Chapter 174: The Demon-Breaking Dagger and the Resistance Ring

Chapter 174: The Demon-Breaking Dagger and the Resistance Ring

The temporary magic barrier was as feeble as paper before the peculiar dagger.

But this momentary pause, this fleeting apparition, was enough for Lynn. With a forceful push from his right foot against the ground, leveraging the reactive force, he swiftly leaned back, evading the dagger aiming for his neck. He tumbled backward, landing along with the chair, rolling away to create distance.

Yet as Lynn rose to his feet, he couldn't locate the enemy. The lounge was empty, as if everything before was a mere illusion.

Some form of visual deception magic?

Without hesitation, Lynn cast a Mage Shield upon himself. Simultaneously, the elusive danger approached again, this time from his side.

"Phosphorus - Resistance Ring!"

Focused entirely this time, Lynn retaliated almost instantly. He didn't know where the attack originated, but he didn't need to!

Intense flames surged around him, engulfing everything without escape. The ground cracked layer by layer, the scorching heat engulfing all within its reach.

The Resistance Ring was one of Lynn's achievements in the field of force-field magic, belonging to the high-tier third circle of magic! Although this single strike consumed a quarter of Lynn's magical power, its effect was significant. The proximity left no room to evade; the terrifying phosphorus fire quickly adhered to the assailant...

Piercing screams and wails echoed in the lounge. Amidst the flames emerged the figure of a middle-aged mage, his body engulfed in fire, phosphorus devouring his flesh. He futilely slapped his body, resembling a dance in the inferno...

As Lynn suspected, this kind of magic merely deceived vision, not truly disappearing!

Relieved, Lynn soon noticed the mage, now consumed by flames, dropping a weapon. It wasn't the dagger but a short sword...

Lynn's pupils constricted; a wave of dread washed over him. This meant there was not just one attacker!

The Mage Shield, shattered once again as Lynn realized this. Fortunately, the deflection field worked, narrowly averting the sudden attack.

The peculiar dagger appeared only in the moment the Mage Shield shattered, then vanished again without a trace.

The ability to engrave a soul-binding in a formal wizard's mind, causing instant death while disrupting their memory, required expertise in psychic magic!

The flames ignited by the Resistance Ring, the piercing screams, were unmistakable in the silent estate. Barely a minute had passed since the attack began, and the door was already violently thrust open.

"Professor Lynn, I heard an explosion and screams! What happened?" Phillip and Kevin rushed in first, visibly relieved to find Lynn unharmed.

"I'm not sure. I was about to rest tonight when these two attacked me." Lynn gestured towards the corpses, sounding perplexed.

In his days at Greenrill, it seemed he had only offended those divination scholars. If they were to act, it should have been before the verification of the Universal Gravitational Theory.

Surely, it couldn't be because his math problems were too challenging, causing someone to impulsively attempt his demise?

Phillip and Kevin glanced at the attackersthe first pinned to the ground by Lynn's ice blade, the other reduced to a charred mess by the scorching phosphorus fire, long devoid of life.

Exposed skin tore apart in struggle, blood vaporized, leaving holes where fingers once clawed. A horrific sight, with remnants of phosphorus flames incessantly consuming flesh as fuel, strengthening themselves...

This was the hellfire, wasn't it?

Phillip and Kevin recalled the tale of the "Hellfire" that Laude had mentioned when Lynn first arrived at the Iyeta Academy. At that time, they hadn't taken it seriously, but witnessing the gruesome demise of this attacker made them realize the terror of such flames, truly deserving of the name "Hell."

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