Chapter 70: The Magician's Duel (3)
From afar, Allendo and Franner hid in a safe place and quietly watched the battle between Ryan and Green, although the battle that had taken place was not very fierce, and there was not much splendor produced during the magic duel, but the scene of fighting wits and courage between each other still opened the eyes of Franna, who had seen the magician duel for the first time.
Seeing that Ryan seemed to be in a dilemma now, Franner whispered in Elendor's ear: "Why don't you go and help? With your strength, you can definitely solve the battle quickly." ”
Alendor looked at the battlefield in the distance that was obscured by lush trees, shook his head slightly, and said: "This is indispensable for Ryan's growth, this situation is not uncommon in high-level mages duels, it depends on how Ryan solves it." Besides, a mage opponent like Green, who has good strength and actual combat experience, is not easy to find. ”
"You're so relieved, in case Ryan ...... Phew, I mean, there will be losers in this kind of battle, in case ......."
"Don't worry, I have faith in Ryan. ”
"This ......" Flanner hesitated a little, he wanted to say a few words, but the words came to his lips, and he still didn't say them.
"Huh. Allendo heard the meaning of Franna's speech, turned his head to look at Franna, and said with confidence on his face: "Ryan is not fully using his strength now, otherwise that Green would be finished in a few seconds." I guess Ryan wants to feel more of this kind of real battle between magicians, after all, I'm only good at martial arts, and I can't help him much in this regard. I can also find powerful magical beasts to practice my martial arts, but Ryan can only sit on the sidelines and practice magic array making. ”
Flanner didn't seem to understand Allendo's words, of course he didn't know the causes and consequences of Ryan and Allendo's deep into the Silent Forest some time ago and the detailed process, but Alendor fully understood the loneliness of Ryan's longing for his opponent, with his current strength, it was really difficult to find an evenly matched opponent.
At this time, Ryan didn't know that Flanner and Allendo were talking for himself, he was quietly hiding behind a big tree, and the seven mirror images around him made exactly the same pose, in terms of this magic alone, Ryan's strength far surpassed Green. Now Ryan is not thinking about how to defeat the opponent, but is carefully experiencing the experience of wits and courage in the mage duel, how to break the opponent's protection, how to catch the enemy's flaws, which is what Ryan lacks the most at present.
If Ryan wants to win this battle, it is too simple, he doesn't care if Green blesses any protective magic, as long as he continuously uses fireball magic to carry out violent attacks, you can block one fireball, two fireballs, can you block ten, twenty? Even if it is the "void protection" that the lich blessed himself, the protective magic that claims to absolutely defend against all elemental magic, in the end, it is not a trace of rift that Ryan persevered.
But Ryan didn't want to do that, and in the final match of the Atlético Royale, the one he lost to Catherine Randy Wizard, his violent attack met his nemesis. In that match, Ryan's opponent, Catherine Randy, unleashed a powerful protective spell, and Ryan did his best to destroy Catherine Randy's protective spell before his opponent could unleash that powerful attack spell, so Ryan inevitably lost the match.
This is also a wake-up call for Ryan, who is full of confidence because of consecutive wins: the strength he relies on is not without shortcomings, and he must not be complacent.
In the six months after the game, Ryan stayed in the imperial capital, playing with Faras, asking Victor for advice, and at the same time constantly thinking about how he should break the existing bottleneck. Ryan knows his own strength well, his biggest advantage is the amount of low-level magic, he can launch a fierce attack on the enemy without hesitation, and destroy everything in front of him with his attack, thanks to the "mental vibration" taught to him by his teacher Dranay, who can transform spiritual power into magical power anytime and anywhere.
With this amazing magic recovery ability, Ryan changed the practice method that other magicians often meditated, and instead used the constant release of magic as a means of his usual practice, in order to improve his strength in a short period of time, Ryan's magic teacher Delaney even made Ryan give up most of his magic, and only practiced the selected ones with all his strength.
The benefits of this are obvious, while other mages take five seconds to unleash a fireball spell, Ryan now only takes a second, and it's even more powerful. But that way, Ryan didn't know anything about the magic he had given up practicing, and he couldn't even cast a single illumination. "There are gains and losses. Ryan still has a deep understanding of this hometown proverb, and he doesn't take the adverse consequences of this incident to heart.
But after more than a year of adventure, Lane gradually gained experience, and he slowly discovered his shortcomings, that is, because he was too specialized in low-level magic, the amount of those spells was amazing, but there was no way to meet opponents whose strength was far beyond his own, after all, the level of magic was not a decoration, such as Ryan released ten third-level magic "Fireball Technique", these ten magic spells are about the five fifth-level magic "Fire Explosion Technique" released by other magicians in terms of the power of destruction It's pretty much the same, but even if these fifteen spells are combined, it is absolutely impossible to achieve the destructive effect of a level 8 magic "Firestorm".
That's the gap, and that's Ryan's biggest weakness right now.
In order to make up for his own shortcomings, Ryan studied the production of magic circles under the guidance of Victor to strengthen his familiarity and control over magic, and he also practiced a new way of casting spells - multiple spells. In this state, Ryan can release multiple of the same magic at the same time, although this does not improve the absolute strength, but the multiple magic released at the same time achieves the purpose of increasing the attack power.
However, after Ryan and Alendor left the imperial capital, although they traveled to most of the south, they didn't really get many opportunities to exercise, and there was only one time in the tomb of the ancient king. Looking back at the road he has traveled for more than a year, Ryan reluctantly found that although he has defeated many opponents, he has never had a formal duel between magicians, starting with the thief mage in Giethoorn Town, and finally losing to the opponent Catherine Landy, Ryan has used the method of violent attack: bombarding with a large number of low-level magic.
Now, an excellent opponent is placed in front of him, how can Ryan not be impressed? This Grimm mage has a certain strength and rich practical experience, and he will not be a rookie like Simeone of the Imperial Capital Magic Academy who is not vulnerable at all, which is the best help for Ryan to experience, exercise, and grow.
"Aha!" Green's lazy voice rang out again, "Dear little magician, are you going to throw in the towel?" Ryan frowned, the opponent of this practice is good at everything, but he is a little narcissistic, and his narcissistic nonsense is really disgusting.
Ryan listened to the movement around him to prevent Grimm from sneaking up on him, and thought about what to do. Ryan had not received a formal study of magic, and if Faras were here, he would have memorized the methods of the "Magic Attack and Defense Tutorial" like an endorsement: first use magic such as "True Vision" to eliminate the opponent's mirror image, and then use non-fire magic to inflict elite blows on the opponent. However, Ryan's thinking was different, he thought about it, and felt that if he wanted to solve the problem in front of him, he had to use his old method, using fast casting to defeat the mirror image created by the opponent, as long as he was faster than the opponent, he could directly attack the opponent's body when the opponent had no time to bless the next magic.
With a countermeasure in mind, Ryan immediately took action, he quickly walked out of the tree shelter, and recited the spell of "Fireball Technique" in the direction where Green was hiding. In order to attract Green's attention, Ryan deliberately slowed down the speed of casting spells and raised his voice when chanting, as long as Green was not deaf, it was impossible not to hear.
Sure enough, as he expected, Green walked out quickly, relying on his blessing of protective fire magic, and recited the magic spell of "Wind Blade" to Ryan without any scruples. Ryan immediately stopped chanting the fireball spell, pointed his hands at Green, and released two magic missiles directly from his fingertips.
"Whoosh!"
"Smack!"
Green's Wind Blade magic roared by, shattering one of the mirror images around Ryan, and Ryan's magic missile unmistakably shattered the two mirror images around Green. Frightened, Green immediately lay on the ground, and then climbed back behind the big tree where he had just hid with his hands and feet.
Ryan shouted in his heart that it was a pity, but Green was different, his face became pale, and his whole body trembled a little, this magician called Ryan really released the third magic. It's true that he is a magician, but when he was studying, he specialized in wind magic, and he didn't learn the magic of prophecy, the more he thought about it, the more he hated it, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and suddenly gave himself a slap in the face, and said to himself in annoyance: "Call you to talk nonsense, tell you to talk nonsense!"
For his own safety, Green immediately released another mirror image, and the phantoms around him became 4 again, this time he carefully hid behind a big tree, and made up his mind: "No matter what you Ryan does, I won't show up, unless you dare to rush directly over, that's better, the biggest feature of wind blade magic is that the closer you are to the releaser, the more powerful the wind blade will be, and when the time comes, see who is unlucky." ”