Raising her hands in the air, Lily ford several ice walls in front of her.
The next mont, the inferno that Zaroth had managed to create collided with them, and the room shook slightly as the walls began to lt, unable to withstand the high temperatures.
This was one of the pros of using firebreath to recreate the tornado. Unlike fireball, firebreath could be used indefinitely as long as the person using it had mana left in their core.
So Zaroth simply didn't stop spilling fire from his mouth as he rotated the spear in front of him.
One thing he hadn't taken into account—even though the spear was made entirely from tal, aning it wouldn't burn like wood would—was that it would still heat up and begin to burn Zaroth's hands.
Lily's walls had already lted, and she was forced to create as many as she could in quick succession, trying to keep the fire from reaching her.
Deciding it was enough, Zaroth stopped the attack as he positioned the tip of the spear toward Lily.
"Let's see how accurate I am," he thought as he sent it flying, toward her.
He had trained throwing his spear before, but he quickly realized that his aim sucked.
But this ti, it seed he was going to hit his target. Lily gritted her teeth in frustration as she moved her head to the side, dodging the spear that was sent toward her head.
Zaroth, not giving her ti to rest, had already dashed full force toward her and sent a fireball in her direction.
In response, her eyes shined golden as she sent a lightning spell ready to et his.
The two spells collided, and unsurprisingly, as Lily had much more experience in using spells, she managed to stop Zaroth's attack with her own.
But he had already closed the distance, both of his palms open.
He was trying to fire two fireballs at the sa ti, sothing he had never tried before—until now.
He was close to winning, yet Lily saw through his movents as she raised her foot and kicked him in the ribs before the fireballs could be fired.
He fell to the ground and was about to get up until he saw multiple ice figures floating in front of his face monts before killing him.
"My win," Lily spoke with a smirk as she extended her arm for support.
Zaroth took it as he sighed. "And I was so close too!"
"What the hell was that thing you did?" she asked.
He grinned proudly before explaining, "I recreated a fire tornado."
"Oh, you an that thing that happened in the forest?" Roran joined in.
"Yes, just on a smaller scale."
"Then what are we waiting for?! Use that move on !" Zack requested, taking a step forward.
Thankfully, there was still ti left before the class ended, so Zaroth would have ti to use the move more than a couple of tis.
*****
Zaroth took a sigh of relief as he let his body relax on his bed.
His mana core was beyond exhausted, but he had made significant progress.
Not only was he able to learn a new skill that he could combine with his spear to turn it into a deadly tornado, but he also realized that his skill fireball had beco stronger.
Before, Lily could use two ice walls to stop the attacks, but now she required three.
And the reason for that was most likely…
Zaroth closed his eyes as he felt his mana core and the sparks connected to it.
It wasn't almost empty like before—now there were about five thousand sparks connected to his core.
Using the tric for beasts, that would make him Uncommon.
"I feel like I am ready for the next round," he muttered as he prepared to go to bed.
But suddenly, his bracelet shined as he received a ssage.
Seeing it, his eyes darkened for a mont. "So fast?" he asked himself, looking at the ssage.
It seed that his next match was tomorrow.
"Then I guess I'm skipping one more day," he sighed as he dismissed the ssage and went to sleep.
*****
"Okay, let's see what you have here…" Zaroth muttered as he searched in the blacksmith's store for suitable armor and a spear.
From now on, his enemies would beco progressively stronger, so he couldn't rely on the cheap imitations provided by the academy.
Spending the last of his credits and making a note to ask Elysia for more later, he bought leather armor that provided good protection and didn't restrict his movents.
As for the spear, he bought one that seed light and yet, at the sa ti, was made from so type of tal—aning it wouldn't catch fire.
Being ready and geared up, he took a deep breath as he headed for the arena.
After confirming his identity, he was led to the place where he was supposed to have his match.
"Huh, so this ti there are spectators," Zaroth muttered.
Unlike last ti, where there had been no one high up in the seats to watch the fight, it seed that today—being the start of the second round—there were a few people who had gathered, watching with curiosity.
'It makes sense that the masses would be allowed inside. After all, this whole tournant could also work as a stunt for improving the reputation of the emperor.'
"Ladies and gentlen!" a man suddenly shouted as he stepped into the center of the arena.
'Is that supposed to be so kind of entertainer?' Zaroth asked himself.
"Today marks the start of the second round of eliminations for the chance to earn the right to win anything from the emperor!"
The few people that had gathered in the arena to watch the fight fell silent as they looked down with anticipation.
"From the right, we have a white-haired man with incredible spear skills! Zaroth!" the announcer spoke as he pointed toward Zaroth.
"And to the left! We have a man who seems to be loved by the earth itself! Leo!"
Shifting his gaze, Zaroth studied his opponent. He was a man of dium height with an impressive build, but there was sothing off about him.
"Why is he naked from the waist up? And where is the man's weapon?" Zaroth muttered in disbelief.
Was his opponent really dumb enough to enter the second round without any kind of equipnt?
"And without any further ado, let the battle begin!" the entertainer shouted as he raised his hand and quickly got out of the center of the arena, not wanting to disturb the fight. Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire
Zaroth took a step forward, glancing around. There was still a man sitting at their level, observing the fight with a piece of paper in his hand. It seed that an official observer was present, ready to stop the fight if the need arose.
Shifting his gaze back to his opponent, Zaroth tightened his grip on his spear.
anwhile, the man about to fight him muttered sothing under his breath.
Suddenly, the ground around his opponent moved toward him, and monts later, it ford into armor made of hardened soil.
Not only that, but the earth also crafted a long, curved sword that the man gripped with both hands.
Zaroth smiled darkly.
'If he has the ability to make equipnt from the ground, it could counter my fire pretty well,' he thought as he shifted into a battle stance.
"This battle will be interesting."
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