Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 256 The first trap and the shaken foundation

"Who are you?"

Noticing the stranger approaching, Ives, who had planned to watch until the end, immediately put down the information in his hands and stepped forward.

"I'm just an ordinary earth magician passing by. My name is Jonathan Gould. Lord Maxwell."

The uninvited magician answered frankly, and at the same time, as if to take care of the other person's feelings, he deliberately lowered the voice of the last address.

"But I don't think it's polite to ask someone such a personal question, Mr. Gould."

Still not letting down his guard, Avis continued to alert and remind him every step of the way.

"Personal question?" The uninvited magician glanced at the sage assistant of the North District of Water who was standing in front of the girl in surprise, and questioned with great momentum, "Lord Maxwell, are you going to do this? Would it be too partial to this young lady? I think just asking about the source of inspiration does not count as an intrusion on the young lady’s personal privacy.”

"Then since Miss Arinor didn't mention the source of her inspiration, it proves that she actually doesn't want others to know this."

Elvis retorted without giving in, and then, as if trying to seize the initiative, he looked back at the girl behind him, "Then, now let Miss Arinor stand up and say whether your behavior just now involves any It’s her privacy.”

"Okay, I don't mind."

The uninvited magician chuckled, and then looked expectantly at the little girl with short shoulder-length hair opposite who was still timid. "So, Miss Arinor, do you think my question just now violated your privacy?"

Natalie was stunned and subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but then, thinking of what Mr. Haitang had said before, she controlled her urge to shake her head and smiled apologetically at the uninvited guest in front of her: "Sorry, sir, these It’s really not convenient for me to talk about it…”

"That's it, then forget it."

The uninvited guest spread his hands in regret. Then he returned to the area where people gathered for the topic discussion without stopping to listen to Lilicia and Nite's explanations.

"We all know that the biggest feature of earth magic is that it is hard enough to protect many important things for us. So, let's take a look at which one is better between our traditional earth magic and the new adaptable earth magic. It can guarantee the strength of the magic."

Instead of distracting herself from worrying about Natalie's unexpected situation, Lilicia quickly used the [sound transmission] magic to regain the attention of the surrounding magicians.

Then, before these magicians could express their opinions out of curiosity, Lilicia skillfully raised her hand, looked at the magicians, and suggested: "Is anyone willing to give it a try and use different forms of earth wall magic once?" Defensive magic, and then the same magician will cast [Wind Blade] magic to see which earth magic is stronger."

As soon as he finished speaking, an earth magician took the lead in making a conclusion: "Of course it is a traditional earth wall. I know this kind of thing without comparing!"

"No, don't jump to conclusions yet. Yesterday I saw a magician cast a triangular earth wall. Didn't you see that kind of earth wall made it impossible for several wind blade magics to cause damage to it? "

Another magician quickly retorted with his own personal experience.

"Really? Really? Is that new type of earth magic really that powerful?"

Among the crowd, a younger boy who sounded like a beginner in magic asked with eager eyes.

"Of course," seeing the response quickly, the second magician who spoke immediately continued excitedly, "Come here, let me tell you, at first I didn't believe that a small elementary magic could be so powerful. To that extent, I didn’t really believe it until I saw the magician Mr. Conrad designed a triangular-shaped earth wall and blocked several waves of [Wind Blade] cast by the same senior magician. Well, it turns out that our earth magic can also be adapted, and like other magics, the magic becomes more powerful after adaptation!" The second magician who spoke said enthusiastically, and at the same time, more and more people began to notice this. They noticed the abnormality around them and shifted their attention one after another.

Among them were Natalie, Ives and Jocelyn who were watching.

Of course, the reason why they diverted their attention was different from that of other onlookers. They were attracted to the other party because the other party mentioned the person's name.

Conard?
  Could it be Theodore Conard?
  Natalie looked up in disbelief at the expression on Master Haitang's face, only to see a scene that disappointed her - Master Haitang also seemed to have a shocked and embarrassed expression.

It seems that Master Haitang is not sure either.

Looking at the expression on the young man's face expectantly again, Natalie couldn't help feeling discouraged until Lilicia's slightly urgent voice was clearly transmitted to her ears through [sound transmission]:

"Natalie, are you there? I need your help. Some people have begun to turn to the theory of adapting earth magic..."

"Ah, how could this happen? What about our previous plan? Is it useless?"

Natalie looked in disbelief at the location of Lilicia and Nite in front of her, then panicked and turned her gaze to the young man next to her, as if she was sending a distress signal to the other party with her silent eyes.

"Don't panic, Miss Natalie. According to the information we collected yesterday, the intensity of the adapted earth magic is definitely far less than the original traditional earth magic. They must have used some trick to make the earth magic reach this level. Such intensity!”

Seeing that the girl's will was wavering, Avis quickly smiled and expressed his thoughts firmly.

"really?"

Natalie also wanted to believe what the other party said, but when she heard the magicians in front of them discussing the possibility of adapting earth magic more and more enthusiastically, her firm belief was shaken again.

Can earth magic really be adapted?

Are what the textbooks say really wrong?
  Is there no other way to find Conrad and help Brother Stone?
  ……

Countless doubts flashed through Natalie's mind, like a wind that never stopped, vigorously shaking the flag called hope.

"Natalie, did you hear that? I desperately need your help!"

At this time, Lilicia's urgent voice came again.

Is there really no way?

Natalie took one last look in the direction of Master Haitang, then looked at the information in her satchel, gritted her teeth one last time, and hurried towards where Lilicia was...

(End of this chapter)