Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 1253 The first test that attracts everyone’s attention
  "Please, Sallysette's situation is already a headache. At this time, please stop making such jokes and causing trouble for me."

Seeing that his teacher was misunderstanding again, Cyrus couldn't help but feel more and more headache. He simply stopped hiding his emotions and directly revealed his true inner thoughts.

"That's it. I thought you had really improved after becoming Master [Dadi]'s successor, but I didn't expect you were still the same. Well, since you have said so, I won't embarrass you. , just take care of yourself."

After saying that, the Fire Sage waved goodbye to his student very simply.

Behind him, Cyrus deliberately wanted to stop him, but the Fire Sage had no intention of stopping at all and quickly walked away from the secluded corridor where the two of them were just now.

"Really, are all women so troublesome..."

He mumbled something under his breath. Seeing that his teacher's idea could not be changed for a while, he could only temporarily withdraw from his thoughts and turn to think about some of the grading standards mentioned in the meeting, trying to sum up a set of criteria for Natalie that would be enough. Techniques and strategies to deceive Sallysette.

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In a blink of an eye, the scheduled game time for the next day has arrived.

Natalie originally thought that she would encounter a less-regarded opponent, but the facts presented to her were exactly the opposite.

The opponent she had to face in this first match was not only no ordinary opponent, but also a direct descendant of the Thessia family in the North Water District.

Natalie didn't know much about the family in the North District of Water. She had only heard from Ives that the members of that family were generally good at making various magic props. Although after hundreds of years of erosion, the family as a whole had changed. The strength is no longer as top-notch as it was at the beginning of the era, but the foundation is still deep. At least the Maxwell family where Ives lives will still cooperate and trade with their family to a certain extent from time to time.

Of course, what really worries Natalie is not that her opponent will use her family's unique magic props in the competition, but that she is worried about her inability to protect her teacher in the eyes of so many audiences. reputation.

Although she also knew that every audience in the venue might not know that she was a student of the Sage Assistant of the Wind of the Suzuran, she still did not dare to take any chances.

Now, the only thing she is thankful for is that she knows that most of the outstanding opponents in the Water North District are water and ice magicians. With her knowledge of the former, she should still have a chance to win as soon as possible.

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but gain some confidence and began to think back on the magic skills she had learned in the past few years.

Ten minutes later, the game started as scheduled.

Looking at the dense crowd of onlookers in the stands, Natalie, who originally had some confidence in herself, suddenly lost her confidence again.

Just when she felt a little shaken in her heart, she saw a girl wearing a precious gilt cloak walking towards the open space where she was looking.

Before she could look away, she saw that the noble lady who had just appeared in everyone's eyes had turned around first and bowed solemnly and gracefully to everyone.

Following her salute, the entire venue suddenly burst into warm applause.

Awakened by the loud applause, Natalie barely came back to her senses, but the first thing she thought about was not how she should deal with the game next, but the hesitation and lack of confidence she showed when she entered the field just now... [No, don’t think about it. Since Lord Cyrus said it’s okay, then it will be okay...! 】

Natalie encouraged herself secretly in her heart, not caring that the first thing that came to her mind at this moment was Cyrus. She immediately stabilized her emotions with the comfort of [Breath of Wind], and then faced the young lady in front of her. He bowed solemnly.

As a result, the entire assessment quickly kicked off.

After the two people saluted each other, the staff at the venue immediately exited the space where the two people were.

Without letting herself hesitate, Natalie quickly relied on her familiarity with wind magic to take the lead in releasing the [Wind Blade Combo] magic that she was good at.

Whoosh whoosh—

Wind blades flew out from the magic circle in front of her. Although she could not make her [Wind Blade Combo] reach the eight she expected, it was stronger than the ordinary [Wind Blade Combo]. Yes, her attack is composed of six wind blades.

She also knew the connection speed of each wind blade, which was enough to complete the connection before the opponent's first attack magic took shape.

So, when she deviated from the opponent's attack based on her inner feelings, she saw the inevitable panic of the opponent.

Matching this panic, the audience seemed to be infected, and many of them exclaimed in surprise.

Natalie felt a little more at ease in her heart, and while her opponent had not stabilized his emotions, she hurriedly changed the form of the magic circle in her hand, and released the most convenient one in her magic form adaptation, which was composed of [ The 'Flower Dance' adapted from [Wind Blade Combo] quickly blocks the opponent's range of action.

Once again catching her opponent in a state of confusion and looking for a breakthrough, Natalie finally prepared the magic she would formally use to attack.

【Wind Knife】!
  This was the finishing blow that she finally decided on after hesitating and thinking before taking the field.

Although the power of [Wind Knife] is inferior to the advanced magic of [Air Cutting], [Wind Knife] has an advantage that [Air Cutting] cannot match, that is, under the same preparation time, she can Let the gathered magic power release two or even three rounds of [Wind Knife], but with [Air Cutting], she can only support the number of one attack.

After the thought fell, she immediately controlled the maintenance of the magic circle at her hand, dividing the magic filled in it into two layers. One layer was first condensed into the form of [Wind Knife], and she was the first to swing it towards the opponent's protective gem to confirm herself. Her first attack could not really break the protective barrier of the protective gem, so she hurriedly released her magic power before the opponent's defensive magic deflected to the magic gem, and swung the second [Wind Knife].

boom--

The second [Wind Knife] fell, and just when Natalie thought her attack could barely break through the barrier of the magic gem, she did not feel the sound of the barrier breaking as expected.

【This……】

Although she knew that she didn't have time to be surprised at the moment, Natalie was still inevitably disrupted by the accident in front of her, and began to think about why her attack just now failed to meet her expectations...

(End of this chapter)