"Her wand extended! It became a staff!"
"She can fly! And she's stepping on fire!"
The audience looked on with wide eyes as Amy hurtled toward Hank atop her wind fire wheels, wielding her massive staff as she did so.
Not many people had ever seen melee magic casters in action. In their eyes, magic casters should stand on the spot in a composed manner, gracefully waving their wands around to unleash spells. Even magic casters who could summon armor only did so as a means of improving their defensive prowess so they could unleash their spells with even more poise and composure.
The Chaos School teachers gave some lessons about melee magic casters from time to time, but they were only general information lessons rather than ones instructing students how to use melee magic. That was because there was simply no teacher that could teach melee magic, so none of the students knew much about it.
As such, everyone was looking at Amy with amazement in their eyes. If magic casters wanted to move quickly, the simplest way was through teleportation magic. However, that was only spatial transference, and they couldn't actually fly. In contrast, Amy's ability to fly in the air using her fire wheels was very badass.
Below the stage, a student turned to a teacher, and said, "Teacher, I also want to learn that."
"Even I want to learn that." The teacher was also staring at Amy with astonishment.
Does this little brat really know melee magic? Hank's eyes narrowed as he looked at the oncoming Amy, but he still pointed his wand forward, and chanted, "Vines hidden beneath the earth, heed my call. Ensnare your enemies and plunge them into an eternal abyss!"
Green light began to shimmer from the ground around him, and black vines erupted like long squid tentacles, numbering eight. Each of the vines was over two meters long, and about as thick as a grown man's leg, and they created a net that came crashing down upon Amy. It appeared that he was trying to flatten Amy with a single attack.
The female teacher immediately shot forth and raised her wand as if she were going to step in.
However, Karpas raised a hand to prevent her from acting too far in advance.
Mag rose unconsciously to his feet and stared at the platform with a nervous expression.
"Calm down, this is nothing." In contrast, Krassu was very calm and collected as he ate a spoonful of tofu pudding
Everyone below the stage was also very nervous. After all, this was the attack that Hank had used to throw Claus and the others off the platform. Now, he was using it solely on Amy, and she was too close to the vines to evade them. Even if she wanted to unleash an ice fire ball, there simply wasn't enough time. Was this going to be the end?
"Amy, you have to win!" Daphne wrung her little hands tightly together with a nervous expression.
"Will she be able to break free?" The Chaos School representatives on the stage were also very anxious. They had been bound by those peculiar vines before, so they knew just how fearsome those vines were. Aside from simple ensnarement, there were also some small sharp spikes on the vines that had a paralysis effect. Even now, they were all still feeling rather feeble.
"Even a 5th-tier magic caster wouldn't be able to escape from my vines at such close quarters. You cocky little brat, I'm going to teach you a lesson today. In life, there are some people that you can't afford to mess with." Hank chuckled coldly as he abruptly clenched his right hand. The eight vines quickly converged, completely concealing Amy's tiny figure beneath them. Soon, there was only a black bulbous vine structure left at the center of the platform.
"Is it over?"
Everyone's hearts sank upon seeing that. Surely there was no way for Amy to escape from this.
In contrast, the Magus Tower magic casters were elated. Amy was very young, but she posed a potent threat to them. Now that her defeat was set in stone, the match was over.
Right at that moment, Amy's voice sounded from within the mass of vines. "Green fur monster, your vines are just as annoying as you are."
"Bam!"
A dull thump erupted, and a huge hole was blasted in the vines around Amy's body. Plant fibers flew in all directions, and the vines recoiled as if they had been dealt a heavy blow.
Thus, Amy re-emerged with her staff in her hands. Purple light revolved around the crystal on the tip of her staff, and the wind fire wheels beneath her feet were still revolving at a high speed. She burst out from the broken cocoon of vines, and looked at Hank with a calm and collected expression.
"She's so cool! My heart can't take this! I'm about to pass out!" Daphne reached out toward Amy from below the stage before fainting in her chair.
"What a scary woman." Ignatsu took a glance at Daphne before shaking his head as he scooted away from her a little.
"She escaped!"
Cries of surprise erupted below the stage. The entire audience was reignited by joy and excitement, and at the same time, everyone was stunned by Amy's power.
"How could this be?!" Hank looked at the shredded vines on the ground with incredulity in his eyes, unable to come to terms with what he was seeing.
His intermediate spell had been smashed apart by her staff? She was just a four-year-old girl who had been studying magic for just over a month! If news of this were to reach the Magus Tower, then his title as a genius would undoubtedly be stripped away from him.
"Well done, little brat, you've successfully enraged me. I'm going to show you just how powerful a 4th-tier magic caster is!" Hank gritted his teeth as he raised his wand with his right hand. At the same time, he quickly chanted, "Wood element of nature, heed my call. Transform wood into arrows, and bring forth a torrential storm..."
"Crap! He's going to use the intermediate spell, violent arrow storm! This is an intermediate spell that's several times more powerful than his binding vines. If he succeeds in unleashing it, he'll be able to summon a downpour of countless wooden arrows to create an inescapable barrage!" A panicked expression appeared on Claus' face as he unconsciously stepped forward toward the platform.
"This is bad; that little girl won't be able to defend herself from that spell." The Chaos School teachers below the stage were also getting quite anxious again.
The audience had just been reinvigorated by Amy's brilliant escape, but they were getting nervous again. Amy had given them many surprises already, and they were all wondering what she would do against her opponent's spell.
He's chanting a spell while standing rooted to the spot against a melee magic caster? Mag scoffed internally as he shook his head.
"Take this!"
Amy instantly appeared in front of Hank before raising her staff up high.
"Crack!"
A muffled thump erupted as the purple staff slammed into Hank's face, causing it to instantly twist and warp as blood gushed out of his nose.