The Golem Mage

Bang!!

Just as Alec fired the bullet, Ren managed to shift his head to the side, escaping the bullet with just a few inches while using his strength to shove Alec backward, while he dug his legs into the ground dragging a long line along with him.

“Alec!!!” The cheers for Alec grew even louder, prompting Ren to glance behind him as he could feel a bad feeling growing in his mind. There, he saw that the bullet Alec had released struck one of his teammates square in the head,

knocking him out in a single shot, it was at that moment Ren realized Alec had never intended to hit him.

He’d been aiming for the teammate all along, it just so happened that Ren had been in the way, and yet Alec had still decided to take the shot, deceiving him into thinking he was the primary target.

Clearly, Alec had trusted that Ren would be capable of tilting his head and evading the bullet at the last second, and he had done exactly that, though normally his Innate combination attack should have critically injured the mage if it wasn’t able to kill him directly, however; Alec had designed the bullet’s front to be flat, delivering blunt force instead of piercing damage.

He’d also dialed back the power at the final moment to avoid inflicting a critical injury, while Ren was pondering the intricate details of what Alec had just executed, even when he was in a battle with him, it just gave him the chills,

He watched Alec shuffle about almost like he was dancing, with a smile on his face as he dodged various spells hurtled toward him from the other three members of Ren’s team.

“Brilliant,” Ren murmured.

Clang!!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Lucas couldn’t help cursing when he realized Alec had completely ignored the Blade clansmen, leaving them all for him.

And right now, he had to face both Aeron and Kealus, and really, it wasn’t going well. He was taking the beating of his life, and as annoying as it was, he couldn’t get a read on their fighting style.

That was because they had zero synergy whatsoever, yet they both came at him like they were competing for the killing blow.

Literally, the only reason he was able to hold on this long was because it felt like they were fighting themselves internally.

He’d swat away a piercing from Kealus’s Aether blade, only to face a slash from Aeron’s short swords, and whenever he decided to deflect Aeron’s short swords instead, all that awaited him was a cut from Kaelus’s Aether blade.

Knight, Brandon, and Arthur, on the other hand, seemed to be faring much better in their duels, though he’d always believed his clan was among the best in combat, not only him but everyone in the crowd was shocked to see the trio of Gordons clansmen matching the Blade clan blow for blow.

In fact, there was even a hint of suppression from them, showing they held the advantage in the battle.

Darius and Brandon were going slash for slash, and not only did Brandon boast superior Qi execution, but he was also able to cast Earth Lock spells to root Darius in place and force him to take attacks whenever he tried to retreat.

As for Knight, he was up against Sora Blade, a matchup that had a portion of the crowd riled up, every time Sora unleashed his Tonfa Blade weapon, a compressed wind pressure shot out like a ball bullet,

strong enough to cause small wind friction, while his slashes coated his weapon Qi with wind, spreading out like he was executing a Wind Blade spell.

But despite all this, he was still unable to land a hit on Knight, who seemed to slip out of every situation effortlessly; with his Shadow Jump and Shadow Travel spells, he could also move from one spot to another using Sora’s own shadow.

And every time he re-emerged, the first thing he focused on was landing a critical blow to vital areas on Sora’s body, the way he attacked, it was almost as if he didn’t care how much damage he caused, and this was because he believed no matter how critical the injury they incurred, the competition’s healing team would restore the mage to a considerable state.

And finally, Talon Blade and Arthur Gordons went at each other with furious punches. While one’s strikes left blazing, flaming explosions in their wake, the other’s gave off booming metallic clashes as they dashed around the confined area, but Arthur seems to have the upper hand as he has merged with his Golem giving him some level of resistance against the flame but the mage on the other hand seems to have a lot of troubles handling his punches that were augmented by the sharp Metal Elemental qi.

From the corner of his eye, Alec swiftly glanced at them, after confirming they were all holding up okay, he finally focused on his own battle.

“Alec, you bastard! I only said I wanted to face one, why are you not summoning support?” Lucas cursed at his captain, because he could clearly feel that if this continued, he might be the first to get knocked out.

But Alec didn’t bother replying. Instead, he dashed forward toward Hoshino Ren, who was now fully clad in red Qi armor shaped like the warlords of ancient Japan.

[> Mid Tier Spell - Reverse Gravity.