Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 3: The First Victim of Healing in History

The auditorium of the Spellcaster Association was already packed with people.

In the gap before the battle officially started, the news that the lord's son Hannah was going to duel with Jia Xiu from the tailor shop spread quickly throughout the town.

Those who had originally been busy and did not come to watch the award ceremony also put down their work and came to join in this rare excitement.

Who could resist watching a magic duel where a poor boy challenges a noble?

There are even many tourists from other places who come to visit. The scenery of Ximu Town is beautiful, and tourism has always been an important source of income.

According to tradition, the dueling venue is a 1.5-meter-wide and 14-meter-long platform covered with a red carpet, with the two duelists standing on each side.

Hays is now full of confidence.

Before stepping onto the dueling stage, he drank three bottles of potion.

A bottle of intelligence potion to increase the damage caused by spells; a bottle of agility potion to increase the speed of casting spells; and a bottle of spell resistance potion to defend against spell attacks.

This is not the limit of their medicine reserves, but the limit of his stomach capacity.

I really can't drink another sip.

Although I subjectively despise Jia Xiu, that stinky errand boy, I still need to be fully prepared.

Otherwise, if I lose, as a nobleman, how will I survive if this gets out?

Looking at Jia Xiu who was more than ten meters away, Hannah felt more and more displeased with him.

A commoner with black hair and black eyes, what right? Not only does he pretend to be of noble descent, he also has a handsome face!

Hayes's anger value continues to rise.

He had already thought of the next tactics. First, he would freeze Jia Xiu with a freezing ray, then use acid splashes to disfigure that face that looked like it deserved a beating, and finally use a fire arrow to take it away.

Oh, he couldn't wait to see that face burn.

"Both sides prepare!"

The referee's call sounded, and the two duelists walked onto the field and stood at both ends.

A small red flag is placed across the middle, and the moment it is raised is the moment the battle begins.

"start!"

The moment the command was given, Hannas immediately sprinted forward. He needed to get within 10 meters, a distance where the freezing ray could hit him.

However, when he took the first step, he saw Jia Xiu standing there with green magic light condensing in his hands.

The first reaction in Hannah's mind was to laugh at Jia Xiu.

It was obvious that he had never received any duel training and didn't know how to control the casting distance.

As for Jia Xiu being able to hit him from such a distance.

Hannah had never considered this possibility. In the entire town of Ximu, apart from his teacher, no one else could hit the ball so far.

When the humble civilian on the opposite side is surprised to find that he can't hit you at all, and in a panic has no time to prepare for the second spell, seize this opportunity and use the freeze ray.

Then with a series of smooth combos, he won the victory elegantly.

Just as expected.

The advantage is mine!

However, just when Hays was feeling proud, he suddenly felt a strange sensation in his right foot, as if something was stuck on both sides of his big toe.

Then the same feeling came from my left foot.

This feeling gradually becomes stronger, escalating from a foreign body sensation to pain, and the pain intensifies to severe pain.

It was like someone was cutting the sides of his toes with the teeth of a saw.

Hayes staggered and swayed, barely able to stand still. Standing was a little easier than running.

His mind was now full of questions.

What kind of magic did the other party use? He had never heard of such a strange magic. He just cast a spell from a distance of more than ten meters, and without any reaction, his toes began to hurt.

I clearly drank the spell resistance potion, but why didn't it have any defensive effect at all? Did my father buy a fake potion? Or did the housekeeper take a kickback?

No, you can’t let your mind wander, you have to focus!
Dignity and honor are more important than life, or in other words, they would rather die with dignity than live in suffering. This should be the common point of many nobles.

When Jia Xiu saw that Hannas was in so much pain that his forehead was covered with sweat and he was shaking, he was struggling to tilt his feet outwards, trying not to put weight on his big toe, and struggling to guide the freezing ray.

To be honest, I have a little bit of admiration for him.

Trying to tough it out with willpower? Hays, you idiot. What happens when toenails grow sideways? The hard toenail presses down on the fragile nail groove, which is called an ingrown toenail. Under pressure, the nail groove becomes red, swollen, bleeds, and oozes pus—that's paronychia.

As the saying goes, the fingers are connected to the heart, and the same is true for the toes. The degree of pain caused by paronychia is no less than that caused by pulpitis.

According to Jia Xiu's own estimation, the extent to which Haynes's toenails grew into the nail grooves on both sides meant that he was at least a severe patient.

But since he still wanted to fight back, Jia Xiu had no choice but to make his pain even worse.

It's all for research.

Well, maybe a little personal vendetta too.

"The brilliance is woven, and the more it is, the better it is."

Jia Xiu did not use the paronychia version of the healing technique again. After all, he was not a devil.

This time he used a healing technique that allowed the toenails to grow forward.

What happens when the toenails that have already embedded in the nail grooves on both sides grow a little longer?
"what--"

Hayes's shrill screams revealed the answer.

He fell to one knee on the ground, sweat dripping onto the blanket, his face was grim and he gritted his teeth, as if he was using anger to fight the pain.

But no matter how hard he tried to divert his attention, the pain, like the edge of a toenail being pierced by a red-hot iron, was like countless steel needles piercing his skin. The clear and severe pain that came with each pulse beat was gnawing at his sanity.

I have never suffered such a thing in my life.

He wanted to vent his anger by cursing, but unfortunately he couldn't.

This is a public place, with hundreds of eyes in the town watching us. Cursing would be beneath your dignity.

Seeing that Hannas had lost the ability to fight back and his experimental goal had been achieved, Jia Xiu did not intend to continue harming this unfortunate child.

So he said to her kindly, "Just admit defeat. Why keep going on like this? It's so uncomfortable."

What Jia Xiu didn't expect was that despite his nice tone, Hans breathed out.

"You used despicable tactics! You have no honor at all! The noble Hays will never surrender to a lowly person like you!"

After hearing what Hans said, Jia Xiu did not feel angry, but rather found it funny.

If he was as strong as he was good at talking, this wouldn't have happened.

For those who fail to recognize the current situation, verbal education will no longer have any effect and they must take strong measures.

So Jia Xiu lifted his foot, aimed, and aimed the heel of his leather shoe right at Hayes's big toe.

Then, step down with all your strength...

What does this probably feel like?

It's hard to describe.

It's like getting a nail stuck in your toenail and kicking it hard against the wall.

This time Hays did not scream.

Because he fainted.

The winner was decided, and Jia Xiu successfully won the prize.

The townspeople who came to watch the fun looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what they were seeing.

This duel is so weird.

In fact, not only them, but also the people in the Spellcaster Association didn’t understand what was going on.

An apprentice came up to Margaret.

"Master Margaret, what kind of magic does this Jia Xiu use?"

"Forehead……"

Margaret couldn't tell. Judging from the magic released, it should be a basic healing technique, but the final effect...

What kind of idea could come up with using healing to deal damage, and even have a control effect!

"It should be a primary healing technique, probably."

"You mean to say that Jia Xiu used the healing technique to make Hannah scream and eventually faint."

"Well, magic is supposed to have infinite possibilities."

(End of this chapter)