Chapter 10: Variant Mana
Bang!
Boom!
The original Lukas hadn’t watched mages fight, and since he was just an ordinary person who had only ever seen such superhuman things in movies or anime, he quickly became fascinated and forgot about everything else.
After a while, he noticed something. Every time Raymond and Arlo attacked, a patterned circle would flash briefly before disappearing.
Thanks to his memories and the fantasy stories he had read back on Earth, he knew these circles were manifestations of their magic spells.
Boom!
Right then, an explosion louder than all the others before sounded, and shockwaves spread out.
Thankfully, they were at the very back of the hall, and Simone and the others were fully capable of defending against the weakened shockwaves, so they were all fine.
When the shockwaves dissipated, Lukas looked at the center of the hall, now covered in mist—or rather, water vapor—with occasional flickers of red.
Slowly, the mist cleared, and Raymond and Arlo’s battered figures appeared in front of them.
Arlo was clutching his left abdomen, which was covered in blood. Clearly, Raymond’s last spell had injured him. There were other smaller injuries too, which he had gotten earlier in the fight.