Woooooooo-
Amidst the ear-shattering cheering, I walked into the arena.
It was funny, really. These guys were booing at before but now that they knew that I was strong they were cheering for .
"A world where only strength matters."
As long as you are strong you can get everything be it fa, money, or authority.
(Do you think you can trust Tristan?)
'Yeah'
I t Tristan at the betting area. He had also bet on .
There I blackmai-cough persuaded him to join my crew. Of course, since I knew about his race and other secrets, the persuasion went well.
I also told him about my match with Vile Reaper.
He agreed to join only if I manage to fight with Vile Reaper on equal footing. He wasn't expecting to win, after knowing the level difference between and Vile Reaper.
(Poor guy, you practically blackmailed him to join. You even used an Oath on him)
I shrugged my shoulders.
'Oath is to make sure he doesn't run away.'
The Oath between and him was that he has to et after the tournant, within one day. If he doesn't, he has to expose his identity at Aegis headquarters.
Finally, I entered the arena.
-THE FINAL ROUND BETWEEN MOTHER MASH AND MR. PEPE WILL BEGIN-
The mana barrier enveloped the arena and stopped the noises.
"You can't defeat . Will you give up?"
I blink at the question of the woman, who was carrying a halberd that was twice my size.
"Why can't I defeat you?"
She snorted at .
"I am the daughter of the chieftain of the Northern Sokovian Tribe. I have years of fighting experience at the Barbarian Gate."
I frowned.
Sokovian Plain is near the continent that was destroyed by the Barbarian Gate. The Gates have already been secured, but their presence causes a high number of dungeons in the areas near them.
All awakeners in the regions near Gates are battle-hardened; the woman in front of should be the sa.
'[Appraisal]'
I open her stats and skills sheet.
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Na: Cassandra Milan
Race: Human
Rank: Iota(Lvl.20)
Stigma: [Steel Body]
Disposition: Lawful-Good
Title: -/-
-> Stats:
Strength – 28
Agility – 21
Stamina – 22
Constitution – 26
Aura – 16
Intelligence – 08
Luck – 26
-> Skills
[Search[Rare]]
[Power[Rare]]
[Stupefy[Rare]]
-> Status: Confident/Hopeful/Disappointed/Boastful
[She is confident in her strength and winning against you. Although she was a little disappointed after knowing you were a mage, she hopes that you put up a good fight.]
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Seeing her status, I threw the idea of fighting close-quarter out of the window.
I don't think I can survive a single hit of that massive halberd, supported with 28-strength SP.
'It will be better if I fight with magic and my art.'
For this match I decided to fight from distance.
[Constitution–21 --> Constituion–25]
[Intelligence–20 --> Intelligence–25]
[Remaining SP–02]
Constitution will help thank her attacks and fasten my recovery if I get hurt. Intelligence was needed as it increases the magic output.
"Are you ignoring ?"
Bam-!
She dashed in my direction.
I bought the grimoire out and started chanting.
Crack-
At the sa ti, 5 cracks surrounded Mother Mash. A weapon cos out from each of them and flew at her.
"Ha!!"
She doesn't stop running and swings her halberd horizontally above her head.
The halberd strikes the spears and swords and breaks them easily.
'Dammit'
This is why I wanted my weapons to be above Common-grade. Common-grade weapons are fragile unless strengthened with the awakener's energy.
Swosh-
She continues her swing and throws her halberd at .
I was yet to complete my spell.
Two cracks appear in front of .
Clang-!
Two swords co out of the cracks and block the halberd in an X formation.
I thought using weapons like this I could block the attack, but I had misjudged the power behind her throw.
The swords break after stopping the attack for 1 second.
Swosh-
But 1 second was all I needed.
""
A transparent wall appears in front of and blocks the halberd.
"Co"
The halberd started spinning and flew back to the woman.
"Huff…Huff…"
'That was dangerous.'
3 seconds. Only 3 seconds passed from when the woman blocked my first attack and I created the force field.
I brought only short chant spells. Yet I barely managed to complete one chant.
"Where are you looking at?"
While I was looking at my actions, she covered the distance between us.
Imdiately, she swings the halberd down at .
'It's okay, the is still there.'
Thud-!
The force field stops her attack. I was about to start chanting another spell when-
"[Power]"
-The halberd shines and the power behind it suddenly increases many folds.
"Ha!"
Mother Mash swings her shining hamr with a loud shout.
Before her strike lands, I throw a cylindrical object in the air.
Crack-
Bam-!
A sword appears in front of but it was of little help. Mother Mash's attack breaks the shield and the sword.
Boom-!
I was rcilessly blown away and my body crashes against the mana barrier.
At the sa ti, the flashbang I threw explodes. It robs Mother Mash of her vision and hearing.
"Cough..Cough"
'That was bad if the sword and shield hadn't slowed her attack it could have been fatal.'
"To use a flashbang in that short window, so that I can't do a follow-up attack. You are quick with your head."
Even with the flashbang exploding in her face, she was calm. She wasn't panicking. It showed that she was a seasoned warrior.
I don't answer and start chanting another spell.
This spell was shorter, so I quickly complete it.
""
[Agility–30 --> Agility–30( 3)]
The reinforcent spell was a rank 2 spell. It only gave a 10% boost.
"Too bad you are fighting with .[Search]"
Grid patterns appear all over the arena ground.
"Found you."
Fwosh-
Mother Mash suddenly throws the halberd.
It was aid at !
This ti I was ready and even had my agility boosted.
I nimbly dodge the spear and begin chanting another spell.
"I order thee earth, heed my command …"
*
"He used a reinforcent spell on himself?! How?!"
Leon asks incredulously.
Mages can't use reinforcent spells on themselves. Their bodies can't handle the burden placed because of the spell.
It is common knowledge, just like how aura-users can't use mana.
A support mage using reinforcent spells on oneself was groundbreaking news.
"It looks like he doesn't only have legendary-grade skills but a useful stigma too."
He nods at Huntress's words.
Sothing like support mages using reinforcent spells on themselves can only be possible with the bizarre nature of stigmas.
"Then Mr. Pepe will win, won't he?"
Huntress took her ti to answer Isabell's question.
"If this is all he has to show for him, then no. Even aura-users can have only one reinforcent spell cast on them at one ti. Mr. Pepe can't use another reinforcent spell with the agility buff and speed alone isn't enough to win against her."
"What is he doing?"
Nathan dodges the halberd thrown at him and runs.
"…command by nature's hand. By craft. By art."
His next few moves felt oddly familiar to Leon.
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