Chapter 215: Overwhelming
Day three.
This time, Kain's team will be the challenger.
The first and second matches were challenges to the two teams ranked below them. Facing Kain's team for the second time, they were both under a lot of pressure, but because the pressure wasn't as great as when facing Cecilia's team, they still put up a relatively fierce fight before losing.
However, the result remains the same.
Looking at the score that had increased by four points, his team members not only did not appear relaxed, but instead felt quite pressured.
Because in the last match of today, they will have to face Cecilia's team.
Seeing everyone's mood, Kain spoke up to encourage them.
"No need to worry, just follow my plan."
"We will win."
Seeing Kain's assertion, they also had a little more confidence.
They were all instilled with the belief by Kain that no matter how strong Cecilia was, she was still just a mid-class Magus. Still within the range of what they could handle.
Of course, this is a very optimistic assessment.
They had all forgotten one thing, what Cecilia had shown from the beginning until now might not be her full strength. Even if the power she had shown was enough to wipe out everything.
But Kain was not foolish enough to confront Cecilia at her strongest.
He just needed to know that she despised using all her power against them.
After a three hour break, Kain's team and Cecilia's team entered the arena.
The other four members of Cecilia's team were pushed even further back, almost to the edge of the field.
All of them looked extremely sad, their eyes were scattered and they didn't even pay attention to the match that was about to take place.
This was exactly the effect Kain wanted, successfully isolating Cecilia from the party.
Cecilia's eyes were fixed on Kain, seemingly ignoring all other factors.
Kain knew, his hatred value towards her had probably reached its peak.
He gestured with his hand behind his back.
The match begins.
"I will make you pay for what you did, Kain."
Cecilia's eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent, but on the opposite side, all she received was Kain's somewhat cold and deep gaze.
"Go ahead."
Kain muttered.
Instantly, he was enveloped in a storm of electric arc.
Lightning shot out of the void crazily, causing the entire arena to seem to be lit up.
Kain walks the sea of thunder, noble and cold as the lord of this natural element.
He waved his hand, and a lightning net was formed and covered Cecilia. Each [Thunder Bullet] condensed, as if wanting to drown Cecilia in lightning until she died.
This is Kain at full power, incredibly powerful.
But Cecilia just curled her lips in disdain.
It looked terrifyingly powerful, but to Cecilia, this kind of attack posed zero threat to her.
[Thunder Bullet] released from the electromagnetic net rained down on Cecilia, but facing that barrage of attacks, she merely rotated her sword, releasing [Air Slash] at a speed that even the naked eye could hardly follow.
The entire pile of [Thunder Bullet] was accurately cut off, disintegrating into the air. Cecilia's gaze swept over, and a vertical swing of her sword directly cut the lightning net in half, forcing Kain to dodge to the side.
However, the electromagnetic force in the air had not yet dissipated, so Kain used it once more, forming [Thunder Arrow] that traveled in various zigzag trajectories, attacking Cecilia from all directions.
Faced with Kain's stormy attack, Cecilia could only do one thing.
That is sword swing.
No panting, no gathering strength, just swinging along with each of her fingers. [Air Slash] cut through the attacks with unimaginable speed and sharpness, it seemed like nothing could stop this slash.
This is a Magus that has reached the end of the road as a mid-class Magus.
Too powerful. Just one magic skill made Kain have to use all his strength to defeat it.
Even so, he didn't dare to get close to Cecilia at all, only daring to attack from afar, because the difference between the two when approaching was too great.
Not now.
The battle was intense, but everyone had different thoughts in their hearts.
Cecilia, although unable to see through Kain's plan, could sense that something strange was going on as time passed.
On the other team, it seemed like only Kain was fighting.
Even though she didn't know Kain well, she knew that Kain was a wise man, and a wise man would definitely find a way to take advantage of all the surrounding factors to win.
And while Cecilia isn't as "monster" as her younger brother Faith, she's not so stupid that she doesn't know anything.
So, looking back at everything that happened from the start of the match until now, Kain has been using a wide-area attack method to hide something.
"What are you going to do, Kain? You can't defeat me like this."
A thought crossed Cecilia's mind.
"What are you counting on? Your comrades? Or… them?"
Cecilia's eyes glanced back, where her four teammates were standing.
Naturally, she was suspicious of all elements that Kain came into contact with.
Although they insisted that Kain was just talking normally to them, Cecilia's intuition told her otherwise.
Kain came into contact with her comrades, there must be a reason.
Perhaps he wants to prepare for a betrayal?
Thinking about those people's reactions yesterday, Cecilia had even more reason to believe this judgment.
She thought she was right, and couldn't help but feel smug about herself.
Cecilia had no idea that, on the opposite side, Kain's gaze towards her had become profound.
Thinking is a very scary cage. Because sometimes those locked in it don't even know they're locked in.
Seeing is believing.
But what you see is not necessarily true, and believing lies only makes you deceived.
"Everyone!"
Kain shouted, like a command.
Immediately, a giant water ball appeared above the arena, it descended, preparing to create a great flood on the arena.
Unfortunately, Cecilia reacted too quickly, before the water ball was about to fall, she raised her sword high, an [Air Vortex] shot out from the sword body, passing through the tip of the sword and forming a giant vortex. This giant vortex immediately hit the center of the water ball, stirring it into a scattered rain before it became a huge smash.
At this moment, Myra, who had been stealthily moving on the flank, suddenly rushed out, in her hand was the [Fire Magic] that she had been accumulating since the beginning of the battle. As soon as Myra saw that Cecilia was busy dealing with the giant water ball, she unleashed the strongest [Fire Bullet] she could muster towards Cecilia. Unfortunately, these efforts were laughable to Sword Princess, the senior mid-class Magus not only unleashed stronger magic skills, but they could flexibly use magic skills to create the effect they wanted.
As Myra unleashed [Fire Bullet], Cecilia simply moved her sword down, forming a slash combined with [Air Vortex] to completely engulf and tear apart Myra's most powerful attack like smashing an egg.
However, this action did not completely eliminate the water ball that was shattered in the air. Under Elna's control, the large water ball broke into a pile of small [Water Bullets], using maximum speed to shoot down towards Cecilia.
[Thunder Descend].
Kain's magic skill was activated, causing each [Water Bullet] to turn into a lightning bomb about to explode, so even if Cecilia cut it, the water containing the lightning would still fall down and hurt her.
If it weren't for Myra's attack, Elna and Kain wouldn't have been able to coordinate such a move.
"You... think these things can stop me?"
Cecilia, who claimed to have seen through Kain's plan, gave a grim smile.
Her ring finger pressed tightly against the hilt of her sword, showing that she was serious.
"Thousand... Blade..."
With a speed even greater than before, Cecilia slashed at terrifying speed.
Each slash was shot out at an unimaginable speed. [Water Bullet] being split into two halves could still continue falling, so what if it was split into four parts, eight parts, sixteen parts…?
The ultimate sword technique "Thousand Blade", its core is to cut the opponent's attack into pieces to the point where it can no longer harm oneself.
That's why she's not afraid of anything, be it physical magic or elements that can't be affected in normal ways.
But at this moment, Kain rushed out.
He was closing in on Cecilia.
His speed was very fast, with [Enhancement Body] and [Thunder Flash], Kain's speed was pushed to the limit.
He even held [Thunder Spear] in his hand.
But Cecilia just found Kain trying his best to be funny.
Funny and ridiculous.
He did all this just to force her to use the "Thousand Blade", nothing else.
"It's over."
Cecilia said coldly. A sword swing down.
Kain's speed was very fast, but it would take a long time to surpass her reaction speed