Chapter 19

　　"But it's really scary, Master Allen! Children really 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 Sylph first."

　　Thinking of this, Rudy sighed, showing an expression of an adult having difficulty dealing with a child. He walked up to the dumbfounded Alan and grabbed his hand.

　　With a horrified look on the latter's face, he pushed Sylphy into Eren's arms.

　　She also considerately put Alan's arm around Sylphy's back.

　　Alan watched Rudy complete this series of operations, his pupils trembled, and he was shocked on every level.

　　Then he heard Rudy whisper in his ear.

　　"Comfort him quickly. Come on, you can do it!"

　　Then Rudy stood up like an adult, put his hands behind his back, stepped back a few steps, sat on the grass, rested his chin on his hand, and began to watch the show.

　　It's like an old father watching his children playing house.

　　Alan looked at Sylphy who was sobbing in his arms, and then looked at Rudy who was punching him to cheer him up. His eyes twitched so much that wrinkles were about to appear.

　　It's really hard to hold.

　　——

　　"Don't cry, we're just competing! Not really fighting."

　　Sylphy covered her face, looked at Alan, whose expression was stiff, through her fingers, and hummed.

　　"Why did you cry all of a sudden? Alan doesn't like others crying. You must never cry again in the future."

　　She had only known the two of them for less than a whole day at this time, and the time they met was earlier than the story line in the novel. She was also younger and timid. Compared with the young version of the White Mother in the novel, who had already shown the prototype of the future gentleness and delicacy 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."

　　Alan blinked, and seeing that Sylphy had calmed down, he breathed a sigh of relief.

　　"Just stand under the tree and watch, okay? I'll compete with Rudy, and then I'll let you see the power of magic. After you see it, you'll naturally understand the charm of magic."

　　Sylphy subconsciously began to avoid Alan's sight again, looking at her shoes and humming softly.

　　Then Allen pulled the still reluctant Rudy back down the hillside a few dozen meters.

　　"Okay, this distance is about right."

　　Alan was holding a knife that was shining with cold light and measuring the distance, while Rudy shrank his neck as he looked at his knife.

　　"Do you really want to compete?"

　　Alan rested his chin on his hand and considered for a moment.

　　"In the original novel, Rudy started to improve the power of various low-level magic two years after Roxy left. At this time, I would have chopped off his head before he could get close enough. So today, it is more important to show Sylphy the power of magic first. As for the competition, take it slow. It is better to induce Rudy to increase the power of his magic first, and also the mixed magic suitable for the battlefield."

　　"Then let's stop here today. You will cast the magic and I will resist. How do you think?"

　　Rudy's eyes lit up.

　　"Can!"

　　Then I heard the second half of Alan'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 again."

　　Rudy's face froze.

　　"Is it not possible to have a competition?"

　　Alan's face turned serious.

　　"No, have you ever thought about your future?"

　　Rudy was stunned.

　　"The future? Maybe I will marry a beautiful girl with low self-esteem and live a peaceful life. It would be nice if I could see Luo Qixi often. But probably not. I don't know when I will see her again."

　　"When we parted, Luo Qixi told me that her goal was to become a water god-level magician. What about you?"

　　Rudy looked up in surprise.

　　"Water God Class"

　　"Are you eager to reunite with Luo Qixi?"

　　Rudy didn't say anything, but his eyes gradually became serious and he looked straight at Allen.

　　The latter smiled.

　　"Looks like you have the answer."

　　Alan held up two fingers.

　　"Her life span is 200 years, and she is only in her 30s now. If, in a decade or so, you grow up and enter the young adult stage, which is a quarter of your life span, and she is still in the first quarter of her life span, the same as you, then when the time comes, how will you face her again? As a married country 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 prepared yourself mentally?"

　　Rudy didn't answer. He just raised his arm silently and put his other hand on his elbow, showing a calm look.

　　"I promised you a fight in two months, so now should I show Sylphy the power of my magic, right?"

　　Alan looked at Rudy's expression, and a subtle curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

　　"That's a nice expression."

　　Alan raised his hand to hold the knife, his body sank, his feet firmly planted on the grass, his expression turned cold.

　　"Then let's start now. You attack and I defend."

　　Rudy took a deep breath.

　　"Okay, then, I'll get started."

　　"Magic - Water Cannon, Size: 10! Speed: 10! Master Allen, I am angry. Please accept this blow filled with anger!"

　　As soon as he finished speaking, Rudy's chantless magic was instantly performed. A stream of crystal clear water was drawn out from the air and gathered in front of his hand like a whirlpool. In just a blink of an eye, the water flowed like a raging wave that was not yet released, sweeping violently 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 blew Rudy's hair away, and he couldn't help but take a step back, and was suddenly shocked.

　　"That's it, you used too much force, Alan!"

　　He looked up quickly, but his pupils suddenly contracted.

　　The scene of this moment was engraved in his mind, and he would still think of it from time to time many years later:

　　A 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 stagnate for a moment, and a sudden arc of light flashed in Rudy's pupils.

　　Rudy's face just began to show panic.

　　The water column split open.

　　In front of Alan, it floated lightly, like a balloon filled with air, and split vertically.

　　Smooth, without a single ripple.

　　Then, a column of water that seemed to have no weight suddenly poured down on Allen's side, plowing two deep furrows in the ground!

　　The grassy ground was completely blown away by the water column, revealing ugly mud ruts underneath.

　　A gust of wind blew by.

　　The grass under Alan's feet was intact, and was tangled and playful around his calves. He held the knife in the same posture as before, without any sign of changing his body shape.

　　The remaining ripples of the water column sprinkled on Alan's body, transforming the sunlight into a hazy halo that enveloped his body.

　　Alan smiled.

　　"Good, 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.

Chapter 27 Alan's strength, come on, Thunderstorm!

　　[Further gain the favor of Rudeus and Sylphy, and increase the participation of the childhood stage. ]

　　[Current stage: Infancy, cumulative participation score: 54 points. ]

　　[Comment: I didn't expect that pretending to be cool could win people's favor. ]

　　Alan frowned as he looked at the system panel floating in front of him.

　　"No, how am I showing off? Where does this good impression come from?"

　　He turned his head to look at Sylphy on the hillside, who was staring blankly in the direction of him and Rudy.

　　He turned and looked at Rudy, who was also in a daze.

　　'.baffling.'

　　"Hey, Rudy, stop being dazed. Increase your magic power and fire another one. Look, Sylphy is already fascinated by you."

　　Rudy blinked and got rid of the suspension bridge effect, then glanced at Sylphy on the top of the mountain, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

　　"Here I am, the slow-witted male protagonist. Damn it, this is the path I chose for myself."

　　"But, Alan's strength is stronger than I thought. He definitely didn't just glare at the water column. I couldn't even see him swinging his knife. I don't know why he said he wanted to keep his distance. If it was a normal fight, he would have been dead by now. He should have put the knife on my neck and said something nice like "I'm still a long way to go."

　　"No, we have to be serious. If we continue like this, we can't tell who Luo Qixi will look at next time."

　　Rudy, filled with a sense of crisis, took a deep breath and stretched out his hand towards Allen.

　　"Okay! Watch this!"

　　Alan's pupils constricted. In his sight, the water flow quickly gathered in front of Rudy, and instantly formed a turbulent flow that was larger than the wild boar's head. This time, it even soaked the grass stems in front of Rudy's feet.

　　With a loud bang, a rush of water rushed towards Alan's face!

　　"Twenty cuts."

　　Along with Alan's barely audible murmur, the water column that had encroached on his entire field of vision split apart again in front of him. However, this time, unlike what was expected, behind the water column was not Rudy's face as expected.

　　It is a rough stone.

　　"Water cannon! Rock cannonball!"

　　The two men moved so quickly that it wasn't until Allen split the water column that Rudy's voice echoed under the hills!

　　The rock shell broke through the water and stabbed towards Allen's face!

　　Because it had to be hidden by the water cannon, the rock cannonball that followed was only as big as Rudy's face. Even so, in this short moment, the rough edges and corners of the stone were still perfectly captured by Alan's dynamic vision, and the surrounding environment seemed to have entered slow motion:

　　The ambient sound suddenly disappeared.

　　The wind pressure swelled in Allen's chest, bringing with it the damp breath and the smell of earth. The rock shells slowly rotated in a clockwise manner, reflecting in Allen's dark gray pupils.

　　Alan slowly narrowed his eyes, the last breath still providing him with sufficient oxygen in his lungs. A warm current surged up his waist, and the embryonic nucleus in his abdomen oozed out gurgling Dragon Saint Fighting Qi, soaking and dyeing the endless original Fighting Qi.

　　'.Interesting, you have a rock cannonball hidden this time. Using the 20th cut will wear out the blade. If that's the case'

　　"Water God Style - Secret of Style."

　　'plucked.'

　　Alan suddenly broke free from the slow-motion perception. He slightly deviated the blade that was about to be sheathed away from the scabbard, and the tip of the knife rubbed the scabbard towards the ground. At the same time, Alan loosened the handle of the knife, flicked the handle with his knuckles filled with fighting spirit, and pushed it upwards.

　　In the blink of an eye.

　　The hilt of the knife suddenly shot up from his waist! With a clang, it bounced under the rock shell in front of him.

　　A gentle fighting spirit like a stream of water changed the trajectory of the rock cannonball. It raised its head and flew past Alan's cheek with a "whoosh" sound, blowing his bangs back.

　　The blade was hit by the rock shell in front of Allen's feet, making a series of tremors.

　　Alan stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife, then twisted it in the air and sheathed it.

　　Then he looked at Rudy who was making a funny power-transmitting gesture to him and began to applaud.

　　"Not bad, not bad. While one hand was preparing the water cannon, at the moment when the water blocked my sight, the other hand had already started preparing the follow-up rock cannon shells. Although it is not a mixed magic, it is more unexpected than a mixed magic."

　　"Everything can be taught by Beishen Liu. Even though you and I haven't learned Beishen Liu, it seems that you can understand its essence."

　　Rudy felt quite frustrated as he looked at the already messy ground beside Allen that had been plowed up again by the water cannon.

　　Although he had already expected that Alan would be able to resolve these two consecutive magic attacks without any injury, he still felt a little discouraged when he saw him doing it so easily.

　　"Is the gap between you and me so big? You just stood there and let me attack."

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