"If I had known you were from the underwater world, you could have just brought us down here instead of leaving me terrified the whole way!" Noelle couldn't help but complain.
"Alright, the game is still on. If I beat you, I get a reward, so let's start!" Kahono suggested.
"Start what?" Noelle took a step back. For some reason, her subconscious urged her to turn around, and when she did, her hair stood on end because she realized there was another one!
"Kahono, is this the little friend you made on the surface?" Kiat was stunned when Noelle turned around. It wasn't until Noelle looked at him warily that he hurriedly lifted his mask to reveal a sunny smile, which finally eased Noelle's guard a bit.
"Yeah, you've seen her, now hurry up and leave!" Kahono said impatiently, then muttered softly, "Don't scare Noelle!"
"Alright, I'm off to find the boy who uses a sword. Let's see if his swordsmanship is better or if my Dance Sword is smoother!" Kiat said, then left cheerfully, which made Noelle heave a sigh of relief.
"Does your brother know about us too?" Noelle couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe!" Kahono gave an embarrassed smile, then straightened her face, "Let's settle this, Noelle!"
"No, good friends shouldn't fight!" Noelle refused.
"You live too idealistically, Noelle. Opponents won't stop just because you unilaterally call for a timeout!" After saying this, Kahono summoned her grimoire. Seeing a Song Magic spell about to be unleashed, Noelle, who had been at a loss, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Kahono used Song Magic, and her Water Magic happened to be effective at blocking Song Magic!
"Water Magic: Sea Dragons Lair!" Noelle wrapped herself up, effectively putting herself in an invincible position.
"How clever!" Kahono exclaimed, but she also wanted to see if her Song Magic could penetrate Noelle's Water Magic!
"Song Magic: Mother's Lullaby!" Kahono released the spell that had instantly taken out Charmy's magic. She had used this move countless times and rarely missed. In reality, the terrifying aspect of this move was its ability to incapacitate enemies imperceptibly; it was immensely powerful when released unexpectedly, so her current casting was already going easy on her.
However, she would not underestimate Noelle, because after training together for these days, she knew Noelle was a very powerful and worthy opponent. So, even though she possessed Vice-Captain level strength, she was fully committed to the battle at this moment.
When her Song Magic reached Noelle's Water Magic, it was scattered. Kahono was not surprised by this result; after all, Mother's Lullaby was a relatively soothing magic, mainly intended to put enemies to sleep, rendering them defenseless.
"You blocked the first attack, but how about this one!" Kahono's eyes widened with excitement, and her grimoire quickly flipped open. "Song Magic: Rhythm of Destruction!"
Kahono seemed to crouch down, and waves of immensely powerful sound blasted toward Noelle's Water Magic. Soon, Noelle's Sea Dragons Lair was on the verge of shattering!
However, Noelle's Sea Dragons Lair ultimately withstood Kahono's attack.
"Noelle, just defending won't cut it, you know!" Kahono grinned, trying to provoke Noelle.
"Hmph! I'm afraid I'll break you!" Noelle was genuinely angry, especially since Kahono was speaking to her in a teasing tone. Who did she think she was looking down on?
"Water Ball!" Noelle fired a water ball at Kahono. It was just the most basic magical projection, but the sheer scale of it made it seem as if someone else had used a powerful spell!
"Goodness!" Kahono's eyes widened in disbelief. She felt that Noelle's potential was truly immense; just releasing her mana had such power. If she properly tapped into it, she would at least have Vice-Captain level strength!
"Hmph! How about that, scared yet?" Noelle raised an eyebrow smugly. Although she missed, with such immense power, who would dare look down on her!
"Pfft!" Kahono couldn't help but laugh. She felt Noelle was truly too cute, and she was even a little envious of Asta at this moment!
Meanwhile, after Asta dealt with Finral's opponent, he had intended to part ways with Finral, but who knew Finral would immediately grab his leg...
"Asta, take me with you!" Finral looked like a mistreated young wife at this moment.
"Finral-senpai, it's not that I don't want to take you, it's just that you're too slow, and I'm in a hurry to find people!" Asta looked troubled. Mainly, he had already scouted the area and there was no danger, so there was nothing to fear. Plus, Finral had Spatial Magic and could escape at any time, so Finral's worries were unnecessary.
"I don't want to! I can fly too, my speed won't be much slower. If that doesn't work, I'll just use Spatial Displacement to keep up with you!" Finral said.
"Fine, follow me then!" Asta sighed. He felt this place was unusually large. He had been running for so long and had only encountered Finral. Little did he know, he had been randomly assigned to the very edge of the temple, and he still had a long way to run to reach the place where Noelle and the others were.
"Thunder Magic: Double Lightning Collapse Orb!" Luck was fighting with increasing ferocity, hurling all kinds of Thunder Magic at Gajel as if it were free.
"Young man, you've exposed a weakness! Water Creation Magic: Sea God's Iron Hammer!" Gajel was not about to yield either; he dodged and counterattacked in one fluid motion. A hammer formed from water smashed fiercely toward Luck in mid-air.
"Now is the time! Fire Magic: Hellfire Scattershot!" Magna and Luck's coordination was undeniably very tacit. The opening just now had been intentionally exposed by Luck, with the goal of luring Gajel into attacking, thereby exposing a weakness!
Sure enough, Gajel exposed a weakness while attacking Luck, and Magna seized the moment to fire a powerful Fire Magic spell at him!
"Water Creation Magic: Sea God's Shield!" Gajel opened his left hand, and the Sea God's Shield unfolded once more, resisting Magna's attack without any pressure. Meanwhile, his right hand continued to control the Sea God's Iron Hammer, smashing at Luck. Soon, Luck was swatted away like a fly.
"Damn it!" Luck slowly climbed up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and continued into the battle. However, his movements were not as agile as before; clearly, he had sustained significant injuries.
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