Taming My Vampire Servant - Chapter 176

Ivory and Sigmund did not even let Arcea a chance to charge at them. Through a powerful spell, the two of them made the flames in the pillars larger, rising up into the sky!

They concentrated their mana until the blazing fires from all of the pillars fell towards the middle and attempted to directly hit the purple haired Master and the Fox Servant.

Arcea and Minxy immediately formed a double, Water-element barrier as they were being struck by the raging fire. The swordswoman already knew she’ll have a disadvantage once she used her magic, but she needed to do it because they could not escape anymore. Fortunately, back in Empirica City, Caspian suggested that he’d incorporate some of his Water-type mana and enchant her steel armor, making Arcea easier to cast water spells, even though her mana is Earth-type.

Ivory and Sigmund concentrated further on breaking her water barrier. Sigmund combined his hands and formed a triangle using his fingers and placed them in front of his chest, while his crimson red eyes glowed. Ivory’s light blue irises glowed as well while she incorporated her Silverblade mana onto her normal mana to amplify the magic she used.

“Just continue using your magic!” Arcea yelled, trying her best to look confident while also fighting for her safety, “Thank you for letting me win in advance!”

But Ivory and Sigmund did not respond to her mockery. Instead, they amplified the magic more, until all the fires from each pillar were connected with each other, forming an enormous ring of fire.

“Gaaaaaaahh!” the swordswoman tried so hard to retain her water barrier.

But Ivory and Sigmund’s magic were too powerful for her to handle. With the intensity of the fire element, the first layer of her water barrier broke, and eventually, the second too!

All the fire directly went to Arcea’s water enchanted armor, and white smoke rose up from it. At the same time, her level 3 sword disappeared into thin air due to lack of mana to materialize it.

“No!!!” she yelled in desperation. It was exactly what Arcea feared in that battle.

Ivory and Sigmund used strong Fire Magic to trap Arcea in the middle of the stage. In addition to this, they even combined a Conversion magic, vaporizing the Water-type mana in her steel armor!

Minxy’s green tail, not having any armor, stopped glowing, and instead scorched by fire. It felt weaker and weaker every second that passed.

Arcea held onto Minxy’s crystal core in its head to try to replenish its mana so that it wouldn’t disappear. “Minxy… I apologize… I became too complacent!”

Upon giving it some mana, Arcea felt her eyes heavy until she fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Ivory and her Vampire Servant stopped their casting. They observed whether Arcea’s Servant still had the energy to float, but because Minxy’s special tail had been heavily damaged, the fox Golem Servant couldn’t get itself to float anymore.

And together with its Master, it fell into the abyss.

There was a very loud cheer from the audience as the first battle finally came to an end. While the pillars slowly moved downwards, Educator Rosanna announced that Ivory and Sigmund were the winners of that battle.

As soon as the pillars were on ground and the stage terrain returned to normal, Ivory immediately looked around. She then saw Arcea being carried by Natsu, and she’s holding the inactive Minxy who resembled a stone figurine in her arms.

While the stage was being prepared for the next battle, Ivory and Sigmund followed Educator Rosanna’s Servant to the sidemost part of the lower arena. There, wooden folding cots with canvas were lined up.

Natsu carefully transferred Arcea to the cot, and he excused himself as he would still have to assist his Master. When he left, Sigmund stood at Ivory’s side.

Arcea slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing her awake, Ivory nudged Arcea’s arm, “Apologies, Arcea. I overdid it.”

But Arcea shook her head and gave a weak smile, “This is the Servant Competition. It’s alright. My mana quality really couldn’t be compared to yours, Ivory,” she gave a short laugh, but then she coughed.

“Ah, you should rest! Are you hurt anywhere?” Ivory asked worriedly.

“The armor is hot…”

“Yes, I will help you take it off.”

While Ivory was helping Arcea, the swordswoman asked, “What happened a while ago, when I threw you into the fire? I thought it would take you a long while before you wake up….”

“About that… The truth is, my ears suddenly got itchy, so I was distracted. But when you threw me there, my water barrier clashed onto the fire, so it turned into vapor. I chose to rest for a short while, but at the same time, I was already gaining momentum for our spell against you.” Back then, she was actually slowly incorporating her Silverblade mana onto her normal mana. She continued her explanation, “What we did was just one of the advanced techniques that we developed during our training practice.”

“How sneaky!” she exclaimed, but she coughed again.

“Keep quiet now. You should rest, okay? Look at Minxy,” Ivory pointed to Arcea’s hand that held the inactive Golem Servant.

“Fine, Minxy and I will rest for a while. Watch the competition for me and tell me what happens after I wake up.”

Ivory nodded at her with a smile. She finally detached the last piece of armor and helped Arcea to lie down once again. Sigmund assisted Ivory to put away the steel armor.

Moments later, a pink-haired young man came running towards them, calling Arcea’s name.

Ivory placed her index finger on her lips to shush him, “She’s already asleep. Don’t worry, she’s not-”

“What a cruel friend you are!” he glared at Ivory, “You almost killed her!”

Sigmund grabbed his collar, but Ivory held his arm and shook her head.

“Calm down, please,” she told him, “The plan was to remove your enchantment in her armor to weaken her defense against magic. I also want to weaken her and make her use her own mana. You shouldn’t have worried, I can control the intensity of my own spells, Caspian.”

Caspian clenched his fists and stared at the sleeping young woman.

“I have no intention to kill anyone in this competition, so all my mana was purposely used to push Arcea into the abyss. I think it’s the best way to win.” Ivory then raised her brow, “By the way, it feels like yesterday that you’re both enemies. Who are you to worry about my friend? Are you her lover?”

The young man was shocked with the straightforward question. He was about to say something, when suddenly, Principal Arthurdane spoke.

Holding in his hand a conical sound amplifier, the principal yelled, “Now… for the next battle!”

Drum rolls were played, fueling intense emotions inside the arena!

“Mister Lucius Goldwine and… Miss Zephie Malvigne!”

“Zephie, I’m going to cheer for ya,” Asher Riclett, Zephie’s Master partner during their internship in Barion Town, said while he patted her head.

Zephie’s cheeks turned red, and she nodded while shyly looking up at him.

During their year-long stay in the small town, the timid and shy Zephie had switched her admiration from Lucius to Asher. The orange-haired lad had been a reliable person and he never ceased to help Zephie in her predicaments.

Afterwards, she stepped up to the stage with her butterfly Nymph Servant, Metamorphus. Lucius, carrying Volcius in his arm, walked behind Zephie.

The two of them faced each other on stage.

“Please… go easy on me,” Zephie told him.

He gave her a blank smile, “I won’t kill you… That’s what I can only promise.”

Volcius turned into its active state. From a small stone figurine, it became as tall as its Master. Normally, it could transform into the size of a house, but at that moment, Lucius decided that they could manage without him transforming into its gigantic size.

The terrain was randomly selected once again, and they got the Torched Pillars, just like in Ivory’s and Arcea’s battle.

And so, the battle started. Although Lucius knew that Zephie and Metamorphus were not strong, he didn’t hesitate to use strong magic on them. He learned from the previous battle that throwing the Master into the abyss would be a safer option to win.

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