I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

But the speed of Guangyu was still one step faster than Isabella after all.

clang!

"Yeah!! Danger, danger!!" Elaine screamed and covered her eyes.

and one

Klaus and Stephen next to them opened their eyes wide at the same time.

The sharp golden spikes pierced through the center of Cecil's oath shield that had not yet been fully unfolded, making a toothache sound like gold and iron being torn apart, piercing Isabella's raised arm, and finally It stagnated in front of Isabella's eyes.

Less than an inch!

It even feels that if Isabella blinks her eyes, the eyelids will be cut by sharp magic spikes.

The golden thorns did not lose their original power, and every golden awn that Jie Geer had shattered since ancient times was connected to Leticia's back like wings.

They are not like those unarmed spell attacks, as long as they are blocked or dodged, they lose their aim and strength.

Instead, he can continue to apply pressure according to Leticia's spell.

"Well!"

The piercing pain came from the pierced wound on the arm, and the blood kept flowing down Isabella's arm on the ground.

The spell spikes stuck in front of the shield of Cecil's Oath still exerted merciless pressure and pierced towards Isabella's eyes.

Raising her other arm and pressing it hard against the shield, Isabella clenched her teeth, unable to even cry out from her throat, and tried her best to stalemate with the attack in front of her that passed through her protection.

"Give up, Isabella, this mantra has penetrated your Cecil's oath, don't forget the requirement to pass the exam."

Leticia continued to exert force on Isabella, who was half kneeling on the ground, while dissuading her.

Conditions for passing the exam....

It is necessary to perfectly defend against all the mantras released by Ticia below with the spell of 璘.

That is, one to 120 mantras.

"......"

How can it be, how can it be lost here...

Isabella remained silent, holding back the tears that were gradually overflowing from her eyes, unwillingly continued to support her arm that was penetrated and bleeding continuously, and the translucent carved knight shield was still firmly stuck to the attack that wanted to penetrate. .

"Give it up, Isabella, you're already hurt."

Leticia continued to persuade with a blank face.

"..."

Drops of blood fell on the silver-white metal floor. On the other side of the monitor, watching Isabella's figure, Elaine couldn't help pulling Klaus's silent arm, and kept asking:

"It's over, Mr. Claus! The exam is over, Isabella has already failed, why don't you let go! Let Leticia take back her attack!"

"Because she hasn't lost yet!"

Elaine's eyes widened.

Klaus watched the figure kneeling on the ground through the screen with somewhat respectful eyes.

Obviously so petite...

But it is as stable and tall as a mountain.

"She hasn't lost yet..." Klaus repeated this sentence again in a low voice.

Isabella's unyielding azure eyes were burning with a light called faith.

"Why?! Isabella is obviously injured, according to the exam rules—"

"Because her back is still safe, this has nothing to do with the result of the exam, but her own battle!"

"She hasn't declared defeat yet."

Klaus' words made Elaine speechless for a moment.

With trembling lips, Elaine looked back at Isabella's figure again.

--Yes.

Even if the walls, floor, and ceiling of the training ground were riddled with holes from flying magic attacks...

Behind Isabella, the ground is still as brand new, without any damage.

In the perception, it seemed like several hours of painful torment, the stalemate lasted for 3 minutes, and finally ended with the end of Leticia's mantra casting.

Sanskrit mantras are offensive spells after all, even Leticia cannot maintain the same attack spell for more than 3 minutes in one cast.

Of course, it's another matter if it's another offensive.

It was the last attack, and Isabella endured it to the end at the cost of her arm being pierced.

The golden spike that penetrated Cecil's oath dissipated into a streamer, and Isabella, who had lost her last strength, fell to the ground.

Her cheeks and golden hair were stained reddish-brown by the blood that was about to dry up on the ground. Isabella slowly curled up on the ground, clutching her sore and almost numb arm, and finally sobbed.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"I'm sorry, are you...sorry...Master..."

"I...failed...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuah!"

just a little bit...

Only a little short of that, and I can pass the exam.

Then I can live up to Leticia's expectations, stand proudly in front of everyone and my sister, and say with a smile that I have become the youngest conjurer in history.

He smiled and said that he graduated from Master Leticia——

As long as he survived the one just now, the actual combat test can be successfully concluded, and the subsequent spell-casting test will definitely pass [-]% for himself who practices spells every day.

Even if it is 3 and [-]...

The self who practiced it silently and succeeded, didn't even have the chance to show it in front of Leticia's sister...

So unwilling, so unwilling!

In front of Isabella who was curled up on the ground sobbing, Leticia made an evaluation.

"The speed of casting spells is excellent, but the judgment needs to be improved. Among them, after 76 mantras, the defense methods need to be changed. Simply relying on the ten spells with the strongest theoretical defense cannot block all attacks."

"That's why you run out of energy in the end, understand, Isabella?"

Chapter 3 Conjurer Graduation Exam

"Yes... I understand, Teacher Leticia..."

Isabella held back the tears of grievance, and slowly propped herself up from the ground with trembling arms.

"Isabella!"

As the gate of the training ground opened, Elaine rushed in first, followed by Klaus and Stephen.

A wry smile hung on Isabella's face, and she said regretfully: "Sure enough, I still need to exercise... Sister Elaine is right, don't be too anxious."

"Where is it! You are already very good, Isabella."

During Isabella's one-month spell teaching period, she and Leticia borrowed Elaine's venue to carry out the teaching. The gentle, sensible and cute child will be welcomed everywhere.

Rather, Isabella's character is very likable, so the relationship with Elaine is also very good.

Treating Isabella's wound with the healing spray she brought, Elaine couldn't help complaining that Leticia who was on the side was too hard.

"I'm sorry, but my standards are so strict. Instead of letting her die in the battle with the enemy, it is better to suffer more injuries from me." Leticia replied flatly, "The battlefield is more cruel than you imagined. There are many."

Isabella nodded and said, "Sister Leticia is right...my abilities still need to be improved."

"It's good to know."

"Hey, hey! What you said, white-haired loli, is too shocking. Even an excellent disciple like Yisha needs to be praised!" Elaine felt wronged for the girl, but she just said it with a smile. He tugged at the corner of Elaine's clothes.

"Don't say that, sister Elaine, the master is also for my own good."

Seeing that the corner of Leticia's mouth twitched and the two were about to quarrel, Klaus quickly stepped in as a peacemaker.

"Miss Isabella, your strong will and spirit of never giving up are exactly what we need, so regarding your application for employment, you can automatically pass the next time you pass the conjurer proficiency test."

"Really, really? Mr. Claus!" Isabella blinked in disbelief when she heard this.

Stephen scratched his hair with a wry smile and said, "Ah, that's right, he is the boss after all~"

"That would be great! I'll try harder!"

Elaine rolled her eyes when she heard this, and helped Isabella, who had lost a lot of blood, and said, "What are you talking about working harder now? Let's talk about healing your own injuries first!"

"Hey... I know..."

Just as Elaine was helping Isabella to leave the training ground, Leticia, who was holding her arms beside her, suddenly said, "Who allowed you to leave? The exam is not over yet."

"Eh?"

"....what?!"

The expressions of the four are different.

"Bai Mao, what do you mean?"

"Elaine, I suggest you wash your mouth before you speak. I'm afraid you won't be able to understand people's words if you squat in the research institute every day. I said the exam is not over yet."

As soon as Leticia finished speaking, Isabella couldn't wait to say: "But Teacher Leticia... I clearly—"

"Didn't I perfectly defend against all my attacks with the curse?"

"......Um."

Seeing the expression of Isabella bowing her head, Leticia sighed helplessly and said, "In your eyes, what kind of defense can be called perfect?"

"This....."

Isabella couldn't answer for a while, because in the face of Leticia, no matter what kind of protective spell she saw, it was flawed.

He didn't find the reason why Leticia is too strong as an excuse, but his ability is not refined enough.

"You child, sometimes you are too demanding of yourself. It's really worrying..." Leticia shook her head.

The exam for conjuration apprentices to advanced conjurers is a test of the spell caster's strength, not experience.

Experience can be gradually replenished through actual combat in the future, but the prerequisite for becoming an apprentice is not actual combat experience, because after all, you have not yet been a teacher, and there is no condition for contact with actual combat.

Brissac Conjuration is a school of miracles with infinite possibilities, most importantly the heart of the caster.

When you have a strong will to cast a spell, your abilities respond to your will.

The same is true for the exams for the psychic masters and the exams for the mantra masters.

Leticia has seen too many students who want to pass the exam with cleverness.

The tutor who teaches you will definitely know where the limit of his students is, so why should the next to 120 mantras be protected in the exam for promotion to a spellcaster? This is also the significance.

The first 120 mantras are all designed to consume the students' physical strength to the limit.

Then let them face the most powerful attack that they can no longer completely defend with their own strength,

What decision should be made.

"As a Curse Master, your role is to protect others. You basically don't have any means of attack. This is the only thing you can do."

Leticia had already made this point clear when she first learned the Brisac spell.

"Most of the students I've seen will choose to dodge or use the spell to deflect the attack in order not to get hurt or be killed by their teacher." Leticia watched Isabella wrap it up with a bandage arm.

"Very few people would risk their lives in an exam that could be repeated without hesitation to defend against an attack that they could not resist at all."

Leticia's handsome and cold expression finally melted, and a gratified smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "But you did it, Isabella, you did it beautifully."

On the riddled alloy ground that was scorched and torn by offensive spells, there was an arc as the junction, as if it were two worlds, and the ground behind the arc was still as clean as new.

"For Curse Masters, the more refined their strength, the more they understand. There is no absolutely perfect defense in this world, but for those who need to be protected, such a defense is perfect."

The figure holding up the shield in front of him gradually overlapped together, those eyes were equally resolute, full of faith, and shining with light.