Book 2: Chapter 49: Planning

Book 2: Chapter 49: Planning

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Some time passes and eventually Belle and Cynthia stop talking about annoying things. And I am very grateful of this.

So are there any other students youre worried about competing? Allen asks, sounding curious as we both watch the battles going on right now. And as if drawn by his words, my eyes gravitate towards one particular screen where I find a girl with stark white hair and white irises walking through a room, leaving behind the corpse of the student she had just quite literally blown the mind of on the ground.

Lost is most likely the biggest threat to me, I answer while watching the girl no older than myself whose seemingly lost gaze gave her the namesake as she walks straight to the core and holds her finger out to it, sending some sort of needle of white liquid through it. Then my gaze turns to another screen where a guy seemingly a little older than me with blood red hair and a maniacal smile laughs in a rather disturbed manner as he rushes from one place to the next seemingly with no pattern or plan for his actions. He has crimson irises, along with random parts of his body turning into a very thick blood. And then theres Crim.

The current most powerful mental magic user out of all the new Guardians this year and the supposedly insane berserker who uses blood magic just like you, Allen mutters before nodding his head and adding, also both Primary tournament competitors, so its good to be worried about them. He glances at me. There anyone else?

I nod while turning my gaze to another screen where I find a rather large man seemingly in his mid-twenties, but probably younger standing in place while taking all of the hits sent towards his team with a golden red glow surrounding his body. And despite every last attack hitting him, none of them seem to do any damage at all. In fact, his eyes seem to be glowing brighter and brighter with each hit.nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

The Molten Angel, I answer right before the man, whose feet seemed to have been merged into the ground, suddenly grows in size with two large angelic wings made out of pure magma growing out of his back as he stares down at the other team.

Then the bright light shining from his body grows even brighter and flashes out in a single direction towards the other team, sending a wave of magma along with it that engulfs half their team, burning parts of them.

That stupid magical reality is the only reason all of your fellow students are still alive, Tar comments. And the magical reality not counting towards the System is also the only thing keeping the other people from eventually figuring out that you gain EXP from killing humans.

Yeah, I know. Just annoyed that the hard work I put in during the tournaments doesnt actually matter beyond the rewards Ill win at the end of it, along with getting my name out there.

I already have a plan for dealing with the Molten Angel, since I have some experience with a similar magic thanks to Sentinel from the ranking tournament for Lions Heart. But I have no idea what to do about Lost. The only things that come to mind are letting Belle defend me, using blood boil and life drain in conjunction with Emilys skills to cause her a lot of pain and break her focus, or just to leave her to the other teams. Since mental attacks are my weakest area, even if theyre technically still above average.

The other two will just be a matter of combat. Just another battle.

Although Crim could be annoying depending on what blood skills he has, since I dont want him to somehow wrestle control of my skills or something. But his form of magic seems to be transformation focused. Specifically, transforming parts of his body into pure blood in exchange for strength. Kind of like my blood sacrifice, but in a different direction.

So I dont think he will be too much of a nuisance.

And Shifter is a straightforward brawler using his transformation abilities to attack with animal assets, like he did with that bear claw earlier. A bear claw that appears to be his go-to transformation.

I smile a little as I watch the three fight, just studying their skills and fighting styles.

Thisll be fun.