Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 10: First Battle

“Darkness Spear, form by my will. Dark Spear.”

While the old man was chanting, Leon did not remain idle.

“Aqua Sentinel! ......Mana, flow and dance, lighten my body. Swift!”

Leon used the Arpina magic he had memorized and followed it with a basic speed spell.The speed spell was quite insignificant, so he could complete it around the time the old man finished his chant.

Casting two spells in succession rapidly consumed magic power, but he managed it with the amount of magic power he had grown using an elixir.

“Black Magic?”“Arpina Magic?”

They were both surprised as they looked at each other.

Leon was astonished that the old man was using Black Magic.

Although the Darkness Attribute Constitution was very rare, people who used Black Magic were common.As long as they could handle the risk of using Attribute Magic without talent.They just couldn’t learn unique or advanced magic.

In fact, Black Magic was attractive to mages with no talent.Even at lower stages, it allowed them to use quite powerful magic.

However, there was a trend of taboo surrounding Black Magic itself, and as a result, it had a strongly closed-off nature.So when someone with the Darkness Attribute appeared, they were often treated like a god by Black Mages.

“Black spear, pierce the enemy and take their life!”

Only then did a bit of tension appear on the old man’s face. Arpina magic was just that high-level.

The old man, now more vigilant, launched the first attack.

A black spear formed in the old man’s hand and rushed towards Leon.

Leon, with a slime that looked like a water droplet by his side, chanted the activation word.Since it was a linked magic using the slime as a medium, the time required for visualization and chanting was reduced.

“Blast!”

Moisture gathered in front of the slime’s mouth, quickly condensing into a water droplet.Soon, a powerful stream of water shot out and collided with the black spear.

Boom-

Leon, not expecting to block a 3rd Grade spell, quickly dodged to the side.

The spear, which had pierced through Leon’s magic, struck the spot where Leon had just been.

“Your movements are like a rat. Do you think you can change the situation like that?”

Without answering, Leon took out a magic scroll from his spatial pocket.

As he injected a bit of magic power, the scroll glowed.He threw the scroll directly at the old man.

Three white missiles shot towards the old man.

“Infusion!”

Bang-

The old man did not dodge the missiles and chanted the activation word of a memorized spell as he took the hit.

Although the missiles hit directly, the old man was unharmed.

“Heh, I knew it from the moment you used a speed spell.”

A faint blue aura surrounded his body.

“I’m curious how someone who doesn’t even know common magic awakened mana.”

The old man charged at Leon as he spoke.

His speed was incomparable to before.

Leon had no time to think about what common magic was and quickly threw another magic missile scroll.

He intended to delay the old man’s approach.

“Dark Chain!”

Chains that appeared around the old man easily blocked the magic missile.

Leon immediately threw three more scrolls.

“What kind of scrolls......”

The sheer quantity seemed to momentarily halt the old man’s steps.

Taking advantage of the moment, Leon calmly assessed the situation.The old man had chanted the activation word without a full chant twice.As a 3rd Grade mage, he still had one more memorized spell left.

First, he needed to draw out that spell.Then he would make his move.

Determined, Leon threw all four remaining magic missile scrolls and chanted a spell simultaneously.

“Water Wave!”

Twelve missiles followed by a wave of water.

The old man frowned deeply and chanted.

“Web Dominion!”

As the old man chanted the activation word, the chains around him spread out like a spider web, enveloping him.

Leon’s magic was all blocked by the black chains and lost its power.

“Pierce!”

With the old man’s shout, the chains that had enveloped him rushed towards Leon.

“Let’s see if you can block this too!”

At that moment.

Leon reached into his spatial pocket and grabbed a magic orb.His body flashed and disappeared from the spot.The old man’s face, thinking it was over, turned to one of utter bewilderment.

Inside the magic orb, Leon quickly sat cross-legged.

“Huff... Huff.”

Time in the magic orb flowed at 1/60th the speed of reality.

Leon spent 10 minutes in the middle of a forest replenishing his magic power and canceled the magic concealment spell that had occupied his memorized magic capacity.Quickly filling the space with another spell, Leon exited the magic orb.

In reality, only 10 seconds had passed.

Although it was a short time, the old man’s magic had already swept through the spot where Leon had been.

Seeing Leon reappear in the same spot, the old man’s eyes widened in shock.

“H-How......?”

Leon, following the simulation he had run inside the magic orb, immediately threw a magic scroll.

It was an earth wall creation magic scroll.

An earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the old man on all sides.

“Where did you get all those scrolls!”

Leon ignored the old man’s anger.He was busy chanting a spell.

“Zephyr’s Herald.”

As he chanted the activation word of the memorized spell from the magic orb, a small, translucent fairy with a silvery hue appeared beside Leon, similar to the water droplet slime.It was a wind summoned creature, available after reaching 2-star in Arpina’s basic magic.

Leon extended both hands. He didn’t intend to use magic immediately but was ready to cast as soon as the old man broke through the earth wall.

Summoning two creatures consumed a lot of magic power, but thanks to replenishing it inside the magic orb, he could endure it.

Soon, he heard the old man muttering inside the earth wall.He was chanting a spell.

Boom-

“Pierce and bring destruction!”

The black chains, now much larger, extended in all directions.

The old man, who had broken through the earth wall, was breathing heavily.

It seemed he had used a significant spell.

“I will capture you and make you confess everything!”

The old man’s face twisted with rage.

Leon immediately cast the prepared spell.

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“This ends now!”

Leon squeezed out his magic power for the spell.A stream of water shot from the slime’s mouth, and a wind blade formed at the fairy’s fingertips and flew.

“2nd Grade?”

Only then did the old man realize Leon’s level and was filled with bewilderment.The old man, who had been flustered until just before Leon’s magic hit, suddenly erased that expression.A voice, still strong, came from the old man’s twisted mouth.

“Defensio!”

A small token the size of a fingernail was in his hand.

Light burst from the small token, creating a powerful shield in all directions.Leon’s magic was completely blocked by the shield.

Leon, who had used two spells in succession, was panting as he watched the scene.

“Out of scrolls, are you?”

The old man laughed as he saw Leon’s state.

“Hahaha, did you think you were the only one with artifacts?”

Even though the shield created by the token had disappeared, the old man’s face remained relaxed.He didn’t know how Leon had reached 2nd Grade alone at such a young age, but the number of memorized spells Leon had used already reached the limit of a 2nd Grade mage.Seeing the exhausted Leon, the old man sneered.

“I’ll commend you for hiding your level until the end.”

The old man, wiping his cold sweat, was about to chant again when he suddenly stopped.

“Huh?”

A foolish sound escaped the old man’s mouth.

It was because Leon’s expression was unusually calm.

A face that didn’t seem like someone who had been panting just moments ago.

Leon then took out a scroll from his pocket and threw it.

As the glowing scroll disappeared, three fireballs the size of a human head appeared.It was the last E-Grade Triple Fireball scroll he had saved.

“...”

The old man, who had been staring blankly at the fireballs, had his face contorted.

“You tricked me, you brat!”

Boom-

The fireballs exploded where the old man stood.Flames surged, and sparks flew in all directions.

Crackle- Crackle-

As the flames subsided, Leon’s clear vision revealed the old man’s body in a miserable state.The magic power that had surrounded the old man’s body couldn’t withstand the direct hit from the E-Grade spell.

“...”

The now lifeless eyes of the old man stared deeply at Leon.

I killed someone......

His stomach churned.

He stood there blankly for a moment.

The pounding of his heart brought Leon back to his senses.He took a deep breath to calm himself.

If I hadn’t killed him, I would have died.

Leon calmly used a water spell to extinguish the spreading flames.

After staring at the old man’s body for a moment, he picked it up and placed it inside the magic orb before coming back out.

Then he took out an artifact from his spatial pocket.

A silver disc was in his hand.

Mana Trace Remover.

As he injected magic power, the disc vibrated, sending out magic waves.Soon, all traces of mana in the area disappeared without a trace.

The only things left to infer from were the ground dented by the fireballs, the burnt leaves, and the marks left by the old man’s chain magic on the ground.

After erasing those as well, Leon picked up the token lying on the ground.It was the shield artifact the old man had used.

There was a slight crack on the surface.

It should be usable 2-3 more times.

After collecting that as well, Leon returned to the Magic Archive.

Without hesitation, he headed straight to the space where the old man had stayed.

A place he had always kept tightly hidden and never shown.

Since it was a place where a Black Mage had hidden his identity and operated, Leon was sure there would be something there.

The room looked like an ordinary office.The walls were painted a light brown, and the floor was covered with a gray carpet.

In the center was a large wooden desk, and one wall was lined with a wide bookshelf.

Leon carefully searched the space without touching anything.

“Was it just my imagination? ......That can’t be.”

Leon reluctantly began to touch the items in the office.

He shifted his perspective slightly.

If there were a hidden place in a novel from a modern person’s point of view, where would it be......

Leon immediately reached for the bookshelf.

He touched each book sparsely placed on the shelf.

When he picked up a book located roughly in the middle of the second row.

Click-

A sharp, short sound like a small metal part finding its place echoed.

Bingo.

Leon sighed in relief as he watched the bookshelf slowly split in half.