Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

At this moment, in the air

Hughes had changed direction and was rising higher and higher, his robes fluttering in the wind.

But then, the fireballs below suddenly changed direction and relentlessly attacked his rear.

"Whoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!!"

Each fireball emitted a booming sound from within, leaving trails of crimson flames in the air like a blazing meteor shower.

Despite Hughes's constant changes of direction and his use of levitation to dodge and weave, he was relentlessly pursued by the fireball, showing no sign of being shaken off.

Seeing this, he gave up the idea of ​​dodging.

The next moment, he steadied himself in mid-air, but then suddenly gathered his strength and shot upwards.

"Whoosh—!!"

Hughes ignored the fireballs that were relentlessly pursuing him below. He rapidly ascended and then plunged into the thick clouds.

"puff--"

The next second, he burst out of the clouds, and his clothes changed into a silver robe covered with ice-blue magic patterns.

"Buzzing..."

The next moment, the magic runes lit up one after another, and with the blessing of the magic runes, Hughes pressed his hands down sharply.

"Whoosh—whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

In an instant, a chilling current suddenly erupted and swept downwards.

The next moment, the fireballs that had been chasing after them rushed into the cold air one after another. The crimson spheres trembled suddenly, and the roaring flames were suppressed by the cold air.

Just as Hughes moved his hands, preparing to concentrate the cold air inside to extinguish the fireballs one by one, a loud explosion suddenly came from below.

"boom--!!!"

He looked down and saw that the fireball at the very bottom had exploded on its own, bursting into intense flames.

In an instant, raging flames swept outwards, evaporating a large amount of the surrounding cold air.

But that wasn't the purpose of its explosion.

The terrifying force of the explosion directly pushed the fireball above out of the cold air's grasp, causing it to continue its ascent into the sky.

...Someone is manipulating things nearby!

Upon seeing this, Hughes felt a sudden tremor in his heart.

He had been desperately climbing upwards, firstly to avoid the incoming fireballs, and secondly to create distance between himself and the enemy who had released them.

Unexpectedly, this still failed to widen the opponent's control over the fireball.

Of course, there might be another possibility.

That means... someone has taken control of the fireball, and there's more than one attacker!

Thinking of this, Hughes' heart sank, but he had no time to think further, as fireballs below were already attacking one after another.

Looking down at the dense flames below, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

The next moment, a large amount of magic power was drawn from the magic pool and quickly transformed into cold ice elements.

He raised his hand and gently brought it together, and all the ice elements gathered, rapidly condensing and shaping in front of him.

"Click—"

In an instant, an ice bird, pure white with wings covered in pale blue frost, materialized.

...Summoning spell [Ice Feather Pursuit] (Here, "summoning" refers to the function category, not the faction)

And so, one ice bird after another flew out from his palm and circled around him.

In the blink of an eye, the ice elements he had drawn out were transformed into a vast and magnificent flock of birds.

They are ice elemental life forms with secret sources, and with just a simple command from Hughes, each of them identified each fireball that came flying through the air.

"Hey——!"

The next moment, with a long, drawn-out cry piercing the sky, the lead ice bird took the lead in flapping its wings and swooping down, heading straight for the largest fireball.

Immediately afterwards, countless ice birds flapped their wings and cried out, transforming into streaks of icy light as they rushed toward the fireballs below.

"boom!"

The ice bird collided with the fireball, and the crimson flames exploded mid-air.

"BOOM!! BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

In an instant, the entire sky was filled with the scene of ice birds colliding with fireballs, and the originally dim sky was illuminated by the firelight from the explosions.

A series of violent roars rang out, as if the entire sky was trembling violently.

Everywhere in the sky, frost and fire were devouring and annihilating each other, with plumes of steam constantly rising.

However, under this thick steam...

But then, the raging flames reappeared.

"Whoosh... Boom boom boom!!!"

In an instant, a raging sea of ​​fire suddenly shot up from below.

"Um?"

"boom--!!"

As soon as Hughes turned around, he was instantly engulfed by a sea of ​​fire that suddenly surged up from below.

At this moment, even the entire sky was dyed a dazzling orange-red.

"..."

However, once the flames subsided, Hughes was still suspended in the same spot under the crimson sky.

He was completely unharmed, not even a trace of scorching on his clothes.

Beside him stood a tall figure clad in heavy armor, standing silently.

This is Nister, now clad in specially made heavy armor, a true demon knight.

His heavy armor was dark red all over, and the specially made armor plates allowed him to conduct his heat field very well.

Intricate flame-like patterns covered his breastplate, shoulder armor, and arm armor, amplifying the fire power he controlled.

The core of these patterns is located on the left side of the breastplate.

The magic they transmit will eventually converge here, strengthening the demonic seed parasitizing the heart.

"..."

After donning the heavy armor, Nister's height increased to three meters.

He held a giant sword in each hand, the black blades adorned with lava-like patterns, resembling cracked molten lava.

"Sizzle... sizzle..."

At this moment, Nister had clearly unleashed that thermal field, and even the air near his body was slightly distorted by the terrifying heat.

It was precisely because of this force field that it helped Hughes withstand the surging sea of ​​fire.

"Nister, activate the demon seed."

Suddenly, Hughes frowned.

He had already determined the number of the approaching enemy and that they were closing in.

...A series of fireballs were released from a distance, another was ambushed nearby, and then another was taken over control of the fireballs midway through the process, and finally, a sea of ​​fire was released.

Thinking of this, a hint of seriousness flashed across his brow.

"At least three people...?"

As expected, just as Nistor hissed and drew fire element from the demon seed, three figures broke through the air from different directions.

"Are they all fire wizards?"

Sensing the three blazing auras that suddenly appeared nearby, Hughes whispered.

"It can't be what I'm thinking, can it...?"

A moment later, a figure dressed in a wide red robe appeared first.

"Hehehe... Hughes, I've finally waited for you to fly out of the academy!"

The person arrived before the voice.

Hughes, of course, also recognized the identity of the person who had just arrived.

He frowned and turned to look to his left.

As the steam dissipated, Zoroark's figure suddenly appeared.

"It's you..."