[Elent Drive: Ice Force]!
The temperature dropped instantly as white mist spread out turning everything into ice. Blocks of ice rose from the ground and it blocked the incoming needles.
Bang! Bang!
Alice pressed both of her hands together causing blocks of ice to surge like a tidal wave. Her aura was flaring up as she used a large amount of energy in her attacks. Her Ice Force was already close to Integration so the power that she possessed when using it was higher than normal [Elent Drive].
A seed of ice was about to sprout in her mana pool. Unfortunately, the limitation of a mortal's body prevented the seed from growing.
"You!!"
Elder Hanmi was surprised as he didn't expect that Alice was already strong to the point that she surpassed him. From his point of view, Alice was just an expert that recently reached the Shackled Realm. It would take so ti before she could catch up to him.
He gathered his mana as he tried to control his soul weapon, but the needles were completely covered in thick boulders of ice. It's not easy to break through these layers of ice made of Alice's energy.
At this mont, Alice arrived in front of him. He swung the sword in his hand and sharp winds followed his movents.
Swoosh!!
Alice didn't dodge the powerful attack. Instead, she took it head-on and endured the pain of receiving a huge cut on her body.
"You can't escape."
Alice said before thrusting her spear. Her spear glowed brightly as enormous energy exploded from the point of impact when it landed on Elder Hanmi's body.
Boom!!
Elder Hanmi narrowed his eyes as he felt that everything around him was being frozen from the intense cold energy coming from the spear.
He tried to resist it with his own power but the collision of two energy caused an explosion with him as the center.
Boom!!
Alice was thrown on the barrier and spat a mouthful of blood.
Cough!
"Huff... Huff..."
She felt that her muscles were twitching and her wounds were closing at high speed. Although she could heal her wounds, she couldn't quickly recover her stamina and energy.
"I'm tired..."
She muttered as the cold energy around her slowly disappeared. She narrowed her eyes and stared intently at the smoke.
After a while, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hu~ that was pretty intense."
She muttered as she sat down on the edge of the arena.
Soon, the smoke dissipated and it revealed Elder Hanmi who was unconscious on the ground. So parts of his body were frozen and the ice was red. It was his blood. It was instantly frozen when it gushed out of his body.
"Elder Hanmi is unconscious!! The winner of this battle is LADY ALICE!!!"
ina announced the winner of the battle after she saw the scene.
...
Souta was sitting lazily in his seat. He's been here ever since the start of the tournant and he hasn't even had a ti to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Astros.
"Alice's battle is great but I want to do sothing..."
He muttered as he slumped down on the table. He gazed at the Astros and looked at the people strolling around. There were different kinds of stalls across the streets and people were testing all kinds of products.
Although the main attraction was the tournant, there were people on the other side doing different things.
Most of the population of Astros were witches but over ti, new recruits entered the organization and it made it possible to have a festival with different events. So witches approximately hold almost forty percent of the total population of Astros.
"After this, I'll begin implanting parasites in the new recruits."
He mumbled to himself. He turned his gaze to ina and slowly gathered his energy in his throat.
"ina, co here." He whispered softly. His words traveled through the air smoothly without any interruption. She was the only one who would be able to understand it.
ina, who was entertaining the audience, suddenly shivered. She turned around and saw that Souta was looking at her seriously.
"I-Is there s-sothing wrong, Lord Souta?" She said in a trembling tone. She was afraid that she did sothing wrong without her knowledge.
"I said co here..." Souta cast down his eyes as he stared at her figure.
"I-I understand." ina ekly nodded. She quickly left the arena and went to Souta's side.
After arriving, she stood in front of him. Her eyes were darting left and right as she kept fiddling with her hair.
"Don't worry, I will not do anything to you," Souta assured her. He didn't why but this girl was afraid of him. There's no doubt about it. He could see it from her actions.
"I want to know the matchup of the tournant. Can you tell ?" He asked.
She's the only one who knew the matchup so he naturally had to ask her if he wanted to know it.
"Ah," ina let out a soft voice as she didn't expect that Souta only wanted to know the matchup. She thought that she did sothing wrong.
She exhaled and took out a piece of paper from her pocket. She placed it on the table and said, "Lord Souta, this is the matchup of the upper tournant."
"Oh, I see. Thank you." Souta smiled as he took the paper and looked at the contents.
1st match.... Eilish vs Eztein
2nd match.... Yenxa vs Leef
3rd match.... Isabella vs Hanso
4th match.... Amanda vs Arfi
5th match.... Great Lightning Jaguar vs Prima
6th match.... Elder Hanmi vs Alice
7th match.... Franklin vs George
8th match.... Red Dragon vs Ren
9th match.... Yuko vs Sisi
10th match.... Maki vs Elder Guan
11th match.... Lina vs Torkez
12th match.... Doranjan vs Ardelo
"Hmm... So these are the people that joined the tournant. They are less than what I expected." Souta muttered. He then noticed that ina was still standing before him. He looked at her and said, "You can go now."
"Thank you, Lord Souta." ina bowed and she was about to leave when Souta suddenly stopped her.
"Hold on." Souta's voice echoed in her ears.
She slowly turned around to face him. "I-Is there sothing wrong, Lord Souta?" She asked carefully.
"I want to add sothing here," Souta said and he proceeded to explain what he wanted to do.
ina listened attentively. She was a little bit surprised when she heard his words.
"Lord, are you really planning on doing that?" She asked.
"Yep, so prepare it for ." Souta nodded at her. "You can go now."
"Thank you, Lord Souta." ina bowed and left hurriedly.
After she left, Souta focused on the matchup.
Most of the people that joined were from Witch Clan. He already expected it as they were the largest and strongest force in Astros.
He stared at it for a while. After that, he turned his head and gazed at the audience. There were various creatures watching the tournant and his eyes scanned them one by one.
"They've grown stronger..."
Souta muttered. He already had an idea about what was going to happen in this tournant.
The next battle would be interesting. It was between Franklin and George. George, the Chief Enforcer of the Witch Clan and father of Arfi, the witch that Amanda fought in the fourth match.
Both of them were at the limit of S-rank. They were close to reaching Shackled Realm so it would be a fierce battle.
Suddenly, a man hurriedly went to Souta's side and whispered sothing to him.
"Lord, the people from the Shimpan Family are here. They said that an envoy from the Mine Valley had arrived." The man whispered.
Souta raised his eyebrows with interest. He didn't expect that the Mine Valley would co to him of their own volition at this mont. He guessed that they would contact him after they investigated his force.
"Okay, prepare the guest room. I'll et them." He said to his subordinate.
"Yes, Sir." The man quickly left after he saluted to Souta.
Souta exhaled as he gave the arena one more glance before he stood up and left. He didn't have any plan to stop the tournant just because of an envoy from the Mine Valley. At the very least, he would try to learn the intention of the Mine Valley before he made a plan.
He asked ina to prepare sothing for him but he guess that he wouldn't be doing that anymore. He asked her to prepare a ti so that he could fight the winners. Too bad, the tournant would proceed without his interference anymore.
On the arena...
Franklin was looking at George with a faint smile while both of his hands were on his back. Savage aura slowly oozed out of his body making the ground beneath his feet tremble.
"I've been looking forward to this battle. I invested a lot in this tournant so I hope that you have the power to entertain ."
Franklin said to his opponent, the Chief Enforcer of the Witch Clan.
"You're quite confident in your skills. I guess I have to show you what it ans to fight the Chief Enforcer." George said as a smile ford on his face.
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