Inter-Kingdom Tournament (8) Ice Princess vs Blood Prince

The final match of the quarterfinals was between Anastasia and Evagoras. Being the last match of the day, everyone focused their attention on it.

"THIS YEAR'S QUARTER-FINALS HAS BEEN BOMBARDING US WITH ONE SURPRISE AFTER ANOTHER! WILL THE HUMANS FINALLY STEP UP AND SHOW THEIR TRUE CAPABALITIES? FROM OUR PREVIOUS MATCH, A HUMAN HAD BEATEN A HIGH ELF! LET'S SEE WHAT SURPRISES WILL COME FROM OUR NEXT MATCH! THE LOVELY PRINCESS OF EREWHON KINGDOM, ANASTASIA VERDIAS MIRTHSTAR, VERSUS THE BLOOD PRINCE, EVAGORAS NOX TEPES!"

Everyone's anticipation grew and could not be contained.

'I hope the training stations have paid off, and she can give a good fight." Eric thought. After having training lessons, her magical skills were on par with a Supreme Mage.

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[Name: Anastasia Verdias Mirthstar]

[Race: Human]

[Age:19]

[6th Circle - Elder]

[Magic: Ice, Light]

[Ability: Ice Queen, Shield of Argarth]

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Anastasia herself knew that she will not last in a long fight, so she had already prepared a plan before the match started. And that... was to go all from the start.

"Ice Queen."

"Shield of Argarth."

A cool icy blue gown materialized over her cloths and a small crown of ice rest over her head. 4 shields hovered around her, protecting her from all angles.

"For a human, you are pretty good looking. After this match, you can come over to my palace, and I will fill you full of vitality," Evagoras said in a vulgar and unpleasant tone.

"..."

Anastasia chose to remain mute and did not want to react over such a remark. She did not want to give Evagoras the pleasure of seeing her being affected by his words.

"Hrmph, you're no fun, I'll teach you better manners in bed," he snarled.

Pushing off his feet, Evagoras rushed to her. But Anastasia was not done with her preparations.

"Ice Palace."

"Frigid Winds."

"Frozen Skin."

Cold artic ice erupted from her, covering every inch of the stage and shield dome. Evagoras who was caught unprepared by the blast was blown away, half of his body tinted blue from the sheer cold. In an instant what was once the normal stage became a beautiful landscape covered with ice.

For a period of 15 minutes, she had absolute control over the entire stage. In the limited space, her power level is now at the Supreme level and her mana consumption had gone down by 50 percent. On top of the protection of the Queen's gown, she toughened her skin by 20 times.

"This is my world now." Anastasia said with a smirk, preparing her next spell.

"Tsk..." Getting back to his feet, Evagoras looked around at the newly created landscape. "I can see a burning spirit in your eyes, I do like my girls when they fight back."

Picking up his axe, he threw it with all his might, testing the defense of her magic.

Crossing her arms in a guard, 2 giant ice pillars shot from the ground. The ice pillars did not completely stop the axe, but it did diminish its momentum and made it drop to the ground.

With all the power swirling around her, Anastasia's current appearance looked like an ice goddess. Her eyes were glowing white with multiple magic circles on her hands.

Taking back his great axe, Evagoras made a mad dash to her. Being a pure mage with no fighting skills, Anastasia was very weak to combat fighting. To stay in the fight, she had to keep a distance between her and Evagoras at all times.

"Lumiflare."

"Howling Blizzard."

Blinding him, she cast an advanced and more powerful version of 'Frigid Winds'. Taking the opportunity of his current blind state and slowness, she threw several small icebergs at him. Each of the icebergs slammed into Evagoras like a dump truck, crushing him deeper into the ground with every hit.

'I hope she doesn't become complacent and think that is enough to stop him. With no experience facing a vampire, much less a true vampire, I could help her with advice right now but learning by herself is part of the experience.' Eric thought as he looked on.

Slowly rising from the shattered ice debris, Evagoras flew into the air. The look in his eyes was not one that was playing around. The sky darkened as he raised his great axe over his head.

"Imperial Style: Mountain Divider."

Lightning struck his axe as he descended. An enormous power could be felt from the axe that was a force to be reckoned with. It gave off such immense pressure that even Anastasia could feel it from where she was. Feeling as if the weight of a mountain was falling on her, she gritted her teeth and prepared her spells. Months of training has led her to this very moment, and she was not going to let it go to waste.

Creating a hundred ice chains extending from the top of the shield dome, she wrapped it around Evagoras slowing his descend, but it barely slowed him. Next, she directed the entire flow of the blizzard upwards against him.

'Shit, this is not enough,' she knew full well of her power and knew that it was inevitable that she would take damage. 'There is no way I'll go down without a fight.'

Absorbing back all the surrounding ice on stage, she compressed them and made it into a 15-foot-thick ice wall. Adding the 4 Shields of Argarth in front of her, she finished her preparations.

"DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME!!!" Evagoras shouted as he tunneled through the thick ice shield. Breaking through all 15 feet and 3 of the 4 Argarth Shields, he almost reached her but was stopped by the last one.

Looking down at her face, instead of seeing a frightful face, he saw her smirking. He immediately widened his eyes as he saw her raised her right arm and made a motion towards him. Turning his head, he saw a 30-foot-long ice spear heading towards him from the side. With no time to react, it pierced his side flung him away.

Evagoras was not the only one who took damage. As a result of his move, the shockwave it created blew her away, causing her to crash into the shield dome leaving cracks on her ice skin.

"Kueaack caauqek..."

Blood spurted out from her mouth, and she felt fatigue over her entire body. She had not exerted so much magic before and the blow from Evagoras has caused some internal injury. Standing up with extreme difficulty, her ice crown slide and fell onto the ground and broke into a thousand pieces.

"I-I am not... done yet."

As of now, she had taken a place in everyone's heart and became the audience's favorite combatant. With her determination and charm of a princess, everyone had poured in their support. Unaware of how much love she is receiving, she pushed on with a hazy mind.

Evagoras was at the far end of the stage trying to break the ice spear that had impaled him. Just as he was about to succeed, he froze in place.

"Expand... expand... EXPAND." Blood flowed from her nose.

Anastasia's hand was clenched so tightly that she started bleeding from her palm. Controlling the ice spear, she made it extrude out many more spikes from inside his body penetrating his internal organs.

But ultimately... it was not enough to defeat Evagoras. With the endurance and healing of a true vampire, there was only one final victor. Accepting her defeat, she gave one last push and surrendered before he could reach her.

After the match ended, the entire colosseum stood up and gave a standing ovation for her performance. Eric did not join in, but he acknowledged her and that was all she needed to hear.

~That was splendid, you did well and deserve some rest, I'll take it from here.~

Hearing that, Anastasia closed her eyes with a smile on her face.