The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 48

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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 8 | Day 23

At first I begin to swim over towards them, but the stupid penguin is too fast for me to catch up. What with me not being built to swim underwater.

So I dig straight out of the ice before charging across the plain of ice towards them.

And that makes me move at incredible speeds.

After all, I’m already supernaturally fast, but with me running across ice? I’m practically sliding while running.

The only reason I don’t slip and fall is because of my supernatural balance.

While I run, I glance up at the sky to see the score. Which has me cemented far in first place thanks to holding the crown for almost an hour and a half.

But what has me frowning is when Reflata starts to get points too. Meaning she’s put on the crown.

And mere seconds after noticing that fact, I see Reflata jumping straight out of the ice as the sound of crashing water comes from that direction. Then she starts running in the opposite direction as me.

Damnit, looks like I’m on the chase now.

My frown deepens while continuing to run after her. Only briefly glancing at the hole that has been filled with water and currently has a curse magician stuck swimming in said icy water while the anti-matter magician floats himself out while protecting himself.

Of course, this doesn’t last long before the curse magician protects herself with her curse energy. And curses the anti-matter magician at that, making him stumble.

Huh. They kind of look like kids playing around in a pool of water. Fighting to keep the other from getting out.

I continue running past them even as that amusing thought crosses my mind.

But I quickly find a major problem rearing its head.

Reflata is too fast with her enhancement mana. So I straight up can’t keep up with her.

Thanks to that, she ends up keeping the crown all the way through the rest of the second biome. Holding it for a little over twenty-five minutes.

At which point the arena changes again to become some sort of island in the middle of a heavy storm. With thunder and lightning flashing and echoing across it, and large waves hitting the beach where I’m on.

What’s with all the water in these biomes? It feels like each one has some water somewhere in it.

That said…

I purse my lips as I look to the ocean.

Hmm. That could work.

First thing’s first though. I focus on the beacon shining above the island.

Fortunately, the thing is only on the right side of the island from where I’m at. Not on the other end.

So I begin running across the island in a straight line to catch up with the beacon. But I don’t show myself openly when I arrive.

No. Instead, I pull out my sniper rifle and aim at the crown above Reflata’s head. And right when Aritonia fires her own rifle at her, making her wary of the opposite direction of myself, I fire my much more accurate shot and knock the crown right off of her head and into the water to be carried away by the waves.

Nice.

Reflata turns towards my direction in surprise as I put my rifle into my storage device while already running straight in her direction. But she quickly turns to the ocean where the beacon is still shining above the crown in the water.

Oh no you don’t.

Without hesitation, I toss a couple large explosives that quickly go off. With the two other magicians nearby putting up barriers to protect themselves.

I, on the other hand, continue chasing after the crown. Which seems to be flying deeper into the ocean thanks to the explosions.

Even better.

I swim through the water before grabbing the crown again and finding it appearing on top of my head once more. Then I start swimming deeper into the ocean, closer to the ocean floor instead to avoid the waves as much as I can.

And this time I don’t find any problems for the entire rest of the hour in this biome.

Letting me amass more points in the process.

The issue comes with the next biome, which I eventually find to be some sort of swamp without any deeper water areas. Making it a lot harder to hide or go to areas the others can’t easily chase me in.

And to make matters worse?

The mud is slowing me down. Which gives the others a chance to catch up to me.

So after managing to hold onto the crown for another twenty-five minutes, I lose it again five minutes before the half-hour mark.

And this time I lose it to Aritonia, who has been slamming everyone with slowing curses this entire biome. Making it so that all four of us have had the crown at some point.

I’m still far in the lead though thanks to my excellent running and hiding skills.

The three of us chase after Aritonia for a while, only for her to dump another several thousand mutants into the swamp around us. Including more than a few mutant bugs that seem to thrive in this swamp environment.

I grit my teeth as I feel another massive mosquito stabbing me in the back with its mouthpiece thing. Only for said mosquito to die when the blood it drinks is literally ripped out of its body and drawn back into me.

Something that’s becoming a common occurrence.

Although the thought of my blood having been inside of a disgusting massive insect is not a pleasant one.

Even if I know that my blood reverted in time entirely. So nothing related to the mosquito ever technically touched it in my blood’s current time.

Anyway, Aritonia surprisingly manages to keep the crown throughout the entire rest of the hour before the biome changes again to become a volcano. One with some sort of maze of tunnels beneath it.

And it doesn’t take long before she loses the crown to Reflata, who then loses it to me not too long after that. All thanks to me sniping the crown from Aritonia’s head, taking some of her hair along with it to her hatred. Following which Reflata catches it before I steal it from her seconds later.

Then I start running into the maze without looking back.