Chapter 346: FTG Chapter 343: The Strongest Spirits Can Jump Up to Hit Someone’s Knees

After undoing the shrinking magic on herself, Erzi took another serious look at her opponent.

She understood Brandish’s strengths and weaknesses very clearly.

During combat, Brandish could arbitrarily enlarge or shrink objects, causing extreme disparities in the forms of herself, her opponent, or their weapons. She would then use this morphological gap to crush her opponent.

However, if one could ignore this disparity and keep both their bodies and weapon sizes in a "relatively normal" state, Brandish’s combat power would become very ordinary—one might even say she’d be vulnerable!

Knowing these two points gave Erzi a clear direction to defeat Brandish: break her magic and let both sides settle it with their fists!

So, how could one break Command T magic?

Erzi subconsciously recalled her father Descartes’ answer when she asked him for a solution long ago—

"Command T is a very high-level magic, and such magic often requires a massive amount of magic power as a foundation."

"Brandish’s magic power is very robust, which is why her strength is so formidable."

"But when the magic power of both sides is close, this magic that can enlarge or shrink objects at will doesn’t actually have much of an advantage."

"Actually, your magic talent is also very strong. You can’t beat Brandish right now only because she is older than you and her magic awakened earlier, so she simply has more magic power in her body. Once you grow up and increase your magic volume, this Command T magic won’t be able to shake you at all!"

The answer from that time still echoed in her ears today.

Seeing that Aries’ wool magic had indeed removed her negative status—instead of having no effect as it usually did—Erzi immediately realized that the magic power gap between her and Brandish was no longer that large.

In an instant, her confidence surged!

"I can win!"

"This time, it seems I really can win!!"

In terms of close-quarters combat alone, Erzi believed she wouldn’t lose to Brandish!

Thinking of this, she reached back and swept her hand over the key pouch at her waist, pulling out two golden keys and holding them high toward the sky.

"Leo!"

"Capricorn!"

Accompanying her light shouts, the two Celestial Spirit keys burst into dazzling golden radiance. Within the golden light, two tall figures crossed through the Spirit Gate to stand by Erzi’s side.

Both figures wore shiny black suits, though their appearances and temperaments were quite different.

The Lion Spirit, Loke, was handsome and charming. A single look from him could make the hearts of countless young girls flutter and cause them to scream in succession, much like a prince or knight from a story.

By contrast, the Capricorn Spirit, Capricorn, had a lower "beauty" score. His appearance was that of a goat wearing sunglasses, looking like a bodyguard in a story who travels to protect a princess’s safety.

However, despite their different looks and vibes, Loke and Capricorn were the two strongest close-quarters fighters among the Zodiac spirits. Using them to deal with Brandish was undoubtedly the best choice!

"Brandish, is it?"

"You’re getting more and more beautiful!"

Loke recognized the opponent at first glance, and the "playboy" habit in his body immediately flared up, prompting him to voice praises.

Capricorn, however, seriously observed the surroundings first and pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Is this... the Fairy Academy sports meet?"

"To think Miss Erzi would face off against Miss Brandish in this manner. This is not an easy opponent to deal with!"

Erzi officially received the Zodiac keys on her sixth birthday, the day her magic power awakened, but she had actually been companions with the spirits long before that.

After getting married and having a daughter, although Layla no longer worked as a Wizard, she would still take out the keys every day to wipe them carefully and occasionally summon the spirits to bond. Every time she did this, she brought Erzi along.

Through this daily companionship, Erzi gradually fostered a deep bond with the spirits. It could be said that in Erzi’s childhood, besides Brandish and Gray, these spirits were also a constant presence; thus, the spirits naturally knew Brandish as well.

"The opponent this time is Brandish. She’s tough, so I’ll have to trouble you to fight by my side!"

"As you wish, my Princess!"

"Leave it to me, Miss Erzi!"

As soon as the words fell, the two rushed toward Brandish, one from the left and one from the right. Erzi also instantly switched into her Taurus Star Dress, receiving a strength boost, and raised her whip "Star River" to follow behind the two in a three-way pincer attack.

"Things are starting to get interesting."

Brandish raised her hand, instantly turning Loke, Capricorn, and Erzi into tiny people. However, this time, the degree of shrinking was much weaker than before—they were roughly the size of a palm.

This was because the shrinking magic was targeting more individuals compared to before, and the targets themselves were stronger.

Normally, the strength a spirit can display after being summoned depends on the Wizard’s magic power, but this doesn’t mean their power is inferior to the user’s. The strength of the user’s magic power determines the duration the spirit can stay summoned and the percentage of their true original strength they can exert.

For example: when Erzi’s magic power is 50, a spirit can be summoned for 5 minutes and exert 50% of its combat power. If a certain spirit’s inherent combat power is 100, its power would be 50; if the spirit’s inherent power is 300, its power would be 150.

These figures aren’t absolute; they fluctuate based on the spirit’s own strength, Erzi’s magic volume, her current physical state, and other factors.

The Loke and Capricorn before her happened to be two spirits with very high rankings in terms of strength among the Zodiac! Strength meant they possessed a significant degree of magic resistance, so when Brandish’s magic landed on them, the effect became quite limited.

"Oh no, shrunk again!"

Sensing the change in her body, Erzi found the situation tricky once more. Fortunately, the two spirits, especially Capricorn with his veteran combat experience, quickly spoke up to steady her.

"Do not panic, Miss Erzi. You only need to fight normally; leave the rest to us!"

"That’s right. Although our bodies have been shrunk, the damage caused by magic shouldn’t be weakened too much..." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

As Loke spoke, he jumped forcefully and smashed his fist, covered in golden light, toward Brandish’s fair and smooth calf, instantly leaving a faint red mark on it.

"Uh... looks like it was reduced by about half."