155 The race (2/2)

[These two...]

The dense amount of air quickly began to compress itself, and in a mere 30 seconds, it went from a ball twice their size to the size of a basketball

”Serena, ignite it.”

Compressing exhauts magical energy, Ariel knew this because she's tried compressing a few spells with wind magic before, whenever she did, she would be out of breath.

Seeing john do it and look unfazed made her want to try even harder to do it properly next time but at the same time she felt another sense of defeat.

Meanwhile Serena was on the verge of punching john for doing everything so perfectly well.

Without wasting a second, it ignited. The inside which was colourless slowly turned into a reddish yellow ball.

[Now that I think about it... Isn't this just like my flamethrower explosion spell? Gather air, hydrogen especially, compress it, ignite it. This could really kill someone... Luckily we're the only party still at the starting point, the other parties had already started moving a while ago]

The members of the cloaked party had started simultaneously jumping from one path to another, on the off chance that they got wrong path, they would quickly jump on to the next one. They were fast and nimble.

While the lady was leading her party by jumping on to the path first to check if it was safe before jumping on to the next, she was also surprisingly fast.

”Well then, everyone grab on tight” Said John

The two girls both increased the strength of their hug and he could feel another sort of softness on both of his sides

John was having trouble focusing as the two girls who he was attracted to were now hugging him with nearly all their strength

Not just because he was getting flustered but because the hug was a little too tight.

”O-on 3 we're supposed to hop, okay? Also Ariel set up a shield please, I'll make sure to set one up but two is better than one.”

The two girls nodded and waited for the count.

”Then... One... Two... Three! Levite!”

*BOOOOOOOM!*

A loud sound of an explosion, resonated throughout the entire 2nd floor and an immense amount of wind pressure could be felt by everyone.

However everyone stood their ground and no one fell off, they may have not been as strong as john, but even they had experience and valued their lives.

Alongside the explosion some sort of missle could be seen heading straight towards the end of the 2nd floor.

The people who saw it, couldn't believe what they were seeing

”Isn't that?!”

Azure and his party were on the 600 meter mark now, so the wind pressure didn't reach them, however he still turned, while the griffin continued to fly, to see what all the commotion was about.

As he did a smile was formed on his face once again.

There was John, Serena and Ariel, soaring through the air, quickly gaining up on them.