Chapter 146: Who Were the Muggles?

Chapter 146: Who Were the Muggles?

Below the arena.

Because of the Petrification spell, the people in the arena got a temporary breather.

The arena was in complete chaos. The first to run to the exit were the Solerndor Knights who had horses. But when they stood at the exit about to leave, they saw the athletes and cheerleaders being helplessly and despairingly smashed to death by the monster’s rampage. The Solerndor Knights hesitated for a moment. In the end, with eyes red, they gave a loud roar, raised their banners, lifted their lances, and charged at the building-sized monster!

This scene made the Wizards in the stands laugh wildly. Over here, the corners of the Nephar Dragon Clan’s mouths also lifted slightly into a faint curve.

Ridiculous ants, always overestimating their strength and trying to challenge an invincible God of War.

Seeing the big club about to sweep all those knights into pulp, Prince Nephar revealed a cruel smile. But strangely, at that very moment, the body of the Dragon Slayer Gundam suddenly became like smoke. And that big club also passed through the knights’ bodies like smoke.

The wind howled. The knights’ banners fluttered in the wind. Their bodies and horses were completely unharmed by the club.

And when they rode their horses through the body of the Dragon Slayer Gundam, the knights also passed right through the huge monster’s body. It was as if this thing was made of smoke.

The Dragon Slayer Gundam blinked, feeling very confused. It looked at its big club, hit its own head with it, and then a bump swelled up on its head. It hurt so much it hopped on one foot.

This scene was too bizarre. The noisy stands opposite gradually quieted down. The Wizards on the opposite stands all stretched their necks, mouths agape, each looking as if they had seen a ghost—what nonsense was this?!

That Gundam had thousands of protective Magic Spells on it! How could any Magic work completely on it?!

The Court Wizards also looked as if they had seen a ghost, blinking their eyes hard. Princess Nephar and the Prince also stretched their necks like silly geese, stunned. They were utterly dumbfounded.

“Good job, Ron,” Louis nodded, signaling his next student to step up for the assessment.

The Court Wizards fell into deathly silence. They watched numbly as another Mage calmly walked towards the blackboard, as if this was just a minor, routine exam.

Frankischko, who had possessed her daughter, pupils suddenly contracted. She gave Louis a look. Then, seizing the opportunity, she recited an incantation. With a wave of her hand, all the knights and athletes in the arena below suddenly disappeared. And on an ordinary chessboard in front of her, a dense cluster of small wooden figures suddenly appeared.

Frankischko let out a sigh of relief, returned to her own body, and closed her eyes to rest.

At this moment, the King’s stand was extremely quiet. The voices that had been loudly debating for a long time now sounded particularly grating.

“…So, the Dragon Clan is far inferior to what they were three thousand years ago. They don’t even know what their true names are for anymore,” one Mage said.

“‘Inheritance’ has many benefits, but no inheritance can pass on all knowledge and Mana. If one is ignorant and incompetent, they will surely gradually lose many things and slowly turn into beasts.”

The Mages continued discussing among themselves.

“What a joke, what a joke!” Princess Nephar Annabel suddenly stood up, grabbed the horns on her head, and shouted, “This is impossible! Impossible!”

Prince Nephar Kiko trembled as he looked at Louis, suddenly remembering that phrase—’A few little lizards dare to call themselves dragons in front of me?’

At this point, the Court Wizards watched numbly as the ‘Wild Wizard’ who had just gone to write on the blackboard had already come down. Then the Wild Wizard spread open a scroll and wrote a series of the Gundam’s true names on it.

Immediately after, the Dragon Slayer Gundam, which had just been released from banishment by many Noble Wizards on the opposite side, turned into nothingness again. This caused the Wizards on the opposite stands to frantically grab their hair in a flurry of confusion.

Frankischko gave Louis that look again. Delphine, who had just woken up, and many Court Wizards also looked over here as if they had seen a ghost.

Many nobles who were watching the spectacle started clapping. The clapping sound was crisp and loud, like slaps on the faces of those Court Wizards—so what they said was actually true. These Court Wizards were all half-baked amateurs and exceptionally bold boasters.

They even said ‘true names’ were meaningless, and talked about how the Dragon Clan was this or that, saying that monster was completely Magic-immune and impossible to subdue.

What nonsense. Truly a bunch of meddlesome, inexplicably confident Witch Doctors.

It seemed this foreign Prince who came was really the Magic Prince from the Cloud Kingdom. Listening to the misleading talk from these Witch Doctors earlier was truly rude.

While the spectators were enjoying the show here, Princess Nephar and the Dragonborn Wizards were almost going crazy.

“Stop discussing! Stop discussing in such a casual tone!” Princess Nephar Annabel said loudly, seeming on the verge of a breakdown. “Stop discussing in such a matter-of-fact way!”

The Mages glanced at her as if looking at an idiot, completely ignoring her. Then the next Mage picked up a piece of chalk and began performing derivations on the blackboard.

Frankischko gave Louis that look again. This guy before her eyes must be a child of an Ancient God.

At this moment, the banishment spell had been lifted by the opposite stands. The Dragon Slayer Gundam angrily charged towards this stand, wanting to climb up. This scene terrified the nobles, and the Court Wizards were also stunned—who knew what Magic the Red Queen used; the Dragon Slayer Gundam could now ignore the maze Magic array!

It was now completely Magic-immune!

Seeing the Dragon Slayer Gundam charging over, the Noble Wizards on the opposite side laughed heartily. A soft, coquettish voice also suddenly rang out across to the King’s stand.

[If you don’t send someone down soon, all your subjects are going to die~ Ahahahaha…]

Just then, that charging Dragon Slayer Gundam was banished again.

The laughter stopped abruptly halfway. The Wizards on the opposite stands stood up frantically, grabbing their hair as if going mad. For a while, figures rose one after another on the opposite stands, like a wave, quite a spectacular sight.

An angry blood-red light suddenly struck the Dragon Slayer Gundam. In an instant, all its blood vessels bulged, and its body swelled up a size.

The Dragon Slayer Gundam’s body first turned from grey to crimson red. Then, under the buffs of various Magic Spells, its whole body turned green. All its fat transformed into muscle. Rows of spikes grew on its back, horns sprouted on its head, and a tail with bony spines grew from its back.

The banishment spell was thus broken, but the Dragon Slayer Gundam also went berserk, no longer obeying the Red Queen’s commands. It went on a rampage in the arena, tearing at its own body and roaring loudly.

But bizarrely, perhaps because of the true names and the scroll’s effect, the Dragon Slayer Gundam now could not approach the stands.

At this time, over a dozen oddly-shaped steam tanks had already rushed into the arena from outside, charging out from a large gate. These big guys looked very much like Archie’s behemoth, but with a bunch of wheels and tracks added below. They had heavy machine guns on top and also cannon barrels, which were small but were proper howitzers.

After entering, the steam tanks started firing at the behemoth, and the heavy machine guns spat tongues of fire. But when all the artillery fire hit near the Dragon Slayer Gundam, light flashed. It seemed to be the Protective Charms the Wizards had placed on the Dragon Slayer Gundam.

And when the tanks fired their second volley, what shot out of the cannons wasn’t shells, but fireworks!

The Dragon Slayer Gundam roared furiously, uttering a phrase in dragon tongue. Then this originally somewhat slow-moving giant, like a two-headed green giant, leaped with incredibly agile grace, flying over a hundred meters to where the tanks were. Then it charged at a steam tank at extreme speed and kicked one steam tank into the sky.

Frankischko quickly reached out and grabbed. A few more small wooden figures appeared on the chessboard. It seemed she had saved the drivers inside those tanks. She knew the current Dragon Slayer Gundam was not something a dozen tanks could handle.

Sure enough, before long, those steam tanks were either kicked into the sky like footballs or batted away like baseballs.

Seeing this, the Court Wizards broke out in a cold sweat. The current Dragon Slayer Gundam was completely unstoppable—this must be a trump card the Red Queen had kept hidden!

Everyone looked at Prince Nephar, signaling him to hurry down.

But Prince Nephar, who had earlier requested to join the fight, was now scared stiff.

Was this a Gronn?

You call this thing a two-headed Gronn?

What lousy Magic were these Red Queen Family Wizards using! Turning that big guy into something like this?!

With this kind of agility and this kind of Strength, wouldn’t it just hammer a dragon to death!

If I had known the Red Queen had this kind of preparation, I wouldn’t have requested to fight at all!

You guys are setting a dragon up!

Just as Prince Nephar broke out in a cold sweat, he saw that two-headed green giant, which had been enjoying itself, get banished again.

The Prince and the Court Wizards grabbed their hair, looking at those Mages as if they had seen ghosts—what was going on! Even in this state, they could still banish it?!

Were all the protective magical defenses on the opposite stands fake?!

The Wizards on the opposite stands also all stood up pulling their hair, their faces full of disbelief as they shouted.

For a moment, people in all the stands stood up, quite a spectacular sight.

“Impossible, impossible! How could this be…” Princess Nephar stared down below like a silly goose, seemingly almost going insane. “A few Wild Wizards with broken Mana, how is this possible, how is this possible?”

Prince Nephar’s eyes were vacant. Delphinia’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably. The Court Wizards all looked like silly geese, turning their gaze to Louis and the Mages.

The Mages glanced at those guys, their eyes arrogant and looking down on everyone, as if looking at a bunch of fools not worth bothering with.

Many Court Wizards read words on the faces of the Mages—You don’t understand Magic at all. You are just a bunch of ignorant, inexplicably confident ‘Muggles’.

Some Court Wizards felt dizzy. But more Wizards had vacant eyes and blank expressions.

“Teacher, it’s the third time already. The effect is getting weaker,” the Mage responsible for scoring suddenly said to Louis.

“Hmm, that’s about enough. Her Majesty the Witch Queen has already decided on the candidate. Let’s not cause any more trouble. Thousands of people on both sides are eagerly waiting for today’s competition—look, the opposite side is so anxious they all stood up to look over here. Prince Nephar Kiko, who requested to fight earlier, has also been waiting for a long time.”

After saying this, Louis expressionlessly looked at that Prince Nephar Kiko, whose eyes were vacant. He pointed downwards and said, “Your Highness, sorry for wasting your time. We have finished our lesson. You may proceed.”

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