063 Wouldn’t Dekan target the mage?
“Are you an animal?!!”
Flata was dumbfounded.
He could only roar at the ice statue that was Dekan.
The last card Dekan used was a spell card that was all too familiar to Flata as a mage.
Although it was expensive, many mages would choose to bring one along.
It was a crucial life-saving card.
【Ice Barrier】
【Category: Spell Card】
【Grade: Purple Rare】
【Rank: 3】
【Effect: Freezes the user, granting an ice shield that cannot be broken by attacks of below seventh rank intensity for 30 seconds. During this time, the user cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Cannot be released again within one minute after the effect ends.】
【Note: Can also be used as a daily magic in summer.】
This was borrowed by Dekan from Chloix.
Even though Dekan could buy one or craft it himself.
There was no immediate need.
The market price for this card was around 300 gold coins, and buying it outright would drain Dekan’s savings.
If he wanted to make it himself, Dekan would first need to spend time researching the card’s crafting steps.
Additionally, since Dekan was not skilled in using human magic to craft cards, he would need to significantly modify the classic card designed by an ancient grand magician.
As for how to translate it into a demon language card and how to incorporate new designs, he had no ideas yet.
If he were to proceed, he needed to consult Master more.
Moreover, the required materials were also quite expensive, so he was not in a hurry to craft this card.
Thus, he directly borrowed a ready-made one from a sixth-rank good teammate.
……
Flata clenched his fists, seemingly trying to calm down.
Dekan had shown a high reliance on the 【Ruined Bard】 in each battle, leading Flata to have the illusion that Dekan wouldn’t be able to fight without this core orange card.
He didn’t expect that Dekan had a strategy that didn’t rely on orange cards, focusing on exhausting mana instead.
Now, the three 【Undead Armors】 could only stand stupidly in front of the ice statue, waiting for Dekan to thaw.
Flata felt his mana depleting at an uncontrollable speed!
Flata was effectively maintaining twelve fifth-rank summons!
Even a fifth-rank summoner would find it tough to sustain such continuous mana expenditure.
Moreover, the 【Undead Armor】 was equipped with the 【Soul Mask】, and he couldn’t even dispel the summon!
He could only helplessly let his mana drain away.
If this continued, there were two possible outcomes.
The first outcome was that Dekan’s 30 seconds of freezing would expire, and he would successfully take down Dekan and end the battle.
The second outcome was that Dekan would survive again, and Flata would continue to waste more mana for no reason.
A premonition told him Dekan had a backup plan.
Dekan’s strategy was clear: to exhaust Flata’s mana to the point of depletion, leading to physical collapse!
Flata couldn’t take the risk!
For a mage, if their mana was completely exhausted and they were forced to further expend large amounts of mana, it would be fatal!
Even being continuously deprived of mana in the Phantom Canyon would cause their magic circuits to collapse!
Not to mention the nerve damage that could result in irreversible disabilities.
If he lost this gamble, he could accidentally become a cripple!
So, Flata gritted his teeth and continuously activated his strongest spell card, obliterating all three 【Undead Armors】 himself.
He even finished them off with fire spells to burn their remains, finally recovering these three cards and stopping the mana drain.
In just a few seconds, Flata had unjustly expended a large portion of his mana.
Grinding his teeth, he took out a fifth-rank spell card, 【Thunder Arc】, and aimed it at Dekan.
He prepared to strike at Dekan the moment his freezing ended.
With the speed of lightning, Dekan wouldn’t have any chance to draw a card to respond to this attack.
……
“Why are there so many hidden dangers in the Phantom Canyon…”
Many watching mage academy students felt chills down their spines at the thought of being drained of their mana in such a state.
This was undoubtedly the cruelest torture for mages.
“The Phantom Canyon only alleviates the damage done by both sides, but Dekan specifically targets internal destruction…”
“Only someone like him would look through manuals specifically to identify hidden dangers…”
“But once Dekan comes out of his frozen state, how will he deal with Flata?”
Upon hearing the discussions around him, Teacher Cat anxiously pushed Chloix with his front paws.
“After taking this 【Thunder Arc】, even if Dekan uses a last-resort card to survive, he will still enter a paralyzed state! Controlling Dekan is Flata’s goal, and he will soon be killed by Flata’s next spell!”
Chloix simply chuckled and shook his head.
“Don’t worry, Teacher Cat. Dekan has accurately calculated all of Flata’s movements up to this point.”
Within the Phantom Canyon.
Dekan’s freezing mist spread, and the freeze was about to lift.
At the moment the ice melted, a blue arc, like a giant python, shot from Flata’s hand, engulfing Dekan’s entire body.
【Thunder Arc】 went on cooldown.
Next, Flata took out a fifth-rank spell card, 【Wind Blade Cut】, and aimed it at Dekan to release it.
However, just as his spell was about to be unleashed, the supposedly immobile Dekan calmly summoned a cute version of his own figure.
Flata helplessly hurled the spell at the doll.
The raging winds howled past, leaving Dekan unharmed.
The doll was shredded by the wind blades.
This doll, 【Captain De’Erkan】 (taunt, apply chaos debuff), was only first rank, and Dekan used a minuscule cost to drain Flata’s mana to double.
“Why?!”
Flata shouted in confusion.
He couldn’t understand!
Not only did 【Thunder Arc】 fail to paralyze Dekan, but it didn’t even cause him any harm!
“Heh heh heh.”
Dekan offered no explanation, merely extending his hand, mockingly pointing to his temple.
The gaze behind his protective visor was filled with mockery.
This made the veins on Flata’s forehead bulge, his expression gradually distorting.
He began to guess.
Dekan could be immune to fifth-rank lightning magic because of that strange piece of equipment he had equipped from the start!
“Your lightning magic can’t create a million volts like real lightning; of course, it can’t penetrate my rubber protective suit.”
Dekan said with a disdaining laugh.
He was actually quite afraid of controls.
So he had crafted equipment to guard against lightning magic early on.
He also anticipated that Flata would use a lightning magic with paralysis effects in this duel.
Thus, Dekan had brought along this card.
【Super Protective Suit】
【Category: Equipment Card】
【Grade: Blue Rare】
【Rank: 2】
【Effect: Provides a certain reduction against fire damage and immunity to voltages below 50,000 volts.】
【Note: Try hitting me with one million volts!】
Not only did it block 【Thunder Arc】, but it also utilized the last cooling effect of 【Ice Barrier】 along with the fire resistance of the protective suit to dissipate the heat generated by the electricity!
“What the heck is a volt?!”
Flata had already appraised this card.
He knew this piece of equipment might have some effect against lightning magic.
But how could it completely block fifth-rank lightning magic? That defied the principles of magic!
