Extra Pages: The Author's Odyssey
Chapter 75: A Night Filled With Blood [5]

Slash

With a slash sound his hand instantly cut, and he could not even feel l when it happened.

His hand dropped onto the ground and his blood began to flow through his shoulder.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhha" Samuel screamed, it was just a signal mistake but he had to pay the price high.

Lucas dropped to the ground, and with the support of his sword, he was able to stand again.

Lucas looked at the screaming figure of Samuel, and a creepy smile came to his face.

With bloodied teeth and that creepy smile of Lucas, he looked like a demon himself.

He turned his head towards Isabella and cursed her. "You bitch, is this what you called 2 minutes? It's been already 8 minutes you fucking psycho. What if this bastard killed me?"

Isabella had a remorseful expression on her face, she knew that Lucas was in this mess because of her.

If Lucas wanted he could have left her to die alone but he did not, and there is no excuse for what Isabella did.

But she did this because she wanted to use her most powerful magic spell which takes a lot of mana to use, so she could end this all at once.

Isabella reached towards Lucas with her head hung low.

"Sorry," she muttered Lucas an apology.

"I don't need your sorry, instead of sorry you have to take care of them," Lucas said as he pointed fallen figure of Samuel who was desperately trying to stop his bleeding and his last puppet who stood there with a dull look in her eyes...

Isabella looked towards them and her eyes became full of hatred. Isabella looked back at Lucas.

"Don't worry leave everything to me, you can rest now."

"Oh, you don't have to tell me, I'm planning to do that," Lucas said as he slowly sat on the ground with the support of his sword.

Seeing Lucas's condition, Isabella leaned down toward him and took one of his hands.

Not expecting skin contact with Isabella, Lucas flinched and tried to take back his hand but he could not do so as there was no strength left in them.

"Just stop for a moment, I'm trying to help you."

"Help me? Last time I checked you are not a healer."

"I'm giving you some of my mana."

"what? why would idiot? You have to fight them, don't you?"

"don't worry I have plenty of mana left even if give you some."

"But how?"

"When I was gathering mana I also gathered extra mana to my [ Mana Storage ] spell."

Lucas was shocked for a moment, he didn't write anything like Mana stored in his novel at all.

'Yet another discovery I found about this world...'

"How much mana have you gathered right now?" Lucas asks curiously.

Isabella looked at Lucas for a moment before answering.

"Leaving aside my usual mana, I had gathered up to [ C-] rank mana in [ Mana Storage ] spell.

'That is a lot of mana...'

"Now just quit for a moment and let me concentrate myself."

Isabella said as she closed her eyes. A light pink hue appears on Isabella's hand and that mana begins to transform into Lucas.

Lucas was finally able to feel mana inside his body, He could also feel some of his wounds didn't hurt as much as they did before.

Mana is not a healing power but mana can accelerate the healing of a person's wound and that it was Lucas's feeling right now.

"Also I was able to break through the next rank, my current rank is [ E+]. This is also one of the reasons I could not come to help you."

Lucas was shocked, not anyone could just through to the next rank during the fight.

Yet somehow she was able to do it.

'she is a crazy mage, as her title said in future.' Lucas thought as shook his head.

A few seconds later Isabella let off his hand.

"There, you can relax now," she said to Lucas and started to walk toward Samuel and his last remaining puppet.

"Hey, Isabella." before she took a few steps forward Lucas called her.

She turned to him.

"What is it?"

Lucas hesitates for a moment but decides to say what is in his mind.

"Ah, umm, we'll Don't get your ass kicked by them."

Isabella frowned for a moment at the 'ass' word but she just shook his at the antics.

"I told you many times but please don't use vulgar words," she said to Lucas but like always there was no anger.

If Lucas could focus on her face there was a small smile.

"Well then see you later."

With She's gone to fight against Samuel.

***

"You crazy bitch, look what have you done to my arm." Samuel who was able to stop his bleeding somehow said to Isabella.

Isabella looked at the hand she had cut with her wind magic, from Isabella's perspective it was a fine clean cut.

That spell had cut his arm like nife cut butter at ease.

A smirk came to Isabella's lips after she did her fine work.

"I think it's perfect for a crazy bastard like you," Isabella said to Samuel, Samual angst has reached its peak.

No one had ever humiliated him like that since he started to attend Nova Academy.

He could get anything he wanted with his power, and make others do his bidding while he just watched and yet just Two first-year hero students are making him this humiliated.

"You will be sorry for what you said," Samuel said as he turned towards the last puppet he had.

"Liz beat her to death but don't kill her, my lord has some use for her."

Hearing Samuel command Liz white pupils locked onto Isabella with a dull gaze.

Liz took a martial arts stance, she bent her waist a little forward took her right foot parallel to her shoulder and made a fist with her hand.

Seeing Liz taking martial arts stances, Isabelle knew that Liz was the worst opponent she could hope for right now.

But she also has some tricks in her hand. After the incident in the 'ArtefactsRoom' Isabella had learned [Enhanced Spell]

[Enhanced Spell] allows the user to harden their body and this spell also absorbs the physical attack of the enemy.

"[Enhanced Spell]" Isabella muttered as her body began to hard, her normal skin becoming metal in its endurance.

The enhanced resilience of her body, coupled with the spell's ability to absorb physical attacks, levelled the playing field, making her a more formidable adversary in close combat.

With a determined expression, Isabella initiated her approach, closing the distance between her and Liz. The clash of martial arts and enhanced mage abilities unfolded in a series of dynamic movements.

Samuel was watching all of this with a smirk on his face from a distance.

Liz's strikes were precise and calculated, each movement a testament to her martial prowess. Isabella, despite her mage background, showcased newfound physical resilience and agility. The enhanced spell allowed her to absorb and deflect Liz's attacks, turning what would have been a one-sided confrontation into a more evenly matched duel.

Isabella's mage abilities blended seamlessly with the refined movements of Liz's martial arts, creating a spectacle that held the attention of everyone present.

As the battle unfolded, Isabella's strategic mind worked to replace openings in Liz's defences. The clash of contrasting combat styles continued, each participant pushing the other to their limits.

After what felt like an eternity Isabella found a gap in Liz's defence.

Not wanting to lose this only chance Isabella closes the distance between them in an instant.

Isabella raised her right hand and hit Liz's left which guarding her shin, not giving her time to recover Isabella hit Liz's shin with her upper-cut.

Liz's head rolled back blood coming out of her mouth, for a moment Isabella thought she won but she was very wrong.

While Liz's head was rolled somehow she did a perfect summersault, landing on her feet perfectly she kicked Isabella on her stomach.

Not able to endure the pressure of her attack skids across the ground.

Isabella somehow able to stop herself and looked at Liz with cold eyes.

"Anyone else would be knocked out by that much but she is still standing like nothing happened," Isabella muttered to herself as she stood up on her feet.

'Can't believe how Lucas was able to fight 9 of them.' Isabella thought with a smile.

"But I was not gathering that much mana for nothing." Isabella as she took out her magic wand from AI Bracelet.

"Get ready here came my strongest attack" Isabella shouted as a large amount of heat was gathering around her.

"Fire magic:- Dragon Breathe."

As Isabella chanted the incantation, a mystical spectacle unfolded. Above her head, the ethereal manifestation of a dragon began to take shape. The majestic creature hovered, its presence commanding attention with intricate details that made it feel almost lifelike.

The dragon's head materialized with scales glimmering in hues of crimson and gold, catching the ambient light in a mesmerizing dance. Its eyes, ablaze with the essence of fire, held an otherworldly intensity. The snout elongated gracefully, and as the form continued to materialize, the large head projected a sense of power and ancient wisdom.

The dragon's breath, a fiery exhalation, streamed out of its mouth with a vivid, almost tangible quality. The flames danced with a lively essence, flickering and undulating as if responding to the dragon's consciousness. The warmth emanating from the spectral display added to the illusion, making it appear as if the dragon's breath could scorch all in its path.

Isabella stood beneath this manifestation, a conduit for the awe-inspiring display of Fire Magic. The dragon's presence, vivid and vibrant, conveyed a fusion of magical energy and elemental might.

"Now attack." with that Isabella launched her spell.

At full speed, it heats where Liz is standing. She doesn't have a chance to defend herself with this kind of power.

-BOOM

-BOOM

The earth shook as the dragon hit the ground with it's its blast.

No one knows if Lize was alive or not.