So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 225: One Against Four

"Alright, let's begin."

Seeing that the five were already in position, Grace-Eva, standing outside the combat training ground, officially announced the start.

"Ahhh—!" As the four opponents hesitated, already prepared, Kana unleashed a "wail" that sounded like silk being torn, without any hesitation and accompanied by a surge of mana.

【Banshee's Wail】: A group attack skill that forcibly interrupts enemy spellcasting. At the moment of casting, it inflicts negative effects such as dizziness, nausea, and convulsions on enemies.

"Cover your ears, quick!"

Kana’s opening move was especially brilliant, cleverly exploiting the opponent’s hesitation over initiating a "four-against-one" fight, and immediately activated the crowd-control effect of 【Banshee's Wail】.

Next, as light swirled, and in the instant the four opponents were rendered motionless, Kana swiftly chanted a spell,

and cast a layer of 【Flourishing Guard】 shield on herself.

"By my will, I command you———

"Silence!"

The familiar scene unfolded once again. Just as Kana was preparing to summon, a suffocating sensation, as if her throat were being squeezed, struck once more.

But this time, as a purifying light surged forth at Kana’s command, Bell-Moonshadow’s 【Silencing Curse】 was effortlessly dispelled by her.

"By my will, I command you—Summon Celestial Sparrow."

Screee—

With a high-pitched cry, the Celestial Sparrow instantly entered its strongest combat form, flapping its wings rapidly and soaring into the sky.

"So it’s a 【Purification Law Fragment】..."

Seeing the fleeting law power on Kana and the beautiful contracted creature radiating divine aura in the sky, Grace-Eva couldn’t help but furrow her brows.

"It is indeed a fine Law. It's just—"

Sensing the strong plant-type aura on Kana, Grace-Eva felt a tinge of regret.

"It’s just, it doesn't quite suit her."

Comprehending a 【Law Fragment】 was something every apprentice wishing to advance to a full-fledged witch could not avoid.

And the degree of compatibility between the 【Law Fragment】 and an apprentice’s 【Witch Aptitude】 determined how far the apprentice could progress on the path of a witch.

Of course, it wasn’t absolute.

After all, Kana was only a Second-Tier Witch Apprentice for now. There was still a long road before her advancement, and she had both the time and ability to comprehend another 【Law Fragment】 more suited to her 【Witch Aptitude】.

"However, those who can comprehend two 【Law Fragments】 during their apprenticeship are usually super geniuses from top witch families..."

For Kana, a commoner apprentice with no background, being able to comprehend a single 【Law Fragment】 was already extremely fortunate.

Comprehending two 【Law Fragments】 in succession, without any resource channels, was practically a miracle for Kana—

At this thought, Grace-Eva’s mind wandered back to her early days in Dordogne.

As someone who had been surrounded by a "genius" halo since childhood, Grace-Eva had, in that place filled with prodigies, tasted "defeat" for the very first time—

"Hoo—" Letting out a light breath, Grace-Eva dispersed her wandering thoughts and refocused her attention on the apprentices within the combat training ground.

At the same time, she was also ready to stop the duel at any moment.

Since she had already confirmed that Kana's 【Law Fragment】, like Mary-Margaret’s, was not suited for combat, this challenge match, in essence, was Kana facing the ordeal head-on with her own strength.

Even though Grace-Eva had chosen a training ground favorable to Kana in terms of terrain selection,

just this one advantage wasn't enough for a Second-Tier Apprentice like Kana to take on four peers and secure victory within twenty minutes.

Achieving even a draw would already be a commendable outcome.

"Hmm?"

Watching the battle unfold, Grace-Eva's eyes lit up slightly, and she continued observing with a thoughtful gaze.

"Her contracted creatures… they’re quite intriguing—"

On the combat training ground, the four who had shaken off the effects of 【Banshee's Wail】 sealed off their hearing with mana, Chapters fırst released on nοvelfire.net

and launched a magical assault on Kana.

The time limit for a witch combat challenge was only twenty minutes. In a four-on-one scenario, none of them believed Kana could beat them.

Even though Marlowe-Haig had witnessed Kana’s power during the “Swamp Secret Realm” period, he too did not think she could swiftly conclude the battle under these conditions, especially when all four were prepared.

At most, it would end in a draw—

However, for them, a “draw” in a “four-on-one” match was no different from a loss.

So, whether for pride or to prove their strength, at that moment, all four unleashed astonishing combat power and began cooperating silently to counter Kana’s various tactics.

"Zzz—"

The sky filled with 【Spore Parasites】 was entirely incinerated by Andre-Green’s prepared fire spell.

Next, the water serpent roared, and under the suppression of Marlowe-Haig’s water-elemental magic, the flame offense of the Flame Guardian steadily faltered, gradually being pushed back.

Fortunately, the evolved Thorn Flower Fairy had already reached the level of a Second-Tier Apprentice in overall strength.

Even when facing Andre-Green, who had a B-grade 【High Temperature】 aptitude, it managed a balanced fight,

and did not fall into decline like the Flame Guardian due to elemental disadvantage.

On the other side, Bell-Moonshadow, habitually lurking in the shadows, and Nia-Flame, who had transformed into a half-【Lava Dragon Lizard】 bloodline form, warily observed the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon constantly hovering near Kana. Along with the Celestial Sparrow, it had become one of her signature contracted creatures.

Its nearly indistinguishable mirror illusions, and the almost divine skill of 【Short-Distance Teleportation】, made the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon their most troublesome foe.

After all, more than once it had mimicked the appearance of others to launch surprise attacks.

Had they not prearranged hand signals and messages, they might have ended up mistakenly killing each other—

Furthermore, the colorless and odorless 【Biological Toxin】, the unpredictable 【Thorn Strike】, and the ever-drifting 【Spore Parasites】—combined with their sealed hearing—left them feeling as though they were sinking in a quagmire.

"We must first eliminate those two troublesome elemental creatures, or else, within twenty minutes, there’s no way we’ll find her true location—"