The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 51

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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 8 | Day 23

I watch, feeling kind of unsure of what I should do. Since all three of them are my enemies, at least for the duration of this trial. So I wouldn’t hesitate to kill any of them in here.

But at the same time, I don’t care about them enough to really want them dead.

And I don’t care about them enough to not want them dead either.

In the end, I find myself faced with indecision for the first time in quite a while. And during this period of indecision, Richard makes his move.

I watch him rushing straight at the injured Aritonia before pulling both of his arms inwards as a massive amount of anti-matter mana builds up in his body. Terrifying Aritonia into fleeing as fast as she can while throwing dozens of curses at him and building a massive barrier around her mid-flight.

But none of that saves her in the end when Richard does something far more unexpected than anything else he’s done so far.

He fires off a massive explosion of pure anti-matter that creates an enormous sphere and even hits me despite my being several kilometers away.

And when I regain consciousness again?

All I can see is a massive crater in the dessert for as far as I can see in front of me. With Reflata panting in exhaustion just barely outside of the sphere, and there not even being a single sign of Aritonia in existence anymore.

Then a dinging sound echoes across the arena even as I see Richard panting from the exertion of what I’m pretty sure was a Tier X spell. Considering that there are minor breaches in reality with reality mana spilling through them here and there.

Trial Taker Aritonia Glace has been eliminated. All of her points henceforth belong to her slayer, Richard de Folde.

My eyes widen at the sight of the message. Then I hurriedly look up at the sky, where the points are.

Nathan Fox - 12,419 Points

Richard de Folde – 5,301 Points

Reflata Cordou - 3,911 Points

That’s not good.

A hidden rule? One where trial takers can steal other trial takers points so long as they kill them?

Despite his clear exhaustion, I can see a wide grin on Richard’s face. One that seems to imply he already knew about this rule.

Some sort of insider knowledge or something?

Knowledge that Reflata apparently didn’t know about. Considering the scowl on her face directed at Richard.

Not that I blame her.

He just passed her by a good leap thanks to this.

On top of that, he closed the gap between me and second place as well. Making it so I have to get even more points to make sure no one can overtake me.

I grit my teeth, genuinely wishing I would’ve saved her. But it’s too late for that now.

It isn’t too late to make sure he doesn’t kill Reflata too.

The bright side is that he used quite a lot of mana in that attack. After all, a Tier X spell takes upwards of a thousand mana. And that was a powerful Tier X spell, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it actually took a thousand arcs of mana to use.

If he kills Reflata at this point as well, then the gap will close even more.

Although he would have to use a lot of mana to do that. And I kind of doubt he has the mana to spare anymore.

My thoughts grind to a halt when he turns towards Reflata and immediately begins rushing her. Clearly prepared to do the exact same thing again.

Is this guy insane?!

He’s not even trying to-

I feel shock at the sight of him pulling out a large orb filled to the brim with his own mana.

No way… he’s really going to do it?!

Without hesitation, Richard shatters the orb in his hand and begins to rapidly absorb the unstable mana inside of it. And even as the mana begins to flow through his veins while flashing a bright red and black in color, he continues to craft his next spell.

Reflata doesn’t just stand still though as she begins rushing far away from Richard to avoid his attack. All while setting up numerous powerful barriers of enhancement mana to block said attack.

Then his attack is finally released in another massive sphere. Creating another crater partially overlapping the first.

Unlike his first attack, though, this one doesn’t kill Reflata. In fact, she managed to almost entirely make it out of the attack.

And even the part she didn’t manage to escape from, she managed to block most of.

Although it does seem to have destroyed large parts of her armor and clothes underneath it. But she quickly replaces the clothes using some sort of outfit swapper magic. So she’s fully clothed again already beneath her armor.

As for Richard?

Well, he’s not doing too well.

He’s panting in exhaustion and gripping his chest like he’s about to have a heart attack.

So what do I do?

I rush in as fast as I can and swipe the crown from atop his head without a care for the anti-matter coating it. Then I run away with the crown now on my head.

Well, that worked out better than I expected.

Richard shouts at me from behind, but he’s too exhausted right now to try and take the crown back. So I get away without any trouble whatsoever.

Even Reflata seems to be recovering from the attack sent her way. Probably because she used a lot of mana to block it.

So I’m free to keep the crown all throughout the entire rest of the hour. Following which the environment changes again, turning into a deep ocean without a single bit of land to stand on.

Good thing there aren’t any piranhas anymore…

Or any other mutants for that matter.