Chat Group For Magicians

Chapter 18: Street Fight

These men do not have any intention to hold back from their assault as they rush forward together which means that they want to secure victory by ganging up on me. It was a good tactic if the person they are trying to gang up is someone who is easily rattled and easily panicked from the sight but they picked a fight against the wrong person. Before they reach me within the range of the baseball bat, I slide forward, closing the gap between me and the others. Of course, seeing their target move in towards them, most of them would immediately swing their bats to me but they are surprised and did not expect my move. With a quick kick from my feet, I disarmed one of the guys' baseball bat. I caught the bat and before they can react, I made a swing to them, hoping at least a single guy gets caught by the attack.

BANG!

The closest person did not expect it and before he knew it, the bat meets his face squarely. Without much effort, I managed to bring one down. I didn't wait and swayed near the next person and swing the bat once more. This time, the guy did not just stand there like a tree, he dodged it before the bat managed to even hit him. The others quickly grab the chance to hit me.

"Stay still!"

As if I will do that. I made a quick reversal from that and kick the bat off but I did not expect that it was just a feint.

BANG!

Pain quickly registered into my face. The baseball bat hit my leg squarely hit it hard without any warning. It was painful but I can endure it until the very end. Still, I can feel my feet shaking. Did one of the bones in my leg got fractured? No, I don't think so, it looks like its just a bruise. Enduring it, I duck out and use the bat to guard the incoming attacks. Due to the pain, it limits my movements to dodge out of the way. There are still a few more guys waiting to beat me up. I shouldn't be too cocky earlier because I am so rusty in my movements right now. But I don't want to end up beaten by this bunch of handsome guys. Just because they are handsome and masculine they can just bully a normal and ordinary person like me.

"JUST GIVE UP AND GET YOUR ASS BEATEN BY US!"

"Who would do that for you? I am not some masochist *sshole!" I grumbled and blocked off with ease all the attacks that came from the bats. It's annoying but I can't do my counterattack due to my feet. It hurts and every time I tried going into a quick dash to dodge, the pain in my leg intensifies causing me to stop and defend. Still, I can still do some attacks and continue the fight. But the stinging pain just made me slower.

"What is wrong?! Where is that confidence you are just showing earlier? Aren't you just too cocky? Did you think your injury will heal for later?"

"Heh, do you really think that you can beat me up by sheer numbers?" I grinned.

After what Sou said, a topic from the chat group quickly returned to me. It was one of the skills that a magician should have.

[Regeneration]

Although it is called Regeneration, it is not the same regeneration where people can regrow lost limbs in battle. It is said that regeneration can be done even if you don't know the spell of [Healing] which is something healer type magicians needs. Regeneration is a method that allows the user to recover from the injuries that they have acquired from skirmishes and battles. It was an effective method if it was used in internal injuries that are not fatal. But it works much better if used in bruises and slight cuts in the skin that can cause bleeding. It can even slow down a severe bleeding but it can't fully stop it because only [Healing] can help on that.

Now back to the Regeneration. Since I have a bruise in my leg which caused me to slow down, it is hard for me to move and maneuver properly against these guys who are all wielding baseball bats. But I can turn over the situation again once my injury is healed. That is where Regeneration kicks in. I memorized the method of it and it was pretty easy. It only needed concentration. I have no problem with concentration because I can easily do it.

Backing off from the battle, I focused almost half of my consciousness to my bruise in the leg while the remaining consciousness is used for defending and attacking. It is a true multitasking job. As soon as my focus builts up, I directed my mana flow to the bruise without flinching. Since my mana is still mediocre, it is too low at the moment but according to the chat group, this spell does not use the mana much and even the beginners won't have any problem using this skill.

As I was channeling my mana to my bruise, I made sure that I defend and attack at the same time. I have no intention of falling down here.

"Ha! Coward, just keeps on defending. What are you? Some kind of tank? Buhahaha!" Sou said as he mocked me from the distance. He is much more cowardly since he is not even participating in the battle and acted more like a spectator.

I didn't care if he is laughing and mocking me. That is for him to do. What I am in more focused right now is to finish the healing session without being noticed by these guys. While healing, I can feel the pain receding from my wound and whenever I move around, it doesn't hurt as much as before. Sou and his gang still think that I am still injured from earlier and did not know anything yet. Maybe this is the time for me to get serious?

When I felt that the bruise disappeared already and the pain is also gone as well, I grinned inwardly and looked at them with a grin.

"Ha, enough for the warm-up, let's do the real thing already!" I said and stood up. As quick as I get up, that is how quick I was when I dashed forward and swing the bat hard to the people on the side.

The others were startled but they didn't falter and counterattacked. But this time, I learned from my mistake. I didn't use my leg this time to fight back and defend. I can use my arm much better than my legs in defensive and it is much easier to endure than in the legs.

The others didn't expect me to go offensive after being on the defensive stance for a while. It was like a grenade that didn't explode when thrown to the ground then suddenly detonates after being examined.

I made quick work on the guys and they didn't work too much on their reaction time. With my newfound vigor, it didn't take too long before they all fell unconscious. The baseball bat I am wielding is already broken but I didn't mind. I stare at Sou and grinned at him while he backs off from his tracks.

"Now, we can settle our dispute without anyone interfering."