Chapter 26 (1/2)
The Outcome of the Battle
I’ve been refining ic
I first prepared【Anti-wall】
Elgil could annihilate ic I have no real foric, so【Anti-ill be very i this battle
”Then, I’ll begin as well”
Elgil rushed towards where I had【Anti-wall】set
He pushed his right hand out towards me and a ball of fire formed in the palm of his hand
The power co
”Ku…”
I juain set 【Anti-wall】up where I landed
After just one attack, I can now tell hoerful Elgil is
Even though that attack was so sined
His power is about equal to my speed If I slon for even a second I’ll lose
I have to be constantly ht will be difficult
”But things can’t stay like this”
I once again jump into the air to avoid his attack At the saical power into the earth below his feet
”【Earth Spike】”
Suddenly the ground beneath Elgil began to rise up A pillar of earth quickly shot up from beneath his feet
However, Elgil was easily able to sidestep the pillar
”I see You put your round, but as I not able to sense it?”
”Don’t lose focus now!”
If he ever does, I would have no proble a cheap shot in
I launch 【Anti-wall】and quickly close the distance between Elgil and me
”I’ll end this here!”
”As if I’d let you!”
Elgil raised his arms into the sky
Above hian to form
It’s so hot It feels like he’s holding the sun in his hands
If I get hit by that I’ll definitely be defeated
”The battle ends here This will be my victory”
Elgil then brought his arms forward
Theforith et
I laughed as I looked at it
This is going exactly as I planned
If I were to try to close the distance between us, he would certainly go all out
Completely predictable
”【Gluttony】”
As I said this, a large black circle appeared before my eyes
The circle was jet black None of the light created by the flaan to be absorbed into the black circle
”Wha…”
Elgil showed signs of being concerned for the first time in our match
That ned to end the battle was completely destroyed
A new trap that I have been trying to perfect for the past several days
If that giant fireball is supposed to be Elgil's strongest ic, then【Gluttony】would be mine
The effect is si that enters it
It doesn’t ic is【Gluttony】is neither an attack ic that sends anything that enters it to a different point in space
It isto use ic
”Elgil, I in this battle”
The black circle that devoured Elgil's flame still remained on the battlefield
I bet he’s wondering why it hasn’t disappeared
— This is where【Gluttony】shows its true power
I end【Gluttony】
The black circle slowly fades, but as the circled faded away Elgil's fireball eed from the circle
This is the true power of【Gluttony】
It has the ability to absorb any ic that comes into contact with it Then, when I cancel【Gluttony】the absorbed ic is fired out in any direction I desire
”Go!”
The fireball flies toward Elgil at an incredible speed
”Ku! ”
Elgil was still surprised at what he was seeing and was late to react to the fireball as the flaulfed his body
”Fuu…”
I let out a sigh of relief
I only had one chance there
If Elgil had ed to avoid that first attack it’s unlikely he’d fall for it a second time
Thanks to hi surprised I was able to end it in one shot…Anyway, I’lad that it succeeded
With this, it’s my win—
”Not bad, Lute After all, you are my rival”
”……Ha?”
How is he able to speak?
Anyone hit with a fireball of that size would surely be knocked out
I squint my eyes and tried to look into the flames
I could see Elgil's shadow in the flames He then flipped his cloak out and the flames dispersed
”These flames really are quite difficult to control It seems I’ve been burned a little”
”That’s all!? That was a direct hit…!?”
Was he able to……manipulate it!?
So like that should be impossible
—Once【Gluttony】absorbed his ic, it should have severed all connection with him
It's the only possibility
”Elgil…that’s iic of other people?”
”What did you expect? I’ed to enter the advanced class At least this much is only natural”
But Elgil just responds with his own question
I didn't think I was underesti this I realize I never truly knew his power