TBATE | The chosen emissary

Chapter 12: First Act

Vigor Kinsteel's POV

His stance, looking relaxed but devoid of any openings. His silvery rapier's flat and thin blade surface reflected with the light like a large needle. Regardless of its shape which seemed to be more fragile than normal swords, I acknowledged that the rapier's deadly power comes from deadly thrusts with high accuracy and speed rather than swings.

His pressure, being loosed from his core like an unchained beast, flooded over the arena and drowned many observers in fear. But for me, this was but a familiar experience of facing an individual with more advanced core level as I had sparred with Brian and Bairon hundreds of time during last 2 years.

I kept myself remember that this only an examination, not a fight to death. But how could I not hold myself back from excitement dwelling over my entire figure. Finally, a worthy opponent for me to test my abilities free of restrictions.

"Brace yourself, I don't want to see this match ends up in disappointment."

He sprang forward, leaving a trail of dust behind him as he closed the gap between us by just seconds.

Not letting him to approach me that easily, I raised my staff on my left hand with a swift gesture, the earth mana followed my commands as numerous sharp rock spikes stabbed out from the arena's ground violently at where Kaspian's going.

With a quick reaction, Kaspian dodged my incoming spells but I did not stop there and let him be. I continued to raise a dozen more of rock spikes upward to him in all directions, front, left, right and behind.

Not wasting any time, he cleaved down my rock spikes like cutting butter with his rapier's blade imbued by wind magic. His motions was flawless and fast, his face on the other hand lit up in visible surprise, probably at the fact that I am both augmenter and conjurer. But while he was busy dealing with the spike field, I prepared my upcoming spells to strike him down.

"O great primal flames, please lend your strength to destroy my enemies."

I raised my staff pointing upward as ambient fire mana on air followed suit my incantation, gathering together like a swarm of bees on their nest. However, a spell which had a scale like this one wouldn't just form instantly.

' I needed to buy some time for the formation process to complete.'

I thought as I stomped the ground with a tremendous force, cracking it and causing its stone debrises to splash all over the place. Now, I have a lot of "bullets" to maintain my distance with Kaspian. The moment Kaspian got rid of those spikes, I enhanced my legs with mana and kicked the falling rock debrises mid air and also the ones on the ground directly at the bespectacled guild leader.

Kaspian once again dodged my earthen projectiles with ease just like how he did with my spike field. None of his movements was redundant, nor did he show any signs of slowing down by my attacks.

Unable to use my left hand as I had to hold my staff in place as a conductor for my destructive fire spell creation progress, I quickly willed fire mana from my body to the swordspear and sent a flying horizontal arc slash of yellowish flame aiming at his neck. The fiery crescent was at a wind tearing speed, considerably faster than any of the earlier engaging spells.

"Scorching Slit!" I shouted out loud my technique's name, like an actual anime character.

"Clearly, you are something much more than just your idle talks." Kaspian slicing the last flying stone boulder that I kicked without much effort. The only thing I damaged was his uniform, which was filthy by dirt and crumbs sticking on it.

As just only a brief moment before the arc slash could land on his frame, Kaspian's rapier lightened with a green hue of wind element. He leaped back a step to get up speed, his sword wielding arm fold back with his muscles hardened like steel wires.