Regnum Aetern Dual Rebirth Chapter 175

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Saria’s heartbeat sped up as sweat began to accumulate on her forehead.

’What was that?’

It was only for a split second, but Manascape had picked up on something and converted it into visual information, allowing her to see it.

And that…

’Just what the hell even was that…?’

Suddenly, she heard a dull, emotionless voice whisper in her ear.

“You’re not attacking? Are you… scared?”

Goosebumps rose on her back.

The voice came from right beside her, yet she couldn’t ’see’ anything. It felt as though the one who spoke was… a ghost.

In the next second, she felt a sharp pain at the back of her head, and her consciousness suddenly grew blurry.

’Just… what…?’

And so, Saria fell unconscious.

***

Looking at the unconscious girl lying on the ground in front of him, Adrian turned to the referee and stared at him silently.

His quiet stare seemed to have broken the referee out of his reverie as he turned his gaze to the girl on the floor.

Her platinum armor slowly turned to wisps of mana and vanished. Seeing that, the referee raised his hand high and signaled.

“The duel is over, and the winner is Adrian Caelis Ravenshade!”

As Adrian had expected, there were no cheers from the crowd, only silence. He ignored it all and turned around, leaving the stage with unhurried steps while feeling the gazes of the audience on his back.

’Looks like I got out of that one. I should check ‌on Evangeline’s condition.’

***

’Hmm…’

Sitting amidst the audience, Xion stared at the black-haired boy’s disappearing back.

’Hmmmm…..’

There was a frown on his face as he contemplated in silence.

’I’m pretty sure he did something there; I just don’t know what ’something’ was.’

From what he had observed from her previous fight, his opponent was rather good with her moves. She was someone even Xion himself would have a hard time beating under normal conditions.

So what would cause her to freeze up like that?

He hadn’t missed the terrified expression on the girl’s face either.

’Hmmm… It looks like that boy isn’t simple. Maybe I should’ve played with him for a bit in our match instead of forfeiting so soon.’

Xion sighed and stood up from his seat.

His duel was coming up soon.

***

“Ugh… I hate this…”

Sitting in the seat next to him, Evangeline whined for the twenty-seventh time.

Adrian frowned.

“Would you please shut up now? It is starting to get a bit irritating.”

Evangeline turned to him with a deflated expression and spoke in a weak tone.

“Adi, you wouldn’t understand my pain.”

Adrian sighed.

“I can somewhat understand your pain of losing—”

“She smashed my face against the floor. Do you have any idea how much that hurt?”

“…”

“You won’t understand. It’s not like your face was ever smashed against the floor.”

’I wouldn’t understand it even if that happened since Immutable will numb most of it.’

He turned his attention to the empty stage of the arena.

It had been a few hours, and they were now sitting in the audience seats, waiting to watch the last duel among the Phase Three duels that would decide the rankings. Evangeline’s fourth place was confirmed, and the second and third spots would be decided after the duel between the two applicants Adrian had defeated.

He was somewhat looking forward to it since he hadn’t been able to experience the commoner boy’s—Xion’s—skills. Considering that the boy had fought in the war, he doubted the match would be one-sided.

Evangeline had returned before he could go and check up on her. According to what she had told him, she was given the lowest-grade time potion that healed her completely.

Time potions were absurdly costly since there was nobody among the humans who was known to possess time affinity, and so the production was impossible.

All the time potions that were currently being used by the empire were the stock that had been created years ago.

Unless there was some hidden time element mana user or there was a way to produce them without needing a time element mana user, the cost of time potions would continue to rise the more time passed.

And then there will come a time when even nobles won’t be able to afford it. So the fact that the academy was willing to use something so precious on a cadet with no life-threatening injuries had come as quite the shock to him.

Just then, he saw the commoner boy walk out of the hypogeum and climb up the stage. From the other side, the daughter of House Mythrien arrived on the stage and came to stand in front of the commoner boy.

Adrian sharpened his focus, prepared to see every detail of their fight.

’Let’s see how this goes.’

***

Standing on the stage, Xion stretched his lips into an amicable smile as he spoke to the girl standing before him with her eyes closed.

“Pretty young lady, I was rather impressed after watching your first duel.”

His opponent frowned, but he continued while ignoring her reaction.

“Despite your opponent being so strong, you made the match look nearly one-sided. I am very honored to be given the opportunity to—”

“Would you just shut up?” The girl spoke in an irritated tone, cutting him off. “Your voice is just too repulsive.”

“…”

The girl turned to the referee.

“Don’t drag this out and start the match. I was already in a bad mood, and now I have to fight a clown. I’d rather be done with this quickly.”

A vein popped on Xion’s forehead as he did his best to maintain his amicable smile.

’Wow, she’s quite the bitch, isn’t she? I was planning to play around before giving her the win, but I’ve changed my mind now. This girl needs to be taught a lesson.’

The referee raised his hand and signaled.

“Begin!”

As the girl channeled her mana and materialized a platinum axe, Xion casually took out a dull, grey coin from his pocket and tossed it.

The girl rushed at him, closing the distance, but Xion threw a kick straight towards her face the moment she came in range. Her momentum didn’t allow her to dodge the kick, so she blocked it with the flat of her axe.

But that left her open to another attack. Not missing the opportunity, Xion twisted his body and kicked her in the gut with his other leg, throwing her several meters back.

With one hand pressed against her gut, the girl’s expression slowly shifted, turning more serious.

The platinum axe in her grip dissolved into wisps of mana, and a long platinum chain with weights attached to both ends materialized in its place.

’I see what she is trying to do.’

The girl began swinging the heavy chains toward him, and he started dodging by twisting his body. The girl’s control over chains was very impressive, and there were several instances where he was only moments away from being struck.

But as he continued dodging, the platinum chains suddenly wrapped around his waist.

’Damn! Looks like I got caught!’

The girl pulled on the chain, pulling him towards her. Just as he had done at the start, the girl threw a fist towards his face the moment he came within range. He was unable to dodge due to the momentum, causing her punch to land cleanly.

But just then, the dull grey coin he had tossed at the start fell to the ground with a metallic sound.