Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 273 Phase Two and Phase Two

Due to his "Delusion Syndrome," Ritas maintains a high level of focus and attention towards every opponent, regardless of his outward appearance.

For the same reason, coupled with the fact that the enemies he encountered along the way were generally bizarre and had mysterious abilities, Ritas, after accumulating combat experience over the past six months, has gradually developed a unique fighting style.

In the initial encounter, his primary objective is always to hold his ground, building up a solid shield to the greatest extent possible. Then, protected by this barrier, he observes and probes his opponent's information, abilities, and so on. Furthermore, he precisely targets and limits each of his opponent's abilities.

Although Rita's words were intended to be sarcastic, she was not wrong in a way. Ritas's "casualness" was indeed due to the omnipotent "omnipotent" superior.

Therefore, no matter what abilities his opponent displays, Ritas, who is also progressing at a speed that is difficult for ordinary people to match, can always magically pull out a trump card from his seemingly infinitely possible pocket, specifically designed to counter his opponent.

The advantage of this method is that it can deliver a fatal blow. Ritas had personally experienced the helplessness and despair of having one's proudest power completely restricted, so he understood it better than anyone else.

However, the downside is that if Ritas plays his trump card poorly, no matter how well he prepares for the first half of the battle, he will always be unilaterally worn down, and his situation will be extremely worrying.

Therefore, even if it involves some risks, Ritas will demonstrate remarkable patience. He will strive to understand his opponent thoroughly, both physically and mentally.

Then, when he stops holding his ground and starts "moving," the scales of victory often tip in his favor.

"Hephaestus!"

In the sky, Rita began to cast what she called "divine magic".

Ritas, meanwhile, was observing the eight stones, which were filled with a large number of magical particles, slowly rotating around her.

To Ritas's surprise, the stones weren't anything special. They were just eight highly condensed magic crystals. Although those magic crystals were quite expensive, enough to make ordinary people wince, it was only a matter of cost; they were still something that even ordinary people could barely afford.

It can only be said that Rita, who is unwilling to even use a wand and is quite disdainful of "external forces," would certainly not rely on unique and powerful things.

Magic crystals are merely a medium. And the role of the medium is to better allow those magical particles to take shape.

With Rita's shout, the red magic crystal suddenly erupted into a powerful burst of flames. The flames formed a gigantic head resembling a wolf or a dog, staining the entire sky crimson, before unleashing a torrent of fire that swept towards Ritas.

The re-emerging protective barrier of Ritas was instantly engulfed in flames upon contact with the "Flames of Hephaestus," turning the bluish barrier itself a deep red.

Although the flames did not break through the protective barrier in a short time, their high temperature seemed to have penetrated into the interior.

Ritas was radiating heat, and his exposed skin was flushed red.

Unlike the explosion that could only be held off for a moment, the scorching flames that continued to burn posed a real threat to Ritas.

If Ritas doesn't want to be taken advantage of, he must find a way to deal with it.

"It's called 'divine magic,' but isn't it just a kind of 'magical beast magic'? Real gods aren't like that!"

Ritas gripped both ends of the wand with both hands, making a difficult pushing motion, expanding the protective barrier in an attempt to "push" back the flames that were constantly spewing onto it.

The wand "Rhythm," which appeared to be crystal but whose exact material was unknown, left burn marks on Ritas's palm.

Ritas, who was attacked by Melsie's fire, did consider temperature when constructing the protective barrier. The fact that it remains in this state only proves that Rita's flames are far more powerful than Melsie's at the time.

"If you feel this flame is too weak for a divine fire, please don't be impatient. This is only the beginning."

Ritas's judgment was accurate; Rita's "divine magic" was essentially magical beast magic.

However, Rita's purpose wasn't to harness the power of the summoned beasts, but rather to use them as "vessels" to hold more of her power. Furthermore, the summoned beasts Rita summons have no independent will; they completely obey her will, like puppets.

"Zefiron!"

At Rita's command, the green magic crystal flew out, expanding the magical particles to form the shape of a large bird.

A fierce hurricane swept through, tearing apart Ritas's protective barrier and intensifying the flames from the jets.

Ritas, who had just pushed the flames away a little, was instantly frozen in place again. After catching his breath for a moment, he was plunged back into the intense heat.

"Think you're weak? No. Quite the opposite. Ms. Rita has no idea what a real god is like. A real god doesn't possess great power; idle chatter and sarcastic remarks are all she does."

"It seems that the professor has even less reverence for the divine than I do."

As a mage who was wielding so-called "gods," Rita simply thought that Rita was being stubborn again and called out a third name.

“Gebermion!”

The yellow magic crystal flew out, landed on the ground, and quickly absorbed the surrounding sand and stones to become a giant.

The giant's appearance was different from that of the stone giant; it resembled a bald giant with a bizarre build, magnified dozens of times.

The giant plunged his hands into the ground, veins bulging on his head and back, and then, as if lifting the earth, hurled shards of rocks at Ritas.

Attacked simultaneously by the "gods" of the wind, earth, and fire elements, Ritas's seemingly invincible protective barrier finally reached its limit.

Numerous cracks are visible on the surface of the protective barrier. Moreover, the current situation certainly doesn't present a scenario where one crack breaks and another quickly appears, because the inner protective barrier has already crumbled first.

"Tarasaya!"

"Neltia!"

Rita summoned the names of two elemental deities this time.

As the blue and cyan magic crystals flew out, a light rain began to fall from the sky, and snowflakes also began to drift down.

Two figures, symbolizing goddesses, intertwined and danced in the air. As the twin goddesses, their faces slightly blurred and their figures incredibly graceful, swept past, countless raindrops and snowflakes in the sky transformed into goddess figures of different sizes, converging and rushing towards Ritas's protective barrier.

The protective barrier, already riddled with cracks, was now completely frozen in its most vulnerable state.

Just a moment ago, Ritas might have been exuding a faint fragrance, but now his eyebrows and hair are covered in frost.

"Volcanus!"

The moment the purple magic crystal flew out, it unleashed bolts of lightning.

Before the elemental deity representing thunder had fully appeared, a thunderbolt had already completely shattered Ritas's protective barrier.

"I've broken your shield. Any last words, Professor?"

The fire elemental spirit is a wolf, the wind elemental spirit is a giant bird, the earth elemental spirit is a giant, the water and ice elemental spirits are the twin goddesses, and finally, the lightning elemental spirit appears—a roaring dragon.

Along with Rita, who hovered in the air commanding deities, figures imbued with absolute power all turned their spears toward Ritas, who was dressed in frost-white and unable to weave a protective barrier for the time being.

“It’s wonderful that Ms. Rita’s power is so great. It can serve as an excellent rehearsal.” Ritas said, looking up at Rita with barely parted lips.

Perhaps because he was frozen stiff, the corners of his mouth maintained a strange curve, as if he were smiling.

"What a strange last words."

Rita waved her hand, and the six elemental beasts unleashed their full power at the seemingly helpless Ritas.

“Gebermion!”

Suddenly, a voice calling upon the earth elemental god rang out.

However, no matter how it was heard, it was Rita's voice, which made Rita herself look surprised.

boom!
The violent explosion completely altered the shape of a corner of Earls Academy on the map.

As Rita, who witnessed everything from above, watched the thick smoke and dust rise up, she could only look on incredulously.

In a corner of the academy, amidst dilapidated ruins.

As Rita watched that instant, she suddenly ran in front of Ritas, crouched down with her arms in front of her face, and used her enormous body to completely protect Ritas's earth elemental god "Gebermion".

"what happened!"

As if its soul had been shattered by Rita's furious roar, the earth elemental god let out a mournful cry before turning into countless specks of dust and returning to the earth. The yellow magic crystal also fell to the ground and crumbled into dust.

Even if the earth elemental god suddenly turned against it, it would be impossible for it to withstand the full force of five elemental gods of the same level.

Therefore, the reason it was able to withstand the attack until now is that it was equipped with armor and shields.

Although the earth elemental spirit disappeared quickly, Rita still managed to see the enhancement magic it had received materialize into "equipment".

Green armor, blue and cyan arm guards, and a red shield.

Aside from the lightning elemental deities who had just appeared and, apart from that final attack, had no time to unleash their enhancement magic, the colors of those magic spells were like...
"It seems that a common characteristic of gods is that they are not very intelligent. So, even if it might cause trouble, you should give them more opportunities to be independent and self-reliant, and train them. Ms. Rita."

Beside the shattered remains of the earth elemental god.

In front of Rita in her second phase, Ritas in his second phase appeared.

"Stealing magic? How is that possible! Just by imitating that level of sound?"

Rita, who immediately realized what Ritas had done, still seemed unwilling to believe the facts that were already presented to her, and uttered words that lacked rationality and meaning.

"Why not? Since your talent is what makes me 'above' you, you should be able to do what I can do."

As Ritas spoke, he made a gesture of slightly stretching his arms and opening his chest, as if he were sensing something.

But through her innate sensory abilities, Rita saw it.
A large number of magical particles that should have belonged to her and the elemental gods were surging and gathering around Ritas.

"As a 'force field,' Ms. Rita doesn't see its function as anything more than maintaining the operation of magic circles at damaged nodes. Isn't that an exaggeration?"

At this point, Rita, the archmage, finally figured out what had happened.

As Ritas's protective barrier explodes, all the power previously applied to it is transformed into magical particles. Ritas's magical field also possesses the characteristic of not allowing these magical particles to dissipate easily. Thus, all the attacks from the elemental spirits, during the transformation as the shield explodes, become a force that Ritas can control, accumulating around him.

Admittedly, the magical particles that make up the protective barrier have all fallen into a dormant state and cannot be used again for a short period of time.

However, these gaps have been completely filled by the "gifts" from Rita.

Moreover, through contact with the magical particles from the elemental gods, Ritas established a connection with them. He then used his own methods to confuse and confuse the elemental gods, ultimately usurping the "Gibom".

"Tarasaya!"

"Neltia!"

Still unwilling to give up, Rita called out the name of the water elemental god. Almost simultaneously, Ritas continued to imitate Rita's voice, calling out the name of the ice elemental god.

Suddenly, the goddess representing the ice element slapped the goddess of the water element in the air.

Enraged, the water goddess immediately slapped him back.

The sky immediately descended into chaos.

"enough!"

With a furious roar, Rita caused two more elemental spirits to vanish, and the magic crystals that held them turned to ashes.

"Is this what it feels like to control a massive amount of magical particles? It's really quite impressive."

Ritas below continued to stimulate Rita's nerves.

As if mocking Rita's determination to break through the shield, Ritas waved his wand, constructing several more protective barriers.

Red, green, yellow, blue, cyan.

The five-colored shield, powered by Rita, unfolds like a blooming violet flower.

"You should have used a wand, Ms. Rita. Besides its intended effects, a wand can also act as a rein for a summoner, controlling their summoned beasts. However, it's probably too late now. Your summoned beasts are far too foolish to be controlled with just a few reins. Why is your magic so flawed? Is it because you're too superstitious about your own power, believing that no one can reach the same level as you, or even surpass you, thus shattering your magic?"

Ritas gazed at Rita and sighed softly.
"I do have a problem with a lack of magical particles, and my 'freedom' is also limited by magical particles. So in order to solve this, I have tried every means to make up for it through various external forces. And after making up for the deficiency to a certain extent, what I can show is the current state."

"I suppose even though I can control a lot of magical particles now, it's still not as good as Ms. Rita's ability to summon eight 'gods' at the same time. But with so many magical particles, why is the scene you present only this level?"

Ritas gazed at the sky, watching as Rita withdrew the "contaminated" images of the fire and wind elemental spirits. He silently pondered whether Rita wanted to continue or escape.

He certainly didn't want Rita to escape. But if Rita really wanted to escape, he didn't have a good way to stop her.

After careful consideration, Ritas then uttered a few more words that were utterly hurtful.

"So I really can't understand where your arrogance and complacency come from."

"Clearly, your talent is completely insufficient compared to mine."

(End of this chapter)