86 Chapter 34: Think again!

"Sphaera Glacies"

Ice rose from the ground around us at a speed superior to the attacks which were directed at us

Before the ice could close off and finish the form of the sphere, it was hit by the attacks

"Intermediate fire magic: telum ignis" Translation: Fire Bolt

"Intermediate earth magic: terra contritione pervalida" Translation: Earth shard

"Advanced Water Magic: Flagellum aqua" Translation: Water whip

"Intermediate Wind Magic: Ventus sagittam" Translation: Wind Arrow

The ice sphere was hit by these attacks before it could be fully formed

*Boom* *crack*

"This isn't good..." I muttered

I had been pouring magic into it to make it denser and harder yet it wasn't going to last much longer

"How long can you last?" She asked

"About one more attack" I replied

"Any ideas?" She asked

What? Even still... They have 2 more others outside who haven't fired a spell yet, if they had fired all 6 at once, I would have been able to get them before they finished their chants, but they're already chanting for the next spell

Even I can't survive getting hit head on by magic spells, Ice shield isn't good at defending attacks only freezing things... Wait... Ah!

"Yeah, I have one..."

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"Now!" He shouted

"Advanced fire magic: sphaera ignis" Translation: Fire Sphere

"Advanced Wind Magic: Ventus secans sphaeram" Translation: Cutting wind sphere

The attacks were propelled at the Ice Sphere

"We got them!" He shouted as he watched the fire sphere melt the ice sphere

With the ice sphere melted, the cutting wind sphere entered the ice sphere and cut everything inside

"It's over" He muttered as he walked up to it

He ignored the large puddles of water formed from the melted ice and looked inside

The others did the same and approached the melted sphere and also took a look

Inside, was both me and the brown-haired girl laid down on the ground next to each other

"They're unconscious"

"Of course they are, no one can survive-"

Their leader interrupted them by saying "Be quiet"

They did as he asked

"Something's wrong, they should have been hit, by our wind attack, and yet their clothes haven't been torned and there aren't any cuts on them..." He said

"Now that you mention it..."

The leader took a closer look at me, and noticed

"He's chanting something! Fall back! It's a trap!" as he tried to jump leap back only to be stuck

"It's too late, glacio" I muttered as we got up

"What?!" He shouted in a confused manner when he noticed that his his shoes were frozen on to the ground

He looked around and noticed that his teams legs were also stuck to the ground, another thing that he noticed was that the ice was slowly spreading throughout their bodies

"When did he?"

"Don't lose formation! Fire magicians melt the ice around your legs!" He shouted

Without him having to tell them, the fire magicians were already chanting

Even while being put under pressure, he's still sticking to his responsibility,

"Sorry..." I muttered as I took a full power leap towards the closest mage that started chanting

I boosted myself a little with wind and tried to make it so that no one would notice

He was only around 5 meters away from me, so I reached him in an instant, and in that moment, I grabbed on to his face, cast 'glacio' and froze his mouth

"Mmph-"

I unfroze his legs and with the momentum from the leap, I slammed his head on to the ground

*crack*

… What was that sound

Not even a second later, light particles filled his body and he was transported out

"Uh... He'll be fine, right?" I asked as I looked at the others

They all looked at me with an expression of shock and fear on their faces, so did my brown haired truce

However, the fire mages didn't stop chanting

"They have healers on stand-by, so I don't have to hold back, I've always wanted to go use my full strength"

I've been supplying around 3 x more magic to reinforce my body than normal, it feels weird, but for some reason, I'm not running out of magic...

Once I said that, the brown haired girl looked at me as if she was trying to say 'that's not the plan'

"Or so I'd like to say, but that won't be it" I said as I walked away from the ice sphere

My temporary teamate, did the same and followed behind me

"What? You're Sparing us? We don't need your pity!" Said their leader

"I'm sorry, good luck next year" I said once I was around 20 meters away from them

"Huh? What does he mean by that? Wasn't he going to spare us?"

"I've finished the chant! Advanced Fire Magic: HeatWave!" Said one of the fire magicians

A strong wave of heat was radiating from where they were, and it was melting all the ice around the area

"You made a mistake giving us time! Everyone! Retr-"

"Advanced Fire magic: resurgens flammae" Translation: Rising flames

*Boom*

Fire rose from the ground underneath them and engulfed all of them, in that instant, light particles appeared and teleported them away

The number of badges under hers changed from 1 to 6 and the number of badges under johns now displayed 12

"Looks like setting up that spell worked" I said as I watched the flames disperse

"I never expected such a simple plan to work..." She muttered

The plan was simple, I lure them in and restrict their movement, she sets up a trap and activates it after. The reason she didn't need to chant was because she had already done it.

"Mhm, well good luck!" I said as I began heading towards my group

I hadn't checked on them since the beginning of the 2nd stage and I was getting a bad feeling

"Wait!" said the brown haired girl as she grabbed on to my arm

"What?" I asked

"Tell me your name" She said

"John" I replied

"John... I'm elora, thank you for the help" She said

"It was mutual help, no need to thank me, And nice to meet you, elora" I replied

"Nice to meet you too" She replied happily

I guess the saying enemies today and friends tomorrow is rather accurate...

"Huh? What's that?" Asked Elora as she pointed towards the direction i was headed

"What?" I asked as i looked over

A black cube could be seen in between the fights, what is that?

'Deprehendre'

I used deprehendre and found the magic traces of my party inside

Oi... Are you serious?! They're inside of that thing?!

"This is an announcement, 30 players remain, We are now moving on to the 3rd and final stage, I repeat, we are now moving onto the 3rd and final stage"

"Wait! I have to help them!"

Light particles covered our bodies and we were teleported

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"Damn it... this is one sided..." muttered Serena as she started to pant

"We havent been able to get a single hit in..." Muttered ariel who also seemed to be getting tired

They simultaneously jumped side ways barely avoiding the shadow spikes which rose up from the ground beneath them

Eleanor watched as they both circled him while keeping a distance

[One moment... If I can just buy them a single moment...] She thought as she watched

As if she had thought of an idea, Eleanor began chanting

"Ariel!" Said Serena

"Right!" Ariel replied

The two girls started to fake chant

[Do I use that...? But if he enters his shadow... I'll have to hit him with something which he won't see coming...] Thought Ariel as she continued to fake chant

Suddenly, Ariel stopped circling him and ran straight at him

Seeing this he started to chant. He was a fast chanter, and could chant silently too, although they could outspeed him

"Ventus!" muttered Ariel once she was around 15 feet away from him

From this range he won't be able to-

"Advanced Dark magic: Tenebris Clypeus" Translation: Dark Shield

"?!"

A Small dark sphere surrounded his whole body, it took the attack from ventus and not even a scratch was formed on it

However, Ariel didn't stop, she kept running with a plan in mind, All she needed to do was get close enough

10 feet wasn't enough, she needed to be a single step away from him

But getting closer was a mistake, she was now 7 feet away from him, when all of the sudden, long pointy spikes extended from the shield,

With the adrenaline and heightened senses, it was as if she was watching it in slow motion, But it was faster than her

Her heart beat got faster and faster as the spikes got closer. Even knowing that there were healers on standby, she felt danger and fear.

Instinctively, She as much power as she could on to her legs and leapt back, however the spikes continued to extend and didn't show any signs of slowing down

At the same time, Eleanor who watched had finished chanting her spell

[Please make it in time...]

"Advanced light magic: Sancti lumine" Translation: Holy light

A ray of light was formed in front of Eleanor's hands and at the speed of light, reached the small gap in between Ariel and the Shadow spike

In that instant, the shadow spike crumbled and Ariel safely backed away

"Thank you, eleanor" Said Ariel as she took deep breaths once she far from his range

Eleanor couldn't hear what ariel said as she didn't say it loud enough and she was far, but understood the meaning

"No worries" Said Eleanor as she showed Ariel a thumbs up

[I knew it... Shadow magic is weak against light if I create an opening we'll be able to win] Thought eleanor as she started chanting

"But..." Eleanor muttered

At that moment the two girls had the same thought in mind

[Where's serena?]

"I never expected you three to last this long... I was told to hold back, but I guess I have no choice... but it's over." said the guy as he started to chant something from inside of of his dark Sphere defence

"Think again." Said Serena as she pointed up

The voice came from above, they all looked up and couldn't believe what they were seeing

Around 50 fire arrows was formed in the air above her

She landed on her feet and felt goosebumps travel through her whole body

[The landing was too rough...] Thought serena

"Eleanor!"

"Right!"

Eleanor had already started chanting from the moment she saw Serena in the air

"Advanced light magic: Holy light!"

In an instant, a ray of light was sent straight at the Dark sphere shield

It made a small opening on the top which was big enough for them

"Go!" Shouted Serena as she swung her hand down

All the 50 arrows were propelled straight at him from above

[Even if his shield is strong, there's no way it can handle all of these arrows and with Eleanor's spell it's been weakened, It's our win!]

"Saint Class Dark Magic: Magnify Cube tenebris" Translation: Dark Cube

"Eh?" unintentionally let out Serena with a confused expression

*Boom*