Gaming Sword Magician

Nina, Elder Zachary, and Whittaker, all three of them had their attention focused on Frost's spellbook. 

Soon after, under the beaming smile and excited eyes of Whittaker, a new spell page formed in the air and became a part of his Frost spellbook forever.

[Guardian has learned spell: Frost Spike]

[Frost spike (Rankless)

Cast time: 10 seconds

Cost: 700 Mp

EFFECT: The Frost spellbook creates a frosty magic formation around itself. Once the magic formation is completed, 9-meter long and 5-meter wide Forst spike with sharp edges will storm in a single trajectory of the Guardian choosing. Anything in its pathway will be affected by Frost. Beings effected with Frost has their movement slowed by a certain % depending on their power level]

'My arsenal of spells has been increasing ever since I entered Elder Zachary's trial ground! So had my treasures." Whittaker thought while walking towards the next field. "Let's complete this trial and earn the D-ranked treasure chest!"

Whittaker tiptoed his way to the 60-yards-long and 30-yards-wide field which was clear of everything. There were no signs of danger in this place.

Every single part of Elder Zachary's trial was filled with danger. The inheritance trials were so hard that normal F to D ranked mages would have died at the initial trial. So, why would there be such an easy part of this trial? 

Whittaker was certain that this clear field is hiding something insidious.

'It's suspicious, hey, Night's will system is something wrong with this place?' he asked to confirm his suspicions. Lately, the System has been helping him a lot so he believed that it will answer his questions.

[Yes, the moment you step on the initial boundary of the next field, a 4-star killing formation and a 7-star silent strength suppressing magic formations will be activated. The silent strength suppression formation will decrease your strength while the killing formation will activate hidden traps. Guardian is only ten steps away from the initial boundary of the next field.] the system replied.

'I knew it!' Whittaker halted and he stared at the insidious open-field 5 feet away from him. 'Say, the magic formations will not activate as long as I don't step on the ground, right?' he asked.

Whittaker was an F-ranked mage. F-ranked mages can't fly, but he had the azure sky earring. He can fly over this field!

[Nope, the formation will activate whether you step on the grassy ground or fly over the field]

'Why? Are the formation inscribed in the air?'

[The formations are inscribed on the ground but Zachary has installed many mana detectors and life-energy sensors in the formation. The formations will activate the moment they sense life-energy or fluctuation of mana]

'Guess I will have to force my way through this field and reach the other end as that's the only way!'

Whittaker started moving forwards. Elder Zachary and Nina didn't felt anything suspicious about his actions as he had only halted for several seconds.

The trial he was about to take was famous in the Kingdom of Wind. Every awakened, who focus on specializing speed and mental fortitude, take this trial once they reach D-ranked mage or battle master. Some overconfident F and E ranked awakened will also take part in this trial.

The trial was called "Race Against Time!"

The Race Against Time trial could be considered a testing ground for an awakened physical capability and mental fortitude. It was a very famous and dangerous open inheritance trial located at the summit of the Zen mountain of the Wind kingdom. Anyone could go there to challenge this trial and earn impressive awards.

Once Whittaker entered the second part of the intermediate trial ground, all his attributes suffered a hit as the suppression magic formation activated.

[Guardian attributes have been suppressed to 10 points. Guardian mana pool has been suppressed to 100 points. Guardian battle energy has been suppressed to 1 point...]

'I didn't even notice or felt the suppression. My power got silently suppressed, just like the name of the formation. I wouldn't have noticed the shift in my power if it wasn't for the system!' Whittaker thought.

The 7-star magical formation has suppressed all of his attributes to a mere 10 points. Now, Whittaker only has 100 mana points in his mana pool and 100 mana points in his hair. 'I can't use my new skills or spam the old ones. Actually, I can spam them by using the mana stored in the earring!'

Fortune never arrives in pairs. Disaster never strikes alone. Disaster is always followed by misfortune. The moment he thought that he could use the mana in his earring to fight off whatever is coming, a notification popped up in his vision, [Guardian equipment has been rendered useless by the silent strength suppression formation!]

He didn't even have the time to chuckle dumbfoundedly before the cruel reality came crashing down. Another holographic screen had opened up in the clear field. This one belonged to the formation of this place.

‹Challenger has initiated the Trial "Race Against Time".

The Silent Strength Suppression magic formation has been activated!

The killing magic formation has been activated!›

Along with the announcement, the killing formation was activated. Some square boxes appeared in the clear field, each placed at the end opposite to Whittaker. Basically, the place where he needs to reach!

A system notification containing the detail of these magic tech popped up in his vision,

[Item: Mana shooter (7-star)

Classification: Magical War Item!

Ver1: Bullet shooter (3-star)

Ver2: Missile shooter (5-star)

Ver3: Laser beam (7-star) ]

‹The challenger is only allowed to block or dodge the incoming bullets from the mana shooters. Damaging the Mana Shooters will lead to automatic disqualification. A victory would ensue once the Challenger reaches the finishing point!›

It wasn't easy to create a Mana shooter. Also, it was a technology that Elder Zachary had come up with hundreds or so years ago. And so, he specifically added this rule so that his precious babies won't be hurt by the challenger.

In the open field of the "Race Against Time" trial, the automatic prompt started counting down.

9…

4…

1… 0

Challenge Start!!!!