Chapter 58: ...It Pours

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"Darkness."

Tyler Mana surged forth and immediately, absolute darkness spreads from a point next to Rain. This spell was originally a tier 1 spell that would only be able to fill a 15-foot-radius sphere with magical darkness for a duration of 15 minutes. However, with the sheer amount of mana the spell had consumed from him, he could sense that the range of the spell had massively increased, almost covering the entire hall.

The darkness was pure, even a creature with Darkvision would be unable to see through this darkness, and nonmagical light would be unable to illuminate it. Rain was a dark elf, so naturally, she possessed the racial trait of Darkvision. Originally, she had wanted to continue her pursuit using her Darkvision, but when she noticed that it couldn't penetrate through the darkness, she halted her step and took a defensive stance without hesitation.

She was a little familiar with this spell so she had expected an immediate attack from her blind spot, however, after waiting for a few seconds, nothing happened. Although she didn't know why he hadn't used this time to strike, she wouldn't waste any time and give him an unforeseen opportunity.

Without further delays, she cast two high-tiered spells.

"Delay Magic. Electrosphere."

"Max magic Daylight."

The moment Tyler cast darkness, he immediately began his formation of several magic circles for the spells he had learned including several Tier 1 spells. Fighting an actual high-leveled opponent was a lot harder than he thought and he could no longer half-ass it. He was beginning to lose a step in the fight since he wasn't used to fighting as a magic caster.

The dark elf was using a bunch of enhancement spells that disregarded his speed advantage and he didn't have any such spells since he hadn't thought they would be useful. Well, he was wrong, her experience and skills were superior to his and he needed a chance to catch his breath and give himself a semblance of preparation.

He knew he had a lot of weaknesses but he wasn't expecting to be so totally overwhelmed by a girl that literally just came out of a coma. 'Sigh... I'm not a very good magic caster.' If he wanted to learn more about magic, he would need to find a teacher, however, he felt like if he asks this dark elf or Liz he would be embarrassing himself.

Tyler had been influenced by the Gray-War troll's spell, the fog of darkness in learning his darkness spell. Though he was a lot weaker than the troll's as he could only take away the sense of sight. This was why Tyler hadn't chosen to attack instead, he knew she would sense any attacks he threw her way but as long as he stayed still she wouldn't sense him and he should be able to buy himself enough time to finally set up all his spells.

However, the absolute darkness in the room was suddenly nullified by the intense brightness of day. Both the darkness spell and the Daylight spell were polar opposite and normally they would cancel each other out but Tyler was stunned when his spell shattered first.

Rain, finally able to locate her target didn't give Tyler any time to be shocked as she cast another spell. "Triplet Max Magic. Chaos Lightning."

With the thunderous crackling of purple electricity, Rain stretched forth her left arm, and three massive bolts of dark purple lightning arc through the air at Tyler from several angles like they had a mind of their own, closing him in a box as they struck down on him.

The attack was incredibly fast but Tyler had reacted fast enough to use his skill: spatial movement. However, most of his field of vision was obstructed by the huge purple lightning and Tyler could only teleport a few feet away from his prior location. He was about to move when he noticed only one of the purple lightning had struck the ground he had stood on, shattering the densely reinforced marble floor.

The other two purple lightning had bounced off the ground in his direction, Tyler thought about using spatial movement one more time when he realized he had already used it a total of three times today and only had one left. He needed to save that last one for a serious emergency and from the looks of it, those purple lighting could also bounce off the ground one more time.

Gritting his teeth he no longer wasted time and cast several defensive spells at once. "Fire shield."

"Lesser Resistance - Lightning."

"Leaser Magic barrier."

Tyler almost felt faint from the sheer amount of mana he was losing, these were all supposed to be weak Tier 1 and 2 spells, yet they drained more energy than he thought higher-tiered spells should. Thin and wispy flames wreathe his body and a faint translucent barrier appeared around him. 

The Chao lightning struck Tyler head-on and shattered the magic barrier that protected him. The fire shield soon dissipated before his eyes along with the chaos lightning. Tyler was about to sigh in relief when suddenly Rain appeared before him at a low angle already brandishing her weapons towards him. It didn't seem like she was the one that had just cast several high-tiered spells in a row.

Her stamina and Mana reserves were certainly not something to scoff at. Tyler narrowly avoided her uppercut strike before taking wide strides backward and preparing for her follow-up attack. He came into this fight with total confidence in victory and had placed several restrictions on himself, he hadn't even planned on using a weapon to better control his magic power but somehow he was now at a complete disadvantage and he wasn't even sure he could win against this girl even with a weapon.

Although he was poorly equipped and she was probably wielding a magic weapon, not even including the several illusionary blades that were still hovering in the air around her. This situation was still due to his lack of judgment and poor decision making which he desperately needed to improve as well as many other things.

His calm exterior was in complete contrast to his chaotic thoughts that processed several things at once. Another Brandishing kick was sent his way and Tyler countered with a wind blade spell as he continued his retreat when suddenly.

A giant ball of electricity struck Tyler from behind. Luckily, he was able to resist the sudden shock due to his lesser Resistance lightning spell still being active, but his moment of surprise had cost him in such a high-speed battle.

Boom! Bang!

A kick was sent Tyler's way and he was unable to avoid it, opting to block it instead but the force had sent him off the ground, sliding several meters through the marble floor before he was finally able to stop himself before hitting the wall.

Tyler felt the weight behind that kick and was sure that if he was still a normal human being his arm would've shattered from receiving the full brunt of that attack. His arm felt numb for a moment before slowly returning to normal. He felt increasingly annoyed at his lack of awareness in this fight but quickly cast a spell to calm his growing nerves that had no place in a battle.

This was his plan against the so-called demon's pride, and even if he was being influenced by the past demon king. Until he knew more about it, he wouldn't let himself get too emotional in any situation. 'Silent magic - Placate.' He felt a sudden calm that enveloped him and all his chaotic thoughts soon became normal again.

Tyler stabilize his stance and raised his head to look at Rain, however, she was no longer in her previous location and Tyler was unable to track her even with magic vision. He was about to use a protective spell on himself when suddenly he felt a gust of wind to his side. Rain had appeared out of the blue in full motion, with her blades ready to strike.

Phantom Kill.

Tyler could see the intent in her eyes as it penetrated his soul. She was really about to take his life and given the way he had fought until now, he wouldn't be able to stop her. She was already in his blind spot and he didn't have any time to use any spells, neither could he move out of the way on time. Tyler saw multiple blades coming at him from different lethal directions as he was certain that even with all that he had learned, he had no spell that would save him here.

With swift and fluid motions that overwhelmed one's opponent, multiple daggers sliced into almost every single critical location in his body as the technique Phantom kill was true to its name.

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Rain was getting increasingly more anxious the longer this fight went on, the moment she had taken out her dagger and used Spiritual Daggers, she had been on the offensive, trying to force this guy into either using a weapon or admitting defeat.

However, somehow he was always able to narrowly dodge or avoid her attacks using minimal movements. It was obvious he wasn't using any footwork techniques or skills yet his movements were so precise and acute that she almost believed he could predict her next attack.

She felt a blow to her pride and immediately took this fight more seriously only to be countered with the darkness spell. Feeling a slight panic like she was baited and had just walked into his trap she hurriedly tried to defend herself but to her surprise, no attacks came. 'Is he mocking me?' With a bit of anger, she went all out, casting two high leveled spells at once to get rid of the darkness and set a plan in motion.

After setting up the delayed spell electrosphere that would activate at a very specific time which she had to make sure she pushed him within range without being too obvious about it.

She had to admit that his physical abilities were absurdly high, which indicates his magic potential. Still, although his attacks were powerful, they were all too straightforward and simpleminded to use against someone on her level and she couldn't understand why he was doing that.

She then cast her most powerful multi-target spell on him draining almost all her remaining Mana reserve but she was sure he should also be getting low on mana as well and she used her skill, Mana Essence, to confirm.

However, what she saw was so strange it made her skin crawl. He certainly had a vast and almost limitless amount of mana which was intimidating on its own but as she watched his mana drastically reduce when he cast several powerful spells to defend against her Chao Lightning and she was about to feel relieved when something impossible happened.

His Mana immediately recovered almost as if he hadn't used any spells. 'A trick, yes he must be using False Mana Essence to scare me, yes that's the only explanation.' She refused to believe that someone that wasn't even a full mage had such ridiculous levels of mana recovery.

This was the last straw, her anxiety had turned into anger and she no longer held back. Her grip tightened on her blades and she used another skill. °Misty steps° Her body faded away with a cloud of mist before he could notice her and she appeared next to him already brandishing her blade. As expected he was still able to avoid her strike even after taking him by surprise. Rain didn't get discouraged as she slowly leads him to her trap with near-perfect execution.

Her trap had worked, and although he was able to resist the electric shock she was able to land a well-placed kick on him and use the time to find the perfect opportunity to execute her most fatal and lethal technique. The phantom kill was a success and even this absolutely strong behemoth had fallen victim to the multitude of critical strikes it produced.