Chapter 394: Engaging in Combat
Amid touched his gleaming bald head, waved his white robe, and asked with some confusion, “Why can different incantations produce different effects? Why can the Incantation series of spells achieve the effect of ‘wishes coming true’? Is there any law or reason behind this? And what does the Simulation Rune Group represent?”
Eddie gasped. Looking at Amid’s shiny forehead, he suddenly felt as if Ace and Warren possessed Amid at this moment. Shocked by Amid’s rapid-fire questions, he remained silent for a while before saying:
“Mr. Amid, I think you really possess a spirit of inquiry. If you study magic, perhaps you can become an excellent wizard. As for these questions you raised, I cannot answer them. Perhaps you can ask Lord Ace.”
Amid touched his gleaming bald head again and said with a hint of longing, “I really want to learn magic. I wonder if there is a chance.”
Just then, Betty, wearing a white lady’s dress and crystal high heels, flew over standing on a silver mechanical disc. She jumped down lightly, bowed slightly to everyone, raised her eyebrows at Amid, and said, “Want to learn magic? Fight me. Win or lose, you can all enter the magic castle to learn magical knowledge.”
Hearing this, the bald, white-robed Amid was eager to try. He gently stroked the mechanical bracelet on his right hand and asked aloud, “Councilor Betty, it doesn’t seem very appropriate for us to fight here, does it?”
Betty looked around at the bustling district and the crowds; some bold individuals had already started to gather and watch. Indeed, it wasn’t a good place for a fight. She said in a pleasant voice, “Follow me.”
Amid watched Betty take off rapidly on the silver mechanical disc. A smile appeared on his handsome face. The mechanical bracelet on his right hand quickly turned into liquid substance. The liquid metal covered his entire body, and the feet of the close-fitting mecha sprayed shockwaves, flying after Betty.
Eddie rubbed his throbbing temples, spread out the extended flying carpet, and took everyone to follow the direction the two had left.
Betty flew to a wasteland near the Central High Tower outside the city and stopped.
This was an area of rolling hills, with barren sand covering the entire wasteland. About 500m north of the wasteland was the Central High Tower, the academic holy land.
Amid followed closely. Covered in black-gray metal, the hardened mecha encased his entire person, giving him a somewhat grim appearance.
Betty stamped her right crystal heel gently. The silver disc quickly turned into liquid metal. Unlike Amid’s, this liquid metal proliferated rapidly, soon turning into a giant mechanical warrior standing ten meters tall.
The mechanical warrior spread its wings. Dazzling, layered rune structures appeared on the wings, and a dense barrage of fire bullets poured out.
Amid was greatly surprised. He maneuvered his mecha to dodge nimbly. Although it wasn’t mechanical symbiosis, Amid’s mecha was more of a close-fitting suit that enhanced his own mobility. Unlike Betty’s mechanical warrior, which possessed powerful firepower, his was extremely agile.
Betty had always adhered to the principle of limit-exceeding firepower coverage. Her combat mode was simple and crude: massive amounts of Level 1 Magic Stones were embedded, mana was overloaded, and firepower was overloaded.
In just two minutes, a layer of the entire wasteland had been shaved off, leaving it pockmarked with craters.
Eddie arrived late with the others. Looking at the wasteland already covered by a sea of fire bullets, he sighed and said, “It’s too dangerous ahead. Let’s watch the battle from here. Don’t worry, Lord Betty surely knows what she’s doing and won’t hurt Mr. Amid.”
Tus looked at the limit-exceeding firepower and the pouring scorching fire bullets, and a big question mark formed in his heart: Is it really okay?
Amid watched the fire bullets falling like a meteor shower all over the sky, cold sweat pouring down his back. He kicked his feet, using the jet power to fly into the sky, trying hard to get close to the giant mechanical warrior.
It was a somewhat disparate battle. Amid’s mecha favored agility, and he was very good at close combat, but under such a disparity in size and firepower, close combat was also difficult.
After failing to approach multiple times, Amid extended his right hand. Black-gray liquid metal surged, and a metal short sword appeared in his hand. His maneuvering in the air accelerated abruptly, and he actually broke through the coverage of the fire barrage in an instant, getting close to Betty’s mechanical warrior.
“He was actually holding back all along!”
Because Betty had held the advantage, she was unconsciously careless and allowed Amid to get close. The short sword, like a full moon, severed the mechanical warrior’s right wing.
The mechanical warrior shook for a moment. Rune structures flickered, and it actually stood firmly—an application of the rune array for the 2-Ring Spell “Flight.”
Amid hadn’t expected the mechanical warrior to be able to float and move freely after losing a wing. He was grabbed by a mechanical hand and howled in pain under a high-voltage shock.
Thud!
The mechanical warrior crashed to the ground and put down the stunned Amid. The mechanical warrior picked up the severed right wing. Liquid metal surged, and the right wing soon grew back.
The mechanical warrior quickly turned into liquid metal, shrinking continuously until it finally turned into a silver disc. Betty stepped on the disc with a slightly awkward expression, biting her lower lip with her white teeth.
Tus held Amid and said somewhat angrily to Betty:
“Lord Betty, it was just a spar; was it necessary to go this far?”
Amid’s mecha seemed damaged. Although it liquefied back into a bracelet, the bracelet shattered with a pop.
The embarrassed Betty didn’t explain. She extended her white right hand, and a complex spell model appeared in her palm. Under the rhythm of mana, a pool of clear water appeared from the void. With a gentle push from Betty, the water surged onto Amid.
Amid’s body was nourished, and his injuries recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. He slowly opened his eyes and, holding the shattered bracelet with some heartache, said to Betty, “Councilor Betty, are we qualified to go to the magic castle to learn magic now?”
Betty coughed dryly and said, “No problem. You can all go to the Magic Castle to learn magic. Also, I am very sorry for accidentally breaking your machine. I will definitely fix it for you!”
What she thought in her heart, however, was: It’s a perfect chance to research this different kind of machine. It would be even better if I could research the others’ machines too! As for learning magic, Lord Ace had decided that anyway—to integrate these people into the High Tower as much as possible. Although there were some accidents, hasn’t the basic goal been achieved?
While Betty and the others were discussing the specific details of study, in the meditation room of the West Tower of the Magic Castle, Ace was researching his gains from this battle.
The Level 2 Artisan Bloodline, Level 2 Guardian Bloodline, Golden Combat Bloodline, Quasi-Noble Phantasm “Hammer of the Pseudo-Vassal,” and Quasi-Noble Phantasm “City of Protection” were floating quietly in Ace’s Mental Imagery World. In the ancient battlefield on the western edge of the Mental Imagery World, the four Great Heroes transformed into skeletal warriors stood like statues.
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