Chapter 209 Chapter 3 A Lesson
Ig, with one hand gripping his sword, unleashed his Silver Dou Qi, which smashed into the solidified magic in front of him with a boom. The next second, the edge of the ancient, broken longsword, reflecting a cold glint, was already at the mage’s throat.
“What!”
Snogg’s pupils contracted. Caught off guard, he was forced to abruptly interrupt his half-finished incantation, raising his staff to conjure a defensive spell in front of him.
The longsword slammed onto the magic shield, creating violent ripples that kicked up dust on the ground. After the collision, Snogg’s lips bled due to the magic backlash caused by the forced interruption of his spellcasting.
Fernos, holding his staff to maintain the shield, raised his face, but before any malice could appear in his eyes, they turned to shock.
The edge of “End” cut through the dense magic shield like a bright sword scar, slicing through the magic blocking it!
From the moment Fernos raised his staff, Ig had decided to strike first rather than be passively beaten.
Although Snogg, a mage, was a Gold Rank, higher than Ig, his rigid and stiff spellcasting posed less of a threat to Ig than Rols had a month ago.
For Ig, who had been tempered through the trials of Duke Oran and repeatedly beaten by Verafia, Snogg’s magical fluctuations were completely transparent.
Ig’s gaze was sharp, and the cold light from “End” converged into a straight line, directly severing the magical connection through the gaps formed by the elemental particles.
The flowing magic split into two under the sword light. “End,” suddenly raised, swung out, and the flashing sword blade landed directly in front of the mage!
“What! You’re already Silver!”
Snogg hastily raised his staff to block, and the edge of “End” struck the staff. He stumbled back, and as he looked up, he saw the obvious Dou Qi on Ig’s body. But Snogg’s expression instantly turned ferocious:
“Even if you’re Silver, you’re still trash!”
In the battles between Professionals, mages had an unimaginable advantage over close-combat swordsmen, not to mention his rank was the higher Gold, which was a chasm of difference!
Snogg sneered, drawing his staff and quickly chanting a powerful spell, preparing to blast away Ig, who dared to injure him.
“Snogg, with your skill, if you were in Miss Verafia’s hands, such carelessness would get you killed ten times over!”
To Snogg’s surprise, Ig acted completely differently from his training. He sworded through the obstacles of magic elements and charged straight at him without any pause, giving him no chance to unleash his Gold Rank killing magic!
Snogg had to terminate his incantation again, retreating in humiliation. Ig landed in front of him, the sword he held diagonally up collecting its cold light into a straight line.
Flying Stream Sword Technique – Vertical Cut!
The sharp and precise sword light severed Snogg’s remaining defense without any hindrance, cutting the cuff of the retreating mage’s luxurious robe, spilling bright red blood from the wound.
“Curse you, you damnable trash!”
Due to the intense pain, Snogg’s face contorted with rage. He swiftly drew his staff, preparing to cast a quick spell to repel Ig before resorting to a large-scale spell.
The light in Ig’s eyes was icy. He also had no intention of dodging, giving the opponent a chance to readjust his attack. Instead, he planned to forcefully withstand the non-fatal attack and decide the victory with “End” in his hand!
However, as Ig raised his wrist, it suddenly stopped.
Across from him, Snogg bared his teeth and sneered. Magic fluctuations rapidly condensed on his staff, and he heavily slammed it down towards Ig, who stood there dazed as if foolish.
With the magic of a Gold Rank mage, even if it was just augmented to a normal attack, it was enough to smash through a block of pig iron!
“Boom!”
Snogg’s attack hit in front of Ig. The force that rebounded from the staff made his arm tremble, emitting the sound of bones cracking. Snogg cried out in pain.
“Young Master Snogg!”
The guards brought by the mage noticed something was wrong and released their Dou Qi and spells, rushing towards the youth.
Snogg’s eyes trembled as he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
As a Gold Rank mage, his spiritual vision allowed him to clearly perceive that in that instant, a crystallization of magic power, far surpassing his own in both purity and quantity, had blocked his attack.
“It’s been so long… I thought something had happened, but it turns out my attendant was being bullied.”
A pleasant, bell-like, yet slightly displeased girlish voice appeared in the air.
Snogg subconsciously looked up, and from the luxurious carriage behind the youth, a slender girl in a pure white dress and golden long hair sat up.
The girl’s scorching gold pupils lowered, and she suddenly slightly raised her fair chin.
The pure magic condensed in the air suddenly erupted with a boom. Fierce magical fluctuations converged into a wild storm, enveloping Snogg.
Even though Snogg’s attendants behind him desperately unleashed their defenses, under the stir of the magic storm, they made sounds like shattering glass, cracks appearing, and collapsed completely in just a few breaths!
The aftermath of the girl’s magical shockwave continued for a full ten seconds in front of the city gate, even breaking many surrounding trees. The guards who reacted did not dare to step forward immediately.
Verafia lightly moved her gaze to her fair, jade-like fingertips. The wild magic fluctuations in the air gradually subsided. The girl didn’t even notice the pathetic state of Snogg and the others as she leaped off the carriage with a whoosh.
Snogg struggled to get up, his luxurious mage robe torn to shreds by the magic. Even though Verafia hadn’t intentionally attacked, he still had hundreds of tiny wounds on him, the intense pain twisting his face.
Verafia clapped her small hands and ran all the way to Ig’s side. She lightly raised her delicate eyebrows, tilted her small face, and said with great displeasure:
“Hey, you guy, how can you not even deal with this trash, forcing me to step in.”
Ig wanted to say that he was just laying the groundwork for the attack and hadn’t even had a chance to use the sword techniques and swordsmanship he learned from Duke Oran. However, he thought about it and realized that being scolded by his young lady wouldn’t cost him a single gold coin. It was better not to argue with this little phoenix.
Snogg struggled to get up, the small wounds on his body oozing scarlet blood that stained his tattered clothes, making him look utterly ferocious.
As Snogg raised his resentful eyes, he suddenly felt the scorching golden gaze of the girl in front of him. His heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly averted his head, venting his frustration onto Ig beside him.
“Cough, cough, I thought you trash… what have you been doing these past six months. I never thought the son of a dignified Marquis would become a servant to a little girl! Ig, if Miss Shiel knew she had a brother like you, hehe…”
