Chapter 332 - Monsters. (1/2)

”God...”

”uh..a- Are you seeing that?”

”I sure am...”

”Stop blabbering, I would be surprised if you could even understand what was happening,” spat the impatient Kure.

Something not even in his wildest imaginations was happening right in front of him, these nobodies interrupting with their chatter ticked him off. He himself was barely able to keep track of those movements, much less these mere Rank-8 Mages.

The Rank-8 Mages near him immediately shut their chatter, but they, just like everyone else around them, including all three Rank-10 Mages, couldn't believe their own eyes.

Yet... it was happening.

That small shadow they had already thought to be a dead man standing was actually fighting the Rank-10 Beast on equal grounds!

It was only the initial exchange, but it had already proved that man's strength.

There wasn't enough time for the initial shock to fade away when everyone noticed the two parties separating after a round of what seemed to be blurry attacks in their eyes.

With curiosity rising, everyone focused on that man. Those who somewhat knew how powerful the Sovereign felt their hearts pounding. In their experience, there wasn't any man on the continent who could be this powerful except for the old man who was hosting this competition in the first place!

Squinting their eyes as much as they could to see through the barrier, only the Rank-9 Mages and above were able to make out the features of that man now having a conversation with the giant Beast.

”Isn't he...”

”No way...”

”Why was he chosen to participate!? And since when was he so powerful?!?!”

The one shout which overshadowed all others among these spectators belonged to the Archbishop of the Church of Light, Lammert.

It wasn't just him who had these concerns. Everyone was as perplexed as he was.

The Ashin Family, on the other hand, were the ones who were most surprised.

'Che... no wonder he didn't want to join the family...' Kure considered this while clicking his tongue. He knew his grandson was mysterious, but he never expected him to hold such a big surprise.

His expressions changed into a gleaming bright smile that didn't fit the situation as the blood smudged on his teeth gave him a terrifying look instead.

It wasn't only him, two more men inside the crowd had similar reactions. Raymond and Alver both had their chests puffing up as if it was them everyone was staring at with awe.

Their nephew had long surpassed their own father. It only brought them both indescribable joy.

Fortunately, though, everyone was too immersed in the scene down below to spare them a glance.

. . .

Back to the fight, Ozul withstood the attack without getting any burns.

The blasting flames had thrown him quite far from the Sovereign. There was some distance between them, but this time the situation was reversed.

Before he had the chance to gather himself up, the ground under him suddenly started burning and in the blink of an eye, the ground melted before a pillar of fire rose up, engulfing him whole!

Like a raging dragon, the fire tore through the air and only stopped after hitting the barrier!

Gasps followed throughout the area, be it inside the barrier or outside.

Although the onlookers weren't really on Ozul's side, they still couldn't help but be against the Sovereign.

Almost everyone gathered at different spots on the hill as it seemed the safest place. It was the same hill Raven and Blaze had chosen to watch the battle from.

Zier, suddenly seeing the massive pillar of fire engulfing the whole area around Ozul was stunned and anxiously tried to look for him on the field.

The heat from the pillar could even be felt by him from miles away, he could only imagine what must Ozul have faced just now.

”Hey, he avoided it, right? Tell me he avoided it...” he worriedly asked, hoping for a reply. He himself wasn't able to understand anything of what was going on since has merely a Rank-5 Fighter.

Even the fact that he could see them was because they were on a high hill.

The reply he got was only the clenched fists of Blaze and a wave of cold air that passed by the hill like an ocean breeze.

Everyone held their breaths for the pillar of fire to disperse.

The Sovereign didn't have any intentions of making it disappear anytime sooner, though.

”Khe! Is that all you amounted to, vermin?”

As she expected, there was no reply.

She was about to laugh and proudly declare her victory with a victory roar when her eyes blinked.