Chapter 8 Successfully Qualified
Although Kelsen was at a disadvantage, his mentality was much better than other contestants.
A steady and steady confrontation managed to maintain the battle situation.
However, this is exactly the situation that Herard needs.
He controlled the amount of water released, but still couldn't win too cleanly.
Only by creating suspense can the odds of the next game be increased.
This situation, which I felt I could win, firmly attracted the dealers and gamblers.
Fireballs and arcane missiles bombard each other, looking a bit like fireworks.
However, this kind of gorgeous fireworks is an extremely deadly attack!
Those fireballs, which were only as big as a fist, were hot enough to melt steel.
The arcane missiles are like purple grapes, and they don't seem to be too powerful.
This pure arcane energy ball looks very weak, but it will explode and decompose.
No matter whether metal or flesh and blood are hit hard, the result is that a hole will be blown out.
If a creature without protection is thrown into the arena, it will be burned to coke or turned into a tattered sieve in an instant.
The lethality of spells is no worse than the firearms in this world.
And this is just a primary spell.
More advanced spells are as powerful as cannons!
The more powerful a technological weapon is, the larger it needs to be to support it.
The mage is always a small one.
However, the seemingly monotonous exchange of fire between the two mages would have caused at least hundreds of casualties if placed on the battlefield.
Even trolls with the talent of regenerating severed limbs cannot withstand the devastation of fireballs and arcane missiles.
Kelsen, who was caught in a war of attrition, could no longer maintain a calm mind as his mana reserves became increasingly low.
He didn't know how much mana the opponent had left and how many more attacks he could launch.
In order to give himself a decent ending, he took the initiative to disperse the fire in his hands and loudly admitted defeat.
"I give up, my magic power is gone!"
Seeing how sensible the opponent was, Herard also stopped attacking.
It's a good thing to take the initiative to admit defeat.
This saves a magic protection item.
If you insist on triggering the props until the end, you will definitely be secretly noted by the Magic Academy.
The contestants in Herard's group have a relatively calm mentality.
Even Kelsen, a seeded player who was predicted to qualify, was very sensible when it was time to admit defeat.
However, a few stiff arguments are inevitable.
He said angrily: "If you hadn't hidden this arcane missile, I wouldn't have lost."
The words of the strong-mouthed king made sense, and most people thought so.
Even the gamblers who bought Herad to win felt that this time it was pure luck.
The strength of both sides seems to be about the same.
If Kelsen doesn't waste mana at the beginning, he can create several more fireballs.
It's hard to say who will win by then.
The conclusion everyone came to was exactly what Herald wanted.
The whole point is to make people feel like they're lucky enough to win.
Otherwise, how can the odds go up?
In the face of huge interests, it doesn't hurt to praise your opponents appropriately.
Herard immediately showed off his acting skills as an ace actor.
"Well, I was really lucky to win this time. The arcane missiles played a big role."
In fact, Kelsen was already convinced.
After all, that arcane missile is really smooth.
If he hadn't forcibly turned on the spell shield, the shield might have been destroyed at the beginning.
But the other person's humility still made him feel a lot better.
He looked at a certain arena that was still going on, and the last bit of depression in his heart dissipated.
Those two contestants who fought fiercely were the favorites to win this spell competition.
However, they faced each other early in the group stage.
One of the two favorites to win the championship is destined to retire today.
This is the real regret!
Seeing that there was someone more unlucky than himself, Kelsen left the field with great satisfaction. Even if a true genius stops in the group stage, his failure is nothing.
Your opponent is stronger than you, so there is nothing to complain about.
The battle between dragons and tigers in the last arena also attracted Herard's attention.
Those two contestants were amazing, with similar abilities and routines.
They all choose flame shield for defense, and fireball and burning are used alternately for attack.
The powerful Pyroblast Technique was not used at all.
Pyroblast can create super fireballs larger than basketballs.
If this thing can be successfully produced, it can severely damage various shield spells including flame shield.
But everyone has counterspells.
Halfway through the Pyroblast, which has a long casting time, the counter spell will be suppressed for you, causing severe backlash.
Fireball and burning spells that can be cast quickly are the standard equipment of fire mages in civil war.
The civil war between two fire mages basically goes like this.
The two fire mages on the field, what attracted Herard's attention the most was that both of them brought a water elemental.
In the game, the water element is the mage's best assistant.
However, only frost mages can bring water elements.
The water element in reality is an elemental puppet.
This water-based elemental puppet is driven by the mage through magic bracers.
The arcane force field on the magic wristband restrains the water elves summoned from the water elemental plane.
To describe it simply, the mage tricked the water elves into coming over, and then restrained them with magic bracers.
Under the constraints of the arcane force field, they can only choose to work for the mage.
Even if the body is broken by the enemy, as long as the magic bracer is not damaged, the water element can take time to recover.
This brown candy-like elemental puppet is favored by all mages.
However, in Herard's view, the mages' behavior of enslaving the water elves to work was completely bullying the water elves into being honest.
Fire elves, wind elves, earth elves.
Mages rarely provoke these three elemental spirits.
The fire elf, who has a bad temper and explodes at the slightest point, would rather be punished than resist the servitude of the mage.
The wind elf, who has a gloomy and unstable personality, is known to be a fool and is likely to betray the mage at a critical moment.
Earth elves are actually very honest in character.
But this thing is slow to respond and has difficulty performing the tasks of a mage.
The performance of the two water elements on the field, which were rubbing water arrows to assist, made the mages very satisfied.
Water arrows hit the flame shield, which can effectively weaken the shield.
Coupled with the master's spell attacks, it can cause considerable pressure.
However, the two mages used the same routine, which was a bit of a novices pecking each other!
Both sides kept putting pressure on the other side, trying to overwhelm the other side with attacks.
However, neither side is a rookie who will be easily crushed.
They must persevere until the very end.
The two favorites to win the championship eventually fell.
Because the water element was summoned to help, the water element's water arrows containing frost energy even triggered the life-saving props provided by the academy.
The life-saving item that was triggered in time released a powerful defensive magic shield that absorbed the incoming ice arrows.
Looking at the contestants protected by transparent magic shields, Herard was suddenly interested in enslaving elemental elves for work.
Previously, he looked down upon the method of enslaving elemental elves.
The elemental elves are not very smart and can only help their masters fight.
Arcane golems can fight and work, and are much stronger than golems formed by elemental elves.
However, arcane golems are not allowed to participate in the competition.
Horad has not yet enslaved the elementals.
If we just participate in the competition and face off against the favorites, it will be a one-on-one situation.
That feeling would be unpleasant!
So he decided to grab an elemental elf to compete.
The quarterfinal matchup is scheduled in the afternoon, so there is plenty of time to prepare.
(End of chapter)