Chapter 191 - The Spectators

After using that spell, Alex was high up above the ground.

Elina didn't understand why he did that, at least, not until Rex's spell took effect.

'Boom'

The ground shattered and a lot of fire burst out from the hole that was created where Alex was standing earlier.

It was just like a volcano.

The flame was quite hot and they were almost reaching the ceiling of the Arena.

Yes, Alex used the right spell at the right time. Due to this, he was easily able to evade the attack.

Of course, he was extremely sensitive to flames or fire-type magic.

Probably that was why he was able to detect Rex's attack.

Well, even if he hadn't used the skill fly, nothing would have happened to him from the attack. That was because of the emblem which he possessed – Fiery Phoenix Crystal.

Yes, his emblem had the power of the phoenix which was at the apex in terms of fire-breathing spirits and beasts!

In any case, everyone who was present there was completely surprised by the attacks that Rex was making.

It was as if he too had battle experiences and was able to keep up with Alex.

'Unbelievable…'

'This is ridiculous…', Alex was the one who was surprised the most.

He was by no means aware of Rex's powers. He never even doubted his words.

The fact that he couldn't sense his mana served as proof that Rex was powerless and mana-less. That was how he concluded earlier that Rex was indeed saying the truth.

But he would have never guessed what amazing power he was hiding.

Now too, after seeing that his son too had the power of the fire elemental, made him rejoice. But he didn't show those emotions for now because he was surprised at the moment.

Rex hadn't even used the power of his emblems and even without that, he was literally fighting against half of Alex's powers! That was a pretty crazy thing to say.

Just how many would be able to keep up with Alex when he uses only half of his powers? Not many.

Therefore everyone was genuinely surprised there.

Now even Elina wanted to fight Rex in place of Alex, the reason for which was simple, she was surprised too after seeing Rex's power.

*gulp*

'I never imagined him to be that strong.'

She patiently waited for Rex and Alex to finish the battle, it all depended on one of them giving up after all.

'Is this his maximum power?', Alex asked himself.

But then when he took a look at Rex's face, he found out that there was not even a little amount of sweat on Rex's face or body.

It was as if he wasn't stressing at all, in fact, it was as if he was enjoying the battle.

'It's been a while since I released this much of my power and had any direct combat.', Rex said to himself.

'Should I use more of my power?'

That would be interesting to see, but at the same time it would end up shocking everyone.

Also, using only a mere 5% to match his father's 50% seemed a bit too weird.

Usually, it would be the reverse but currently, that was not the case.

Anyway, he couldn't do anything for now because he had a lot of things going on his mind.

He had to soon visit the magic academy where his education would continue and he would soon meet his sister.

There were many more things to consider too such as meeting and making friends and everything else.

He had no idea what the future had in store for him, he always wondered one thing – 'What was the reason for my reincarnation in the world which was nothing more than a game for me?'

He didn't find the answer to that question till now but expected to find it soon enough.

Whatever Rex now concentrated on the battle.

"Fire fist!", Alex shouted and came with full force towards Rex with his hand being completely engulfed in flames.

"Flame punch!" – Rex's fist also got covered with flames but since he used a bit advanced spell, it gave him a little push and boost.

'Boom'

Smoke covered the entire arena in a blink of an eye. The shockwave generated the floor tremor.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the shockwave was felt by all the soldiers who were expected Daryun to return after speculating if what Steve said was the truth or not.

They were waiting for him to get permission so that they could watch it when all of them felt the shockwave.

Without thinking anything else, they rushed quickly, as fast as they could, and arrived near the Arena's entrance only to find Daryun standing outside.

"Sir Daryun?"

They thought that he was about to return after getting the permission so they were kind of excited.

However, Daryun couldn't even hear them because what he saw completely mesmerized him.

'Young master Rex?'

'His power…'

'His power is so vast?'

That was the first thing that gave him such a shock in his entire lifetime.

"Sir Daryun?", they called his name again and again and he responded only after the fifth call.

"Did you get the permission?", one of them asked.

Well, what to say, the soldiers decided to move and see what was happening inside the arena when Daryun shook his head.

Of course, they couldn't see anything since the stadium was covered with dust.

"Wow, an intense battle must be going on…"

They murmured amongst themselves.

They could feel the wave of heat coming from the arena due to which they were sure that the battle was still commencing.

*gulp*

"I can't wait enough to see the view of her and his highness…", said one of them.

All of them were trying to peek via the door to see the view due to which a bit of chaos was caused.

Everyone in the arena could hear their chatter, especially Elina.

Since she was doing nothing other than watching her husband and son have sparred, she thought about allowing them to sit and watch since that's what they wanted to do.

She vanished from her seat, where she was sitting earlier, and appeared right in front of them.

"What's the commotion?", she asked.

"Your highness!?"

The soldiers were startled by her sudden presence.

All of them almost immediately knelt on the ground while greeting her with a clenched fist touching the left side of their chest.

"Greetings to Her Highness.", was what all of them said in unison.

"We apologize to you for disturbing your duel.", was what they said.

The cloud of dust soon subsided and everything became visible.

Of course, Alex stopped attacking and Rex did the same for a minute and both of them looked towards the door due to the commotion.

"Ah, don't worry about it."

"They are still-"

Elina then looked towards Alex and Rex and then said, "They have stopped..."

Alex then said, "Do they want to watch the duel?"

The moment he said that, all the knights said in unison, "Yes your highness!"

However, the three knights who were right in front of the door could see Alex standing in the arena.

But along with him, they could see someone else too.

Actually, both of their fists were still in contact and they were in the same position.

"No way..."

Elina asked them to get up and take seats in the arena.

The three knights realized that the one with Alex was Rex, however, their realization could have been wrong, that's what they thought.

But as soon as they started to enter the arena, they found Rex standing in front of Alex.

"Huh?"

All of them were completely surprised and all of a sudden turned their gazes towards Steve to confirm their gazes.

Steve was smirking when their surprised glares pierced him.

"See, I told you right?", he murmured.

The battle was about to resume so they wanted to see if it was indeed Rex and Alex's shockwave that spread till the training area.

"Alright dad, do you think you can continue?", Rex asked.

"Yes!", Alex smiled.

"Oh, I see...", Rex sighed for reasons unknown after hearing that.

Alex asked with a bit of raised voice, "You brat, did you really think that your father would give up so early?"

"Haha, yes, since you are old, I thought about going easy on you."

Both of them were trying to anger each other and were basically looking like children. Well, Rex was a kid anyway, but Alex too behaved like one at the moment.

"Alright then-", Alex was about to resume the battle when all of a sudden Elina arrived there and stopped him from doing anything else.

She said, "It's my turn now!"

"..."

To be continued...