76 It wasn’t me (1/2)

With Lord Weld at the center all the rain in the surrounding 100-meter radius gathered towards him. Marquis Gregory had a change of expression when Amelia locked her eyes on him, but he was a safe distance away and wasn't in immediate danger.

Water was the source of their power. Water-users could rely solely on their water seed to conjure water for their own usage, but it could never be as fast as manipulating the readily available water from the surrounding.

Lord Weld was more powerful and commanded greater control over the rain. Marquis Gregory was unable to summon any rain for himself as his father did not even leave a drop for him. He felt a lot of pressure under the Duchess's gaze as he broke out into sweat. The sweat trickled down his cheeks before they too joined the rest of the rain and gathered towards Lord Weld. His father was too overbearing. Not even his sweat was spared.

”Retreat!” Lord Weld issued to his son. There was no way Marquis Gregory was an opponent for the Duke's wife. The difference between a 7th step and 9th step awakener was like a chasm. It wasn't something any ordinary 7th step awakeners can overcome, especially not after his father had stripped off all his advantages.

All the rain gathered into a single body of water, before Lord Weld swiped his hand in the direction of Duke Ignis. The body of water rushed at him like a dam opening its floodgates. The attack was simple and direct with no tricks, but it was powered with Lord Weld's full strength.

Of the 5 elements, water had the least offensive properties. Unless the water-user's control has reached the zenith and able to condense sharp water blades that could cut through steel, they could only rely on overpowering their opponents through brute force.

Lord Weld was someone who had heavily relied on pills to achieve his present strength and had a very shaky foundation as a 9th step water-user. The price for having a shaky foundation is a lack of control over his water manipulation ability. As such, it was impossible for Lord Weld to cut steel with water. He would not have tried to pierce the Duke through the roof with his sword if he was able to execute such a strong skill.

”Do you think you can overpower me!?” Duke Ignis roared as he quickly drew power from his fire seed and fired off a powerfully large flame at the incoming tide. Facing such a simple and direct attack from Lord Weld, Duke Ignis took it as provocation to a contest of strength and chose to take the attack head on. He was never one to back down from a challenge.

Duke Ignis was hit by the force of the explosion and his body was shot flying back like a cannonball and landed on the windscreen of his luxury car.

”Kekeke… Did you think your abilities could suppress me like your swordsmanship?” Lord Weld laughed coldly, but there was a hint of tiredness in his eyes. The only reason he willingly engaged in a sword fight was to gauge the Duke's strength and measure his own. Ever since he reached the 9th step, he had not fought with any opponents of the same level.

”Ugh.” The Duke groaned.

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”How are you?” Amelia asked with concern.

”I'm okay, but I expended a portion of my strength. We are at a serious disadvantaged.” Ignis replied. The weather was not on their side.

The Duke had sent out his attack later, causing the explosion point to be closer to him. This didn't mean his attack was weaker as the two forces perfectly negated each other.

However, it was clear who had the upper hand in this battle. Duke Ignis had expended a portion of the fire elements that fuels his flame, while Lord Weld did not expend any. He had an unlimited supply of water as it continues to rain. The only thing he was draining was his mental strength.

Like any other awakeners, Duke Ignis cannot create fire out of nothing. When there are no fire sources to manipulate, he must expend the energy in his fire seed to conjure his flames. Furthermore, the more powerful his flames are, the more fire energy he must expend to conjure it.

Although Lord Weld must be expending a lot of mental strength to control such a large body of water, it was negligible compared to the Duke's expended energy. The Duke would not be able to win a battle of attrition against Lord Weld under these conditions.

”Let's attack him together. We can't stay for long.” Amelia suggested. The Welds obviously wants their life and are blocking their path for a reason. Their situation could turn dangerous if Weld's reinforcements arrive.

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”Stay in the car? What does he mean stay in the car? Does he think we are too useless to be of help?” Robert said with some discontent. His skills might have dulled, but he was still a hot-blooded warrior at heart. How can he sit back, and watch others fight?

”If you really think that way, why didn't you say something earlier, father?” Lina rolled her eyes at her father.

”Yeah Robert, you haven't recovered to your peak strength and you haven't fought in a very long time. You wouldn't be able to help. Our abilities are more useful for healing anyway.” Aisha added.

Cough* ”You both… sigh… You're right, Aisha.” Robert felt embarrassed after being called out. His ego deflated. He was only putting up a pretense. He wasn't going to go out and fight. He understood that he might not even be a match for the servants at his current level of strength.