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Chapter 182: Trapped

Nyxaris was levitating over the battlefield, observing her finished work. The five white pillars stood in place, and she knew the formation was successful, despite it being the first time she had performed such high-level magic.

However, to accomplish this feat, a price had to be paid, and her magical reserves were now completely empty.

"M-Master… I… I can't…" She was unable to continue speaking.

"It's okay. You did a good job." The voice of her Master resonated in her mind. "Go rest."

With a great sense of accomplishment, Nyxaris closed her eyes and transformed back into her ring form, which was promptly caught by James and placed on his finger.

"You just made a grave mistake!" The witch bellowed with rage. "Now you are trapped in here with me. I will rip you apart until you give me what I want."

Primum roared and tried to bite her head.

The witch scoffed at the attempt and moved aside. "These useless creations of yours are not going to save you!" She moved at an unnatural speed and launched herself at the draconic creature, aiming to punch its head.

"The barrier is to prevent your escape, and my creations are far from useless… Primum!"

The chimera perked up at hearing his voice.

"You can stop holding back now. The barrier will protect the others," he said.

The witch didn't understand what James was talking about, but it was too late to rethink her strategy as she was now right next to the creature's head.

"Oh…" It was then that she saw it.

Primum opened its mouth slightly, and a deadly miasma emerged from it, covering everything in its surroundings. The creature had been avoiding using any of its most deadly moves because it was afraid of hurting the other students, but mostly for Bella, who was also there.

"Ah!" The witch used her legs to hit the sides of Primum and pushed herself away from it.

The miasma had merely touched her right arm and dissolved her clothes and a large chunk of skin.

Just as she was about to land, the witch realized that the ground was covered by a layer of something metallic.

The moment her feet touched this metal, it transformed, folding like a mantle over her and covering her entire body within its surface.

Primum landed next to it and created more poison until it covered the metallic surface. This poison was different in color, closer to purple, and it didn't do anything to the metal itself, just remaining floating in the air as a deadly mist, waiting for the witch to reemerge.

Tertivor continued to fold upon itself, creating more and more layers over the body of the witch, containing her inside while crushing her body at the same time.

James took several potions from his pockets and began drinking them one after the other as he walked closer to where the witch was being held.

Some of the potions were meant to protect him from Primum's several kinds of poisons, while others were to enhance his physical form beyond its normal limits.

He glanced at the barrier at the same time, making sure that Nyxaris had not committed any errors, but it appeared to be perfect. No poison was leaking to the outside either.

"Hopefully I won't have to test its limits today," James commented.

He glanced at the sides, beyond the pillars, and spotted several members of the audience.

All his friends were there for some reason. "Were they also coming here? They didn't mention anything about it."

Next to them was also Professor Slughorn, and even the Headmaster was watching him now.

"He got here very quickly."

James expected the place to be surrounded by Aurors very soon as well. One did not unleash Hell in a magical settlement without expecting the Ministry to do something about it.

Whatever measure of normal school life he had enjoyed so far… it was now over.

Once everyone knew what he could do, there was no going back.

"I was going to get expelled anyway, so I suppose it doesn't matter." If the Headmaster wasn't already planning on doing that before, this would certainly change his mind.

"I have no regrets…" This was not an opponent where he could hold back. If left alone, this witch could be almost as dangerous as the Dark Lord. She could be much worse if she weren't alone and had a grander goal.

The only thing he lamented was showing Voldemort his cards before he was completely ready. That was going to make things more dangerous in the future.

"But I guess that I will deal with that when the time comes." For now, this witch was a problem he had created himself by going after that Divine Leather.

The ground began to shake.

"Stubborn old woman." James knew that Tertivor was not going to bear it for long.

At the very least, he was sure that she could not escape by using her elemental abilities.

Despite the look of this formation, there were no weak points to be exploited. The barrier took the shape of a cylinder, with invisible walls cutting all points of access from the sides, above, and below.

At most, the witch could dig herself ten feet below the surface before she was stopped.

The ground shook again, this time with much more violence.

Tertivor began to emit some loud cries.

"Let her out before she rips you apart," James ordered the metallic slime, fully knowing that it was reaching its limits.

As soon as it lowered the pressure, the witch opened a hole and shot out into the air, flying through the cloud of poison and continuing until she crashed against the invisible wall at the top of the barrier.

She screamed and fell back down, burning herself on the dirt like a mole. But she immediately found the bottom barrier, letting out one more yell before emerging, looking dirty and angry.

James chuckled.

"No way to leave this place, witch. You are trapped in here with me."

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