Official Art level. But, Leonel felt that this rating was inaccurate, because it could technically work on any Magic Art.