Chapter 50 (1/2)

Chapter 50: Expectation vs Reality

Translator: Atlasstudios Editor: Atlasstudios

A green card materialized and transformed into the Spirit Bird which fleards Marleen’s flank The girl was couard was absolute, and she figured that if he attacked, she would immediately counter-attack

Screech! Alas… due to her ignorance and overreliance on her spells, when a cry suddenly echoed from behind, she was dumbfounded

What happened? What’s it?

She subconsciously turned around to check, but when she did, a huge gust of wind slauard could indeed block e, but unfortunately, Rhode had used the most simple and most efficient way to counter it For a creature of the wind, even if faced a raging hurricane, it would be nothingin the sea

As she was caught unprepared, the girl fell to the ground, unable to breathe All of a sudden, the intricate forlow, and a solid, translucent crystal barrier forain Once she caught her breath, she iet up, but thebeside her

What?! When did he appear there?

Marlene was startled, but she still forced herself to remain calm She raised her wand and tried to cast another spell, but this tiive her a chance to do it

ic isn’t bad per se… but she still lacked the necessary experience</eainst the Spirit Bird, he intended to stop fighting with her During the battle, she ignored an incoure didn’t leave her sights This indicated that her battle awareness was amateurish Thus, if that was the case, then he did not rinned to hireen card that was on his paled color at the same time

Marleen’s eyes widened in shock This phenomenon seemed to have surpassed her expectations In a blink of an eye, a bright crimson flame melded with the wind and spun furiously as it crashed into the crystal barrier The solid barrier shook violently under the enoran to appear on the barrier Marleen knew that it wouldn’t last htly too late A black hound suddenly eed from the fiery hurricane and sla!!

Finally, the low-level barrier couldn’t absorb any ly sharp teeth before rushi+ng towards her

This tiinning of the battle, she wasn’t able to turn the tides on him even for a second Rhode’s movements were always beyond her expectations, and she could not predict what he would do next While she had so back in the academy, when she faced Rhode, all her previous experiences orthless

It was paraes’ to keep a distance fro attacks

?

Use my e to intimidate the enemy?

Of course, I know that! But, how do I accomplish that now!!

Marlene al beast At this point, only her arrogant pride kept her fro to fear and confusion She subconsciously raised her hand and pointed at the ferocious beast as dashi+ng towards her

“Jir!”

A ind condensed on the ruby on her wand and shot forward Watching the attack approach at high speed, the Flame Killer stopped abruptly It roared loudly, and then it retreated This gave Marleen a brief h of relief and raised her wand towards Rhode

This time, the card on Rhode’s hand turned white,

It was shi+ning brilliantly

Marlene felt her wrist turn cold, she ilanced down at her wrist After that, her entire body shi+vered

The for her snow-like skin However, whatout from her forearm

hts; then her mind started to spin out of control

…I’m injured?

Am I hurt?

She blanked out All she could only think of was the blood flowing down her wrist As for the defense strategy that she had devised to counter Rhode? All of them were tossed into the drain She even subconsciously cast her wand to the side and gripped her wrist tightly What about the fight? What about the duel? She didn’t care! In her eyes, her injured aret injured?

Why am I injured?

What should I do?!

Marlene could be described as a resilient flower, but in the end, she still resided in a greenhouse Naturally, a genius like her would be filled with confidence and self-discipline She had never encountered any major setbacks in her life… at least not until now

Suddenly, the cold feeling of steel dragged her sorry self back to reality She looked to the front, and the first thing she reflected in her eyes was a white, shi+ning sword

“Swoosh!+”

The Star Mark flew past Marleen and stabbed into the ground, mere inches away from her neck

At this s cut Her legs felt soft and she kneeled down onto the floor Her eyes were hollow as she stared blankly at the sky

“The ability to coic ic spells is quite profound”

Rhode indifferent voice echoed in the garden He spoke while raising his right hand and soon, the white card fro with the white shich pierced the ground beside Marlene

“But in actual combat, this is the result If you perforive up on you Lize, treat the wounds and bring her up for a rest It seeet a hold of herself for a moment”

“Ah, yes!”

Lize who had been worried sick, quickly ran over to treat Marlene’s wound after hearing Rhode’s co blankly while sitting on the ground and not saying anything

Looking at her pitiful state, Rhode frowned but did not say unnecessary He was quite confident of her mental condition After all, in the future, she would be known as the ‘Queen of Mercenaries’ As for the rest, it is up to her If she continued to act like an arrogant brat, then the group would surely be destroyed Rhode certainly knew that he was not interested in sending himself off

It was just as he said Marlene indeed had a profound understanding of the ic itself, but it wasn’t very useful in actual co the players It was just like conquering a dungeon, everyone could read the dungeon strategy guide, and the boss weakness would be revealed But in the actual fight, what use would it be?