"Why are you dazing off, Old Man? Let's start the duel," Tang Shaoyang was stretching his shoulders and arms as if preparing before the battle.
Carlos snapped out of his thoughts and walked to the center of the platform. He refrained himself with great difficulty to interrogate Tang. He stopped when he arrived next to Deril.
Tang Shaoyang and Deril were now separated by one and a half meters with Carlos standing between them. From the back of his green tunic, the old man took out two oaths that had been signed by the two involved parties from the trial of the duel.
Old Man Carlos showed Deril's oath to Tang Shaoyang and showed Tang Shaoyang's oath to Deril. Tang Shaoyang gave a quick read before he nodded his head, and Deril did the same too.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
"Good, I will act as referee. Killing is prohibited, the battle ends if one of you could no longer fight or if I have decided one of you is lost based on my judgment to avoid fatality!" Carlos spoke it out loudly, and no one protested it. The Guild Master, the retired Sky-Emerald, there was no one more appropriate than him to be the referee.
Deril nodded and Tang Shaoyang followed as it seemed the formality before the trial, "Alright, take five steps back. We will start the duel soon," Deril took exactly five steps back, and Tang Shaoyang took ten steps back.
"To solve the conflict between them, Deril and Tang have agreed to the Trial of the Duel. Here, I will be the judge, and I swear in my name I will judge everything with neutrality!" Carlos looked toward Tang and he glanced to the other side to see Deril, "The Trial of the duel starts!"
As soon as Carlos announced the start of the battle, Deril's figure blurred forward. He immediately activated the new skill he just learned, [Quick Dash]. It was one of the skills for the Heavy Warrior class to fill the movement weakness.
In the blink of an eye, Deril shortened the distance between him and Tang Shaoyang. As a warrior, as long as he could get closer to the mage and land a hit, his chance of winning was big. Deril was trying to achieve that with his new skill.
[Greater Slash]
When he arrived in front of Tang Shaoyang, he raised his blue greatsword and slashed it down toward Tang Shaoyang. Mana covered the blue greatswords as it descended toward Tang Shaoyang.
Carlos was prepared to make a move at the moment of danger. He thought Deril was about to win until a flash that left lightning as the trail passed Deril.
'I know, but maybe it's because my opponent is not a mage. Maybe if he is a mage, I can feel the enjoyment of the fight,'
—Tch, brute is a brute!
Zowen remarked unhappily. But of course, Tang Shaoyang ignored her remark as he looked at Deril. The man was like a bird in the cage, holding his sword tightly while looking around at the lightning cage. The man must be trying to find the weakness of the lightning cage to break.
However, even if it had a weak spot, it was not something a warrior like him could find or even destroy the cage.
'Seems the fight is over, I can't test his limit. Let's end the fight now,' he raised his hand to the sky, right after that, a thunder descended toward the caged Deril.
[Thunder Wrath]
He cast the last skill to end the duel. To his surprise, Old Man Carlos made his move. His figure blurred as he rushed toward the lightning cage. He stopped in front of the lightning, his arms' muscle bulged out. The green energy covered his right arm, and he smashed the lightning cage.
With just one smash, the lightning cage crumbled. The old man caught Deril, and both immediately left the target spot.
Kaboom!
The thunder hit the empty spot, the marble platform was destroyed as a three meters deep pit formed on the platform. Carlos threw the shocked Deril away and confronted Tang, "Are you insane? Do you have to kill him like that?"
Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brows, "Don't exaggerate things, Guild Master Carlos. That spell will not kill him. Are you going to annul the trial by accusing me of attempting to kill my opponent?"
"You..." Carlos heaved a big breath, indeed, he was exaggerating the fact that the spell would not kill Deril, but Deril would suffer a heavy injury for sure.
"I am not!" Being accused like this surely gave him an unpleasant taste, but he understood why he was being accused, "Alright, the winner of the trial is-"
"The fight is not over yet. Die, you bastard!" While the two were having a conversation, Deril made his move. Using [Quick Dash], he turned around toward Tang Shaoyang's back with his greatsword.