NOVEL NEXT Chapter 117: Aria's Decision
Shouting at the top of their lungs, the freshmen being targeted by the emperor-like young man throws each of their one final line, with each of them hoping that said line might just buy them some more time, but as much as they want to buy even just a single second more to escape from the pain they are about to experience, it might already be too late for them, with the fireball now just a couple of feet away from them.
That is not where their surprise ends though as the moment that the fireball closes in to a certain distance near them, the one who casted this spell them seemingly takes control of it once again, the magic circle that is supposed to fade once the spell take off still totally visible near his hand, the originally normal looking magic circle now seemingly being torn apart, making everyone watching it wonder just what is it that is happening right now.
"What the hell is that…"
"Is that even… real?"
"Maybe that magic circle is just collapsing on itself?"
While watching and looking forward to whatever it is that might happen next, majority of the audience, that being those students of higher year than the freshmen, discusses among themselves, most of them having their own speculation of what is happening to the magic circle still being maintained on the emperor-like young man's hand.
"That is…"
"I never expected to see something like that from someone so young…"
"HAHAHA, the talents of this batch of students are really astonishing…"
"Looks like this is going to be a busy year for us"
On the other hand, far from speculating, almost all of the instructors of the academy are familiar with the thing that the titled first among all of these year's freshmen is doing, with some of them not only being familiar with it, but also capable of executing the very same kind of thing that the young man is trying to do.
With most of them having their eyes glowing bright as they look forward to whether this young man can truly pull something like that off, the most authoritative among them smiles to herself while feeling more and more satisfied watching the young man.
'That demeanor, and the confidence he has to try something like that… as expected of their offspring…'
Watching Diluc gradually stabilizing the magic circle now eventually becoming independent from one another, the white-haired, horned beauty of a principal of the Flammenherz Academy thought to herself as she watches on the distance, deciding to return her attention to the room where all of the instructors gather in order to announce something to them, something that she is previously hesitating about and just decided after seeing what Diluc is trying to do.
"That kid will study directly under me, no matter what the results of this competition will be…"
She declared with a rare, serious firmness in her voice, surprising the instructors as it is only so rare that they can see this side of this principal of theirs even after the years that had gone through with her as the leader of this academy, and that says a lot given how usually expressive the principal is.
Processing the words, they just heard from the principal, the instructors immediately acknowledged her words, knowing full well that this is possibly the best arrangement they can do for the young man, given that some of them might even find him difficult to teach since the level of mastery he has over mana just seems too monstrous to them, with the only advantage they have over him is that their cores are on a far more advance level than him.
"What the hell are you all looking at huh? You all wanna go?"
Noticing the looks that the instructors are giving her, the white-haired beauty couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed and uncomfortable, prompting her to lash out as the smile on her face changes into a manic, seemingly violent one, almost as if she's ready to give them the beating of their life the moment someone say or did the wrong thing.
This expression of hers caused all of the instructors previously looking at her to avert their gazes in an instantaneous rush, fearing for their lives as they might just invoke the ire of this monster the moment that they did something wrong.
"Hoh… you just thought of something rude just now, don't you?"
Seeing the reactions of her subordinates, Aria then said with the same manic smile not disappearing on her face causing all the more distress to the instructors, with some of them already accepting the fate of being beaten up by this lady once again.
"Whatever, I'm in a great mood today, let's continue watching"
Seeing that the instructors are in quite the distress already, Aria then sighed in annoyance as she just decides to let it go, directing her attention towards Diluc once again as the situation is already settled, with his opponents already being carried out by the academy staff away from the arena, and the emperor-like young man just staring expressionlessly at the aftermath of his attack.
"This…"
Looking at what happened to the spires just previously in front of them, the young elven princess mutters to herself with surprise apparent on her face, wondering just how is it that this young man in front of her manages to do such considerably miraculous things time and time again, first when he saved her from when the first time they met, then overwhelmingly defeating one of the most powerful group of freshmen in a sanctioned duel, without even a hint of struggle in his part.
Not only those two, but also even managing to singlehandedly defeating multiple fellow freshmen during the short span of time the first round of competition for the Primaria Class starts, when most people thought that even if he is the first place, he should not be that strong in comparison to the other people of his batch.
And right now, the fact alone that he managed to destroy everything that the seemingly modest and simple fireball that he casted previously hit making all those things he did previously feel pale in comparison, after all, the materials used to create the arena they are currently standing on, despite looking unassuming and completely normal, are still high quality materials, and for all of the spells he cast here so far being able to severely damage the arena shows just how powerful he is compared to other students, who can at most, leave marks on the spires their spells hit.
What makes this all the more terrifying is the fact that he merely used an entry level fire element offensive spell in order to achieve the greatest damage that he did to the arena, and despite this spell being modified from the normal one, it is still, undeniably an entry level spell.
Recalling what happened, she still felt shivers running down her spine as the flash of light from the spell starts separating into multiple fragments, making her wonder whether the fireball that the young man she is interested in fails, something that she doubts will happen given how great his mastery over mana manipulation is.
And her suspicion of the simple spell not failing comes true as she witnesses it being completely separated into multiple smaller fireballs, the size not even hiding the danger of the power contained within the meager volume of the spell, add to that the fact that the emperor-like young man appears to be capable of controlling the trajectory of the spell as well, possibly through the use of the magic circle that just refuses to disperse on his hand.
'I heard from mother that it is possible to remotely control a spell, but that was something that only those at least at the yellow core can do…' Alea added to herself while watching the fragments of the original fireball splitting paths and seemingly moving towards each and every spire where their supposed opponents are standing, with Diluc, who cast the spell, seemingly on complete focus as he controls multiple fireballs going to different directions.
Unsurprisingly, Diluc managed to control all those different fireballs with precision enough for them to reach his intended destination for them, hitting the spires where each and every single one of his friend's supposed opponents stand, exploding just a little bit lower so that they are still alive after the attack despite sustaining quite the serious injuries, the explosion devouring a significant part of those spires, the majestic, near blinding light that devoured them providing a mesmerizing show to anyone that is watching them, a mixture of an extremely impressive entertainment show and an absurdly terrifying showcase of one's own might.
'He's not even showing off his true strength as well…'
Returning to herself and remembering that he is someone treading the twin path of power, the elven princess then smiles wryly to herself as she wonders just how violently the other students will react once they come to find out about it, and not only the students, she is even fairly certain that those academy staffs and instructors will be baffled by that as well.