CH.241 vs. Golemancer
“Brian.” As soon as I returned to the party, Lua ca to . “Paulina and… Mariina are about to have a match. Co. Let’s go watch.” Lua said, as she basically dragged towards the training grounds.
“... wow. Really? What happened?”
“Well, miss Mariina was already agitated because of sothing and then miss Paulina went to ask for a match. They said a lot of … bad things to each other, and now they are having a match to see who is stronger. Alice asked if I could co and get you as well, but I wasn’t sure I could because … well, the person who took you.”
“... yeah. Well, let’s go then. I do want to see it.” I agreed and took Lua’s hand.
As we arrived at the training grounds, I noticed that a lot of the people who were taking part in the backyard party were also there. I guess plenty of people were excited to see this side attraction. Myself included.
Sadly, Lua and I arrived late and so spells were already flying back and forth. But honestly speaking, as it seed like Paulina and Mariina were still operating with just low power spells, I turned my attention to sothing else.
As the fight inside got more serious, Paulina switched from just earth magic to using both earth and water, while Mariina still seed to be taking it quite easily. Mariina’s magic just was faster and more accurate. She hasn’t even summoned a golem yet.
“Water mist!” I heard Paulina trigger a spell, which she also used in her fight against Chirstina. It enveloped the battlefield in a thick mist, making it nearly impossible to see. “Now, Freeze!” She then called out.
That must have been another spell, as all of the water in the air quickly froze and clung to everything, including Mariina. While she wasn’t covered in ice or anything, she definitely had a fine layer of ice across her body. And the ground around her feet was also frozen, making it quite slippery.
Mariina quickly broke and shook off the ice that had ford on her body, but because of the slippery surface, it looked like she was hesitating to move too much. And Paulina didn’t let that opportunity to pass, quick casting multiple spells towards her sister. She alternated between ball and spear style spells, likely expecting her sister to put up a defensive wall, like Mariina did. While the ball spells didn’t do too much damage to the thick earth wall, the spears were doing damage to it, and it would soon crumble.
But none of it really mattered. Everyone watching knew how the fight would end.
Because as Mariina was hiding behind the wall, the earth to the side of the training grounds had risen and ford into a golem. And said human sized earth golem was now approaching Paulina. And because Paulina was fully focused on keeping her barrage of spells going, there is no way she would have noticed the earth golem, which her sister seed to have cast without any chant at all. The only thing I noticed regarding the golem spell was the soft glow of the gem at the top of her staff.
After getting to Paulina, the golem punched her in the left shoulder area. I was honestly expecting a punch to the head, but maybe Mariina is holding back.
The punch was still more than enough to knock Paulina off of her ga, and her feet. The golem pushed on, taking a hold on the downed girl and ending the match.
“Stop!” Ca a call from one of the Sawyer sisters, Cressida. The two others must have asked her to be their referee.
Paulina was already on the ground, so the call didn’t really make her do anything, but Mariina called off her golem and it moved to stand next to her.
After that, a maid who had been standing by quickly went and helped Paulina. I think she was using so light magic, but I’m not the best at recognizing that stuff. Paulina didn’t seem too badly hurt, so that will hopefully heal her up. And if it doesn’t, there is always my giant arsenal of healing spell cards.
“... I thought that I could win…” I heard Paulina mutter, as she was getting healed.
“You aren’t there yet.” Mariina said. “You still focus too much on offense. Especially when you see an opening. You don’t think about your opponents counters at all.” She lectured her younger sister. “But you didn’t do too bad. You actually managed to make use a golem.”
“... did I … really do good?”
“Of course.” Mariina confird. “The power of your magic, the casting speed and even accuracy. You did great on all of those. I think you might be at a great witch level now. That is a huge improvent for just two years.”
“... thanks. But I still couldn’t beat you…”
“Don’t forget. I study under a sage. I’m not just sitting around.” Mariina said, sowhat bragging.
“... I just thought the practice I did with Brian would have been enough…”
“Oh? You trained with him? How strong is he?”
“Strong enough to beat you.” Paulina answered.
That caused Mariina’s eyes to sharpen a bit, and she scanned the audience, probably searching for .
Yeah. I can see where this is going.
“So, how do you want to run this match?” I asked Mariina. “I can do it as a summoner, or I can summon a water spirit and act more like a mage.” I offered.
“Which one are you more comfortable with? I want to face you at your strongest. No excuses if you lose, alright?” Mariina said.
“... no. No you don’t.” I simply said. At my strongest, three three-headed dragons with 4500 attack would be staring you down. You don’t want to face that. “But you want to be a summoner then. I can do that.”
“Yes. Just summon anything you want. I’ll take it down.” Mariina said. I’m not sure if she is just confident, or if she can actually do it, but we will find out.
“Sure.” I agreed.
So, summoning sothing against her. The first choice will be easy. I don’t know how strong Mariina really is, but ever since I first saw her golem, I wanted to test it out against one of my own.
“Giant Soldier of Stone.” I said to summon my monster.
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Oh, in case you were wondering, I can activate Wall of Revealing Light with any amount of HP, as long as it is less than my max HP. So I could use it with 3170 HP, then Health Conscious would just say no to having to actually pay the HP. And I would have quite the sturdy wall.
2000 should be more than enough for this, and this is my first out of factory test, so I don’t want to go overboard. But luckily it went just fine, and a transparent barrier which glowed a bit ford around our golems, leaving everyone except the two golems outside. That was another advantage of this spell. Like with Swords of Revealing Light, I could control the exact dinsions of the to be made wall. As long as I was able to see the entire area I wanted to cover with the spell. Or trap, in this case. And if Laura made the target area instead, we could make it in places I can't actually see, as long as Laura has sufficient map data of the area. Well, we do still have to be close-by, but you get the point.
“It's just a barrier to keep us and everyone else safe.” I explained to Mariina. “It won’t actually interfere with the golems at all.”
“... interesting. That should be good for . I can have my golem go all out.” Mariina said.
“... wow. That golem is strong.” I said, as I watched Giant Soldier of Stone break apart into specks of light.
Yeah. My golem lost. It actually was quite an even match up, but Mariina’s golem had a huge advantage over mine. Well, let’s go over the advantage mine had first.
Giant Soldier of Stone was strong, the swords it wielded caused massive damage to the opposing golem. And it was sturdier than Mariina’s golem. Now you might ask, if you are the one that can take more hits, and land super powerful hits, how do you lose?
The answer is twofold. Mariina’s golem was a bit faster and it could regenerate. Even if GSoS cut off its arm or sothing, it would quickly regenerate the missing appendage.
So with my hits being basically negated by the regeneration speed, and the speed at which the opposing golem moved preventing from landing a critical blow, it was only a matter of ti until my golem lost.
“Why, thank you.” Mariina responded to my earlier comnt. “Yours wasn’t bad either. It was as sturdy as anything.”
“So, what now? Want to call it here, or should I summon another monster?” I asked her.
Mariina took a good hold of her staff and looked at the magic stone at the end of it. It glowed softly, as if the staff itself was responding to her thoughts.
“I think I have mana for one more round.” She answered.
“Oh? Are you low? I have sothing for that.” I offered.
“No reason to use a mana potion for a practice fight.”
“Nah. Nothing like that.” I said, as I got a card out of storage. “Pitch-Black Power Stone.”
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I decided to go with another Rock monster. And a golem type monster. It just felt appropriate.
Now Granmarg might be less defensive than Giant Soldier of Stone, but it has a ton more power. 2400 compared to 1300. That is a big difference. Granmarg was also basically the sa size as GSoS, just a bit bulkier.
“... another golem, huh. And here I was expecting sothing a bit more abnormal.” Mariina said.
Are golems a common type of summon? I didn’t know that. Well, either way.
“If you can take this down, I can summon sothing abnormal.” I promised. Well, it would actually just be another golem but still.
“Oh? I’ll make sure you keep that word.” Mariina said, as she put more mana into her staff, at least based on the glow of the magic stone on it.
Our second round ended like the first. I lost. I honestly didn’t expect it, but yeah. Mariina is strong.
My main flaw with the second round was Granmarg’s defense. It just couldn’t take hits like GSoS could. And while it wasn’t a problem at first, eventually it beca a problem.
At first, Granmarg could use its powerful attacks to almost completely annihilate Mariina’s golem, but it seems that as long as she has mana, she can regenerate her golem. And I did just give her three grands worth of mana, so she didn’t seem to be running out.
Still, her golem was on the backfoot, just because of how powerful Granmarg was, but Mariina herself began using spells as well, causing Granmarg damage and slowing him down. While Mariina couldn’t use spells that had to be launched, like stone spears, because of the barrier, she could still use spells that affected the ground itself like Stone Spire and Earth Crush. And with those spells destroying Granmarg’s legs, Mariina bought enough ti for her golem to regenerate and puml my golem to death.
“So, what cos next? You did say this next one will be sothing abnormal, right?” Mariina asked. She had used the third charge of the Pitch-Black Power Stone to recover so of her mana, but I don’t think she is anywhere near full.
“Yeah. I did. Get ready, because this guy will end this match.” I said, and that wasn’t just talk. Based on the two previous fights, there is no way Mariina can take on this monster. “My next golem coming up. Ancient Gear Golem!”
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