In the special spectator seats where Her Majesty the Queen and Duke Remy were.

  "It seems like Princess Chloe's current opponent is quite difficult, Your Majesty. According to Amelia, the daughter of the Marquess of Armavir, who is Princess Chloe's current opponent, is the strongest student in her year. She's even stronger than Amelia," said Duke Remy.

  "I see, Chloe's opponent this time is quite difficult, huh. But I'm confident that Chloe can defeat her. I believe in my own daughter," said Queen Kayana.

  While Duke Remy and Her Majesty the Queen were chatting, Duke Remy spotted someone he recognized in the crowd watching the tournament.

  "That person....." asked Duke Remy.

  -

  In the waiting room for the first-year participants.

  "By the way, Irene. Do you know how strong senior Nadine is? She's your cousin, right?" I asked.

  "I don't know much about her powers, but she can use ice magic and has inherited the ~San Lucia Art~ just like me," said Irene.

  "Charles did say that before. Even though senior Nadine isn't a member of the San Lucia family, she still inherited the ~San Lucia Art~, but I'm curious how she'll use it with that rifle," I said.

  -

  Back to the arena.

  "Are you two ready?" Miss Nora asked.

  "Yes," said Chloe and senior Nadine.

  "Then, the match begins!" Miss Nora said.

  Miss Nora immediately stepped to the side of the field.

  ~All Ability Boost 2x~

  Chloe immediately doubled all her abilities and prepared to fire.

  ~Fire Explosion Arrow: Quadruple~

  Chloe immediately fired four explosive arrows at senior Nadine. Due to Chloe's ~All Ability Boost~, the arrows also experienced an increase in speed. The four arrows quickly headed toward senior Nadine. But senior Nadine reacted quickly and grabbed her rifle.

  ~Great Frozen Explosion Bullet~

  Senior Nadine loaded a bullet into her rifle and fired one of the four arrows heading her way. She chose the arrow in the middle. The shot hit the arrow in the middle, and after hitting it, a large ice explosion occurred. The explosion caused the arrow and the other three arrows to freeze. The four frozen arrows fell to the arena floor and shattered.

  "What?!?!!" Chloe exclaimed in shock.

  Seeing Chloe's shock, Senior Nadine immediately prepared another bullet to fire at Chloe.

  ~Frozen Blunt Bullets~

  Senior Nadine made five bullets and loaded them all into her rifle. Then she prepared to shoot.

  *Bang

  Senior Nadine immediately fired her first bullet at Chloe. The bullet traveled so fast that Chloe couldn't react at all. The bullet struck Chloe's left shoulder and knocked the bow she was holding in her left hand off. Chloe was shocked when she was hit, but she was even more shocked by the impact it had caused.

  "What?! What happened? After being hit by that bullet, I couldn't move. It felt like my body was frozen," Chloe thought.

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  Senior Nadine certainly knew the impact of the bullet, and without further ado, she fired her gun at Chloe again.

  *Bang

  The second shot hit Chloe's right shoulder.

  *Bang

  The third shot hit Chloe's left thigh.

  *Bang

  The fourth shot hit Chloe's right thigh.

  *Bang

  And the final shot, fired at Chloe's head, struck her forehead. Chloe immediately fell backward after the bullet struck her forehead. The audience was shocked.

  "I-Is the match over?"

  "No way, did Princess Chloe lose?" asked the audience, wondering.

  They looked nervous, but their anxiety disappeared when they saw Chloe start to get back up again shortly afterward.

  "Ouch... ouch... that really hurt. That was a blunt bullet," Chloe said.

  "I didn't expect you to get back up, Princess Chloe. Usually, a blunt bullet is enough for me to defeat my opponents," said Senior Nadine.

  "It seems like it's thanks to the enhancement magic I performed earlier, so the effect isn't too dangerous. From now on, if you want to defeat me, you'll probably have to use sharp bullets, Senior," Chloe said.

  "If I use sharp bullets, I'm afraid i'll kill you, Princess Chloe. Don't worry, I can still defeat you without them," said Senior Nadine.

  Senior Nadine immediately prepared to make more bullets for her rifle, but Chloe had already grabbed her bow and was ready to attack her with her arrows.

  ~Fire Piercing Arrow: Sixtuplets~

  Chloe prepared to fire six arrows from her bow. However, as the arrows were fired, the number of arrows suddenly increased to 18. Senior Nadine was shocked to see this, but she immediately reacted by trying to dodge all the arrows.

  The arrows were extremely fast, but Senior Nadine was able to dodge them, though not all of them. Some of the arrows managed to hit her, though they were only scratches. The scratches were on her cheeks, hands, legs, stomach, and waist.

  "I'm lucky I only got scratched by those arrows. If I had been hit directly by those arrows, I don't know what would have happened," Senior Nadine thought.

  Senior Nadine thought this after seeing the arena floor and walls heavily damaged by the arrows.

  "But how come the arrows tripled, when the bow only had six arrows fired?" Senior Nadine thought again.

  Then she looked at Chloe and noticed some kind of hole in the top right and top left of Chloe.

  "What's that?" Senior Nadine asked, slightly surprised.

  "Hmmm, you're wondering what's surrounding me, huh, senior? These two holes come from my family's technique. I've been searching for a suitable technique for me and finally found this one. ~San Fulgen Art Fire Technique: Fire Pocket Pit~, every time I shoot an arrow from my bow, the two holes above me will also shoot the same arrow. For example, ~Fire Explosion Arrows~," said Chloe.

  Chloe then shot an explosive arrow at senior Nadine. When the arrow was shot from her bow, the same arrow also came out of the two holes above Chloe's head. So, a total of three explosive arrows shot towards senior Nadine. However, senior Nadine immediately prepared another ice bullet and fired it at the explosive arrow. The three arrows froze again and shattered.

  "So that's how it works. So far I can only create two holes, but this technique can actually create more," said Chloe.

  "If you can create so many holes with that technique, who knows how dangerous you'll be, Princess Chloe," said Nadine.

  "Let's end this conversation. I'm going to attack you again this time, so at least prepare yourself, senior," Chloe said.

  Chloe prepared to shoot again with her bow, but this time she aimed it upwards.

  ~Rain of Fire Arrows~

  Chloe fired an arrow upwards, and after it reached the top, it transformed into dozens of fire arrows that fell onto the arena. The hole above Chloe's head also shot the same arrow upwards, tripling the number of fire arrows falling onto the arena. The arrows were getting closer and closer, ready to rain down on the arena and, of course, senior Nadine.

  "I won't be able to dodge these arrows normally. It seems I have no choice but to use that magic," senior Nadine thought.

  Senior Nadine crouched down and placed both hands on the arena floor.

  ~O cold ice, fill this arena with icy chunks~

  ~Ice Magic: Field of Ice Floes~

  Suddenly, the floor of the tournament arena turned to ice, and chunks of ice began to appear on the arena. The ice chunks had various shapes: ice pillars, small hills and icebergs, and even ice domes, among others. Senior Nadine was currently inside the ice dome, and when the fire arrows began to rain down on the arena, she was protected from being hit by them.

  The ice chunks in the arena did not melt even though they were rained down by numerous fire arrows. Chloe was shocked to see this. Not only Chloe, but the rest of the audience was also shocked. They were shocked to see the arena transformed into a place filled with chunks of ice. After realizing the arena was safe from the hail of fire arrows, senior Nadine emerged from her ice dome.

  "You recited a spell earlier, right, senior? So this is high level magic?," asked a surprised Chloe.

  "Yes, but even though it's high level magic, it's not prohibited, as only attacks that result in death are prohibited. I only used this magic to protect myself from the hail of fire arrows, and this arena I transformed should at least help me defeat you later," ?senior Nadine said.

  "It's no surprise that you were able to defeat Princess Amelia, who can use her ~Garden of Rose~ area magic, since you can use area magic yourself," Chloe said.

  "But this magic is making me a little tired. It seems I must quickly defeat you before my stamina and mana run out, Princess Chloe. Let's finish this match quickly," senior Nadine said as she loaded a bullet into her rifle.

  -To be continued