25 The mock battles | Part IV (2/2)
”Weapon enhancement: Unbridled. Wake up, Mandrake monster!”
”Sprigg!?!”
After she screamed, the crystal from the brilliance of her purple crystal turned to blindingly blue light, and the longsword slowly became a ferocious brownish tree monster with jet black eyes and massive mouth. Steel became green leaves swinging from side to side, and the instructor jumped to avoid trunk trees. Thanks to the stage protective mechanism, chainmail covers the entire stage, making the monster unable to move further out.
”Oh! Blessed Gods! That's summoning magic!”
”Indeed. One of the high-ranked arts of the wand-bearers.”
”How?!”
Roe and Arabella were mesmerized and utterly dropped agape witnessing the transformation of the creature. The monster continues its havoc on the stage while the instructor is still running and cutting off each of the trunks that ambush him. Sprigg didn't answer me, but he gave me some kind of mental affirmation that it was all right.
”Weapon enhancement: Gale blades!”
”By the mercy of the Gods! She is not just a magic knight! She's a wand bearer! How is she able to use magic enhancement?!”
As soon as the monster's transformation came to an end, everyone from my team would hold on to Pomell who spoke after the instructor shouted his spell as he buried his staff on the ground. The trunks were chopped into bits by the gusts of wind that looked like the large and powerful sword that the professor was carrying while Cedany was standing at the edge of the platform behind the monster holding her robust wand, which looked just like the monster at the bottom with its light blue crystal.
”I presume we 're likely to get another one added to our party, eh.” Roe started talking and cleaned all the filthy mud and leaves from her coat.
”Right. There are four more magic casters from the other instructor's team, including Thea's sister. That's ten mage apprentices now. Great!” Arabella replied.
They had an idle conversation, but the real fight was not over. Although the trunks of the monster have been cut into pieces, they are slowly recovering. The blue shimmering crystal seems to be sending the monster's magic to heal itself, as its glow seemed to be transient.
”Say, when you summon a monster from a wand-bearers perspective how do you defeat it?” I asked Arabella.
”Easy! You have to extract a crystal that provides strength and power or completely destroys the wand. Hey, it's not a difficult task, is it?” she responded.
”Are you kidding me?”
I looked back at the stage, wondering how you're going to break the crystal when it's attached to the bearer's wand. It's almost impossible! She's going to murder the instructor, huh? I mean, she's all out of it now, almost like she's possessing a grudge with him. Also, even if the instructor is using his defensive spell, he still needs to stay for it to be invoked.
The professor really has trouble pushing his way to Cedany, where the trunks are blocking his path and actively targeting him. I mean, he's asking for us to use our full strength, but this is not how I imagined it to be. He'll get himself killed!
”Yes! You know there are three kinds of wand-bearer's magic, right? Teleportation, summoning, and creation. Your lover, over there is on another level of summoning. Let me assume, her innate ability can let her borrow some magic from her rare adjacent magic-branch, the magic of creation.” confused and worried she answered as she touched her temple while added, ”Since, she cannot use the power of the grimoire-bearer— the transfiguration. She created the long sword with purple crystal instead of the true blue colour in exchange for the wand along with its summoned monster.”
”Gale Blade!”
The instructor is still struggling to keep up with Cedany's monster since he continues to attack him restlessly. Her stiff smile earlier is now filled with a vacant stare. It's like she doesn't control the monster, but her mind is inside the monster.
”...But! That will become her permanent monster. I heard that wand-bearers are not limited to one monster only!” Pomell responded.
”No. That's her deal to make. Perhaps she has her reasons. I pity her, though!”
”Guys... Look! Cedany's crystal light is fading!” Thea warned us.
They 're all staring at their match as if it's a real battle to the death. Everyone can't seem to control themselves, and they're obviously excited about the next move that Cedany is going to have to take. But she just seems to lose some of her magical power. I wonder if that would be the end of it.
Interestingly, Cedany waved her wand and the whole cloak of steel armour she was wearing was started melting and started turning into something that looked like mud that filled her whole body as she screamed.
”Come forth, summoned one! Integrate!”
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