161 Finally, The Day has Arrived (1/2)
Three days later...
”Inferno.”
Within the reflection of the eyes of goblins, one could see a small blazing fire slowly becoming bigger, following the heat in the surrounding also growing hotter by the spell's effect. When the spell has been conjured, it was already too late for the group of goblins to escape. The cunning one among the group had started to realize they were trapped by the human female when it saw that the 'easy target' didn't seem to show any fear to them, who many of them simply thought as an easy target. But even the cunning goblin didn't the luxury known as 'time' to retreat as the moment it dawn onto him, it and the other goblins were hit by the destructive spell from Fire Magic without being able to show any resistance against it.
When the flame slowly dispersed following the smoke's footsteps, one could finally see the aftermath of the spell. But even without looking at it, one could already imagine how destructive it's going to be. Not a single goblins remained, all that were hit by the spell was killed on the spot and their corpse vanished before the spell even begin to disperse.
Clap! Clap!
”Congratulations~ It seemed your magic went up in level right before the duel. You're very lucky, isn't it?”
Mia turned her body and looked back, Sheila could be seen clapping with a small smile on her face, it was clear that she was happy at the result. Mia didn't say anything but simply nodded her head in response, she was too happy yet nervous at the same time since the time she had been preparing has already arrived. With her current capabilities, Mia was confident that she could beat the hell out of that annoying girl. Although she didn't reach the level that Sheila had expected, the result wasn't so bad either. Sheila was the type that wants to be prepared in all kinds of scenarios, which meant she would only have the confidence once her level was way higher than her opponent.
After all, this is reality. The world isn't so kind that it would give people a second chance or time to fix their mistake, so one has to cherish every moment given to them and prepare for the worst-case scenario. That was how Sheila's mindset turned out to be after experiencing all the 'special events' upon receiving the Leveling System. Even so, it didn't mean that she won't make any blunder as it was considered as human nature to make a mistake. No matter how powerful she had become, at the end of it, at her core she was still a human. ;
Though Mia was holding onto a wand, to Sheila, she was not fully equipped just yet. That arrogant girl might underestimate Mia yet, she must at least prepared one trump card in the case she couldn't beat Mia in magic alone, that was what Sheila thought which she believes might be possible once the thought crossed her mind. For that reason, Mia has to prepare a trump card of her own, isn't it obvious? With that thought in mind, what is good enough of an item in the system's shop to be considered as a trump card? Actually, the expensive one could be considered as one but just as said, it is too pricy for her to afford. ;Or maybe... ;Sheila grinned when a mischevious idea popped up in her mind.
”So, are you leaving now? Or shall we eat? I'm pretty hungry right now.”
When Sheila brought up the topic of food, Mia's stomach started screeching like a madman that was triggered by her word which caused the latter to look down as her cheeks started to turn red in embarrassment. Sheila chuckled at the sight before saying.
”It seemed that you're in agreement, let's head out.”
Sheila put her hand on top of Mia's shoulders before teleporting both of them out of the Trial Tower with but a single thought. Once the two regained their sight, they were greeted by Ria as she was actually studying when their figure materializes in the middle of the room.
”Oh, you two are out. How was it?”
”She's pretty good, even you might lose if you didn't have swordsmanship skill, you know?”
Ria widens her eyes in surprise at her word before her gaze falls onto Mia and asked.
”Really?”
”Of course. That goes to show how much effort she put in it when she's serious. She spent the entire three days in there, you know?”
The word said by Sheila caused another wave of shock to Ria. After all, Sheila and herself had never stayed in the Trial Tower as long as Mia did. They have never tried it out so she might be the first one to stay for an entire three days in the Trial Tower. Of course, that won't be possible if not for Sheila helping her in various ways, one example of that is preparing the tent and bed for Mia to sleep. As for the urge for 'that', it's also not a problem. In these days and age, there are tools available for such a situation. Sheila had already brought them all, with Sara's money since she's technically still a student.
”In level, she almost caught up to you.”