"Eat my big light cannon!"
Fíliya let out a soft roar and directly fired several beams of [Ordinary Attack Magic] at Frieren from different angles.
But clearly, such overly straightforward attacks would not have any effect. Fíliya herself didn't hallucinate that a few magic blasts would achieve any results; she merely wanted to test Frieren's reaction speed.
"Mm, very fast... but not fast enough."
Even though her attacks were all blocked, a smile emerged on the corners of Fíliya's mouth.
Because she had confirmed a fact... that [Ordinary Attack Magic] was absolutely effective against Frieren.
One had to realize that it took Solitär and Aura months of continuous special training under Fíliya before they finally developed a conditioned reflex to [Ordinary Attack Magic].
But a fellow like Frieren, who lived an extremely loose and undisciplined life, probably hadn't encountered a decent opponent since defeating the Demon King. Having lived a leisurely life for decades, it was even more impossible for anyone to have helped her with special training specifically targeting [Ordinary Attack Magic].
So this detestable white-haired long-lived species was just like the Demon Race; her impression of this new magic wasn't deep enough, and she had no way to rely on her own conditioned reflexes to block it.
Every time Frieren blocked [Ordinary Attack Magic], although her reaction speed far exceeded that of ordinary people, she indeed needed to spend that split second thinking.
Knowing this point was enough.
Fíliya once again blasted out countless rays of [Ordinary Attack Magic]. Although she felt that this method of suppressing the enemy through speed and quantity was extremely extravagant and lacked aesthetic sense, she had to admit that it was indeed very useful.
Even Solitär, who had already formed a [Conditioned Reflex], would be suppressed by her casting speed, let alone this white-haired elf who still needed a moment to think.
"Oh? What am I seeing? Is that a look of shock? If this thing has intelligence, would it regret letting me take the initiative?"
Fíliya's face finally revealed that trademark mischievous smirk of hers.
Since Frieren's underestimation of the enemy had already allowed her to gain an advantage, she absolutely had to seize this opportunity... Fíliya thought to herself.
Thus, her output frequency rose another notch, and Frieren's responses began to look stretched. After about a minute, the counterfeit Frieren simply decided to act as a shrinking turtle, using an omnidirectional [Defensive Magic] to lock herself away completely.
"Tsk... that is indeed a tactic befitting a blockhead. You think you're amazing just because you have a lot of mana?"
Looking at that fully covering dome glowing with silvery-white light, Fíliya immediately shook her head. She then raised her middle finger at Frieren, not caring whether this mud-doll imposter could understand it or not; as long as she vented her feelings, that was all that mattered.
"Well then, let me smash that turtle shell of yours."
As Fíliya spoke, she began to continuously compress her mana. What she intended to fire was precisely that compressed magic cannon, the same style as Solitär's.
To pierce the barrier of [Defensive Magic], one had to compress mana to a very high intensity level. Although she couldn't compress it to the exaggerated multiplier that Solitär could, it was very close.
But just as Fíliya fired that concentrated magic cannon, which was pitch-black throughout and laced with electric arcs, the [Defensive Magic] in front of Frieren also began to change its structure. It transformed from a completely silvery-white large dome into a shape covered in fish-scale patterns.
"Tsk... I'm really speechless. Every time I win a little advantage through mechanics, it always gets crushed back by you damn long-lived species using raw stats. Can't you come up with some new tricks?"
Fíliya immediately let out a complaint full of resentment.
Because she could see that Frieren was constantly reinforcing the performance of her [Defensive Magic], and her own compressed magic cannon indeed failed to pierce this spell formula, which was dozens of times more complex than ordinary [Defensive Magic].
The principle that [The performance of Defensive Magic should not be excessive] seemed to have become invalid in this instant.
However, this was also quite normal. This replica's mana was provided by the [Water-Mirror Demon], which meant this thing had even more mana than Frieren herself. Only by possessing nearly infinite mana could one possibly do something as foolish as strengthening the performance of [Defensive Magic] to this extent.
Fortunately, if it was just infinite mana, it wouldn't scare Miss Fíliya, because she knew very well... [Possessing infinite mana] and [Mobilizing infinite mana] were two completely different concepts.
Those unreasonable long-lived species, although their total mana capacity might be dozens or even hundreds of times that of humans, the mana they could mobilize in a single instant for an attack was at most two or three times that of a human. Such a gap wasn't enough to make one despair... at least, that was what Miss Fíliya believed.
"Alright, it seems everything before was in vain."
Seeing the expression on the mud-doll Frieren become a bit more solemn, Fíliya also understood that the advantage she had established at the beginning had vanished into thin air.
After the maneuver just now, this imposter had confirmed that Fíliya was an existence capable of threatening her. Therefore, [Underestimating the Enemy] and [Carelessness] would likely never happen again... In the end, it was Fíliya herself who had wasted quite a bit of mana for nothing. Mm... she estimated that next, she was going to experience the charm of [Stats] again, wasn't she?
Fíliya shook her head with a bitter smile, but she also immediately made herself ready.
Although she said that, the scene that followed still took her by surprise.
She saw a gigantic magic circle appear beneath Frieren's feet, followed by a tremor that felt like the earth moving and mountains shaking.
Fíliya hurriedly controlled her body to maintain balance, while simultaneously not giving up on attempting to interrupt that casting. However, Frieren still blocked her attacks with ease.
"Tsk... feels like my [Attack Power] is a bit lacking... Should I make a [Mid-Battle Breakthrough]?"
Fíliya murmured, then quickly browsed the System Store in her mind.
But looking at that eight-digit number she had raised so high... and thinking about how she was getting closer and closer to her [Ideal], she ultimately couldn't bear to spend the points.
Mm... anyway, the situation hadn't reached the worst point yet, had it... I don't believe I can't take out this white-haired elf with my own skills... Miss Fíliya thought, feeling slightly piqued.
And very quickly, the result of Frieren's spellcasting was displayed before Fíliya. Seeing that spectacular sight, she only felt the corners of her mouth twitching slightly.
"You can't be serious? After deactivating [Careless Mode], you immediately switched to [Cautious] Mode? Frieren, you fickle woman."
Fíliya curled her lips and complained, because beside Frieren, a gigantic golem had risen from the ground, and Frieren had used Flight Magic to jump directly onto the golem's shoulder.
"It's bad enough that you bully the weak with raw power, but now you have to get a summon to make it a two-on-one?... Frieren, the current you is truly despicable!"
Fíliya bit her lip lightly, staring back at those eyes looking down from above with a face full of displeasure.
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