บท 71: TENS OF MAGIC CIRCLES

Where are we going to fight?" I asked.

"We can fight here." Answered Louise. "All the walls in the academy are enchanted with strengthening magic. No attack below the eighth layer can damage them."

I put on a strange expression. "I'm sure that it's forbidden to fight inside the dormitories."

Louise giggled and created a magic circle on her hand. The magic circle then expanded and covered the entire corridor. It was an isolation barrier. "There is not a problem if nobody knows, right?"

I looked at Louise and chuckled.

Louise then retreated twenty meters away from me. At this distance, neither she nor I would have an advantage when the fight begins.

She then took a wand from below her dress and looked at me. "Do you need a sword?"

I shook my head. "Nope. It's just a spar. I think I can do without a sword."

Louise nodded. She did not underestimate me because I did not have a sword. Instead, she looked even more serious now.

It looks like after the events of tonight, Louise became even warier of my strength.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

Louise closed her eyes and took a deep breath. In an instant, her sixth layer of mana surged through her body.

When she opened her eyes again, they shone with a focused green glow.

"I'm ready."

Once she spoke, I moved.

I only used mana equivalent to the fourth layer, after all, I did not want to blow my cover here. But even with that, the pressure that Louise felt was immense. In less than a second, I had covered half of the distance between us.

Louise remained calm and waved her wand. Instantly, tens of magic circles appeared around her, all aimed towards me.

Force magic, [Force Arrow]!

The arrows shone with a sharp glow. Following Louise's signal, all the arrows flew overwhelming towards me.

Louise's spell was very powerful in the current situation. After all, my movements in the corridor were limited, and it would be impossible to evade all the arrows.

However, such a spell was child play for me. In an instant, I thought of at least ten ways to defend against the arrows without showing my true strength. In the end, though, I opted for the most direct and overwhelming way.

Before the arrows could reach me, my body shone brilliantly.

[Space Sword, Sword Body]!

Jus like reality render, I was unable to show the true power of this technique with just fourth-layer mana. However, its current power was more than enough for this situation.

When the arrows reached me, I clenched my fist and punched.

Instantly, a powerful sword intent filled the corridor. The sword intent clashed against the arrows head-on and crushed them in an instant, creating a path I used to rush towards Louise.

However, Louise was not intimidated for it. She never expected to defeat me just with that attack. Instead, it was a distraction to earn enough time for her following spell.

Force magic, [Multiple Force Barriers]!

It was a spell that Louise created recently. She modified the spell [Force Barrier] and added multiple layers of barriers. She expected to use it to counter my [Reality Render].

But it was useless.