Chapter 166 - 11

Clara and the others who came with the heroes worried about Hikaru and Kyouka's condition. On the other hand, Prince Viron's men cheered happily to see the heroes lost against their Prince.

"How is it, Ken? Will Kyouka be okay!?" Clara became panicked after seeing Kyouka hit the reflection of her attack heavily. Clara didn't know how Kyouka was now because of the smoke and dust covering her.

"Please calm down, my lady. I thought she would be fine. This fight is just a spar. So, no one will be killed." Ziel gave a vague answer to Clara. He couldn't be one hundred percent sure that no one would die in the sparring unless he interfered in the fight.

"Are you sure?" Clara asked Ziel one more time.

"I'm certain. So, we better watch their fight calmly. I'm sure the heroes won't lose so easily." Ziel tried to calm Clara with his words.

"Of course, we won't lose so easily! Who do you think you are to comment on us like that? You don't even know how great a hero's strength is!" Sintaro overhears Ziel's conversation with Clara. He could hear it because they weren't that far away. Sintaro was not happy with their conversation or maybe just Ziel alone.

Clara and the other girls get confused by Sintaro's sudden anger towards Ziel. They thought there was nothing wrong with Ziel's previous words. But they remained silent and took a look at the situation first. Before Ziel could respond, Megumi shouted at Sintaro first.

"Sintaro! What are you doing!?" Megumi asks Sintaro. He sat next to Sintaro and kept her focused on knowing Kyouka's condition. But Sintaro's scream broke her focus and had to make her turn her gaze to him.

"Megumi, don't you hear his words like he's belittling us?" Sintaro tries to provoke Megumi.

"Which part is underestimating us? All I heard was you yelling angrily at them. You're better off worrying about Kyouka's condition than worrying about it." Megumi sighed heavily at Sintaro's quick-tempered attitude.

"Tch...I got it!" Sintaro clicked his tongue and glared at Ziel. He doesn't refute Megumi's words because what she said is true. They have to focus on the fight between Hikaru and Prince Viron.

Before the match, Kyouka warned them to keep an eye on the fight. Kyouka believes that Prince Viron has a purpose for suddenly inviting the heroes to do a sparring match. More importantly, Hikaru's defeat would negatively impact the hero's name and possibly the human region.

Ziel just kept quiet and ignored Sintaro's gaze. He had felt the evil eye from him since the lunch together earlier. But Ziel didn't expect Sintaro to shout at him suddenly. If Sintaro intends to do bad things to him or the people around him, Ziel will not hesitate to kill him even if he is someone from the same world as him.

(Damn! I already have a reason to beat him!)

Sintaro grumbled in his heart. In the previous incident, he was deliberately looking for trouble with Ziel. Sintaro has not liked Ziel for a long time. He was always looking for a way to get rid of him. He became even more annoyed when he saw the conversation he had with Kyouka over lunch. Kyouka always seems to take the initiative to open a conversation with Ziel. Even though Sintaro knew what Kyouka's question meant, he still felt jealous of him.

(Forget it! I could still find another chance to teach him a lesson and show him where he belongs!)

Sintaro still can't calm his heart before he can beat Ziel. But right now, he was focused on Kyouka's condition in that battle.

"Hahaha...is it done? I don't want such a beautiful flower to get hurt. But, it can't be helped since she keeps insisting on attacking me." Prince Viron laughed and strolled towards Hikaru, lying on the ground. He had looked down on them from the start of the fight.

"Are you kidding me? Do you think just because you can hit me once with your attack and you think you've won!? I'm surprised your frail-looking sister has such abilities. If it weren't for her, you might be nothing." Hikaru slowly stood up while holding his chest, aching from Prince Viron's attack earlier.

"Of course, that's my advantage in the fight. My sister is a genius mage born once in a thousand years. She specializes in barrier magic because she doesn't like fighting. She is also a descendant of the genius mage of the Demon Kingdom. You won't be able to break through the barrier. Surrender and admit your defeat. Admit that you guys are weak!" Prince Viron boasted how great his family was and kept provoking Hikaru.

[Ice Thorn]

Prince Viron frowned. He quickly dodged from where he was standing. Suddenly, colossal ice spikes emerged from the ground and attacked the place where Prince Viron had been before.

"Hikaru! Let's attack them again!" Kyouka spoke from behind the dissipating smoke and dust. Hikaru could see at a glance that Kyouka was fine and only suffered minor injuries.

"I understand. This time we will attack more seriously." Hikaru nodded and glared at Prince Viron. He gripped his spear and charged towards Prince Viron.

"Hahaha...you're just talking big! Come on!" Prince Viron laughed and greeted Hikaru's attack.

Hikaru thrust his spear with all his might with the intent to kill him. If he attacks him half-heartedly, then Hikaru won't be able to break the barrier that surrounds Prince Viron's body.

Hikaru and the other heroes have never been killed before. But they had been taught in the Rubelia Kingdom about the humans in that world. Criminals in that world will not hesitate to act cruelly or maybe kill their victims. Because of that, Hikaru and the other heroes were already prepared to kill someone if he had to.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

Hikaru's spear thrust successfully hit Prince Viron's body, but the barrier on his body rendered the attack completely meaningless.

"You just made a pointless attack!" Prince Viron swings his ax while Hikaru is busy attacking him. He aimed his attack at Hikaru's head. If the attack hit him, Hikaru's head would fall apart.

[Fire Tornado]

Kyouka created a black flame tornado to block Prince Viron's attack.

"Tch! You're disturbing!" Prince Viron had to dodge the attack because he felt the fire tornado could break the barrier in his body and injure him. But the fire tornado keeps chasing him.

[Twenty Layers of Barrier]

Princess Irene created a tubular twenty-layer barrier to contain Kyouka's fire tornado. The black flame tornado slowly dissipated because there was no oxygen in the barrier.

"I didn't think she was so smart." Kyouka narrowed her eyes at Princess Irene.

[Multiple Fire Tornado]

[Wind Blade]

Kyouka cast another spell on Prince Viron. She fired three fire tornadoes at once and added another magic to them. Her attack burned everything in that place. But right now, Kyouka had no time to care about all that. She will apologize to Princess Rinne after their sparring is over.

[Thirty Layers of Barrier]

A thirty-layered cube-shaped barrier encircled Kyouka's three fire tornadoes. Kyouka's three fire tornadoes became one within the barrier and tried to destroy it. But unlike before, the fire tornado did not dissipate. Right now is the competition between Kyouka and Princess Irene. The winner of this competition is determined by whose magic survives to the end.

Not long after, it was Kyouka's tornado that disappeared first. Princess Irene's thirty-layer barrier was not broken and remained intact. However, something happened to Princess Irene. She was bleeding from her nose.

"As I thought. No matter how strong your barrier is, you still have limits in using it. You can't overuse it with your current strength. You push yourself too much so that your body becomes burdened. You better stop before you get more serious injuries than this!" Kyouka warns Princess Irene. She had a good impression of Princess Irene before, so Kyouka didn't want her to get hurt. However, Princess Irene ignored her warning and stayed focused on their fight.

"Okay. If you're still stubborn like that, I won't hesitate to hurt you." Kyouka looked at Princess Irene seriously and turned her gaze to Hikaru and Prince Viron doing close combat. She looked for an opportunity to attack Prince Viron and quickly ended the sparring.

Hikaru and Prince Viron keep clashing their weapons. Hikaru managed to land multiple attacks on Prince Viron. Even though he was unharmed due to the barrier enveloping his body, Prince Viron couldn't shake off the impact of Hikaru's attack on his internal organs.

"Damn! Why did this guy's attack suddenly get stronger! is this the true power of a hero!?" Prince Viron gritted his teeth and kept trying to inflict attacks on Hikaru. But Hikaru could easily dodge it.

(I can't go on like this! If I lose, my father will still punish me! I have to find a way out of this situation!)

Prince Viron gritted his teeth and kept racking his brain to find a way to strike back at Hikaru. Suddenly he thought of an idea.

[Darkness Ink]

Suddenly a black mist like miasma covered Hikaru's vision and made him lose the presence of Prince Viron. The black smoke kept spreading until it covered the entire battle area.

"Ugh! What is this! Where is he going!?" Hikaru keeps looking for Prince Viron's whereabouts but still can't find him. But not long after, Hikaru heard a scream from behind him.

"Aaahhhh!"

Hikaru recognized that voice. It was the sound of Kyouka's scream. Hikaru finally realized where Prince Viron had gone. He created a black mist to escape Hikaru's sight and attacked Kyouka behind him stealthily. Prince Viron attacks her because Kyouka keeps bothering him while attacking Hikaru. Kyouka also keeps pressing Princess Irene, thus making it difficult for Prince Viron to fight. So, he felt that Kyouka should be eliminated first.

When the effect of the black mist disappeared, Hikaru saw that Kyouka was already lying on the ground. Luckily she wasn't seriously injured and was just unconscious.

"Coward! Are you afraid to face me and only dare to attack a girl!?" Hikaru gritted his teeth and charged towards Prince Viron with incredible speed.

"Hahaha…this is a battle tactic. I also don't want to hurt a pretty girl. However, I have to get rid of her because she keeps being a thorn in my fight. With this, no one will bother me anymore!" Prince Viron welcomes Hikaru's attack. He didn't hold back his attack this time because Princess Irene could support him without being bothered by Kyouka.

[Twenty Layers of Barrier]

Every time the tip of Hikaru's spear was about to hit Prince Viron's body, a twenty-layer barrier would appear and block the attack. In contrast, Prince Viron can freely attack Hikaru without being hurt by his attacks.

"You're sly! Didn't you say it's a two against two-fight from the start? But you turned it into two against one. You are shameless!" Hikaru tries to keep attacking him from various blind spots of Prince Viron but all in vain. That's because Princess Irene keeps withstanding the attack, and Prince Viron can freely launch a counterattack on Hikaru.

Initially, Hikaru wanted to do the same thing Prince Viron did before. He tried to attack Princess Irene first, but he couldn't. This goes against his morals as a hero. Prince Viron would also use that to create nasty rumors about heroes.

Hikaru decided to attack Prince Viron and destroy Princess Irene's barrier at once with his strongest attack. He held his spear with both hands and pointed the tip at Prince Viron.

A five-colored fireball slowly formed at the tip of Hikaru's spear. When the fireball condensed to the size of a tennis ball, Hikaru shot it straight at Prince Viron.

[Blazing Nova]

Hikaru's attack made everything in his path melt instantly. Prince Viron opened his eyes wide at the attack's impact that hadn't even hit him yet. He couldn't even dodge it because Hikaru shot the fireball from a short distance away.

[Fifty Layers of Barrier]

Hikaru's five-colored fireball clashed with Princess Irene's fifty-layer barrier. The heat spread throughout the battle area, even hitting the people around the place.. Megumi and Sintaro watch tensely as the outcome of this attack will decide the winner of the sparring match between Hikaru and Prince Viron.