Elite Monsters in the Arena

"Shanna! This is the seabed. The humidity is too high, so fire-based Curses will be twice as effective with half the effort!"

From afar, Bell saw his little sister waving her Wand and firing scorching fireballs one after another, and he could not help calling out a reminder.

"But I really want to use the Explosion Curse."

After knocking back the enemy before her with a Magic Power Impact, Shanna took a moment amid the chaos to say that she was not someone who changed her mind at every turn. Her love for the Explosion Curse was unwavering!

"Uh... maybe you could try Ice Explosion?"

Breaking out in a sweat, Bell tried to suggest it.

"That's right!"

Shanna suddenly saw the light.

Although Ice Explosion lacked the spectacular, spark-filled display of the Explosion Curse, the sight of ice crystals dancing through the air possessed a beauty of its own.

Enlightened by her brother, Shanna twisted her Wand and unleashed a skyful of diamond-shaped Ice Cones, sending them crashing toward the enemies charging at them once again.

The Ice Cones were clearly far more imposing than the flames from before. Besides the effects of the environment, this was also because Shanna was more proficient with ice-based Curses.

So why was Shanna so obsessed with the Explosion Curse?

That was a question...

The battle ended before long. Of course, it was not because the team left behind had quickly been defeated by Hermione's "valiant" performance. Rather, after receiving a signal from their companions, the other two teams that had gone out soon rushed back.

The enemy reinforcements had arrived. Outnumbered, Bell decisively chose to...

"Run for your life!"

With a loud shout, Bell cast a Protego Totalum barrier between the two sides, then took off running without looking back.

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