Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 38:


 ­ Sometimes, the stick is better than the carrot (2)

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 .


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