Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 38:
Young mages surrounded those two Archmages .
They voluntarily came to watch this spectacular match .
“All of sudden, a match?”
“Helene?”
“Versus the little bo… . I mean, sir Ian?”
Young mages often acted like little children .
Who is the strongest among those 12 Archmages?
Who will be the next tower lord?
Most of them were wondering about it .
“But still, opposing Helene is bit too much… . ”
“Even other Archmages avoided fighting with her . ”
Of course, most of them were expecting Helene’s win .
She was one of the top duelists .
With her violent temper and talent as a combat mage, she was a natural-born fighter .
“Well, I guess the audience is big enough . ”
Helene squared her shoulder .
While watching Ian, she said .
“Anything you want to prepare? Do it now . Quickly . ”
“Not that much, actually . ”
Ian walked to the Parvon who was standing between crowd .
While he passed his staff to him, he asked .
“Tell me straight whenever you hear any voice or sound from the staff . ”
“Huh? What kind of sound… . ”
“You will notice whenever it comes out . Please inform me without hesitating . ”
“Y, yes sir . ”
Parvon received the staff, nodding his head . He was confronting his boss, an Archmage . He didn’t understand Ian’s request, but he had no choice . Support mages had no rights to tackle him . He had to believe and follow whatever Ian said .
“I thought you want to use it?”
“It is expensive . ”
“Ha, mages don’t need to worry about money . ”
“As you know, this is my first day . ”
“Don’t worry, boy . You will soon get paid nicely for your private research . ”
Even the research support allowance wouldn’t be enough to buy the staff . Of course, she had no idea that the crystal orb on the staff was actually the communication orb . Helene didn’t give a **** about anything but fighting .
“Well, shall we begin?”
Helene was 10 years younger than when Ian saw her in his former life .
But still, her face wasn’t that much different .
‘I should bend her will completely . ’
She was proud of herself .
She had deserved talent .
Not just her magical talent,
‘She would have great success even if she had become a knight . ’
Although her muscle power had limitations as a female, her other features made her unique .
Agility, reaction time, good eye vision .
She was literally a perfect fighter .
‘Her combat style is very different to other mages . ’
Thanks to her body, her fighting tactics were completely different to other mages . Unlike other mages, who build their own shields and fight passively .
‘She dodges the opponent’s attack, then counter attacks . ’
She preferred dodging, rather than guarding .
A combination of her inborn talent and the support of spells resulted in her being untouchable .
Furthermore, instead of focusing mana to shield spells, she used it for aggressive spells .
Especially, her favorite, fire magic .
‘A normal victory will make it worse . ’
In his former life, Ian defeated Helene in various ways .
With an ordinary style of combat magic, with tactics that were one step more cunning, with stronger fire power .
‘Everytime she lost, she made excuses . ’
Through her endless re-challenges, Ian finally realised .
He never should leave any ‘hope’ to Helene .
Such as,
Maybe I can try this way next time
Maybe I better complement this weakness
Ian had to destroy her hope completely, so that she would never dare to defeat him .
“Go first . I will give a privilege to my student . ”
“Can you deal with it?”
“Ha!”
With Ian’s challenging reply, Helene laughed .
“Common, are you worrying about me? You better watch yourself . ”
“Well then . I will accept your offer . ”
“Yes yes . Please, come at me quickly . ”
Helene was full of confidence .
But for how long she would keep her confidence?
“Hwoo… . ”
Ian closed his eyes gently .
This time, he didn’t draw mana in his body .
Rather, he drew it out of his body .
It was a symptom that was very similar to building shields .
“Humph! You know some tricks, huh?”
By watching Ian’s mana, Helene made sure about that Ian would cast his defense magic, soon .
“Whatever shields you are building,”
Helene also started to cast her magic .
A burst of flames appeared nearby her .
Every single of it had size of ‘Pyro blasts . ’
“I will destroy it for you, boy . ”
Whatever shields Ian would build, Helene was confident that she would easily destroy it .
Not only normal shields, but mana barriers and even absolute barriers .
She had destroyed it more than hundreds times .
“Hmm, it won’t be as easy as you think . ”
“What?”
Ian answered mysteriously .
It wasn’t a shield that covered Ian, but ‘Chilling Energy . ’
‘Ice block . ’
Mana that was surrounding Ian, soon started to freeze .
*Crack, Crack… Craaacckkk!*
And ice quickly covered Ian .
It was shield magic as Helene briefly expected .
But it wasn’t exactly the shield magic that Helene had expected .
“…… Are you kidding me?”
It was a useless move .
It was different to the magic she had expected, but that was all .
“What the **** are you doing?”
As she ridiculed, Helene removed her flames .
Other audiences reacted similarly .
What Ian just did wasn’t proper move for duel .
“All of other shields, but that… . . ?”
“He wouldn’t able to do anything . ”
“He will lose when his mana is depleted . ”
Natural reactions .
‘Ice block’ wasn’t just an ordinary shield .
It had nearly unbreakable hardness, but contained many disadvantages .
First, the caster fell ‘asleep’ .
Which meant he wouldn’t be able to dispel his own magic .
It would continue until his mana was depleted .
It was literally, a type of ‘final life saving’ magic .
“Hello . Mr . Page? Can you hear me?”
Helene approached to Ian, and said .
She knocked the block as she was knocking Ian’s door .
Ian’s eyes were closed as he was sleeping .
His lips were shut, his body stayed calm .
With no doubt, he used the Ice Block spell .
“I have no idea what he’s thinking . ”
Her eyes were full of disappointment .
And her voice revealed even more disappointment .
“I was crazy **** . What do I expect from this little brat… . ”
*Tap!*
Soon, something hit Helene’s back head .
Literally, it ‘tapped’ Helene .
Very gently .
“What the hell?”
It was a small mana sphere .
It had to be casted by a mage .
It was casted without formulas, so it didn’t damaged Helene at all .
It’s impact was as same as snow ball .
One of mages must threw it to her .
‘Wait . Hold on a second . ’
She shook her head with curiosity .
‘Who would dare to trick me?’
Dare to trick Helene?
Was there anyone who dared to throw a mana sphere at her?
Among those trashes of the Ivory Tower?
‘It can’t be . ’
With instinct, Helene looked at Ian in the ice .
Soon, her face turned pale .
“Huh… . . ?”
Ian, in the ice, had to close his eyes .
Until the very last moment . She was so sure about that .
But .
‘Is he… . . opening his eyes?’
Helene panicked .
Did he managed to open his eyes in the ice?
Furthermore, he managed to move his eyes?
It didn’t make sense at all .
He was supposed to sleep .
‘What on the earth… . . ’
Opening his eyes was already shocking enough .
However, something more surprising happened .
*Grrrrrrrrrrr……… . . *
A loud noise came from everywhere .
An uncomfortable sound came from the bottom of the Ivory Tower .
“W, what?”
“Where this sound came from?”
“I think it’s from the bottom… . ”
Young mages quickly looked around .
Everyone tried to find the source of the sound, and It wasn’t hard to find out .
They found it as soon as they looked down the rooftop .