Book 1 Chapter 636
636.
Lil charged forward at an incredible speed.
A giant steel drill, rising from the ground, struck Lil as she charged.
Thud-!
The sharp tip of the drill crumpled and shattered into pieces.
However, Lil, wielding the battle hammer, showed no sign of slowing down.
"It's not working!"
"Uwaaaah!"
"Stop her! Stop her somehow!"
The magic students screamed.
The knight students who had rashly tried to block Lil had long since been hit by Lil's hammer and sent flying.
At that moment, one of the knight students, holding a large, thick shield, blocked Lil's path.
"Ohh!"
"It's Rex!"
Rex Stoner.
A student who achieves excellent grades in the 3rd-year knight department.
His biggest characteristic is that he is a typical vanguard.
His mobility is slow, and his attacks are monotonous.
However, his defensive power was arguably the best among the 3rd-year knight students.
He was literally the man with the best defensive power in the 3rd year.
The number one choice for mages to recruit into their party!
Rex, with his solid presence, stood in Lil's way.
"I am Rex Stoner! I will defend this position with my life!"
"Wow! You're cool! Rex! I'll date you later!"
"Get lost, man!"
Rex, snarling fiercely, slammed his shield onto the ground as he watched Lil charge toward him.
Thud-!
"Huff!"
With his shield dug into the ground, Rex charged straight ahead.
Lil swung her hammer towards Rex's shield.
Clang-! Thump! Rumble rumble rumble-!
A tremendous sound echoed as the hammer and shield collided.
The ground Rex was standing on dented-! and caved in.
The surrounding area cracked from the aftermath.
"He held!"
"As expected of Rex!"
"Of course! Rex even withstands Celia and Duran's attacks!"
He lacks in win rate in duels compared to top-tier students due to his lack of offensive means.
However, when it comes to the mission of withstanding an attack, no one can match Rex.
Rex spoke confidently, feeling the force transmitted through the shield.
"Senior! Further advance is impossible…"
Clang-!
Lil's additional attack followed.
Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang!
"Aargh?!"
Incredibly heavy and powerful attacks continued in succession.
Rex's body, letting out a scream of shock, began to dig into the ground.
Slammm! Crackle-!
With Rex's body completely buried in the ground except for his shield, Lil struck the shield with all her might, as if to finish him off.
Rex, stuck in the ground like a nail, fainted from the impact.
Rex, judged incapacitated for battle, was immediately teleported away.
Clearly, Lil's single blow was inferior to Celia's and Duran's single blows.
The problem was that her attacks continued as a tremendous flurry.
Lil, who had incapacitated Rex, charged again.
"What is this! Not even a tank!"
The 3rd-year students screamed.
Every time Lil's hammer swung, 3rd-year students were sent flying here and there.
Blocking Lil's unstoppable momentum was none other than Warredon.
Grab-!
Lil's hammer was caught by Warredon's arm.
The two spirit users engaged in a power struggle.
"Indeed…"
Warredon clicked his tongue.
"There was a reason you were called a monster."
"Warredon is a monster too!"
"Then it's a monster showdown!"
"You shouldn't call seniors that!"
Lil pushed Warredon back, eyes wide.
Whoosh-!
"Warredon. Hold her!"
Celia, from high in the sky, swung her sword, targeting Lil.
Seeing that, Lil shook off Warredon.
And she kicked off the ground to avoid Celia's attack.
"Too late!"
Whooshing-!
An aura of flame enveloped Lil.
But before the fiery aura could reach her, Lil accelerated at an immense speed, evading the attack.
"Fast?!"
Celia was startled by the speed, which far exceeded her expectations.
Just then.
Shhhhhh-!
The surrounding temperature dropped sharply.
"Ice World."
Crackle crackle crackle-!
Chloe's spell completed, and an immense chill enveloped Lil.
Freeze-!
Lil was trapped in ice before she could even react.
"As expected of Chloe."
Nella admired, healing the injured.
Until now, the 3rd-year students had been building a defensive line to stop Lil, who was targeting Chloe.
"We should be chasing her, but instead, we're being chased. I think we underestimated Senior too much."
Chloe said, sweating nervously.
In truth, she hadn't unleashed her full power.
Lil's momentum was so strong that if she hesitated, it felt like Lil would reach her before the spell was complete.
"She completely saw through us."
Chloe shook her head, recalling Lil's movements.
Though she seemed to be charging thoughtlessly, Lil meticulously targeted each of the 3rd-year students' weaknesses.
It would have been impossible unless she had a complete grasp of all the 3rd-year students' characteristics in her mind.
"Certainly, that's something to learn…"
Crackle crackle crackle-!
As Celia agreed with Chloe's words, the ice trapping Lil began to crack.
The faces of the 3rd-year students hardened at the sight.
Snap-!
Lil, breaking out of the ice, immediately threw her battle hammer towards the sky.
Whoosh-!
The 3rd-year students were astonished, watching Lil stare up at the sky.
"Attack power, speed, and even defense? There are no openings?"
"We have no choice but to overwhelm her with numbers!"
"For now, she doesn't even have a weapon!"
"Did you say I have no weapon?"
Lil grinned.
"For a spirit user, the most powerful weapon is the spirit, isn't it?"
Lil, having lost her weapon, began to summon spirits.
Lil looked at the astonished 3rd-year students and said firmly.
"It's not over yet."
***
"Good! I got… Uwaaaahk?!"
Iliana, who had caught up to Elena and gained the upper hand by moving at an incredible speed, let out a cry of triumph.
At that moment, she was startled by Lil's battle hammer passing in front of her face at a terrifying speed and had no choice but to retreat.
And in that fleeting moment.
Clank clank clank-!
Grab-! Grab-!
"Iliana!"
Chains of light made of magic power wrapped around Iliana's wrists and ankles, seizing her.
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!"
Iliana screamed from the force pulling her arms and legs.
As Chelsea tried to approach to save Iliana, chains of light poured out of the magic circle.
Chelsea clicked her tongue, "Tsk!", and dodged the chains.
Iliana, who had been screaming, made a tearful face as she saw a staff thrust in front of her.
"Just this once, please."
"No."
Flash-!
A massive amount of magic power swirled from the tip of Elena's staff as she spoke decisively.
Iliana, judged incapacitated for battle, was immediately teleported away.
Around Elena, a formidable gale raged.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-!
Elena, narrowing her eyes as she watched the gale closing in on her, unleashed magic power from her body.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh-! Bang-!
"She nullified big brother's magic with raw power?!"
Chelsea looked shocked.
"Do you know?"
"…!"
Chelsea felt goosebumps all over her body at the voice coming from behind her.
"Who is the best in Lumerin in pure magic power?"
Chelsea turned around, and there was Elena, legs crossed, looking down at Chelsea with a relaxed expression.
"It's been me for five years."
Elena smiled sweetly.
There was another epithet that symbolized Elena, known as the Queen of Lumerin.
Laziness.
She was always insincere and had no interest in school classes.
She was the strongest in her year simply by virtue of her given talent, and quickly reached the top tier of the school.
It was only after Leo became student council president that Elena began to put in effort.
Flash-! Crackle-!
Whoosh-!
Duran and Eliza appeared on either side of Elena.
Their purpose in confronting Elena in mid-air was one.
To keep Elena from using area-of-effect magic.
That's why students with fast mobility worked together.
Chelsea, Duran, Eliza, Iliana.
And among the mages, Abbad.
The cards to restrain and suppress Elena in mid-air.
"The combination wasn't bad."
Elena, who had short-range warped, gently twisted a strand of her hair with her fingertip.
"If you had paid as much attention to me and Lil as you did to Leo, it would have been your victory. But…"
Elena smiled widely.
"You guys. Were we even on your radar?"
"…"
No one answered that sharp question.
"Nana and Lil have watched you since your first year. So we know you well. Your fighting methods and habits, what your strengths and weaknesses are."
Elena continued, gently twisting her hair.
"To what extent we can withstand your attacks. How we can win. We naturally came up with strategies."
Elena took her hand away from her hair and made a bored expression.
"You didn't look down on us, I'm sure. I know you respected us and treated us as seniors. But…"
Elena narrowed her eyes and asked.
"Have you ever thought about surpassing us?"
"…"
"Have you ever thought about catching up to us?"
Elena smiled coldly, looking at her juniors who couldn't answer.
"We are your seniors. Let me make this clear while I have the chance."
Elena raised her right hand with her index finger pointed upward above her head.
"We are not beings who follow Leo like you. We are ahead of you… we are beings you must catch up to."
Whoosh-!
A sphere of flame glowed in Elena's fingertip, as if a small sun had been created.
"When did she prepare such magic?"
"Silent casting?!"
Elena smiled sweetly at the astonished juniors.
"It's nothing special. It's multi-casting."
"You could complete such a powerful spell with multi-casting?"
Chelsea asked in astonishment, and Elena shrugged.
"It just worked?"
Indeed, the 3rd-year students had never properly observed Elena and Lil.
Because there was the dazzling goal of Leo in the same year.
How amazing Elena's magic power and genius were.
Why Lil was called a monster by graduates and an impeccable, flawless spirit user.
They just thought, 'Oh, that's what they call her, so I guess it's true.'
And the price for that was disastrous.
Elena and Lil, who had properly observed the 3rd-year students.
The 3rd-year students, who only looked at Leo.
The outcome of the battle between those who were properly prepared and those who were not was obvious.
Before unleashing the magic, Elena said to Chelsea.
"You are not the only ones chosen by the Hero of Beginnings."
Chelsea's eyes widened.
Flash-!
Boom boom boom boom-!
When the magic was unleashed, everyone except Elena was swept away by it.
Screams erupted from all directions.
Elena commented indifferently at the sight.
"It would have been dangerous if Karl or Sia had been here."
Elena let out a small laugh, recalling Karl, the commander, and the cautious Chen Sia.
"Our professors are strict too, you know."
At that moment, a resentful shout was heard.
"Senior Elena! Why me toooooo!"
"You don't fall this easily, do you?"
"That's too muchooooo!"
Lil's wail echoed.
***
Swish-!
"That way! She went that way!"
"Catch her! Quickly!"
"What are the knight students doing!"
"Why are you ordering us around!"
Karl poked his face out of the bushes, hissing, at the shouts from behind.
"As expected of freshmen, they're easy!"
Karl, who had stuck bushes in his hair tie and camouflaged himself, grinned wickedly and pulled his invisibility cloak over him.
And after waiting for the knight students to pass, when the magic students following behind passed him.
"Peek-a-boo?"
"Gasp! Senior Karl is here…"
Whoosh-!
Karl threw the long potion bottles he was holding in his fingers at the magic students.
Boom boom boom boom-!
"Wahahahaha! Easy! So easy! To chase after me so eagerly after I ran away! And they even played solo because they thought I was an easy target!"
Karl burst out laughing, watching the magic students caught in the explosion and judged incapacitated for battle.
"Over there!"
Karl grinned wickedly as the knight students in front rushed to chase him.
"These friends have really poor learning ability!"
Karl pulled out a crystal ball from his pocket and pressed it with his finger.
Boom boom boom boom-!
"Aaaargh!"
"It's a trap!"
An explosion occurred on the path the knight students had passed without suspicion.
"A loud noise came from over there!"
"Oops. Let's flee."
Karl, who had devastated the party, quickly ran away-! at the sound coming from afar.
A male knight student muttered, watching Karl.
"Cow, cowardly…"
"Where in Lumerin is there cowardice or any such nonsense! Surviving is the truth!"