Episode 107 – Flashcast (2/2)

It’s about ti poison is this?!

The entire VIP lodge was eerily silent

The faces of the exa athe most prominent of them

Deora had put Kiel Rroda in a sorry state

Yet, not one of the examiners looked down on Kiel

On the contrary

The youth with the pale blue eyes had left the anature

Respect for the way hehis consciousness Without even thinking about giving up

It was one thing to be unafraid of death, there were people who could suppress their instinctual reaction of fear, especially within the Replica Dungeon where there was no true death

But howtheir flesh burned off of their bones without letting out any shrieks of pain, without shedding a single tear?

How ly follow their convictions even if it ers?

Howlook of determination that left no room for defeat?

Kiel Rroda could die in this battle

But his spirit would not be defeated

None of the people present could find it within theinally, they weren’t too absorbed into the battle

But then…

Everything changed

Deora has created a large explosion

The flames consumed Kiel Rroda

Yet, they could not devour hih time to recover from the shock that Kiel Rroda survived the flames when another hit shook their hearts

“Flashcast…?” The solele eed to incite a chaos in the minds of all people present

Flashcast

The word sent out ripples of shock into thewas the closest ic

An instantaneous spell casting without a need to weave mana

A task that mortals found near impossible to do

Even Arites, as Godlike as they were, could not Flashcast

No e one was, no matter holess their eable they were – they would never be able to learn how to Flashcast

Because Flashcasting wasn’t so that could be learned

No matter who one’s parents were, no matter how illustrious and powerful one’s bloodline was, it would not help one gain the ability to Flashcast

Because Flashcasting was not an innate talent one was born with

Flashcasting couldn’t be sought or found, couldn’t be learned or taught

No books could help those that couldn’t do it

And those who could do it needed no books

Flashcasting relied on the ible that endary figures who had previously ed to successfully Flashcast were often times unable to reproduce it

Perhaps Gods were the only ones who could truly understand how Flashcast worked Perhaps for Gods, seeingchildren play in the sandbox, turning a bucket of sand upside down and calling it a castle

As forof the ter it in action

Out of all the exa in action

Seeing it for the first ti

What folloas their blood boiling, caused by Kiel’s creative usage of ic, deception, and tactics

And they weren’t the only ones whose blood was left boiling

There was oneat this mo on his back breathing heavily, and frowned, irritation flashi+ng in his eyes “Tsk”

Kiel was in bad shape, but soht Rhur Rroda no pleasure

Rhur had thought that he would enjoy watching Kiel struggle, but this spectacle… it wasn’t enjoyable at all!

On the contrary, it left hi uncoer brother So how co was so hard to s today?

Perhaps it was because the battle didn’t turn out how he had wanted it to turn out?

Perhaps seeing Kiel in such a miserable state didn’t make the spectators feel as if he had lost?

Whatever the reason, it er

In a fit of unjustified rage, he stopped dodging Nelaira’s attacks and decided to take his displeasure out on her

He waved his hand towards Nelaira, and suddenly a lightning snake darted fro into her in a blink of an eye

Nelaira’s

It wasn’t just her body that halted, even her thoughtsher spells to pause as well

Rhur took advantage of this short moment of weakness and slashed doith his sword towards Nelaira

His slash was so abrupt, so sharp, so powerful, that the air left in its as enough to separate Nelaira’s body into two

Slicing through her protection spell, slicing through her skin, slicing through flesh, and even her bones

The two halves hit the ground with a wet cri with disbelief, before they glazed over

The thin lightning flashed by too fast One could not defend against it unless they were expecting it

Even though Rhur’s slash was also fast, the difference in speed between it and the lightning was as large as the distance between the sun and the moon

If Rhur had chosen to use his slash before paralyzing Nelaira, she, with her great battle capabilities, would likely have ainst it with her transh the force of his attack was powerful, Nelaira’s defense was even tougher Not to mention that she refused to let hi his move out the fight until Kiel’s fight was over, and then finish Nelaira off with an onslaught of razorblood petals He was saving his tru Kiel’s fight, in a fit of rage, he changed his ic specialty…

…and his divine artifact

Author Note

In case you are wondering, Flashcast does have its reason, rules and mechanics which are closely related to the secret behind divine ic