Chapter 212 : Chapter 212

Chapter 212: Disrupting the Sea's Marvelous Crown Ritual

"The fire is already out of control, is it really worth wasting so much time and energy like this?"

After clearing away the elves or people from the Beast Academy who were putting out the fire and cutting down trees on the periphery, I looked at that elf and asked with a smile.

"Witch, everything is as you wished now! What more do you want!"

"Nothing, just curious. After all, we're acquaintances who have met a few times. Although you've mostly called me a lunatic, I think it's better to know your name, don't you think?"

"You..."

"Unwilling to say?"

"Witch, you better remember this, I am Mona Timothy, and sooner or later I will let you taste death!"

The way Mona said her name at this moment had a kind of teeth-grinding momentum, especially when she spoke of tasting death.

"Alright I look forward to your performance."

Although the other party was still being stubborn, this momentum felt quite good, almost as if I had become a major villain.

But this did not stop me from preparing to kill her now.

I found that this place was a really good spot for farming points, but now after farming a few, they all ran away.

After all, no one was a fool, and as the fire area grew larger, it was difficult for me to attend to every place.

If they were secretly extinguishing the fire somewhere, I really wouldn't know.

Unless they asked the Sea Race for help, or... rain?

I looked at the sky.

The weather in the exchange competition was also set, sunny, overcast, rainy, snowy.

Even day and night were synchronized with the outside world, but the weather was random, it was just that the probability of a sunny day was higher.

Right now it was a clear, cloudless day, so it couldn't rain.

Naturally, I wouldn't worry too much about the weather system backstabbing me.

Even if it did rain, there would have to be signs.

"Any other regrets? If not, then say goodbye to your life. The farce should end, don't you think?"

Although I asked this, I did not give her a chance to answer.

I wanted to give them a sense of urgency, and it would be best to mobilize all their enthusiasm.

"I might as well tell you, from the moment the flame was ignited, its ultimate goal is the largest World Tree in your Aphrodite Academy."

After saying that, I sent her away under her astonished gaze.

After all, she had cursed me so horribly before, now retribution was coming.

I sometimes really couldn't understand if they had forgotten that this was a Dream State.

I was about to become the host presenting them with an award, the Dream State ecological environmental protection award.

Why worry so much about the greenery in the Dream State?

It was just that they had no excuse to refute me.

Before, even if I didn't say it, they should have understood why I started this huge fire.

Otherwise, was starting a fire just to cause them trouble?

How could that be, I was not that bored.

It was only now that I had personally admitted and said this that they had no choice but to face this problem squarely.

That tiny bit of luck they had before was completely extinguished.

Although it might take a long time for the fire to reach the World Tree, I still had to work hard before that.

Of course, I knew that the World Tree also possessed powerful strength.

It would not be so easy to burn the World Tree.

But a threat was a threat, and doing it was doing it.

If the fire really burned to the edge of the World Tree, those elves would truly be slapped in the face.

I wonder how the others from the Witch Academy are doing now.

With the Wizard Academy's part over, they should probably be looking for a place to hold the ritual.

Then I can't be anxious either.

The location for my ritual here hasn't been settled yet.

I wonder if the scorched earth would be qualified as a site for the Witch Tea Party.

For example, the place where this fire started has great commemorative significance, but it seems a bit too ordinary.

It's still not as attractive as the World Tree.

At this moment, rituals began to rise and then shatter in various parts of the map.

After the Wizard Academy's failure, preparations for the next ritual began immediately.

Such a speed was truly dazzling.

If they kept this up at night, would I even get any sleep?

After all, no one knew how long the exchange competition would last.

If you didn't sleep at night, no one could last for many days.

You might even be in a bad state the next day due to poor spirits.

I just wonder if anyone will manage to complete a ritual by taking advantage of the night.

The Witch Academy needs to speed up too.

Just as I was looking at the map, planning where to start another forest fire to pincer the World Tree, another ritual lit up in the distance.

"This direction, this distance... it's in the sea area."

Holding a ritual during the exchange competition was not strange.

Any academy could start its own ritual at any time, but the fact that the Sea Race had started a ritual at this moment forced me to pay attention.

Their Sea's Marvelous Crown Ritual might even achieve the so-called hidden rules.

The rules didn't state it explicitly, but the effect of the ritual hinted at it, causing a small-scale tsunami or something.

Although these were all speculations, it was a possibility that needed to be considered.

But I was not afraid of this.

Even if it was a tsunami to put out the fire, could the damage caused by the tsunami be ignored?

They might as well pray for rain to extinguish the fire.

Things couldn't be taken for granted like this.

A tsunami could also achieve more meaningful things.

So I needed to go and see for myself what the Sea Race was up to.

Although the sea surface was the Sea Race's home ground, while I was riding a broomstick, could they really deliver a fatal blow to me from the sea?

Getting on my broomstick, I took one last look at my own masterpiece from the sky.

After feeling satisfied, I headed towards the sea area.

Not long after, after leaving the land, the boundless sea reflected the color of the sky.

The open sea instantly cleared my thoughts, as if my troubles were also cast away at this moment.

But soon, my good mood was shattered.

"Witch! You... How dare you come to our sea territory, you really don't know how you're going to die!"

I looked closely and saw an ugly-looking fellow on the sea surface.

The other party's face was severely deformed, deviating from human aesthetics.

The ears were somewhat similar to fish fins, and there was an opening on the neck like a cut.

Considering the other party was from the Sea Race, could it be gills?

But this appearance was truly ugly to the core.

I remembered that the Royal Sea Race Academy had two affiliated academies, a Mermaid Academy and a Fish-person Academy.

If the beautiful mermaids from before were mermaids, then this ugly one must be a fish-person, right?

The other party's mouth was foul, cursing in an incredibly nasty way.

Had my deeds already spread among the Sea Race?

It shouldn't have been that fast, right?

I would rather believe that the other party had poor manners.

So I responded with a Lightning Strike Spell as a warning.

But the other party was very agile.

Although it still hit, with the protection of the seawater, they probably wouldn't dare to show their head again after taking a hit.

True, it was just a casual Lightning Strike Spell.

Without modding, its power was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory.

Maybe it was stunned and sank to the bottom of the sea?

I had to speed up.

Since I was discovered and even provoked, the other party would probably soon know that someone was approaching the Sea Race's ritual.

Speaking of which, the Sea Race's ritual was really troublesome.

In the sea area, there weren't many people or academies that could stop them, so the difficulty of their Sea's Marvelous Crown Ritual was also top-notch.

As for you saying that the Sea Race doesn't only have one academy in the sea area, won't the other academies stop them?

Heh, the Sea Race side naturally has more than three academies, but only three came to the exchange, and two are affiliated academies.

What's the difference between this and having only one?

When I faintly saw the Sea Race's ritual, I realized it was an island, or rather a coral reef archipelago that was exposed above sea level.

The main body consisted of three islands, surrounded by large and small reefs, some exposed above the water, some hidden beneath.

My arrival immediately attracted the attention of the Sea Race, or rather, it seemed they had long expected someone to invade and were specifically waiting for my arrival.

Instantly, attacks from underwater came one after another.

Some were spells from casters, others were weapons of the Sea Race.

Even for me, who was skilled at flying, it was a bit strenuous to dodge on a broomstick, and the protective spells on my body were somewhat shaken.

"I thought it would be those meddlesome guys from Holy Angel, I didn't expect it to be a witch from the Witch Academy? Bring her down for me!"

At the most central position on this coral reef island, there was another member of the Sea Race.

Although her lower body had already transformed into two legs, the swaying phantom of her fishtail was still moving.

After seeing me, this intruder, she immediately entered a combat stance.

The protection of the seawater was even more exaggerated than the mermaid named Yvette I had seen before.

The seawater even directly surrounded and sheltered the entire coral reef island.

I don't know if it was the effect of the ritual.

Of course, this was definitely also the result of home ground advantage and the joint efforts of those around her.

This degree of "positional warfare" really caught me off guard.

The other party's skill in controlling the seawater in this area was truly brilliant.

I felt like I was surfing on a broomstick, being chased by waves and attacks.

"This is more like it, just like this!"

I took out a bottle of recovery potion and drank it in one go.

The empty bottle, as I skimmed over the sea surface, was smashed directly on a fish-person's head.

Although the damage was not high, the insult was extreme.

Previously, in the duel with those three Holy Angels, I didn't feel enough pressure, but now that feeling was back!

After taking the potion, I also immediately got into the zone.

Flexible Learning and Application Spell activated, Unity of Knowledge and Action Speech-Spirit suggestion.

I found that after having Unity of Knowledge and Action, it could really replace many spell effects, but after actually using it, I found that the effect of this Speech-Spirit Spell was slightly different from what I had predicted.

This Speech-Spirit Spell was more inclined towards a method of self-suggestion.

I thought it was a compulsory type.

Although it did not meet expectations, this kind of suggestion was also gentler to some extent.

"Seeing you all so dull, it seems you don't know who I am?"

While maneuvering, I also spoke up, mainly to probe for the other party's intelligence.

"You? We have naturally paid attention. Yang Yuehan of the Witch Academy, the number two figure. I heard that you and Tan Han can fight back and forth, so we are dealing with you on this scale. You should feel honored!"

"Tsk It looks like you don't know anything."

A simple probe revealed that the other party probably didn't know what I had done to their Sea Race.

I remember the elves should have sent an Elf Ranger to communicate with the Sea Race, right?

What did they communicate?

Could it be that the alliance between the Sea Race and the elves was not a large-scale alliance, but a personal act of the Sea Race?

"Didn't you guys look for the elves to form an alliance? There's no result yet, right?"

"The elves are not worthy of an alliance! Yvette paid for it with her life, but we will avenge her. You don't need to worry about this!"

"Huh? Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing the other party's answer, my movements on the broomstick almost stiffened and I nearly plunged into the sea.

What kind of ineffective communication was this?

Could the Elf Ranger sent there have been killed in the sea area?

How did I not know that the Sea Race's train of thought was so peculiar?

But without effective communication, this could really be misunderstood.

"Witch! What are you laughing at! Hmph! Cunning rat, do you only know how to hide!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, very good! Keep it up!"

I did not tell the other party the truth of the matter.

Since it was a misunderstanding, it was just what I wanted.

I could even stage a drama of burning the World Tree and flooding the charred wood.

But this matter probably couldn't be hidden for long.

However, a misunderstanding is a misunderstanding.

If they wanted to resolve it, it wouldn't be that easy, and I wasn't just dodging.

I was also trying out other uses for my spells.

For example, the application prospects of the Explosion Trap on the sea surface, but unfortunately the effect was not good.

In every battle, I seemed to be able to micro-mod my spells according to the battle situation.

Although it enriched my range of applications for Evocation Spells, there was no breakthrough change.

Just like the application of the Floating Series, it was a brand-new way of using spells, although the cost was a higher consumption.

"It's not that I'm saying this, but you are targeting me like this, and the ritual has come to a standstill. Aren't you anxious? If I remember correctly, it's very difficult for your Sea Race to hold a ritual, right?"

After my observation, I also roughly discovered that the other party wanted to build this coral reef island into an altar for crowning the Marvelous Crown.

But this was a huge project.

Just thinking about it, one could imagine how great the preparation difficulties were.

This must have been intentionally restricted because they calculated that the Royal Sea Race Academy and its two affiliated academies would join forces.

Moreover, after the ritual preparations were complete, a formal coronation ceremony still needed to be held.

If it was destroyed, they would also not be able to get points.

And under constant probing, I unexpectedly found that the basic Evocation Spellbook's Rock Collapse Spell was surprisingly useful.

It had a miraculous effect on destroying their ritual.

It could greatly hinder the speed of their ritual preparations.

After all, I came here to stop the Sea Race, an academy that no one was sanctioning, from preparing its ritual, and to probe their background by the way.

But the harvest now was astonishing.

The elf-Sea Race alliance that I was originally a little worried about had now turned against each other due to a misunderstanding.

I was even thinking about whether to intensify their conflict and make their relationship completely break down.

But after thinking it over, I gave up.

Saying too much leads to mistakes.

It wouldn't be good if I accidentally revealed some information or was suspected by the other party.

"This seems to be a good inspiration"

After continuous attempts, I also modded the Rock Collapse Spell for the current situation.

The Rock Collapse Spell was a spell effect that gathered earth and rock elements to create a rock construct, and then collapsed it to cause splash damage.

So, this was also a spell in the basic spellbook with a somewhat slow charge-up time.

And precisely because there were many steps, each step had its uses.

But now I was using the collapse effect on the rock creation spell effect.

However, ordinary earth and soil are actual physical substances, not creations of spell effects, so collapse could not be applied here.

But I didn't need those rocks and soil to collapse to the point of causing damage.

Just cracking and loosening would be enough.

And this brings us to a characteristic in the earth and rock family of elements in Elemental Theory: "Resonance".

Resonance was actually an inherent property in any element, just like the resonance between a fire spell effect and an ordinary burning flame.

Take the forest fire I caused as an example.

In that environment, the fire spell effect caused by a fire spell would resonate with the environment, and thus its power would be even more terrifying.

It was just that now I wanted to use the resonance of the earth and rock spell effect with the rocks, soil, and the seabed to make the foundation of that coral reef island collapse and disintegrate.

Although this might not destroy their ritual, it was enough to make their previous efforts go to waste, requiring them to start from scratch.

And just as I was about to put it into practice, a pillar of light rose in the distance, and an invitation letter suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Hmm?"

I caught it in a bit of a panic, and quickly realized that this was an invitation letter for the Witch Tea Party.

The Witch Tea Party has begun!

Tan Han and the others are so efficient?

Then I can't get entangled in this battle here.

I need to end it quickly.

But before I leave, let's try out the inspiration I just had, even if it might not have a very good effect.

"What is that thing of yours?"

The abnormality of something suddenly appearing in front of me naturally did not escape the other party's eyes, but the other party clearly did not know what it was.

"Idiot, this is the invitation letter to the Witch Tea Party. I don't have time to get entangled with you all anymore!"

I rode my broomstick and waved the invitation letter in my hand in front of them, then put it into my storage equipment.

"What! Stop her! Don't let her run away!"

"Just a moment ago you were acting like you wanted to drive me away, and now you won't let me leave?"

I looked at their fickle faces and mocked them.

"Goodbye Come and stop me when you can fly into the sky!"

"Also, before I go, I have a big gift for you!"

Seeing them desperately trying to keep me now was really laughable.

It inexplicably tickled my funny bone, but the movements of my hands would not stop.

The "Resonance" of the Rock Collapse Spell was like "Floating," a breakthrough mod, but it had not undergone the test of actual combat and long-term testing.

The effect was really hard to say.

But to put it bluntly, it was just using the environment to achieve a more favorable effect.

Its application prospects were limited, but it was not without its excellent inspiration.

The area below this island was not very deep.

At this moment, a huge earth and rock construct was formed, descending like a meteorite, and in front of it, I was clearing the way for it.

To ensure it could smash into the seabed and form a resonance.

"Idiot! Haha, it missed!"

The other party, seemingly still under the protection of the seawater, started to mock when they saw that my attack did not hit a critical part of the ritual.

But I didn't say anything, and quickly left this place.

If I wanted to leave, they couldn't stop me.

"Hehe! You're lucky you ran fast! I curse your Witch Tea Party to be smashed now too!"

They looked at my rapidly retreating back.

Although they felt it was a pity, they were still very excited about driving me, this witch, away.

But before they could be excited for too long, a strange vibration suddenly broke their atmosphere.

As the resonance continued, the tides of the sea also began to ripple with a regular pattern.

"Maintain the reef! Quick! Maintain the ritual!"

"It must have been that witch just now! Go check the place where she did something before she left! Quick!"

After being shaken by the resonance, she saw that the reef where the ritual was set up had loosened and cracked.

At that moment, she realized the seriousness of the problem, but by the time she finished speaking, it was already too late.

At this moment, the coronation altar they had set up on this island was collapsing, and the mermaid presiding over the ritual also showed a panicked expression.

Even with the combined strength of everyone, they could only maintain the ritual from being destroyed.

Finally, the rock construct spell effect at the bottom of the sea was destroyed, and everything returned to calm, but it seemed to be too late.

"Witch Academy... Yang Yuehan... Our Royal Sea Race Academy is irreconcilably at odds with you!"

Even though the ritual had not been destroyed, the preparation for the Sea's Marvelous Crown Ritual was extremely cumbersome.

This was no different from direct destruction, and this time, the progress was almost reset to zero.

Their efforts were completely lost.

She couldn't possibly expect that other academies' rituals would always be interfered with by others, right?