Oliver’s gaze shifted over to his n as he heard them scream in pain. The catwoman was ruthless in her assault, flinging her n all over the place.
The sight was heartbreaking to the cri boss. After the failure of the Disintegration spell, he knew it was over for his n. Only he had the best chance of escaping alive.
But that had to be put to the test first.
"You should focus on , Oliver?" The cri boss focused his gaze on Caleb the mont he heard his na.
This was the second ti Caleb called his real na. The funny thing was that there weren’t many who knew his birth na. This got him curious.
’Jetro reported the sa thing.’ Oliver pondered with narrowed eyes. ’Does he have so kind of appraisal skill or sothing?’
The cri boss didn’t dwell too much on his thoughts. Ignoring the explosions happening behind him in the distance, he passed the shield to his left hand and got into a fighting stance.
"Heh~ I guess I can play with you for a while." Caleb chuckled as he also took a combat stance.
If he ended every fight with his vast number of abilities, he would never have the kind of fun he was searching for. That also ant missing out on lessons in combat situations.
His abilities were better served in situations where he was facing an overwhelming number of opponents. For now, he would engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Oliver made the first move as his figure flashed and disappeared in a burst of speed, appearing above Caleb in but a second. His right hand glead with his mana as he dove downwards.
BOOM!
Caleb leapt out of the way as the cri boss’ strike ripped into the earth, sending dust and debris flying. He knew his strike was nothing impressive and Caleb would have no issue evading that strike.
RUMBLE...!
The ground shook violently as earthen spikes shot out of the ground, travelling straight for Caleb who was about to land a couple of ters away.
"Nice spell..." Caleb chuckled, skillfully sorsaulting around to dodge the earthen spikes. "But it’s going to take more than that to defeat !"
A left swing of his leg tore through a bunch of the spikes the mont he landed on his feet, shattering the spikes into pieces. Without delay, he bolted towards the cri boss, destroying whatever spikes Oliver sent his way.
The cri boss, of course, did not stay in one place, constantly shifting his position to prevent Caleb from closing the distance. Realizing the spikes were doing no damage, the cri boss turned things up a notch.
’Huh?’
Caleb’s eyes widened in shock when the earthen spikes suddenly transford into flexible tendrils that abruptly clung to his feet. Before he knew what hit him, he was flung around before being slamd into the ground.
BOOM!
’Fuck!’
Caleb cursed, utilizing more physical force to leap out of the small crater he found himself in when a rain of mana spikes fell from above.
"Alright, playti is over."
The cri boss was slightly out of breath when he heard Caleb’s words. In a flash, Caleb appeared right before Oliver, making his heart thump in fear.
"Ack!"
A strike to his stomach connected before he could even react to the sudden appearance. A second strike followed, connecting to his jaws with a sickening crunch, bending his head backwards.
The final strike was a kick to the chest that sent the cri boss stumbling across the ground, disoriented and bleeding from his mouth. The cri boss could barely follow what happened.
The shield he had brought to defend against his target was all but useless if he couldn’t follow Caleb’s speed. In truth, he was delusional to think he stood a chance.
"You know, learning from my opponents never turns out how I expect." Oliver heard Caleb say as he struggled to get back on his feet. "They’re always too weak to keep up or I get annoyed that they were able to land a blow."
This was sothing he had co to realize about himself. After clearing the dungeon solo, every opponent he faced was a disappointnt.
’I guess I hate the idea of losing.’ Caleb realized with a soft sigh, watching as Oliver stood back up. ’And this is not even fun.’
He looked over to Jess, noticing how she had a grin on her face while putting the assailants to the ground.
’It will only be a waste to take on weaklings... I should be leaving this kind of fight to Jess.’ At least, the catwoman would enjoy the thrill of the fight.
"Why...?"
"Huh?"
Caleb turned his focus to Oliver, wondering what he ant by that. The cri boss wiped the blood from his lips, glaring at Caleb with deep hatred in his eyes.
"You’re clearly stronger than ..." Oliver said. "So why play around with ?!"
The cri boss roared in outrage and closed the distance, aiming to strike Caleb with his shield. With calm and composed movents, Caleb deftly manoeuvred around the attacks, not making any attempts to strike back.
"Who knows~"
Caleb replied with a soft grin, sidestepping a launch and delivering a blow to the stomach. He stepped back, not choosing to do a follow-up, giving the cri boss ti to recover.
"But I can tell you what I think," he continued, as if he were not in a fight. "Your ti as a cri boss is over. You knew this the mont that spell failed to kill us. Choosing to stay only confirms that you realized running was out of the question for you. "
"It’s why you aren’t in a rush to go save your n. You know this is the end, but you don’t to get arrested or die a coward; that’s why you’re putting up this farce of a fight."
"If you know all this, then why are you not killing ?!"
BOOM!
Oliver slamd both hands into the ground, causing the earth to tremble. Suddenly, the ground in a 20-ter radius around him and Caleb turned molten as lava spewed out of the earth.
The spell was ant to trap an opponent while causing them extre discomfort. If their fire resistance were low, they would be severely burned.
"Die!"
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