"My goodness, Ella looks so much prettier now!" This was the focus of the wizard who loved to admire beautiful women.
"This works well, it's approved!" The one who said this was a slacker wizard who had no interest in beautiful women.
"But this doesn't seem like a potion of life at all, and the magical materials don't contain anything that expensive, so what exactly is the principle behind it?" This is what the academic wizard said.
In short, Payilu passed the test again.
"Alright, congratulations on moving on to the next stage, young great wizard."
The old wizard, who had been observing the battle from the sidelines, finally stepped into the fray, waving away the wizarding band that had surrounded him, and said,
"Now it's time to showcase the magical items. First, we'll be discussing magical creature battles. I'll send my beloved pet, the hellhound Abu, to fight. Summon the strongest magical creature you've crafted to battle!"
Pailu: Damn it! My title of Great Wizard is a bit diluted. The only magical creature on my body is this merman king wearing a cursed doll's skin on my shoulder. I'm going to die!
"Your Majesty, shall we discuss something? What do you think...?"
"You don't want me to fight, do you???" Yu Ling, who had just helped someone get through a level, stared at the dark misty face that had turned its head away for a long time before exclaiming in surprise, "Really?! I'm still just a baby!"
"I need your help urgently! I'm confident you can handle a small puppy!!!"
Yu Ling looked at the magic dog that was as tall as her waist and was covered in fire, and then looked at her own palm-sized doll body. Wizard, do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Before Yu Ling could refuse, Pai Liu, who blindly trusted Yu Ling, the mermaid king who had successfully helped him concoct magic potions, threw the rag doll on his shoulder.
Now that it's placed next to that hellhound, you can't even see Yu Ling unless you look closely.
Not to mention Abu the hellhound, who had waited for so long only to receive such a tiny doll, was completely dumbfounded. Even the old wizard couldn't help but widen his eyes to take a look.
What's going on? Is he regretting it and doesn't want to join anymore?
Or is it that this mermaid doll, which looks just like an ordinary cursed doll, can transform into a ferocious beast?
The surrounding wizards burst into laughter. Although Yu Ling was tiny and adorable, this was a magical pet battle! Did they have to be so perfunctory?
Yu Ling, who had originally intended to keep a low profile and watch the show, couldn't care less about anything else now. While dodging the dog's mouth, she angrily cursed, "You trash wizard, you really are inhuman!"
She was now a doll that could be set on fire at any moment, so she had to stay far away from this source of fire! Even the hellhound, which was already quite fast, couldn't keep up with Yu Ling's frantic movements after all that dodging.
Despite having only one tail and being unable to run away, Yu Ling, relying on her storage space, stole—uh… took out—a huge water-type magic ring from beside her main body egg, summoning a mini water snake that darted around like a dog, passing under its mouth and paws.
Before long, the swirling water snake had spun the hellhound around until it was dizzy, making it so angry that it breathed fire everywhere, howled and screamed, and almost bit its own tail.
Yu Ling, who was initially reluctant, has now become addicted to the game. Since she's using Pai Liu's magic ring, she doesn't care about the cost.
So he redrawn and activated the function that originally belonged to the cursed doll—the power of curses—to frantically stack debuffs on the hellhound.
Curses tend to maximize the possibility of the worst-case scenario. Yu Ling was walking her dog when, with a "Duang!" sound, the hellhound successfully achieved the feat of 'head hitting its butt' and fainting, meeting a glorious end.
"How embarrassing—"
In the midst of complete silence, the wizard's mutterings were exceptionally clear, as he awkwardly tried to find a crack to disappear into.
The old wizard's face was also quite grim. He silently recalled his beloved dog and looked at the victorious merman doll, Yu Ling, from left to right, up to down, scrutinizing it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what it was.
"Alright, we won't test the magic weapon anymore. You've passed the test in the next round," the old wizard said. "However... your magical creature needs another battle. I want to observe it more. It's a bit too intelligent for a magical creation."
Pailu and Yuling: How could we not be smart? He/I wasn't a magical creation to begin with.
"Your Majesty, could you please...?"
Pai Liu pulled Yu Ling out of the water snake, intending to beg him to help him swim again, but the next second, he was dumbfounded.
"Wait a minute, that thing you're wearing around your neck looks familiar, doesn't it? It looks like the magic ring in my pocket."
Wait, this isn't just a resemblance, it's clearly the magic ring from my pocket! How did it end up on the mermaid doll? It didn't even see it when I threw it out.
Pailu reached into the pocket on her waist, and lo and behold, it was really gone! The Mermaid King could actually steal things from afar?!
In fact, Yu Ling simply used her true form to store the ring that originally belonged to Pai Liu in her pocket through her storage space, and then took it out using the doll-like merman body.
"Ahem, it's just borrowing it for a bit, it's not stealing! It's to help you win the competition," Yu Ling argued.
I clearly took it from your body, not from your pocket, so how can it be considered stealing?
The old wizard paid no heed to what the seemingly mentally unstable wizard was talking about with a magical creature. He beckoned the cool-looking wizard with long, curly hair and a center parting to come over and gave him a few instructions. Then he said to Payu:
"Alright, this time we'll have you two newcomers have a magical creature duel. It won't affect your joining; it's just a demonstration."
The cool guy silently summoned a magical python, whose patterns were all magic circles. It looked even more advanced than the old wizard's hellhound. Although the old wizard was suspected of holding back, this magical python was still not to be underestimated.
"Never mind, you can use the ring for now. I'll leave this match to you too!" Since Pai Liu needed a favor, she stopped worrying about the ring and casually brushed the matter aside before tossing Yu Ling away.
This time, Yu Ling was smarter. As soon as she was freed, she used her magic to sit on the water snake and float in the air, facing the giant python, which was dozens of times larger than herself, at the same level.
Silence fell again. The python remained motionless without its master's command, and Yu Ling was equally calm. On the surface, he was waiting for the command to begin, but in reality, he had secretly applied several debuffs to the python.
The opponent just stood there stupidly, not moving an inch. How could Yu Ling possibly miss such a good opportunity to cast a curse?
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