24 Chapter 4 (2/8)

After several seconds of thinking, Kain scratched his head and apologized, "Oops, I'm so sorry about that. My ears were still ringing from the last explosion caused by his Flaming Phoenix. That was why I didn't know Eoran had surrendered. Please forgive me, arena master." Kain put on his innocent smiley face, causing the arena master to forgive him.

Despite smiling, Kain was screaming in his mind, "Why do my duels keep getting interference every time it gets fun!?"

After Eoran was safely escorted out of the arena by the arena master, the announcer announced, "Let's wait for the [Flaming Phoenix] spell to expire then we will continue with the next battle."

After the [Flaming Phoenix] spell's duration expired and it faded away, the announcer announced, "Next, we have Lora Brightwood. She is thirty years old, and a Conjurer Mage."

"Huh? Another Conjurer Mage, this should be fun." Kain thought to himself.

After Lora walked into the arena, she immediately activated the [Second Life] spell and started chanting for [Conjure Ice Gargoyle] spell.

[Second Life], level 30 Conjuration spell. It costs no mana and can instantly revive a magic caster if that mage dies within ten minutes. However, the magic caster will be revived at a ten percent health pool, which means all injuries will just slightly be healed upon being revived. But that magic caster will be revived with a full mana pool, allowing him/her to continue to fight. The bad thing is that the [Second Life] can only be used once every twenty-four hours. This spell can be self-cast on the Conjurer Mage, or on someone else. It can not be cast on Demi-Humans, summoned creatures, or conjured creatures. If the [Second Life] spell was casted on a human warrior, then that human warrior will also be revived with a ten percent health pool while recovering his stamina pool in full.

Because Lora was a Conjurer Mage, the announcer gave her a little more time to get ready. After four minutes of waiting, the signal was fired to indicate the battle had started.

Lora immediately activated the [Mana Infusion] technique and then casted [Conjure Ice Gargoyle] spell. Lora had confidence that her mana pool was large enough to conjure a greatly empowered Ice Gargoyle. The result didn't disappoint Lora when she saw a female Ice Gargoyle that had pure white skin was conjured. With a smile on her face, Lora happily said, "Empress Ice Gargoyle, how lucky I am today."

This Empress Ice Gargoyle had long white hair and a very beautiful face instead of a hairless ugly scary face compared to the one Kain conjured earlier. Empress Gargoyle was physically strong and could be on par with a First Stage Saint Warrior. On the magic power side, the Empress Gargoyle can cast all Novice, Intermediate, and Master-tier Ice Magic spells. On top of that, the Empress Gargoyle had the ability to heal itself, as well as, mana recovery. In a real battle, ten First Stage Saint Warriors wouldn't be able to survive against the Empress Ice Gargoyle. If being conjured by a level 100 Conjurer Mage, the Empress Gargoyle can scale her magical power to level 100 Ice Mage and her physical strength will be advanced to Eleventh Stage Saint Warrior. However, she still can't get Ice Magic higher than Master-tier.

Lora was so happy with the result because normally only a General Ice Gargoyle was conjured. General Gargoyle has silver skin and can cast Novice, Intermediate, and Master Ice spells. Its physical strength is also on par with a Saint-tier human warrior. However, General Gargoyle doesn't have the ability to heal itself or mana recovery.

On the Empress Ice Gargoyle's right hand was an Ice Scythe with a bright white aura surrounding it. From what Lora has studied, that Ice Scythe can destroy all Novice and Intermediate Fire Magic spells. Similar to regular Ice Gargoyle, the Empress Ice Gargoyle isn't immune to any Ice Magic spells despite her masterpiece in Ice Magic.

The Empress Ice Gargoyle casted [Summon Ice Guardian] spell. A human-size ice elemental creature appeared to protect Lora per her command. The Ice Guardian can only cast two Ice Magic spells which are [Ice Barrier] and [Ice Spear]. Sounded kinda weak, but the Ice Guardian was actually one of the strongest defense types in all of the summonable creatures. It can protect itself and a target by continuously casting [Ice Barrier] spells or harass an enemy by continuously casting [Ice Spear] spells.

The bad thing was that the Ice Guardian does not have any physical strength and will fade away after its mana pool reaches depletion or upon receiving magical/physical damage. In another way to put this, even a slap in the face by a first-tier warrior would make it fade away. Still, it is not easy to touch the Ice Guardian before breaking through its Ice Barriers first. A regular Ice Guardian can cast about seventy-eight [Ice Barrier] spells or thirty-two [Ice Spear] spells before its mana pool could reach depletion. In Toria Continent's world record history, there was an Ice Guardian summoned by a Master Conjurer Mage that could cast a hundred and sixty [Ice Barrier] spells or eighty-seven [Ice Spear] spells before its mana was depleted.

[Summon Ice Guardian], level 30 Ice Magic spell.

Kain was also happy because he had finally felt the pressure he had long urged for. The pressure of possibly losing a one versus one duel. For the past six years, no Student Mage could have put this pressure on him. Kain gave the order for his sixty-eight Skeleton Warriors to stand behind him because he didn't want to recklessly sacrifice any of them without gaining some kind of benefits. Kain decided not to abuse using the Blood Pendant too much because some of the high-ranking officials from the Mages Council were watching his duel. If Kain cast another [Conjure Ice Gargoyle] spell, it would look very suspicious because a Conjurer Mage at his current level should not have that much mana.

That was why Kain decided to also activate the [Mana Infusion] technique and casted [Conjure Phantom Knight] spell. This will be the last spell he was going to cast today. Kain decided to challenge his luck through a little gambling instead of risking exposing his identity as a Blood Mage. Searched through his dedicated memories, Kain remembered there were many strong tribes in the realm of the Phantom Knights.

If he was lucky to be able to conjure a strong Phantom Knight, then this gambling will be worth it. If not, Kain still defeated two Student Master Mages. That should be enough to attract the Mages Council. Kain didn't give a damn about winning this stupid tournament. He had no reason to win because it does not bring him any kind of real benefit. If it was not for Master Whistler's order, Kain wouldn't come back to this cursed Flumen city. This was where his parents were killed. He will never, ever forget that.

A Phantom Knight appeared in front of Kain. Kain could not recognize what type of Phantom it was because it had never appeared in any books he had read. This Phantom had a beautiful face with long red hair. Kain did not know if it was a female or just a male that looks like a female. Kain used his natural talent for gender investigation by looking at the Phantom Knight's chest. After two seconds of expert investigation, Kain could see the Phantom Knight's small boobs. Now Kain knows it was a she, not a he. The Phantom didn't wear any type of steel armor set but wore just leather clothes. Unlike other Phantom Knights, she does not have blue flames as body parts but actually had a flesh body. However, the skin of her flesh was glowing in cyan color. There was no big greatsword on her back like the other normal Phantom Knights as well. But she had a blue color glowing Astral Bow instead. On the left hip, she had a regular size blue color glowing Astral Sword.

Kain asked, "Hey girl, what kind of Phantom Knight are you?"

It doesn't matter how strong a creature is. After being summoned or conjured into Toria Continents, those creatures were forced to obey their summoners or conjurers. Kain could feel a sense of unhappiness in the Phantom Knight's answer, "Human, give me an order quickly. Let me finish fast and banish me back to my realm as I have the stuff to do. I am not here for your stupid chit-chat."