In the first place, there is a reason why magicians would mostly stay behind the backlines no matter how strong they were.
Because, in close combat, they are at a disadvantage.
As you had already seen, to control a spell, one needs to generate his mana from the core, chant it and then aim the coordinates most of the time, or in the case of those who had already mastered their special magic, they would still need to move their mana to conjure their spell.
However, in close combat, where anything can change in just milliseconds, a magician might now have the time to specifically defend one specific area.
Therefore, they would not specify the area they are using but would cover a large amount of area that had the highest probability of getting attacked.
But, this has one downside.
The barrier the magician is conjuring might not be strong enough to defend the attack. Therefore, most of the time mages would try to predict the places they would get attacked or those with good dynamic vision would specifically cover one specific place sensing where the enemy was going to attack.
And, this was exactly what the boss of the dungeon, Xenon the Xanthous was doing.
Since he was no longer at his peak, he couldn't defend against me simply by covering his body.
That was something I made sure of myself before coming here delaying my exploration quite a long time and strengthening myself.
Because of that, he needed to protect vital areas with his magic, just as he used while protecting his face.
However, as I kept attacking him in his face, no matter how vigilant he was, his mind was bound to get comfortable.
Using that fact, with my masking technique, I attacked his chest that was not covered making him injured.
"Heut—!"
With blood spurting from his chest, the magician made a sound of being in pain….
/SWOOSH/
'Now, the second phase will start.'
Remembering the fights he did with Xenon in the game, Callius thought.
/TOK/
With the sound of his staff hitting, the ground crumbled severing the land from the place Callius was standing.
"Oh' Young Warrior..... You are strong…."
/TOK/
With his staff touching the ground, the magician said holding his chest with one hand and supporting his body with the other.
"But, that will be all."
/TOK/
"I have given thee courtesy enough."
/TOK/
With each of his staff touching the ground, a pillar started shining from the tip.
"Fire burns, wind gusts…"
/TOK/
"Earth crumbles, the water shines….."
/TOK/
"By earth, by wind, by water, by fire…."
/TOK/
"Let my magic reach higher."
With the last hit of his staff, suddenly the ground crumbled again.
/SWOOSH/ /BOOM/
With craters of earth forming, with pillars of fire rising from the ground, the magician stood tall.
/PISSS/
With smoke rising from the wound on his chest…
With a burnt smell coming from his body.
'He sealed the wound with his fire magic.'
Callius thought seeing the man in his front.
/SWOOSH/
With the wind blowing through his face Callius focused on the environment.
'All Seeing Eye.'
The scene he saw with his [All Seeing Eye] was a lot different from before.
'Look at these swirls of mana around…. Finally, the seal is lifted.'
He thought, feeling the elemental mana around regaining its density.
<Ding! Mana poisoning in the environment is lifted.>
With his system approving that, he was sure.
/SWOOSH/ /BOOM/
But, of course, the enemy before him was not staying idle either.
Conjuring a fireball coupled with the earth pieces floating around, he sent a magic attack combined with two spells.
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /SWOOSH/
With the lightning mana around accessible, Callius was ready to receive the attack as well.
Disappearing from the place he was standing, started dodging the magic attacks.
'What a dense amount o magic.'
Being such a legendary person that was buried under the books of history, even with just a tiny bit of his strength, was enough to give Callius a hard time.
/BOOM/ /BOOM/ /BOOM/
Constantly getting attacked by the fireballs, Callius kept calm even though he was getting cornered with each second of being attacked.
/BOOM/ /PISS/
With his right arm injured slightly with the burn marks over, Callius stopped for a second.
'I see. You are reading my movements and predicting my steps, huh?'
Understanding the way he moved, he released a frost breath from his mouth, cooling his head.
"Hisss….."
'Let's see if you can read this move.'
'Sword of Annihilation. Void Steps.'
/CRACKLE/ /SWOOSH/
Again disappearing from the point he was staying, this time, he started evading the attacks in a different pattern.
'I made this footwork just for the people like you. Let's see who will win the contest of move reading.'
"Ho. It seems the times had already changed."
/TOK/
"You are really worthy of praise."
The magician talked for the first time after he started releasing elemental magic.
'This lightning mana? So, you are one of them.'
However, in his mind, he was thinking differently.
'If that is the case, let me see how much you have suited for my legacy….. The ruler.'
/TOK/
With each move, Callius was changing the trajectory of his speed.
/SWOOSH/
But Xenon had already found a way to counter such a move set.
"From the depths of the earth to the heights of the sky. Let my four elements amplify."
By attacking everything in his surrounding.
'This man, are you really planning to destroy this place?'
Seeing the huge amount of mana gathering around the boss monster, Callius stopped in his tracks.
'If that is the case, then there is only one thing I can do.'
'I will accept your challenge.'
/CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/ /CRACKLE/
With his sword sheathed, Callius emptied his hands and made them touch from his palm.
"Show me your power, young warrior of thunder, the descendant of Zeus!"
/TOK/
With a huge storm of wind being raised, everything started crumbling.
/SWOOSH/
With fire enveloping the tornado, everything got hotter and hotter again.
With the earth flying around, the rocks were attacking everything smashing them to pieces.
Droplets of water formed, limiting the vision over the place.
And facing such a scene of devastation, a young man with his getting whiter and whiter with each second opened his bright blue eyes.
'Extreme Thunder Arts. Godspeed.'
