Chapter 46: Occult Magic
The sparring session could not continue indefinitely, unlike the cycle of casting and replenishing magic while sitting still.
Leon landed on the ground, exhaling a long breath. As he wiped the sweat running down his chin with his sleeve, Velix, who had polymorphed, approached him.
“Don’t you have any defensive magic?”
“I do.”
Leon could summon Arpina’s earth elemental familiar, Black Sphere, to form a shield made of compressed stones.
“It’s just that it can’t block your breath attack.”
Even when stacking nine layers of magic, the limitations of basic spells couldn’t be overcome. Because of this, Leon couldn’t afford to take off his Guardian Robe, and only three defensive magic circles remained.
“What’s the point if I can’t even breathe without burning everything down?”
“...You’re really strong.”
“Ha! I’m nothing compared to your lady.”
Velix, who seemed in a good mood, wagged his tail playfully before speaking again.
“But where do you disappear to all the time?”