"Huh~ I finally got out successfully."
Erica was very happy.
She knew that she would never be able to get rid of Gwen if she used normal means.
In order to avoid being caught, she started preparing the teleportation magic early.
Wait for the opportunity when Gwen has not yet come to his senses, and launch the attack instantly!
Fortunately, Professor Victor taught her how to use teleportation magic correctly when he first came to the academy.
Although she couldn't teleport dozens of kilometers away like a third-level mage, she could still teleport within a few kilometers.
"I'm afraid Gwen will still think I teleported to a faraway place."
Erica did not teleport to the top of the mountain, but instead crossed several kilometers halfway up the mountain, which was equivalent to running to the other side of the mountain.
The surrounding scenery is still somewhat desolate and there is no change.
Erica began to walk towards the top of the volcano. The higher she went, the more she could feel the temperature around her rising.
She hadn't walked far when she began to feel the heat becoming unbearable.
The surrounding rocks are emitting water vapor, which is the moisture in the air being evaporated by the high temperature.
Going further up, you can even see various stone fragments that have exploded due to the high temperature.
Looking at the scene around her, Erica felt frightened, but she continued to walk up the mountain despite the heat.
At the same time, she did not forget to add several heat-resistant states for herself.
She was a mage and knew that this was caused by the volcano being filled with fire elements.
"I knew this was not a simple volcanic eruption."
"How could a normal volcanic eruption possibly lead to so many magical elements?"
Erica confirmed her guess that only by going up the mountain could she see more things.
My father and his friends only knew how to use magic to isolate everything, and never thought about solving the problem from the root.
"Stubborn old wizards."
She muttered a few words, then thought of Victor, who was also a third-level wizard.
The youngest third-level mage, no one has been able to surpass his record until now.
"The volcano's unusual movement...was it really caused by Victor?"
Crack——
While she was thinking, the sound of stone being crushed came from behind her.
"What the hell!?"
She turned around suddenly and looked back, and saw a red hedgehog crawling out of the soil, wrapped in faint flames, rushing straight towards Erica.
"Level 2 monster! Flame hedgehog."
Erica casually created a magic circle and aimed it at the monster.
[Second-level magic: Water cannon]
After that, a huge water bomb began to spin in Erica's hand and burst out instantly.
The fire hedgehog was knocked back dozens of meters and fell to the ground with its four legs facing the sky.
The flames on his body completely evaporated, like charcoal.
Obviously dead.
The strength of a second-level monster is naturally not as good as that of an elite magician who has practiced for many years.
It's reasonable that it's sold out instantly.
"It's that simple."
Erica couldn't believe it. This was her first time defeating a monster in the wild.
It turns out that I am not weak either.
She was proud of her bravery.
Mount Vesuvius is a dangerous place.
The classification of fire monsters is relatively wide.
The higher you go, the more monsters there will be.
Not only that, the strength of the monsters is also proportional to their number.
At first she could handle it easily, but later on she started to have difficulty.
The closer you get to the top of the mountain, the stronger the monsters become.
Erica was able to deal with it, but she always felt something was wrong.
"I've known these monsters before in the academy, but why is there such a huge gap between their strength and what I described in class?"
Another fire hedgehog jumped out of the ground. This time, Erica used several magic spells to completely deal with it.
Compared to the previous monster, its claws have become sharper and the flames on its back have become more vigorous.
Naturally, the aggressiveness became stronger.
"These monsters have been strengthened?"
This thought flashed through Erica's mind.
"The rich fire element around them makes them stronger."
It's no coincidence that the fire element has become stronger.
She wanted to go a little further up the mountain because Erica felt that the answer she wanted must be at the top of the mountain.
But the terrifying temperature had begun to make Erica feel a little dazed, and the increasingly powerful monsters also made her hesitate.
Even magic gradually couldn't withstand the high temperature of the flames.
Erica stood there and decided to rest and think of a way to get to the top of the mountain.
Suddenly, she remembered the only bottle of magic potion left in her bag.
She looked at the magic potion, then raised her head toward the top of the mountain.
A flash of inspiration.
"I have an idea!"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain.
Gwen kept sprinting toward the top of the mountain, even though the temperature around her was so hot that she was sweating profusely.
The silver sword in her hand was like ice, cutting off one monster after another that blocked her way.
"First Victor, and now the Duke's daughter."
"Why do you all like to cause trouble for yourself?"
Didn't she want to go find Victor?
No, of course she did. To be more precise, she was thinking about it so much that she was almost going crazy.
She wanted to find Victor and ask him face to face whether he was the one who caused the volcano's unusual movement.
If the other party said yes, then in the next second, her fist would hit Victor in the face.
However, Gwen must obey orders. She must protect all the mages and the residents.
"Victor...just wait for me."
Gwen quickly cut off the head of the monster in front of her and ran towards the top of the mountain as if she was in an empty space.
Soon, she encountered obstacles too.
In front of her, an astonishing amount of magma gushed out from the cracks in the volcano's surface.
It's like a volcano is injured and bleeding.
As a result, she couldn't move forward at all.
The burning heat from the armor was unbearable for her. She could only step back a few steps, look at the top of the mountain, and think of a solution.
…
"Seriously injured...it is definitely seriously injured."
Vega kept sighing.
In front of it, the body of the Fire Disaster fell off, and an astonishing amount of magma flowed out of the wounds on its body.
This is the disaster of fire, a large amount of magma flows out of its body.
That is its "blood".
"What a scary guy."
Vega kept sighing.
It says Victor.
[Third-level magic: Heavy rain tearing]
[Level 3 Magic: Sandstorm and Mudslide]
Various formations were circling in the sky, and five formations were continuously outputting magic in the air.
The volcano below was also constantly churning out magma, and bits of lava were also bursting out from the surrounding rock walls.
Victor continued to cast spells, adding various negative buffs to Guldun's body.
After the damage accumulated to the point of being a serious injury, Guldun's movements became extremely slow, and there was no chance for him to even scratch Victor.
This battle is enough to change Vega's cognition.
It didn't care about its burning feathers and didn't even blink.
"No, are we really going to win?"
If Victor wins, it would be willing to call Victor the strongest human it has ever seen.
No, that's not right.
Even if Victor didn't win, his strength was already unimaginable.
To be precise, what he possesses is not overwhelming strength.
The gap between Guldun and Victor is like an insurmountable chasm.
It is so huge and powerful that it only needs to attack Victor once to kill him completely.
However...
It can't.
Obviously Victor needs to beat it countless times, but it only needs to win once.
But this battle with a huge disparity allowed Victor to turn the impossible into possible with his own hands.
After fighting for nearly three days and two nights, Guldun only scratched Victor once.
What about Victor?
While fighting, he strolled leisurely and calmly.
In his eyes, Guldun's attacks seemed to have been slowed down by more than ten times. He didn't even need to teleport to avoid some unnecessary attacks.
You can just avoid it by taking a few steps.
The previous injuries did not seem to affect his condition, but instead stimulated his fighting spirit.
During the period after his injury, he used magic more fluently!
Finally! Someone was the first to fall into a weak state.
It was not Victor who was weak, but Guldun.
For the first time, a human being was forced into a desperate situation by a disaster that was impossible for humans to overcome.
Its health has dropped to 30 percent, which is an absolutely weak state.
The shell no longer shines, and its power and speed are much reduced.
Vega was confused. With his amazing performance just now, he couldn't even touch Victor.
And now, it has fallen into a weak state again.
Doesn't this mean that Victor is sure to win?
Vega looked at Victor, but found that the other party did not think so.
Instead of relaxing, he looked solemn and ready for battle.
He was still muttering to himself.
"That attack is coming."
That attack? Which attack?
Vega was stunned, and then a shocking vibration sounded in the air, making it almost unable to control its body balance.
The volcano shook wildly, and even the ground began to tremble.
The earth gradually fell apart, the lava gradually stopped, and a huge object suddenly rushed into the sky from under the layers of magma in the volcano.
The entire volcano was crumbling, and Guldun's eyes were like two suns emitting scorching light.
The towering column of fire broke through the layers of lava, melted the rocks, and covered the sky and the earth.
Countless flints wrapped in magma fell everywhere like meteorites.
"[Flame extinguished's Rage]."
Victor knew exactly what this was, and slowly said the name of Guldun's final move.
While dodging the rapidly falling flint in the air, Vega cursed as he looked at the pillar of fire that was about to break through the diameter of the crater:
"Fire Disaster! You can't fucking play with me!"
How to avoid this kind of thing?
"hide?"
Victor sneered.
He never thought of hiding!
At the critical moment, Victor's eyes lit up with an astonishing blue color.
The terrifying magical elements enveloped the entire bottom of the volcano!
In an instant, a phantom castle covering the sky and the earth appeared in the air, as if it was going to completely suppress the entire mountain pass.
In the castle, multiple huge magic arrays lit up.
Buzz-buzz-buzz-
One...two...three!
A magic array with three barriers began to be constructed rapidly. The arrays were linked to each other, and the patterns of the three layers of magic array gradually entangled with each other, forming an ark that could hold up the sky in the center of the huge magic array, like a flower bud of a sacred tree suddenly blooming.
The endless power allowed Vega to sense danger even when he was mid-air above the volcano.
The magic circle that blocked the sun slowly fell down, breaking through the layers of haze and clouds. Suddenly, it seemed as if a large area of blue sky was revealed.
A powerful pressure loomed over all living things except Victor.
The huge Guldun's feet sank into the ground and he could hardly lift his head.
Vega was also knocked down by the pressure and happened to fall on Victor's shoulder.
"War magic!? When the hell was it set up!?"
Vega looked at the huge magic circle falling from the sky.
Those flints carrying lava disappeared instantly like pebbles in the face of war magic.
Once again, I stayed on his shoulder, unable to utter a word.
I could only complain in my heart: "Doesn't it take a group of mages to cast a war array?"
"This pervert can be released by one person, isn't it too much!"
The next second, the pillar of fire rising from the ground collided with the Ark in the sky.
Two devastating attacks collided with each other, and Vega could no longer hear the sounds around him.
There are only dazzling light waves and a towering aura.
The powerful attack even tore apart the sound, and the air flow broke through the mountain and collapsed wildly.
In a trance, it seemed to hear Victor's singing into its ears.
"[The Magic Capital - The Fall of the Ark of Apocalypse]"
bass--!!!
White light shot up into the sky, covering everything——