Reborn in another world as a Hermaphrodite

As everyone expected, Azir easily blocked it with a single water barrier that appeared instantly.

Seeing the barrier still up after the spell, Evelyn began casting a fireball as a ball of flame appeared above her.

The fireball began to increase rapidly in size, skipping the condensation part to waste as little time as possible.

Just as Evelyn was about to launch toward Azir, the water barrier suddenly started moving forward.

She quickly directed the fireball, breaking a massive hole right through the barrier before continuing forward, not wasting any time.

But to everyone's surprise, there was another set of rock barriers that soaked up the rest of the damage.

With both attacks neutralized Evelyn realized he was just trying to burn as much of her mana as possible.

Yet, she continued to attack, casting all attacking spells at him, from light orbs to ice popsicles.

Every attack was blocked, almost like a turtle shell that could tank as much damage as possible.

"Is that all you got?"

Azir finally appeared out of his barriers, looking over to Evelyn, who looked exhausted from using so much mana.

"You won, my Highness. I cannot beat your defense."

Seeing Evelyn not even wanting to resist any further, Azir seemed a little annoyed.

Especially the way she said it out loud made it sound as if he was too scared to fight back.

"Brother, is that all you got? Using all defenses to beat a girl?" One of the kids on the other side yelled.

"Shut up, Bella! If you can live through this, you can leave."

A massive fireball began to form right above Azir, yet Evelyn didn't move a single bit.

She didn't even try to defend herself as the fireball began flying right into her face.

"Evelyn!"

As she turned her head to look at Luna, her body disappeared as a kill count was added to Azir's counter.

The four of them were visibly upset seeing Evelyn eliminated from the competition, but they knew it was only a matter of time.

"Who's next?"

"I am."

Luna quickly got up from her seat, preventing the other three from getting up.

"What's your name?" Azir asked as the archmage created a gap within the barrier to let Luna in.

"My name is Luna. You're going to pay for what you did to my sister——"

Before Luna even finished talking, she launched a water orb right at Azir, hoping the sneak attack would work.

Unfortunately, he was fully expecting it as he raised a small rock to block it at the very last second.

Still, some of the water got onto his hair and clothes, making him look like a wet dog.

"Very well, you're going to make me use my full power."

Just as Azir finished talking, Luna had already prepared several spells of her own, launching them again at his head.

But this time, Azir cast a mini water barrier onto his arm, using it to block her spell before firing a fireball at Luna.

Within seconds, Luna dodges it with a roll before throwing back more spells right at him.

The back-and-forth was starting to make the battle much more interesting, especially since Azir didn't use his turtle tactics.

Soon, everyone could tell Azir was starting to run out of mana.

The amount of mana he needed to block Evelyn's attack earlier was starting to haunt him.

"Why didn't he just make smaller barriers earlier?" Mary curiously asked.

"Because Evelyn was blasting him from all angles... She only lost because she just didn't have more mana than him." Alex answered.

As the battle continued to rage on, Azir was the first one to make a move as he charged forward.

Luna was caught off guard by the sudden charge, but she quickly cast a wind blade right into his body.

Several of them pierced right through his arms and legs, but it wasn't enough to eliminate him.

Within a few steps, Azir cast a light orb right into her face, eliminating Luna as she disappeared from the competition.

"Prince Azir, please do not try something so abrupt."

A lay of green light appeared, healing all of the stab wounds on Azir's body before he stood back up.

"Sorry Teacher... Ahem, who wants to fight next——"

"Step aside, Azir. You already ran out of mana. Give someone else a try." The girl on the other side complained.

After a short silence, he stepped back, being let out of the barrier as the archmage looked back at his group.

"Who wants to go next?"

"I'll go."

As the girls who insulted Azir earlier stepped up into the barrier, the three looked at each other.

"Alex, should I go first?" Sophia quietly asked as she didn't rush in like the other two.

"No. You should go last. Mary, you should go first."

"Okay."

As Mary stepped up, the princess on the other side was a little annoyed by the opponent.

"You guys really sent a little kid to fight me?"

Without saying a single word, Mary immediately launches a fireball she had already prepared right at her face.

Within seconds, a water barrier was raised, blocking the explosive damage as the fireball disappeared.

This time, the princess didn't bother talking as she directed a water stream right at Mary.

Mary quickly raised a rock barrier, blocking the water as Sophia and Alex could see her casting another spell underneath.

As the water stream ended, the rock barrier was immediately lowered, revealing her orb of darkness.

It quickly flew right toward the princess, barely missing her head as it destroyed her long ponytail into loose hair.

"How dare you!"

As several of the girls on the other side yelled out in anger, the princess didn't seem to be mad.

Instead, her face was full of respect, treating Mary as a legitimate threat.

"What's your name?" The princess asked as she blocked another wave of the spell.

"My name is Mary, Your Highness."

"Sorry about my disrespect earlier. I didn't mean to offend you... My name is Bella, by the way."

As the two talked, their hands and legs didn't stop a single bit as they continued casting and dodging each other's spell.

The battle was much more mobile than the previous two, as neither side tried to stand still to cast overwhelming attacks or defenses.

It almost looked like a dance as both sides exchanged spells, trying to catch the other side off guard.

However, as time went on, both Alex and Sophia could tell Mary was on the verge of losing.

Her body was full of sweat, and her spell began to take much longer than before.

She was now a sitting duck if she didn't pull off something drastic, as Bella didn't show any sign of exhaustion.

"Take this!"

Hundreds of dark orbs appeared, flying right toward Bella as Mary made one last offense.

A light barrier appeared, blocking most of the dark orbs before being broken by several of them.

As the light barrier disappeared, much to Mary's disappointment, there was another layer of barrier underneath.

It was just a super thin layer of wind, just enough to block the one that made it past the light barrier.

"I lost."

Mary surrendered as her body was completely exhausted beyond belief, with her mana completely dried up from the mass attack.

"You did very well. You're the first one who made me reveal my double barrier...

But I have to eliminate you. Sorry, Mary——"

Just as Bella's fireball flew towards Mary, the archmage barrier suddenly shattered into pieces.

Within the blink of an eye, the fireball disappeared, and all three of the kids, along with Luqing, also disappeared into thin air.

"What! Who's there?"

The archmage immediately flew down to the emperor's kids before casting a massive barrier that covered all of them.

After waiting for a bit, nothing happened, as if what just happened was just an illusion.

But the fact that four people just disappeared out of nowhere told them something did just happened.

"Teacher, what happened?" Azir nervously asked as he had never seen his teacher so scared.

"Nothing... You all stay in this circle, okay? Don't any of you leave outside until I say so."

All of them listened as they remained there, waiting for the archmage to say something as he stepped out himself.

Standing still, he began scanning the entire area, only to find not a single living being near them.

But seeing none of the kill counts being added, he knew something or someone had saved those three kids.

"Damn it... I knew I should have just eliminated them myself."

With a sign, the archmage dropped the barrier before letting all of them go free.

"Teacher, what was that thing?" Bella curiously asked, seemingly a little intrigued by the sudden interruption.

"Probably some cultivator's attack... They are the only ones who could go that fast."

The archmage started casting some sort of spell as if he was setting up some sort of suppression zone.

A glowing light began to spread all over the place, making the kids realize that the situation was much more serious than they expected.

"Huh, weird... I can't find them anywhere." The archmage murmured as the light disappeared within a second.