Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 100: 100-Took You Long Enough

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Nikolai had completely lost his mind. Nora felt like that thought was a collective between her, Chima, and Hakyun, who had now come to stand beside them. They all watched with blank gazes as the boy squirmed, screaming in what could only be classified as pain as fur grew out of his body at an extremely fast rate, and his muscles contracted and bulged in a rather excruciating way to watch. He became a humanoid beast of brown and black striped fur, his uniform ripping apart as he grew several inches taller, his eyes glowing red with rage, and abysmally long fangs escaping the confines of his mouth. It only took an instant for the Nikolai they knew, the one they had shared classes with, to no longer exist. Nora swallowed. She could instinctively feel it. The current Nikolai was way above her pay grade. “This isn’t good,” noted Chima as sparks of flame blossomed at his fingertips. He was a smart one, and he knew delaying would only put them in trouble because a battle was impossible to avoid. Hakyun bit his lower lip. “What exactly is the plan here? Because I don’t think we can knock him out without going for the kill. And I really don’t want to have to fight a battle to the death with my classmate.” Nora glanced at Hakyun. “We honestly don’t have the time to be thinking about that. He’s going to—” The rest of her words caught in her throat as a puff of air blew upon her from above. Her gaze shifted, shock etched on her face as Nikolai, who had been at least thirty feet away from where she stood, manifested above her, his abnormally large claws slashing through the air as it came for her. He was going in for the kill. Nora moved quickly. She wove her mana into the air, summoning a powerful upward current of rising air. A visible updraft manifested before her, condensed to form a wall, and Nikolai’s attack struck that instead of her. The beast-boy bounced off, the resulting momentum of his force slamming with that of Nora’s air wall hurling him back. Nora didn’t delay a bit and put some further space between her and Nikolai, her breaths heavy and her body still shivering at the fact that her life had just flashed before her eyes. “Nora!!” Chima and Hakyun called out in unison, dazed by how quickly the altercation they had just witnessed had happened. “I don’t know what’s happened to him, but that’s no longer Nikolai,” Nora voiced as she landed on her knees. “I really would have died just now.” Chima frowned. “The steroid has messed with his brain.” He grit his teeth. “So there’s no other way?” “A professor should know what to do,” Hakyun noted. “That’s what Merlin went to do, isn’t it? Let’s just try to hold him back until Merlin returns.” Nora stood up. “I agree. I don’t think I’d fancy killing my mate.” Chima nodded. “Then let’s do this.” Nikolai stood up, his breaths visible in the night air as he growled. He hunched over slightly and roared so loud, producing shockwaves that shook the trees of the Open field. Then he lunged forward. Nora, Chima, and Hakyun had already set up their plan, though. Wings made of air burst out of Nora’s back and she took flight, her figure appearing just beneath the bright radiance of the moon in a second. Chima produced chains of fire. While Hakyun took three steps back, and as his Grimoire took flight, so did countless pieces of stones and pebbles lying around. Nora had only fought in a team with Chima before, and as such had no idea of Hakyun’s strengths, despite having watched the boy during practical classes. However, Chima had been in teams with both of them; he was well aware of what they could do, at least to some degree, and that was why she had let him come up with the plan as to how they took down Nikolai. Hopefully it worked. Chima burst forward, sparks of fire emitted under his feet, propelling him forward so quickly that it only took two seconds for him to cover the distance between him and Nikolai. And as soon as he bobbed up before the beast-boy, he clenched his jaw and flung his cha