Chapter 93 - A Duel

Randy's words caused the arrogant young master Slandar to be stunned for a brief moment.

And then he laughed and said: "To think that you will be acting this arrogant just because you managed to take down my bodyguards? Did you think I need those bodyguards to take care of me? If you thought so, then I'll have you know right now that you are sorely mistaken about that notion."

Saying so, he started exuding the vast magical energy in his body, which was so solid enough to form a sort of a layered barrier-like armor on the surface of his body.

Randy immediately sensed the vast energy coming out of the other party's body and he could tell right away that the man in front of him was much stronger than him in terms of the amount of magical energy that he had in his body.

A moment later, Randy thought for a bit and then said in a serious tone: "Since that is the case, young master Slander… Do you mind testing out whether you'll be able to hurt me first or I'll be able to hurt you first? After all, you seem to be confident in your abilities, and you also seem to hold some sort of animosity towards me for some reason, even though I have no idea why you will act like this toward a stranger you met for the first time."

'Either this guy is simply too conceited because of his family background or something else is at play here enough for him to act like this toward me even though all I did was decline buying stuff from his magic shop.' Randy silently thought to himself.

"Hahaha! You impudent little brat! It seems like you really do not know the limits of your little strength. Fine, I will let you feel the difference between our strengths in a moment. Judging from the fact that you only used that third circle magic spell, I can infer that you're only a third circle mage."

Saying this, he snickered in disdain and slowly said: "To think that a measly third circle mage dares to pick a fight against me, who is a fifth circle mage? Very well, I shall entertain you. Do not blame me for what happened afterward."

As he said this, he turned to Miss Feng and then said in an indifferent tone: "Feng Yun, you shall bear witness to this duel, and do not interfere no matter what happens because I did not suggest this duel to begin with, so you cannot say afterwards that I am unreasonable when the brat gets hurt on his own accord."

Hearing this from him, Miss Feng was instantly worried and then she turned to look at Randy, about to say something, but Randy shook his head to stop her.

And then he said to her in assurance: "Miss Feng, don't worry, he will never be able to defeat the current me; I can easily handle someone like him."

"What a bold statement, hope you can back it up and not simply rely on your words." Young master Slandar scoffed and said when he heard Randy's confident words.

Hearing these words, Miss Feng stopped what she was about to say before and nodded her head in response and instead said with concern: "If you say so, then I will not interfere. But if something happens or that you're not certain about winning, you should immediately give up on this duel; there's no reason risk getting hurt. In the event that you get hurt from this duel, I don't want to be blamed by your mother for what happens here today. After all, whenever your mother gets angry, she gets really scary." 

"Haha…" Randy only laughed at her words and did not say anything in return.

And then he turned to young master Slandar, who seemed to be chanting an incantation for a spell in the distance.

When Randy saw this, he narrowed his eyes and then thought in his mind, 'This guy really is unscrupulous, we haven't even decided when to start the duel and he is already chanting an incantation for his spell.'

Right now, Randy was only standing about 3 meters away from the other party and thus, he would not be able to dodge the other party's spell attack if it came suddenly.

Miss Feng also noticed this and then frowned in discontent before saying: "Young master Slandar, don't you think this is considered cheating if you've already started chanting your incantation before the duel even begins?"

Saying so, she activated the protective barrier to protect all the spell books on the second floor and also to separate themselves from the bookshelf.

Right now, they were standing on the wide opened space that came into view the moment one walks in here, right before one could even see the bookshelf at the back.

Young master Slandar did not pay any attention to her words and only continued to chant the spell in audible voice this time.

"O' flame of the heavens the burns everything in its path, bring down the arrogant opponent in front of me. Let your scorching heat render their flesh…"

At this point, Randy was observing the formation of the spell from the other party and then he suddenly displayed a surprised expression as his eyes were left wide open.

'He is actually taking that long to cast a single spell? Well, this is good for me, I guess.' Randy silently thought to himself in surprise.

This thought of his only lasted for a moment as he instantly dashed forward when his enhanced body from the earlier magic spell that he had cast.

This was the 'body enhancement' spell that he comprehended with the system's help during the time when he was looking through the spell books on the shelves.

This spell was one of the spells that intrigued him right away and so, he decided to comprehend it on the spot, but he never thought that he would have to use it right away in this place.

Although the spell itself had a duration, and it even consumed a quarter of his magical energy to increase his basic statistics by fifty percent in total.

However, there was still enough time left for him to end this fight.

The next moment he traversed the distance of 2 meters and appeared in front of young master Slander and immediately threw a punch at him.

"Bam!"

The sound of an impact resounded a moment later.

[Void Punch]

However, the other party already had erected a barrier occupying 1 meter radius around themself, so Randy's punch did not faze the other party a single bit and they instead smirk when Randy punched reach them.

"Do you think that will be enough to get through my barrier? How naïve, what did I even expect from a brat like you." Young master Slandar said in contempt when he saw that Randy's attack was rendered useless by his protective barrier.

At this moment, he had almost finished with his spell and he was about to direct his spell at Randy, however at this same moment, without hesitation Randy threw another punch with his other arm.

"Bam!"

"Hmph! Do you think that the same technique would work on my barrier even though it did not work on it the first time? How ignorant. And now, play time is over, take this— Incendiary Flam…"

However, the next moment, he immediately shut his mouth when he suddenly noticed that at some unknown time, he had received multiple internal injuries as he could feel his muscles and his internal organs shaking from an unknown attack that pervaded his body. 

[Void Wave Punch]

"What did you…" He muttered but he soon noticed another punch raining down on his barrier.

"Bam!"

[Void Rippling Punch]

"Crack!"

At this moment, when he lost concentration momentarily, his magic barrier also broke down as it seemed to stem from an artifact rather than a spell that he had cast.