Ever since he discovered that food could help a wizard apprentice adjust their bodies, the daily magic meal had become an unshakable part of his daily routine.
Under his guidance, Mary quickly became a captive of "delicious food" and accompanied him in a frenzy of eating. If it wasn't for the fact that he needed to "exercise" every time after eating to help the absorption of elemental active substances, Grimm would definitely have changed his meals to the magic meal.
For the next few days, every morning was his unshakable time to study magic knowledge. He needed to make full use of the A.I. Chip's help to instill a large amount of magic knowledge into his mind and then store it in a systematic way.
Noon was the most important time of the day to enjoy food. The two of them tasted most of the magic set meals provided by the Magus Tower and chose the one that was most suitable for them. Grimm's favorite was still the stir-fried heart and liver of a fire hound, while Mary's favorite was the blood of a wyvern.
The crazy expenditure of nearly 50 mana crystals per day resulted in the rapid growth of their Physique. Grimm's Physique would increase by 0.3 every day. As for Mary, although her growth wasn't as terrifying, she was still beaming with joy and looked very satisfied.
After eating the food, Mary would grab Grimm and beat him up in the afternoon. In the arena, Grimm became the best human punching bag and was tortured to death by Mary.
Facing Mary who was at full speed, Grimm could only barely catch her flickering figure with his noble headband. If he had been just a little bit slower in controlling the flow of flames in his hands, five shallow wounds would have appeared on his body.
In the first three days of the battle, Grimm was covered in wounds after every battle. His body, which had just gained a bit of toughness, was now covered with claw marks as if he had been trampled by hundreds of cat girls.
Grimm sadly found that without the help of magic puppets, he was simply looking for trouble by fighting Mary alone. Mary could even use the most gentle "touch" to reduce his life force to 1 point, but his waving fire pillars could not even touch the hem of her clothes.
Previously, he could use the sudden change of direction to catch Mary off guard, but the same technique was useless against an agile witch killer like Mary the second time. Without a suitable defensive spell, it would be impossible for Grim to defend against Mary's attacks with just the Burning Hand.
As for why he didn't use Flame Arrows and Flame Spears, there was no need to discuss it. Even a close-range spell like the Burning Hand could not catch Mary, let alone the Flame Arrow and Flame Spear, which needed 3 seconds to cast a spell.
In order to save some face for himself, Grim had to break his oath and secretly let the chip scan and store Mary's attacking methods and habits. He then built a small battlefield spellcasting support system. With the assistance of this system, the A.I. Chip could capture Mary's battle stance and use its rapid calculation ability to deduce where Mary would most likely appear and where she would most likely attack.
According to the A.I. Chip's calculations, Grimm finally managed to capture Mary.
Unfortunately, this short-lived success had enraged Mary. Under the continuous and ferocious attacks of a red phantom, Grimm did not even last for 5 seconds before he was reduced to a pile of HP.
At this point, Grim could not help but admire Mary for being able to accurately attack without the help of the A.I. Chip. This … this fully revealed her perfect control over her enemy's life force and her heart-wrenching savagery.
The Sorcerer Tower's arena also had many exquisite designs that were hard to imagine for outsiders. Sorcerer-Apprentices could choose between the two modes of sparring and life and death duels.
In the sparring mode, once an apprentice's HP fell to a dangerous level, any attack from the opponent would trigger the arena's defense mechanism, which would protect the injured apprentice in a protective barrier that was difficult for outsiders to break. However, there was no such defense mechanism in the life or death mode.
Mary's brilliance lay in the fact that she could reduce Grim to a pile of HP every time without triggering the arena's defense mechanism. This was what Grim feared the most!
Therefore, almost every afternoon became a painful journey for Grim to seek torture. Every time, he would be reduced to a pile of HP and dragged out of the arena by Mary. The only difference was how long he could last.
On the first day, he lasted for half an hour.
On the second day, he lasted for 15 minutes.
On the third day, he had the chance to last longer, but because he angered Mary, he was killed in 5 minutes.
On the fourth day, he lasted for half an hour. This was the most perfect coordination between him and the A.I. Chip.
On the fifth day, he managed to last for an hour without any damage. This was because his Flame Shield had appeared.
Yes, it was unexpected!
Under the pressure of the terrifying Blood Queen, Mary, Grim had mastered the prerequisite knowledge of the Flame Shield and successfully cast it before the start of the battle.
The Flame Shield was a shield-shaped defense spell made of condensed elemental flames. When the spell was successfully cast, it would automatically circle one meter around Grimm's body and hover around his body. Its area of defense was 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide. Not only did it have excellent physical and spell protection, it also had the ability to reflect damage in close combat.
Mary had tried it before. She used her high agility to get close to Grimm, but her sharp claws could not break through the fire shield to attack Grimm. The seemingly small Flame Shield turned out to be intelligent and could automatically adjust itself to the appropriate position to block all external attacks.
So far, Mary had not mastered any famous close-range combat skills. Her attacking methods were still relatively primitive. She relied more on her agility and her strong body to fight head-on. If there was any special method, it would be to use her Blood Wizard Power on her claws, so that her attacks could absorb the enemy's blood and nourish herself.
However, this kind of attack without any powerful means was destined to be weak. It was maintained at around 9-13 points each time. The Flame Shield's defense was as high as 35 points, which was not something that a normal attack from Mary could break.
Therefore, once Grim mastered the Flame Shield, he immediately turned the tide of the battle.
Previously, Grim had been struggling to defend himself, but Mary's storm-like attacks had slowly whittled him down. It would have been better if he had not tried to counterattack, as he could have lasted longer. Once he gave up on defense and tried to capture Mary's ghostly figure, he would be toyed with to death by her, and the consequences would be unspeakable.
But now, with the appearance of the Flame Shield, Mary's close combat attacks had not only failed to break it, but her claws had also been burnt black by the sudden explosion of the shield. Even her red dress, which did not have any defensive spells, had a few big holes burned.
It was rare for him to have the upper hand, and Grim was overjoyed.
While admiring Mary's voluptuous body, he loudly chanted the spell of Flame Arrow, using the exploding flames to chase after Mary's figure. For the first time, he no longer had to worry about having five claw marks that were neither deep nor shallow inexplicably appear on his body while he was in a daze.
Grimm's leisurely attack had obviously enraged Mary. In the 37th second, he was once again cut down by Red Dress Mary. But this time, the arena's defense mechanism was activated. A transparent barrier shielded him from view, while Red Robe Mary was bounced back by the barrier, revealing her charred body.
Grimm could not help but let out a long sigh when he saw Red Robe Mary glaring at him from behind the protective shield.
This Mary was still as competitive as ever!
With the strength of Mary's close combat attacks, it was impossible to break the Flame Shield, at least in theory!
But when Grim met the competitive Mary, even the A.I. Chip's calculations became unreliable.
In a fit of rage, Red Dress Mary withstood the Flame Shield's damage and did not retreat. She also withstood Grim's Flaming Hand's double fire attack. She struck the same spot on the Flame Shield with an unimaginable triple attack, and used the method of stacking damage to break Grim's tortoise shell.
Next, Grim became a "Spartan"!
The pain of elemental flames roasting flesh was not something an ordinary person could endure. Although Mary could rely on her powerful body's regeneration and Lifesteal Rebirth to recover, she could not avoid this painful process. She could only rely on her strong willpower to endure it.
She was not willing to let Grim overwhelm her even once in their daily training, even if it was just a little. She was actually willing to endure such great pain and torture. Her ruthlessness and stubbornness deeply moved Grim.
If he were to ask himself, he would definitely not be able to do this!
Facing this strong woman who was ruthless to her enemies and even more ruthless to herself, Grim could only write the word 'respect' in his heart!
But when he turned around, Grim secretly gave the A.I. Chip a new research topic.
How to use spiritual force to control the Flame Shield and dodge the enemy's stacking attacks?
But it was a pity that after the fifth day, Mary no longer dragged Grim to the arena to 'exercise'. Instead, she went to the public library of the Magus Tower and searched day and night for a way to break the elemental shield.
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