Valerian, The Legendary

131 Triumph.

Valerian and Constans looked at each other and they both stood silently before chuckling. Yes, they both chuckled, and the latter said, “You are strong.”

Valerian replied, “You too. Come on, we are short of time.”

That said, the two nodded and began fighting. Their feet and fists were covered with a red battle aura. Valerian had yet to channel mana in his daggers to cut at Constans when the former suddenly pulled back and created distance between the two.

A ball of fire landed on the ground, and a girl stood on the top of the wall. Her black and red tunic stood in contrast to her white shirt and blue pants. She tapped the stone below with her black boots and said, “You two are ignoring me.”

Her slender stroked eyebrows were almost joined together. Valerian did not waste his time dealing with this girl and said, “Micare.”

A light flashed in front of her eyes in an instant and blinded Fallicia for a moment, Valerian’s voice sounded again, “Terra Liga.”

However, this time the target of his attack was not the mage girl but the warrior. Battle aura may nullify magical damage, but then it still could not counter the binding magic spells in an instant. Taking advantage of the fact that Constans was now immobilized. Valerian rushed toward the mage girl.

He was going to play close combat with her. His speed was fast and the people were just sitting on an inch of their seats. Just when they thought that the battle has come to an end. Fallicia smirked and said, “Umbra Spiculum.”

Valerian hurried to dodge the attack, he cast a spell that light magic users rarely used, “Mico Corpus.”

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In a blink, Valerian vanished from his spot and appeared a few feet away. The ground where he stood was struck by the shadow spike and the mud was displaced. The audience made a collective gasp. They did not expect such a quick exchange.

Valerian’s eyes suddenly regained their cold. He asked, “Do you wish to kill me with that shadow spike?”

His tone made Fallicia realize that in her spirit of competition, she had cast a shadow spike, if not for Valerian’s quick reaction, he would have been hit by that attack and sustained serious damage, however, thinking about his skills, she said, “Do you not have earth magic? You can cast an armor spell.”

Valerian nodded and said, “I can cast an armor spell, but can it still be faster than your shadow spike, you are also using a magic weapon for accelerated casting.”

A person from the mage group shouted, “Stop looking for excuses and accept that you are weaker.”

Valerian said, “Is that so? Then please excuse me.”

The change in his temperament was too quick, this was the reason why Constans was also surprised when they had exchanged blows at that moment. The warrior broke through his binds and then he moved to charge at Valerian, who said, “Laniatus Hastis.”

The ground beneath the floor rippled and spears began to protrude from the ground at random spots. This was a high-grade spell, and Valerian was displaying his skills for the first time. Before this, he never felt the drive to.

The effect of the spell had turned ten meters of the ground beneath their feet into a substance akin to water, and with Valerian as the epicenter, it sent out waves with spears protruding out of the ground. The spears were as big as three feet. They were a lethal threat and Constans dared not advance too quickly.

Valerian cast a gaze at Fallicia and snapped his fingers as he said, “Ferrum Ventus.”

His spell was not a standard blade attack, he channeled his complete strength in casting these blades, increasing the intensity of the basic spell into a high-grade spell. Valerian had thrown seven wind blades at the girl and they were all moving around in the void.

The biggest trick with this spell was that the blades were invisible, and as they approached you, only a tingling sensation at the targeted spot. That was how it could be detected. If you misjudged the attack, the attack can leave you with a missing limb.

In counter, Fallicia cast shadow displacement, “Umbra Disiectio.”

She appeared ten meters away from Valerian and cast, “Flamma Orbis.”

A ring appeared surrounding Valerian and it began to slowly contract. Fallicia smirked, but Valerian revealed a sneer, he said, “Cavum.”

The ground under Fallicia’s feet changed into a pit in a blink and the girl fell down, she chanted, “Umbra Disiec...”

She was unable to finish her spell, as a spear protruded from the wall of the cave, and pierced straight through her shin. The pain disrupted her chant and caused her to suffer a backlash, the mana channeled through her body was unable to find an exit point and a flame abruptly appeared on her right arm.

Fallicia shrieked from pain, even though mages could cast spells of different elements, but till they cross the level of an archmage, their mortal bodies would stay vulnerable. They were still at the level where they were seeking the meaning of the runes, and thus, the runes were not truly integrated with them.

Of course, Valerian was an exception. In the arena, the people watching the match had all stood up on their feet without knowing it. They looked at the beautiful girl trapped in the pit, suffering in agony.

Soon they heard Valerian say the spell-negating word, and throw his daggers at Constans before he rushed to the pit. The daggers were filled with mana and also connected to a glistening thread of mana from the hilt. The mana flow made the two daggers a set of missiles with tracking abilities.

Valerian negated the spell of ripple spears but Fallicia was still troubled by the flame mana backlash. He could not let her suffer or some people will turn him into a villain for sure. So he cast a light spell, “Tranquilla.”

This spell calmed the restless mind and mana flow inside the body of the victim. This display from Valerian won the support of the elders of the two groups as well as the public. Fragrantia watched all this with a smile. After the mana flow calm down. He cast the spell to cure the wound on her shin, “Curatio Lucis.”

The effect was immediate, he did not waste his time in sending her out of the battlefield, but rushed over to Constans, as the man was showing more and more techniques and was almost getting away from the dagger trouble.

Valerian flicked his wrists and the daggers flew back to his palms, and then he embroiled with Constans in a close combat fight. The warrior had taken a knife out of thin air, this thing was cast in the battle aura, radiating a baleful aura.

However, this could not scare him, holding his own daggers, Valerian began to deal with the opponent. His expression was calm and his speed was fast. It was a light show between the two people. If the two people were fighting for their lives, Valerian would not have to approach this battle in a round about manner.

He would have taken the initiative to greet the man with his fists. The two people were standing in front of each other and they were hitting each other on the fists and legs only.

An old man could not hold back and yelled, “Brat, hit him on the chin, make him lay down.”

The old warriors were a crude generation, they preferred a hard iron fist more than a sword-like brain. Suddenly, they recalled the place and event and the person sat down. Valerian dodged an attack and again, suddenly cast a spell to stun the vision of Constans.

He said in a low voice, “Micare.”

A light flashed for a blink and then Valerian charged in and his fist landed right on Constans’s chin. The young man froze, his limbs went numb from the blow. This scene was witnessed by Instructor Chug, who said, “Fallicia and Constans have lost their battle capabilities. I now declare, the winner of this battle is, Valerian Verus.”

The voice was sonorous and echoed through the arena crowd. The people broke out in thunderous applause, the last part of the battle when the two young men were exchanging blows the atmosphere caught fire. They did not expect the technical skills of the two to be on par.

The reason why Valerian was able to hold his end against Constans was that he used the earth armament spell and took things head-on. His speed and reactions were on par. He only made up for his strength with the enforcement spell.

Kartan Shin went inside the ring and checked on Fallicia, the girl was fine, and she looked at Valerian. The boy thought he will be targeted, and a few people were waiting for her to flare up and then use her as a borrowed knife to heck Valerian.

However, the lady bowed to Valerian with a graceful action and said, “You have earned this victory.”

Constans on the other side did the same, and said, “I look forward for you to get past level seven, and then we will be able to fight each other with only battle aura. Don’t make me wait too long.”

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Fallax suddenly hummed and said, “I wonder if Valerian can claim the prize of being the best in the academy now?”

He put the old people in their places with this. The triumph of his student was his victory as well. The old man was smiling with joy, ignoring the fact that other people were scared of his expression.