Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 369 Magic
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Except for her face, which still bears the armor of the Iron Man, Cortriene's appearance is basically no different from that of an ordinary person.

Her right hand held a double-edged greatsword, while her left hand dragged a ball-like object centered on the shattered armor of the Tin Man, which held countless broken sword fragments together.

She walked slowly. The sound of metal hitting the ground, intertwined with the heavy thud of her footsteps, created an immense sense of pressure for anyone who heard it.

At one point, Cortrienne stopped in her tracks.

She raised her head and stared at the figure blocking her way, the red light in her eyes stretching into a horizontal line.

On the opposite side of Cortriene, with an undisguised rage and ferocity on his face, Little Ritas glared fiercely at what seemed like a demon from hell.

What is more terrifying than the destruction of the world is being left alone in a world that has already been destroyed.

The one who destroyed Little Ritas's "world" was the Tin Man.

A red light also shone in Little Ritas's eyes.

A voice kept echoing in his ears, telling him to "do what needs to be done."

He was also very clear that someone had deliberately lured the Tin Man in front of him, hoping that they could both be injured.

He also knew that it was foolish to be used by others like this.

However, that thing called anger prevailed over everything else.

Suddenly, half of Little Ritas's face, formed from magic crystals, shattered, and an ice spike appeared beside his intact ear at the same time.

The next moment, a scene that caused phantom pain to all who witnessed it occurred.

The ice spike pierced straight into Little Ritas's ear, causing a gush of blood.

"Ah, finally some peace and quiet."

Little Ritas, stained with blood, murmured softly, then opened his single eye wide again and stared at the Tin Man.

"Only you will have to pay the price!"

Suddenly, countless spells were unleashed in the direction of the tin man.

far away.

The goddess of the bath, who appeared as boisterous as ever but had actually done a great job of attracting hatred, couldn't help but swallow slightly. Beside her, Millie also made a swallowing motion.

The pursuit of the Bathing Goddess, or rather, "Ritas's body," is a fundamental aspect of the Tin Man's logic. Although her situation has changed repeatedly, and may now be out of control, this is the only thing she has never given up on.

Of course, relying solely on this characteristic wouldn't guarantee a successful trap. Millie, who had already fought the Tin Man many times, also utilized another of his traits.

To the Tin Man, no matter how fast others flee at average speed, it's meaningless. She only needs to swing her sword to cut the "distance" and easily catch up.

Therefore, the most effective way to escape when facing a Tin Man is to unleash a burst of speed.

As she cuts the "distance," she bursts into a brief burst of speed, widening the gap. This process is repeated every time the Tin Man tries to close the distance again.

For others, such frequent outbursts would be difficult. But for Millie, who could briefly surround herself with electricity, it was entirely within her capabilities.

Although Millie was trying to control it, the electric shocks would still occasionally strike the Bath Goddess she was carrying on her shoulder.

Therefore, a large part of the strange screams made by the goddess of the bath during her escape were due to being electrocuted.

"I feel like things aren't going quite the way they expected!? No, before that, could it have been Little Li? How did he end up here! And all grown up. Or rather, Millie, did you guess he'd be here?"

"After all, impersonating a professor isn't something just anyone can do."

Millie, who wasn't entirely sure before but just had a feeling, gazed intently at the scene on the battlefield and said this.

At this point, the Tin Man and Little Ritas were fully engaged in battle.

Little Ritas, who seemed to know all about the Iron Man's powers, was floating high in the sky, far away from his opponent, and unleashed a barrage of attack spells downwards like a torrential downpour.

The Tin Man seemed unable to deal with Little Ritas for the time being. However, with her effortless swing, the longsword seemed to transform into an impenetrable wall. Within a radius of several steps centered on her, no magic could penetrate it.

"What the hell is this."

Although she had a premonition that it had come true, Millie still couldn't understand what was going on.

Why is Little Ritas, who should have died at the "Elson Manor," appearing here in such a strange form? And, if no more characters appear, the person who attacked Wayne's mother earlier should have been Little Ritas.
Oh, right! Wayne's mother!

Millie hurriedly began searching the vicinity of the battlefield to see if there were any other people around.

Soon, she found a woman whose fate was unknown in a pit in the ground.

Millie gazed nervously at the distant battlefield. Fortunately, Little Ritas and the Iron Man were focused on the battle before them and had no time to pay attention to Vayne's mother, who was such an insignificant figure.

So, seizing an opportunity, Millie unleashed her incredible speed and rescued Wayne's mother from the edge of the battlefield.

"Cough cough cough cough."

"Huh? You're awake? Before and now, do I have the talent to be a doctor?!"

Soon after, thanks to a series of desperate measures by the Bathing Goddess, Wayne's mother slowly woke up.

"It's less due to Sister Yu's efforts."

Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that they're just lucky?

"No matter who it is, if their sternum and ribs feel like they're about to be crushed, they won't be able to sleep soundly."

Before Millie could complain, Wayne's mother, weakly opening her eyes, glanced briefly at Millie and the Bath Goddess beside her.
"It's like a lovely angel has come to welcome me back to heaven. But it seems like it's not time yet."

Hearing the loud explosions coming from afar and feeling the ground tremble violently, Wayne's mother said weakly.

"This lady is quite the talker! No wonder she can write books. You must be Ms. Dorothy!"

Originally, I thought that Wayne's mother was just a mentally unstable plagiarist, but now my liking for her has greatly increased.

"Dorothy. Oh dear, when was the last time I was humiliated like this?"

Wayne's mother's words were tinged with obvious disgust.

"Huh? You're not Dolores? Or aren't you Wayne's mother? There's a new character appearing now?"

“What a strange child. I am indeed Wayne’s mother, but my name is not Dolores. You can just call me by my name, Sophia.”

After Sophia finished introducing herself, she realized that if she used her real name, the Goddess of Bath and Millie might notice.

However, it was too late to use an alias now. So, she didn't bother to correct her. "Sophia?" "?"

The goddess of bathing, who seemed to recognize the name, scratched her head, while Millie paused for a moment before looking at Sophia with an incredulous expression.

Just as Millie was eager to ask the woman who called herself Sophia for details about what had happened in this area, or rather, what tricks the real Professor Ritas had up his sleeve...

The distant battlefield drew all three of their attention.

It wasn't that the two were fighting and making any exaggerated noises. Rather, the battlefield suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Looking around, the battlefield still appeared colorful and vibrant. Whether it was simply venting his anger or testing something, Little Ritas continued to carpet-bomb the location of the Tin Man with a large amount of powerful magic.

The anomaly occurred on the Tin Man's side.

It seemed that he was thoroughly annoyed by Little Ritas's bombardment. In addition to cutting off the magic that was attacking him, the Tin Man charged up for nearly a minute before suddenly unleashing a horizontal slash at the empty space in front of him.

A dazzling flash of light passed by, but unsurprisingly, it struck nothing.

However, a black line appeared at the very spot where the strike occurred.

The entire space, as blank as a sheet of paper, was cleaved by a straight cutting line in front of the tin man.

The next moment, the cutting line suddenly opened like a gaping maw.

In an instant, the battlefield fell silent.

Like a vortex, an abyss, or a black hole, the spatial rift slashed by the tin man emitted a powerful suction force, attempting to pull everything into it.

"This is also swordsmanship!?"

Amidst the goddess's shrill questioning, she was thrown into the air. Had Millie not reacted quickly and pulled her back in time, she might have been sucked into the spatial rift hundreds of steps away.

Even the goddess of the bath, separated by an enormous distance, was in the same situation. Little Ritas, completely locked in by the spatial rift, was unable to move in the sky and could only watch as he was slowly pulled toward the location of the black hole, no matter how hard he tried.

In the blink of an eye, Little Ritas was within the Tin Man's firing range.

That ever-relentless, flashing sword light arrived as expected.

There was no room for reaction or resistance; Little Ritas was cut in two.

"Little Little Little!"

Amidst the involuntary cries of the goddess of bathing, the figure of Little Ritas, split in two in mid-air, swayed and dissipated like a wisp of smoke.

"what?"

At the far end of the battlefield, the Goddess of Bath and the others were momentarily unsure whether they were imagining things.

The tin man's slash clearly struck something that was obviously not Little Ritas's true form. And before that, Little Ritas's every move had seemed so real.

That is
"It's a clone? Seriously, how can one create such a monster?"

Sofia couldn't tell exactly when Little Ritas split into two, or even when he had been a split ever since. But she could clearly sense that even without the excuse of "not being in good condition," she would never be a match for Little Ritas.

Nowadays, it seems the focus isn't on how much of Ritas's legacy Little Ritas inherited, but rather on how much of Little Ritas's achievements Little Ritas could attain.

With ample combat experience, Sophia immediately focused her attention on the ground surrounding the tin man.

As she predicted, an arm made of crystal suddenly stretched out from the ground.

For mages, utilizing pre-existing advantages within their self-constructed territory to defeat their enemies is a tried-and-true winning strategy. Compared to mages who are so arrogant as to disdain prior preparation, such mages are undoubtedly more powerful and troublesome.

Little Ritas's true form had clearly previously constructed a mage stronghold beneath the ground that was advantageous to him.

Just as Sophia was pondering what kind of defense Little Ritas should build to fight against another monster created by the same "stupid woman"...

Like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, countless crystal arms stretched out from the ground one after another.

Moreover, this is not a smokescreen or a bluff by Little Ritas.

Surrounding the Tin Man, seemingly endlessly slashing with his sword, one after another, Little Ritas's clones crawled up from the ground.

Numerous intricate magic circles shone brightly, and pages of magic books filled the entire battlefield like fluttering snowflakes.

It's unclear exactly how it took effect, but the spatial rifts created by the Tin Man have clearly been sealed off.

Intense sounds once again filled the battlefield.

"It's filled with countless taboos, requires meticulous construction, and every step demands the magic of cause and effect and logic. I'm tired of it."

On the battlefield, countless tiny Ritas clones spoke the same words in unison.

Upon hearing this, the goddess of the bath was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something and her face showed an extremely flustered expression.

"So, I'll show you that the principles and processes don't matter."

"Millie, run! Run, run, run as far away as you can!!"

The goddess of bathing pounced directly on Millie and gave instructions.

"Only miraculous results are truly unique."

"This way! If you're going to escape, escape in this direction!"

Sophia quickly gave the order, and then her body suddenly split into a large number of golden butterflies, which burrowed into the gaps in the clothes of the Bathing Goddess and Millie.

"'magic'--!"

Suddenly, a large amount of white light burst forth in the air around the battlefield.

Countless teleportation magic circles unfolded simultaneously, from which emerged numerous smaller Ritas clones.

Including the smaller Ritas clones that had previously emerged from the ground, each of the smaller Ritas clones held a blazing ball of light that was clearly condensed with destructive power.

At the moment Little Ritas made his declaration, all the orbs of light were thrown toward the center.

In an instant, hundreds and thousands of destructive spells, each with the power of a simplified "solar eclipse," exploded simultaneously in a space.

As the "sound" seemed to vanish once again.

In an instant, the entire space where the numerous Little Ritas clones, who were making outstretched arm movements, and the Tin Man were located vanished into nothingness.

(End of this chapter)