Hilda stood calmly as she stared at her opponent for this match. This time, she will be fighting the captain on the first year representatives of Mystic Gate. His name was Art and just a head taller than her.She noticed his confidence stemming from his position as the team captain. Normally, team captains were positioned at the very last match but to ensure their victory, They positioned Art at the 3rd match to immediately fight Hilda.
"He"s definitely prepared for my Traceless Oscillation, but let"s see how you can resist this."
As soon as the battle started started, Art activated his Mana Sh.e.l.l together with another spell from his mana artifact.
So as soon as Hilda activated her Mana Sh.e.l.l and Traceless Oscillation, the opponent wasn"t that affected. Art"s Mana Sh.e.l.l only trembled for a bit before stabilizing again.
"How did he do that?!"
"Oh?! Someone could resist that first year"s powerful spell!"
"This time, it was unlike those from Phoenix school who were struggling just to fend off Hilda"s attack."
"Indeed, Art looks like he could still take several of those attacks."
Series of exclamations was heard in the audience area after Art displayed his amazing defense. It halted yet again Hilda"s almost unstoppable one-hit victory.
Hilda nodded at this as she somewhat expected this outcome as well. After all, her attack had been completed a.n.a.lyzed by now by other academies. Especially Mystic Gate, who is in the forefront in Mana Artifact development for their student courses.
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"This time, we won"t let you win another round!"
Art was also happy as he resisted Hilda"s attack.
"Senior Sheryl really did a good job a.n.a.lyzing the spell. Since I"m constanly changing the natural frequency of the Mana Sh.e.l.l. I could somehow resist the skill Hilda was using."
Art said in his mind as he thanked Sheryl for the plan she made yesterday night. There has been some plans in making changes in using Mana Sh.e.l.l, with the battle today, she could test her theory as she was somehow expecting that the 2nd year or even 3rd years from Leonhearts will use the same trick.
"Archon -- Water Bullet!"
"Piercing Fire Shot!"
Hilda used the standard magic spell of the artifact which is in Archon series. The 2nd spell came from the exclusive Mana Spell coming from the Scourge Staff.
Art made a dodge on the attack instead of defending. He was clearly aware how Hilda"s standard Grade 1 spell could easily destroy other"s mana sh.e.l.l if not careful about it.
Art utilized wind element magic spell to drag the fight with Hilda. He was using Prime and Enchant Series Magic.
After dodging couple of attack coming from Hilda. He felt it was now time to counter attack.
"Enchant -- Wind Arrow!"
"Prime -- Wind Wave!"
He used 2 magic spell to try cornering Hilda, but she did something unexpected. Instead of dodging the attack or summoning defense spell, she actually prepared to counterattack.
"Do you think that my magic spell is comparable to others?"
Art felt offended that Hilda won"t even bother defending on his attack. Although it was a standard magic from Prime and Enchant Series, it was a spell summoned by him, the team captain and strongest on their team.
He sneered at the thought that Hilda was taking him lightly.
As soon as the magic spell landed, everyone expected that Hilda would have trouble stablizing her Mana Sh.e.l.l with 2 magic spell landing solidly on it. But they were wrong, the 2 magic spell landed with a strong sound of collision but it did not destroyed her Mana Sh.e.l.l.
Instead, it was Art"s Mana Sh.e.l.l that was destroyed.
***
"Another Traceless Oscillation with such timing and precision, that magic is really a trouble. But at least, we confirmed that only Hilda can use it and it really exhaust her a bit whenever using the spell."
"That"s true, there seems to be buffering time as well. As you saw, she was using other magic spell to attack before she use again that spell."
Sheryl and one of her teammate were discussing the outcome of the 3rd battle.
"It seems that the outcome is really inevitable."
"That"s alright Sheryl. With you at our side, I believe that our 2nd year combat magicians will have a high chance to win most of their battle this afternoon."
Sheryl only had stoic expression on this flattery and was focused on a.n.a.lyzing the battle instead.
***
Their battle continued until the 5th match and as expected, Hilda never lost a fight. Because of this outcome, their team won the most fight and the conclusion for the first year battle was soon announced.
First Year"s Battle Results
Leonhearts : 11 wins
Mystic Gate : 9 wins
Skywalker : 9 wins
Isolde : 6 wins
Odrexelt : 5 wins
Phoenix : 5 wins
Neon : 5 wins
Sacred Peak : 5 wins
Stoneheimer : 3 wins
Abuxorth : 3 wins
Eternal Fey : 3 wins
***
Everyone ate a bit for their lunch before the 2nd year"s battle this afternoon. The Leonhearts Academy was especially in a festive mood as they celebrated their victory for the First Year"s Division.
"Hilda and everyone, you did an amazing performance there. I hope you guys will still be the one partic.i.p.ating for next years compet.i.tion."
"Hey, aren"t you thinking too far ahead?"
"Haha. Anyway, the battle in Second Year"s Division would start in one and a half hours so for the contestant, make sure you mind your food."
Some seniors were happily chatting with the first years as they congratulated Hilda"s team on their amazing performance. They praised the other as well for using Blinding Fog effectively in the previous matches that easily gave them a win in some battles.
Hilda"s team of five and the three mana technicians, Escanor, Alice, and Samantha ate together as they happily chatted about their experiences in the matches.
***
"Wallace, what do you think will be the outcome for this 2nd year compet.i.tion?"
Tracy asked Wallace suddenly as they ate together with Ross.
Wallace smiled wryly at this, their 2nd year roster doesn"t have absurdly strong combat magician like Hilda. But although that was the case, they were highly trained in battle and learned to utilized a wide range of magic.
"We have a chance, of course. You just have to trust them that they can also properly use the mana artifact you made for them."
Wallace answered after thinking a bit. He looked at his lunch, a seafood meal matched with cold drinks for the hot weather.
He did not made any more comment as he already did his best for the 2nd years. It must be remembered that he made a last minute change during the Forging compet.i.tion.
He created a mana artifact from the material they unexpectedly found. As for the outcome, it would be up to their combat magicians now.