Chapter 233 (1/2)

Chapter 233: A Duel Between Master Magicians (Part 2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A person who had become a Master Magician by virtue of their own efforts was definitely someone to be feared. They would by no means be an easy opponent!

Blood Demon Talon was an old undead magician who had lived for hundreds of years. He had accumulated many battle experiences over the years. In the face of such a veteran combat Magician, Link dared not make even the slightest mistake. He might be defeated in the next second if he was careless!

Similarly, Blood Demon Talon was also wary of Link’s actions.

The moment he showed hesitation in attacking Link, he knew that he had made the wrong move!

This guy is truly sinister. This is his real killer move!

Due to his slight hesitation, he had unconsciously lost a bit of his control over the Mana surging through his wand. This energy would then descend into a state of temporary stagnation. In the Magician world, this phenomenon was commonly termed as Mana Inertia.

He would then have to wait if he wanted to use this Mana again.

For a Master Magician, the time taken for the state of Mana Inertia to pass was merely less than a tenth of a second. However, in this one-tenth of a second where Talon was experiencing a delay, Link seized an opportunity to attack!

To be precise, this opportunity was created by Link himself.

The Glyph of Soul trembled slightly and resonated with Link’s magic fluctuation. In an instant, the Titan’s Hand appeared and charged towards Talon at full speed.

Talon gritted his teeth disdainfully as he knew that his hesitation had cost him his offensive advantage. He had now gone the defensive side of the battle.

However, he did not panic, he thought, Bruttan is close by. It will be less than ten seconds before he arrives. I can do this.

In the face of the merciless Level-6 spell, the Titan’s Hand, Talon decided to make a swift retreat instead of fighting it headlong. At this moment, the perfect distance he had deliberately kept between the both of them since the beginning of the battle had shown its miraculous effect.

He was 300 feet away from Link, and a spell like the Titan’s Hand was considered to be a long-distance controlled spell. Usually, a distance of 300 feet would be the limit of such spells. He merely took a few steps backwards and was safely out of the attacking range.

As Talon retreated, he had already recovered from his state of Mana Inertia. He still chose to fight with a conservative strategy. Instead of aggressively trying to destroy Link, he cast a defensive spell on himself.

As time was tight, the defensive spell he cast was not an exceptionally powerful one. It was only Level-4 in strength and was not meant to defend against Link’s trademark spell, the Titan’s Hand. It was merely to protect him from the magic shockwaves that would occur from the casting of a powerful Level-6 fire elemental spell.

Bruttan, you have to hurry!

Talon was looking at the tall and powerful demon from the corner of his eyes this whole time. It was clear that the other party had noticed the opportunity and was running at full speed. However, he was still too far away.

Talon continued to retreat while he started charging a spell in preparation for a counter attack. This was not meant to defeat the opponent, but to instill fear in him to buy him time until Bruttan arrived.

It could be said that Talon’s reaction to Link’s attack was flawless. It would be near impossible for any Magician to take him down quickly if he had this type of awareness in battle. They might even be defeated while thinking that they still had the advantage if they were not careful.

However, something out of the ordinary still happened.

At this moment, his opponent cast a spell that was completely out of his expectations.

“Dimensional Jump!”

Link multitasked and made use of the in-game system to activate the Legendary support spell while controlling the Titan’s Hand.

One thousand and eight hundred of his precious Mana Points were instantly used up by the in-game system. With a light humming sound, a white light enveloped his body before he disappeared from his current spot.

Talon was slightly shocked at this action but rationalized Link’s actions; this guy was not stupid after all. He knew that his situation was desperate and decisively escaped. However, how far can you go with this spell? You are still dead!

Another light humming sound could be heard, and a white light appeared once again. This time around, the white light did not appear in the distance as Talon predicted, but merely 90 feet behind from Talon, exactly at his blind spot.

Talon merely felt a slight magic fluctuation behind him and suddenly felt fear in his heart. He had not yet understood what just happened.

His instinctive reaction was to turn and look behind him. And it was this instinctive reaction that cost him his chance of escaping.

Link had lost all connections with his Titan’s Hand spell while he was casting the Dimensional Jump spell. He knew that the Titan’s Hand should be in the midst of disintegrating at this point. However, the disintegration process would take time as well. In an instant, after Link teleported himself, he would regain connection with the Titan’s Hand. However, at this moment, the Titan’s Hand had already completely disintegrated. It was impossible for Link to form it back up again.

But this was not what Link was aiming for all this while. It was not the spell he needed, but the fire elements that made up the spell. This would greatly reduce his spellcasting speed for the next Titan’s Hand as he saved the time needed to accumulate elemental energy!

Glyph of Soul, magic resonance, Titan’s Hand!

Within 0.1 seconds, a whole new Titan’s Hand appeared in the air. From an outsider’s perspective, it was as if the disintegrated Titan’s Hand was immediately formed into a complete one again out of thin air.

Furthermore, Link was merely 90 feet away from Talon at this point. The question of spellcasting distance ceased to exist.