Chapter 307: Chapter 307 Trouble Arises.
The magic circle around her rotated, raising the atmosphere around Serafina. From one of the magic circles, a compressed flame shaped like an arrow shot forward at a fast rate.
Serafina\'s eyes knitted and intended to deflect its trajectory, but the others\' magic circles began to rotate and rained down a fire arrow toward her.
A \'boom\' resonated, and white smoke rose up from the collision, covering Serafina\'s body; Gina\'s face tensed, for she thought that was too easy. However, she knew well that Serafina was not someone that could get beaten that easily.
Then Gina felt the flow of mana in the air change and lifted her gaze upward to see Serafina float above, calmly observing the Arena below with a cold gaze.
"Those eyes…".
Every time Gina saw those eyes directed at her, memories from last year began to flash in her eyes. The day she was humiliated by a first-year student made her day feel like hell.
She felt pathetic for herself, but her mind was clouded by anger, so she let her emotions play a significant role in this match.
"...It irks me!".
Again, another magic circle manifested in front of her, trying to shoot another magic but with bigger and stronger power.
However, Serafina had enough of waiting and began to take the initiative. From above, she shot forward like an eagle. Her movement was fast, helped by the wind, which acted as a propeller, letting her arrive at Gina\'s side faster in the blink of an eye.
Serafina brandished her dagger, its silver blade gleaming under the light from the sun. Gina grits her teeth and begins to pull away the magic circle she is about to cast. She unleashes a tiny fireball as a decoy to distract Serafina.
However, Serafina easily caught everything in her vision as she dodged while approaching Gina\'s front and thrust her dagger at her throat.
"Tch! Get away!".
Seeing that, Gina reflexively dodged to the side and swung her wand to chase away Serafina. Lowering her stance, Serafina managed to dodge the wand and started her assault.
With relentless attack, Serafina began to chase Gina in the Arena. Because both of them were wizards, their movements were nothing of some sort great and could be followed by the naked eye.
Gina, who couldn\'t take it any longer, snaps, and a magic circle appears below her feat.
"Don\'t joke around with me!".
The magic circle shone in blinding orange light before a bright flame enveloped Gina\'s figure, burning her form inside.
Serafina\'s face knitted in wonder, and then she leaped back, releasing the tension in her body while looking at the bright flame in front of her.
"How long are you going to humiliate me?!".
"Huh, Humiliate?".
"Don\'t act oblivious when you do it openly like that!".
"...".
"You are a Wizard, right? Then fight like one. What the hell is wrong with you swinging that dagger around?".
Serafina glanced toward her dagger, and it was true that she rather chose to fight with it because she wanted to see how far she had grown, but it seemed this was still too early for her. She certainly felt something still lacking in this path, as she needed more time to train in it.
"You are right; I am sorry."
She put away the dagger in hand and exhaled the tension in her breath, closing her eyes. Then, with thumps, Gina felt something uncomfortable grip her bare heart.
A suffocating aura began to leak from Serafina\'s body, and the flow of the wind changed. The wind started to accumulate around her, creating a swirling barrier that could deflect basic spells.
As the time for her to move had come, Serafina opened her eyes, and there, a fierce glint of predator\'s eyes cast its sight toward the opponent in front of her.
Gina felt a goosebump all over her body. She could even feel a bit of murderous intent from Serafina\'s aura. She began to wonder how someone could experience tremendous growth within just a year.
It was a bit weird. Gina knows that Serafina is busy with her student council task, and Serafina is holding a huge company that she built in just less than decades. Where the hell can she train to get that much stronger?
There is only one phenomenon in her heart where a person can achieve something extraordinary with little effort, and that is none other.
"...Damn genius!".
Gina loathed those terms a lot, for she understood her capabilities well. But on the other hand, she also felt a bit of envy and always wondered why she was not born a genius like others.
"...Well, even if she is a genius. I still have something in mind to defeat her".
With a soft whisper, Gina\'s eyes were drawn toward her own storage ring. Even though it was against the rules, she was willing to beat Serafina even just once. To regain her pride.
"Come!".
A cold and terribly chill voice traveled around the stadium, piercing everyone\'s ears and making their bodies shiver in fright.
Gina also felt the pressure emanating from her words, piercing her heart like a blade and ripping it apart.
"You!".
With a flame of anger that clouded her eyes, Gina struck her magic wand toward the ground, and multiple magi circles around her and Serafina appeared.
"I will smash that arrogant face". Gina muttered under her breath.
As the tension rose, both contestant bodies warmed up, and their focus reached its peak, making the process of creating imagination for magic faster and more stable.
Flame erupted from the magic circle that surrounded Serafina, but she dealt with it calmly and glided around the place, dodging the spells.
While dodging, Serafina also prepares her magic and creates several magic circles above Gina. But, the moment Gina slightly focuses her attention above, four Wind Blades appear from Serafina\'s empty palm.
"Kuh!".
Gina hurriedly deploys a barrier in front of her, but she underestimates her opponent\'s magic. Even with its simple casting and manifest, it boasts several times sharper than any sword.
The wind sliced through the barrier, but because of the distance and bad aim, the wind blade just passed slightly above her cheek, leaking an unpleasant voice of crack within her pocket.
"...Kuh, Damn!".
The flame that blocked Gina\'s sight was gone, and her eyes soon bloated in shock, for Serafina appeared in front of her with a cold gaze, floating slightly above the ground.
Before Gina could act, a green magic circle blocked her vision. With an open palm from Serafina, a breath of whirlwind magic emerged from the circle, pushing Gina away from her place.
"Kuh, strong!". Gina muttered.
Gina\'s body was being pushed away; it was getting nearer to the outside line. Her mind began to succumb to panic, and Gina, with her limited freedom, created a tiny magic circle on her left shoulder, then blaster herself with fire, pushing her body to the side.
She managed to get away, but
her body, which leaped to the side by the blast, almost rolled to the ground outside the ring.
Serafina, who watched everything happen, felt slightly amazed toward her, who still kept her resilience to beat her. Gina stood up and glared toward Serafina, who seemed to still have a leeway in the match.
"Not yet!".
Gina raised her wand and Serafina also did the same with open palm, they began to clash, throwing their own magic toward each other. Fire Magic, who had the advantage in power, blasted the ground on the Arena, heightening the cheer in the stadium.
Meanwhile, Serafina used a stalled approach, dodging the fire magic that was thrown at her and countering using basic spells to provoke her further. She sometimes approached Gina\'s side to engage in close proximity.
She chose this method because of the loathed feeling she felt for Gina ever since the match started. However, Gina also seemed to realize Serafina\'s tactics and choose to distance herself every time Serafina had shrunken their distance.
Both of them keep throwing magic, showing their capabilities as a wizard; Gina, with bated breath, grits her teeth and keeps her mind focused on the opponent in front of her.
However, that resilience seemed to have reached its end.
"This is the end!".
Serafina\'s cold voice signaled that the match would be settled. A magic circle suddenly appeared above Gina and simultaneously spewed a breath of whirlwind, pressing her down.
"I won\'t lose, Flame Cage!".
Gina\'s nose spurted blood as she forced herself to create magic to block the incoming attack. The flame opened its huge maw before it engulfed Gina, creating a half-round cage that blocked the wind. Continue your saga on m|v-l\'e -NovelBin.net
Fire and wind, it should be clear who would win at the collision, but Serafina\'s mana pool had still reserved much more compared to Gina, who kept throwing medium-scale magic, almost depleting her mana.
The flame cage below keeps getting chased by the wind, and Gina, who is sweating inside, also feels that her magic won\'t last long.
"There is no other choice!".
From her storage, she summons a small vial containing a red fluid that said it could permanently enhance the user power. She got this thing yesterday and kept hesitating to ingest it because of its look.
It said there would be no side effects, and any vivid sign that shows the person who consumed it couldn\'t be detected by the naked eye.
Without hesitation, she opened the lid, gulped the contents in one breath, and stored the vial back to avoid being noticed.
"Kuh! What is this? It\'s hot!".