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Bab 43: Chapter43-Be My Stepping Stone!

As Owen vaguely sensed something amiss, the Council of Elders, Edward, and others craned their necks, staring at the stage shrouded in dust and chaotic mana.

A gentle breeze blew through.

The dust and mana dissipated, revealing a strange sight.

At this moment, the surging sword aura of the Supreme Sword had already vanished.

The Fire Dragon King's massive, wall-like chest bore a deep sword mark, almost split open, extending to its back like a bloody abyss.

One could see its writhing organs and blood-soaked bones.

A bit more sharpness in the sword aura, and the Fire Dragon King might have been cleaved in two!

The Fire Dragon King's aura was weak, its breathing growing faint, occasionally letting out mournful cries as if it might collapse at any moment.

Although Alfonso hadn't endured the full brunt of the Supreme Sword, the terrifying shockwaves nearly tore his body apart.

He was covered in bloody wounds, with blood flowing continuously.

"What a terrifying sword strike!"

At this moment, countless mages watching the stage stared at the sword marks left on the Fire Dragon King and Alfonso, barely able to breathe.

The deadly aura of the combined attack from Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King had been palpable to everyone.

They all had the power to annihilate a beginner platinum-tier mage!

Yet now, not only had Owen blocked their attack, but he had also severely injured them with a single sword strike!

How terrifying was Owen's combat power?!

They had thought Owen had reached his limit, but now it was clear he was far from it!

Among the Council of Elders, the elders' faces flushed with excitement.

Alfonso had been too arrogant before, but as elders, they couldn't break the rules to deal with him.

Luckily, although the Azure Kingdom's geniuses were heavily injured and humiliated, Owen's comeback meant they could turn the tide and even enhance the kingdom's reputation!

Princess Marry and other young prodigies were fervently shouting Owen's name with unparalleled enthusiasm.

The entire stage was boiling with excitement because of Owen's sword strike!

However, just as the cheers reached a crescendo, King Aldric, Edward, and several other top-tier mages suddenly narrowed their eyes, looking at the weakened Alfonso and Fire Dragon King.

In their perception, the auras of the man and the dragon seemed critically weakened, as if teetering on the edge of life and death. Yet, this gave them an inexplicable sense of impending danger!

"Could Alfonso still have some means left?" King Aldric frowned slightly.

No sooner had he spoken than the bloodied Alfonso and Fire Dragon King on the stage shuddered, as if turning into a viscous liquid, eerily merging together.

As their bodies fused, their darkened auras suddenly surged. Countless sparks flew from them, burning through the void and leaving dense black scorch marks!

"Forbidden art!"

"Has Alfonso lost his mind? He's even using the dark state!"

Watching Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King gradually merge, Edward held his breath, his mind filled with a single thought.

Alfonso had gone mad!

The dark state was a bizarre condition where a contract spellbeast and mage fused together.

In this state, the boundaries between human and spellbeast would dissolve, and even a slight mistake could result in complete annihilation!

Even if successfully entering this state, they would become grotesque monsters, losing their minds and turning into mindless zombies.

In short, the dark state was both extremely difficult to master and a desperate, all-out measure!

As Edward exclaimed in shock, the other mages present shivered, their skin crawling and hair standing on end.

The dark state was a well-known forbidden technique in dark magic!

Once entering this state, one's strength could increase tenfold or even a hundredfold!

But it would also bring complete madness!

Even though Owen's recent sword strike was impressive, facing Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King in their dark state would be an entirely different matter.

Sure enough, under their watchful eyes, the mana in the air boiled, like some kind of adhesive, frantically gathering into Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King, causing them to fuse more completely.

Meanwhile, their sword wounds began to heal at a visibly rapid pace.

The continuously rising aura surged like a flood, each wave stronger than the last, pressing the martial arts stage downward with a creaking sound.

"Owen, die for me!"

As Alfonso's twisted head gradually fused with the Fire Dragon King, a bizarre and frantic voice roared into Owen's mind, like sharp nails scraping against glass, causing immense discomfort.

Then, the distorted form of the Fire Dragon King appeared behind Owen like a streak of light.

Alfonso's mind remained twisted and insane.

He knew that if he didn't quickly annihilate Owen, he wouldn't be able to maintain this state for long.

Even if he managed to kill Owen, his own state would become extremely dangerous, so he dared not delay for even a moment.

Appearing ghostly in front of Owen, Alfonso's sharp dragon claw immediately struck towards him, piercing through the void and surrounded by intensely compressed flames, burning the air.

The power and speed of this attack far surpassed anything from before.

In an instant, Owen, targeted by Alfonso, felt a chill on his back. The sharp aura from this claw attack made him acutely aware of the strong presence of death.

However, as Alfonso's eyes grew more frenzied in his dark state, he suddenly noticed a peculiar wave emanating from Owen. The mana swirling around Owen was instantly sucked away!

Without the support of mana, Alfonso's dark state immediately wavered like a rootless duckweed, and his already twisted and deformed body began to rapidly separate from the Fire Dragon King!

"No!"

Feeling the magical vacuum around his body, Alfonso stared at Owen in disbelief, his arrogance and madness turning into terror.

He could feel that the disappearance of the surrounding mana was caused by a unique wave from Owen, an invisible and intangible field!

A field?!

At this thought, Alfonso's face turned pale. A field was something only grand magi could comprehend, representing a high-level use of magic.

Owen was merely a silver-tier level 9 mage; the concept of a field seemed incompatible with him.

However, the dark state, being a forbidden secret technique, wasn't something that just any method could interfere with.

Only a field!

And a very special one at that, could achieve this!

How many more secrets does Owen hold?!

The pride in Alfonso's heart seemed to have taken a heavy blow.

Forced out of the dark state by the influence of the field, his already strained body couldn't handle it, causing him to vomit a mouthful of blood.

Whether in Kyrik or in the Holy Temple, he had always been a shining genius, especially after subduing the Fire Dragon King with his strength and mastering the dark state.

In his eyes, no one in the younger generation could rival him!

This absolute confidence, which looked down on everyone, proved to be so insignificant before Owen!

At this moment, Owen, who activated the Mana Void, slashed his sword towards Alfonso with a solemn expression!

The power that Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King unleashed in their dark state would have seriously injured him if not for the Mana Void!

A genius of this caliber was indeed far superior to ordinary spellbeasts and mages. To prevent further complications, it was best to eliminate him quickly!

As Owen's deadly sword strike approached, Alfonso snapped out of his mental collapse and twisted his body to retreat, trying to evade the blow.

But severely injured, he found escape impossible. Desperately, he kicked the heavily wounded Fire Dragon King in the back, using it as a shield against the fatal strike!

Screech!

The Godslayer Sword easily sliced through the Fire Dragon King's neck. Its dull dragon scales shattered, its skin and flesh split open, the surface smooth as a mirror.

Until Owen decapitated it, and its head fell to the ground, a fountain of blood gushed from its neck, turning the air a sinister shade of red.

Seeing his contracted spellbeast meet a gruesome end, and with Owen attacking again, Alfonso, whose mind was already shaken, was instantly shrouded in the shadow of death!


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Bab 44: Chapter44-A Letter Causing a Stir

He retreated continuously with a look of terror on his face, then, as if remembering something, he shouted with all his might:

"Erik! Erik! Where is the mage of the guard? Save me! Save me!"

He retreated while placing his hope on the guard.

The guards had many gold-tier mages, all battle-hardened, and Owen's current state was somewhat weak.

As long as they acted in time, he would definitely survive today! As a favored genius, he didn't want to die!

However, despite his continuous shouting, none of the mages of the guard responded to him!

"Where are the guards? A bunch of useless trash! Get out here now!"

Seeing Owen already close to him, Alfonso became even more terrified and panicked, his words filled with raging fury.

"The guards? Didn't you send the guards to assassinate me? As a mage of Kyrik, you dared to encircle and kill me in broad daylight in the imperial capital. You have quite the guts. If you really want to see the guards, I will mercifully fulfill your wish!"

Owen shook his head, looking at Alfonso, whose ugly demeanor was fully exposed in the face of a life-and-death crisis.

The murderous intent in his eyes grew even stronger and more red.

Under Owen's murderous gaze, Alfonso trembled, shaking his head repeatedly:

"Impossible, Erik and the others are gold-tier mages. With your strength, it's impossible to kill them!"

When Owen arrived at the stage earlier, Alfonso had seen clearly that Owen didn't have much combat fluctuation on him.

Although he had been delayed for some time coming here, it was simply a pipe dream to think that Owen could kill all of Erik and the others in such a short time!

After all, according to their investigation, Owen only had a pair of Wolf Guards with him, among which the strongest was Benedict, a gold-tier mage, who couldn't possibly be a match for Erik and his men.

Owen smiled faintly, pulling out Erik's storage ring from his chest, "You are considered a hero of a generation, so let me let you die knowing the truth!"

Alfonso looked at the storage ring in Owen's hand. It bore Erik's signature and had a unique design.

He recognized it immediately—this was undoubtedly Erik's storage ring!

Erik was quite greedy, and considering the importance of this mission, he wouldn't have handed over his storage ring to anyone else, let alone to Owen!

Erik and his team might indeed have met with misfortune!

Alfonso's heart was filled with despair. His last hope was ruthlessly crushed by Owen.

At that moment, Owen raised his sword and swiftly beheaded him. Alfonso had just prepared to beg for mercy, but his voice was forever silenced in his throat.

Boom!

With the successive slaying of the Fire Dragon King and Alfonso, Owen's level increased again.

He advanced from silver-tier level 9 to gold-tier level 1, and his experience bar was very close to gold-tier level 2.

Although it seemed like just a single-tier breakthrough, this tier was a chasm that most mages couldn't cross.

Only by becoming a gold-tier mage could one be considered to have respectable status and strength.

At this level, they were essentially entering the middle to upper echelons of the empire!

With the completion of his advancement, Owen felt a comfortable tingling sensation throughout his body, as if he had taken a refreshing nap.

His body became stronger, his spirit more vigorous, and he resonated more strongly with the surrounding mana.

At the same time, as Alfonso was a relatively important prodigy, Owen gained 1000 fate points!

Owen smiled slightly, feeling quite rewarded.

Meanwhile, the many mages observing the battle were already stunned.

Alfonso was a top prodigy from Kyrik Gowato Sanctuary.

Owen, as a prodigy of the Azure Kingdom, had killed him. Kyrik would not take this lightly!

"Mr. Owen is too bold, daring to kill Alfonso. Kyrik has long coveted our Azure Kingdom, and this might provoke another war!"

"Alfonso was too arrogant and actively provoked us. He deserved to die! If we clash with Kyrik, so be it. It's their fault in the first place!"

"Hmph, Kyrik has many mages and spellbeasts, far more than we can compare with. If a real war breaks out, how will we withstand it?"

At this time, many mages of the Azure Kingdom were panicking, thinking a war might be imminent.

Some wealthy merchants and mages were already considering plans to leave as soon as possible.

Kyrik is immensely powerful, and the Azure Kingdom is likely not their match!

Originally silently observing this Magic Competition from the palace, King Aldric and several high-ranking ministers hurried to the scene.

Seeing the beheaded Alfonso and the Fire Dragon King, most of them felt heavy-hearted, though some ministers were elated, feeling a sense of vindication.

Upon King Aldric's arrival, he immediately looked anxiously at Edward.

Edward, seeing King Aldric's concern, spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, there's no need to be so worried. Alfonso initiated this life-and-death duel. Once agreed upon, it's sacred. Losing means death, and there's nothing to complain about."

"Moreover, Owen previously killed Kyrik's commander Bada. While we don't know how Mr. Owen accomplished this, according to the universally accepted laws of the continent, Commander Bada intruded upon Azure Kingdom territory without cause. Mr. Owen, being from the Azure Kingdom, was within his rights to act against him."

Hearing this, King Aldric and his ministers all breathed a sigh of relief.

They were aware of these laws and regulations, but hearing it from the mouth of Academy City gave it more authority.

At the very least, in terms of public opinion, Kyrik's actions against the Azure Kingdom would be unjustified.

At that moment, under the gaze of the crowd, Owen began to search Alfonso's belongings, especially his storage ring!

Alfonso was a renowned prodigy, and he undoubtedly had many valuable items on him!

Sure enough, after Owen carefully sensed Alfonso's storage ring, he discovered, besides high-quality weapons and 10 million gold coins, there was also a small brooding chamber specifically for hatching spellbeasts!

This discovery excited Owen.

It's known that living creatures can't be stored in a storage ring, but a small brooding chamber can!

It creates a space within the ring where living creatures can be stored.

Many powerful individuals place brooding chambers in their rings to ensure the safe hatching of their spellbeasts.

A brooding chamber is priceless and can even sell for 20 million gold coins! This is equivalent to half a year's income for House Ravenwood.

Clearly, the church spared no expense in cultivating Alfonso.

After looting Alfonso, Owen's gaze turned to the Fire Dragon King. Its massive corpse, now deflated like a punctured ball, lay sprawled on the wrecked stage.

Owen's fingers made a grasping motion, and from the chest of the corpse, he extracted a fist-sized crimson core.

As a platinum-tier fire attribute spellbeast, the Fire Dragon King's beast core was invaluable and could be used to help incubate the snake egg!

A snake egg hatched with a fire dragon core would yield a spellbeast far superior to those hatched normally!

However, Owen didn't rush to start the incubation process. After all, the snake egg was one of his greatest secrets and a powerful weapon for the future!

Placing the fire dragon core into his storage ring, Owen thought for a moment before crushing an echo stone he retrieved from within.

This was the echo stone Leslie had given him, indicating the start of their operation when crushed!

Afterward, Owen calmed himself and slowly took out an emergency letter, sealed with Kyrik's grand seal, from Alfonso's storage ring.

"Your Majesty, this was found in Alfonso's storage ring. Please take a look."

Owen courteously used mana to float the letter over to King Aldric.

King Aldric glanced at the contents of the letter, and a surge of anger suddenly appeared on his stern and dignified face!

Though the anger quickly subsided, King Aldric was now the focus of everyone's attention, and all the ministers closely watched his every move.

Seeing the king's anger, their gazes swiftly locked onto the letter.

"Such outrageous bullying!"


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