Orpheus nodded at Marcus’s words and was about to reply but stopped because he remembered something Amber had said to him. She had said to smile often. Orpheus felt like he should apply her suggestion here; one part was for the fun while the other part was to provoke the teacher into accepting his bet.
With a provocative smile, Orpheus repeated his previous words.
”I want to know how many credits I will get if I beat you.”
Silence, absolute silence. Even Riggs watching on the side knew what the young man was trying to do, he was sure that Marcus knew it too, but the problem was he had a short temper, easily provoked. Even if he knew, he would still jump into the pit for some reason.
Even the hidden expert watching sighed.
As expected, Orpheus’s arrogant words coupled with his smile irritated Marcus; he had forgotten that a moment ago he was afraid of this boy’s strength, but now he wanted knowing but to smash that annoying face, only like this could he erase the image of his smile from his head.
”Sure, 500 credits if you beat me,” Marcus responded; in reality, it was 300 credits because of his rank as a teacher, but he added 200 credits because he wished to humiliate this man. He should know his place; he was a teacher, after all.
Orpheus smiled when he heard Marcus’s confirmation. His silver spear shot straight at Marcus. He snorted; he would show him. He tossed the spear he was holding to the side; he was not a spear user anyway. It was because of tonight’s mission he brought one.
Orpheus’s silver spear cut through the air at dreadful speed, but Marcus did not panic. He suddenly pulled his hands backward.
Crack!
There was a sound of things freezing.
An ice wall of at least one meter thick suddenly appeared in front of Orpheus!
The air instantaneously became chilly.
Orpheus’s eyes grew increasingly devilish and cold. As expected, he was not weak, but with just this, it would be enough. A level 4 origin master with an ice attribute was undoubtedly awesome, but the ice wall before him was too weak.
”Not enough.” He mumbled.
Without hesitation, the moving silver spear pierced the ice wall in front of him violently.
“Boom!”
The raging power vibrated wildly. The thick ice wall seemed fragile, like a glass easily breaking apart. The one-meter-thick ice wall in front of Orpheus turned into ice blocks scattered around the ground in the blink of an eye. A few thick trees within the ice wall crumbled directly into bits of wood under the tremendous impact.
Amidst the bits of wood and ice blocks all over the sky, Orpheus, who had made a move while only using his physical strength and no real technique, rushed over with the spear in his hand, remaining in the position of hitting Marcus.
The spear and he was whole, and they would go anywhere together.
At this moment, Orpheus seemed to have become a part of the spear. With the raging killing intent sufficient to tear apart everything, he rushed straight toward Marcus, and his target was Marcus’s heart.
His attack was so powerful that it was unstoppable! Riggs was ready to intervene.
Marcus felt pressured; there is no doubt that this young man was talented. To possess this kind of strength at his age was beyond formidable, but he would not lose.
Closing his eyes for an instant before opening them again, Marcus finally summoned his weapon, a rapier, a white rapier. With the apparition of this rapier, his presence changed as if he had become another person. Flicking his finger, another ice wall appeared before him, blocking Orpheus’s attack; at the same time, his rapier shot forward; this weapon seemed to ignore the ice wall as it easily penetrated through it, trying to pierce Orpheus on the other side. He effortlessly blocked.
Clangs! Clangs!
Marcus snorted when he felt their weapons clashing. Orpheus’s spear began freezing, causing him to falter, normally, it should have been what happened, but the silver spear suddenly turned hot, easily cutting through the ice wall, and arrived before Marcus like a snake.
He was shocked as he didn’t understand what had just happened; the boy had used no attribute, so how could his spear become hotter, capable of melting his ice wall? One should know that he was a level 4; his skills were advanced but what happened goes beyond his understanding.
Only the expert watching understood what Orpheus did. In an instant, when he felt his weapon becoming cold, he increased his blood pressure which in turn increased his body temperature; this heat was transferred to the silver spear, instantly turning it hotter as well. It was an ingenious technique only someone who mastered a complete mastery over his body could do.
Marcus watched the spear coming toward his head from the left, burning all of the origin inside his body; he summoned a small ice blizzard wanting to stop the spear.
It was then the silver spear vanished.
”Huh?!” There was a soft exclamation.
Marcus’s eyes shot open, filled with confusion. The next thing he knew was the feeling of intense pain assaulting his right tigh; something seemed to have pierced through his leg; the pain was so intense that he forcibly canceled his ice blizzard before he was sent flying backward.
Bang!!!
”Spacial attribute?” A soft voice resonated through the void.
During this time, Marcus, who was sent flying, crashed into a few trees, breaking them before rolling on the ground, lying motionless.
Silence descended on the wood with Riggs’ eyes widened to their limit.
”What the hell just happened?”