The Author's POV

Chapter 396

"Huuup!"

Jumping down from the building and softly landing on the ground, I walked over to Hein.

"You okay?"

"…Yeah."

He replied, his eyes darting all over the shield. My brows furrowed at his actions.

"What's wrong?"

"...Nothing."

Taking out a handkerchief, he slowly wiped away the dirt that was on his shield.

A sigh escaped from my lips once I saw this. Ever since Henlour, he had always been acting up like that whenever his shield got dirty. I didn't even know how to react at this point.

That aside, apart from minor dust on his body and shield, he truly did look fine.

"We'll talk more later. For now, step back."

"Wai—"

Cutting him off, I extended my hand and turned my head.

"Don't worry, I'm only borrowing him. You can fight him later."

My goal was to test the magic cards. I wasn't going to kill him. Hein could easily fight against him in the future. Plus, at the moment John was still stronger than Hein by one minor rank.

"…fine."

What I said seemed to have some effect on Hein who eventually stepped back. I nodded in satisfaction.

Looks like he still had some respect for me.

"You still didn't answer me, who are you?"

John's voice rang from behind as a powerful wave of mana sprung from his body.

Ignoring him, lowering my head, I stared at the cards in my hand.

'Fireball, Ice wall, quake, and blind.'

They were the spells enchrypted in the magic cards. They were quite the simple spells, but they were still quite powerful. At least, they were powerful enough to deal with the person in front of me.

The reason why Melissa chose to encrypt these spells was because the others were just too complicated for her current level of development.

Lifting my head and staring at the place which was surrounded by people, I looked back at John.

"Looks like a big crowd has formed around us."

"That's good."

John lowered his body and took out his shield. He took a stance that looked similar to that of Hein. But, if I had to say, It was a bit more refined. Not sure if it was a bit more efficient though.

"I'll keep you in check until the others come. See how you can explain the fact that you are here despite not being one of the people participating."

I rolled my eyes at his words.

Honestly, if I explained to him properly, I could resolve this whole conflict, but…why would I?

Had the perfect testing material right in front of me. Why would I miss such a good opportunity?

Turning my head, I looked at Hein and softly muttered.

"Pay close attention."

Bang—!

Then, pressing my foot onto the ground, I shot in John's direction. Within a couple of seconds, I was already before him.

"Huuup!"

Reacting to my sudden burst of speed, taking a step forward, the ground beneath John cracked apart and small pieces of rock shot upwards.

Dodging the pieces of rock, I swiftly arrived before him. As I arrived before me, in my view, all I saw was a massive shield. It looked as though I was facing a massive tortoise.

Quite frankly, despite my experience, I saw no openings. Still, I wasn't disheartened by this.

'Let's see.'

Taking out the 'fireball' magic card, I channeled my mana into it. Then, turning my body sideways, I skid before the shield and smacked the card right on it.

Smack—!

bit of force into my attack. The moment my

Swoooosh—!

the ground around

jumped up

"Was that it?"

his shield, John looked at me. Confusion

the strength of

edges of his

I

'Is one enough?'

one second and

also delay the activation of the card by ten more seconds by channeling my mana inside of a specific area that would delay the flow. This was a feature that I suggested to her a while back

Glad she listened.

"Try attacking again."

John taunted.

once again dashed in his direction. The speed at which

Bang—

foot on the ground, my body shot toward the right side and I

Smack—!

wind gale shot out between the point of contact between my hand and

think two

Since the time limit was only ten seconds, there wasn't enough time to add a third

opponent's strength, this

done playing

his steps. Furrowing his brows tightly, he glared in

don't know what you

be careful if I were

SHUUUUA—!

glowed,

didn't even have enough time to scream before his whole body was entrapped by the

I could hear a small scream coming out from his

"...Oh shit."

and the flames engulfing John grew,

were a lot stronger than I had

I found her looking at John's

bunch of stuff on it. Next to her, Amanda had a helpless expression on

our eyes met

'What did I expect?'

"What's going on here?"

a familiar

a familiar figure rushing in our direction. Long

Swoooosh—!

waved her hand

"Haaa..haaa..."

on the ground. His breathing was extremely rough, and

relief once I saw

specialized in

found myself in a bit of trouble. It wouldn't be to the extent of me getting kicked out by

"Did you do this?"

thoughts was an airy voice. Turning my head, my eyes interlocked with Donna's. She had an icy glare

Gulp—!

mouthful of saliva. She may have not been releasing any pressure, but the aura that her

wasn't anything

pressure she gave out wasn't anything I wasn't used

have

"Huuuu..."

and lowering my head, I

'Monarch's indifference.'

***

Donna was supposed to give a roundup to the participants about

she was about to arrive at the residence, she suddenly saw a

could also hear a muffled

direction of where the

other. One seemed to be

hand and quickly removed the flames away from the individual's

features of

'John Berson.'

Donna instantly recognized him.

people she paid close

he was okay, she turned to face the perpetrator of

instantly knit as soon

seen

had memorized the faces of all the five hundred participants, and

Instantly she became warier.

"Who are you?"

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