Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 39: Invasion of Widia (5)

The short-haired woman was visibly displeased at the sight of Arpina.Until now, her only memories of Arpina involved running away from her.

Even within the Advanced Mystic realm, there were distinct levels of power.

Arpina, too, was far from pleased.She had been accompanied by several Mystic-grade Mages but rushed here alone after receiving a signal that Ria was in danger.The longer this confrontation dragged on, the more disadvantageous it became for Arpina.

To be frank, it was the worst possible scenario.

While facing off against the Mystic-grade Black Mage, Arpina learned of Laidra’s death.She also realized that the movements of those heading to Meira had all been anticipated.

In this situation, if she wanted to survive, she could have escaped alone.

But how could she abandon Ria and flee by herself?

I need to end this quickly and escape.

No sooner had she thought this than the short-haired woman’s expression completely changed, a coy smile spreading across her face.

“Oh my... now you’re the one being chased, aren’t you?”

Arpina immediately understood the reason behind her words.

Someone was approaching, making a sound as if tearing through space itself.

“Hahaha! Lavella, you look terrified meeting your natural enemy!”“Shut up, Rodrick!”

A man with long black hair appeared, riding a silver broom. He landed next to the short-haired woman.He gently stroked the broom before letting it float behind his back.

Arpina bit her lip.She might be able to handle Lavella somehow, but this man was the real problem.He was someone she couldn’t guarantee victory against even in a one-on-one fight.

In this situation, there were two choices.

Fight and die, or send Leon or Ria away and struggle until death.

Arpina’s deliberation didn’t last long.

She glanced at Leon.It was a look telling him to take Ria and run.

Leon’s Golden Wings fluttered as he rose into the air, holding Ria.

“Sacrificing yourself for your disciple, how touching is that?”“Disciples.”“Huh?”

Rodrick tilted his head in confusion as he created a crow in his palm, while Lavella fully opened her fan.

“Let’s see how desperately you can hold out for your fleeing disciples, then?”

Ignoring the simple provocation, Arpina summoned all of her Summoned Creatures.

Six colorful beings rose around her.A phoenix, a wind cloud, a blue fish, a brown Golem, a wolf crackling with electricity, and a deer with flowers blooming on its antlers.Each Summoned Creature possessed a different Attribute.

The tension rose as a battle seemed imminent.

“Go quickly!”

Leon, whom she naturally assumed would flee, was still floating behind Arpina.

Frustrated, Arpina shouted and raised her hand.The Summoned Creatures around her sprang forward.

Lavella swung her fan, and Rodrick split his crow.

Then Leon spoke softly.

“Kito.”

At that moment, something brushed past Arpina’s side.The elongated bird’s head that shot past Arpina opened its mouth and swallowed Lavella whole.From Lavella’s perspective, she was suddenly ambushed while focusing solely on Arpina.

“Kyaaak!”

Lavella’s scream echoed from inside the bird’s mouth.Inside, complex flows of Magic Power were intermingling.

And then, Lavella’s voice abruptly cut off, and smoke began to seep out between the bird’s sharp teeth.The smoke continued to billow up.

Rodrick and Arpina stared blankly at the scene.

“Mon... ster?”

Rodrick was the first to come to his senses and stepped back.The flock of crows flying densely around him followed suit.

“Urp.”

Kito opened its mouth and spat out the smoke all at once before flying high into the sky.Then, enveloped in light, it transformed into a very small humanoid form.

The gray-winged female form simply lay down on Leon’s head.It was a nonchalant gesture for having just annihilated a person in its mouth.

“Keep your promise......”

Kito said in a sleepy voice.Leon nodded.

“I’ll find it within a month.”

Left alone, Rodrick looked at Kito sleeping on Leon’s head and gave a hollow laugh.

“Have you decided to cling to humans after losing your entire clan? And......”

The man’s gaze turned to Leon.

“So you were the one interfering with our plans? Just... An Early Arcane... Kid...?”

His words trailed off towards the end.It seemed strange even as he said it.

“How old are you?”“Arpina.”

Leon, who had put Ria and Kito down behind Arpina, called out to her without answering Rodrick’s question.Arpina was equally surprised, but she gathered her Magic Power at Leon’s words.

Rodrick also quickly brushed back his hair and stretched his lips into a long smile.

“Oh... a cocky kid. I like it. Just an Early Arcane, but you have a face that thinks you can do something.”

He knew that the monster couldn’t use more power.It was obvious to anyone.

“Lavella was useless anyway......”

Before Rodrick could finish speaking, a massive phoenix flew in.

He placed his hand on the broom and instantly rose into the air.

Only the small crows left behind collided with the phoenix and exploded.

“Slow.”

Rodrick, who didn’t even pay attention to the crows, grinned.Black energy gathered above his head, swelling like a balloon to create a giant crow about 3 meters tall.

And that giant crow split again into dozens of medium-sized crows.

This time, the dozens of crows rushed towards Arpina’s Summoned Creatures.

Flames spewed from the phoenix’s mouth.

When the flames touched the crows, they exploded immediately.

And from within those explosions, small crows split into dozens more and flew towards the phoenix again.

Boom- Boom-

Small explosions occurred each time they touched the phoenix’s body.

Each Summoned Creature was facing the same situation.

A bolt of lightning struck down towards Rodrick floating in the air, but he dodged it far too easily.

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A look of difficulty crossed Leon’s face.He was currently quite depleted of Magic Power after fighting five Arcane-grade Mages.He had Magic Power left for Levitation Magic, but not enough to use Ninefold Incantation freely.

“I told you to run away.”“Let’s survive together.”

Leon asked Arpina.

“If I draw the crows’ attention... can you take care of that guy?”“......It’s possible, but abandon the idea of sacrificing yourself alone. Ria won’t be able to handle it when she wakes up.”“I won’t sacrifice myself. I said let’s survive together, didn’t I?”

With those final words, Leon flew towards Rodrick.

“Huh?”

Rodrick’s eyes widened, not expecting an Early Arcane Mage to charge at him head-on.Of course, he wasn’t flustered.He was truly perplexed.

“Have you decided to die on your own? What a waste.”

Leon could somewhat gauge the power of the crows.

The small crows had Early Arcane power.The medium-sized crows contained Early Mystic power.Naturally, the giant crow would contain Advanced Mystic power.

The Guardian Robe Leon was wearing could withstand up to Early Mystic Magic.

There were now 10 defensive Magic Circles engraved on the Guardian Robe.

This meant it could withstand 10 attacks from medium-sized crows.

The small crows are......

Leon pulled out dozens of D-Grade Scrolls he had collected so far from his Subspace.

Seeing this, Rodrick’s expression became even more perplexed.

“I really don’t want to kill you because it’s such a waste. Shouldn’t kids stay out of adults’ fights? I’ll play with you personally later.”“......”

The sight of Rodrick licking his lips with his tongue was extremely disgusting.Leon frowned as much as he could.Curses spontaneously spilled from his mouth.

“Let’s fight, you piece of shit.”“Hmm......”

Rodrick’s expression didn’t change.

Is this not it?Leon opened his mouth again.

“I don’t want to play with an ugly old man like you.”“......Die.”

Rodrick’s face hardened as a medium-sized crow sprang from his palm and rushed towards Leon.

Leon used the acceleration of his Golden Wings to charge towards the crow instead.

Boom-

Leon, enveloped by the Guardian Robe’s barrier, broke through the smoke and pounced on Rodrick.Dozens of small crows that had split apart followed behind Leon.

Leon scattered D-Grade Scrolls behind him.

The small crows exploded in chain reactions as they touched the Scroll Magic.

Leon swung the Wooden Sword he was holding directly at Rodrick, who was now right in front of him.

He dodged it lightly with a swish.

Leon didn’t think he would hit anyway.

“There’s nothing more disgusting than an ugly old man pretending to be handsome.”

Leon whispered softly before using acceleration again to fly behind Rodrick.

“You crazy bastard......”

This time, 10 medium-sized crows sprang out towards Leon.

Meanwhile, Rodrick was still keeping Arpina’s Summoned Creatures in check.

Leon deliberately charged towards one of the ten crows rushing at him once again.

With an explosion, another defensive Magic Circle on the robe disappeared.

Realizing he needed to draw more attention, Leon immediately used a Blink Scroll.

However, Blink was too easy for Mystic-grade or higher Mages to read the flow of Magic Power.

A medium-sized crow was already rushing towards the spot where Leon appeared from the Blink.

Boom-

The Guardian Robe’s Magic Circle flashed once again.

Now there were 7 Magic Circles left.

Rodrick also noticed that the barrier forming around Leon didn’t end with just one hit.

Black energy began to gather above Rodrick’s head.He was trying to create a giant crow.

Leon, who had blocked the small crows by throwing all his remaining D-Grade Scrolls, immediately threw his Wooden Sword.

“Pierce.”

Rodrick casually blocked the Wooden Sword Leon had shot with a defensive Magic created through multiple incantations.

And then he realized that the Wooden Sword had a strange ability.

Rodrick, who was in the middle of calculating Magic, frowned.It was because his calculations were interrupted.

But a Mystic Mage’s consciousness was powerful.A momentary interruption couldn’t cancel the Magic.

As the Wooden Sword bounced off, Rodrick threw the giant crow that had already been created towards Leon.

That crow rushed towards Leon in an instant.

If it hit, he would die instantly, barrier or not.

Leon grasped his Magic Orb.

Leon disappeared from his spot for a moment, and the giant crow brushed past where he had been.

Rodrick thought he had used Blink Magic again and tried to read the flow of Magic Power, but realized he couldn’t find it.

Only then did he realize that the kid hadn’t charged in recklessly.

Leon, who had suddenly returned to reality, said to Rodrick.

“Slow.”

Rodrick, whose smile had completely disappeared, mounted his broom.

Seeing this, Leon’s eyes lit up.

“Now!”

Leon immediately used the last acceleration of his Golden Wings.Even so, he couldn’t outpace the speed of the silver broom.

Before Rodrick, who had suddenly appeared behind Leon, could grab him, he grasped his Magic Orb.

Leon disappeared again.

“......What is this?”

It was Magic that Rodrick simply couldn’t understand.

At that moment, a massive flow of Magic Power began to be felt from below.

While Leon was drawing attention, Arpina had dealt with all the remaining crows and prepared Grand Magic.

A huge Magic Circle formed in front of Arpina’s outstretched palm.In front of that Magic Circle, a sphere of light source with various colors was gradually growing larger.It was crystal clear that he wouldn’t be safe if that light source exploded.

It already seemed almost complete.

It was a momentary situation, but not desperate enough to give up on life.

This was because Rodrick had an A-grade silver broom.

As Rodrick hurriedly tried to leave his position through the silver broom, he was startled when Leon, who had suddenly reappeared, grabbed the broom along with Rodrick.

And Rodrick’s consciousness flickered.

When he opened his eyes, it was a barren field.The air he briefly inhaled was thick with Mana, and seeing the trees densely packed in the distance, it seemed to be inside a forest.It was as if only this place had been artificially cleared of all trees.

Of course, the Grand Magic that Arpina had been preparing was nowhere to be seen.The reason to escape had vanished before his eyes in an instant.

“???”

As question marks floated in Rodrick’s mind while looking at Leon who was holding onto the broom together.His consciousness flickered again.

When he opened his eyes again, it was the place where Arpina was preparing Grand Magic.

In the midst of the confusion from this incomprehensible phenomenon, the light source Arpina had created exploded.

Only Leon disappeared from that spot.

Flash-

The light burst.A powerful explosion swept over where Rodrick had been.

Boom-

Even though it was directed towards the sky, the forest shook.

After a while, when the aftermath of the explosion subsided, Arpina finally breathed heavily.

“Haa... Haa....”

The forest in front of Arpina had been erased.

The lush forest had completely disappeared, and faint heat was still rising from the deeply gouged earth.

“......Did he dodge?”

Having seen Leon disappear and reappear in an instant, Arpina was able to use Grand Magic with peace of mind.Nevertheless, she couldn’t hide her anxiousness.It was because the timing had been truly razor-thin.

Arpina, carrying the sleeping Ria and the small woman with gray wings behind her, began to move.

After just a few steps, Leon suddenly popped out of thin air.

“Phew......”

Arpina let out a sigh of relief.

“That....”

There was much she wanted to say, but somehow that made it harder for the words to come out properly.

“You’ve... repaid me.”

In the end, Arpina only managed those few words.Leon opened his eyes wide as if he hadn’t expected this at all.Then he smiled bitterly.

“Arpina, you did everything.”“I would have died without you.”

Arpina recalled the boy from two years ago who boldly said she would gain a powerful ally.As he had said, he was certainly her powerful ally now.

“We need to run away again quickly.”

Arpina put on a serious expression, feeling awkward for no reason.

The situation wasn’t over yet.

“Are you going to Meira?”

Arpina shook her head at Leon’s question.

“Sadly, Widia is beyond hope. I’m going to take Ria to the Derkanthia Empire. There’s someone I can rely on there.”

Then Arpina said.

“You should come with us too.”