Ashen Lord

Chapter seven: Outburst

The battle broke out suddenly, with Sain and his companion taking the initiative. There was a reason why Lena was called the "madwoman" by other apprentices; she would recklessly strike in Black Street! A huge fireball with a deep blue flame, compared to Sain's secondary fireball spell, was not only larger but also more powerful! The fireball headed straight for Scarface Joq's face, and because Lena acted too fast and Joq was completely unprepared, it seemed like the next second a scene of exploding and bursting brain matter would appear. The constitution of the mages was quite weak, and without magical shields, the defensive ability of an apprentice was not necessarily much stronger than that of an adult man.

The main reason was that no one expected Lena to take action! A pale light suddenly appeared from Scarface Joq's group. Sain had magical equipment, and of course, there were people in Scarface Joq's group who owned it too. This was an emergency warning-type tool, and the pale light came from a short silver wand, which looked similar to Sain's strong acid wand. The owner of this wand was a pale-faced intermediate apprentice. It seemed that he didn't want to get involved in this battle of advanced apprentices and was reluctant to use his precious magic tool.

The magical shield, condensed from the pale magical light, did not last even two seconds before it was shattered by Lena's powerful fireball spell! But these two seconds were a bit of reaction time won for the people within the range covered by the fireball spell. Along with the pale magical shield, Lena's big fireball spell also disintegrated at the same time. However, the deep blue fireball did not disappear but decomposed into nearly twenty smaller blazing yellow fireballs on the spot. This was an unexpected twist!

Every magic spell is unique, and even if it's the same fireball spell, there will be corresponding differences due to the different users. Lena's deep blue fireball was specially modified and strengthened by her, and the situation where the fireball exploded and dispersed into twenty smaller secondary fireballs was not what the library of the Magic Academy recorded for the Big Fireball Spell. The formidable strength of advanced apprentices can be seen from this!

Lena is a talented and outstanding apprentice who has just been promoted, and her exceptional abilities are not typical of a senior apprentice. The secondary fireball exploded and caused considerable damage to Scarface Jock and his team. The main casualties were the novice apprentices who, with their inadequate skills, were engulfed in the advanced apprentice's magic, causing a disaster. In addition, two slow-reacting low-level apprentices were also affected by the secondary fireball and suffered considerable burns. In the blink of an eye, just one move caused nearly half of Scarface Jock's team to be reduced.

At this moment, Scarface Jock and his team finally counterattacked. The first to take action was a female apprentice with light red short hair, who had intermediate apprentice-level strength and was dissatisfied with Lena's sudden attack. In the Black Magic Academy, the ratio of male apprentices has always been high, stemming from the academy's brutal competition mechanism. In such an environment, women who can grow into intermediate or higher-level apprentices are almost never weak. Sometimes, they are even more ruthless than male apprentices because they have no means of survival in the Black Magic Academy, where it's every person for themselves.

With a scream, a sonic wave was emitted from the female apprentice's mouth. This was the first time Sain had ever witnessed sonic wave magic, and the speed of the attack exceeded his understanding of conventional magic. Indeed, the Black Magic Academy is full of hidden talents.

The fast-moving sonic wave magic quickly covered Sain and Lena's surroundings. Faced with this intermediate-level magic, Sain, who had only low-level apprentice-level strength, stumbled. Fortunately, the weak mental recovery mechanism from his acid wand did not let Sain be affected too much by this magic. The primary target of the female scream was actually Lena, who was beside Sain.

Although Lena did not have an acid wand like Sain to mitigate the effects of the magic, as a high-level apprentice, she was able to withstand it with her high mental strength. As a mid-level magic, the female scream must have consumed a considerable amount of energy, and it would have been difficult for the intermediate-level female apprentice to release a second one in a short amount of time. Therefore, the initiative once again fell to Lena. She took out a string of jet-black bracelets from her hand, which Sain, her live-in boyfriend, knew was a magical item that Lena rarely used. With a rapid incantation chant, and with the jet-black bracelets emitting a dim black light, the next magical attack was about to come.

At this moment, the attacks from Scarface Joq and his group also came one after another. This is the consequence of being ganged up on. Even though Lina's strength surpasses everyone present, she is still just one person, while Scarface Joq and his group are only low-level apprentices present, with a total of eleven people. Not to mention, there are four intermediate apprentices, including Scarface Joq. Second only to Lina and the sonic-type female apprentice who made a move after her, this guy, Joq, made his move. He didn't choose the traditional chanting method for casting spells, but instead pulled out a short sword from his pocket and charged straight at Sain and Lina. This is Joq's unique way of fighting, and the pale red flame patterns spread from the base of the short sword in his hand. It's not because the short sword in Joq's hand is a magical equipment, but because he infused his own fire elemental power into the fine steel short sword. In the magical world, this has a professional term, called fire elemental enchantment.

Joq's movements were fast, which was due to his long-term training in the dark underground world. The scars all over his body actually proved his strength. Sain's melee and reaction abilities were not bad, but compared to Joq, he was still a bit inferior. This was because they were not walking in the same direction. Sain specialized in magic, while Joq focused on physical abilities. However, Joq's movements were still not as fast as Sain's! The enchanted long sword in his hand had already targeted Lina. Because Lina took the initiative to make a move, Joq also had the idea of severely injuring or even killing her at this moment. If it were a one-on-one fight, Joq would definitely not be Lina's match. But don't forget, there are more than ten companions with him here. Especially with Lina's indiscriminate fireball attack just now, this crazy woman has offended everyone. It's clear that Lina has only recently broken through as a senior apprentice, and this is the only opportunity for Joq to severely injure or even kill her.

"Only I can become Andy's apprentice!"

"This year's academy rewards are mine too!"

"You ignorant crazy woman, just die!" Joq's inner voice let out a roar, which also showed where the source of conflict between him and Lina lies.

However, Joq's sudden attack was not successful, as three corrosive acids suddenly appeared in front of him, making his face turn pale and his whole body shiver with fear.