*Swish!*

Viola’s sword sliced right across the professor’s nose bridge.

She had approached, planning to unleash an aura blast and obliterate his head entirely. However, the professor’s defensive magic blocked her attempt.

**“Word Fixation.”**

Word magic, after all, was instantaneous magic. That made it particularly vulnerable against defensive spells that needed to be constantly maintained, but the professor had already surpassed such limitations.

The professor countered this vulnerability by layering his word magic with another casting, anchoring it firmly. It was a feat of absurd difficulty—a double casting—yet he did it as naturally as breathing.

The issue was that, no …