222 Defending His Honour POV (1/2)

Countless deadly spears of fire and ice crash against an invisible protective barrier right in front of me, and the resulting explosion forces me to take a couple of steps backwards.

Before the next wave of attacks that would surely come, I reach out both of my hands and channel my magic into the barrier, strengthening and reinforcing it so that it would survive the relentless assaults from my attackers.

The protective barrier that I have erected should be able to retain its integrity and cohesion for as long as I can supply the necessary magical energy.

Unfortunately, I can already feel a sharp drop within my mana pool with each successful strike against my barrier, and I realize quickly that I would not be able to maintain this defensive position for long.

No. Not against my current opponents.

It is already hard to erect this advanced level protective barrier as a peak first circle mage, and it is an undeniable miracle that I am able to hold myself against several mages of the second circle all at once.

Granted, they are lower stage 1 of the second circle of magic, so the differences between our abilities and powers are not as severe as if they are of the middle stage or upper stage.

If they are of the middle stage or above, I would not be able to hold out for this long.

Of course, Bruce would not allow anything to happen to me. Bruce is a tamed monster that my master has gifted me when I first met him. While Bruce is only a peak level monster of the first circle of magic, it is a monster belonging to my master, so it should be able to defeat these mages with relative ease.

I am sure of it due to how easy Bruce had managed to win against me in our numerous sparring session previously. While I detest Bruce for what it had done to me and my friends when it was a wild monster, I am very thankful that master has gifted me with such a creature.

For without Bruce guarding me, I would not be able to live until now.

It has been almost a full year since I had last seen my master, and while I am trying my best to wait for his return as he had stated that he would, I am unable to advance further in my study or my magic.

This is because I need the approval of an official teacher at the academy to take advance classes, and I have not acknowledged anyone from the academy as my teacher. In effect, I would become a student of theirs.

I cannot acknowledge another mage as my master since I already have a master, and my maser is one of the most powerful mages that I have ever heard about.

Far more powerful than any Archmage that I have met at the academy. I am certain of it.

It would be incredibly foolish of me to acknowledge another master while I am his student. His direct student, I think. I hope so.

With that alone, acknowledging another person as my master would be incredibly disrespectful to my current master, and I cannot afford to disrespect him in anyway.

I also cannot afford to disappoint him in anyway either.

This is the reason that I am trying so hard to hold myself against these unreasonable mages since being defeated by them would be a great humiliation to my master.

While I can probably defeat these guys in combat with the aid of Bruce, it is not a good option. For if I do, more would come, and then more would come after that. It will never end until I am defeated and possibly killed.

It is already difficult holding myself against lower stages second circle mages. Their seniors, middle or upper stages of the second circle of magic would be beyond my ability to defend myself against. I will have no hope of defeating.

Even if I can defeat them somehow, what about their teacher?

It is not completely unheard of for a teacher to step into the squabble between students. They usually take the side of their student in the conflict when that happen, and it is not possible for someone like me to stand up to an Archmage.

Archmage are extremely powerful, capable of killing first circle mages with just their aura alone. They do not even need to life a single finger or use a single spell. Just thinking about them makes me scared, and I truly wish that my master is here.

If he was, this would never had happened. I would never be in this kind of situation.

”How the hell is this bitch stands up to our combine attacks? Is she using an artefact!?”

One of the mages call out before summoning a storm of fireballs. They crash against the barrier around me, pushing me back with the force of the explosion.

He immediately presses on, summoning more firestorms and sending them against my barrier just like ice-storms and wind-storms.

”Probably. There is no way a first circle mage can stand against one of us, and she is defending herself against all four of us. What the hell? No wonder my little brother said there is something weird about her. Also, watch out, she has a tamed monster.”

”How did she get a tamed monster? She is not a Beast Tamer or a Monster Hunter. She is not even an official mage yet! There is no way she has a tamed monster in her possession. If she does, she should have summoned it already.”

”No. My junior has told me that she does indeed have one. He was beaten pretty badly by the monster, to the point that he is unable to walk for a whole week. No sure why the monster did not kill him.”

”Hahaha. Wow. I truly feel so sorry for your junior to have a senior like you, but I am really curious to what kind of monster it is. Even if it is a dragon-type, I am sure I can slay it with my magic.”

”I heard it was an Orc or Goblin. It was big and strong and really green, so it is probably an Orc. I have slain an orc before, a small one, but still, it should not be a problem to me. Besides, I also have a tamed monster of my own. My big sister gifted me for protection.”

”Oh yeah. Senior sister. I would love to have a chat with her about some spells that I have been working on lately. Is it possible to set up a meeting? I will give you this awesome point that I have brewed last night. It can boost your magical power by several folds.”

”Sure thing. I will talk to my big sister about it, but please do not try anything with her like you had to that girl a week ago. She will kill you and then she will kill me.”

”Of course not. I would not dare to do something like that against senior sister. I really want to ask her about some spells. I cannot tell you what those spells are because it is a secret.”

”New spells? Cool. Show it to me when you work out the kink. I love to learn new spells since my lazy master has not been teaching anything good lately. He has been asking for things without really giving me anything in return. It is really annoying. I really want to switch teacher, but I am his direct student, so it is hard to.”

”Hah! I told you at the start do not become his student, now you are stuck with him for life. No other teachers would take you as their student now.”

”Yeah. I know. Damn it. This really suck. Anyway, let get this over with so I can get back to figuring out ways to poison him. Oh shit. Do not tell anyone that, or he will kill me for trying to poison him.”