Chapter 191: Doubting Life
Looking at the fireballs summoned by himself, Richard couldn't help but feel a burst of pride. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As the most widespread and aggressive low-level magic, the Beaded Fireball is a must-have magic for almost every mage. But even so, not everyone can use it well. The gathering and mobilization of the fire elemental and the subtle control of mental power in the process of casting spells...... In short, although it is only a low-level magic, there is still a lot of knowledge in it.
Therefore, it is not easy to complete this magic in a very short period of time, and also summon ten powerful fireballs at once. He was also convinced that there were not many people in the entire territory of Ikor who could do this.
Perhaps some people have learned a lot of intermediate or even high-level magic, and can unleash powerful attacks, but with low-level magic, Richard still made a name for himself in the Mage Guild and was valued by some big names.
- In the Mage's Guild, that's quite a great thing.
Therefore, when the president of the Mage Guild approached him and asked him and another mage to invite this fellow named Benjamin to the capital, he still had doubts in his heart - is it necessary for a mage who has escaped from the countryside to pay so much attention? Although Richard has not dealt with many people in the church, he has a vague feeling that if he is thrown into the kingdom of Hori, he can escape with his own ability.
So, at the very beginning, he had the idea of this person living a few tricks.
He felt that if he could easily defeat this Benjamin, would the guild leader pay more attention to himself after he knew, and the guild resources he would gain would become more.
With this in mind, he came to Hanktown, and when he chatted with other mages, he consciously or unconsciously led the topic to this. Sure enough, those mages had never seen much of the world, and they were soon provoked by him to want to fight and want to "fight" with him.
In order to wait for this Benjamin to return, he made all kinds of excuses to delay the time, but fortunately, everything went as smoothly as he had planned. Eventually, the leader of the group of exiled mages, the mage whom the president had paid special attention to, stood opposite him.
Seriously, when he first saw Benjamin, although he didn't show anything, he was very disdainful in his heart.
How old is this person?
Although Richard also knew that he was not good at reading people, but a little hairy child who was not even twenty years old, and he didn't know what luck to hit, became a mage, and then took another group of half-hanged mages and escaped from the Hori Kingdom by luck, and the result actually attracted so much attention from the president?
Richard felt very unwilling. Isn't it just a gate, and it's hard to break through? Why do other people think of it as how powerful it is?
What a furry child can do, he can do too.
He's going to prove it to everyone.
In fact, the condition proposed before the start of the fight was a small strategy that he had already thought of. Although he is very confident in his own strength, he is not a reckless man. It is true that he looks down on the mage who escaped from the kingdom, but if he can be valued by the president, then this person must also have his advantages.
Therefore, he wants to make sure that he is 100% sure.
His rich combat experience taught him that if you want to defeat your opponent, you need to create favorable conditions, maximize your strengths, and force your opponents to use their weaknesses to face them. So, Richard came up with such a method. The strong use of low-level magic is his strength, as for the other party...... The magic of the Horry Kingdom is unsystematic, maybe the other party is talented, and he will have some very powerful side magic, but in terms of basic skills, it is definitely not much better.
So, he took advantage of the excuse that the other party had just returned from the Dark Demon Beast Forest to create such a battle condition that only used entry-level or low-level magic, which not only showed that he had grace, but also secretly increased the possibility of winning, what a wise move!
That's why when Benjamin made a bet, he agreed so simply.
Bet on it, you can only use low-level magic, how can this kid fight him? Don't tell him, this guy can still smash him to death with water balloon? That would really laugh off his big teeth.
He wasn't sure of winning, and he wouldn't take his most precious potion as a bet.
Of course, self-confidence is required, and so is the mentality of being cautious against the enemy - he knows very well what kind of fate a mage can bring to underestimating the enemy. Therefore, at the very beginning of the fight, he used his best game.
Ten rounds of fireballs, he wants to see what this kid is going to block!
"Your Excellency, be careful, if you can't resist it, I can stop immediately. Richard thought as he looked at Benjamin in a concerned tone.
However, to his doubts, Benjamin did not react to his words. Moreover, in the face of a meteor shower-like fireball, Benjamin only opened his mouth and uttered a very brief incantation.
Richard also recognized the spell.
It's a pillar of steam.
...... What?
At that moment, he felt that things were going in a direction he didn't expect.
Did he hear him right?
What is this guy playing? Scared stupid? Using entry-level magic to fend off a fireball, and moreover, is it the entry-level magic that has always been called chicken ribs?
You know, although the magic of the Pillar of Steam is classified as an attack magic, its attack power is really poor. The scorching water vapor sounded powerful, but it couldn't break through even the thinnest layer of magic shield. Even ordinary people, as long as they wear enchanted equipment, they can't burn to death if they blow all day, let alone a mage.
Because of this, Richard is even a little hesitant, what if he misses and kills Benjamin?
It's just that when this magic is truly released, the ensuing scene is completely beyond his cognition.
In fact, he only felt a slight fluctuation in his mana, and he didn't even feel the gathering of the water elementals. However, with Benjamin's open hands, the ten fireballs that rushed forward suddenly seemed to be dragged by something, and the speed became slower and slower...... In the end, it even stopped in mid-air, and no matter how much he controlled it, he couldn't move forward a bit.
He felt gusts of hot wind blowing through the fireball. He knew very well that this was a little water vapor leaking out from the pillar of steam while fighting against the fireball, but ...... But......
Why is the pillar of steam able to hold off the fireballs?
What did you see?
At that moment, Richard felt that his knowledge of the world for more than twenty years had been completely destroyed at this moment.
It's not that he doesn't know how to use the Pillar of Steam, he's practiced it hard for a while! This magic is very powerful, difficult to control, has poor practicality, has little potential to be tapped, and has only the advantages of low mental power loss and the ability to simulate the effect of wind magic with water magic...... Look, how much he knows about this magic!
But whose pillar of steam can play like this?
He was completely confused.
...... Big brother, are you sure this is really a pillar of steam, and not some kind of storm or something? Didn't you say that you should only use low-level magic?
mobilized his mental power again and tried to control it, but more than a dozen fireballs were still trembling in the steam current, and Richard even began to wonder if his life for so many years was fake.
After practicing the fireball for many years, people can crack it with an entry-level chicken rib magic, so he still plays with a ball?
No, he must have hallucinated...... Someone used a pillar of steam to block the fireball, this kind of thing is said, how can he get mixed up in the mage guild? besides...... And no one would believe in such a thing. What are you kidding? Chicken rib magic is chicken rib magic, it can't be so powerful, and no one will believe it if you say it.
At that moment, he even began to believe that it was all just his hallucination.
However, at this moment, he suddenly heard Benjamin's voice.
"It's a very powerful fireball that can last so long in the pillar of steam and not be extinguished. Your basic skills, Lord Richard, are really good, and it's really impressive. ”
Richard had no other thought than wanting to die.
What is this person talking about?
Why? Why was this man able to say something that was not normal at all? Was this man praising him for being able to hold on to the pillar of steam for so long? But why did Richard feel so eager to vomit blood when he heard it?
Wait, is he speaking the lingua franca of the continent? Why does Richard know every word in this sentence, but he can't understand it when they are connected together?
At that moment, Richard felt that he had collapsed, and he didn't faint on the spot, it was really his mental tenacity, perseverance, and singing and crying.
What he didn't expect, however, was that what made him even more devastating was yet to come.
In the torrent of water vapor, ten fireballs that were difficult to move suddenly moved. Suddenly, Richard thought that the power of the other party's magic had passed, and his fireball was not blocked, and he almost jumped up with joy. Soon, however, he discovered that the fireballs were not moving as he intended.
I saw that the fireballs moved up and down, and from time to time they swapped places, lined up in a chic and orderly formation, just like the dance team performing in the theater, and presented a unique performance for the people of the entire Hank Town.
"Wow! These fireballs are so nimble and fly more neatly than the birds in the sky. ”
"What kind of magic is this, it feels so powerful!"
"Isn't it going to be a fight? Why did you suddenly dance, hey, that mage over there, do you use fireball? Last time I saw other mage guild adults use it, it wasn't like this. ”
The complicated voices rushed into his ears one by one, and Richard's face was like ashes.
Even at this moment, he still didn't give up control of the Lianzhu fireball, but his efforts were useless. The fireball was surrounded by countless frenzied water vapors, and it was completely out of his control. Being able to keep the fireball alive is already quite a remarkable thing.
But...... He didn't want the fireballs to go out, as if the ten fireballs in the air were being manipulated by the other party like toys, symbolizing his pride as a mage.
If the fireball goes out, his confidence in himself will also be completely extinguished.
Unfortunately, he still underestimated the blow to his confidence after this competition. The fireball danced in the air for a few moments, and Benjamin, who was standing across from him, spoke again and said a few words to him. And his sincere look also made Richard eager to dig a hole in the ground and get into it.
"It's been so long, and the fireball hasn't been extinguished. Lord Richard, you're really amazing!"