Chapter 68 Chapter 64 - Arcana Academy Entrance Exams IV

68 Chapter 64 - Arcana Academy Entrance Exams IV

(A few minutes before Ivelia had run into Caroline...)

"Honestly, I'd expected their fighting prowess to be rock-bottom considering they seem more like alchemists but damn, they're really using everything they've got to stay in the exams and survive till the end" a young man in his late twenties said to his friend who was seated beside him.

"So true man. I'd never expected it either..." his friend responded, his eyes darting away from a section that was showing Ivelia's battle with a golem and onto a section of the holographic screen that was currently showing Ivar's battle with a serpent and a rhinobear that had ganged up on him.

The orange-haired youth had a frown on his face as he watched a robotic rhinobear and and the flaming basilisk ready themselves to attack him and pincer him from both sides after spotting him.

The rhinobear immediately charged at him with immense speed from one side while the flaming basilisk opened its mouth to fire a concentrated beam of flames at him from the other side.

'Think Ivar! Think!' the youth inwardly said to himself.

Ivar's eyes then lighted up and in a split second, he quickly summoned a single wall of earth that faced the charging rhinobear.

His eyes then darted over to the flaming basilisk who was almost about to fire the flaming beam, immense concentration present in his eyes as he began an inward countdown and a few beads of sweat pooling towards his chin and ready to drop.

'3... 2... Now!'

The moment he completed the countdown, the bead of sweat that had pooled at his chin, dropped down as Ivar himself leaped onto the earth wall he had created and almost immediately leaped off of it again and watched as the charging robotic rhinobear crashed into it, reducing it to rubble in an instant.

The robotic flaming basilisk however, had already fired the searing beam of flame just as Ivar jumped and narrowly evaded it and now, it's beam collided with the rhino bear that destroyed the earthen wall, melting the head of the charging rhinobear's into molten magma. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The rapid momentum that the robotic creature was carrying however even as it shut down completely due to its head been melted completely, did not stop and instead, it crashed into the ground while skidding and hit the flaming basilisk with an immense force, throwing it a few meters backwards.

Ivar who witnessed his on-the-fly plan come into fruition, made sure not to miss this opportunity and almost immediately, as soon as he landed, dashed towards the disoriented robotic flaming basilisk while raising his hammer in upwards motion and bringing it down almost instantly while using his weapon art.

"{Thundering Strikes – First Form: Impact Blast}!!!"

The hammer that was rapidly coming down towards the robotic basilisk, instantly crackled with lightning and immediately let out a thunderous bang as it slammed into the head of the mechanical creature and completely compressed and pulverized its head, all the way downwards to its tail while also smashing the portion of the rocky floors into bits in an instant.

Briar who currently had her eyes on her brother's battle, let out a cheer, not that Ivar could hear it anyway.

Ivar however, after dispatching the robotic creature, suddenly dropped to his knees while panting heavily.

While recovering his stamina, Ivar raised his head and looked around the vicinity he was in.

Although so many other candidates were still currently dealing with their respective robotic adversaries, the rocky area around him seemed relatively safe... for now.

As Ivar was gathering himself, he watched from a distance as a young lady was who was seemingly launched into the air, streaked forward like a bullet, her short orange hair fluttering in the air as two rhino bears were relentlessly charging after her.

"What the hell?!" Ivar voiced in confusion but soon enough, he immediately had to roll sideways as a robotic elemental golem stomped his foot on the part of the ground he was previously at

Along with that was a petite black-haired lady with big blue eyes that was currently about to attack the golem from behind with her hands outstretched to release what seemed to be an attack spell.

'Sis will be fine! I believe that! But I also have to make sure I survive till the end' Ivar willed himself and got up while retrieving an explosive potion from his spatial ring, immediately dashing towards the golem that had now turned around and was about to attack the black-haired lady whose eyes now had a hint of panic in them.

Prior to Ivelia flying through the air, the young lady had previously been at a high vantage point a fair few minutes ago from the tallest tree in one of the small thickets of forest present in the vast expanse of arena.

That was how Ivar had seen his sister speeding through the air like a bullet and how Ivelia had also ended up finding herself in the thicket of forest Caroline had been at, all while the two robotic rhinobears kept chasing after her and even smacking some other unsuspecting candidates and eliminating them along the way.

After seemingly muttering loudly to herself about how she was supposed to tweak her explosive potion while landing just a few meters away from her, Caroline cautiously watched as Ivelia calmly walked over to her.

'Does she perhaps have something to tell me?' Caroline asked herself.

"Sorry about those rhinobears. I led them here thinking it'd be easier to get rid of them if I had a better vantage point but you were forced to deal with them instead..." Ivelia suddenly spoke apologetically.

"No. It's alright... I guess..." Caroline replied calmly after which she then followed up.

"You did just also save me from that basilisk so I'd say we're even Ivelia Steelblade"

"Ah! That's good then I guess Miss. Caroline..." Ivelia responded with a sigh of relief.

For some odd reason or the other, no robotic monster had attacked them while they were speaking but still, both ladies ensured to stay completely alert despite the current respite they were having.

Caroline cocked one of her eyebrows in curiosity as Ivelia mentioned her name but before she could ask how Ivelia knew her, the latter had spoken.

"You are Miss. Caroline Roseblade, right?" Ivelia questioned again after which she then seemingly continued.

"My younger sister talks about you a lot. You know her as Briar..." Ivelia added while tentatively looking at Caroline.

"Oh... I see... Wait?! Your sister?" Caroline asked in a surprised tone.

Ivelia just nodded her head at this while also responding with a genuinely happy smile.

"She calls you a beautiful princess. Says you look like those ones she's read about in her bedtime storybooks" Ivelia started and proceeded with a chuckle.

"And she's always describing how you look every so often to me, so much that I'd instantly realized it was you the moment I saw you from a distance" Ivelia concluded.

Caroline who had been wary of Ivelia's intentions from the moment she had arrived, instantly dropped her guard and relaxed herself while also returning a sincere smile to her.

She had realized too from the way Ivelia was conversing with her that she was being totally genuine without any other ulterior motives.

However, as she was about to respond, two elemental golems appeared along with one flaming basilisk and one arachnoworm, all poised and ready to attack both ladies.

Both ladies immediately turned their back towards each other and took battle stances while getting ready to overcome the sudden ambush of the robotic creatures.

As they did, Caroline quickly said what she had wanted to before they were interrupted.

"Remind me to get a beautiful care-package for your sister once we're done with this exam Ivelia" she said with a lovely smile on her lips, her bladed whip suddenly elongating like a slithering metal snake.

"Sure! I'm certain she'd love it Caroline" Ivelia responded with a similar smile mirroring Caroline's, her hands immediately summoning three arrows on her taut, pulled-back bowstring.

And here's the second part! (-‿◦)

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