Back on Tracks [3]

Ryfin's lighting died out only a second after hitting its target—which was a shorter time period compared to the previous one. The magic circle disappeared as he pulled back his arm and inserted it in his pocket. 

Time passed, but the dummy did not heal itself. 

After all, what it did was healing not regeneration, and even that was only possible to a certain extent. There was no way it could heal when the substance the dummy was made of was itself burned and turned to nothing; the mass where the hole had opened was now nowhere to be found. 

"See? That's the difference a magic circle can make. Some attributes were changed but it was the same spell,' Ryfin mentioned and stood to face us. 

His eyes were wandering and scanning us when they suddenly stopped at one student in the second row who had raised his hand…no, her hand. 

"Yes?" he pointed at the girl.