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Prologue: Change Strategy
update icon Updated at 2025/11/17 16:10:12

In front of the main entrance of the library, the team battle for the 14th Academy War is about to begin.

Leading the larger opposing camp is the new captain of the "Blue Sea Knight" guild, the Greatsword wielder Siatol Mir. He is 23 years old, level 28, and a newcomer to the Evaire Empire's heavy knight guild. He excels in using defensive counterattacks in battle, with a defense power higher than his attack power.

Don't ask me how I know, but these idiots have already uploaded their information to the magic network. As long as we invade their country's database, we can easily obtain all the data.

The other is their vice-captain, Constantine Hocede, also a knight of the Evaire Empire. He is level 30 and uses dual swords. According to the data, this bastard likes to apply poison to his swords. However, he relies too heavily on the poison's effects, and his attack speed will decrease when struck by the opponent.

The remaining member is a fire mage, Cidol Martin, level 27. He is skilled in using small fireballs to constantly harass the enemy, then launching a large-scale magic attack when the opponents pause.

These three are considered the best in terms of coordination among the many teams. Although I don't want to admit it, it seems that these few weeks of cooperation between the knight and the mage have made their coordination even tighter and their relationship better.

However...

If we were the enemies, there would be no way.

"Are you sure you want to go alone?"

The one speaking is Bai Yueguang, who is looking at the scenery next to the field.

"Of course, and isn't your sword broken? Leave it to me in times like this."

"Well, then I don't need to intervene?"

The person on the other side is Taishi Xi. Her weapon isn't broken, but today she wants to test whether the level difference can defeat a group of enemies.

"You can take over if I lose."

"Alright, I'll wait on the sideline then."

After saying that, she sits directly on the ground and looks towards the field.

"You will pay the price for your arrogance!"

Mir, holding his greatsword, looks at me. His sword emits a red glow, which means that he specifically found a fire element sword to counter my ice element. Impressive.

"Of course, I will pay the price, but not now."

I smile faintly, put on the magic badge to increase magic attack power, and draw Blood Moon.

"Come on!"

"Let the match... begin!"

With the teacher's command, the dual sword wielder on the other side takes a step forward and disappears from my sight. But he doesn't immediately reappear, indicating that he simply used an item or skill to become invisible.

His level is not higher than mine, so his invisibility cannot escape my "All-knowing Eye," which means he must have used a higher-level item to turn invisible.

However, his goal is to poison me, so it doesn't matter.

The Greatsword wielder charges at me directly, carrying his sword!

The greatsword's element has a high chance of forcibly breaking through defenses, and my weapon is a longsword, naturally unable to withstand his heavy blows!

I leap backward to avoid his heavy swing. A red blur smashes directly in front of me, and with a loud bang, a wave of red energy bursts out from where he attacked!

"Ultimate: Blazing Crimson Lotus!"

It turned out to be the ultimate skill! I smiled faintly, and then a ice wall stood in front of me, blocking the heat waves that hit the ice wall directly, and I took the opportunity to quickly accelerate and dodge to the edge of the field.

But what awaited me was a sky full of fireballs!

The fireballs came at me like cannon fire. I used [Sprint] to directly run around the edge of the field towards their rear. The fireballs fell to the ground like raindrops, and I quickly advanced left and right, rushing out of their attack range before they turned into a fire scene.

"Wow!"

Seeing me rushing towards him, the fire mage shouted and dodged backward. I took a quick step and rushed to his front, then slapped the magic staff out of his hand.

"Without the staff, you can't use large-scale magic because the staff reduces your casting time. If you don't have a staff, it will take you at least 50 seconds to cast a large-scale magic, and anyone who sees it can knock you down. So remember, always carry a weapon that you won't let go of in the future."

"Oh..."

The opponent said in surprise, and then I smiled slightly and threw him out of the arena.

"Oops!"

But the next second, I felt a blade cut across my thigh, and then my body entered a poisoned state.

Nevertheless, I detoxified myself in the next second because I had already worn a detoxifying accessory in advance.

However, the opponent revealed his figure due to the attack, and I quickly aimed at his dual swords and used Iai Strike, breaking both blades directly!

"Oh my god, you..."

"Your poison is a neurotoxin that has a paralyzing effect, but don't forget, if you use it too much, others can naturally see through your tricks. So, if you want to become stronger in the future, there are two ways: one, use different poisons; two, don't rely on the toxin effect, go all out with your attacks!"

"Ah... Oh... I see..."

Like the mage just now, he also had the same look of confusion on his face, and I directly threw him out of the arena.

As for the warning of the attack behind me, I placed an ice bomb in place, and then used Shadow Stealth to rush to the other side of the field.

The opponent's greatsword directly chopped down on the ice bomb.

"This is... Oh, my god."

Boom!

The ice bomb exploded as expected, and the ice magic elements enveloped him completely, turning him into a huge ice flower.

The opponent tried to struggle out of the frozen ice flower, but no matter how he moved, his body couldn't break free.

After several minutes, he sighed and stopped struggling.

"Why aren't you attacking me! Are you trying to humiliate me!"

The opponent shouted angrily.

"No, I just want you to deeply understand that you should fully utilize your advantages and defend and counterattack, rather than rushing to attack when you see the opponent is a mage or the weapon used is not as heavy as your greatsword. That is very dangerous because the attack style of a greatsword is too single-minded."

"You..."

"Alright."

I snapped my fingers, and the opponent fell out of the ice flower.

"Let me see your true abilities!"

I sprinted towards him, pulling out my katana in hand.

"Ultimate·Iai Strike!"

The opponent somersaulted and jumped up, looking serious. He turned his greatsword, and then used the slanting surface of the greatsword to directly deflect the strike! Then, leveraging the momentum, he pressed the greatsword down and the strike came towards me.

Iaido is a one-time attack that will cause a long period of stiffness if it doesn't hit.

However, this is for samurai, not for mages.

The opponent's strikes heavily hit my ice shield, causing me to retreat several steps, but I successfully caught the opponent's greatsword.

"All right, now for the next lesson. How do you resist when your greatsword is caught?"

"...Um..."

"Remember, learn skills that allow you to retreat quickly and bring more greatswords with you."

As I smiled, I threw him out of the arena as well.

"...The winner, Neet Tea Party..."

Announced the teacher in charge of refereeing.