The Rise Of Calamity

Chapter 102 - White Knight Vs Grand Knight

As we walked closer to one another, my bloodlust only grew larger. The man felt like he was walking right into a primordial beast's maw, ready to be eaten whole, but his instincts as a Veteran warrior did not allow him to cower in fear, but rather, his aura blue aura had exploded, become larger and more ferocious. Yet, this display of defiance not only increased my apatite but also taunted me like a mother using the scent of food to make her child come and eat.

However, suddenly in sync, as if we had done this numerous times before this instant, we both lowered our center of gravity before pivoting off our front legs and using all-out strengths to launch ourselves towards the enemy with the speeds of rockets.

Immediately, within a single second we were both right in front of each other, already clashing with our first swings that would determine the winner of the first clash and the one who will gain an upper hand in the first clashes of the fight. However, one thing the man in front of me did not expect was that the moment his sword had touched mine, his body would feel heavy and my sword would not budge.

First of all, I was a lot heavier than him so It would make sense for me to not budge, but secondly, I used gravity magic to double his weight, especially at the joints as long as he remained in contact with my sword. However, he was a veteran warrior, after all, so much a simple trick wasn't about to make him lose the clash so easily.

With a single pulse of his aura, the gravity particles within his body were instantly vaporized, but I wasn't going to stand still and watch him do that without any consequences. While he was busy trying to get rid of the Gravity particles within him, I increased the weight of my sword before pushing his transparent ethereal-like sword out of the way, before sending a palm towards his chest.

Without a second thought, he grabbed my palm, just for it to engulf in blue flames and explode at his chest, sending him back a little.

*Step Step Step Step*

Moving 4 steps back, he quickly regained his balance and got to a fighting stance, but I wasn't idle either. While he might have been unscathed due to the battle aura protecting him from a blunt explosion, the same thing could not be said if I were to stab him with my enchanted blade, especially when I can use the 'Soul Purge' Ability on my blade to make sure that the aura cannot stop it.

Since Battle aura was a kind of soul energy processed to become a defensive or offensive tool, Soul Purge could easily cut through the soul energy within the aura like a hot knife through butter. But there was a cost to this ability, and it was extreme exhaustion, which I could not afford to have right now.

However, I did not falter. I had already lunged towards the man while moving my foot to the right, in an effort to spin on my toes, before switching to my heel and giving a full momentum slash towards the throat of the enemy in front of me. Yet the next moment, I was shocked to feel that the floor that I had stepped on was not stable, but rather...Slippery?

Instantly, I engulfed my feet with the majestic blue flames I conjured, to instantly melt the now ice floor under me, leaving nothing but a scorch mark and steam, however, it was too late.

The moment my concentration was on getting stable footing, the man had taken advantage of the fact and had already sent a full-powered punch towards my face, enveloped with a coat of his aura which had started to radiate killing intent from within the core of his soul flame

Even though the elemental affinity you awaken with does not have anything to do with one's battle aura, those who ascend past the knight rank realize something, and it was the same thing I had realized when looking at the man in front of me. The affinity you are given on the day of your awakening corresponds with your battle aura, and while it may not affect the power of your attacks or battle intent, it will affect the nature of it. And right now, the Grand Knight's attack was like that of a raging river, that will swoop you off your feet and drag you down to the depths of its bed. drowning you in the process. {Bed is the term used to refer to the bottom exposed part of the river.}

Crossing my hands into an X in front of my chest, I engulfed it with blue flames while creating an air vacuum and barrier of air in front of me, all to stop a single full power punch to the center of my chest. Yet...

*BOOM*

I found my body catapulted 30 meters away from the original punch, and the man was closing in quickly. I had just watched as the man had shattered every single barrier and defense I could put up without losing a speck of his momentum, and in the process too, he has catapulted me away like it was nothing, allowing me to find myself tumbling on the floor, rolling until I slowly lost the speed I was first catapulted at.

My skin had been burned off due to the friction with the ground under me, but it was already recovering fast. While my muscles were once showing, the skin quickly healed over leaving not a single scar, as if I hadn't even been hit, yet I could feel a minute amount of elemental energy being broken down and used to heal my wounds.

"I see. This is only expected from a person with the light element... But isn't your healing way too fast" The man was alerted. He had never seen this kind of regeneration in Grand Sages with the water element {Those with the water affinity and a certain amount of connection with nature can use healing magic with their water.} He had only seen 2 other light warriors in his life, one being the Paladin of Zogaria, while the other being his boss. While no one could even put a scratch on the skin of the Paladin, the man's boss had shown amazing Regenerative abilities, regenerating a whole army in less than 2 hours.

However, the girl in front of him, that being me, had regenerated large skin scrapes in a little less than 3 seconds. For a moment, the man recalled the fight start to finish. 'First, the illusion barrier did not work on her, secondly, she had abnormal speeds ad strengths behind every attack without even using battle aura. Thirdly, extremely strong regeneration and lastly, the ability to exude bloodlust this thick while keeping sane... Maybe I'm not against a human, but a...a...a b-beast...No way right? No! Think positively! If she is, I can capture her and sell her to those sick noble bastards who all apparently have a thing for kids these days. YES! I might become rich!" The man inwardly cheered

Seeing his once gloomy and ferocious aura become excited, I felt my blood boiling, I already had an idea of what he was thinking, but I'd rather die than become one of the noble's playthings. Strengthening my resolve to burn this man alive, I lunged towards him once again, but this time, I was going for the kill with all my power to display.

[Calculations are now complete]

Seeing those words in my retina, I couldn't help by smile like a psychopath while closing the distance between me and my enemy. Thinking that he had gotten me in his trap, the man got cocky and while leaving himself wide open, he created 4 ice spears with the mixture and help of both his elemental affinity and his aura.

[Due to your extensive knowledge of science and magic, you have awakened the hidden skill -Combination Magic-]

[Recalculating spells... Complete!]

[Lightning Boots + Hermes Boots + Fire burst = Flash step (Uses: 3 times a day) ]

[Light Magic Enchantment + Lightning Coated blade + Scorching blade + Wind Enhancement = Aspect Of The Roaring Skies (Uses: Once a day, lasts 5 minutes)]

'Analysis'

[Name: The Light Brigade

Item: Multifunction training weapon (Currently: Saber)

Age: 1.6 years

Description: A tool used to teach warriors how to use multiple weapons

Creator: (Analysis too weak) (Known creator: Deros Raven)

Materials: (Analysis too weak)

Grade: D -Mortal Tier- ------ (C+ After enchantment)

Durability: 29% Durability Left

Enchantments: Aspect Of The Roaring Skies (Temporary: 3:18)]

The moment the enchantment has shrouded my weapon in a multi-colored of a variety of elements, my speed doubled and I was already in front of the man, but he was not idle either. As if he was expecting me to be where I was, not a single second later, I found myself surrounded by 4 spears that were coming at me at tremendous speeds.

'Soul Purge'

shifting my momentum to my back foot's heel, I spun before slicing two of the spears and vaporizing them instantly. I had instantly destroyed any kind of aura, whole obliterating his weak a$s magic with a single swing from my flaming/crackling/light emanating sword.

To the man in front of me, this sword was letting off an extremely dangerous aura, threatening to slice any limb of his if it were to get too close to my weapon, however, he knew such a powerful enchantment would only be temporary, and while he might not have known this, I only had 70% of my total mana left, and using my trump card would take 40% of it.

To be honest, I have a multitude of trump cards, from my Eyes of Vanity which drains my mana like a bucket with no base, to my Eyes of consumption and redirection. But there was a Trump card that I hadn't tried out until now, as it was a spell I gained when my eyes evolved.

Seeing the other two spears coming at me with the same speed as the other two, I sent a small flaming wind gale towards them both.

As the wind gale came in contact with the two spears, they wavered a little before moving on as if nothing had happened, but that was all the time I needed to create another attack. Instantly, with a flash, the spears were found falling onto the floor in halves before turning into nothing more than a cold puddle of water created from the ice that once constructed such formidable weapons.

The man was not sitting idly while all this was happening, nor was he praying that his attacks would slow me down or injure me. Yet, everything he had done to this point was just movements and choices that allowed the man to execute one of his deadliest moves, and he was already 79% there. Just one more push and he would be able to unleash it.

"DO YOU SEE THIS!? THIS IS TRUE POWER!" The man shouted while lifting his hands in the air, creating an aqua blue orb of raging rivers and currents. Yes, it looked like one of the personal spells that I had created. The spell I used on the blue and black lion when I first met him. Raging Splash Zone.

"To think you are able to gather that much water from the atmosphere" I mumbled while he laughed in the distance, seemingly unaware he was in a battle.

Normal people would have been terrified by the current condition of the man in front of me, but I was not any normal person. Lunging a little more forwards again, this time instead of being met with a bombardment of spells and weapons, I was met by...nothing?

'Crap'

The instant I felt my hairs at the back of my neck rise up in the sense of danger, I knew I was in deep shit. There was no way I would get out of this attack unscathed, so instead of blocking it, I charged right at it. This seemed to have shocked the man, but thinking I was bluffing, he kept pushing the ball of raging currents closer and closer to me, ready to swallow me whole.

'Since his spell is less stable than mine, it should be easy to break. In that case, trying to merge two of the currents together should make it go kaboom, and with a single flash step, I will be behind the man, getting ready to release some weight off his shoulders. Yet, despite my calculations and the higher probabilities of winning if he were to just throw the spell at me, he did not. A devilish-like grin appeared behind his mask, and even though I could not see behind the mask, his aura said it all.

Rather than being a raging river, his aura had suddenly turned into an ocean hit by an earthquake. The ocean blames the land and attacks the land with a tsunami in almost divine punishment.. That was the kind of aura he was letting off, that of a huge tsunami, willing to kill and destroy everything within its path to make sure its goals are fulfilled.