Episode 99 – First Blood (1/2)

Episode 99 – First Blood

Previously:

The day of the practical exaeon to take the exae arena where his exa place Out of 9 other exanizes 3 of the Zor Arite

The participant next to Zor hesitated briefly, looking at the hourglass He then gritted his teeth and uarded Zor Arite seeet

The man unsheathed his sword and Accelerated towards Zor In a blink of an eye, he appeared behind Zor and swung down his sword in an arc, aile move

No one saw Zor act, however, in the next moment, the attacker froze in theits slice

Several seconds of silence passed with neither Zor nor his attackerAnd then, the body of Zor’s attacker finally moved

The man slowly fell on his back like a lifeless sack of potatoes

Only when his body hit the floor did his head separate fro a trail of blood in its wake

No one saw or felt Zor move No one knehen nor how the attacker was decapitated

Fro to the end, Zor seemed like an emperor who didn’t deem it worthy for him to deal with a speck of dust that was his attacker

The serenity hich he reht, oosebumps crawl over everyone’s skin At that moment, all participants decided they would definitely not be the next one to provoke Zor Arite

Kiel too felt his hair stand on end He remembered what Elaru had told hihts on Zor Elaru had : “Uh… if you meet him in the exam… consider yourself unlucky… even if it was me with my Aethernea… I’d probably be unable to take him down in 30 minutes…”

“But ould you do if you were forced to fight with him?” hat he had asked next

“I’d just avoid him If you don’t provoke hi with you”

Kiel had rolled his eyes in annoyance when she told hiht If he wasn’t even able to see what happened while he was paying attention, then, hoas he supposed to fight Zor? He’d just be a hter Instead of coht as well do his uther chance of living then

Kiel was a the first to snap out of his shock and survey the current situation The reactions of other participants to the beheading didn’t escape his keen eyesight Rhur, Nelaira and Deora showed very little change of expression However, the faces of the majority paled and broke out in cold sweat There were even two people who looked both downright horrified Their faces turned green, looking as if they would puke at any moment

In a split second, Kiel’s mind considered his options and settled on an optimal course of action

If he wanted to survive this Battle Royale, he would need to conserve his energy as ht as little as possible For that to happen, he needed to create an air ofhim

He either needed to show absolute dominance like Zor Arite, which, unfortunately, he couldn’t due to his lack of power, or he should project a cal it difficult for others to gauge his skill level

Unfortunately, even if he projected co him as no pushover, eventually there would still be soainst him

So, in the end, he could either wait for someone to attack hi for someone to attack hi the first round of battles, but it also had a possibility of his first opponent being strong

On the other hand, attacking first would allow hi his own opponent, and if he chose right, his overwhel hi him was low, Kiel decided to become the second person to initiate an attack

Kiel’s s and spreading towards the eneet had only just felt foreign mana enter his vicinity when that round around hi multiple Morph and Protection spells

Simultaneously, Kiel Accelerated towards the person with such speed that he left a ind of dirt in his wake His goggles, which he had placed over his eyes in the 5 minutes of preparation tiainst his face His scarf flapped behind hiet of Kiel’s attack, which was an argel with hair as black as his skin, tinged with several green strands, stuing lupax

The e attempted to Accelerate himself away fro speed couldn’t compare to Kiel’s Therefore, before he could fly away, several large earth spikes erupted fro to impale him

Unlike Kiel, it seemed that he didn’t choose to cast sustained Acceleration spell on hi the arena It was probably because he hoped to save mana and didn’t think that he would be unable to cast it in ti Not everyone had the luxury to waste as much mana as they wanted to, especially in a Battle Royale where they would ht several battles in a row Since Acceleration was the sied to coht totally off guard by Kiel’s sudden attack