Chapter 891: Witch Vs. Witch
[Rein's POV: ]
"So, what are the limits?"
"No witchcraft, of course. Aside from that, well, whatever you want?"
"Hmm… can I use the origin skills as well?"
"I don't think they asked us to not use it, so I think it will be fine."
Luna was one of the few people that knew about my identity as a witch, as well as who I actually was.
She was close with Eon and even her father had a close relationship with him, so they knew quite a lot about us.
'Of course the only reason they knew all of it was because they swore an oath to not speak about it to anyone. They couldn't talk about it even if they wanted to.'
Anyway, they were more of business partners than close friends— of course she was a friend, but when it came to her and 'Axion' that relationship was more of business than friendship.
{ "Alright you two! Get ready!" }
Right now, she was fighting not Reinelle Atraxia but Uriel the adventurer who was merely a (tier-3) water mage.
'Water and ice…'
This class test was pretty unique since we could use any kind of skill or technique or magic that we wanted as long as the opponent could handle it.
The teacher looked at every single fight and closely monitored everything.
There were of course highest grade safety measures in place, so they safety of the students was guaranteed already.
'It wasn't called the superior grade class for no reason.'
This particular facility dedicated to this one subject was made specifically for serious combat and teaching purposes.
This place was even strong enough to handle blows from people like some king ranked knights or elder mages as they demonstrate their abilities.
'And when it comes to students, there is absolutely no restrictions during the combat as long as both opponents knows what their opponents outdo handle in a battle.'
The teacher is strict with the situations where the strong bullies the weak so as long as someone was not certain about their opponent's strengths and as long as there is concent, some pretty fun fights happen in this place.
Even a few of us had fought a few times with various conditions applied and the teacher had taught us with that combat methods.
'We learn many things here… but fighting directly with the opponents is the most fun aspect of this whole setting~!'
In this test as well, there was no instructions about restrictions or limitations.
We can do anything as long as we knew the opponents could handle it and even if they could not, the security systems would kick in and save them.
{ "You can start anytime you want now!" }
-Ting!
He gave us the signal which meant we could start now.
And since we had already agreed to use whatever kind of attacks we wanted, she did not hesitate even for a second when the bell for the start rang.
-Oooooooooooooong!
Starting with a simple (Ice lance) spell of (tier-2), she created not one or two but six ice lances that were pretty big for a spell of that level.
"Woh. Would you look at that."
She was a witch that had an origin skill related to snow— not ice but snow. But she did not know the meaning of that just yet.
-Ooooooooooong!
She used the skills of her (Beginner) stage origin skill to boost her ice magic and mainly used ice magic as her main strength.
'She was a (tier-3) mage with the affinity for ice— not water but just ice. And perhaps that was the reason she thought her main strength was ice and now snow.'
But she will realise it one day.
'Just like every origin skill, she had to realise her powers about this skill herself as well. That was the only way she would get a complete understanding of her skills.'
Of course we were here to help her, but that did not apply in a fight where I also wanted to win.
'(Barrier).'
I was a water mage, the main element from which ice and mist is derived from. So even though I had mostly only showed my water magic in the forms that were pretty… unexpected, I had a good control over water as a whole.
-Swiiiiiiiiiish….!
The battier that I created was made from mist which was moulded in a form that separated the inside of the battier from the outside with a strong force generated by its pressure and density.
It was a special spell that I had made myself with the help of my darling, and it was strong enough to be considered a (tier-4) spell even though it was merely a (tier-3) one.
Additionally, it was not a support spell but instead a destructive spell used as a barrier, so many people who understood this unique application were impressed.
-Ooooooooooooooong!
'(Bubbles).'
Then, I created water bubbles which though looked like simple water bubbles were much more dense than the simple bubbles.
-Oooooooooooooong!
The moment I had created them was also the moment Luna launched her following attack in the form of many sharp ice shards that were not only pointy, but were also so many that one would not have been able to block them even with a shield like mine.
Thus, I had created these bubbles all around me. To block these bubbles and to mitigate the damage received from them.
'(Slash cut).'
Then, moving with my skill to step on the air, I used a water splash, a crescent cut made with an water edge so sharp one might think it was the blade of a finely sharpened blade.
Something that cut right through the many shared that were covering her and moved past her own protective barrier.
-Clank!
It would have been difficult for anyone else to block since the speed at which it was shot was a little too fast from the general perspective.
It was not something simple, but it was also not something that would harm my little Luna.
'(Shield)x3.'
She used a skill and covered herself in an ice lotus to protect herself, and at the same time, she used chantless magic to cast two spells at the same time- showing her duel-casting ability.
Not many mages could cast two spells at the same time. Even fewer would cast two spells that were of completely different natures.
'She used a support spell Over a destructive spell to create ice blades that could explode upon contact and then shatter into ice shards that would hurt one even more than just the blades.'
It was a special technique that we were taught in one of the classes. Teacher had taught her how to do it himself so when he saw her using this, I'm sure he must have had a smile of approval.
'But then again, before three of my battier, these spells were nothing.'
If she was a witch that could handle her skills well, I knew how to cast my magic as well.
Even if I did not have many skills to support my magic casting abilities, I was many times more experienced this a young witch like her.
And after going through that shit-as-hell difficulty training from that old witch, I was even stronger than before.
-OOOOOOOOOONG…!
It was still difficult for me to control my strength so when I used a new spell— a layered destructive spell that was (tier-3) instead of the usual (tier-2) spells that we were using, I messed up the output level and the spell that was created was shot at so much power that even she couldn't block it completely.
-Booooooooooom!
It was simply supposed to be a water-ball spell. Something that she could have easily blocked with her freezing magic skill.
It would have been even simpler to just avoid that spell, but at the end, when the spell was infused with unnecessary Mana, it became unstable and upon contact, it exploded.
"Hey! Are you alright!?"
The explosion was big, and she was not fine.
"Did you get stronger from the last time or something?"
She was fine since the protection system was triggered and she was covered in a barrier that protected her, but since this barrier was triggered, it was her loss this time. Chapter Discover:
"You could say I was training last few weeks? You know how we had been these days, right?"
I went up to her and helped her get up.
She was smiling, unlike her usual emotionless self. Which certainly was a refreshing sight to see.
"Looks like I'll have to go on a training journey during these Holidays."
"Don't be silly."
Lightly smacking her head, I shook my head at her.
"There's no need to do something useless just yet. Enjoy the holidays… you are going to be busy pretty soon anyway."
She was the only hair to the throne of her kingdom and the sole successor of the current ruler of northern region of the northern continent.
She was obviously going to attend the grand conference along with her father and after the changes that would be announced, there will be many things that, as northerners, they would have to prepare.
'They were one of the most vulnerable regions in this world.'
And since they were people that Eon wanted for something 'secret' that he doesn't tell me, they needed to prepare themselves for any kind of attack from those cultists.
"Well, I won. That much will be the fact."
This test wasn't about winning or losing but about being able to show what we have learned in the classes— as well as what we had learned from our life experiences.
She will get a good score, and though I did not show many things that were directly taught in class… I showed more than enough to get the best grades possible for this segment of the test.
'They can cut marks all they want for something else but they are duty bound to give points for what I have showed.'
That much was an undeniable fact.