Orion immediately used the wind to increase his speed and struck Josh with his sword.
Clang!
However, his sword collided with something before it could reach Josh. Orion tried again, this time with even more speed. He swiftly changed direction and attacked from Josh's blind spot, thrusting his sword forward.
Clang!
But once again, it was blocked by something before it could reach Josh.
Orion frowned and stopped attacking, stepping back. He then activated the curse of Unseen Chains.
"What? Are you going to give up too?" Josh sneered when he saw Orion retreating.
Orion shook his head with a shrug. "Since my attack won't reach you, I won't attack."
Josh frowned. "You mean you want me to attack you?"
Orion spread his hands. "I don't want that either. How about this?" Orion suggested. "You give up, and we can go our separate ways. Isn't that better?"
Josh flared up at Orion's words. "Are you kidding me?" He glared at Orion. "You should know that offense is my specialty, so why would I give up?"
Orion looked at him strangely. "Weren't you the one who got anxious when I said I wouldn't attack and frowned because you had to attack after that?"
Josh didn't respond, instead locking eyes with Orion.
"You're such a boring guy. Since you won't play with me anymore, I might as well defeat you real quick and then have my fun with the main dish," Josh sneered and clenched his fists.
He then punched mindlessly into the air.
However, the moment he punched, Orion suddenly sensed something in front of him. He couldn't see what it was, but with the curse of Unseen Chains, he could tell something was coming towards him at a very fast speed.
When he activated the curse earlier, he had spread some invisible chains around him that only he could see and hear. Now, when Josh attacked, he could feel something hitting those chains.
He could tell it was Josh's attack.
As the dust settled into the atmosphere, Orion's sharp eyes caught the subtle movements within the cloud—small gaps and trails where the particles were disturbed, revealing the path of nearly invisible projectiles slicing through the air toward him.
A soft chuckle escaped his lips as he recognized the pattern of the hidden attacks. "Heh," he muttered with a mix of amusement and confidence.
With a sudden burst of speed, Orion's form blurred as he moved with the wind, and swung his sword towards each projectile, blocking them all in a matter of seconds.
"Is that it? Is that where your confidence comes from?" Orion asked with a sneer as he moved forward, carrying the dust around him in case Josh attacked again.
Josh sneered. "You saw through my attack, but so what? Can you see my defense too? And even if you can, can you break it?"
"Is that so?" Orion sneered back and looked at him. "Let me make a bold guess. When you use your defense, you can't attack, and vice versa."
He locked eyes with Josh. "Am I wrong?"
Josh's face turned ugly. It wasn't because Orion had figured out his talent, but because he had revealed it to the entire guild. Only a few members of the guild had known about this, and now, thanks to Orion, everyone understood his weakness.
Orion smiled at Josh's reaction. "You know what? You're one of the weakest in the guild. Your talent is somewhat unique, but other than that, you're nothing."
He added, "You're nothing but a useless piece of shit," saying it loudly.
As if a fuse had blown, Josh lost control and attacked again. However, that marked the end of the selection for him.
No sooner did Josh launch his attack than Orion tapped into the full strength of the Curse of Stormcaller. The wind surged around him, amplifying his speed to an unimaginable level. In an instant, Orion vanished from his original position and reappeared directly in front of Josh, moving so quickly that he was nothing more than a blur to the untrained eye.
Josh barely registered the shift in the air before he was sent hurtling through it. The force of Orion's strike hit him like a freight train, catching him completely off guard.
Pain exploded in his abdomen, knocking the wind out of him and forcing a gasp from his lungs. His vision blurred as he felt himself lifted off his feet, the world around him spinning as he was flung into the air.
Saliva dribbled from his mouth as he struggled to catch his breath, his body instinctively curling in on itself from the impact. Gravity took hold, and he began to plummet back toward the ground, still reeling from the unexpected and overwhelming blow.
However, at the last possible moment, Nathan caught him before he could injure himself further.
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