The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 43
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 8 | Day 23
I continue charging towards the lake while occasionally finding myself facing more mutated animals. With said animals including but not limited to more rats, some snakes, bears, wolves, dogs, cats, and quite a few more mammals.
Anything that can move with relative ease.
Well, other than some things like moles.
There are even some birds.
Judging by the variety, the curse magician probably chose a broad range of different creatures in anticipation of the different environments. Since different creatures will move better in different environments.
Regardless, I continue charging forward without even stopping as I slice the mutated animals apart with my sword every now and then. All the way until I arrive at the edge of the lake, where I find the golden crown floating about a meter above the water’s surface at the center of the lake.
But right as I’m about to jump into the water, I see something rather shocking.
The anti-matter magician just moves straight through the air at a speed far faster than anything I can ever move. All with some sort of blast of energy pushing him from behind.
It only takes me a few moments to realize what he’s doing as there’s a spell circle in front of him and behind him.
He’s using his anti-matter mana to erase the air and anything including wind and the like in front of him while using a boost behind him. Getting rid of all air and wind resistance, all drag in general, as he boosts himself forwards.
All to grab the crown at the center of the lake before pausing the two spells and letting himself crash straight into the lake like a cannonball. Albeit with a barrier in front of him to absorb the shock.
My eyes narrow before I dive straight into the lake and begin swimming through it towards him without bothering with breathing.
Damnit. I was hoping to grab the crown first. Now I’m stuck taking it away from someone.
And my mood drops further since seeing the number high in the sky next to his name increasing before I even dive into the water.
I swim as fast as I can through the water until I arrive where I hear his movement. Finding the man swimming through the water as well, just at a far slower speed than me.
His eyes widen in shock when he sees me, at which point he fires off a blast of anti-matter mana that erases the water and me. But I reform just as quickly inside of my still-present clothes and continue swimming.
The anti-matter magician grits his teeth and continues swimming while occasionally sending pulses back to erase me and slow me down. Giving him a chance to continue swimming and build up a tiny bit of distance before I close it again.
Until he ends up reaching the edge of the lake where he finds the reflect magician standing there with what looks like enhancement mana of all things coating her body.
I feel very surprised by the sight of that even before I surface from the water.
Not as surprised as Richard is, though, when he finds a fist slamming right into the barrier covering his face. Launching him back into the water the moment he surfaces.
My eyes widen even further when the man flies straight past me in the water to slam into the bottom of the lake. Making a crater in the process.
Richard doesn’t stay down long though before he quickly begins swimming towards the surface. Likely trying to use some sort of spell to launch him out of the lake.
After all, underwater is a very bad place for him to be with two physically focused magicians.
I rush to meet him right before he reaches the surface though. Meanwhile Reflata appears to be guarding the edges of the lake, no doubt keeping an eye out for whoever leaves the lake with the crown.
And I’m guessing Aritonia probably isn’t even here yet. Considering that I don’t see her, and that curse magic probably doesn’t have as many methods to make her reach the center faster.
Richard tries to blast me with anti-matter mana once again, but this time I fire off a burst of flames all around me to evaporate the water and make me drop at a rapid speed. Leaving me dodging the anti-matter blast and able to rush the last of the distance towards him at the same time.
His eyes widen and he tries to use a burst around him, using more mana than his previous attacks.
But it’s too late. Because my hand barely grabs hold of his crown before the crown is teleported to my head and my entire body is wiped out by the pulse.
Then I reform again almost instantly and begin to swim away at a speed faster than he can possibly catch me underwater.
Unlike Richard though, I don’t aim to leave the water.
No. I begin heading deeper into the lake. Towards its center.
Because why the hell would I leave the water when no one else wants to be in it?
And while Richard does try to catch me, he’s far too slow under the water.
Of course, he could probably easily catch me if he really tried, but it would cost a lot more mana to do so. And we are barely even a couple minutes into this trial.
He’s not going to burn through mana that fast when we have twelve hours to spend here.
A grin spreads across my face as I continue swimming straight towards the center of the lake.
Only to find a mutant piranha rushing straight towards me before it grabs my crown and continues rushing past.
I stare blankly at the thing before swearing out loud and rushing after it while firing off a blast of flames at it.
Damnit, I didn’t think about those mutants even possibly being able to grab the crown!
