Special Chapter IX - Jelard Hoaqin (part 1)

The mc, Eaden, also mentioned to everyone that they should create some more distance as well as some shield to protect themselves.

He knows that this fight might go wild, so might as well warn everyone before it starts.

After everyone took a few steps back as well as creating a defensive barrier in front of them, the fight was ready.

The old man and I stood only twenty meters away from one another at the center of this field. Eaden already disappeared to god knows where, and the people flying above us are also watching.

Twenty meters is a very short distance… at least for me. I'm not sure about how capable this old man is, but considering his age, he must be very experienced. Plus, he trained Val, so he must be very good as well.

I will just have to be prepared for everything he throws at me. I can't let my guard down like I did with Val. Just by watching his moves, I can win.

"Ready!"

A shout came from above. Eaden was actually floating above us, watching the event as it slowly started.

"Begin-"

SHRIINGGG!!!

That fucking old man did not waited until the countdown was over.

He knows that I am strong, so he is using everything he got to take me down, including cheating on the countdown.

In an instant, an entire mountain of ice spikes appeared right in front of me. My eyesight immediately became dark due to the iceberg covering the lights above me. It was so big that it's nearly half the size of the arena.

With the ice spikes coming straight at me, I have to do something. I have two options, to run from the iceberg covered in spikes… or to destroy it.

I chose the second option.

I enchanted my right hand with a large enough energy. The iceberg is coming very fast towards my position, but I do not need that much energy. I managed to charge it quick enough and threw a punch at the wind in front of me.

BOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The powerful punch on the wind causes a massive shockwave that flies towards the iceberg. Not even a King tier ice magic is capable of withstanding that powerful shockwave, and I assumed this old man uses the King tier ice magic considering how powerful and rapid it is.

The shockwave destroys the entire ice mountain, as well as bursts through it. The old man was on the other side of the iceberg, and he got hit by the wind shockwave.

"Gaahk!!"

He screamed as he got thrown backwards from the powerful wind punch. He stood back up, but he got a slight nose bleed as well as coughing blood. That punch was large and powerful, if he got hit by that again, he might actually lose consciousness.

The ice smoke slowly disappears from the destroyed iceberg, showing everyone my current condition. I am still posing with my fist forward, and everyone can see that the shockwave was caused by a single punch from my fist.

"C-Crazy…"

"No way…"

Above me, the professional mages mumbled as they understood what happened.

"She punched the entire ice berg…"

"How is a student capable of such a thing…?"

Around me, the mages also looked very confused as to what just happened.

The students, however…

"Gyahahaha!! She did not hold back at all."

I can hear Jericho laughing from the side. In fact, it was rather loud, and everyone turned their gaze to her.

"Jericho, so loud…"

Even I ended up muttering while turning my annoyed gaze at her. I fixed my pose, and began covering my entire body in shadow.

Since I can only use shadow magic, I might as well use it. I covered my entire body in shadow, forming a powerful shadow armor. Shadow wings, claws, armor, and boots, all formed on my body. There's also a small black crown on top of my head, because I thought it might look cool if I had it.

After transforming, I grinned. Having this armor made me feel extremely cool, and I quite like it. I lifted my finger up and flicked my fingers.

FLICK!

FWOOOOSSSSHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

In an instant, sharp shadow tails appeared from the ground. The shadow tails flew towards the old man, and he also began moving to dodge.

The shadow tails flew here and there, trying really hard to stab the old man. Unfortunately, the old man is much friskier than I thought considering his age. He was able to dodge over twenty sharp shadow rockets that were trying really hard to stab him, and was able to close the distance between us.

Of course, I wouldn't just rely on those shadow tails. I flew forward myself, and arrived in front of him faster than he could react.

BAKK!!

A fist landed on his stomach, and it threw him far back. The old man coughed blood again, but he had a wide grin on his bleeding mouth. I turned to glare at the hand that punched him, and noticed the ice slowly growing on my shadow claws.

"I see… that was a quick reaction. Too bad, though."

I took off the shadow gloves from my right hand, and the shadow gloves fell to the ground shattering. The old man saw how easy it was for me to escape from his trap, and he looked annoyed once again.

He cupped his hands, and tens of ice spikes and shards appeared around him. The ice spikes began growing towards me, while the ice shards rained above me.

I used this chance to show him how impossible it is for him to win. Using a much faster speed than the eyes, I dashed here and there while dodging his barrage of ice magic.

ZWOOOMMM!!!!!!

He can still sense my position, and he still fired his ice attacks there. But by the time the ice shards arrived there, I was already gone.

I arrived right in front of him, ready to smack him in the face. It was at that moment that the old man jumped backwards as quickly as he could, and I was about to take the step forward to catch up to him.

But then my stomach felt like it received a strong punch.

ZRIINGG!!!

A giant ice mountain appeared right where he previously stood. At the tip of the ice mountain, was me with my stomach stabbed by the tip of the ice.

"Well, that hurts…"

I pulled my stomach away from the tip, and began flying in the skies. Thanks to my shadow armor, I did not get stabbed too deep. In fact, my armor got pierced through, and it nearly wounded my skin.

I was quite lucky. He summoned an entire ice mountain just to stab me, and he still failed. Which means he already really knows what it takes to hurt me, but he still failed.

Bravo, Valencia's grandpa.

I swiped my hand really hard, and the ice mountain below me disappeared into ice particles thanks to the powerful wind force. I stared at the old man, wondering if he still wanted to continue. Looks like my guess was right.

He lifted his hands, surrendering.