Chapter 108 - The Invincible Lucky Star
Orrin’s spell recitation became faster and faster. The surging magical elements were frantically trying to break from the spell. It was like flood waters rushing against a dam.
This was a real gamble as Orrin was wagering his life against a level-12 magical beast.
At this instance, everybody’s hearts were held in suspense. They watched Orrin chanting his spell recitation hastily while the Fantama Panthera rushed towards him like an arrow.
The Fantama Panthera would turn into ashes if he were victorious.
Should he lose, his chest would be torn apart by sharp claws.
Yet at this point, the levitating Macklin raised his magic staff.
And then… this gamble was brazenly halted by him.
Their eyes seemed to have widened simultaneously.
A strong level-12 magical beast had actually slipped.
This slip was pretty serious due to the speed of the Fantama Panthera. It almost caused its innards to spill out. It slipped quite a distance on the ice before striking a tree with a thud.
“I’ll be damned, how lucky…” Mason looked on with admiration. The luck of this kid was too good. It was supposed to be a failed Spell of Frost, but by some freak accident, it became a trap. It had managed to cause a level-12 magical beast to slip. Such an achievement was not something that he, a level-9 mage, had experienced before.
This fall was indeed a serious one. Even if it was the muscular body of a level-12 beast, it could barely withstand it. When the Fantama Panthera stood up under the tree, there was a trail of blood trickling from its mouth. This was the second massive impact it had received within a day. It evoked all of its ferocity, and its deep red eyes were filled with madness.
“Quickly, Mana Retroaction!” Mason became extremely anxious while watching.
However, he was too late. As soon as Mason’s voice settled, some skeletal arms tore apart the soft soil, and suddenly appeared from the ground. Lin Li’s legs were immediately filled with wounds due to the attack of these skeleton arms. He raised his magic staff while fleeing in panic.
After that, Mason saw this guy releasing Mana Retroaction.
“Are you for real…” Mason felt like dropping dead. Everybody had been releasing magic for half the day, and only now did he remembered to use Mana Retroaction? He really wanted to ask that fella if he dared to be any slower.
Just when Mason’s face was as white as a sheet, he suddenly realized that the mana of the Fantama Panthera had been sealed. This also meant that the Mana Retroaction that was cast late had really sealed a spell.
“Damn!”
Mason almost jumped when he saw it. The Fantama Panthera’s dark magic was all outbursting. It was challenging to reverse the instantaneous outburst of magic. He was only trying his luck when he shouted just now. Yet, under some freak chance, this guy actually managed to retroact the mana. What… what kind of luck is this?
At this instance, Lin Li had already escaped the dense skeletal arms, and stood on top of the layers of ice.
Once both his feet were on the ice, Lin Li cast the Delaying Spell.
If it were a normal Fantama Panthera, it would not be wary of the Delaying Spell. With just a Blood Rage, it could reach frightening speeds. The leopard currently could not do anything as its mana had been sealed, leaving it only physical strength. The Obscurus Spell and Blood Rage had all become nothing but an illusion. It could but stare helplessly at the enemy reciting spells on top of the ice.
Countless fire dragons flew out, and everyone heard a loud blast. The bright flare devoured the Fantama Panthera.
“Boom!”
Numerous fire flares sprang about instantaneously. It was as splendid as fireworks in the night sky when looked at from afar.
And then… everything became quiet.
Mason was dumbfounded, and stared at Lin Li who was on top of the ice. Only now did he start to use his wind blade to cut away at the skeletal arms that had appeared from the ground.
“I… I’ll be damned.” Mason could only use this sentence to describe how he felt.
First, it was a random Spell of Frost, and then it was followed by a coincidental Mana Retroaction.
When both were combined together, it created a fantastic leapfrog victory…
A level-7 mage had killed a level-12 Fantama Panthera. Mason did not know how to describe such luck. Is it the Invincible Lucky Star?
“Nicely done!” Macklin praised him generously while still Mason could not understand the battle at all. Macklin was an archmage nearing the Legendary-level, so how could he, just like Mason, attribute everything to luck?
Adept skill casting, a finesse grasp on timing as well as being a born combat genius. This level-7 mage was indeed the most cunning one out of the three.
It was especially so for that last Mana Retroaction. It was a definitely a classic example worthy to be used as a teaching material.
What was the concept behind retroaction and outburst spells?
Even though he was bordering the strength of a legendary-level, he only had a success rate of five or six out of ten tries. Looking at the calm and composed expression of this fella, he was in a stable state of mind. He’d already known that he would be able to retroact that Obscurus Spell.
Macklin felt that such a success rate was incredible.
His heart was filled with curiosity, and he wondered who this fella’s master was. It was definitely not Gerian—his strength was pretty good, but not to this stage. He would not be able to produce such students. Other than Gerian, who else could be so powerful within Jarrosus’ Guild of Magic? Andoine… Definitely not, that old man hid at the Pharmacists Guild every day. He hardly visited Jarrosus in the last eight or ten years, so how would he have the time to teach this fella?
“Sh*t, I will dig out this person one of these days…”
Macklin could not have imagined that this fella not only had the guidance of Andoine, but had also been training with another legendary mage, Grimm Burnside, for almost half a month.
“I consider that you have completed the first mission. Follow me back to the Guild of Magic. I will ponder which missions I will assign to you…”