"Rua!"
Kuru, who had been playing dead, seized the chance to fire a Frozen Ray. It missed again, but gave Tang Qi an opening to float over the wave before him with Yiwu's help.
His blade tore through the air, slashing toward the "Dwarf's" neck!
Clang!
Reacting just in time, the Doppelganger cast [Shield Spell], easily blocking the blade!
The Doppelganger sneered and pointed his staff behind Tang Qi. Curling the fingers of his other hand, he drew up a loose stone submerged in the pool:
"[Catapult Spell]."
Spurred by [Alertness], Tang Qi moved his legs almost instantly, using Yiwu's pull to dodge sideways.
But the stone arrived in a flash. Though Tang Qi tried to roll away, it still slammed squarely into his left knee.
Bone-deep pain forced a gritted-teeth scream from him as he stumbled into the pool.
The waves immediately pushed him beside the immobilized Hope, then swept both Tang Qi and the little dragon up in the water—
As a Spellcaster who studied the [School of Transmutation], the Doppelganger handled transmutation spells with effortless skill, accomplishing things ordinary wizards could not.
With no other options, Tang Qi began hurling insults:
"Turn into a Dwarf and even your horizons shrink? Now you can only aim at people's knees?"
"Hiss—"
Strictly speaking, he did not count as a Dwarf.
But perhaps it was an instinct that came with shapeshifting—
Transforming did not give him the target's personality or memories.
To imitate a target better, Doppelgangers often followed them, observed their habits, and copied them.
As a result, whenever he assumed another appearance, he instinctively slipped into the role.
Hearing Tang Qi's Dwarf-bashing insults now, he actually felt a flicker of anger.
Enough to send his head swimming—
"Damn it, is this a spell?"
Only then did he realize