Duel Aftermath (1)
-To participant number 325 and 326, please come forward to the testing stage
The voice of the announcer resounded loudly in the room. Moments later, a silver-haired girl and a black-haired boy appeared.
At first, people didn't pay much attention to them. Most of them thought they would get outshined by Lapiz and Rosaline, even pitying them for getting placed after two overwhelming prodigies.
As soon as they touch the orb.
-Attendee 0325: Rayford Zyavn Aquinox, Mana: C-
-Attendee 0326: Laila Snow Callestio, Mana: C-
The thought they had before instantly shattered. On the display screen, their results are seen by millions of people watching live.
"...What? Am I dreaming? I...Is that an error?"
"...C- Rank mana"
In an instant, shock spread throughout the entire audience. No one could predict that there would be not one but two five-years-old with
Before anyone could recover from shock, the two had already entered virtual reality choosing duel as their combat strength measurement.
The audience began to question their decision. Duel is not something children usually use to measure combat ability. Why? Because children's fights are less interesting than hunting monsters. Another reason is to test their mind when fighting a monster, a scary-looking monster would be more taxing than fighting humans. This is also why most participants didn't fight monsters, you don't expect a child to fight monsters so most of the audience understands their decision.
Because of their high mana measurement, people were greatly disappointed by their decision to do a duel instead of hunting a powerful monster.
But when the duel starts...
-BOOM!!!
All those disappointments disappeared instantly.
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Inside a VIP room, four individuals were watching the fight with great interest. They are Kayne, Sophia, Mina, and Anna.
Because the two attendants have fought them before, they didn't show much surprise, unlike Kayne and Sophia who never saw them fight.
While the Callestio couple was immersed in their fight, Anna opened her mouth slightly
"They seem to be way more serious than usual" (Anna)
"...how scary" (Mina)
Hearing the two attendant's words, Kayne frowned and asked
"Explain what you said" (Kayne)
Hearing the duke's command, the two attendants explained their experience.
"Right now their objective is to win against each other instead of learning like when they spar against us" (Anna)
"Anna is correct, in our fight, their main focus is to gain experience and knowledge by watching our movements. They learned how to counter our techniques instantly after seeing them once and implemented our technique in their arsenal" (Mina)
"They stole your technique and develop their own?" (Sophia)
"Duchess is correct, but we also manage to become stronger after fighting them" (Mina)
"While sparring we learned that you could conserve mana by recycling mana" (Anna)
"Recycling mana?" (Kayne)
As a mage, Kayne was naturally interested in the topic of mana. Not only Kayne but Sophia also expressed interest in the topic.
Seeing their interest, Anna began to explain the principle behind the technique.
After listening for 15 minutes...
"You could do that?" (Kayne)
"Yes, I speculated that the technique involves turning aura into mana to help accurately move the mana and catch it back by retracting it with aura. It's like forming a bowl with aura to catch mana particles in the air" (Anna)
"Hmm... That's very hard to do. I've thought about this multiple times before but marked it as impossible but if the use of aura is added to the equation..." (Kayne)
Moving his hand slightly, a ball of ice formed on the palm of his hand. He then shot it forward towards a water glass.
When his magic hit and froze the water, Kayne used aura to purify and retract his mana.
"17% recycled..." (Kayne)
"Amazing... to think that aura could be used like that (Sophia)
"Indeed, both the prince and the lady are amazing" (Anna)
While the three women expressed their admiration, Kayne was silently analyzing the recycling technique.
'It's very difficult (Kayne)
For an archmage like himself, his skill was not something one could scoff at. But for him to say "it's very difficult" shows how absurdly difficult the technique was> The technique aside, the way they fight seemed to contain the experience of veteran fighters which is not something that could be found in a child
After thinking for a while, Kayne spoke to the attendants.
"Call them here after the duel" (Kayne)
""Yes duke"" (Mina & Anna)
***
"...a draw" (Laila)
Turning her head towards the boy beside her, she smiled excitedly
"I'm finally strong enough to fight beside you" (Laila)
"You were already strong enough before, but now that we are equal in strength, we could start training for 'that' after going home" (Ray)
"Are you talking about trait swap?" (Laila)
"Yes, it's time to learn how to use each other technique" (Ray)
"Status" (Laila)
=====[Status]======
Name: Rayford Zyavn Aquinox
Race: Human
Class: Void Swordsman (Weakened)
Level: 81 (A-)
[Skill]
[Synchronize] (Unique)
Passive skill that allows the user to synchronize their, sight, smell, skill, and emotions. Using this will allow the user to speak telepathically with their soulmate. Because of the skill's low level, the user can only telepathically talk to each other. As this skill level increases some active skills will be unlocked.
-Telepathy
-Sight Sharing
-Skill Sharing
[Realization] (EX)
This will allow the user to increase their level and power temporarily by using the user data of Arcana Online. The user will be able to retain all skill and appearance data from Arcana Online by using mental energy, the amount consumed will differ depending on the amount of strength used.
[Soul Weapon]
Able to cut through 'anything' as long as the user have enough Mana/Aura
[Combat Stat]
Str: (D+)
Mana: (A-)
Void/Ice Aura: (B+)
Agi: (C)
Vit: (D-)
Perception: (SS-)
=====[Status]======
Name: Laila Snow Callestio
Race: Human
Class: Absolute Zero (Weaken)
Level: 81 (A-)
[Synchronize] (Unique)
Passive skill that allows the user to synchronize their, sight, smell, skill, and emotions. Using this will allow the user to speak telepathically with their soulmate. Because of the skill's low level, the user can only telepathically talk to each other. As this skill level increases some active skills will be unlocked.
-Telepathy
-Sight Sharing
-Skill Sharing
[Realization] (EX)
This will allow the user to increase their level and power temporarily by using the user data of Arcana Online. The user will be able to retain all skill and appearance data from Arcana Online by using mental energy, the amount consumed will differ depending on the amount of strength used.
[Soul Weapon]
Able to produce infinite mana as long as mental energy is available
[Combat Stat]
Str: (E+)
Mana: (S-)
Void/Ice Aura: (C+)
Agi: (C+)
Vit: (E+)
Perception: (S+)
Seeing their stat for the first time after months, the two admired their training result.
As the two are planning their training schedule, Anna appeared
"The duke is looking for both of you, please come with me" (Anna)