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Chapter 252, First Battle

Haytham was quite confident in his own strength. Although Prince Haz was a cut above him, he had graduated from the renowned wizarding academy of the Business Alliance—Hydashia Academy.

In addition, he also possessed a unique magical artifact from his family, which he felt was so powerful that even if he was no match for it, the difference in strength should not be significant.

He even felt that he had a good chance of winning.

Of course, Haytham had considered being the last to appear, the one who turned the tide and defeated Prince Haz, thus winning the heart of the beauty.

However, he, Daenerys, and Elise were all acquaintances, and he was the only male present at the moment.

As someone deeply influenced by aristocratic upbringing, Haytham would naturally not allow two delicate ladies to test the power of Prince Hartz's trident.

In addition, there is another advantage to him going first: if Prince Hatz is really that powerful, he will persuade Daenerys to give up the matter of fighting for the ruins.

It would be great to be able to explore a small cultivation secret realm of the Ancient Tide School and obtain some rare, or even extinct, raw materials. However, if you were to engage in a bloody battle with the Sliding Blade Naga Clan, the price would be too high.

So, with a smile on his face, he took the initiative to speak to Daenerys:

"Daenerys, I'll go first in the first round! Let me scout ahead for you."

Daenerys nodded slightly when she saw Haytham volunteer.

Although she knew that Haytham had feelings for her, his previous behavior did not bother her.

Haytham's initiative in taking the initiative further improved Daenerys's impression of him.

Daenerys thought to herself that if she could win, she would give Haytham a little more as compensation for the gains from the secret realm exploration.

As the current leader of humanity, it is certainly not appropriate for her to be the first to act.

She was quite clear about Haytham's abilities; in fact, he was only slightly inferior to her.

He was arguably the best player to compete in the first match.

If other wizards with too little strength were sent out, they probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single spell from Prince Haz, which would not only be a disgrace to the human wizards but also a pointless defeat.

Because there's simply no way to determine Prince Haz's true nature.

Daenerys's plan was to let Haytham probe Haytham's strength first. She didn't expect Haytham to defeat Prince Harz directly, although it was a very low probability event. But if it happened, everyone would be happy.

If Haytham loses, given his strength, he will not only deplete Prince Hearts' mental and physical energy, but also create favorable conditions for the second-place finisher.

As for the second match, Daenerys plans to send her close friend Elise to fight.

Although Elise is weaker than Haytham.

However, her advantage lay in her defense against witchcraft, which allowed her to wear down Prince Haz and create the most favorable conditions for herself.

At this moment, Haytham strode forward and said:

"Prince Haz, I am Haytham Milton, an instructor at Hydashia Academy. Let me start the first match with you."

"Hahaha, very good, a faculty member from Hydashia Academy? Interesting." Prince Haz laughed heartily.

"Bang!"

Prince Haz, who was over two meters tall, was holding a trident when he jumped off the giant seahorse and came to a short distance in front of Haytham.

Immediately, the Sliding Blade Naga and the human wizards retreated dozens of meters away, leaving a circular arena for the two to fight.

Although Haytham was quite confident in being the first to appear, no one would take any high-level wizard of the first rank who was stronger than himself lightly.

At this moment, he was treating this battle with great caution and seriousness.

The next second, Haytham pulled a crystal ball out of his pocket.

This crystal ball is not colorless; the transparent sphere emits a pale blue light, and if you perceive it carefully, you can detect the enormous fluctuations of water-based energy within it.

"(In Huttite) I summon the ancient water elementals." As Haytham's deep incantation rang out.

The pale blue crystal ball shone brightly, and a pale blue vortex, accompanied by specks of water, swirled and flew into the air from within it.

The pale blue cyclone grew larger and larger, from the size of a fist to the size of a washbasin, and finally into a large cyclone with a diameter of several meters. At the same time, it condensed more and more water vapor.

In no time, the cyclone turned into a huge, transparent body of water.

A round, transparent elemental creature appeared before everyone's eyes.

This strangely shaped elemental creature, composed entirely of almost transparent water, stands three meters tall. At the top of this aquatic creature, the faint outline of a human face is visible.

However, it cannot be called a head, because apart from a pair of transparent hands made of constantly flowing water, it is just a clump of water protruding from the top of its body, which can be considered a head.

However, the transparent elemental creatures did not have lower bodies; their lower bodies were cylindrical, formed by surging water.

If Richard were there, he would have immediately exclaimed, "Apart from the difference in color, how can this creature be so similar to the Poison Spring Surger?"

In essence, the Poison Spring Surger is a high-level variant of the first-order water element, and they are of the same origin.

"A first-tier water elemental?!" Prince Haz casually allowed Haytham to calmly finish casting the summoning spell.

At the same time, he immediately identified the origin of the summoned creature.

Prince Haz's calm expression caused the human wizards watching to freeze in shock.

Clearly, Prince Haz is no fool; the fact that he could allow Haytham to perform witchcraft so easily shows that he must have absolute confidence in his own abilities.

"Looks like you're ready. Now it's time for my attack!"

Prince Haz's deep voice had barely rang out when he launched his attack.

His strong body suddenly assumed a trident-throwing motion, and all his muscles instantly tensed up, like taut steel wires.

A ring of light blue water ripples began to condense at the very tip of the trident.

Ultimately, it forms a blue energy phantom resembling a trident.

"stretch!"

Prince Haz's muscles suddenly relaxed, and for a moment, the people around him seemed to hear the sound of a large tendon snapping.

The trident in his hand, imbued with an energy phantom, instantly resembled two overlapping blue lightning bolts, shooting directly at the first-tier water elemental that Haytham had just summoned.

Logically speaking, attacks from the same water system should not pose a significant threat.

With the intelligence of a first-order water elemental, it seemed to have sensed a deadly threat.

In an instant, a water arrow as thick as a bowl was shot out, attempting to block the trident.

At the same time, a transparent shield made of flowing water immediately appeared in front of it.

Haytham's reaction was by no means slow, but he misjudged the target of Prince Haz's attack.

Instead of casting defensive spells on the water elemental, he cast Water Shield and Flowing Water, two level one spells, on himself.

Instantly, a water shield appeared in front of Haytham, along with a rapidly flowing ring of water surrounding him.

The water arrows released by the water elemental collided with Prince Hatz's thunderous trident, like an egg meeting a high-speed stone.

Aside from being smashed to pieces and getting the trident wet, it served no purpose whatsoever.

Even the most basic thing, such as slowing down the trident, is not done very well.

"Bang!!"

To everyone's astonishment, the double tridents slammed heavily into the water shield cast by the water elemental.

However, the water shield, which was expected to be of great use, only blocked the trident for less than a second before being pierced and penetrated.

The only price the trident paid was that the energy phantom faded slightly and its speed decreased a little.

But it was still as fast as lightning and extremely deadly!

"Splash!"

The double tridents struck the water elemental's body, which was composed of pure water, with water splashing everywhere.

It seemed that the trident also knew that it had found its true owner, and the energy that Prince Haz had poured into it suddenly erupted.

Thus, the energy trident triggered a secondary explosion within the water elemental!

"boom!!"

As water splashed dozens of meters away, the intense energy release triggered a violent heat burst, and water mist immediately rose from the scene.

A few seconds later, when the group of human wizards saw the situation clearly, their faces were filled with horror.

They looked at each other in bewilderment and began to whisper among themselves.

"This attack power is terrifying!"

"Yes, Haytham's strength is among the top of ours, yet he couldn't even withstand a single blow."

"This Prince Haz's strength is truly terrifying."

"If I were to take that blow, I'd probably die on the spot!"

Haytham of Hydashia Academy was kneeling on one knee in agony, his hands covering his head, as if he were suffering some kind of witchcraft backlash.

With a splitting headache, Haytham was filled with regret. He hadn't expected Prince Haz to be so powerful.

"Hiss! I should have taken out that magical artifact and used it."

"Now look what's happened! I didn't even have a chance to use my skills before I was defeated!!"

"Damn it!!"

The huge transparent water shield in front of him, and the flowing water around him, showed that he had not been attacked directly.

The water elemental that Haytham had just summoned had now disappeared.

A thick trident was stuck in the ground, and there seemed to be scattered, shattered crystal cores around it.

It's clear from this scene that Haytham's summoned creature—a first-tier water elemental—could not withstand Prince Haz's trident throw.

The instant death of the summoned creature caused Haytham to be instantly affected by the sorcery, resulting in the current situation.

It's not that Haytham is really that useless, unable to withstand even a single blow from Prince Haz.

Rather, it was Haytham's entire combat strategy that was flawed.

Faced with Prince Harz's trident throw, Haytham cast two level-one defensive spells on himself to protect himself, ignoring the summoned creatures beside him.

If he had used Water Shield and Flowing Water on his summoned water elemental, he would have been able to block Prince Hearts' attack.

What if Prince Haz had thrown that directly at Haytham?

fool!

Let the water element block you.

Then you can just cast defensive spells on the water elemental yourself.

Now that they are defending separately, the water elemental was instantly killed by Prince Hearts!

He himself also suffered a backlash from the mental energy!

Daenerys, standing outside the arena, gasped in shock!

"Hytham lost too quickly!"

"But that's not Haytham's problem. His approach wasn't perfect, but it was at least decent. If it were a different enemy, as long as he couldn't kill the water elemental in one hit, Haytham would be able to fight them to a standstill."

"This forces the opponent to reveal more of their strength and depletes their physical and mental energy."

But Prince Hatz has far too much combat experience.

Perhaps due to years of combat, his combat intuition far surpasses that of Haytham, a scholar-warrior who spends half his time teaching and research.

They seized that fleeting opportunity in an instant, thus achieving a crushing victory.

"We concede this round!!" Daenerys immediately realized what was happening and shouted loudly.

She worried that if Prince Haz took advantage of Haytham's mental backlash and attacked him again, she might lose her classmate from Hydashia.

Although Daenerys didn't have romantic feelings for Haytham, as a classmate, she felt obligated to take care of him since he stood up for her.

"I've always heard that Hydashia Academy is very famous among human wizarding academies, and now it seems... hahaha!" Prince Haz waved his hand and retrieved the trident.

He magnanimously refrained from further attacks, but his words were merciless and sarcastic.

"Haha, Prince Haz won so easily!" a Sliding Blade Naga laughed.

"Hahaha!"

"Hydashia Academy, I've heard of it too, but I didn't expect the instructors to be so weak?!" a Sliding Blade Naga witch laughed.

"Specializing in water-based systems? So it's normal for her to be a bit watery!"

"Hehe, what you said is so interesting!"

"Hmph! Specializing in water magic? No matter how specialized humans are, they can't compare to us sea creatures," a male wizard with a sleight of hand said disdainfully.

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The human wizards all looked grim at the mocking words.

Daenerys's face was now even more frosty.

However, being less skilled than her opponent, she suddenly didn't know how to refute them.

After all, in the wizarding world, whoever has the bigger fist is more important.

After suffering a crushing defeat, seeking verbal advantage is tantamount to courting death.

Just now, Prince Haz clearly showed mercy. Although he made some sarcastic remarks, if he had attacked continuously, Haytham might already be on the verge of death.

Instead of the current situation where taking medication and resting for a while is usually enough for recovery.

Daenerys turned her head and glanced at her classmate Elise beside her, noticing her bloodless face and the white knuckles of her fingers gripping the short staff tightly.

Daenerys knew that Elise was afraid at that moment.

As a classmate who came to visit her, the other party had already done more than enough.

"Elise, I'll play in the second match!"

"Daenerys, I..." Elise stammered, her expression a mixture of hesitation, embarrassment, and a touch of courage.

Just as the other person seemed to have made up their mind and was about to say something more, Daenerys shook her head, interrupting what they were about to say.

"I appreciate your kindness, but don't worry, Elise! I may not be able to win, but I'm confident I can protect myself."

Having said that, Daenerys stepped forward slowly and addressed the imposing figure in the center of the arena, wielding a trident:

"Prince Haz, you have won the first match."

"Then I'll take the second round."

"Although I represent the Kingdom of Herun, I am also a member of the Hydashia Academy. I hope this battle can change some of your perceptions of Hydashia."

(End of this chapter)