Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 274 It's always been this way

Maintaining a calm mind is an essential skill for mages. Because if they completely lose control, they may not even be able to cast spells.

Therefore, even when she was in a disadvantageous situation, Rita still maintained basic rationality.

Even though Rita had done some basic research on Ritas as a potential blind date, she realized after actually meeting him that all that information was completely useless. What she was facing was a very distorted and profound "unknown."

Rita's reason told her that she should run away.

As a skilled mage, Rita naturally knew about techniques specifically designed to target other people's spells, such as "chant destruction" and "magical usurpation." However, these techniques were rare because they were essentially meaningless.

In terms of her divine magic, the magical steps involved are extremely intricate and complex. It's not easy to even temporarily halt the magic by affecting just one or two, or even a dozen or so, elements, let alone completely destroy it or further usurp it.

Unless, of course, the other party can exert their influence on every aspect of her magic from the very root.

But in such a short time.
It's important to understand that everyone's magic is different, and there's no single, universally applicable solution. Therefore, there's no such thing as the other party preparing in advance and simply reciting pre-recorded answers to the situation presented. Everything depends on improvisation.

Is it really possible to do something like that?
Even with the facts right in front of her, Rita still refused to believe it.

At that moment, Rita suddenly felt that she had fallen into a logical trap.

Because of Ritas's "magic loss syndrome," he had to delve into and devote himself entirely to this kind of disruptive magic. It was precisely because of his single-mindedness that he was able to use this niche area of ​​disruptive magic more powerfully than anyone else.

In other words, this seems to be a case of "turning misfortune into blessing." Because, in terms of results, disruptive magic appears to be far more powerful and has a higher potential than offensive magic.

But is it so?

If disruptive magic is so useful, why is attack magic the preferred choice for everyone, including her who meets the prerequisites?

Therefore, in reality, offensive magic is the superior type of magic with a higher potential.

So, which of the two types of magic is better?

In fact, the way to break Rita's logical fallacy is quite simple: she just needs to admit that Ritas is more talented than her.

But clearly, that was something Rita was absolutely unwilling to accept.

"Hilius Elpis!"

Rita invoked the names of the last two elemental deities: the Light Element and the Dark Element.

Although theoretically the power of the lightning elemental deity had limited contact with Ritas, so it's very likely she wasn't affected by Ritas, Rita still chose to abandon it.

In the sky, white and black magic crystals flew out. The white magic crystal, carrying the light elemental god Sirius, transformed into a huge spear that radiated dazzling light and resembled a tall tower. The black magic crystal, carrying the dark elemental god Erpis, transformed into a jet-black scythe of the same size.

Gazing down at Ritas, who was protected by a five-colored shield, Rita suddenly wondered, "Why did it turn out like this?"

It's not that the two people who were originally sitting closely on opposite sides of the same table on a blind date have suddenly become locked in a life-or-death struggle.

Instead, why did she become so pathetic when facing someone who only knew how to activate shields and who only knew how to taunt her with "Come on, come on!"?

As long as Ritas isn't attacked, he's completely harmless. So, let alone Rita standing in front of him, even if you put a pig in front of Ritas, after a "fierce battle," the pig wouldn't be in much worse shape than Rita.

That's a patient, so sick he can't even unleash attack magic! In normal terms, he's practically disabled!

But inexplicably, she now seems to be in a desperate situation.

Therefore, Rita will not run away, nor is it possible for her to run away. She even feels that if she were to run away, she would be negating what she has always believed in, and then she might develop "mania".

"If I were you, I wouldn't do that. Sometimes, giving up is necessary."

Ritas looked at Rita, who had revealed the last elemental deity, and offered a seemingly neutral comment.

His attitude undoubtedly further provoked Rita's nerves.

At this point, Rita didn't want to waste any more words with Ritas. It wasn't that she couldn't win the argument, but rather that as long as she ultimately won, she could say whatever she wanted.

As Rita beckoned to Ritas, both the spear and the scythe struck him simultaneously.

But then a sudden change occurred. The luminous spear that had been floating above Rita suddenly twisted, its tip thrusting straight at Rita.

Pierced by the spear transformed from the light elemental deity, Rita, the "divine servant" who was almost driven to despair, was finally knocked down by her own power and fell miserably to the ground.

Rita, who had been stabbed straight down, was clearly badly injured. But she still managed to sit up with difficulty and looked in the direction where Ritas was.

The rebellion of the light elemental god Sirius was within Rita's expectations.

Although Ritas didn't mimic the sound of calling out Sirius's name this time, the very act of having to call out the name was likely a smokescreen. He didn't need to rely on sound to corrupt someone's magic.

Therefore, Rita had long been prepared to be pierced by the spear of light, and in order to prevent Ritas from discovering her true intentions, she paid the price of injury to make her performance convincing enough.

From beginning to end, all she could rely on was the dark elemental god Erpis.

She may not be as good as Ritas, but Rita's talent in magic is still one in a million.

Therefore, Rita's act of devoting all her energy to almost instantaneously reconstructing her divine magic from its very core was arguably the pinnacle of her mage career. And it was precisely for this reason that only the magic of the Dark Elemental God was fundamentally different from the previous ones.

Although this temporary alteration will create many flaws, dangers, and instabilities in the magic, it is one thing that Ritas cannot instantly take away.

The black scythe, which appeared to expand and shrink, solidify and become illusory in mid-air, slashed towards Ritas in astonishment.

Among the eight elemental deities, light and darkness are undoubtedly the two most unique.

On the one hand, they present a pure weapon-like design; on the other hand, whether they can be considered natural elements has always been controversial. Light and dark elements are the two most difficult to tame and control.

Similarly, both of these forces are exceptionally powerful.

If it were the shield that Ritas had created himself, it might be hard to say, but at least the elemental shield that Ritas created by borrowing elemental power would definitely not be able to stop the power of the dark elemental god.

The jet-black scythe sliced ​​through the five-colored shield as easily as cutting through layers of tofu. Due to the condensation of black mist, the sharp blade was not visible, and it cleanly cleaved Ritas in two.

"Cough cough cough, indulging in external forces that don't belong to you—that's the only result."

With all the elemental gods gone, and only the devastation on the ground remaining, it was impossible to imagine what kind of great battle had taken place. Rita, supporting herself on the ground with her hands, coughed up blood and gave her final "lecture" to her special opponent, Ritas.

She felt that she was right to have no choice but to run away.

Ritas's magic was ultimately too passive. He could only activate a shield or wait for the opponent to cast a spell before intervening; the initiative always remained in the opponent's hands.

Under such circumstances, unless the other party acts perfectly according to his ideas, it is impossible to control the overall situation.

The current outcome is the best illustration of this.

Temporarily altering the nature of magic is impossible for ordinary people.

But in the war of geniuses, anything is possible.
"cough"

“Ms. Rita, the ability to cast spells does not prove that you are calm and have sound judgment.”

".?"

The sudden sound from the battlefield, which Rita already deeply loathed, even sent chills down her spine.

Looking again at the spot where Ritas had fallen, Rita's mind suddenly went blank.

Because Ritas's "corpse" did not spray any blood, its cross-section only emitted a faint fluorescence. The next moment, as Ritas's "corpse" disappeared, not far away, a figure crawled out from the pile of rubble and sand on the ground, and with a wave of his hand, used a breeze to disperse the sand and dust that covered his body.

"Although your perception abilities mostly rely on the wind elemental god Zephyron, if you pay close attention, you can actually distinguish them."

"puff--!"

The double blow to her body and mind caused Rita to cough up a mouthful of blood.

Now that things have come to this, how could Rita not understand that what she had painstakingly destroyed was merely a clone of Ritas?

How could he possibly possess the ability to create clones? Moreover, it's the kind of clone magic that's virtually invisible to the naked eye, and it allows him to use and maintain magic to a certain extent.

If such methods exist, why weren't they used earlier?
After coughing up some more blood containing fragments of internal organs, Rita seemed to understand.

Ritas didn't do that before because it wasn't necessary.

She was facing an opponent who was as deep as an abyss, with no bottom in sight.

Behind the magical shield lies a magical force field. Behind the force field lies interference magic. And having overcome even the chasm of interference magic, a clone spell will appear before her.

After using the clone spell, will the person opposite her be able to use other spells?

In that instant, what Rita felt was less despair and more an indescribable resentment and anger that completely evaporated her remaining sanity.

The next moment, she took out a "Sin Blood Mark" from her bosom.

Rita Gabrielle, who became a "fireworks maker" with only a portion of her magical abilities, ultimately reached for a power that did not belong to her.

boom--

The moment Rita stained her own blood with the mark of sin and swallowed it into her body.

A massive amount of energy suddenly spread out from her center, and countless blood-like markings instantly covered her body. These markings, flowing like veins, gathered all the power from Rita and the marks, and began to form a crest on her forehead.

For a moment, Ritas was stunned.

Because Ritas had seen the emblem on Rita's forehead before.

Moreover, although the visuals differed after the emblem appeared, the scene of countless blood-filled bubbles appearing in large numbers still felt familiar.

"This"

Isn't that person's "Star Mark Emblem"?

Ritas was puzzled as to why the Sin Mark would cause star patterns to condense on Rita's face. He was even more confused as to why the location and power displayed by this star pattern were almost identical to those of another person.

But he knew he couldn't just stand there dumbfounded.

Because Rita's star pattern started to go berserk, and the power it displayed was far too astonishing.

Based on the previous ranking of the Goddess of Bath, Rita's power probably started at the second stage, quickly entered the third stage, and is still rising.

However, the power of the Star Mark, especially the newly awakened and berserk Star Mark power, is no longer a threat to Ritas in his current state.

Ritas began using clone magic.

The clones that "walked" out of Ritas's body held up a lantern provided by Ritas's main body in their palms and slowly circled around Rita, who was releasing her power.

As the circular array took shape, white mist began to emanate from the six lanterns.

The crimson bubbles that kept flying out from Rita burst as soon as they encountered the fog, as if they had encountered their natural enemy.

As the fog continues to expand and spread, the area where the bubbles disperse becomes smaller and smaller until they disappear completely.

Surrounded by white mist, Rita stopped her star pattern rampage and collapsed as if all her strength had been drained away.

Looking at Rita's already broken body, with the bloody marks still lingering, Ritas's face initially showed some displeasure, followed by a little regret, and finally turned into a blank expression.

Ritas cannot limit his own magical abilities, so he can only restrict all sorts of other strange and wonderful methods, waiting for his opponent to have a "fair and square" magical duel with him.

Rita's talent is truly outstanding.

So outstanding that it was too large and too diverse, so outstanding that she could not be contained by a single body. After being divided into eight parts called "gods", it was actually able to exert god-like power.

Even Rita, so talented yet possessing such extreme pride, ultimately reached out to the realm outside of magic, to the "external force" that she might have despised just moments before, right in front of him.

Therefore, he may never encounter someone who truly intends to compete with him on equal footing in the realm of magic.

"."

Ritas withdrew his gaze and did not dwell on these thoughts for too long.

After all, that's always been the case.

"Miss Ginny? You can come out now."

"Ritas called out."

Soon, far from the battlefield, a girl's head appeared.

Having once been a "discarded player" and a "Doctor Elson," her designation within the "Darkborn" was replaced by "The White Pope." Now, Ginny, a young girl serving as an unofficial bodyguard to Princess Adeline, ran up to Ritas's side.

All I can say is that Ginny, who witnessed the entire battle, was completely terrified.

After nervously returning everything that Ritas had given her, she kept biting her fingers and couldn't utter any melodramatic words. She just kept reflecting on whether she had offended Ritas too much.

"Did Miss Ginny encounter any ritualistic methods that could absorb 'sin blood' when she was with the 'Darkborn'?"

Upon hearing Ritas's question, Ginny shook her head repeatedly.

As a marginalized figure in the underworld, Ginny had never even heard of the "Sinful Blood Ritual," let alone been exposed to it.

"That's a real pity. Otherwise, I would have liked to make you the ninth seat of the 'Darkborn'."

Ritas sighed.

"I can't accept it! I can't accept it! I can't accept it!!!"

Ginny waved her hand rapidly, fanning herself faster than a fan.

"In any case, let's hand Ms. Rita over to the Guard Knights and imprison her. Ideally, she could be sentenced to a thousand years in prison or something. After all, I still have many questions for her."

"As ordered!"

In this chaotic incident at the academy, Ginny, whose stance was shrouded in mystery, gave a salute of some unknown military origin, then rushed to Rita's side, hoisted the "fireworks maker" who was unlikely to wake up for several days onto her shoulder, and soon disappeared without a trace.

After watching Ginny leave, Ritas, who had been somewhat injured in the previous battle, found a first-aid kit he had prepared in advance in the ruins and gave himself some emergency treatment.

Then, he got up and walked toward the treehouse mansion that was once the absolute symbol of Erles Academy, the "World Tree".

(End of this chapter)