Magic Academy Bans Harem

Chapter 97 No problem

"How do you use these strengthening magics?"

Standing next to the "Elemental Sacred Artifact" summoned by Ritas, Xia Lu, who had transformed into a silver-gray wolf-type orc, asked in confusion.

She extended her claws towards a holy object, but only had the vision of her hand passing right through it.

"Although the 'Elemental Relic' looks like a physical object, its essence is still magic. So, my suggestion is to use a magic wand to contact it in the form of magic."

Ritas explained.

During the conversation, the protective barrier suffered several more attacks and was less than half of what it was at the beginning.

"A magic wand?"

Xia Lu scratched her furry head and searched for the scattered clothes that were stretched out after the beast transformation. Then, she found the practice wand that the academy distributed to her.

She twisted the wand with her two fingernails. Compared with her body shape, her action looked a bit like an ordinary person picking up a toothpick.

Taking the wand back to the elemental relic, Xia Lu lit it on the crown of fire.

With a concentrated effort and a little communication with the magic particles, the crown of flame immediately transformed into dozens of streams of light that surrounded Xia Lu's body for several weeks before reuniting on top of her head.

The crown, which did not change much in size, hung on the animal ear on the right side of Xia Lu's head, like a small hat worn at an angle.

As the crown of flame was equipped, ten sharp blades with a red color extended from the sharp nails of Xia Lu's ten fingers.

Xia Lu raised her right hand and waved it casually towards the space in front of her. In an instant, sparks flew in the air.

“Oh, this is really amazing.”

After personally feeling the powerful force gathering in her body, Xia Lu came to the side of the ring of light again with great interest.

But this time, after Xia Lu lit her wand and concentrated on performing magic, nothing happened.

"professor?"

"It's the upper limit, student Xia Lu. There is a limit to the amount of strengthening magic that each person can withstand at the same time. Especially this kind of high-level strengthening magic, most people can basically only withstand one type."

After Ritas explained, he turned his gaze to where Iris was.

Following Ritas's actions, Xia Lu also looked at Iris.

".I, I understand. I will give it a try!"

Facing the gazes of the two, Iris knew that this was not the time to quarrel. However, her dislike for strengthening magic still made her tone a little unfriendly.

Iris picked up the wand and communicated with the magic particles that made up the elemental relics just like Xia Lu had done before.

As time passed, Xia Lu understood why Ritas had said before that "most people" could only withstand one high-level enhanced magic at a time.

The few examples that were outside the majority were happening right in front of her.

One, two, three.
It seemed that Iris could accept another holy vessel even if she gritted her teeth. However, Ritas stopped Iris from doing this reluctantly.

Rock Shield, Windward Leggings and Green Armguards.

Iris, who is equipped with three elemental holy artifacts, seems to cause slight vibrations in the surroundings with every move.

"Professor, as a reward for this commission, how about you teach me the magic that summoned the palace?"

"It's not impossible. But are you sure, Student Xia Lu? That magic, in essence, is just an ordinary defensive magic."

"Is that ordinary defensive magic?"

"Yes, it is very common for the appearance of magic to not match its actual reality."

"Oh~ Then I need to think about the content of the reward~"

In the lava space, there was little left of the protective barrier maintained by Ritas.

Iris and Xia Lu, who have already adapted to their strengthened bodies, are also ready to set off.

"Are you okay, Iris? Are you nervous? Don't fall down."

"I won't. But Xia Lu, is such a chaotic battle plan really okay?"

Iris, whose face was filled with the word "nervous", confirmed it again with a trembling voice.

"It'll be fine. My hunting instincts have always been pretty accurate. That's why no prey ever escapes from me."

Compared with Iris, Xia Lu, who is actually younger, is so calm in all aspects that people can't help but wonder what kind of life she has been living so far.

"Come to think of it, even after I transformed into a beast, you still grew a little bigger."

"That's not the case!"

With the huge snake head in the distance, another fierce flame broke through Ritas's last protective barrier.

Two figures suddenly jumped out from the thin smoke.

After Iris started running, her leggings sprouted two pairs of phantom wings, making her larger body appear incredibly light after she was equipped with the equipment.

Next to her, Xia Lu, who had already transformed into a four-legged runner, was able to keep up with Iris's incredibly fast pace without the blessing of strengthening elements such as the Gale Leggings.

The leader monster obviously felt threatened by the two "bugs" that were flying towards it.

So, during the window period of flame ejection, it opened its huge mouth again and suddenly spit out a magma filled with purple mist.

The overwhelming poisonous magma was like a small lake falling directly, rushing towards Iris and Xia Lu.

Before being submerged by the poisonous magma, Xia Lu jumped high up, almost as if flying in the air to avoid the attack. And Iris, who had no way to avoid it, held the rock shield in front of her.

As all the poisonous magma fell, a large area of smoke appeared on the ground.

And in the smoke, a huge stone wall suddenly shot up into the sky, and the next moment two unharmed figures rushed out again from the smoke.

In just a dozen seconds, the leader monster and the two girls, who were previously separated by a large area of lava, were already in a state where they could come into contact at any time.

The impatient huge snake head slapped the two people with its tongue.

Although it could not be compared with the huge body, the snake's tongue was still too big to be compared with the "petite" bodies of the two girls.

Moreover, the snake's tongue is huge, but also fast and flexible.

boom!
A whip hit Iris' body, knocking her back several meters. Even though Iris had her arms in front of her, she was not injured. But before she could turn around, the snake's tongue hit her again with a heavy and swift blow.

At the moment when the red shadow had already covered Iris's head, several slashes mixed with flames, promptly slashed towards the middle of the snake's tongue in mid-air.

Roar--

The giant snake immediately had several wounds on its tongue and roared in pain, with the light of fire faintly condensing in its mouth.

Xia Lu, who had successfully inflicted damage to the leader monster, jumped up lightly and landed in a squatting position on Iris' shoulders, which seemed to have grown two tree crowns after she received the green plant arm guards.

"It's now!"

"Don't blame me if you fail!"

Iris, who had been running, suddenly changed her pace. She jumped forward several times, then gathered all her strength and threw Xia Lu into the air with all her strength.

In a flash, Iris was within reach of the leader monster.

Even at this moment, her mind kept echoing the words that Ritas said to her when she was strengthened by the elemental sacred vessel.

"Perhaps, because of the matter of 'following the mage', you are unwilling to touch the strengthening magic, student Iris. Even so, you are willing to put aside your inner emotions at an emergency moment like now, which is a great thing."

"But I hope you understand one thing. What you should really fight against are those people and those trends that equate your talents with 'master mages' and stigmatize the profession of master mages, rather than your own talents themselves."

"Just as there is no omnipotent person, there is no omnipotent magician. As a class mentor, I am actually very reluctant to encounter a crisis and not be able to handle everything myself. Instead, I have to rely on the students who should be protected by me. But the reality is that all I can do is to let you accept my enhanced magic and stand in front of me. Everyone has things they are good at and things they are not good at, things they can do and things they cannot do."

"Of course, it is unreasonable to say that if you have talents in certain areas, you must devote your life to those areas. But at least please don't escape from your talents, please face up to those objective facts."

"If, even without the influence of others, you try to accept your own talent, but still hate it, then there is nothing you can do about it. But at least, at that moment, you made the 'right' choice."

"And after you make the final choice, even if you hate your innate talent, don't hate yourself."

So long-winded
Now that she had arrived under the huge snake head, the sounds echoing in Iris's mind were undoubtedly noises with only negative effects.

Why do you have to say these things like a teacher at a time like this? Although I am indeed a teacher.

Do you feel that at moments like this, you can't talk back even if you're being lectured?
In Iris's heart, the depression that had accumulated during this period became more and more solid.

The color of the flame in the giant snake's mouth also became solid, and another powerful flaming meteor was about to explode.

Professors must have had a smooth life, right?
Iris was already in position, her right arm glowing with emerald green light. Under the effect of the elemental artifact, her entire arm was wrapped with solid branches and roots, growing visibly larger while gathering a powerful force.

I have been taller than some adults since I was five years old, and I have been called a monster since I was a kid!
Roar--

"So noisy! So, what on earth do you know about me——!"

Hearing the giant snake's roar, all the depression, gloom and indignation in Iris's heart burst out at this moment.

Iris's fist hit the giant snake's jaw right in the air, and it seemed as if she had unleashed an infinite amount of power, sending the leader monster, whose body was the size of a small hill, flying into the air.

After floating in the air for a short time, the giant snake landed on the ground and to make matters worse, the flames that had condensed in its mouth exploded.

After a muffled sound, the giant snake stood up on the ground, opened its mouth towards the sky and spewed out a lot of thick smoke.

And there is a figure waiting for this moment.

Xia Lu was thrown directly to the top of the cave by Iris's power. After turning in the air, she stepped on the top wall with her legs full of power.

In an instant, Xia Lu's entire body, like a silver arrow mixed with red light, swooped towards the giant snake's open mouth.

As her body disappeared, leaving only an afterimage in the sky, the roaring leader monster fell silent for the first time.

And the next moment, Xia Lu's figure, after penetrating the giant snake's body, appeared on the ground again.

Countless amounts of blood exploded and gushed out.

In the blood-red rain, the huge figure fell to the ground with a loud bang, completely without any breath.

"you."

In the space where the light of lava quickly dissipated, Ritas, who was jogging all the way in an unbecoming manner, came to the "crime scene". Looking at Iris, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, and Xia Lu, who was still in a relaxed posture, he was speechless for a moment.

How could these two girls defeat a leader monster so easily?
No, it's not time to be surprised.

Ritas wanted to ask the students if they were injured, but the answer was obvious.

It is not appropriate to praise students or even encourage them to take such risky actions.
So, what is the most correct thing for him to say now?
I don’t know if the Bathing Goddess could give the best answer if she were present.

"Professor, I've thought of it. I want to learn some pretty magic. I grew up in an adventure group full of rough guys. Those guys use everything for fighting and killing. Even when I entered school, they said, 'Go learn the most powerful magic and come back.' If I continue to be influenced by them like this, I will never become a real 'lady'!"

Xia Lu, whose body was covered in blood and still in the posture of a wild beast, was now covering her protruding wolf mouth with her arm and speaking these words in a buzzing voice.

"That's not impossible. But this kind of magic in the category of 'magic art' requires a lot of talent to learn. If you are not suited to it, you may need to spend twice as much energy and time."

Ritas, who was a little unable to keep up with Xia Lu's thinking, just gave a brief scientific explanation.

"It's all right, Professor. You can tell."

As Xia Lu spoke, she flicked her blood-stained claws. At the same time, another wound on the snake's head burst open, spurting out more blood.

"Magic is just a talent to me."

Just when Ritas was thinking about whether he should warn Xia Lu not to underestimate magic, Iris's voice sounded faintly.

".I want one too."

"Um, Cadet Elise?"

Ritas, who didn't hear clearly, looked at Iris who was lowering her head and confirmed it out loud.

"I want a reward too! Professor Ritas! The previous individual course was just a weird inspection. Not to mention it will help me in the future, it made me even more confused! And this time, we are all students of the Yew Fir School, it's not good to treat us differently! Since Xia Lu and I have accepted the professor's commission, the professor needs to pay me!"

"Uh"

Ritas was caught off guard by Iris's sudden outburst. After being stunned for a moment, he saw that Iris's face showed a look of relief.

After many days, Ritas saw the familiar smile on Iris's drooping face, which was naturally suitable for smiling. He sighed helplessly and spoke slowly.

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)