The tension in the air was palpable, as if space itself was waiting for battle. The platforms floated around, so of them still shaking from the intense fighting that had taken place there.
But now, the battlefield had beco a stage for the fight between Kael and Alia, two of the most powerful presences inside that makeshift arena.
When they both took the first step towards each other, the surrounding platforms seed to destabilize, as if the ground itself was preparing to succumb to the power that was about to be unleashed.
Kael smiled, a smile that was far from friendly. His eyes shone with a frightening intensity, as if he were ready to show the true extent of his power. "Let's just get this over with, Alia. Let's see if you-"
He didn't complete the sentence. In an almost imperceptible movent, he disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving behind only a slight ripple in the air.
Alia didn't move imdiately. She analyzed Kael well enough to know that he wouldn't attack recklessly. She then concentrated, her blue eyes shining with an icy glint. A wall of ice rose up around her like an instant defense.
"You'll need sothing better than that," Kael said, his voice echoing through the arena. He appeared in the air above her, the reflection in his mana sword creating an aurora around him.
Before Alia could react, Kael cut through the space between them with absurd speed. The mana sword descended with a force that could shatter the world itself, cutting through the ice defense like butter. Alia, with one agile movent, leapt backwards, her heeled boots lightly touching the floating platforms as she prepared to counterattack.
She summoned her power. A spiral of ice ford around her body, a whirlwind of ice crystals that spun at terrifying speed. She raised her hand, and imdiately, blades of ice shot towards Kael, in all directions. But Kael, as always, was faster. He dodged, dancing through the air as if he were having fun, dodging each blade with grace.
"This is going to be fun," Kael muttered to himself, then used the force of his montum to attack Alia again, but with a more refined skill.
Alia wasted no ti. She felt the pressure of her power building up inside her and, with a shout, launched a torrent of ice crystals that ford a do around her, creating an impenetrable defense. Kael, with an almost arrogant smile, attacked, his mana sword cutting through the do. But the ice's resistance was greater than he had expected. The impact caused a wave of energy to spread across the arena, kicking up dust and fragnts from the floating platforms.
The observers began to realize that they were witnessing sothing beyond their comprehension. Hella, who was watching closely, couldn't help but be surprised. She, as the Emperor's advisor and soone used to extraordinary powers, knew what was at stake. But what Kael and Alia were showing surpassed even her expectations. She remained silent, watching every move carefully.
'These two are still children... when they grow up and reach their peak... I'm afraid of what might happen...' She thought.
The defeated competitors, now on the sidelines of the arena, looked on in amazent and disbelief. They had witnessed their own defeats and fought with all their might. But nothing compared to the collision of energies they were seeing now. Even those who had remained standing until the end of the previous fights were completely speechless, unable to comprehend the magnitude of what was happening there.
Alia and Kael were on a level beyond anything they had experienced up to that point. The ice beams she was conjuring now seed almost as if they were in perfect sync with Kael's attacks, each movent creating a wave of power so intense that the very platforms around them were beginning to shake alarmingly.
Kael paused for a mont, observing the countless blades of ice that were still spinning in the air. "Impressive. Your spells really do have remarkable destructive power, Alia."
"She smiled, but didn't reply imdiately. Instead, she raised a hand, and imdiately a series of ice crystals increased in size and shape, creating a three-dinsional battlefield. Imnse crystals began to float, creating a veritable ice prison around them. Each platform was now surrounded by ice spikes, ready to move at any mont.
Kael felt the pressure building up around him, but his expression remained unwavering. He knew what to do. He closed his eyes for a mont, feeling the mana in his body pulsing with increasing force. He concentrated, and a wave of power emanated from him, destroying the ice do Alia had summoned in seconds.
"No more jokes," Kael said, now completely serious. He raised his hand, summoning his true ability. The mana sword in his hand glowed brightly, gaining a golden aura of power.
With one swift movent, he fired a beam of pure sword energy, a beam so strong that it seed to cut through reality itself. The beam hit Alia's ice defense with full force, creating an explosion that reverberated throughout the arena, throwing ice crystals everywhere.
Alia was pushed back, but she didn't give in. Her eyes glowed with icy power as she summoned one last spell. The field around Kael and Alia began to freeze rapidly, as if ti itself was being interrupted by the magic she was preparing.
Kael felt the pressure and knew it was now or never. He reached forward, summoning an aura of devastating power. The battlefield lit up with the force of his magic, and an explosion of energy followed, illuminating everything around.
The two of them t at the center of the explosion, their energies colliding in a cataclysmic wave. The power of their magic intertwined, creating a wave of force so intense that the very heavens seed to tremble.
Hella watched the fight with an almost palpable intensity. Her eyes didn't miss a single detail of Kael and Alia's movents, as if she was asuring every blow, every exchange of spells. But as the battle progressed, his expression began to change. His lips curved into a slight sigh, and his eyes narrowed in concentration.
"Fuck..." Hella muttered to herself, her gaze fixed on the arena. Her mind was already beginning to process what was happening. 'Is he... holding back?' she thought, observing the way Kael seed to control his strength, as if he were holding sothing back, as if he were limiting his true power. Her attention was imdiately drawn to the bracelet on Kael's arm, a small detail she had noticed before, but which now took on a much greater significance. '25%? 50%?" she asked herself, feeling a shiver of understanding run down her spine.
The fight she was witnessing was formidable, but sothing was bothering Hella, a feeling that Kael wasn't showing his true power, wasn't going beyond his limits. It was as if he was waiting for the right mont, saving his strength for sothing bigger.
While she was still processing all this, a relaxing sound interrupted her thoughts. Kael, with a carefree smile, undid the mana sword he had summoned. He looked at Alia, who was still recovering from the last exchange of attacks, and, with a tone of disdain, said:
"Ah... I got tired." He finally said, the sword disappearing in a burst of ethereal light.
The battlefield, which had previously been dominated by overwhelming energy, began to calm down. The icy dust that had spread throughout the room slowly began to dissipate, revealing the scene that was about to make everyone present wonder if they were dreaming.
Alia, despite the devastating attacks she had faced, was... completely intact. Her posture was still firm, her blue eyes as defiant as ever. However, a drop of blood dripped from her nose, the only visible indication that she had been touched in so way during the fight.
Hella couldn't help but smile. It was an irony that only the most powerful could understand: the battle had been brutal, but both Kael and Alia were so incredibly strong that they barely seed affected by the consequences of the confrontation. However, the re sight of blood coming out of Alia's nose was more than enough to demonstrate that Kael had, in fact, played along.
anwhile, the rest of the competitors and teachers watched with a mixture of incredulity and fascination. It wasn't just Kael or Alia's strength that left them in shock, but the sheer skill they were both displaying. Neither of them was entirely satisfied with the outco of the fight, but the respect between the two was undeniable.
Kael shrugged, his expression impassive, as if there was nothing extraordinary about what he had just done. "Well... that was more than enough to show what I'm capable of," he said, as if he were talking about a simple task, rather than an epic battle that had left everyone speechless.
Alia looked at him with a subtle smile, still wiping the blood from her nose. "I admit, you surprised . But... next ti, don't hold back so much, Kael. This wasn't a battle, it was a ga."
"Oh, I know," Kael replied with a quiet smile, "but you know how it is. Sotis it's more interesting to leave a bit of suspense..." He said smiling
"Get ready... I'm going to use magic now." Kael spoke and his shadow began to extend across the platform they were standing on, and a green aura began to make the wind start to rage...
'Holy shit...' Alia thought.
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