Chapter 120 - The Second "Barrier" (1/2)

After the attack Evan decided to run away, he didn't want to waste his time and energy, he had better things to do. Unexpectedly for him, the second chain began to shake, which meant he came close to breaking through the second ”Barrier”.

”Hmm, is he running away? I think he could deal with his attacker, that cocky guy doesn't look like a coward.” The man in the white mantle said puzzled.

”Uh, you don't understand anything, he isn`t driven by emotions, he decided to act pragmatically. That sounds like the surest way to win to me.” The girl in the silver mantle disagreed with the man.

”It seems to me the contestants don't quite understand the position they find themselves in. He`s got away, but how long will he be safe? I think they all need to band together and kill the Ogres. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't have a winner this time.” The man in the platinum mantle said calmly.

Draven watched Evan closely as the young man began to run away, and thought to himself, <Why...why is he smiling?>

He saw nothing good in Evan having to run away with his tail between the legs, but after a few seconds, he saw something unexpected.

Whoosh.

Suddenly Evan turned around and started casting the ”Magic Missile”. A white beam flew toward the root behind him.

Bam.

There was a deafening explosion as it collided, a part of the root had been destroyed and fell slowly into the water. But, Evan wasn't going to stop there.

Bam. Bam. Bam.

Evan cast the ”Magic Missile” a few more times. His goal was to destroy all the roots behind him, and for that, he was willing to spend most of the mana he had.

”What's that psycho doing!?” The young man, who had attacked Evan from afar shouted displeased. He`d expected to take him down quickly, but he was having none of it. He was upset about his failure, but he didn't expect Evan to suddenly start destroying the roots, including his.

The guy quickly had to jump to another root. There was nothing he could do about the situation, as Evan was already too far away.

”'Wait a minute... damn! What the hell has that freak done?” The young man said loudly as he looked at the many roots that had been destroyed. He obviously didn't expect that Evan will start doing something like that.

Evan had destroyed exactly those roots to cut himself off from the other participants. The entire area was now divided into three locations. One contained the Ogres, the second the students, and in the third, the smallest, there was only Evan.

There was no way to get to him except by going down into the water, but that was too dangerous.

”Why has he done that? He's putting himself and the others in danger. If the Ogres knock all the other students out, this guy won't stand a chance of winning.” The man in the silver mantle said puzzled.

Draven said calmly: ”He's created a hiding place for himself”.

Evan had just spent a huge amount of mana, obviously, this was all part of the plan. He had a definite purpose.

<Great, now no one will bother me for a while. Thought to himself Evan ran off to the farthest corner of the arena. He crouched on a root and looked at the Ogres in the distance.>

”I`ve wasted a lot of mana, but it was definitely worth it, I don't have time to deal with these monsters.”

Evan closed his eyes and began to ”Create.” He was going to break through the second 'Barrier' right here and now and he didn't want to put it off.

There were many ways to break the ”Barrier”. It could have happened during combat, during training, or during the”Creation”. Each magician had his own unique situations when he broke his ”Barrier”.

The chains around Evan's ”Warp” were already shaking badly, all he had to do was put in a little effort. During the battle with Draven and when he had been attacked by Chloe and Lewis, Evan had moved forward. He believed that it was because of these events that he had now almost broken his second ”Barrier.”