Chapter 56: This Is Going To Hurt (1/2)

On Professor Glory's signal, the three of us dashed forward Curtis, as mounted on top of Grawder, was to ht, both a bit ahead of me

Tess, Clive and Lucas all split up as soon as we charged Tess circled around the left side as she prepared to take on Curtis, while Clive dashed around the right side to confront Claire before she reached hi for hty sneer that seeet ready for you' Whether it was at the Dire Toance had no li us as live bait so he could escape Even then, he had the sa to beat Curtis and I wasn't sure as stronger between Claire and Clive but I'd worry about that later Wind and earth bent tomana rotation as well Lucas wasn't weak His er than er than ainst Lucas?" I heard Curtis shout as he dashed towards Tess

Claire looked back at ave them a silent nod She nodded back and focused on the student vice president

Lucas sensed a bit of the killing intent I purposely let out to shock hi a spell while dashi+ng backwards to getup ahead, I felt Professor Glory's keen eyes studying ap between us I took a deep breath and blocked out everything else As far as I was concerned, this was a fight between Lucas andmy eyes in utmost concentration, each powerful step I took created sround as the histled around me

Lucas let out a chortle before he released his spell "Inferno's Cage!"

The spell reminded me of the Ember Wisp spell that both Lucas and Ex-Professor Geist had used, but it was a lot bigger The orbs scattered and floated in place around the both of us, creating a dome made of fire

Don't tell er and uttered, "Activate"

The orbs glowed in response before spewing out bullets of fire If it was a spell on the level of E the fireballs, but this was insane Dozens of fire blasts were locked in onfro techniques during my time as an adventurer, I doubted that, noWithout even giving et, I was forced to dodge and block every inco e…whoever came up with this spell deserved a sword up the ass to feel what a pain it was to deal with On top of the constant fireballs and streams of flames that locked in onme down Without my fire attribute mana or water attribute mana, there was no direct way to counter the heat inside Using fire attributewater attribute mana to directly cool my body were both out of the question

"Keep running around, monkey Do you think it's even possible for the peasants of the ainst someone like me? I can't wait to step on you to crush whatever speck of confidence you had just because you becaht this class would be a waste of tiht here It was to crush you" His little pretty boy face renched in an ugly expression as he sneered

'Are you okay, Papa?' Sylvie's concerned voice echoed intohow frustrated I was at the moment

Yeah, I'? I send back

'Maainst that serious-looking guy,' she responded

Okay, just tellunusual happens I turnedthe flame bullets and the occasional streaet closer to Lucas I would release a wind blade and some spikes of earth at Lucas but either the orbs that made up the dome destroyed it or Lucas just blocked the spell with one of his

What is with this kid'she can keep this spell up? No, calm down, Arthur You don't want to be impatient Think How can I use wind? Wind? What is wind? It's the en? So aen as well? If so, how?

I was growing frustrated at my lack of coood a tih to shoot wind bullets or wind blades because Lucas had already prepared several levels of fire shi+elds around hi outside of the box when I used wind Even with mana rotation, I didn't have the necessaryat er than Lucas What was I et aith it if a couple of fireballs land on you, even after your gear activates You know, since I can't cancel the blasts froed nonchalantly as the shi+elds around him block any spells I fired at him

Think, Arthur Let's focus on fire What does fire need for it keep burning? It needs oxygen Could I get rid of the oxygen around me so that the fire couldn't reach me? Then ould happen to me? Would I be able to breathe?

PROFESSOR GLORY'S POV:

Hmmm… Lucas… he's better than I've heard

Inferno's Cage was a pretty tough spell tobackwards Seriously, he was barely thirteen and he could already use a doe, with a half-elf like hiic, and even Princess Tess—they were allthey'd becoraduated from here

But that brat, Arthur… What the hell was he? Lucas Wykes, since he awakened a few years back thanks to his elf lineage, I could sort of understand the level of control he had with his spells Tessia Eralith, her being of pure elven lineage frouaranteed that her skills were a few levels above anyone anywhere near her age But Arthur?

As soon as he flashed through the field to confront Lucas, I felt cold sweat The way both the wind and earth naturally gravitated and danced around hi the elees did No, he was in perfect har him, as if the elements were mere extensions of his li Arthur seriously Good thing too, or he probably would've lost instantly Currently, the spell Inferno's Cage encoe do it, but this was a continuous spell that he could leave activated until he ran out of mana, which I didn't feel would happen anytime soon The dome made up of tiny orbs of fire was like a death trap used by conjurers to gain the advantage against augile mana beasts

The tiny orbs could shoot out bea the augh so that the conjurer could cast aze over to Curtis Glayder and Tessia Eralith As expected, Curtis was having a hard ti with our director once, and I had to say, the way she battled was exquisite She was a conjurer but her staff was actually a sharp blade hter but harder thanspells in sync with her movement, she danced around the vines she conjured with a speed faster than even so each ht in aclose combat so she had no notable weakness Co, I could only adraceful and beautiful her style was

Claire Bladeheart, on the other hand, was gaining the advantage on our student vice president Clive was a rare long range aug arrows at an almost unbelievably fast pace Usually, he would be at an advantage against menters but Claire was a bad match-up for him Miss Bladeheart's style mimicked that stick, Kaspian With her dual elements, she created spears of wind and fire from her rapier She had yet to reach his level but with constant training, I was confident she could surpass her uncle

I turned my attention back to the most intense battle, which was definitely Arthur and Lucas' I noticed that ht as well, in awe from both of their abilities

"Hm That was strange Arthur was getting hit by the fireballs now At this rate, even with protection froed theo too I focused et a better look The do them blocked a lot of the view but I could still sort ofto do so to do in this situation?