Chapter 120: The Tool of Peeping (Mistake)

Chapter 120: The Tool of Peeping (Mistake)

Actually, it wasn’t just the audience in the stands; even Andrew, the master of the Tower of the Archmage, was watching this battle from his office.

Although he wasn’t present at the scene, he could still watch remotely.

The medium for this was a transparent crystal ball connected to the magical barrier of the Tower of the Archmage.

Through this crystal ball, Andrew could see everything under the great barrier whenever he wanted.

It could be called a very powerful magical equipment.

If used for some unsavory activities, it would be exceedingly adept.

Of course, as the master of the Tower of the Archmage, how could he possibly engage in such activities?

At first, Andrew didn’t pay much attention to Airael’s visit, but her subsequent performance demanded his focus.

Especially after Airael revealed her strength.

If a hero-tier mage came to exchange magic and he wasn’t vigilant, he might end up doing nothing at all, becoming a complete “idle” person.

Moreover, Airael was so young; her future achievements were simply immeasurable.

What a pity that such a good seedling wasn’t nurtured in their Tower of the Archmage; he wondered which faction snatched up such a profitable recruit.

Watching Airael launch a new round of attacks in the transparent crystal ball, Andrew couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

After the previous probing attack ended, Airael’s current assault was quite powerful.

“Ice Domain!”

Airael let out a delicate shout.

Her staff lifted as she struck the ground.

In an instant, the ground beneath her feet froze, and the icy chill rapidly spread towards the middle-aged mage opposite Airael.

The atmosphere at the scene shifted along with Airael’s move.

Ice Domain!

It was clear this was a major spell within ice magic.

And its influence on the upcoming battle was significant.

If she could maintain the Ice Domain while utilizing ice magic against her enemy, she would gain tremendous advantages.

Especially for those ice mages, they would understand this move even better.

Airael’s intention was very clear.

She wanted to gain the terrain advantage.

On the ice, her opponent’s fire magic would be suppressed.

Although the high temperature of the flames would gradually melt the surrounding ice, as long as Airael could continuously supply magic power, the Ice Domain would hold steady, allowing her to maintain the upper hand.

Unless her opponent could shatter the Ice Domain all at once.

Airael’s move caught the middle-aged mage off guard.

Even at their level, while their internal magic reserves were quite abundant, this was not how you do it!

They had only just clashed once, not knowing each other deeply, and yet in the second round, she unleashed such an energy-draining big move?

Didn’t she fear running out of magic power afterward?

Was this what they call “the fearless young cub not afraid of the tiger,” just one word—“go”??

In fact, regarding her own magic reserves, Airael had learned from past lessons and was quite attentive.

But the current situation was different from before.

After breaking through to the hero tier, not only had her magic reserves significantly increased, but the power of her spells had strengthened while her consumption decreased.

For Airael, whose magic reserves were already abundant, she didn’t need to worry about magic depletion for casting some spells.

In the short term with minor spells, she might recover more magic than she used up!

Though after prolonged combat, she might not hold up; her stamina and energy would also be expended, which could affect her fighting state.

If that happened, her ability to recover magic power would greatly diminish under fatigue.

Overall, after her breakthrough, Airael’s endurance had vastly improved, and she wasn’t particularly concerned about magic reserves anymore.

The middle-aged mage was unaware of all this.

They had only clashed once, and they were still strangers.

Airael didn’t know much about him either, and likewise, he didn’t know much about Airael.

Faced with Airael’s big move, he didn’t take the same frontal approach as before but began to retreat continuously.

He planned to drag this out, to see just how much magic power Airael had to burn through.

The little fool didn’t realize how precious magic power was; she was bound to lose out on this!

That was the middle-aged mage’s current thought.

Unfortunately, his expectations were destined to be in vain.

Having suffered from this before, Airael was now completely confident in herself.

Watching the middle-aged mage’s movements, Airael smiled warmly.

She was genuinely happy.

She had a good inkling of what the middle-aged mage was thinking.

And that was precisely the outcome she wanted.

As the saying goes, “when heroes meet on a narrow road, the brave win.” When she used her big move and gave it her all, the opponent chose to retreat instead of confronting her head-on—well, sorry, but he was about to remain at a disadvantage!

The ice kept pursuing the retreating middle-aged mage, and soon he found himself with no place to run.

The entire contest area was now engulfed in ice, with a chilling aura pervading the space.

At that moment, the barrier surrounding the contest area rose up, preventing the icy chill from spreading outward.

Inside the barrier, even as a fire mage, the middle-aged mage summoned a fireball to keep himself warm but still felt incredibly cold, involuntarily shivering.

So cold!

In contrast, Airael was doing much better.

Magic was her domain; the cold air was under her control—how could it possibly harm her?

Though the audience on the stands and Andrew watching through the crystal ball didn’t feel the cold, they empathized with the middle-aged mage’s situation just by watching him.

So cold!

Of course, the ice mages were the exception.

Cold air was no stranger to them.

Watching the fire mage’s embarrassing state under Airael’s ice magic attack, some among the ice mages felt a bit gleeful.

Now you know how powerful our ice magic is, huh?

They completely overlooked that Airael had also demonstrated fire magic before.

She just wasn’t using big fire moves, that’s all.

Moreover, there wasn’t a significant strength difference between magic factions; the difference was solely among the mages themselves.

The middle-aged mage felt remorseful.

He didn’t expect Airael’s magic to be this formidable; the entire arena was now under her control, while he had been severely weakened.

And it seemed maintaining such a spell wasn’t too taxing for Airael; she appeared completely at ease.