Episode 101 – First Round End (1/2)
Episode 101 – First Round End
Previously:
The day of the practical exae arena created by the Replica Dungeon Kiel and Nelaira e to defeat their opponents Rhur uses Razorblood petals to slice the neck of his opponent open
He was concentrating so hard on defending froly har them
A split second passed, and before anyone could realize what had happened, the axe-wieldingto fall out of their sockets Through his fingers, streams of blood continued to pour out, and no , it was all useless
Before he could even Accelerate away, Rhur’s sword had already pierced through his heart like an arrow
Kiel was ht, so he too didn’t see what had happened, but he didn’t need to see it to knohat happened Rhur was very proficient in casting Acceleration, and he could cast it so fast that it was near instantaneous, not letting his opponent react to it in tiet and launched it flying in an arc across his opponent’s neck No doubt, his ti the ainst it
Though, even if his opponent could have defended against it bya sacrifice, he wouldn’t have done so How could he have known that a soft petal under a sih to slash through his spell-reinforced skin?
He had no idea that those red petals came from the flowers of Razorblood, a notorious plant that fed on blood On the outside, Razorblood looked like a harmless and beautiful bush with juicy fruits surrounded by countless flowers However, when the creatures atteet its tasty fruit, those soft and delicate floould turn into razor blades
The secret of the transformation of soft petals into sharp and deadly weapons lay in the mana concentration within the petals When the mana within the petals surpassed a certain threshold, the properties of the petals would change Razorblood plant needed only to channel mana into its flowers, and in the next second, it would be bathing in the blood of its eneinally white, but because they were always drenched in blood, the blood had seeped into the them cri the blood of Rhur’s enemy, on the other side of the arena, Deora stood with his hands crossed radiating an air of ht
He looked at the person next to hi hiht
The man that was in the middle, between Deora and Nelaira, hesitated in his choice who to fight Nelaira was a feainst her, but on the other hand, she was an elibu and as such considered an easy opponent to beat
His ht Nelaira, who had chosen to fight with a female on her other side And thus, since everyone else had started fighting, the man had no other choice but to pick Deora, as the only one who hadn’t fought yet
The ers from his belt and Accelerated the towards Deora with a spear in hand
Deora looked at the daggers condescendingly, choosing to ignore the ers reached Deora, theto exploit the ers
However, he never expected that Deora wouldn’t atteers at all In fact, he didn’t even attee Deora’s yellow eyes flashed, and suddenly a loud sizzling sound exploded outwards fro both him and his opponent inside a dense curtain of mist
After the initial eruption, there were no other sounds to be heard No slashi+ng, parrying or any other sound of battle It was as if Deora and his opponent weren’t fighting at all
When the stea in the same position as before, surrounded by a circle ofaround hily obvious heat distortion Though, nowas crystal clear – there was no sign of his opponent or the daggers he had released
Deora re there with his hands crossed His yellow eyes arrogantlyopposition while his red hair flickered upwards like flames No, not just like flah it was on fire, it didn’t see everyone who saith a puzzled expression If the hair wasn’t burning, then as fueling the fla, wasn’t so was a specialty of transic
The circle of lava around Deora testified to the fact that he had used augs to an astonishi+ng degree It was so high that both the daggers and his unsuspecting opponent melted as soon as they entered it, coupled with the speed at which Deora cast the spell on his surroundings, it left no tiic on hi fiery appearance left Kiel feeling unsettled To Kiel, those beautiful fla but beautiful
To say that Kiel hated fire would be an understateues caused a knot to press down on Kiel’s stoh and averted his eyes to the ground, trying to stop his blood fro He needed to stay clear headed He couldn’t afford to be affected by his personal dislike of fire
His eyes settled on the glass dagger dropped by the opponent he had killed previously The e had imbued it with had dissipated already After a brief er fly into his hand Upon closer inspection, he could see it was coated with a thin layer of a greenish substance
Kiel wasn’t well versed in poison, so he didn’t knohat the dagger was dipped in, but he didn’t need to knohat it was to know that it would be bad news to whoever got cut with the dagger
Kiel’s eyes flashed with a faint chill, and he stealthily pocketed the dagger Besides his sword, he had no other weapons, which was a big disadvantage when compared to Rhur who not only had hundreds of Razorblood petals, but also a sword that was a powerful s Rhur was hiding in his pouches
After pocketing the dagger, Kiel once again looked around the arena towards the other participants
The sand had barely started slipping through the hourglass, yet out of the original 10 participants, only half were left – Kiel, Rhur, Nelaira, Deora, and Zor
Zor was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, showing no intention to participate in the battle Deora was trying to look awe inspiring in his pool of lava Nelaira was calht next, and Rhur… Rhur was flying in Kiel’s direction
High up, in the VIP seats of the arena, sat four people dressed in white and purple professor unifornize the chairs