Chapter 244: CH.241 vs. Golemancer

“Brian.” As soon as I returned to the party, Lua came to me. “Paulina and… Mariina are about to have a match. Come. Let’s go watch.” Lua said, as she basically dragged me towards the training grounds.

“... wow. Really? What happened?”

“Well, miss Mariina was already agitated because of something and then miss Paulina went to ask for a match. They said a lot of … bad things to each other, and now they are having a match to see who is stronger. Alice asked if I could come and get you as well, but I wasn’t sure I could because … well, the person who took you.”

“... yeah. Well, let’s go then. I do want to see it.” I agreed and took Lua’s hand.

 

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As we arrived at the training grounds, I noticed that a lot of the people who were taking part in the backyard party were also there. I guess plenty of people were excited to see this side attraction. Myself included.

Sadly, Lua and I arrived late and some spells were already flying back and forth. But honestly speaking, as it seemed like Paulina and Mariina were still operating with just low power spells, I turned my attention to something else.

 

As the fight inside got more serious, Paulina switched from just earth magic to using both earth and water, while Mariina still seemed to be taking it quite easily. Mariina’s magic just was faster and more accurate. She hasn’t even summoned a golem yet.

 

“Water mist!” I heard Paulina trigger a spell, which she also used in her fight against Chirstina. It enveloped the battlefield in a thick mist, making it nearly impossible to see. “Now, Freeze!” She then called out.

That must have been another spell, as all of the water in the air quickly froze and clung to everything, including Mariina. While she wasn’t covered in ice or anything, she definitely had a fine layer of ice across her body. And the ground around her feet was also frozen, making it quite slippery.

Mariina quickly broke and shook off the ice that had formed on her body, but because of the slippery surface, it looked like she was hesitating to move too much. And Paulina didn’t let that opportunity to pass, quick casting multiple spells towards her sister. She alternated between ball and spear style spells, likely expecting her sister to put up a defensive wall, like Mariina did. While the ball spells didn’t do too much damage to the thick earth wall, the spears were doing damage to it, and it would soon crumble.

But none of it really mattered. Everyone watching knew how the fight would end.

Because as Mariina was hiding behind the wall, the earth to the side of the training grounds had risen and formed into a golem. And said human sized earth golem was now approaching Paulina. And because Paulina was fully focused on keeping her barrage of spells going, there is no way she would have noticed the earth golem, which her sister seemed to have cast without any chant at all. The only thing I noticed regarding the golem spell was the soft glow of the gem at the top of her staff.

After getting to Paulina, the golem punched her in the left shoulder area. I was honestly expecting a punch to the head, but maybe Mariina is holding back.

The punch was still more than enough to knock Paulina off of her game, and her feet. The golem pushed on, taking a hold on the downed girl and ending the match.

 

“Stop!” Came a call from one of the Sawyer sisters, Cressida. The two others must have asked her to be their referee.

Paulina was already on the ground, so the call didn’t really make her do anything, but Mariina called off her golem and it moved to stand next to her.

 

After that, a maid who had been standing by quickly went and helped Paulina. I think she was using some light magic, but I’m not the best at recognizing that stuff. Paulina didn’t seem too badly hurt, so that will hopefully heal her up. And if it doesn’t, there is always my giant arsenal of healing spell cards.

 

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“... I thought that I could win…” I heard Paulina mutter, as she was getting healed.

“You aren’t there yet.” Mariina said. “You still focus too much on offense. Especially when you see an opening. You don’t think about your opponents counters at all.” She lectured her younger sister. “But you didn’t do too bad. You actually managed to make me use a golem.”

“... did I … really do good?”

“Of course.” Mariina confirmed. “The power of your magic, the casting speed and even accuracy. You did great on all of those. I think you might be at a great witch level now. That is a huge improvement for just two years.”

“... thanks. But I still couldn’t beat you…”

“Don’t forget. I study under a sage. I’m not just sitting around.” Mariina said, somewhat bragging. 

“... I just thought the practice I did with Brian would have been enough…”

“Oh? You trained with him? How strong is he?” 

“Strong enough to beat you.” Paulina answered.

 

That caused Mariina’s eyes to sharpen a bit, and she scanned the audience, probably searching for me.

Yeah. I can see where this is going.

 

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“So, how do you want to run this match?” I asked Mariina. “I can do it as a summoner, or I can summon a water spirit and act more like a mage.” I offered.

“Which one are you more comfortable with? I want to face you at your strongest. No excuses if you lose, alright?” Mariina said.

“... no. No you don’t.” I simply said. At my strongest, three three-headed dragons with 4500 attack would be staring you down. You don’t want to face that.  “But you want me to be a summoner then. I can do that.”

“Yes. Just summon anything you want. I’ll take it down.” Mariina said. I’m not sure if she is just confident, or if she can actually do it, but we will find out.

“Sure.” I agreed. 

 

So, summoning something against her. The first choice will be easy. I don’t know how strong Mariina really is, but ever since I first saw her golem, I wanted to test it out against one of my own.

“Giant Soldier of Stone.” I said to summon my monster.