Battle of Mages 2
Translator: Cinder Translations
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"This truly is a miraculous drug! How did they manage to make it?"
Helen saw the exposed arms of the opponents, their muscles seeming on the verge of exploding. Although she had some minor achievements in magical drug research, she had never seen or heard of a drug with such extraordinary effects.
"Sister, now is not the time to be curious!"
Though she said that, Ladia also felt a bit puzzled. Combining Austin's description and the physical changes in their enemies, the dosage they took should have driven them to lose their sanity. Yet, their current mental state seemed perfectly fine.
Could it be that the mental power of mages is stronger than that of ordinary people? Or has this drug been improved in some way?
Helen's voice sounded in her ear, "Got it! Are you ready over there?"
"Ready!"
The two women simultaneously pointed their fingers towards the ground ahead!
Once again, the pursuers found themselves witnessing an unbelievable sight.
The ground where they pointed actually started wriggling, as if something underground was about to emerge.
The five mages halted in their tracks, their eyes widening at this surreal scene.
Is this "Mud Marsh Arts"? Attempting to obstruct our path? No, this definitely doesn't resemble Mud Marsh Arts.
The ground continued to squirm rapidly, cracking open fissures. Everyone could now see that something was indeed emerging from below.
Suddenly, two large hands burst out from the ground, followed by two massive heads, then each creature's other hand, and finally the entire bodies of two monsters emerged from the ground.
These were creatures the pursuers had never seen before, covered entirely in thick mud, or more likely — their bodies were actually made of mud.
Standing over two meters tall, with fists the size of cooking pots, thicker and stronger arms and legs even compared to those enhanced by drugs, they exuded an overwhelming pressure.
The monsters remained silent, swinging their fists as they charged towards the mages.
"Hold them off! Hold them off!"
The leader of the pursuers shouted loudly.
Normally, they might have been intimidated, but under the influence of the drug, their courage was bolstered.
The leader and one of his men engaged one mud monster, while the other three faced the second monster.
One monster swiftly swung its fist, landing a solid blow on the leader's face.
The leader cried out in pain and staggered back. His face was caked in mud, resembling someone who had just been knocked down by a dog and then gotten up again. Mud filled his eyes and nostrils, making it difficult for him to see or breathe properly.
He hurriedly wiped the mud off his face and forcefully blew air out of his nose, trying to clear the dirt from his nostrils. To his dismay, along with the mud came a spurt of blood.
What made him feel even worse was that his teeth suddenly felt loose, as if they might fall out with a gentle touch of the tongue.
"Argh! I'll fight you to the death!"
Now he had truly lost his composure. Ignoring his extremely disheveled appearance, he rushed forward to battle the mud monster.
"Sister! This is our chance!"
"Yeah!"
Seeing that the enemies were entangled with the summoned clay golems, Ladia and Helen immediately returned to the side of the carriage. They vigorously whipped the horses' buttocks, causing the horses to strain forward in response.
However, the swamp was too deep, and it seemed that the strength of the two horses alone wouldn't be enough to pull the carriage out.
With no other choice, the two women each braced one side of the carriage with their shoulders and pushed forward with all their might.
"One, two, three! Ah~"
After who knows how many attempts, the carriage finally pulled free from the mud pit. However, in the process, both women stumbled and fell into the muddy pool.
Covered from head to toe in mud and looking quite miserable, the two women stood up.
Grand Duchess Helen felt quite helpless. She, accustomed to a life of luxury, had never experienced such hardship before.
"I say, Ladia, why are we exerting so much effort pushing the carriage out instead of just untying the horses, letting Fanny sit in front of me, and each of us riding a horse to leave earlier?"
"Who made the idiotic author just think of this point? Never mind that now, Sister. Someone's chasing us from behind, and we don't have time to untie the horses."
TL Note: Seriously author? Casually breaking the 4th wall?
They immediately jumped onto the driver's seat of the carriage and whipped the horses to start running.
"You won't escape!"
It turned out that the leader of the pursuers saw the two women pushing the carriage out of the mud swamp and immediately abandoned his group that was dealing with the mud monsters to chase after them.
His departure left his group in a difficult situation. The clay golems swung their fists, leaving them screaming in pain and unable to defend themselves.
Seeing the carriage about to accelerate away, the leader of the pursuers took a deep breath, exerted all his strength, and sprinted like a whirlwind, actually catching up to the carriage.
However, whether due to the effects of the drug or his own anxiousness, he forgot that his horse was tied up behind in the woods.
With a spring in his step, he leaped onto the step of the carriage door, tightly gripping the handle.
Sensing the pursuer jumping onto the carriage, Ladia's eyes flashed with a hint of severity.
These fools, initially cautious due to uncertainty, but after a few moves, they had completely figured out that the opponents were just a group of mediocre mages.
The female advisor extended her right hand in a claw-like shape, substantial magical power began to gather in her palm, and suddenly, lightning flashed, much like the lightning spell the pursuers had used before, but this electric light was purer and more powerful.
A strange smell instantly pervaded around the carriage. If Paul were here, he would probably recognize it — the smell of ozone produced after the air was electrolyzed.
The pursuer leader, close to the carriage, suddenly felt his heart pounding wildly, as if some great danger was about to descend upon him.
"Agh! Forget it!"
Being in this familiar land, the female advisor suddenly remembered the teachings of her childhood magic studies from her mentor.
After sighing, she spread her five fingers, and the magical power dissipated.
She turned her body, and her right hand touched the pursuer leader's arm.
"Transposition!"
In an instant, a strange light enveloped the pursuer leader. His vision became blurry, and he felt intense dizziness in his head.
Suddenly, a sensation of falling emerged. Instinctively, he grabbed onto anything he could climb on. The feeling of falling only disappeared after a while.
"What just happened?"
With this thought, he slowly opened his eyes that had closed due to blurry vision.
"What on earth happened aaaaah!"
A hysterical roar echoed through the forest under the night sky, startling countless sleeping birds.
In this voice was an endless sense of shame and indignation.
The pursuer leader felt like he was about to explode!
Just a second ago, he was merely clinging to the carriage, but now he found himself hugging a tree trunk!
However, what made him most, most, most, most crushed was...
He was clinging to the tree trunk completely naked, stark naked.
Author's Note: These two chapters of mage battles actually have quite a few loopholes. I'll write wherever I think of next.
(End of the Chapter)