Chapter 142 (2/2)

<<How can he still be so lively?>>

Already half of the finalists had lost. But Su-hyeun was still full of energy.

[1 minute left.]

The announcement came directly to their brains. Adel collected his mind at that announcement. Nobody was trying to challenge Su-hyeun anymore. They all thought that they would wait until he ran out of energy.

<<If nobody challenges in 1 minute, he’ll choose one.>>

Time passed slowly. When the time was done, the right to decide was passed over to Su-hyeun.

[Choose a challenger.]

<<Damn it!>>

Adel lowered his head. And he wasn’t the only one. Every finalist in the arena avoided eye contact with Su-hyeun. Some people avoided his gaze explicitly. Other people pretended to look at something else. Adel was one of them.

“Damn it! Damn it!” Adel gnashed his teeth and muttered. He still lowered his head.

It had been a while since he’d avoided eye-contact with someone because he was scared. He felt humiliated. His pride was broken. He hoped Su-hyeun didn’t point him out. He wanted to wait until the last of the last. He wanted to fight later, when Su-hyeun would be exhausted.

“Adel.” Su-hyeun pointed out his opponent.

Puff—

At that moment, the landscape in front of Adel changed. Suddenly, he was at the stadium.

“Did he just choose Adel?”

“For the first point, he chooses Adel!”

“Then, maybe…”

The spectators started to stir. It was the same for the people who were watching the game on Television. Especially European viewers responded instantly. Adel was one of the top candidates for the winner, along with Gordon Rohan. And he was the most famous awakener all over Europe.

<<Maybe if Kim Su-hyeun is tired…>>

<<Adel could win. Possibly.>>

<<If Adel wins at this point, I might have chance to win.>>

Being a winner of the Ranking Wars would come with a great prize. Gordon Rohan had offered an enormous amount of money. If Su-hyeun was full of energy, there would be no chance for Adel to win against him. But Su-hyeun had fought against Gordon Rohan and had been fighting with more than ten S-Rank awakeners. So, Adel thought he might able to win. Su-hyeun and Adel looked at each other.

Su-hyeun grinned and spoke first, “Hey. Long time no see.”

Clench—

Adel snarled at Su-hyeun’s greeting. Su-hyeun had pointed out Adel without any hesitation. That meant only one thing. Su-hyeun had been waiting for Adel and the chance to fight against him.

“Sure. Long time no see,” Adel said.

“You look very different from yesterday? Why don’t you laugh?”

Adel had been smiling the day before. He usually laughed a lot. Even if it was faked, Adel was famous for his smiling face. Adel’s distorted face wasn’t something easy to see.

“Are you scared of me?” Su-hyeun asked.

Adel’s eyes were shaking.

“Or are you scared of losing in front of so many people?”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

“Well…” Su-hyeun shook his head as if he was pathetic. “What would be the point of saying it?”

Su-hyeun didn’t say it exactly, but Adel could understand what he was trying to say. Su-hyeun was laughing at what had happened the day before. Adel flipped his lid. He clenched his fists and gathered his magic.

<<I am Adel!>>

Rumble—

Adel’s hands started to change to a golden color.

<<I can win! No matter how he pretends to be calm, he must be out of his energy!>>

Su-hyeun had used a lot of magic during the fight against Gordon Rohan. Adel assumed his physical strength was worn out as well.

<<I think his Fatigue level should be like 60%.>>

In that case, it was clear that Su-hyeun only could use half or less than half of his power than usual.

<<This is a good chance.>>

Adel made a firm determination. They were ready to fight.

[The game starts now.]

Swish—

Adel launched himself at Su-hyeun. On the other hand, Su-hyeun was standing still. Adel aimed Su-hyeun’s neck and stretched his hand.

Clang— Clank— Clang—!

Su-hyeun’s sword and Adel’s hands hit each other, one after another. Adel didn’t feel any pain. At first, his hands couldn’t be cut by any sword, no matter how sharp.

[Adamantium gauntlets.]

Adamantium was the hardest metal in the world. It was very rare and priceless. Adel was one of the awakeners who attacked the dungeon where adamantium was found. And his gauntlets were the world’s only gauntlets that had been made by smelting adamantium. Adel melted the gauntlets in his body to wear anytime, anywhere, and to use them as part of his body.

Boom—!

Adel’s fist hit Su-hyeun’s sword. After a couple of hits, his confidence grew. He was convinced that he could win.

<<I can do it!>>

Whoosh—

Adel stretched out his fist. Huge magic gathered in the fist and started to make it turn blue.

[White Dragon Fist.]

Kiyaaa—!

The shape of a giant dragon came over Su-hyeun’s body. It was when the fangs of the blue dragon tried to bite Su-hyeun that he lifted his sword up. He didn’t even try to avoid the attack.

<<Is he trying to stop it? No. He’s not. He’s…>>

When Adel realized what Su-hyeun was doing, it was too late.

[One Sword Cutting Through Everything- Cutting the Sky.]

Slash—

Su-hyeun’s sword swung down.

Boom—!

The dragon’s body was cut in two. The stadium went topsy-turvy again.