Mage Manual-Chapter 626 - 502 Shared Life

Kingdom of Stars, Jiale City National Competition Center.

"Winner, ’Sword Maiden’ Sonia Sevi!" Arsen roared, his passionate voice echoing through the air of the competition center: "Her graceful sword dance, like a phoenix sweeping through the night, and her fierce Miracle, like ancient resentment striking the Abyss! As a freshman, Miss Sevi participated in the Meteor Disaster for the first time, singing her way through countless formidable opponents, standing till the end in the semifinals, and successfully securing a ticket to the finals! She has set a new record for Sword Flower, a rare talent even in the history of university league competitions. She will be the brightest morning star in the Kingdom of Stars, she will be the most dazzling Sword Flower in Jiale City!"

"As a part of Sword Flower University, I too feel honored by Miss Sevi’s achievements! Congratulations to Miss Sevi for winning the semifinal!"

With Arsen’s announcement, the whole venue was electrified, with ongoing waves of applause from the Sword Flower University’s spectator stands, with Adelle and her group almost clapping their hands raw, their palms turning red but not ceasing; other spectators, including students from Truth University, did not hold back their admiration, sending joyful applause to congratulate the victor.

As the lightboards tilted and refracted, a starlit radiance focused on the red-haired girl on the field. She held an unremarkable wooden sword, and her majestic yet slightly damaged War Dress did not diminish her radiance. She lifted her chin to greet the cheering crowd, then raised her left hand, clutching it as if grasping the starlight!

Under the gaze of the entire Kingdom of Stars, Sonia firmly grasped this honor that belonged solely to her!

"Sword Maiden! Sword Maiden!"

"Claw Club is number one in the world!"

"Sword Maiden, I want to be your dog!"

In a dark corner not covered by the starlight, Telos refused the aid of Medical Practitioners, dragging his nearly bisected body, picking up the two revolvers he had dropped. More than his physical injuries, he mourned the scratches etched onto his revolvers.

Telos Cher, a senior from Truth University, a Two-winged Gun Master who had been venturing into the Abyss since his sophomore year, and he was also the runner-up in last year’s Meteor Disaster.

Indeed, last year’s Meteor Disaster was an internal battle at Truth University, with Demi and him clinching the top two spots.

Like Nages, he had gathered his breath in his final year of university to seek revenge against Demi, but as soon as Demi’s "Annihilation Wave" was unleashed, he knew he would live forever in Demi’s shadow.

Although he couldn’t possibly defeat Demi, Telos had never imagined he wouldn’t make it to the finals. As a Gun Master from the strongest attack faction below the Holy Domain (unrivalled), their inherent advantage in such competitive contests was absolute, and Telos was among the best: in the Void Realm, he encountered an exceedingly rare Beastman Gun Master legacy and acquired the Two-winged Space Technique Spirit "Sky Penetration"!

While the Space Faction is normally for Three-winged practitioners, a Space Technique Spirit does not require a beginning with Three-winged.

As mentioned before, a Technique Spirit is often composed of knowledge from various Magic Factions, just in different proportions, like the "Flame Sword" which is a mix of Fire 6 and Sword 4, hence it can be summoned by both Fire Mages and Sword Masters.

Hence, it wasn’t impossible for a Two-winged Mage to summon a Space Technique Spirit, but such mages must possess extremely high space Talent to summon a Technique Spirit with over 30% space composition.

Among mages, Beastman Mages undoubtedly have the highest Space Talent, and the Beastman Mage that Telos encountered was terrifying—"Sky Penetration" was a Technique Spirit with over 60% space composition!

Had this predecessor managed to climb to the Distant Realm, he would have swiftly cultivated the Space Faction to the levels of silver, gold, and even Holy Domain, becoming a respected figure in the Space Holy Domain. Unfortunately, he met his demise in the Time Continent, becoming nourishment for future mages.

"Sky Penetration" had a very simple effect: any projectile fired by the mage would ignore external factors (wind pressure, humidity), pierce through all space in a straight line, and penetrate any obstacles. The flight distance and size of the projectile were directly proportional to the Magic Power consumed.

With this Technique Spirit, nearly any Defense Miracle was incapable of stopping Telos’s shots—only a Holy Sanctuary Level Space Defense Miracle could resist "Sky Penetration." The only weakness of this Technique Spirit was that it couldn’t utilize other auxiliary Miracles to guide the gun bullets (since it could only shoot in a straight line), forcing Telos to aim manually.

Frankly, this wasn’t a big issue for Telos, who was unafraid of others predicting his movements—he usually hid behind buildings, using miraculous senses such as hearing to lock onto the target’s position, then shooting through walls, leaving his enemies unable to even defend.

When the semifinals started, nobody thought Telos would lose, not even himself. Those who fought their way back through the loser’s revival matches targeted Telos first.

It wasn’t until it was just him and Sonia left that he realized he had no way against the Sword Maiden.

She actually dodged the Sky-piercing Bullets!

At first, Telos thought she saw his shooting motions, but when he shot from behind the wall, and Sonia still managed to dodge the instant the gun fired, he knew he had encountered another monster.

Sonia wasn’t predicting; she sensed the spatial trajectory of the bullets and dodged in time!

This was an intuitive sensing of the Space Faction!

Just as an Alchemist can deduce the components of a mixed solution by its smell and color, a Weak Mage can know your health from a glance at your body, and a Spirit Mage can discern from your expression whether you’re calm or secretly panicked... any mage who has studied the Space Faction will be extremely sensitive to spatial ripples!

How a Two-winged Mage developed an intuition for the Space Faction, Telos couldn’t know, but by the time he wondered about this, "Blood Moon Shattered Lake" had already crushed his ribs, triggering his "Forbidden Death" Miracle.

If it had been another mage of his level, Sonia would have definitely lost, like Nages with his Blood-Water Dual Cultivation, Aisha with her Prophecy Shield Battle...but there aren’t so many what-ifs.

As a current top-tier Gun Master, he had crushed countless enemies with his tactical advantage, but now that he was being countered, did he really have any right to complain?

"But with that said..."

Ingrid looked towards the Starlight Entangled Sword Maiden and softly murmured, "You are about to face the great shadow that lies before Nages and me. Good luck."

When Sonia stepped down from the stage and returned to the contestants’ lounge, Adelle and the others couldn’t wait to rush over; they almost seemed like they wanted to divide her up for themselves. Lois’s concern for the War Dress was drowned out by the cheers.

When Trozan approached, Sonia excitedly said, "Professor Sis, I didn’t embarrass you, did I?"

"If you want me to compliment you, just say so. I hate these manipulative kind of questions," Trozan patted her head, but the smile at the corner of her mouth couldn’t be hidden, "But I really didn’t expect you to beat Ingrid. His Sky-piercing shots are a huge threat to Two-winged Mages... Sonia, could it be you..."

Thump!

When Sonia fell, Ingrid instantly reacted and caught her, and the cheering crowd suddenly froze.

"What’s going on? Did she get hurt during the fight?" freeweɓnøvel~com

"Medical Practitioner, Medical Practitioner, come over here!"

"Don’t shake her, support her and let her sit down slowly!"

"Sonia, can you see me? How many fingers am I holding up?"

Thump!....

Thump!...

Thump!

Thump.

Everyone’s shouts seemed so distant.

Sonia felt a sphere bounce inside her soul once, twice, three times, until it completely lost its elastic potential and fell into an eternal silence.

She breathed deeply, feeling her body light and as if it could fly away at any moment, as if the string that had always been pulling her had just completely snapped.

It was "Shared Life"!

The blessing from the Amnesia Cabin!

But why didn’t it take my life? Why am I unharmed?

"Sonia?" Trozan crouched in front of her, seeing her now with tears streaming down her face. The president of the Claw Club tightly hugged her own professor, emitting a sound like a kettle boiling.

Trozan signaled the others to leave quickly, he shut the lounge door, and then gently said while stroking his student’s head, "What happened?"

"I, I’m too weak..."

"You’ve worked very hard; you are more formidable than anyone," Trozan said, "No matter the result of the finals, in our hearts, you have already won the Meteor Disaster. Really, you’re stronger than any contestant because you didn’t rely on anyone. I can’t even say that I was much help. You won respect and honor on your own strength."

"Your brilliance doesn’t have a single impurity; you are the sole protagonist in your own life. You deserve to be proud of yourself."

For Trozan, a Sword Saint with sometimes negative emotional intelligence, to say such comforting words was probably using up all her kind words for the next five years. However, Sonia still sobbed softly at first, and after hearing her words, she completely broke down and cried loudly like a child.

Trozan had no choice but to just hold her in her arms and let her slowly cry, hearing Han Buqing’s self-reproach through her sobs:

"I still can’t do anything... can’t help with anything at all..."

"I really, really... wish..."

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