19 Chapter 3 (4/7)

Arthur turned around, looked at Samm and Belka then said, "One down, two more to go."

With the healer down, Samm and Belka had to be more careful because any injuries they receive wouldn't be able to recover. Now they must defeat Arthur as soon as possible or they will be forced to surrender as Milos needs to be revived before the time runs out. The arena master couldn't revive Milos until the battle was over. That is such a dumb rule, but that was how Arthur put pressure on Samm and Belka.

Seeing how easy it was for Arthur to kill Milos, Belka blamed herself for failing to protect him. She angrily commanded her thirty-two low-tier demons to attack Arthur. But those thirty-two low-tier demons were no match for Arthur's four Fire Demons as they quickly massacred them all. Still, two Fire Demons were killed in the process. Samm casted [Flaming Familiar] spell to summon a Flaming Familiar that will chase down and explode upon contact with the enemy.

[Flaming Familiar], level 11 Fire spell.

The Flaming Familiar took the shape of a dog and ran toward Arthur but was blocked by one of the Fire Demons. The Flaming Familiar explodes upon touching the Demon but causes no damage as Fire Demon immune to all fire spells lowered than level 15. Arthur only needed one Demon to protect him and commanded the other Fire Demon to sprint toward Belka to attack her.

Belka casted [Shadow Step] spell to temporarily grant her invisibility. The Fire Demon could not find her so it sprinted toward Samm to attack him instead. Samm casted [Spiral Flame] spell to create a spiral line of flame that appeared under that Fire Demon's feet. The [Spiral Flame] quickly spread out two thousand square feet, locked and sealed both Demons inside by sucking their feet down on the ground to prevent them from escaping. The [Spiral Flame] stopped spreading after it spread three thousand square feet and continuously burning heavily both the Fire Demons inside. Samm then deactivated the [Spiral Flame] to conserve his mana after killing two Fire Demons conjured by Arthur.

[Shadow Step], level 15 Black spell.

[Spiral Flame], level 15 Fire spell.

By using the [Shadow Step] spell, Belka appeared behind Arthur without being detected. She then casted [Force Punch] spell, attempting to kill him in one hit. But Arthur faded away because it was just his [Shadow Clone]. The real Arthur appeared right behind Belka and casted [Conjure Skeleton Warrior] ten times. Ten Skeleton Warriors appeared to attack Belka as she started chanting for another spell. Luckily for Belka as she finished chanting before a Skeleton could strike her with its sword. She quickly casted [Demon Anatomy I] to transform into a human-size demon to fight with those ten Skeletons.

Both Samm and Belka asked themselves, "How large is his mana pool? Why hasn't it depleted yet?"

Conjurer Mages have larger mana pools compared to all other Elemental Mages, but Arthur's mana pool was even larger than they had imagined. Other mastered Intermediate Conjurer Mages would have their mana pools depleted after using [Shadow Clone] spell, [Warp Infusion] spell, conjured one Phantom Knight, and four Fire Demons. They were confused and wondered how did Arthur manage to conjure ten more Skeleton Warriors?

Shook away at the question of how Arthur's mana pool was too big, both Samm and Belka thought to themselves that Arthur must have reached his limit after conjuring those ten Skeletons. Believed that

Belka should have no problem handling those weak-ass Skeleton Warriors even in her [Demon Anatomy I] form, Samm took his time to chant for another [Exploding Fireball] spell. Samm planned to cast it when he got close to Arthur to secure a guaranteed kill. However, things didn't happen as Samm had planned.

Arthur slowly walked toward Samm with a smirk smile on his face and said, "Weakling, you will be the next to die."

Samm got angry when being looked down on by Arthur like that. He casted [Fireball] spell to create a big fireball flying toward Arthur. Arthur faded away as the fireball touched him. "Another [Shadow Clone]? How annoying." Samm thought to himself while continuing chanting for the [Exploding Fireball] spell.

Samm looked around but was unable to find Arthur. An odd feeling appeared that made Samm his head turn around. Just like he had thought. Behind him was Arthur, along with his three conjured Thunder Eagles.

"How did he conjure three more Thunder Eagles?" That was the last question Samm could ask before the three Thunder Eagles electrocuted him to death using their [Lightning Strike] spells.

[Fireball], level 5 Fire spell.

Arthur smiled, pointed his index finger at Belka, and said, "Two down, one more to go. Such a shame having to fight with three weaklings like you guys."

At this time the entire arena audience cheered out loud as they could not believe Arthur could have killed two Intermediate Mages in one battle. One of them even mastered the Intermediate-tier. Well, not all people in the audience cheered because one of the professors was very upset though. That was Anrod Peckgray. He has just realized that Arthur Castillon was playing with Carmen Lancaster in the duel he had with her by giving Carmen an illusion of almost defeating him. But in reality, Carmen Lancaster was too weak to even qualify as a contender compared to Arthur Castillon. Both of them were level 20 Intermediate Mages, but Arthur was on a different stage. A stage that none of the Student Intermediate Mages in Mages' Academy of Sinerin could reach. Searching through his eight hundred years old memory, Anrod can't find anyone who can be on par with Arthur.

Anrod thought, "Not only his mana pool is much larger compared to other levels 20 Conjurer Mages, but his battle tactic was much better compared to any student in my Mages' Academy."

Witnessing two teammates have fallen, Belka could no longer take her time in fighting. After Belka was done killing ten Skeleton Warriors, she immediately activated [Mana Infusion] and casted [Demon Hordes]. Belka was willing to sacrifice all of her mana for one last spell. And this time, the [Demon Hordes] did not disappoint Belka as two hundred forty two (242) low-tier demons, as well as a Demon General, walked through the portal connected from Hell Realm to Toria Continents.

The Demon General looked around and saw a huge crowd of audience. He immediately knew that he was standing inside an arena. The Demon General turned toward Belka and asked, "Human, who would you want me to torture?"

"That Conjurer Mage over there, three Thunder Eagles, and any of the creatures he is going to conjure."

"Very well. My children, let's feast then."

Two hundred forty two (242) low-tier demons ran toward Arthur and his three Thunder Eagles to attack. The battle lasted less than a minute. It ended with the death of the three Eagles and a hundred twelve (112) low-tier demons. As one hundred thirty (130) low-tier demons were about to attack Arthur, the Demon General stopped them and said, "My children, leave his human to me. I needed to have my fun."

The Demon General spread his demon wings and flew toward Arthur. He swung his fiery ax at Arthur at full force and attempted to chop him into two pieces. As the ax was about to touch Arthur's head, it was parried by the greatsword of a Phantom Knight. After too many surprises, Belka was not startled that Arthur could have conjured another Phantom Knight.

Belka asked herself, "That should be his limit, right? He had conjured too many creatures already."

The Demon General quickly killed the Phantom in less than twenty seconds. The Demon General was about to attack Arthur again only to find six more Phantom Knights were standing behind him.

“How did he conjure many more Phantom Knights that fast?” Belka asked herself.

Arthur confidently said, "Belka, you have activated [Mana Infusion]. Out of very little respect I have for you, I shall activate it too. Ah… Let me take that back. Even if you didn't earn my respect, I will still activate the [Mana Infusion] technique to better secure my victory. There is no such thing as an absolute victory until the battle is over. I won’t look down on you regardless of how weak you are."

Arthur activated [Mana Infusion] and casted [Conjure Skeleton Warrior] spell. This offended Belka and everyone was watching this battle. Out of all Conjuration Magic spells Arthur could have cast, he chose [Conjure Skeleton Warrior].

However, everybody quickly changed their mind as they saw the newly conjured Skeleton Warrior. It wore full golden armor and had a pair of wings on its back. Its head was not a normal human skull, but a human-size dragon skull. This was no longer just a Skeleton Warrior, but a Dragon-kin Skeleton Warrior. Arthur nodded his head in happiness and said, "A tenth-tier Gold Dragon-kin Skeleton Warrior. I guess today is also my lucky day."

[Mana Infusion] in Conjuration Magic is very much like gambling. It also depends on the Conjurer Mage's mana pool. A Conjurer Mage that has a larger mana pool has more chance to conjure a much stronger creature after using [Mana Infusion] compared to a Conjurer Mage's that has a smaller mana pool. Even so, the gamble is a gamble. Sometimes, the creature they conjure after activating [Mana Infusion] is the same without using [Mana Infusion].

The Demon General didn't care about whether his enemy was a Black, Red, Blue, or Gold Dragon-kin Skeleton Warrior. All he cared about was this Skeleton Warrior was blocking his path to kill Arthur and he must crush it. As the Demon General was flying toward the Gold Dragon-kin Skeleton Warrior, Arthur gave the order for his six Phantom Knights to surround and protect him just in case that Belka would give the commands for the one hundred thirty (130) low-tier demons to attack.