***
Amon exhaled, the coating of blood breaking down.
Nadia, who slamd against the wall creating a small crater, fell on the ground, unconscious.
The referee looked at her with bulging eyes.
It was understandable.
Nobody had expected for this to happen.
Not only was Nadia an extrely talented and strong energy clovist, she was winning the whole ti in the battle.
So...
How did a Blood elental clovist defeat her?
Nobody knew but it was right in front of their eyes but they weren't able to believe it.
The referee, realizing the silence, quickly composed himself and raised his hand.
"THE WINNER AND SECOND FINALIST IS AMON ASHFORD!!"
Silence. Nobody was still able to speak.
Amon didn't mind it though.
He preferred it like that.
His gaze wandered to his hand and he opened and clenched it.
'This is so broken...' He thought, recalling the mont when Nadia's energy ball dissipated into nothingness.
This was a question that was still on everyone's mind.
How was he able to cancel out such a strong attack? Especially using Blood.
Was it his familiar art?
But they must have previously thought that his eye ability was his familiar art.
And it actually was.
The reason why her energy ball broke down was....
Because of his mana art.
His mana art was called [Mana Scatter].
It was an art that allowed him to intercept, interrupt and scatter the flow of mana in any attack or being.
In this way, he could cancel any attack or being from making an attack which made it an ultimate surprise move.
Sothing that enabled him to defeat Nadia in one hit.
Just canceling one move and taking the opponent by surprise at a crucial movent could result in their death.
Of course, the art also had its fair share of limitations.
For one, the more focused the user was on their attack or mana, the harder it was to disrupt the flow.
This was why, if he hadn't destroyed Nadia's focus for a subtle mont there then [Mana Scatter] wouldn't have worked.
Definitely not in the early stages of the art.
The second limitation was of course the range in which you could disrupt an attack.
For now, in the early stage, he could only disrupt when he was in the distance of at least 5 ters of his target.
Another reason why he had to get close to her.
There was also the high mana consumption of the art.
And the larger and more complex the attack was, the more focus it would need for him to disrupt as well.
This could also result in migraines and headaches to himself in battles which was why it was a dangerous art.
He needed to utilize it carefully.
Suddenly, a clap in the stadium brought him back to his senses.
And then, the audience followed the lead as the whole stadium erupted into a wave of cheers.
After all, they had witnessed sothing almost unreal today in the history of midterms in Eldergrove.
A cadet winning all of his battles.
With just a single hit to his opponent.
But Amon didn't pay any attention to them, thinking it would die down soon and left the stadium.
Unfortunately, if he only knew how wrong he was.
***
Coming out of the stadium, Amon knew he only had 20 minutes for his final fight today with Adam.
'Should I eat sothing? I didn't eat before as well?'
And so he eventually decided to go and finally get sothing to eat.
All these fights were making him hungry as hell. To the point he felt like dying.
As he walked to a nearby stall, he realized that Vain and Zephyra had been silent today for the
whole day.
He was still able to utilize their powers but was unable to talk with them.
All he knew was that they were inside his body still.
Reaching a stall, Amon was about to enter the queue as suddenly his watch dinged.
Opening it, he saw it was a personal ssage from Elizabeth.
[Elizabeth: Request Completed hehe.]
Seeing the ssage, Amon raised his brows.
From the ssage, she sounded very confident.
'Did she do what I said?' He thought.
There wasn't any way to see how she beat her up.
But looking up at the matchups on his watch, indeed, Liliana had been beaten by Elizabeth.
In 5 minutes as well.
"I'll just ask when I see her next ti," He said.
Suddenly, a familiar, crisp and charming voice entered his ears.
"Ask who?"
Amon looked to the side and found familiar golden amber eyes locking with him.
The beautiful circular pattern in them almost made them feel hypnotic.
It was Alia.
She smiled at him, walking toward him.
Currently, she was wearing a white coat with a beautiful black rose patterned dress that
accentuated the curves of her body.
Looking at her smile, he instantly knew that it was a tired smile.
Soone like him was able to instantly recognize it.
"Hey, long ti no see." He smiled and raised a hand back.
"Indeed." She ca before him.
The last ti they talked was during the familiar ceremony after all.
Even though they were the sa height, she was a little taller because of her heels.
"I enjoyed the battles, you were great out there." She praised him with a genuine smile.
Amon reciprocated but raised his brows.
"You were there?"
She nodded.
"I was there during a walk so I thought to check it out. This is the first ti I saw you fighting
though."
"Oh, nice."
"And I never expected you to be this strong, it betrays your current rank." She said with a
surprised face.
Amon laughed.
"It's nothing much. Thanks for watching my fight though." He thanked her.
"Mhm." She nodded with a cheerful face.
"Oh, are you here to eat sothing?" she asked, noticing the stall.
"Yeah, I have my final battle in a few minutes, I thought of eating sothing. Want to join?"
He asked.
"Sure, I was here for the sa thing."
Amon smiled and got into the queue with her behind him.
"I can see that you are tired."
She raised her brows but eventually gave him a subtle tired smile.
"Just...this cultural festival, it's a little hectic."
"I'm sure you'll do just fine." Amon answered instantly, before turning to finally order
sothing.
Alia, who was a little down raised her brows at his answer.
She looked surprised.
"Oh, you think so?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it." He gave her a thumbs-up.
"You..." Alia stared at his back with surprise as he ordered.
"Thanks.." She thanked him, a subtle smile on her face.
"No problem."
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