Chapter 59: I Win (2/2)

”It's fine, this had been very educational for me so I'm glad I accepted this bout, besides, how can I refuse a serious request from such a lovely young lady.”

Rain was flustered by his response and the final lid that kept her emotions in check popped like a wine cock and she broke down crying.

Tyler almost lost his composure with her sudden outburst as he thought. 'I should stop using those types of spells if something like this is going to happen every time.' He was the one that had just managed to escape death, yet it now looked like he was just bullying a girl.

Luckily for him, Liz and Erin arrived just in time. ”Are you both alright?” Erin asked in a worried tone and shot Tyler a look. 'I didn't do anything.' He wanted to protest but kept silent. Liz went to console Rain and she just fell into her arms like a baby. It didn't take long for her to stop crying in Liz's arms after Erin cast a soothing spell that negated the effects of his spell, Touch of Despair, a Tier 2 spell in the Despair series. Which Tyler had felt was more convenient than its Tier 1 counterpart.

Tyler looked at the scene and sighed inwardly, perhaps he could've ended the fight in a more suitable manner. if he had wanted to just overwhelm her with strength, he was sure he would've lost control and ended up killing her.

Rain seemed to have fallen asleep after the soothing spell and Albert offered to carry her out. Liz then went over to Tyler and he thought she was about to berate him or something but she didn't.

”I'm glad no one got hurt, I thought for sure that last attack would cause a lot of problems, I'm sorry my friend got carried away...”

Tyler nodded but did not speak and Liz continued.

”I can't believe you survived the phantom kill without even a scratch on you.”

”That's true, her last strike had really surprised me,” Erin added, strangely more enthusiastic than usual.

”That's right, and how were you able to fool Rain with an illusion, she should be able to see through any illusion magic due to her racial skill.”

”Mmm... I just distorted the space around me a bit and combined that with an illusion spell, it's no big deal.”

”Wow, you can use such a high-level special magic?” Their eyes gleamed with a childlike excitement that Tyler hadn't expected. He then quickly changed the subject before they could bombard him with questions he could not answer.

”How about we head back up and resume our discussion.”

”...Oh... Okay.” They both seemed a little disappointed by that, it was now obvious that they were really interested in hearing more about spatial magic which Tyler technically couldn't use.

Albert carried Rain out of the room and the two girls trailed behind him leaving only Tyler behind. He proceeded to place his hand on his chest and sure enough, his heart was beating heavily. He was surprised at how he was able to hide the loud sound from the others, but he still felt his arm trembling before his eyes.

What he felt during that last attack was no doubt the threat of death. He was certain that if he hadn't activated his ring and gotten those two skills, he would've died in this match. This was the third time that Tyler had ever felt threatened by death in his life and he couldn't get used to it. The first was on earth, just before he actually died.

The second was here on Neron, the moment he and his friends were captured by a demon general. Coming face to face with someone of that level as someone that wasn't even a Tier 1 swordman was enough to give him a heart attack. And finally, he felt the same feeling when facing that dark elf.

Well, it wasn't the same. He turned his head to looked at his trembling hands. What he had felt when faced with that last attack was, insulted. Something within him felt absolutely livid. He was glad he had accidentally activated his ring and had a way to end that fight quickly otherwise he wasn't sure what he would've done to everyone in this hall.

As it turned out, his plan for managing the demon's pride with the placate spell was flawed as it was harder to do that in the heat of battle. Still, he had learned a lot from that battle. For instance, the value of pieces of equipment and Artifacts. The usefulness of enhancement spells and skills in battle and more importantly, the strength of a Secret Technique.

Tyler reached into space and pulled out a ring, he stared at the Monarch Ring as he wondered if he should activate it to be safe. It didn't have any skills but maybe it would increase his basic stats. He sighed deeply as he decided against it. The ring was useless for now and he felt like putting it on would attract trouble. If he could open the secret door without needing to activate it, he would do so.

Tyler then walked out of the hall after returning the ring into his storage space and he headed back to the North wing. He entered the office room and saw that Rain had woken up and looked as if nothing had happened with that carefree smile on her face as they watched Tyler enter the room.

He proceeded to take his seat and stared at the girls before he spoke.

”So... Now that we're done with your little test, how about we get straight to point. Let's start from the beginning then, who are you girls? Where exactly are you from, and why were you headed for this castle?”