Chapter 168 Canarod vs Laxus
The water-rippled door was probably made using an illusion magic circle, and Rhodes guessed that it might have been the handiwork of Mystergang.
But when he saw the person behind him clearly, he found that it was a figure with blond hair and wearing a coat.
Kana's eyes widened: "Laxus!"
The coat on this guy is finally in season.
"It's you." Laxus scratched his head, looking impatient, "It's too late, Kana, and...who is coming?"
Kana said angrily: "Laxus! Don't go too far!"
"Ah? What's too much? There are so many people waiting in the guild, do you want me to remember them one by one?" Laxus looked provocative.
Rhodes was amused by him. This kid was probably as good at making people angry as Tatsuya Issei.
If a middle-class young man like this wants to get back at him, all he has to do is say, "You're right, the president's grandson."
But it's not necessary.
He is here for the exam, not for grudges. The more arrogant the examiner is, the better.
"Please tell me the rules. If it's too difficult, maybe we'll just give up and save your time."
"Rhodes?" Kana was surprised that Rhodes could hold back like this.
But when she thought about it, it was all for her exam, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.
'I thought about it and found that it is too difficult to find weaknesses in the strength of S-class magicians, so it is better to try to exploit their character weaknesses.
For example, Erza is sometimes overly serious and sometimes dull, Mistagon doesn't want people to see his face, and Laxus is... very arrogant. ’
This is what Rhodes said to her a few days ago. The current situation should be considered as part of the plan.
But...Kana was still very angry that her companion was being looked down upon.
That bastard Lagerthas!
"You're a surprisingly sensible guy." Laxus glanced at him and said, "Because it's the old man's request, let me just tell you the rules."
"There is a flag there." Laxus pointed to it, "Then there is a magic circle behind me. As long as one of you two gets the flag and stands in the magic circle, it will be considered as passing."
Rhodes frowned, this was a bit difficult.
There should be a valley behind Lagasus. The terrain is similar to the "One Line of Sky" and "Huarong Road". It can be described as one man can guard the barrier and ten thousand people can't open it.
The flag he was talking about was planted on the mountain wall on the right, about ten meters above the ground.
To reach the magic circle, you need to pass through a narrow passage dozens of meters behind him.
And Lagasus's magic is extremely fast thunder magic. With such a long passage, even if he gets the flag, he may attack him at any time.
The content of the exam is not so much about getting the flag, but...
Laxus looked at the troubled expressions of the two people opposite him and showed a satisfied smile: "That's right, if you don't defeat me, you can't do that kind of thing at all!"
Rhodes frowned. He couldn't speak so absolutely. If it was Meister, this kind of task could be completed in one second.
He now has some doubts about whether the president has opened a back door for Mester. That kind of teleportation magic is simply cheating in this exam.
Laxus continued: "But if you want to defeat me...hem hahahaha...can you do it with just you? Huh?"
"You guys, don't look down on others!" Kana took out a handful of cards and unfolded them like a fan.
"Hahaha..." Laxus didn't care about Kana's words at all, "I have to say it first. If there is a fight, I won't hold back. It's still too late to admit defeat."
"Summon, Crimson Sharpbill! Ancient Stone Beetle!"
A group of stone beetles and a group of sharp-beaked birds, a total of eight wild monsters, appeared one after another and lined up in front of Rhodes.
A trace of surprise flashed in Laxus's eyes: "Oh? Human sea tactics? A boring trick."
Kana threw out all the cards in her hand: "It's time to stop being so arrogant!"
Lagerthas moved two steps at will, letting a dozen flashing golden cards pass by and nailed to the ground.
He twisted his neck: "After all these years, there is still no progress at all, Kana."
"Feathers all over the sky!"
The sharp-beaked birds vibrated their wings and fired dozens of feathered flying knives, and they themselves also charged. "The dart shot was good, but it was too weak!" Laxus waved his hand, and golden lightning flashed across, singeing all the feathers that were shot at him.
As for the sharp-beaked birds that were attacking him, Laxus punched away the largest one, and then kicked a smaller one. The lightning shot out from his feet and passed through the sharp-beaked bird's body, and hit another one. Three more.
The only remaining sharp-beaked bird was quickly approaching the flag on the mountain wall.
"How naive!" Laxus seemed to show off his speed on purpose. Like a golden thunderbolt, Laxus was in front of the sharp-beaked bird in the blink of an eye and kicked it down.
"Opportunity!" Kana raised her hand and shot three cards towards Laxus in mid-air:
"The radiance of the stars!"
"Fountain of prayer!"
"Destiny's... Summon Thunder!"
The first card exploded, emitting a dazzling light like a flash bomb;
Countless water blades were sprayed out from the second card, taking advantage of the flash of light to shoot at Laxus;
The third card shot out streaks of thunder and lightning, attacking Lagerthas who was expected to be wet even if he was not hurt by the water blade.
In Kana's eyes, Laxus is not a dragon slayer, so there is no problem in using thunder magic to attack a thunder mage.
To be fair, the attack of this combination is very strong, and ordinary magicians can't react at all in the air. This combination can basically open the champagne.
But Laxus was obviously not an ordinary magician, so Rhodes summoned a group of sharp-beaked birds and fired a volley.
A group of shadow wolves were also summoned. Two small ones were stacked on top of each other and spun and lunged, while the two-headed wolf spun and pounced on its own.
Teeth to teeth! Wolf fang!
"Receive the Crimson Bird!" Rhodes jumped up, flapped his wings and flew up.
"With this level of lightning, who are you looking down on!" Laxus expressed dissatisfaction with them using thunder to attack him, a lightning mage.
He took off his wet coat, and thunder and lightning exploded from his body, scorching the feathers that shot towards him again.
Lagerthas raised his knee and the two-headed wolf was hit in the jaw.
Thunder and lightning poured into its body, scorching the wolf fur all over its body, and the two-headed wolf fell with black smoke.
The two ordinary wolves were struck black with their elbows.
Only then did Laxus land, and Rhodes had already grabbed the flagpole with his claws and pulled the flag out of the mountain wall.
"!" Laxus noticed Rhode's movements and felt a little annoyed. "You bastard, you don't take me seriously!"
"Well done Rhodes!" Kana shot out two more cards, "The Explosive Flame of the Sun! The Emperor's Wind Blade!"
"That's enough!" Lagerthas waved his right hand back, and the dazzling lightning swallowed up the explosive flames and wind blades, and even had enough energy to fly towards Kana behind him.
"Ah~~~" Kana screamed when she was hit by lightning.
Rhodes took the opportunity to dive towards the magic array.
Lagerthas turned around and just took a step forward when a card shattered at his feet, freezing him in place.
Kana, whose hair was a little frizzy, smiled: "The icicle of death."
However, the icicles shattered as soon as they appeared. Laxus turned into a bolt of lightning and stopped in front of Rhodes, kicking him in the abdomen.
Rhodes flew backwards, leaving a mark on the ground. When he turned over and jumped up, he had already returned to Kana.
The flag was already held by Laxus and propped on the ground. He said word by word: "I said, enough is enough."
Laxus' whole body was flashing with lightning, and lightning was sprayed out from his mouth and eyes.
His posture was like that of an angry God of Thunder.
Kana was concerned about Rhodes' condition: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Rhodes released the receiving magic, "Sorry, it was almost."
"I couldn't hold him back." Kana was not discouraged and drew a few more cards. "This guy is really not that easy to deal with."
Most of Kanna’s magic names come from Tarot cards.
I don’t quite understand what each tarot card represents, so I can only try to make up a few based on the naming formats in comics. Please correct me if there are any inappropriate ones.
(End of chapter)