"Burn," Kayden began to consume all the oxygen in the place with a simple large-scale fire spell, Nathan’s carefree attitude disappeared as he began to create oxygen to maintain his dominance.
Kayden only needed to organize some pentagrams and simple matrices so that the fire was infinite, this forced Nathan to come out of his camouflage more often to try to break Kayden’s concentration.
They could do both simultaneously, but for Nathan, it was a little more difficult, as he had to concentrate to cast the spells. The boy was a genius but hadn’t yet lived long enough to diversify his skills.
This situation caused Nathan to start attacking Kayden directly, his speed was ridiculous, but Kayden was in such a ridiculous state of strength that he could keep up with his opponent with only a slight disadvantage that was compensated by battle experience.
BOOOM!
Kayden’s aura cuts began to explode the sound barrier, most were deflected by Nathan, but some still hit his poorly raised barrier. His immaterial state did not allow him to keep any spell working at all times.
Performing spells that were not directly from his element was very difficult, for that he had to leave his immaterial state. Kayden began to get the hang of the situation little by little, memorizing his opponent’s movements, and learning how long it took for him to leave and return from the immaterial state.
Everything was being analyzed, but it all came at a price. Nathan’s speed was ridiculously fast and his attacks were extremely effective. One of his arms had already been removed from his body and one of his legs ended up following the same path.
His injuries didn’t go to waste as Nathan also had a few cuts. There were very few of them compared to Kayden’s, but each one was deep and caused a strong pain that he wasn’t used to. For every second, the battle began to approach its final moment.
Kayden already understood how Nathan’s spell worked and was ready to end this battle. The price would probably be something that only a few crazy people would have the courage to take to the end.
"You fought well enough," Nathan muttered as he placed his rapier directly at Kayden’s neck. His words were sincere, but his face went from relief to confusion when he saw Kayden break into a smile.
"These words belong to me." All the mana around the two was frozen as if time had stopped. Nathan’s instinct began to scream as he saw his movements become weakened. Kayden’s katana started coming towards him at a crazy speed.
He did not hesitate to enter his immaterial state, the problem was that Kayden had already mapped all the mana in the region and understood in a rudimentary way Nathan’s spell, which was based on the distribution of his existence over a few points of mana in the air that quickly increased to thousands.
The secret behind this was that even if tens of thousands of points were broken, there would still be hundreds of thousands. The only problem was that the first points were more unique and only later did they split. For each of the 10 points, one Kayden attack was played. Everyone only had a few pentagrams supporting them, but this allowed the casting speed to be ridiculously faster.
"Crap!?" Kayden’s vision flickered and he saw every bone in his body being broken as he collided with the dirt floor and sank several dozen meters. In the air, he momentarily saw Nathan protected by a golden bubble.
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"Competitor Nathan is disqualified for using powers that don’t belong to him," the voice appeared from all sides, and Kayden felt his body return to peak state again. The healing was so fast that he couldn’t even imagine the pain of having his bones broken.
The crowd was delirious with Kayden’s victory, someone who came out of nowhere and dethroned one of the most talented beings this solar system had ever seen. Only Kayden was unhappy with his victory; this was a battle won purely by his superior experience. If they were both the same age, he probably would have lost.
His name climbed to the top of the ranking list. He still had a few more days and after digesting the experiences he gained from this battle, he went after more points. Predictably, over the next few days, he continued attacking those in the fourth realm. Against the weak, he showed himself as a lion, and against the stronger, he just ran away like a madman.
"Congratulations to all the participants. Those who have proven their worth will be called in a few days. Now, let those who are called rise to receive their prizes and glory before everyone," Kayden saw some people in the distance with his spiritual sense.
They all just waited, the list was already finished and their name was at the top with a large amount of second-place points. The voice called out to the first person and the skies above their heads changed in amplitude, causing everyone to see the girl who was called as if she was just a few meters away from them.
"Maria Jarlan with 47 thousand points, your reward as a mage of the first kingdom is the right to spend a year on the artificial planet with all the privileges, free of charge. Empress Rafaela also asks that you take a second of your time to speak to her after the event." To Kayden, this award meant nothing as he knew nothing about it.
Unlike Kayden, the fans had a complete understanding of how great this award was. Practically any idiot could pass nine levels in just one year on the artificial planet of the elves, it was something quite special. Then another woman appeared with the appearance of a born fighter, she looked like someone who skipped a kingdom just to get more points.
"Luiza Gargamel with 81 thousand points and second kingdom receives private tutoring from the master of our planet’s defense tower. It will help you for six months with a possible extension. This offer comes directly from her, but you can decline and receive the regular prize instead." Kayden wouldn’t change this offer, even though he didn’t know the person who made the offer, he was sure it was special.
"I accept the offer from the great master of hand-to-hand fighters." The woman bowed in the air with a huge smile on her face, without a doubt she hit the jackpot in her conception. Then Kayden felt his body rising to the heavens. A few seconds later, he found himself in the center of the arena with millions of eyes on him. The skies above his head were completely free of pollution and the stars were shining beautifully. It was incredible to see such a large audience in silence, it was a level of education that would hardly be seen on Earth.
"Kayden Heart with 175 thousand points and the current record for points in the valor test. Your first prize for breaking the record is the right to a house within the city of towers with all expenses paid for life." The city of towers was just below the elves’ main palace, this was a more symbolic prize, but it still brought great influence to Kayden. "Your second prize is a special invitation to the elf room. For our audience who don’t understand the value of this place, know that this invitation is worth more than a planet to the right person."
Wealth was common everywhere, but wealth to have a planet? That was ridiculously little. Only a few people had this power and they barely numbered a hundred. At that moment, the audience burst into whispers but soon fell silent so the presenter could continue.
"Your ultimate prize is an offer from the Elven Monarch and Emperor to learn the way of swordsmen of the imperial family." This offer came as a shock to everyone, even eighth-realm powerhouses would kill for this opportunity, but Kayden only needed a few seconds to think about the offer.
"I thank Your Majesty for this offer, but I will have to humbly decline." Kayden’s speech was accompanied by a ridiculous silence. A mere wizard of the third realm was refusing one of the greatest offers ever made in this solar system.
"Why?" Conor’s voice resounded like thunder everywhere. The small act of speaking normally and a simple thought made the world carry his message to everyone. Her higher realm made her look imposing even when she was just asking a genuine question.
At the royal family table, no one could believe Kayden’s refusal either. They all recognized the value of this path even more. Marco was freaking out. Until today his father refused to teach him because according to the monarch, his son hadn’t worked enough to do so.
"Life has taught me not to follow a path that I did not build with my own hands, Your Majesty" Kayden’s phrase seemed like a wise old man’s jargon, but at that moment considering what he had just refused, it was clear that he was not speaking out of mouth.