Chapter 197 The True Cardinal

Orun is getting disappointed the longer the fight rages on against Caius.

He had lost the charm that made him Orun become interested in a to the death battle with him.

His strength has not dwindled one bit since they started, nor has there being a decrease in the speed he started with, or his mana depleted.

Neither of those things are not what made Orun become less interested in his battle with Caius, but something else entirely.

It took a while for Orun to discern what was different from the Caius of now, and the Caius of when they first met.

When he discovered it, he was met with an even greater streak of disappointment.

Orun found out, how weak minded Caius really is. He saw the vast difference between he and Caius in terms of combat abilities, and shamed his head in utter disappointment.

He does not know what sort of life Caius has lived that brought him up to being who he currently is, but he could guess that his current life, has not been filled with enough difficulties.

Caius, utterly sucks when it comes to pure physical combat with the involvement of physical skills and thinking process in play.

It is like he does not even want to think up strategies to counter the enemies with, and just forces his way in, delivering blow in the same way it has been given to him.

There might have been a moment where he had constantly faced all sorts of challenges in battles, but those times are far behind him now.

He had fought and fought to climb up the ladder and sit himself down amongst those harboring the title of greatest. But in doing so, he had become too relaxed.

Complacent that he had reached the top, and no longer had anything to worry about from those below.

Caius was able to become a Cardinal by honing and developing his strength in combat, further enhancing himself, and also with the help of Ignatius being by his side.

He became a Cardinal by showing that he was worthy of one through his own strength, but he never stopped to think, that being referred to as one of humanity's strongest, does not exactly make him one of the strongest in the world.

You see, physical strength is a very dubious fellow, and if one is not very cautious around it, you will end up being fooled into thinking that you are unstoppable.

The world is splitted into five great continents, and the humans, are just one out of the very five in existence.

Being called a Cardinal and titled as humanity's strongest by humanity, does not mean they are the strongest in the world.

The problem stems from the fact that the Cardinal of the past that originally owns the strongest title, does not comprise of four, but one.

It was originally given to the being who is human and yet has far surpassed the realm of humanity, the one who stood still at the forefront while the rest of the humans cowered in fear during the Great War.

He was the one, who wiped the floor off of the race who are viewed as being untouchable by others.

Without that one human, humanity would have stood no chance, and would have been wiped off the map after the great war was over.

That one human, is who was actually named and feared by the other race as a Cardinal as a result of his achievements during the great War.

Humanity's leaders, brought themselves together and seeked to expand the realm by which the other race would fear them.

They wanted to sow the seeds of fear in them and remind them that humanity, is not as weak as it seems.

The way they thought of achieving that, is by making the Cardinal title extensive, opening up an application process that screens humanity's warriors, and end up picking among them, the one that triumphs the end of the screening.

That one, is given the opportunity to enter the ranks of Cardinal's, thereby increasing the numbers while making it indirectly known to other race that humanity's forces are becoming more formidable.

There is, a boundary set in motion to make their plan a perfect one.

If the numbers of the Cardinal's becomes extensively wider, they will not be taken too seriously by the other race.

It would only seem to the outside eyes, as an organization that could easily be assessed by possessing a certain amount of strength.

But by only limiting the range of Cardinals to four numbers, they have set the impression of how high, difficult, and powerful the Cardinal's really are.

Despite how populous humanity is, there are only four of such with formidable power.

That thinking, has set into motion, a sense of understanding that not just anyone can become a Cardinal.

Caius being a Cardinal, meant he has earned the right to be among a group titled as humanity's strongest, but that alone, does not make him the true humanity's strongest.

His strength, speed and mana that allowed him to become a Cardinal, were gotten thanks to his contract with Ignatius.

With it, he is formidable, mostly destructive, and partially unstoppable. However, it does not make him undefeatable.

After he became a Cardinal, Caius has forgotten how important the basics of things are, and moved on from them.

Orun spent his life in a Dungeon where everyday, is like war for him, the kind where he had to always be on his toes if he still wanted to live.

There are lots of monsters in the Dungeon with him, most of which are far more powerful than Orun was at the beginning.

To contend against the likes of such monsters, Orun knew being reliant only on increasing his level would do him no good.

He had to start thinking, expanding the range of his thoughts and maximizing the full use of every ability in his possession, all so he could keep himself alive.

Such way of life, had help Orun to evolve more than just his physical appearance, but also his combat mentality.