Chapter 13—Shadows and Fruits

Today's weather is very cool, with clouds covering the sky overhead, and the surroundings are tinged with a hint of blue on a cloudy day. Except for Gu Yu and Qing, who fought in the next group, the other students all ran up to the spectator seat to watch the development of this "unilateral abuse" game.

"So! Fight! Begin! ”

With Shigeaki-sensei's order, I began to rush towards Nanyun, trying to strike first. Seeing me hunched over with the dagger's hand behind him, Nanyun understood that such a move had greatly accelerated my speed as I rushed towards him. However, when he saw that I was approaching, he did not hurry, leaned to the right side, and began to chant something at the same time. I passed him, and those spells, which I had never heard in class, seemed to be planning to use my own abilities. I quickened my movements and stabbed the wooden dagger directly into his chest. When he turned sideways, he saw that I began to use my right hand with a dagger, and suddenly took the initiative to push my hand towards my forearm. Such a quick movement to make contact definitely make me lose my center of gravity and be counterattacked. So I suddenly unloaded my right hand and pulled it back with his push, sliding past his right back. Nanyun suddenly realized when he touched my arm, and rolled forward after blocking it. I saw Nanyun widen the distance between me and me, and stood up again without slackening and rushed towards him. Nanyun quickly stood up after rolling, staring at me with a fixed gaze, watching my every move. I didn't expect Nanyun's reaction speed to be so fast, and relying too much on efficiency to win by relying on speed may be counterproductive. So when they rushed at him this time, they didn't plan to attack, they wanted to use some other tactics.

When he rushed in front of Nanyun this time, both hands didn't move. Seeing this, Nanyun panicked slightly, and involuntarily spread his hands, beware of my hand suddenly reaching out to attack. Seeing that the plan worked, I continued with the plan. A little in front of Nanyun, I suddenly crouched down and jumped up hard. With Nan Yun's astonishment, I jumped over Nan Yun's head, and he hurriedly turned to the right, his movements quite stiff. The moment I landed, I aimed to his left and rolled behind him in an instant. Nanyun turned his head and saw me, and I disappeared from view again, which began to make him panic. It looks like the chubby body didn't turn around to keep up with my rhythm, didn't turn around in time, and my chance came! Seeing that he didn't turn around in time, I thought like I did before, regardless of my body, I forcibly assaulted, and this time the dagger was aimed directly at his fat body!

“… en body back! Third Order, Cangmu Sheng! ”

Nanyun's long chant finally ended, just as I was about to attack him. Suddenly, something suddenly grew out of the ground directly in front of me and sent my dagger flying into the sky. What greeted me was something that looked like a dead tree with a lot of silver. But as I had just described, it suddenly grew out of the ground and blocked me in front of me. I was too fast to stop immediately, and my whole body crashed into the dead wood. But the attack didn't stop, and the dead wood rushed out of the ground on both sides and struck me again. At this point, I realized that I couldn't fight Nanyun at close range, so I kicked at the dead wood in front of me, pushing me backwards with my strength. I got out of place and saw the two tree trunks slam into each other with a crisp and loud sound.

At this time, the people in the audience began to exclaim, as if they had never imagined that such a mature spell could be seen in the magic drill. However, this time it was not so much about honing magic as it was more like a special training for my demons, after all, the other party was a mage who was already able to fully use the "raw wood system", and what I had was only beginner magic with a wide range of generalization. I looked at Nanyun in the air, staring coldly at me with his arms crossed, then lowering his right hand and waving it forward. Something bad was about to happen, and when I saw him make that move, it was quite intense. Suddenly, something quite fast stood out and pointed straight at me. A tree trunk burst out of the ground in front of me and rushed towards me, and I had no way to dodge in the air, and was hit directly. The heavy blow knocked me straight into the air, hitting the wall straight and falling down. The pain that surrounded the anterior abdomen had never been felt before and that had lasted for a long time. I curled up on the ground, and Nanyun in the distance looked at me with mixed expressions, quite complicated.

In a blur, it was as if he had returned to Demori a year ago. I was lifted up, and I watched as the enemy in front of me slashed at Hui one by one. Feelings of hopelessness, anger, helplessness, and negativity gradually took over the mind. But everything seemed so close, so close that it seemed like it was within reach, praying for something to change.

"With the will of the departed, protect others from disappearing. You can promise. ”

The words in my heart were extremely hazy, but for some reason, they made me particularly sober. The words of salvation when desperate, courage when lost, and determination when confused are so clear and reassuring at this time. The pain was not as painful as it had been at the beginning, so I stood up again and looked at Nanyun quietly. Nan Yun's tense expression finally relaxed, and the original dead wood instantly collapsed into pale silver powder, splashing on the ground.

"If you can stand up, it doesn't mean there's much of a problem."

Out of concern, Nan Yun couldn't wait to ask, and it seemed that he did feel that his blow was too heavy.

"No problem, go ahead."

At this time, I was no longer excited, and stood there calmly, as if nothing had happened. Seeing this, Nanyun attacked again, and this time the silver dead wood attacked me like vines, and the momentum was quite huge. My eyes were silently fixed on the group of dead wood, waiting, waiting for the dead wood to attack. Seeing that I didn't seem to be able to react, Nanyun slowly pushed forward with a ten-finger gesture to speed up the deadwood's travel. At this point, I was thinking about how the attack could be stopped. When the deadwood came to me, it suddenly burst at me with ferocity, and I turned slightly to see that the deadwood was still pointing straight at me. It was useless to dodge, and when I learned about it, I took the initiative to reach out and stroke the top of the dead wood to feel its speed. In a very short time, I got used to this force, and I jumped lightly with this force, and was propelled into the air by it. Nanyun was very surprised to see me jumping lightly and being pushed away, and then he suddenly crouched down and quickly slapped his hand to the ground. I saw everything in my eyes, and noticed that the dead wood under my feet suddenly protruded straight upward. The blow seemed a little slower than it had just been, and he simply bent his foot to cushion the force. The attack was relieved by me again, and Nanyun began to panic as I crouched on the dead wood that had stopped growing, continuing to watch his every move. At this point, I found that this deadwood seemed to be able to control only part of the place at a time, and if he rushed towards Nanyun at this time, he would have no power to fight back.

I grabbed my hands on the dead wood under my feet and prepared to rush towards Nanyun, who reacted at this time and immediately summoned the dead wood from his side to block me. I looked at him, my thoughts blurred slightly, and I felt a special power gathered in me. With a hard kick, I began to rush at him, and he stared at me nervously, monitoring all my movements. Just as I was about to reach him, the power was released, and based on the desire to "make him irresistible", it suddenly spread around my body, and it was a thick black mist. The coverage is quite large, directly covering me and him. At this time, the audience continued to exclaim, and a black mist directly engulfed the two of us. Genos was even more surprised, standing directly above the wall behind me, and he witnessed the moment when the smoke burst out of me. The black fog dissipated quickly, and it only took seven seconds to completely cover and dissipate. The black fog that gradually fades gradually unravels the final ending.

In the smoke, I quickly bypassed the deadwood barrier, because the previous wooden dagger was thrown away when it was impacted, so I pounced directly, knocking down the panicked Nanyun under me.

"The magic drill of Gangnanyun and Hansaki Domain has ended successfully!"

To the cheers of the crowd, I fell on my side beside Nanyun, gasping for breath. At this time, I saw the dead wood barrier just now, and a few branches appeared below, as if it was an emergency measure intended to counter me first. Then the dead wood on the field crumbled again into silver ash. Nanyun sat up slowly, looked at me who was tired and paralyzed, and smiled with relief, with a slight mockery in his comforting breath.

"Why, why is it so dark?"

Indeed, in our country that believes in the gods, mages with dark yin adaptability tend to be disliked by many people, while mages with bright yang adaptability will be welcomed and cared for by many, after all, bright yang is worshipped as the magic used by the gods, and dark yin is more associated with many bad things.

"I heard from my family that during the three world wars, we were the first to replenish food. However, out of nowhere, a dark mage has used some special spell that makes the growth of the food we use for support quite slow. And like a plague, all the fields near the family were gradually infected with this spell. After weeks of searching the family, it was discovered that the mage had burst to death. But the spell didn't end there. In desperation, the patriarch decided to renovate and replant all the existing fields in the family. This led to a shortage of food on the front line for a period of time, and many soldiers lost their lives as a result. ”

Nanyun sighed in disappointment, looked at me, and continued.

"But Saki, I'm sure you won't do bad things with this kind of spell, because I know you're the kind of person who can't do bad things."

I was flattered by the affirmation and trust, and it also made me more willing to trust Nanyun at this time. After all that experience at Modri, I was once again connected to my peers and I was no longer alone.

Then, with his support, we left the arena. When passing by the waiting area, I saw that Gu Yu and Qing were arguing in the next game, their relationship has always been bad, they used to be noisy and noisy, strictly speaking, this is the first real meeting between the two of them.

"Speaking of which, Genos's reason for hating you should be reconciled now."

"Huh? What is it?"

After thinking about it, I felt that it was best not to tell Nanyun.