NOVEL WEB Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Stop Fighting!
Just as Rudy and Allen stared at each other, the atmosphere became increasingly tense.
Suddenly, a sob sounded in the air, and a small hand stretched out from the side, firmly grasping Allen's knife handle. Sylphy looked at Allen with tears in her eyes. She tried not to avoid his sight as usual, and said stutteringly but very seriously,
"Ai Allen, we are friends, we can't fight."
In Allen's increasingly dazed eyes, Sylphy burst into tears.
Seeing this scene, he hurriedly sheathed the knife, but because he had only threatened children in his previous and next two lives and had no experience in comforting children, he fell into scratching his head.
Rudy came back to his senses from his daze, and looked at the bewildered Allen in silence.
'Alan is also a boy with a youthful spirit. He actually drew his sword against his companion just to find out who is stronger and who is weaker. It seems that he is still calm even though it is a reverse-edged sword. So, does that mean that he is serious about letting Sylphy realize the power of magic by competing with me?'
'But it's really scary, Master Alan! As expected, children can't hold sharp swords!'
'So do you really want to compete with him? Now is not the time to think about this. Let's comfort Sylphy first.'
Thinking of this, Rudy sighed, showing an expression that an adult can hardly deal with a child. He walked up to the dumbfounded Alan and grabbed his hand.
In the latter's horrified expression, he pushed Sylphy into Alan's arms. He also intimately put Alan's hand around Sylphy's back.
Alan watched Rudy complete this series of operations with his pupils shaking, and he was shocked on all levels.
Then he heard Rudy whisper in his ear.
"Quickly comfort him, come on, you can do it!"
Then Rudy stood up with his hands behind his back, stepped back a few steps, sat on the grass and started watching the show. He was like an old father watching his children play house.
Allen looked at Sylphy who was sobbing in his arms, and then looked at Rudy who was punching him to cheer him up. The corners of his eyes twitched so much that wrinkles were about to appear.
It was really hard to hold it.
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"Don't cry, we are just competing! Not a real fight."
Sylphy covered her face, looked at Allen with a stiff expression through her fingers, and hummed.
"Why did you cry suddenly? Allen doesn't like others crying, so you must not cry again in the future."
She had only known the two for less than a day at this time, and the time they met was earlier than the story line of the novel. She was also younger and timid. Compared with the white mother-child form in the novel, who had already shown the prototype of the future gentleness and delicateness after spending some time with Rudy, she still needed some time to adapt to the relationship.
"But he didn't look so sullen this time."
Allen blinked, and seeing Sylphy calm down, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just stand under the tree and watch, okay? I'll have a competition with Rudy, and then I'll show you the power of magic. After you've seen it, you'll naturally understand the charm of magic."
Sylphy subconsciously began to avoid Allen's sight again, looking at her shoes, and hummed like a mosquito.
Then Allen pulled Rudy, who was still reluctant, back down the hillside a few dozen meters.
"Okay, this distance is about right."
Allen pointed at the distance with the cold knife, and Rudy shrank his neck as he looked at his knife.
"Do you really want to compete?"
Allen rested his chin on his hand and considered for a while.
'In the original novel, Rudy started to improve the power of various low-level magic two years after Loki left. At this time, before the distance is pulled, I should have chopped off his head in an instant. So today, it is more important to show Sylphy the power of magic first. As for the competition, take your time. It is better to induce Rudy to increase the power of his own magic, and there is also mixed magic suitable for the battlefield.'
"Then let's stop here today. It's mainly you who releases magic and I will resist. How about it?"
Rudy's eyes lit up.
"Okay!"
Then I heard the second half of Allen's sentence.
"But in two months, I will seriously challenge you. So you have two months to study and improve your magic, and then we can compete."
Rudy's face froze.
"Is it not possible not to compete?"
Allen's face was serious.
"No, have you thought about your future?"
Rudy was stunned.
'The future? Maybe I will marry a pretty girl with low self-esteem and live a peaceful life. It would be nice if I could see Luo Qixi often. But I may not. I don't know when I will see her again.'
"Luo Qixi told me when we parted that her goal is to become a water god-level magician. What about you?"
Rudy looked up in surprise.
"Water god-level."
"Are you eager to meet Luo Qixi again?"
Rudy didn't say anything, but his eyes gradually became serious and he looked straight at Allen.
The latter smiled.
"It seems you have the answer."
Allen held up two fingers.
"Her life span is 200 years, and she is only in her 30s now. If you grow up and enter the young adult stage, which is a quarter of your life span, in ten years, she will still be in the first quarter of her life span, the same as you. Then, what kind of attitude will you take when facing her again? A married rural magician? Or a successful adventurer? Or an outstanding student at a magic university? Have you considered it? These possibilities may lead to completely different futures. Have you ever prepared yourself mentally?"
Rudy did not answer. He just raised his arm silently, put his other hand on his elbow, and showed a calm look.
"I promised you to challenge me in two months, so now I should show Sylphy the power of magic first, right?"
Allen looked at Rudy's expression, and the corners of his mouth raised an arc obscurely.
"What a good expression."
Allen raised his hand to press the knife, his body sank, his feet firmly planted on the grass, and his expression became cold.
"Then let's start now, you attack and I defend."
Rudy took a deep breath.
"Okay. Then, I'll start."
'Magic - Water Cannon, Size: 10! Speed: 10! Lord Allen, I'm angry, please accept this blow full of anger!'
As soon as the words fell, Rudy's non-chanting magic was instantly activated. A stream of crystal clear water was drawn out of thin air, condensing in front of his hand like a whirlpool. In just a blink of an eye, the water flow was like a raging wave that was not yet released, and it swept in front of his palm.
The next moment.
The water flow stirred up layers of smoke and dust around him, and turned into a water column that almost covered his body and shot out from in front of him! The powerful impact force blew Rudy's hair away. He couldn't help but take a step back, and his heart was suddenly shocked.
'It's over, I used too much force! Allen!'
He quickly looked up, but his pupils suddenly shrank.
The scene of this moment was engraved in his mind, and he would still think of it from time to time many years later:
The water column with a diameter of one meter rushed forward like thunder, completely covering Alan's figure in his sight. At this moment, the sunlight seemed to stop for a moment, and a sudden arc of light flashed on Rudy's pupils.
Rudy's face just showed panic.
The water column split.
In front of Alan, it was light and floating, like a balloon full of air inside, and it split vertically.
Smooth, without a single ripple.
Then, the water column, which seemed to have no "weight", suddenly poured down on Alan's side! It plowed two deep gullies on the ground!
The ground full of green grass was completely blown away by the water column, revealing the ugly mud ruts underneath.
A gust of wind blew.
The green grass under Alan's feet was intact, and was playing around his calves. He pressed the knife, still in the same posture as before, without any trace of changing his body shape.
The remaining ripples of the water column sprinkled around Alan, turning the sunlight into a hazy halo that enveloped him.
Alan smiled.
"Not bad, come again."
Rudy just stared at him blankly, his face dazed.
At this moment, he felt that the smile in Alan's eyes was even clearer than the sunlight reflected by the water.