Chapter 59 - The Event(9/?)

While Loki was muttering over the matters that happened some minutes ago, Ethan was continuing to knock down Group Z members.

'I was right, I can hone my skills faster against real targets..that's probably why I still have many problems in my training with Ais..the difference in experience is something that I can't fill quickly, no matter how many times I'll go against Ais, I'll surely lose..'

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he looked at his fist

'I'm shaking...?'

Touching his right fist, he somewhat understood the situation

'This is a problem.. I can't go on like this. Even though I have mana to perform the technique, my physique may not hold such exhaustive use...'

Deciding it was better to rest, he moved to where nobody would have been able to find him

'I'll meditate while trying to boost my natural recovery, it isn't time to think about consequences...'

Sitting on the floor, he closed his eyes while he felt pain in his arm

'That must have been [Boost Magic] to mitigate the pain... That's why I couldn't feel it until now..'

Asking Light to update his indicator, he felt as if the number was clear to him from before.

'I see, I knocked down 63 people now..but..'

With wide eyes, he saw the number of [Enemies] that entered the arena. With a gulp, he quickly opened his eyes before staring at the indicator

[Enemies Defeated: 63/3722(Unstable)]

Thinking for a moment, he felt he understood the reason

'I'm an Idiot, obviously with the dust that also minimizes my vision, I can't see them clearly so using [Avian] like this would cause not only the loss of this chance to recover strength, but also that I won't be sure to hit them all...they are more intelligent than I thought...'

With a tense smile, he put his left hand on his wrist

'I need to be able to use my magic without any problem, otherwise...'

Deciding to use a large sum of mana to heal his arm, he felt the healing effect propagate all over his body. With a frown, he tried to quickly redirect the effect back on his arm

'I know I never used natural regeneration because I wanted to study it a bit, but I don't have time now to understand why such a thing is happening...'

Struggling with his own magic, he succeeded in the act while a small smile appeared on his face. Even though he wanted to have time to let his arm heal, he detected some groups behind him

Gulping he understood that he couldn't waste time

'The healing effect won't make it in time, I need to run away for now'

Using both of his arms to defend, he was speechless

'How did they detect my position...'

Shaking his head, he boosted his defence to the extreme while the healing lost most of its power

'Even as a passive effect is fine, I can surely endure another fight but I need to take it short. If the situation changes negatively, I still have an arm and two legs.'

Feeling his confidence returning, he made a sigh to calm down. With another wave of arrows shot at him, he dodged them all before he heard a calm voice

"Don't take me wrong.. Ethan. I wish for you to win this event but see how efficient this area can be for people who specialize in stealth made us unable to wait.."

Confused, he looked around, but he felt as if nobody was in the area. With his guard up to the extreme, he replied

"That's good, So there must be many with this ability, right?"

Laughing, the woman replied

Surprised that she revealed such a thing, she was even more suspicious for him

"And why you're revealing to me such an information?"

He understood she hadn't a reason to reveal false information, but that didn't mean she had one to reveal true ones.

With a smile on her face that Ethan couldn't see, she answered

"Because I like you and your powers..."

Deciding to bluff to make her tell the truth, he was prepared for a sneak attack while asking

"How can I trust you? I can feel more than 3000 adventurers in the arena, you're bluffing"

Even though she was surprised by his statement, her smile grew larger than before

"So you can locate people in such a wide range? I understood you were special from the first time you entered the arena but this is even more than I could've thought! By the way you're right, but that's because groups of mages entered the arena to make your magic disappear. After they'll be finished I think you'll lose this battle..."

"But that's not going to happen. I'll defeat you here so that nobody will be able to question your magic abilities..even you would not be able to get out of it entirely if every single mage in the arena cast a magic spell at you"

He somehow understood her reasons and, although he was aware of the fact that she was trying to help him in her own way, he couldn't afford to lose

'I need to calm down. She said that the 10 groups surrounding me have a stealth skill, that means the others won't have the skill to be able to sneak attack on me. If I manage to defeat the--'

Feeling a dagger to the neck, he was about to defend but, Seeing them surrounding him, he understood that the situation he was in was more difficult than expected.

Approaching him with the dagger, she said

"Say that you'll surrender, you'll surrounded and every move you'll make wouldn't bring you out of the situation"

Staring at him, she had a bright smile

"By the way, I didn't introduce myself...my name is Nikita. I hope the next time we'll see each other will be as allies and friends, not as enemies"

Sighing, he thought about her words for a moment before staring at her back. Seeing he was starting to talk, she thought he accepted reality, but..

Confused, she tried to understand what he said before she felt he was trying to move away. Predicting he would move backwards, she was ready to pierce him with her dagger if necessary but, what shocked her was the fact that he made a jump.

Seeing him do this, she immediately said

"Archers, Shoot the arrows!"

Although her reaction speed was above normal, she was still thinking about him

'It seems I need force to make you understand...I'll come to apologize to you later'

Waiting for him on the ground, she expected some arrows to pierce him but, what happened really surprised her. Before she knew what was happening, Arrows were moving irregularly, even ending up against their own allies.

'W-What are they doing...? No, Ethan's skills...? How many skills does this boy have...It seems like nothing is really efficient against him...'

While preparing to use [Avian] in mid-air for the first time, Ethan was even more tense than they were

'I don't have to kill anyone, Using Air control to hit and knock down everyone in the area..can I do it?'

'I can't hesitate now... I have to do it. Probably the dust in the Air will disperse but it's better than stop here without a way to fight them..'

Boosting his body to the extreme, he used [Avian] with his left leg in a half-moon shaped form.

Feeling extreme danger, Nikita was speechless for a moment before all that she saw before loosing consciousness was a burst of Air that hit every single part of her body.

With the pressure emanated by the hit too strong to even look at what was happening, Ethan closed his eyes before he fell to the ground while returning all his Boost on his defence to withstand his own [Avian]. Easily managing to do so, he waited for some seconds, until all he could hear was silence.

Trying to move, he felt the feeling that was previously reserved for the arm, now also for his leg. Starting to use his boosted natural recovery, Ethan continued to listen to the permeating silence, to the point where he felt sleepy.

'I'll close my eyes..just for a moment..'

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Although from Ethan's perspective the situation was a matter of seconds, for the 10 groups that were affected by his [Avian], they felt as if every single part of their body was hit hard, without hesitation, strong enough to not even give them time to breathe a second time before collapsing on the ground.

'W-W-What!?'

Speechless, the mages in the arena looked as all the dust that seemed impossible to dispel was immediately destroyed, as if it had never been there before

'T-This Air pressure..'

'.. Was the same as the one that raised the dust...but still..'

After the dust was completely gone, everyone in the arena and in the stands could observe how the fight went while they couldn't see it

With their mouth wide open, everyone saw the horrible truth. Seeing the powerlessly bodies of more than 600 people, nobody uttered a word while Loki was trying hard not to laugh. Staring at him, Lefiya was worried

'Wow...that attack was so p-powerful...but wait..He isn't moving...? Why?'

Although Riveria had same thoughts, she was still skilled then Lefiya about magic. With a sigh, she said, destroying the silence that was also spreading on their familia's stand

"I think he's refilling his mana to continue, so don't worry, As I can see he seems to be fine"

Hearing her, Lefiya made a 'whew' while replying with a blush

"I-I see..."

'Still, he put his all in that last attack, so I think this precious time everyone is giving him will be precious...'

With a mischievous smile, Loki continued to stare at Ethan

'I need to correct myself, I think he's in 3rd position in the ranking now'

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(A/N: Sorry for cliff-kun, but I didn't have anymore strength to think on how to write the next, I'm still sick...so please bear it and wait for tomorrow)

(I'll probably explain what happened with [Avian] but, basically, when he used it at 100% with his leg, Using Air as through for his skill to manifest...the half-moon shaped blow hit the floor and then dispersed furiously in the air in all directions. This not only made all the dust disperse, but even hit them with a powerful force. The only thing that separated them from death was the little control Ethan could still exercise over it)

(Alternate Titles: "Poor people, I kinda feel bad for them", "Nikita is a good girl tho, she didn't deserve such a harsh way to be defeated D:", "When you underestimate Ethan it never ends well")