The towering stone peaks stood like fearless soldiers, densely spread across the vast Colosseum like an enormous chessboard.
The Granite Stone Forest resembled karst terrain somewhat, but it was not a landscape carved by flowing water.
Granite's primary component was Silicon Dioxide, and neither water nor weathering eroded it much. Only hard glaciers could easily cleave it apart.
For that very reason, this granite landscape—whether naturally cut or artificially imitated—also possessed several straight, level roads.
Arro and Knan Nabbi stood facing one another on one such straight road.
Wind and sand swept past, making the fine gravel whisper and rustle.
Arro narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Knan Nabbi over a hundred meters away, one hand gripping the hilt of his Knight's Longsword.
"After having your Shadow Element spells and Summoned Creatures banned, what tricks do you have left?"
Arro bluntly voiced his question.
"You enrolled halfway through, so you probably never received a complete wizard's initiation, did you? Today, I'll teach you an important lesson for free," Knan Nabbi said calmly. "Knowledge can pry open power!"
Knowledge could pry open power?
Arro's eyebrows rose slightly.
How could he, born into a wizarding family, not understand that principle?
The key was how to pry it open, not merely talking about it.
Looking at Knan Nabbi, who was neither too far nor too near, Arro once again felt the lack of ranged options at his disposal. If he had a few long-range methods, he could probe what Knan Nabbi was relying on.
Soon. Once I deal with the problem in front of me, I'll have time to learn new Tricks. Further Alchemy research can also give me more ranged options.
With that thought in mind, Arro put on a mocking expression and provoked him with words. "That sounds pretty