Chapter 63. Does Dekan Not Know How to Target Mages Anymore

“Are you a beast?!!”

Frata was dumbfounded.

He could only roar at me, who had turned into an ice sculpture.

The last card I used was a spell card that Frata, as a mage, was all too familiar with.

Although the price was high, many mages would choose to carry one.

It was a crucial life-saving card.

【Ice Barrier】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Purple Rare】

【Rank: 3】

【Effect: Freezes oneself, gaining a frost shield that cannot be broken by attacks below seventh-rank strength for 30 seconds. During this time, one cannot attack, move, or cast spells. Cannot be cast again for 1 minute after being dispelled.】

【Remark: Can also be used as a daily life magic in summer.】

This was a card I had borrowed from Cloix.

Although I could buy one or make one myself.

But it wasn’t necessary for the time being.

The market price of this card was about 300 gold coins. Buying it directly would exhaust my savings.

If I wanted to make it myself, I would need to spend time studying the card’s creation process first.

In addition, since I was not good at making cards with human magic script, I would need to make significant adaptations before making this classic card designed by an ancient great magician.

As for how to translate it into demonic script for card making, and how to add new designs, I still had no ideas.

If I really wanted to do it, I would have to ask Shijiang for more advice.

Plus, the materials required were also very expensive, so I wasn't in a hurry to make this card.

So I borrowed a ready-made one from my good sixth-rank teammate.

...

Frata clenched his fists, seemingly trying hard to calm down.

Every battle I had fought before showed a very high dependence on the 【Ruined Poet】.

This gave Frata a misconception—that I wouldn’t know how to play without the core orange card 【Ruined Poet】.

He hadn't expected that besides the pain-based strategy, I also had such a netherworldly mana-draining strategy that didn't rely on orange cards.

Now the three 【Undead War Armors】 could only stand foolishly in front of the ice sculpture, waiting for me to unfreeze.

And Frata felt his mana draining at an uncontrollable speed!

Frata was essentially maintaining 12 fifth-rank summons!

Even a fifth-rank summoner would have a hard time withstanding such a continuous drain of mana.

And the 【Undead War Armors】 were equipped with the 【Cursed Soul Mask】, so he couldn't even unsummon them!

He could only let his mana be drained like this.

If this continued, there were two possibilities.

The first outcome was that my 30-second freeze would be dispelled, and he would successfully one-shot me to end the battle.

The second outcome was that I would successfully stall again, and he would continue to waste mana for nothing.

His gut told him that I still had more tricks up my sleeve.

My tactic was already very obvious. It was to drain Frata’s mana until he collapsed!

Frata didn't dare to bet!

For a mage, being forced to consume a large amount of mana in a state of mana depletion was fatal!

Even in Phantom Canyon, being continuously deprived of mana like this would cause the magic circuits in his body to collapse!

And he would also suffer nerve damage, resulting in irreversible disability.

If he lost the bet, he could easily become a cripple!

So Frata gritted his teeth, continuously activated his strongest spell cards, and personally blasted the three 【Undead War Armors】 to death.

He even followed up with fire-attribute spells to burn their remains to ashes, and finally managed to retrieve the three cards to stop the mana drain.

Just like that, in a short span of a dozen seconds, Frata had wasted more than half of his mana for no reason.

Frata gritted his teeth and took out a fifth-rank spell card, 【Thunder Arc】, and aimed it at me.

He was preparing to take out my first life the moment my freeze was dispelled.

With the speed of lightning, I had no chance to take out a card to counter this attack.

...

“Why are there so many hidden dangers in Phantom Canyon…”

Many of the Mage Academy students watching the battle felt a chill down their spines and a sourness in the back of their heads when they thought about the consequences of having their mana frantically drained in a state of mana depletion.

This was undoubtedly the cruelest torture for a mage.

“Phantom Canyon can only nullify the attack damage caused by both sides, but this guy Dekan specifically targets the internal destruction of the human body…”

“I’m afraid only a netherworldly person like him would specifically read the instruction manual to find dangerous hidden dangers…”

“But how will Dekan deal with Frata after he comes out of the frozen state?”

Hearing the discussions around him, the Cat Teacher anxiously pushed Cloix with his front paw.

“After taking this hit from 【Thunder Arc】, even if Dekan survives with his death immunity, he will be in a paralyzed state, meow! Controlling Dekan is Frata’s goal. He will be instantly killed by Frata’s next spell!”

Cloix just smiled and shook his head.

“Don’t worry, Cat Teacher. Frata’s every move so far has been completely predicted by Dekan.”

Inside Phantom Canyon.

The icy mist from my freeze was spreading, and the freeze was about to be dispelled.

The moment the freeze was dispelled, an arc of electricity like a blue giant python shot out from Frata’s hand and engulfed my entire body.

【Thunder Arc】 went into cooldown.

Then Frata took out a fifth-rank spell card that could be cast at high speed, 【Wind Blade Slash】, and cast it at me again.

However, just as his spell was about to be cast, I, who should have been unable to move, calmly summoned a Q-version doll of myself.

Frata uncontrollably threw the spell at the doll.

A fierce wind howled past, leaving me completely unharmed.

The doll was cut into pieces by the wind blades.

This doll, 【Captain Dekan】 (taunt, applies confusion debuff), was only first-rank. I had once again used a very small cost to drain twice as much of Frata’s mana.

“Why?!”

Frata roared in confusion.

He couldn't understand!

Not only did 【Thunder Arc】 not paralyze me, it didn't even cause me any damage!

“Hmph hmph hmph.”

I didn't explain, but just stretched out my hand and pointed to my temple with a mocking gesture.

The look in my eyes under the protective mask was also full of playfulness.

This made the veins on Frata’s forehead pop, and his expression gradually twisted.

He probably had some guesses at this point.

The reason I could be immune to the fifth-rank lightning magic must be because of the strange protective gear I had equipped at the beginning of the battle!

“Your lightning magic isn’t like real lightning with millions of volts, so of course it can’t penetrate my rubber explosion-proof suit.”

I said with a rather disdainful smile.

I was actually quite afraid of being controlled.

So I had made equipment to defend against lightning magic early on.

I had also considered that Frata might use a lightning magic with a paralysis effect to pressure me in this duel.

So I had specially brought this card.

【Insulated Explosion-Proof Suit】

【Category: Equipment Card】

【Grade: Blue Precious】

【Rank: 2】

【Effect: Has a certain damage reduction effect against fire-attribute damage, and is immune to voltages below 50,000 volts.】

【Remark: If you have the ability, one-shot me with a hundred million volts.】

Not only did it block the 【Thunder Arc】, but it also used the final cooling effect of the 【Ice Barrier】 and the fireproof properties of the explosion-proof suit itself to offset the heat generated by the lightning!

“What the hell is a volt?!!”

Frata had appraised this card before.

He knew that this piece of protective gear might have some effect on lightning magic.

But on what grounds could it completely block a fifth-rank lightning magic! This didn’t conform to the principles of magic!

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