After Callius finished the man in front of him by slashing his two arms down, he did not stop his advance.
Because the enemies were not finished.
'Lirienne now needs to take care of this on her own. I won't be helping her with this. She needs to kill someone first.'
Because that was how she was in the game.
'However, those two magicians will be annoying.'
Thinking that, he rushed to the huge amount of mana he saw with his All-Seeing Eye.
/SWOOSH/ /CRACKLE/
With his body imbued with lighting, he picked up the speed and rushed to them.
However, what is the strength of the magician?
Most of the time that would be the range advantage and the crowd-controlling advantage.
Because the magician could control a specific place that was threatening to them by conjuring the magic beforehand and 'zoning' the enemy.
/BOOM/
Which was the case for Callius as well.
Because in front of him was a bunch of plants that were releasing smoke on top of their heads.
Which would detonate as soon as he came closer.
'So, this direction is blocked, huh? They are trying to buy time.'
That was what I thought after seeing the magic in front of me.
Now that I am actually getting stronger and my fame is also getting bigger, the enemies I will face will no longer be weak.
'The spell they are trying to conjure is at least in the range of five-star. It seems Daltons bought quite a strong group to hunt me, huh?'
Since most of the time, adventurers are no different from any type of mercenary, there are those working with commissions as bounty hunters as well.
'Though, it won't matter.'
As the case goes, a magician would need time to conjure strong magic.
'If you want to buy time like that, it won't be enough at all.'
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
Since the enemy wanted to buy time, the only thing I needed to do was disturb them.
'I will just brute force.'
Thinking that, I started conjuring a mana barrier on top of me while also mixing that with my aura.
Since I was a close combatant, while I was researching for magic, one of the subjects I focused on was this mana barrier.
'Barrier that allows the magician to move however he/she wants.'
Most of the time, when we think about a barrier, the thing we envision is something sphere.
Because it is the perfect three-dimensional object that could be created.
And, while conjuring a magic barrier, this shape was the one a magician would use.
But this is something I don't like to have.
Because there is one simple property that a sphere has.
It is the fact that a sphere does not have any corners.
Now, you might be saying, how is it related to that?
And the answer is pretty simple.
Because a sphere doesn't have any corners, it is basically a simple one-surfaced object which would crumble whenever to place it was getting attacked.
What I mean is, no matter how strong it is, if your barrier is breached at some point, the whole surface will be shattered thanks to it being one.
Which also makes a sphere barrier optimal but highly risky.
Since the energy you are spending is less, however, once it is broken, you need to conjure it again.
Therefore, I did not want to use such a sphere, which in the end, made me use another geometric shape for that.
A poly-surfaced shape.
An ordered geometrical object with 20 regular hexagonal faces.
A Truncated Cuboctahedron.
Because when I use such an object, I only need to fix one simple surface that was breached, although the overall surface area is bigger.
That was what I had thought while using this theory, and now I could experiment with this.
'Though, I am not sure if it will work; we can't know without trying, can't we?'
With that thought in my mind, I started conjuring the mana barrier while envisioning the shape of the Truncated Cuboctahedron.
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While Callius was thinking that, two magician girls were doing their best to conjure the spell they were working on.
"What do you think, Iris? Can we finish in time?"
A girl with green hair and green eyes asked a girl with another green hair green eyes.
"We can, Ivy. Isn't this how we always do?"
The girl answered while putting her mana into the spell they were conjuring.
"I know, I know that. But this guy looks weird. He is stronger than they have said to us."
"Yes, he is stronger. But they said they never used any defensive magic, so we should be able to stall enough time. Now, don't talk anymore, and put your mana into the spell. I will start the chant soon."
She answered while looking at her sister's green eyes.
"Okay."
And then, they turned their attention to the spell.
But, there was one thing they had missed.
That was the fact that who they assumed couldn't use defensive magic was now conjuring a barrier.
'Good, this works as I intended.'
With that thought, Callius dove deeper into the mine of poison bombs the girls had put around them.
/BOOM/ /BOOM/ /BOOM/
And soon, the sounds of explosions followed wherever he stepped in.
Which made the girls also hear them.
"That idiot is just running to his own death."
"Yeah, Iris."
"I am starting the chant now. Ivy."
"Okay."
Saying that the green-haired girl opened her mouth and took a deep breath.
Then soon started rapidly chanting.
"Through the mists of time and the shadows of the earth, I summon the power of poison. Let it imbue me with its strength and strike down all who oppose me."
/BOOM/ /BOOM/
With her first phase of chant completed, the girl continued to chant.
However, something was amiss.
'Why are the explosions not stopping? That gut is supposed to turn back!'
"From the depths of the earth, I call forth the power of the poison. May it seep into my very essence, and may it empower me to defeat my enemies."
As her sister continued to chant, Ivy thought.
And then sensed someone's presence.
"Found you."
A boy with a bright blue colored barrier shining over him.
"What?"
This was what she said…..
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