Chapter 198: Fire vs Ice

"Ehh.. is it about the Fire Phoenix? What's it? Tell me.. Hurry!!" said Jayna in an excited tone.

"Umm… It's nothing important. Just focus on your next match, and don't be too stubborn to surrender. Otherwise…" said Angus while stopping his sentence.

"Otherwise, what?" asked Jayna.

"Otherwise.. I might kill that Ice Maiden girl for something petty like revenge. That's the last thing I don't want to do. Anyway, fight well and keep focus." said Angus while kissing her forehead.

Being kissed by Angus, Jayna couldn't help but blush, embarrassed. Then, she immediately calmed her mind and went towards the arena to complete the procedure along with the Ice Maiden.

After that, like Angus and Miesta, both of them enter their waiting room to prepare. While Jayna is preparing, Angus arrives at the Sur village group. 

"Congratulations, little cousin, that's a splendid fight." said Isvel.

"Yeah, that's really a mind-blowing fight. I never knew you had a high skill mastery. Now, I am not sure how many things you have hidden from us." said Gilford.

"Hahaha… Everyone always needs to have a trump card, right?" said Angus.

"Well, you are right." replied Gilford.

Then, Angus begins to chat with the others. While they are chatting with each other, a few hidden people once again gather up and meeting in a remote location after Angus's match ends.

"Did you see that kid's fight? I think we need to eliminate him as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he grows any further, it will be the end for us." said one of the hidden people.

"Not necessary. Did you hear his name?" said another person.

"Angus.. Victory?? Don't tell me he is an outsider??" asked another person.

"Yes, otherwise, Sur village could never hide such a talented kid from us. I bet the other girl is also an outsider judging by the intimate relationship they show in the past days." said another person.

"Then, how about the plan?" asked another hidden person.

"It's too late to go back now. To make everything go according to the plan, I will hire them to care for those two outsiders. Since they are outsiders, They will certainly accept the job." said the other person.

"Alright, then let's go back and prepare everything. We can't fail in this plan." said another hidden person.

After that, all the hidden people begin to scatter away. In the meantime, Jayna's match with Ice Maiden finally begins.

Currently, Jayna is wearing red clothes with the Heart symbol shape on her back. She also wears a few hidden enchanted items for protection. On the other hand, Ice maiden is still using her blue-colored clothes in addition to a few pieces of metal parts.

She is also still bringing her staff on her back. According to the previous fight, Ice maiden is not only good at ice magic and is also good as a staff wielder.

Previously everyone thought that the staff is for helping her cast magic, but she is actually using it if she gets entangled in a close combat fight.

After entering the arena, both of them kept a few meters away from each other as in the previous fight. As soon as the arena barrier rises up, the match begins with Ice Maiden casting a spell.

Jayna also does not stay idle either as she suddenly uses [Fiery Burst] to appear in front of Ice Maiden. Without hesitation, she brandished her burning fiery sword towards Ice Maiden. 

However, Ice Maiden managed to dodge her attack by a hairbreadth before casting a spell towards Jayna [2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. *Swosh* *Bam*

Since the Frostbolt shot at point-blank range, Jayna couldn't dodge it in time, but with her trained body control, she could parry it with her fire sword. Still, she didn't expect the power beyond the Frostbolt and made her retreat back.

At the same time, Ice maiden shoots a few more Frostbolt towards Jayna. Unlike the previous situation, Jayna managed to dodge the Frostbolt while moving forwards.

During her charge, she suddenly increases her speed with [Fiery Burst] and arrives in front of Ice Maiden while brandishing her fire sword. At this moment, Ice Maiden also takes out her enchanted wooden staff from her back, ready to clash with Jayna's fiery sword. *BAM*

The two forces collide and create a shock towards nearby. Jayna is surprised that the wooden staff is covered with cold ice parrying her burning fire sword. The cold ice completely nullifies her hot temperature to break the wooden staff.

However, this didn't stop Jayna. She immediately launched a few sword strikes to Ice Maiden. Ice Maiden also didn't stay still and tried to counterattack Jayna using the frozen wooden staff while parrying her attack.

Bluish energy from the Ice Maiden's wooden staff and crimson red energy from Jayna's sword keep clashing, making a sort of fantastic yet exciting show between two of the opposite energies. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

In the span of a few minutes, the two women already exchanged attacks dozens of times. Their clash created a thick mist towards the surrounding arena. 

Suddenly, Ice Maiden decided to jump back. Not wanting to give her a chance, Jayna chooses to pursue her. At this moment, the Ice Maiden quickly cast a spell towards Jayna [1st Circle - Freeze].

A cold gust of wind appears from the magic circle in front of Ice Maiden towards Jayna. Seeing this, Jayna tries to counter her with her fiery sword. Then, the Ice Maiden controls the surrounding water mist to envelop Jayna. *Whoosh*

The thick mist combined with the Freeze spell managed to push Jayna back. Jayna could feel her fire temperature also dropping at a fast rate by the surrounding mist. 

She immediately used [Flame Armor] to offset the surrounding mist. A blazing fire burns and envelops Jayna's whole body. Despite this, she still couldn't move a single step towards Ice Maiden in the front.

All of sudden, Ice maiden rotates her staff using her other hand and accumulates the water element in the air on her frozen staff while keeping the Freeze spell towards Jayna. A moment later, she slammed her staff towards Jayna [Frost Strike].

In this split second, Jayna's instinct tells her that this is a dangerous attack. She immediately abandons her attack and jumps towards the side. *Bam* The wooden staff slam on the stone platform and completely freeze the area in front of Ice Maiden.

Looking at such a devastating attack, Jayna's passive [Analyze] begins to work. She knows her current ancient power is not as strong as Ice Maiden's ancient power. Their proficiency at using their ancient power has a large gap.

However, Jayna is not someone that is easy to give up just based on this. She immediately brandished her fiery sword towards Ice Maiden from the side. The Ice maiden deflected her sword with her frozen wooden staff. *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

The two of them fight in close combat again and create a lot of mist from each clash. Jayna begins to notice that the water vapor in the air is getting thicker after each clash. She knows it will create more advantages towards Ice Maiden. 

Then, She decides to change her strategy. She points her finger with the other hand towards Ice Maiden and casts a quick spell towards her [1st Circle – Flame Shot]. 

The small ember quickly shoots at Ice Maiden's mask. The Ice Maiden couldn't help but get distracted by this Flame Shot.

However, this is an opportunity for Jayna to take. Gripping her sword on the other hand, she swung it towards Ice Maiden. *Bam* Ice Maiden managed to defend her attack using her staff.

But Jayna didn't stop her attack there. Jayna's left fist engulfed in a burning fire came towards Ice Maiden [Flame Strike]. *Bam*

Although Jayna's proficiency in [Hellfire] is still low, she still inherited some of Fire Phoenix's abilities. She could gather and manipulate her fire mana faster than anyone else. Changing a fire-based spell to a fire-based skill is like turning a palm for her.

Ice Maiden didn't expect such an attack and got hit on her masked directly. She got forced back a few meters away by such a strong skill. Under the attack, her mask is cracked, and a few drops of blood could be seen under the mask.

'No.. Mana Barrier item??' thought Jayna.

Mana barrier items are very precious items. Some high-quality mana barriers items are even more precious and rare than artifacts. This is because a mana barrier item could save one life automatically during a dangerous moment.

Then, Jayna looked at her fist, which just hit Ice Maiden. She feels like hitting strong steel. Moreover, her fire-covered fist almost completely extinguished the moment it touched Ice Maiden's mask.

It means the Ice Maiden surrounding body is enveloped with colder temperature. Then, Jayna decides to pursue her. She feels her attack before is not strong enough to knock out Ice Maiden.

Arriving in front of Ice Maiden using [Fiery Burst], she attacks her using another strong sword attack [Sword Art - Crimson Slash]. 

Ice Maiden calmly parries the sword with her wooden staff at this split second and points another hand towards Jayna's abdomen [2nd Circle - Frostbolt]. *Bam*