Chapter 417 - Desperate Measures (2/2)

”Dalton?”

With a slight frown on his face, Dalton turned around to see who the person that had conjured the barrier was, only for the frown to quickly disappear as he instantly knew he wasn't anything in front of this man. Just from the aura the man exuded, danger signs constantly appeared in Dalton's mind as he tried his best to maintain calm.

Although he was someone that was only known by a select few people in the kingdom, Dalton knew of the man due to how he was the Supreme Sage of the Arcana Tower. With the man having a similar appearance to the current ruler of the Seraph Kingdom, it wouldn't be surprising for others to have their mouths agape when they looked at him.

However, to Dalton, once he saw this man, he could only give the man a respectful bow as he told the man, ”My apologies, Sir Wilhelm. I was just carried by my emotions.”

Indeed. The one Zeldrion contacted while fighting against Aurus was the same person Dalton was talking to right now. Wilhelm Seraph, the grandfather of current ruler Zeldrion Seraph, as well as the Seraph Kingdom's guardian. But his greatest achievement among all of that is the fact that…he's a Rank 3 Transcendent.

Nodding in response to Dalton's words, Wilhelm stepped forward as he looked at his grandson fight against the being that was called The Great Calamity. After watching for a while, his eyes could not help but glisten as he muttered, ”It seems that kid has finally found out a thing or two about Principles. Although it's still a little bit rough around the edges, I can definitely tell that that's a bona fide Principle right there.”

”Sir Wilhelm, does that mean that Zeldrion is already…?” Listening to Wilhelm's words only confirmed Dalton's suspicion. With that, he asked his question, to which Wilhelm lightly smiled as he said in response, ”It seems that I won't be staying here for longer, seeing that someone is going to take my spot as the kingdom's guardian very soon.”

Hearing that, Dalton could not help but let out a long sigh as he said, ”To think that Zeldrion is the first one among us four to break through to the Transcendent level.” After saying that to himself, he could not help but let out a chuckle, muttering, ”Then again, he's the only one among us that hasn't really stopped training.”

”In any case, I guess he's finally achieved his lifelong dream of being a true Super Animate,” he said soon after, only for him to notice Wilhelm looking at him with the same light smile still on his face. Seeing that, he could not help but shudder as he focused his sights back on the fight, prompting Wilhelm to let out a light chuckle as he inwardly muttered to himself, 'Although he says that, it won't be long until he finds his path as well.'

'To think I'll become double useless, what a satisfying sight to see.'

…

At this point, over a quarter of a day had already passed since the two started to fight. Surprisingly, all of the people that were watching the fight did not become bored at all as any move the two made on each other had the possibility of turning the tides. As for those that had higher-ranked classes, they even wanted the two to fight for even longer in order to understand more of their shortcomings and improve upon it.

However, as all of them had noticed by now, it was apparent to them as to who was going to be the victor of the fight. After all, seeing as to how he looked to others, Aurus was truly on his last legs at this point, having relied on doing the bare minimum to defend against Zeldrion's devastating attacks.

Then again, it was also at this point that everything finally clicked in Aurus's mind as he now thoroughly understood what he was up against. Although it was something daunting and terrifying to fight against at the very start, after being exposed to it for quite some time, his comprehension speed had finally allowed him to grasp the principles behind Zeldrion's attacks, waiting for the right moment to truly retaliate and tip the scales back to him.

Eventually, Aurus had finally been given the right chance to retaliate, seeing Zeldrion raise Valtyrisk up in the air once more, aiming to send out an attack that would truly put him out of commission. As he waited for the attack to land, he went ahead and started to conjure a great number of blades behind his back, making it seem like he was going to defend against once more.

Seeing what Aurus was about to do, Zeldrion could only smirk as he swung his awakened Valtyrisk downward as he exclaimed, ”[Cutthroat Blade Arts]!”

”Rend!”

Swoosh!

At that instant, Aurus had finally used his teleportation skill to warp in front of Zeldrion, something he had only done at the beginning of the fight. After that, a large dark green domain wrapped around the two of them, catching Zeldrion off guard as Aurus muttered, ”[Ruler of All].”

”You do not possess the power to fight against me,” he soon said, seemingly removing all of the strength that was coursing throughout Zeldrion's body. Then, with great speed, he assembled the blades to form a large claw, truly leaving no room for Zeldrion to retaliate as he even went one step further, activating the skill [Omnipresence], turning all of his attacks into deadly long-ranged attacks, which meant that it was useless for Zeldrion to escape.

Mustering all of the strength in his body, Aurus was about to swipe the claw towards Zeldrion, aiming for the sure kill. Unfortunately, as if heaven didn't want him to have it his way, an even larger domain covered the two of them as a third person had finally entered the barrier.

”Hey, friend. How about…”

”You stop bullying my grandson like that?”