CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: HOLY GIRL: I CHALLENGE YOU ALONE!

Logan’s voice echoed across the whole school field.

For a moment, everyone was shocked into silence.

On the stands, the audience rubbed their ears, not believing what they had just heard.

"What the heck? He wants to fight nearly 300 challengers alone?"

"It must be a hallucination. There’s no way someone is that stupid. That’s basically suicide."

"But... I think I also heard Logan say he wants all the challengers to fight him at once."

"..."

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

Principal Mark sat among the students, his fists clenched tightly. "That kid always surprises me."

"But why not just make a few million easily? Fighting 300 people at once? If he loses, that’s a big loss."

On the main stage.

Nancy Priest and Julia heard Logan’s words and both looked in disbelief, like statues frozen in place.

Plop!

Natalia placed her glass on the table, a little wine still on her lips from almost spitting it out. "That guy has guts!"

Then, Natalia stood up and gave orders to the challengers on the field. "Go ahead, just like Logan said."

"If Logan beats all 300 of you, the match is over. He wins by default!"

After hearing the City Lord’s words, the challengers all widened their eyes.

He’s crazy! The City Lord must be crazy!

How can one person fight 300 people at once?

Just having each of them send out two familiars would be enough to kill Logan hundreds of times over.

The challengers were thinking about it and started shaking their heads.

Evelynna stood in the middle of them, and her eyes turned cold.

Why? If Logan fights 300 people alone, does that mean he automatically wins?

Natalia, are you really not giving me even a fair chance?

As she thought this, a burning anger filled her heart. Her eyes toward Logan were now full of coldness.

"Since the City Lord has ordered it, knights of the Temple, you all step forward and give Logan a real test. Let him see the power of the Temple Knights!"

With that command, the Temple knights, who had been hesitating before, all nodded and moved toward Logan.

Beside them, the City Guard soldiers first shook their heads in disbelief, then followed the knights’ steps.

In an instant, the field was filled with waves of energy. A colorful familiar space was opened by the challengers one after another.

One by one, their familiars stepped out of the spaces and roared toward Logan.

Soon, Logan was surrounded by hundreds of familiars, with no way to escape from any direction.

"Logan, it’s not too late to give up!" A 40-year-old challenger stepped forward, his eyes full of pity. "Hundreds of elite-level familiars are attacking you. Even a master-level familiar tamer would be badly hurt. One wrong move, and you could even die!"

Logan felt the man’s kindness and smiled, shaking his head. "I’m in a hurry. Just get on with it!"

Seeing that Logan was determined, the challenger stopped trying to persuade him. He went back to the group of challengers, but kept shaking his head.

Logan, Lilith, and Kerparos stood quietly and waited.

When the last familiar appeared, Kerparos finally lifted his eyes and looked around at the others. "Hmph, so weak."

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

Three loud, terrifying roars echoed out, creating a powerful wave that swept across the whole school field.

"Howl of Terror!"

Kerparos’ 153 mental power instantly filled all the familiars with fear.

The sound of crying and crying filled the air. Many familiars trembled and fell to their knees.

Some of the weaker ones were so scared they fainted on the spot.

Even their masters—300 challengers—were so terrified by the three roars that they lost their senses and forgot how to control their familiars.

Even people on the stands, especially those with weaker familiars, were so shocked they pulled their heads back in fear.

If it weren’t for the protection spell on the stands, many of the audience would have fainted right then.

"That... that’s terrifying. What kind of familiar is that?"

"Can control ice, fire, and lightning—that’s already crazy enough. How come it can also use such a terrifying mental attack?"

"Oh my god, is Logan’s second familiar also an A-level?"

Most of the audience didn’t know much about the Three-Headed Hell Wolf, so they had no idea who Kerparos was.

But just from a few of his skills, Kerparos already left a deep impression on them.

"These high school students are really scary. That three-headed wolf could probably rank among the best in the whole federation."

As the audience was talking, Evelynna leaned against the edge of the field, her head throbbing as if she’d been hit by a hammer.

Elf Siel opened a wind shield, and her face showed a bit of fear—she had also been affected a little.

Beside them, Diana was pale, her eyes locked on Kerparos, her teeth clenched in anger.

Just a moment ago, she had used [Purifying Light] twice to protect Evelynna and Elf Siel.

Because of that, she hadn’t had time to cast a holy light shield of her own, and had been scared by Kerparos’ [Howl of Terror].

Even worse, Logan was now looking at her with a mocking smile and giving her the middle finger.

"Damn you! You wait until I get you!"

As Diana was about to explode with anger, Kerparos on the field moved again.

The wide-range mental attack had already taken control of the battle.

Looking at the terrified army of familiars in front of him, Kerparos smiled cruelly.

"Blizzard!"

"Fire Tornado!"

"Chain Lightning!"

Three angry roars echoed out, and Kerparos’ three heads started charging up magic at the same time.

Soon, lightning, fire, and ice blades shot out in all directions, quickly covering the entire field and surrounding all the challengers and their familiars.

"Kerparos, don’t kill anyone!" Logan’s voice echoed. Kerparos gave a grumble and nodded, then stopped casting.

Without Kerparos leading the attack, the powerful magic storm that had just been raging disappeared in an instant.

But even just a few seconds of attack was enough to leave every challenger injured, none of them untouched.

Seeing the scene, the audience was speechless for a moment.

On the main stage, Natalia stood up quickly, her heart beating fast.

She knew Kerparos was strong, but she hadn’t expected that, after making a contract with Logan, this Three-Headed Hell Wolf still had such terrifying power.

Beside her, Nancy Priest looked at the Temple Knights lying all over the field, her face dark with worry.

Unlike the City Guard soldiers, the Temple Knights had been trained and developed with a lot of resources.

Each one was a strong fighter, capable of handling things on their own.

Compared to the City Guard soldiers, the Temple Knights could fight ten enemies each.

But now, Nancy Priest’s proud Temple Knights were lying on the ground just like the City Guard soldiers, and it was hard to tell them apart.

"Damn it! Those who insult the gods are insulting the gods’ power!" Nancy Priest’s voice was full of authority, and soon, the [Tears of the Gods inside the Temple Knights started to react.

Soon, some of the challengers on the field began to glow with holy light.

As the light spread, the Temple Knights opened their eyes one by one.

The injuries they had suffered from ice, fire, and lightning were healing quickly before everyone’s eyes.

Even their familiars stood up again under the influence of this holy power.

Seeing this, Logan and Kerparos were both surprised.

Then, Kerparos spoke with a mocking tone: "I thought what it was, it’s just the Temple cheating! They give their believers and soldiers strong medicine, using up their lives!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone on the field showed a look of fear.

Even Natalia turned to look at Nancy Priest, her eyes full of disappointment: "I warned you, and yet you still pulled these tricks. You really didn’t disappoint me!"

She said that, then patted her leg, showing no real anger toward Nancy Priest.

In her opinion, if it could bring out Logan’s real power, cheating wasn’t such a bad thing.

So Natalia just spoke out clearly: "Logan! That’s the Temple’s strong medicine. This kind of recovery isn’t endless. Keep fighting, and soon they won’t be able to stand up again!"

Her voice quickly spread through the City Guard camp.

The audience understood what the Temple was up to.

"That’s so sneaky. Letting the Temple Knights hide among the challengers and use their super healing to wear down the defenders."

"The point is, when they meet a Holy Girl, they’ll just be defeated easily. But when they face Logan, they’ll fight back hard and drain his strength."

"Disgusting!"

Evelynna listened to the crowd’s anger, and her lips trembled slightly.

She turned to look at the stage, locking eyes with Nancy Priest: "Teacher, you really don’t have any confidence in me?"

Then Evelynna was about to step forward to stop the chaos.

But before she could get close, Lilith had already transformed into her [Infernal Lord Form] and cast [Life Drain] on the hundreds of Temple Knights on the field.

No matter how strong their life energy was, it was useless against Lilith’s terrible power.

Plop!

The first Temple Knight fell to the ground, and no holy light appeared on him again.

Thanks to Lilith’s precise control, she left just a little bit of life in him, so he wasn’t killed.

Then the second, third, and dozens more Temple Knights fell one after another, just like the first.

Seeing this, Evelynna was shocked. She hadn’t expected Logan to have a way to stop Nancy Priest’s trick so quickly.

If Logan finished all the challengers, she would really lose.

In an instant, a feeling of frustration filled her heart.

"Logan! You haven’t won yet! I’ll fight you one-on-one!"

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