Chapter 172 Guys, I know that my schedule has been a mess recently, but please bear with it a bit longer . Things has been complicated at home lately, and sometimes I simply don't have the energy to sit in fron od a pc to write . Don't worry, I'm doing my best to keep the release rate . Today are three chapters, two of last week and one of this . . .
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\"Christine!\" Alan jumped on the stage and ran towards Christine, but Evelyn had moved before him .
She held her wrist and sent a bit of her mana inside Christine's body .
\"Don't worry, I protected her mana circuits from harm . But even I can't eliminate [Last Stand]'s side-effects completely . She will have to recover for a long time before getting better . \"
Alan nodded gratefully . \"Thank you, headmistress . \" He then carried Christine away, but not without giving Daisy a grudgeful look .
Daisy smiled gently in response, but in the next second, she also started to vomit blood .
\"Daisy!\" Dina shouted worriedly and tried to rush into the arena, but Daisy extended her hand and stopped her .
\"Don't worry, princess . I'm fine . \" She then looked at me and nodded determinately . \"I can continue . Headmistress, the next . \"
Evelyn stared at Daisy carefully . \"Are you sure? Your injuries are not minor . \"
Daisy nodded . \"I'm sure, please . \"
Evelyn sighed . \"Today's students are truly determined . Well, I like it . \" She then told Alan's team to send their next member .
This time, a handsome blonde man was the one that took the stage .
He looked at Daisy with a smile and bowed slightly . \"Nice to meet you, my name is Harry Helford . \"
Daisy nodded . \"Daisy . \"
Harry was a fourth-year student . He was a sixth-layer warrior that wielded a pair of daggers .
His slender body and weapons showed that he was an assassin-like fighter . Someone focused on speed and agile movements .
Watching the two of them on the stage, I furrowed my brows . I'm not sure if Daisy can win this time .
Although she looks fine outwardly, I know that Daisy was severely injured during the duel against Christine . Mainly in the last attack, Christine's two last spells injured Daisy more than she shows .
After all, Christine used two seventh-layer spells despite the burden in her body . Even though Daisy's cultivation was a layer higher, her expertise using spells was far from comparable to Christine's .
Furthermore, of the two seventh-layer attacks, Daisy received [Purgatory Needless] completely . Fortunately, [Gungnir Seed]'s defenses helped her to endure, otherwise, the result would have been a mutual elimination .
The time limit of Lightning Goddess's Armor is also approaching . So, if her opponent is cunning enough, he can win easily .
Headmistress Evelyn raised her hand and looked at Daisy and Harry .
\"Are you ready?\"
Both of them nodded .
\"Very well, start!\"
With Evelyn's announcement, the fifth battle started .
Daisy was the first one to open fire . She sent five lightning serpents in Harry's direction .
Harry smirked . He jumped aside and evaded the attacks . He then retreated until the edge of the stage without any intention of confronting Daisy .
As I thought, he was going to stall for time .
Daisy wrinkled her brows . Her hands moved and multiple magic circles were created around her . Then, the magic circles opened fire .
Lightning Magic, [Lightning Bolt]!
[Lightning Bolt] was just a first layer spell, the basic of the basics, but Daisy relied on numbers to bring a qualitative change to the strength of the spell . Moreover, I noticed she mixed a bit of Gingnir's Lightning between the firebolts .
I was noticeably surprised . To think Daisy managed to use Gungnir's Lightning without relying on [Gungnir Seed] . Just this improvement alone is worthy of praise .
But her enemy response was equally praiseworthy . He moved between the lightning bolts leaving afterimages in the way, and the few lightning bolts he was unable to evade were stopped by a mana barrier around his body .
At the same time, he made sure of keeping himself as far from Daisy as possible .
Daisy could not help but turn angry .
\"You… What are you, a rat?\"
Harry shrugged . \"Sorry, miss Daisy, but I'm not confident in defeating you right now . I prefer to wait for a bit until the effects of your technique fade out . Is anything wrong with that?\"
Daisy could not say anything against that . Thus, she started to cast more spells against him .
Lightning serpents, lightning bolts, and lightning chains were created, but Harry evaded them all . Daisy tried to use [Gungnir Seed] again, but even that was useless .
After all, Harry was a speed-oriented warrior . Even if Daisy activated [Gungnir Seed], it was useless if she could not trap him .
This fight showed clearly Daisy's weakness . In the end, she had started cultivating not long ago, and her current strength was in great part due to my help .
But that caused that the number of spells she knows was low for a fifth-layer mage . Moreover, she did not know any AoE spells . That was a big weakness against an opponent like Harry .
Harry had also realized it, so he continued moving through the arena without giving Daisy's spells the opportunity to hit him . Every time Daisy fired a spell, she discovered that her target had moved away and the spell had hit nothing .
Soon, Daisy started to feel the power in her body fading away . Harry also felt it and his smile became more and more confident . At the current rate, victory was going to be his .
However, instead of panicking, Daisy calmed down .
She took a deep breath and focused completely on the fight . She eliminated all the stray thoughts on her mind and thought solely about ways to take her enemy down .
The rate of her attacks slowed down . Her mind started to predict where Harry was going to move next and how to take advantage of that .
Suddenly, Harry felt the pressure over him growing .
Little by little, he discovered that he was being hit more and more . Although most of the attacks were just lightning bolts that he could resist easily at the cost of a bit of his mana, occasionally, some lightning serpents and lightning chains hit too close for comfort .
But suddenly, Daisy's attacks ceased .
Harry stopped . He looked at Daisy and discovered that her strength had finally fallen to the sixth layer, moreover, it was dangerously close to the fifth layer .
\"It looks like this is the end, miss Daisy . \" Harry smiled .
Daisy nodded . \"You are right, this is the end . \" Then, she snapped her fingers .
Instantly, tens of magic circles appeared around Harry .
Harry's expression changed . He tried to move away, but a chain of lightning had unknowingly grabbed his right foot .
\"I started to prepare this trap two minutes ago, and put my remaining mana in it . \" Daisy said with a smile of pride and a pale face . \"But it was worth it . \"
Then, tens of lightning bolts and lightning serpents descended towards Harry .
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