Dragon Sage Thesis

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 22

"Okay, Round Two!"

I shouted out loud after a minute of time-out. I have regained my senses, and the world is no longer spinning in my perception. I tried to hop three times and stretched my neck to the left and then to the right.

"You sure?" Ross said as he readied his sword.

"There's no more pain in my body. I can still fight!" I said.

I looked at Yehanna who was quite worried a few seconds before. But when she saw me jumping around, she knew I'm still well. We both nodded at each other and then prepared for our battle stance.

Odette also tightened her grip on her scepter. Her red eyes observe our every movement, ready to unleash the appropriate support magic to Ross.

"With the power of lightning, I command thee, to overclock my brain threefold!"

Lightning surged to my cerebrum and cerebellum, making my synapses strobe. I can now think as fast as a supercomputer with triple my IQ. My brain automatically analyzed the combat situation.

[Battlefield Analysis Complete]

[Best Course of Action: Distract Ross as much as possible, and prevent Odette from using support spells]

[Suggestion: Go straight for the Main Objective]

[Chance of Winning: 95%]

"Hanna, take care of Ross using long-ranged attacks," I said to my partner.

"Roger!" Yehanna sheathed her sword and switched to her two giant pistols. She aimed her guns at the white knight and started firing.

Air bullets rained towards Ross. Since there's a lot of distance between him and Yehanna, it is only natural that some air bullets would miss. However, about half of them are dead-accurate.

"They're switching for long-ranged attacks!" Ross shouted to Odette as he tried to deflect the incoming air bullets with his sword slashes.

"I'll support you!" Odette answered. She closed her eyes and started chanting. "With the power of light-"

"I won't let you!" I laughed. I slammed my palm towards the ground and exerted mana on it. "Quake!"

All of a sudden, a magnitude three earthquake roared. The ground shook vigorously, but it's not powerful enough to destroy anything. All it did was shake the earth.

However, that's enough for me to distract the Divine Priestess from her chanting. When the earth shook, she tripped herself and fell to the ground, unable to complete her chant.

"Kyaaa!" Odette cried.

"Crap!" Ross yelled as well as he got slightly outbalanced. He lost his focus and failed to deflect the first three bullets that hit the holy barrier.

On the third air bullet, the barrier finally broke. It left him open from the fourth and fifth air bullet that hit his knee and shoulder.

"Gah!"

Taking the opportunity of this chaos, I ran and circled them. When I closed the distance, I focused on the poor dizzy Odette who is still on her knees.

"With the power of lightning, enhance my feet!" I tapped my shoe on the arena's sand, and it sparked electricity. It boosted my muscles and nerves to do a breakneck sprint that destroyed the wind barrier.

When the cute priestess opened her eyes, she was surprised to see me charging towards her.

"Kuh!" She cried shortly as she just closed her eyes and guarded with her scepter. She's perfectly startled on what to do at this rate.