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—!

quite a bit of force into my attack. The moment my hand smacked against the shield, a circular pressurized

Swoooosh—!

result, the ground

pressing my foot on the shield, I jumped up and did a

"Was that it?"

from him, lowering his shield, John looked at me. Confusion flashed across his

strength

edges of

I touched my

'Is one enough?'

Melissa told me, it would take one second

also delay the activation of the card by ten more seconds by channeling my mana inside of a specific area that would delay the

Glad she listened.

"Try attacking again."

John taunted.

his taunts, I took out another magic card and once again dashed in his direction.

Bang—

left foot on the ground, my body shot toward the right side and I once again smacked a card on his

Smack—!

of contact between my

two is

limit was only ten seconds, there wasn't enough time to add

considering my opponent's strength,

done

Furrowing his brows

know what

careful if I were

SHUUUUA—!

even finish his sentence, his shield glowed, and a bright flame suddenly erupted,

have enough time to scream before

faint, I could hear a small

"...Oh shit."

flames engulfing John grew, my eyes

lot stronger than I

Melissa's direction, I found

scribbled a bunch of stuff on it. Next to her, Amanda

her head, our eyes

'What did I expect?'

"What's going on here?"

that a familiar voice suddenly

figure rushing in our direction. Long

Swoooosh—!

John, Donna waved her hand and the flames engulfing his body completely

"Haaa..haaa..."

was extremely rough, and a part of his hair

relief once I saw

specialized

be to the extent of me getting kicked out by the Union or

"Did you do this?"

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

Gulp—!

releasing any pressure, but the aura

wasn't

to ranks before, the pressure she gave out wasn't anything I wasn't

have

"Huuuu..."

a deep breath and lowering my head, I

'Monarch's indifference.'

***

a roundup to the participants about who their opponents were and how the structure of the

at the residence, she suddenly saw a bright

she could also

she dashed in the direction

males fighting against each other. One seemed to be fine, while the other was

hesitation, she raised her hand and quickly removed the

dissipated away, revealing the features of a young man

'John Berson.'

Donna instantly recognized him.

she paid close attention to due

she turned

as soon as

never seen him

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

Instantly she became warier.

"Who are you?"

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