Chapter 25 - Warrior vs

Machine Gun Mage 25: Chapter 25: Warrior vs.

Machine Gun Mage “Do you need to recover your fighting spirit, warrior?

If not, we can start the next match right away,” said the referee, after shooing away two girls who were about to spark a romance and addressing Lu Hong below the ring.

“I don’t need to, ready to start anytime,” Lu Hong indicated that he was completely fine.

“Good, then please, Mage profession, send up a contestant,” nodded the referee, turning to call out to the mages’ side.

After a while, a female mage ascended to the ring, donned in a fire-red mage robe with a beautifully crafted wand to match; her appearance immediately caused a sensation.

“My God, it’s her, her, her…” It was clear that some audience members were so excited they could barely speak.

So the question arises, who is this female mage?

She is the pillar of the Mage profession, the top girl in the academy’s mage circles, known for her Rapid Fire spells, the stunning beauty Nola.

“You seem pretty famous?” Lu Hong also sensed the commotion below the ring and asked curiously.

“Of course, don’t you know my name, Nola?” The female mage replied with pride: “Although you defeated Baxiake, you will never be able to beat me.

I am the destined queen of this tournament.”

“…” Lu Hong couldn’t stand overly confident people, especially mages who were blindly confident.

“I really dislike mages, and even though you’re beautiful, I don’t think I’ll go easy on you.”

Ouch, is that a challenge?

“Good, man, you have successfully got my attention,” Nola looked at Lu Hong with a mocking face, as if she wouldn’t lose the duel at all.

“Are you both ready?” asked the referee.

Seeing them nod, he started the duel.

“Man, you go first.

Otherwise, you might later say I didn’t let you have a chance,” Nola said to Lu Hong, who was at the other end of the ring.

Damn it, this woman is so annoying!

“Since you’re so confident, today I have to pin you to the ground,” Lu Hong made his move, charging towards Nola.

Usually, if one gets close to a Mage, there are few Mages who can fight melee combat.

“Great burst of speed.

You’re the fastest opponent I’ve seen, but that can’t make up for the gap between us!” Nola laughed, launched a Fireball without any incantation, and threw it directly.

“What the hell!

No casting?” Lu Hong was witnessing such a foe for the first time; the incantation-less Fireball whooshed towards him, but he was neither surprised nor panicked and dodged the Fireball’s attack with a sidestep.

But when he looked back at Nola, his scalp exploded with shock.

Countless Fireballs came at him like a machine gun, one after another, filling the sky.

“You must be cheating!” Lu Hong dodged and weaved while slashing through the undodgeable ones with his greatsword.

In an instant, the entire ring was engulfed in never-ending explosions.

“Gosh, the renowned live up to their name.

The Rapid Fire magic is indeed powerful!” The audience was enjoying a thrilling spectacle.

“Damn woman!

If you hurt Lu Hong, I’ll fight you afterwards!” Nono was anxious watching from the sidelines; such an intense barrage of Fireballs was impossible to evade.

Without the knight’s glowing armor for defense, the warrior was bound to get hurt.

“That’s right, we won’t let you go either!” A group of little fans Lu Hong had just gained also chimed in.

But Nono’s fierce yelling couldn’t affect the performance of the contestants on stage.

As Lu Hong was completely engulfed by the endless Fireballs, Nola finally stopped and shouted, “Hey!

Man on the other side, you’re not dead, are you?”

“Cough, cough.” As the dust from the Fireballs settled, Lu Hong emerged charred, his clean clothes now tattered and torn, but at least not indecent: “Still alive, but you’ve also successfully ignited my anger.”

“Wow, such a strong man, my interest in you has increased.

When this free-for-all ends, would you care to share a drink with me?” Other than knights, no one had ever fully walked through her machine-gun barrage intact.

Today’s exception had impressed Nola, though this impression only elevated Lu Hong from one millimeter to two in her mind.

“I’m so mad!

Nola, you wait for me!” Nono shouted from the sidelines.

Was this sister trying to cut into her corner?

As expected, one must guard against fire, theft, and best friends!

“Listen, Nono is jealous down there,” said Nola, obviously familiar with Nono; otherwise, her combat strength wouldn’t have been kept a secret from Lu Hong.

Nono had informed Lu Hong about most of the other contestants, with the sole exception of her best friend – a decision she might now be regretting.

“You know Nono too?” Lu Hong wiped his charred face, asking with surprise.

“Yeah, she and I are good sisters!

She said you were very skilled, so I came to try you out.

If it’s convenient, I’d also like to see if you’re just as good in other ways,” Nola said with a somewhat mischievous glint in her eyes.

Damn, is she flirting with me?

Lu Hong took a deep breath: “Since you know Nono, I won’t cripple you today.”

Hearing this, Nola’s face suddenly darkened.

Even after witnessing her Rapid Fire skills, he dared to utter such arrogant words?

Truly audacious: “Man, it seems you’re really confident in yourself.

Even though you’re Nono’s friend, I wouldn’t mind teaching you a lesson!

Let you know there are always bigger fish, higher mountains.”

Before the sound of his voice had faded, a series of Fireballs came hurtling at him again, prompting Lu Hong to curse loudly as he hastily began to dodge.

Boom, boom, boom, without any surprise, Lu Hong was once again caught up in the struggle of dodging Fireballs, unable to make any headway against such a dense barrage.

“I refuse to believe you have an endless supply of Magic Power!” Lu Hong shouted, and in the midst of speaking, a Fireball almost hit him in the face.

“You can try if you like—I’ll just tell you that I still have two-thirds of my Magic Power left.

I wonder how long you can hold out?” Nono kept releasing a relentless stream of Fireballs, like a human flamethrower.

“Old Blue, that girl must be your granddaughter, right?” a bigwig in the viewing stand asked.

“Ah, my granddaughter is so useless, making everyone laugh,” he said, as if it were a joke, but Old Blue was clearly grinning so wide his mouth couldn’t close properly.

Meanwhile, the little old man was staring at Old Blue with a face full of resentment.

He was truly a roadblock on the journey to victory for the young master!

If I could beat Old Blue, I’d give him a piece of my mind today!

The little old man was quite self-aware.

He couldn’t beat any of the bigwigs here; after all, he hadn’t fully learned all the Warrior Skills.

How could he fight them?

Unless he waited another ten years for all the bigwigs to age to the point of immobility, only then would he have a chance.

“You’re forcing my hand!” Lu Hong, having had his fill of Fireballs, finally didn’t want to hide it anymore.

He summoned up his Fighting Spirit with a shout.

Shout!

Shout!

A thunderous roar echoed across the empty arena as if there were echoes everywhere, and under this fierce cry, Nono’s Fireballs were abruptly interrupted.

At that moment, Nono felt dizzy and couldn’t even stand steady.

“Is this intimidation?!” The bigwigs in the viewing stand were so surprised they stood up, while the onlookers who were there just to enjoy the show only heard the sound.

They didn’t experience Nono’s dizziness and hadn’t heard of such a Skill, so they had no idea what had just happened.

“Eh?

Why did the constant Fireball shooting stop?”

“Is she throwing the match?”

“It’s over, my goddess is actually throwing the match for a Warrior!”

“Damn, rigged!”

Although the onlooking audience didn’t understand, the bigwigs were very clear: “Is he really just a Level 10 Warrior?

Damn, he’s using Jump Slash at Level 11 and even knows how to use Intimidation from the Second Transition?”

“He’s cheating, cheating!

Referee, he’s cheating!” Old Blue was the most agitated.

“Cheating my ass!” The little old man hurled a brick at Old Blue, hitting him right in the forehead.

“You don’t complain when your own granddaughter cheats!” The little old man then pounced directly onto him.

The two scuffled until the other bigwigs eventually pulled them apart.

Meanwhile, back in the arena, Lu Hong seized the opportunity to leap forward, quickly closing the gap between him and Nono.

Nono looked bewildered, but seeing Lu Hong getting closer and closer, she became anxious.

No matter how she tried to muster her Magic Power, she just couldn’t release a Fireball.

“How could this be?” Nono was frantic, constantly trying to awaken her Magic Power as if it were in deep slumber.

Finally, the Magic Power awakened, but by that time, Lu Hong’s voice was already ringing in Nono’s ears.

“Ready to take a beating?”

“No…” Before Nono could finish her protest, Lu Hong twisted his giant sword and slammed it hard against her with the flat side.

The poor, delicate girl, so unused to such rough treatment, took a tumble and collapsed to the ground.

Lu Hong, of course, was not yet satisfied.

He kicked the prone Nono several times before finally stopping, content: “Since you’re Nono’s best friend, I won’t bully you.

But damn, I’m unlucky for having to reveal my trump card because of you!”

Indeed, the Intimidation was his trump card, the only Second Transition Skill he could use during the First Transition; the others would genuinely require an advanced transformation of Fighting Spirit to use.

“Wow!

Grandpa, he’s bullying me!” Nono, who had never been treated so poorly, began to bawl on the stage.

“My granddaughter, wait.

I’ll beat this brat to death today!” Old Blue, shaking with rage, rolled up his sleeves, ready to descend from the stand to fight Lu Hong.

Of course, the little old man was no pushover, and he tackled the unsuspecting Old Blue from the side.

The two immediately tussled into a heap once more.

“This duel, Warrior Tu Kulu wins!”

Unable to communicate with the now only crying Nono, the referee then simply judged that the other party had lost the capability to fight and loudly announced the result of the match.