Chapter 45: The Final (Part 2)
The instructors watching from the VIP room and others seated near it were shocked to see the Dark Tower leader coming outside of the Tower barrier.
"This is surprising. Why are you here?" Hannah asked, looking back toward the stage.
"Am I not allowed to come see my student?" Joy replied. Her expression remained completely calm as she walked toward an empty chair and sat down.
"I didn’t expect you to come," Freya said nicely, resting her hand on her cheek as she looked at Joy.
"Well, if it was someone else I wouldn’t have come, but this is my old friend’s son and student, so I had to come," Joy explained, taking a calm breath.
"It seems you haven’t moved forward after the Fifth Queen died," Freya remarked.
"Well, what do you expect? After all, she was more than just a friend to me," Joy explained calmly.
"You are still attached to that after almost ten or eleven years now? How disappointing," Arnold mocked, looking down at the stage with a dissatisfied expression.
"It’s because you don’t know who I am or where she took me from," Joy replied evenly.
While the instructors bickered, down on the stage the fight had reached its peak, and the crowd was going wild, cheering from the stands.
"Hey, why are you still dodging after all that talk and activating your dark sword?" Leon shouted, pulling his sword out of the ground with a frustrated expression.
"Oh, I see what’s going on here. You guys have been curious about my abilities, so you needed someone strong to test me, and you guys were the only ones who had a chance to do so," Zane said, walking toward them with his dark sword resting on his shoulder. "Well, either way, I’ve been wanting to test my new abilities. Since you’re here, I’ll use you."
He is quick to read the situation quicker than I thought. What a monster, Freya thought.
"Well then, let me give you what you wanted," Zane said.
DARK CIRCLE!
FWOOOOSH!
A huge dark circle appeared, covering the entire stage.
DARK SPEARS!
FWOOOSH!
Eveline, Elena, and Leon barely dodged as dark spears began shooting up from the ground.
His control over his magic is well-refined, Joy thought, a small smile appearing on her face.
"That’s more like it!" Elena shouted, activating her skill.
LIGHT SWORD: DARK SLASHER!
FWOOOSH!
BOOOOM!
Her attack was so strong that it cut the dark circle in two. But when the smoke cleared, Zane had disappeared.
"Huh—?" Leon started, looking around the stage. "Where did he go?"
And then...
IMPACT!
Leon was hit hard from behind by Zane, who emerged straight out of a dark circle.
"Hmph, damn it!" Eveline shouted.
ICE BREEZE!
FWOOOSH!
Zane barely dodged, though his hand was frozen a little at the edges.
"That was close," Zane said, landing lightly on the ground.
Elena didn’t give him any time to breathe, attacking fiercely from behind.
DARK SHIELD!
BOOOM!
Elena’s attack collided with Zane’s Dark Shield, creating a massive shockwave across the arena.
His reaction time is insane too, Freya thought, her eyes widening slightly.
"You guys really wanted this," Zane said.
Elena jumped backward, looked at Eveline and nodded, and then they both looked at Leon and nodded in unison.
And then...
Leon activated his secret skill:
LIGHT BLADE: DEMON DESTROYER!
FWOOSH!
A long sword blazing with golden light appeared in his grip.
On the other side, Eveline activated her own:
ICE EDGE!
The entire arena began to freeze over.
Finally, Elena raised her blade:
IMPERIAL LIGHT BLADE: DIVINE SOVEREIGN SLASH!
They launched their ultimate attacks all at the same time.
"Well then, I can test it now," Zane said, taking a deep breath with a smirk.
CLAP!
"Since this technique doesn’t want to listen to me, I will just use this.?"
THE BURNING SUN: JUDGMENT OF THE SUN!
FWOOOSH!
A golden light erupted from Zane, and a huge ball of fire materialized in the air.
"FALL!"
FWOOOSH!
Zane shouted, grinding his teeth as he tried to calm it down.
"Damn that guy... is that the weapon we’re supposed to defeat?" Leon yelled, shielding his eyes as he stared up at the rapidly expanding ball of fire.
"What’s wrong with th
is year’s freshmen? They’re too strong to be considered freshmen!" students started talking while covering their eyes, trying to see what was happening.
Eveline, Elena, and Leon’s attacks were completely overpowered by Zane’s Burning Sun, forcing them to quickly retreat to the edge of the stage.
Damn it, I can’t fully control the aura from this technique, Zane thought as he tried to stabilize it, the ball of fire expanding the more he delayed.
"Mmm—he is not yet in control over that technique, we need to help him," Freya said, standing up from her seat.
Before she could rush to Zane, Joy caught her hand.
"Calm down. He knows what he is doing," Joy said.
FWOOOSH!
The blue-like aura erupted and charged upward.
BOOOOM!
They collided in the air and exploded, creating a huge shockwave that was felt even outside of the arena.
"He is a monster for sure," Freya complimented.
High up in his office, the King calmly sipped a cup of tea as he watched from his window. "Learning my technique... the technique I created. How fascinating."
"He succeeded anyway," Gedeon said.
"After the Continental Competition, give him that mission," the King said.
"But he hasn’t taken the trial to the Gold Dragon, will it be good?" Gedeon asked.
"It will be fine," he said and smiled, looking out the window.
The whole area of the arena was covered with a thick mist that prevented the audience from seeing what was going on on stage.
So he is strong, but with how strong he is, why is he not interested in the throne? Freya thought.
It is the same as when the King tried it for the first time, as it requires a massive amount of energy, Joy thought, smiling a little.
The mist started to clear up, and they saw Zane looking at his hand.
I still need a way to learn to control my mana and aura, otherwise I will end up killing everyone.
As for Eveline and other , they were pushed back by the wave of aura that erupted when the Burning Sun and Ice Edge collided.