Chapter 71: Just like the Gods and Goddesses of Fire

When James avoided the attack, he put Clarent in his inventory to try a new type of attack and then took out a pair of knives.

Seeing the knife, Leon was surprised and then said, "I thought your main weapon was a sword, sir."

Hearing this, James said, "Let's just say I'm trying to figure out what the best weapon is against large-sized warriors, and since you are a fast man, I think the knife will help me, we won't know until we try."

After James' words, the aura around the arena began to change, Leon's aura seemed to weaken, or rather his aura seemed to be swallowed by James' aura.

The arena was once again engulfed in flames, James looked around and realised that this time he was more lucid, he had been in a trance at first when the way his aura worked changed.

With that, James flexed his body to take action and then lunged forward, saying "I'm coming Leon."

The flame-covered aura at his feet literally increased his speed at least twice as much as his normal aura. With each step, he saw Leon trying to keep up with him.

Leon really seemed to be a very strange personality. He wielded an incredibly offensive sword, but he wore unusually huge armour, but most importantly, his aura was lightning-focused, that is, it focused on speed.

These three components really didn't fit together at all, even James himself could see that, but this gigantic man in front of him was able to use all three components together.

This deserved a great deal of respect.

When James activated his dark step ability with his aura, the flames around him turned completely black, it was actually quite a frightening sight, but James was constantly changing his movements and attacking Leon as if he had no plan.

Leon could follow James clearly with his eyes, his body was a little weak compared to his eyes, but there was nothing to stop him from moving in unison.

James was constantly scratching at Leon's armour and taking his chances, yet he did not cause any damage to the huge man in front of him.

"HOW MANY FLOORS DID YOU CLIMB?" James suddenly shouted, Leon and the onlookers seemed surprised by the question, no one seemed to think Leon was strong enough to need to be asked that question.

"17th FLOOR SIR!" shouted Leon in answer to this question and James instantly stopped his attack and stepped back, the onlookers were wondering what was going on.

James raised his hand and held the knife in his hand towards Leon, and then said the following words that would touch Leon:

"Even though I made it to the 10th floor, I have a class where I had help from someone as great as Nyx. You made it to the 17th floor, and despite your weight and the weight of the weapons and armour you wear and equip, you can keep up with me, while I wear light things.

Olympus has found itself a perfect member, I hope you have chosen one of the high gods or you will have this chance in the future because I am sure that your potential is at least as great as mine and even greater than mine. I think we will be close friends in the future."

The smile on James' face grew even wider as he said, "But it is time to end the duel, for the more I defeat, the more I will gain."

Immediately after he finished speaking, the aura of flame around him began to swell even more, making those who saw it tremble with excitement. It was as if James resembled Agni, Hephaestus, Zhurong, Amaterasu and many others.

However, he charged forward in earnest and instead of dodging the incoming sword strike, he deflected it with one blade and then used his other blade to deliver a serious attack on the armour.

"CRUSHCH!!!"

A strange piercing sound echoed through the arena and Leon flew out of the arena at an incredible speed, as he sank to the ground the referee ended the match and James' voice could be heard:

"Please take him away to heal him, I've pierced his armour, I may have damaged the inside."

With those words, several doctors and officials came out into the arena and saw that Leon was injured, though not seriously, and that, James took his place back in the arena and then turned to the referee and said, "Please let's move on to the next match." Searᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

While James was busy with the matches, Ariel was busy with something completely different, she had been trying to find Elian, as James had requested.

Unfortunately, she had not been able to find the existence of such a person on the 10th floor in her research for the last 11 hours.

There were too many people she knew around, she had made a long investigation, and as a result, two options had emerged:

Either Elian was very, very well hidden or he was not even on the 10th floor anymore.

If Elian was very well hidden, it would not be a bad thing because it would mean that he was still in an area where a search could still be carried out.

If he somehow managed to get out of the 10th floor, that's where the real trouble would be, because when the tower doesn't give you a special helper, a little admin like Emma, you have to go all the way to the gates.

In other words, it was close to impossible for Elian to leave the 10th floor while Olympus and Asgard were watching the gates.

Ariel continued her search with all these thoughts and was constantly moving around in order to find the perpetrator.

She only stopped for a few seconds and sat down on the floor between the two buildings to rest, closed her eyes and tried to relax herself. Just then, a window appeared in front of her:

[Hello Mrs Ariel, can I have a few minutes of your time please?]

Ariel shook her head when she saw the message and then spoke gently:

"In my world, my calls to God have never been heard, I refused to choose a class inside the tower, my name is Ariel, and I have nothing to do with gods so leave me alone." Ariel suddenly replied and with that, she closed the window in front of her.

It was hardly a way to describe the shock of the onlookers.