167 Ice Empress (1/2)
Even having a disguise in that situation won't get one out of trouble, so she would rather not risk it. 'Hmm? Why does it feel like deja vu, as if I did exactly what I advise myself not to, did I?' Just when such a thought emerged in her mind, the Photographic Memory skill kicks in. Therefore, she immediately experiences a small flashback of the time when she had to complete the quest about saving Angelica from the Earth Dragon.
'Ah, right...but that's not exactly my fault, is it? I mean, the quest told me to save 'a companion of mine.' So at that moment, I assume that I'll be seeing her a lot in the future. If I never expose my identity, what if a problem related to that arose in the future? Because I have seen that kind of plot in countless novels and games, I would rather do the opposite and told her ahead of time, skipping me the trouble. I do have a brain, after all.'
Roar!
The Troll angrily roared upon seeing the attack missed once again. After many of its attacks were easily evade by the human female whom it assumed as weak, it entered the enraged mode or in the gaming term, the second phase of a boss. The Troll charge straight toward her whilst smashing everything around it apart as if their mere existence making it even angrier. Just when the bulky hands about to turn her into a literal meat paste, Sheila dodges it by putting strength on her feet before launching herself backward, away from her previous spot.
”Oh? Enraged, are you? Alright, it's my turn now.”
”SALAMANDER!”(The Great Fire Sprite, Salamander. I summoned you, appear before me!)
Abruptly, the crowd witnessing the strange phenomena feel as if the air, the temperature around them started to rise for an unexplainable reason. That is merely the beginning of the Great Sprite, descending upon the mortal world. It can also be said to be a side effect. Nonetheless, a small ball of flame suddenly appeared in front of Sheila. Slowly, that small ball of fire started to enlarge, followed by an increase in temperature that even the Troll started to feel a sense of danger from the flame itself. The Troll tried freeing itself from the grasp of the tentacles to stop whatever Sheila's cooking up, but it was a futile effort.
The flame only stopped enlarging itself when it becomes twice taller than Sheila in heights and thicker than a car. From its appearance, one might think of it as a giant lizard with a flame burning on top of its head. But this is none other than one of the Four Great Sprites, The Great Fire Sprite Salamander. Perhaps, if Sheila is stronger than the current her, its size might be a lot more gigantic than now. When the Fire Magic reached level 5, it seemed one can summon a fire sprite at the cost of 50% of their mana. Just that alone shows that it's no ordinary spell, even for someone like Sheila whom put a lot of point in intelligence attribute.
After summoning the fire sprite, Sheila heaved a tired sigh as the feeling of having one mana exhausted so suddenly is nothing to joke around. But now that the Salamander is here, she can finally test its prowess out with a finally worthy opponent. Locking her eyes with the reptilian eyes, that was it needs for it to understand her command.
Within the crowd, Adalia was speechless after witnessing the summoning. Because she had spent five years in the Mage Academy, she's more knowledgable compared to Mia. Therefore, she knew what kind of amazing thing she had just witnessed. Summoning spirit, an elemental spirit at that, it is not a thing that everyone can do. From her knowledge, one required a certain amount of sacrifice to summon a spirit from the Spirit World. Also, the spirit is unable to linger around too long in the mortal world for an unknown reason. It seemed the spirit would be forced back to the Spirit World if they disregard the rules set by the world, or so it was written on the book she had read once in the library.
Whilst the crowd was amazed by the spectacular sight in front of them, Adalia is the opposite of them. She looks more like a certain someone having a culture shock. If someone like her already reacts like this, how about those who have a lot more knowledge than her? For example, a group of influential families having a meeting on the floor above. Looking at some of their expression, it seemed they were currently facing the same situation as Adalia.
When the student had just finished telling everything to his teacher, the influential families had already known about it. Due to the strange incident a couple of days ago, they become quite vigilant since then. The incident was truly strange as out of nowhere, a glass-like shattering noise spread to the whole building, shocking them to their core. It couldn't be helped since that was the first time they experience something like that. Once they have done a little investigation, they found out the barrier protecting the building has been broken apart, leaving a small hole above a specific height which indicated it wasn't the work of a normal person. And so, they thought it must be some kind of test assault from their enemy, to see how they would react to it since there was no follow up after that.