Chapter 196 : The Advancing Commander (Part 6)
"This is...?"
The battle was not over.
Fuegoleon looked at Nozel, whose shoulder was pierced by a crimson beam; no blood flowed from the hollow wound, as liquid mercury continuously filled the gap.
A sense of crisis crept into his heart.
He didn't dare to be careless.
"Fire Lizard!" Fuegoleon shouted. The giant Fire Lizard's wings beside him erupted with even brighter flames as its mana surged, and its breath sprayed in all directions in an instant.
The sweeping sea of fire scorched the plains for hundreds of meters.
It was a shocking sight.
Several figures of Nozel emerged from the sea of fire. Every one of them was identical, with no discernible difference in mana or appearance. The raging fire burned, melting their bodies, and each one turned into liquid mercury.
"Clones condensed from mercury?"
"Then where is the real body?"
Amidst the flames, Fuegoleon's mana perception was exceptionally clear. He quickly sensed that one special figure that hadn't melted. "I've got you!"
"Flame Creation Magic: Roar of the Great Flame Lion!"
The scalding flames were scorching and suffocating. Fuegoleon's right hand, forged of fire, spread out as an illusory flame shadow resembling a fire lion roared out a massive fireball. Its blazing posture was peerless.
Facing such an overwhelming offensive, Nozel, whose true position had been discovered, did not panic.
On the contrary, he took a step forward toward the meteor-like fireball.
His steady pace suggested he didn't take this strike seriously.
At this moment, Fuegoleon noticed a strange sight. Unlike the mercury clones melted by the flames, the area where Nozel's true body stood was not invaded by the fire.
How did he do it?
Was it... mercury?
Coming to his senses, Fuegoleon realized that mercury was flowing from beneath Nozel's feet like splashes of water, resisting the encroaching sea of fire.
The control of the white mercury was so precise that it perfectly neutralized the spreading flames, maintaining just enough space for a person to move, remaining unchanged from beginning to end.
The blue-glowing grimoire flipped its pages.
Nozel's voice was low. "Mana Zone: Mercury Rain Realm."
As his voice fell.
Mercury... bean-sized mercury raindrops appeared one by one in the air.
They densely packed the air, blooming and coming to a halt above the sea of fire, like a torrential downpour suddenly frozen in mid-air. Nozel drew upon the surrounding natural mana; this was a special field.
The flames that were still rising lost their arrogant appearance in an instant. The sea of fire collapsed, leaving behind only flower-like flickers of flame.
Fuegoleon was no ordinary Mage.
The moment Nozel deployed the Mercury Rain Realm and extinguished the sea of fire, Fuegoleon acted. Intense flames erupted to wrap around his entire body, and the residual flames burned away the surrounding mercury droplets. He then flew into the air with the Fire Lizard, escaping the field that was disadvantageous to him.
Riding the Fire Lizard, Fuegoleon looked down at the area combining Mercury Magic and Mana Zone. Without any hesitation, he ignited all his mana. The Fire Lizard's body grew larger again, and vaguely, a colossal creature hovered in the air, majestic and awe-inspiring.
"Flame Spirit Magic: Breath of the Fire Lizard!"
The dragon-like Fire Lizard opened its massive maw, and a sea of fire spewed out, with steam rising!
Nozel raised his hand. The mercury raindrops from the Mercury Rain Realm gathered together and surged upward, continuously forming a silver river from all directions.
The silver river and the blazing sea of fire intertwined.
The wind stirred.
Steam suddenly dissipated, and colorless, odorless mercury vapor filled the wind.
'He actually blocked it.' Fuegoleon was somewhat surprised. After all, in his memory, Nozel wasn't very good at dealing with large-scale offensive magic; his style had always been small to medium-sized control magic.
'That ability just now to draw natural mana and deploy a strange field... it's Mana Zone, isn't it? It seems that while I was unconscious, he has already moved ahead of me.'
'However, if he wants to beat me, this is still not enough.'
Fuegoleon patted the Fire Lizard beneath him. Its spread wings stretched out and flapped violently, the strong wind suddenly scattering the white gas downward.
But just then.
A figure leaped out from the airwaves. The guy riding a Silver Eagle was, without a doubt, Nozel.
'Taking the initiative to attack? Good!'
Fuegoleon raised his right hand, compressing flames in his palm. The center of his originally crimson palm glowed with a scorching brilliance, as if coated with a layer of gilded gold.
Blazing firelight erupted, surrounded by circular airwaves, passing through Nozel in an instant. But just as the light passed through, colorless mercury gas once again dispersed from the figure riding the Silver Eagle.
A voice came from nowhere.
"Mercury Debilitation Magic: Breath Mist of Mercury."
The evaporated mercury was pervasive. The moment it passed through Fuegoleon, it penetrated through his pores and respiratory tract. Standing on the Fire Lizard's back, Fuegoleon felt a wave of dizziness and the world spinning.
He stumbled and fell from the Fire Lizard's back.
He struggled to see Nozel's position, only to find his body twitching uncontrollably.
A Mage whose physical fitness was enhanced by mana was ultimately incomparable to an ordinary person. Even after inhaling such a large amount of mercury vapor, Fuegoleon—the Captain of the Order of Knights whom Yami had dubbed the "Hot-Blooded King"—forced himself to act for a split second.
His mana perception cut through the noisy battlefield, clearly capturing that hidden shadow.
The Fire Lizard, attempting to save the falling man, flew down with all its might. Man and spirit traveled together, the strong wind blowing Fuegoleon's crimson hair. The diamond-shaped seal on his forehead was so prominent!
"Flame Spirit Magic: Death Prison of Fire!"
Firelight began to spread from the massive Fire Lizard. While completely enveloping the Flame Spirit, it also wrapped around Fuegoleon. A golden light shone within the crimson until the golden light was fully radiant. The fireball hovered like a sun.
The heat exploded.
A golden sea of sunset bloomed in the sky.
The last time he used this magic was in the Captains' battle not long ago, where it turned an entire lake into water vapor in just an instant.
Now, the perfected magic would only be more powerful!
Fuegoleon was confident he could win; he only worried: "Don't die under this move, Nozel."
"From childhood to now: 1,082 draws, 583 wins, and 582 losses. In the end, I am still one step ahead!"
Hovering in the air, standing on the silver mercury eagle, Nozel calmly watched the golden ocean sweeping toward him in an instant. He muttered to himself, "Is this your full power now?"
"...Then, I'll knock you down once and for all!"
"Mana Zone: Mercury Rain Realm, plus, Mana Method."
The mercury raindrop field reappeared.
But unlike before.
Outside the suspended field, circles of brilliant golden patterns bloomed, like massive magic circles, mysterious and dazzling...
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