Chapter 570: The Power of Aura Master
"Kill every single ancient Aura user here?" I asked Timmy.
"Well, it's right that we are ancient Aura users for you. But I don't like how you call me that," Timmy said.
"You're the oldest one here. You don't have any right to complain," I replied.
Since he's the creator of this place, he is the oldest one here.
Still, becoming both Aura Master and reaching a stage beyond master level makes him have a long lifespan. Although most of the time he was sleeping. That's what makes him able to live for thousands of years. But he doesn't look to be over forty years old.
Though if he didn't sleep, his lifespan should be about a few centuries. And that's still a lot for a human.
If I become an Aura Master, I might be able to live for at least two or three hundred years more. And I might end up getting asked to do something troublesome. I mean Albert and the other kings are already looking at me as if they want to request something for me.
.....
Well, that's understandable. In about fifty years, Albert would be too old to lead a kingdom, and Alan would be the next king. Or maybe Alan's son. And to make the kingdom stable, someone needs to watch the kingdom over. And someone who lives long like me is the perfect choice.
Though I can only think about it if I truly end up becoming an Aura Master. But why does it feel like Albert and the kings believed that I can kill Timmy?
After passing the test, which is already difficult, I need to kill Timmy. The strongest human from thousand of years ago. The chance of me winning is slim.
"Do I have the choice to not do it?" I asked Timmy.
"It's either do it or not and never be able to return again. I have no plan in continuing this testing ground since you're the last Aura user. Also, I want to die while I'm still at my strongest. I witnessed my friends died of old age. Seeing them died and looked so frail and weak frightened me. I don't want to die like that," Timmy said.
So, it's some sort of trauma for him? Just like my trauma is because of the cult, he's afraid of die of old age.
"Can't you just go fight the Evil God and die then? You might be able to weaken him and I can give the finishing blow then," I suggested.
"I don't want that. I also want to left my legacy. The Aura Master. You might be able to become an Aura Master by yourself without having to kill me, but I want to teach the last Aura user to become an Aura Master," Timmy said.
...This guy has a difficult personality. If he wants to teach me about Aura Master, he can do that without having to die. Doesn't he have anything that makes him want to live longer? Good food maybe?
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"Wait, you have been sleeping and staying here for a long time. Don't you need any food and water to consume?" I asked Timmy.
"Of course I need them. We have a farm inside that room and we eat things we farmed ourselves. With the plant mage, we didn't need to wait long until they could be harvested. Though I haven't eaten anything since he died, I still didn't feel hungry at all," Timmy said.
"That does it. Being an Aura Master will make you no longer a human," Shadow said.
I nodded hearing that. As a doctor, we both know that humans need to consume something so we can live. But not needing food for years? Even if we can survive longer without food and water, we won't be human anymore.
"Don't worry. You can still eat if you want to," Timmy said.
"Phew, that's good."
"Though you need to be an Aura Master first," Timmy said.
I don't need to think about it for now. I guess I will prepare for the test now.
"Sonia, tell Angela and the others who aren't here to return. We need to tell them that the time for our training here is ending," I said.
Sonia then left and return soon after while Timmy answered questions from the others. I was just sitting resting before the fight.
"Oh, Timmy. Before we start the test, can you show us the real power of an Aura Master? We're curious about it," I asked Timmy.
"You want me to show it? Well, if it's just for a while. But you have to remember that you need to kill me, or I will kill you in the fight. You can't escape from me with your portal once the fight started. I can sense you anywhere in this continent. I will continue chasing after you until one of us die. And you won't have any time to think about the cult anymore," Timmy said.
"...I'm just gonna take a guess, but you must be one hell of a criminal in the past. Am I right?" I asked.
"In a way, you're right. I was a king in this land. But my kingdom is ruined just as we finished making this place after my great grandson took over. It was long before the first person entered this place," Timmy said.
So, he was a king. I'm not really surprised. Someone that strong can't just be a nobody.
Though there's one thing that I agree with him.
"You heard that, Albert? He thinks he's similar to a criminal because he was a king. A king is indeed closely related to a criminal because they can just decide if someone is guilty or not," I said to make fun of Albert.
"You're using this chance to make fun of me? I already know that even before I was made into a king. Still, this is surprising that the kings of this land in the past and in the present are here together. Though I wonder how many kingdoms existed before Tatrama?"
Just as we were talking, we suddenly feel a huge pressure coming from Timmy.
It's here. He's showing us the power of an Aura Master. And all ancient Aura users here, including those who have just returned and be informed took interest. Like the Bearded Baldy.
"Is it transformation!? You will have a transformation!?"
Why is Victoria so interested in transformation? She can transform herself.
I look around and see that the ancient Aura users can protect themselves. But the people I brought are not strong enough. Even Sara and Wendy is collapsing while protecting Albert. They took the pressure on themselves to protect their king.
And before the pressure hits harder on Albert and the other kings, I moved and protected them all by standing in front of them and make all the pressure goes into me instead.
I feel like I'm going to vomit, but I need to endure it. If the kings died, it's all my fault because I asked Timmy to show me his power.
But still, this is the power of an Aura Master? If I got this power, I won't have to worry about any master level mages.
I need to get this power. Let's try to get it during the test before fighting Timmy himself.
Unfortunately for Victoria, there's no transformation at all. Just the power that Timmy leaked was so powerful and able to make people faint. I want to get this power no matter what.
If the Evil God reached the stage beyond master level just like Timmy, I need to be at least an Aura Master to defeat him. I don't know about the past, but there should be some other master level mages who were Aura users as well in the past just like the ancient Aura users here. And the Evil God managed to kill them all. That's why I need to get this power.
Those who can't endure the pressure given by Timmy started to fall. Some even lost their consciousness. But because I protected the kings, the kings won't faint. But it's me who feels like fainting.
I need to endure it to get stronger. Timmy is just showing me his power, and he hasn't used it in a fight yet. I need to show him that I'm worthy of this power.
I grabbed the broken pieces of Reizpear in my pocket, and return it to its original form as I slowly take a few steps forward. Just one step closer and I feel even stronger pressure.
Finally, after what seems like a few hours, I reached in front of Timmy. With my hand holding Reizpear, I pointed the tip of Reizpear toward Timmy for a challenge.
"I... I will get this power no matter what. I will get even stronger during the test, pass it, and I will kill you," I said to Timmy.
"Good. As I thought, you might be able to get this power by yourself without having to kill me. But I still ask you to kill me. Alright, I'm done. The next time I use this power, is when I fight you," Timmy said as he returns back to normal and the pressure he gives of disappears.
Everyone dropped on their knees or even fainting. Except for me.
Even if I faint, I must not fall down.
"Prepare yourself. Once you are ready, you will fight the first person. Your first opponent is Clarence. Good luck," Timmy said as he returns back to the locked room he came from. Maybe he's preparing something.
This time, I can see everything inside the room with my Divine Vision. I guess he doesn't need to hide it anymore.
My first opponent will be Clarence, huh? I don't think it will be like the first fight we had.
I'd like to fight all of them by myself without asking my familiars or the others for help. It's so that I can grow stronger.
But for the first fight, I have someone more suitable to fight than me. Though I still need to rest. I'll fight when I'm ready.
Chapter 571: The Test Begins
While resting for a while, I asked Timmy to still create another room for Angela and the others who are not interested in watching my fight to train. Since I'm not a mage, and most of the Aura users here are not a powerful mages with only a few exception, I don't think the others can learn something from my fight. It's best for them to train by themselves instead of watching.
Timmy agreed to that and made another training ground right next to the testing ground. But still, there are many who are interested in the fight. Though of course the monsters, like Shelia, Graham, and Arin prefer to train themselves instead of watching.
The monsters are creatures that get stronger by fighting themselves instead of watching other fights. Not that they are stupid. Some are actually quite smart. But it's faster for them to learn from their own experiences.
After resting, the others who are still here were moving to the audience seats. Leaving only Clarence, Timmy, Victoria, and I.
"Timmy, is there any order in how you picked my next opponent?" I asked Timmy.
"Not really. But I made sure that those I think you can still learn more from will be the last. Not that you can't learn anything from Clarence and the others Aura users you fight first," Timmy said.
He's right. Even though I have defeated Clarence easily before, I might still be able to learn something from him. Though I will have someone else get the chance to fight Clarence.
.....
Timmy then moves to the audience seat as well leaving only the three of us.
"I'm going to fight you again? Although the result is obvious, I won't hold back," Clarence said.
"That's good for me. Any last word? At least to Victoria and Sonia. They were both your disciples," I suggested Clarence to say his last words. After all, once he got defeated, he won't return anymore. Unlike back when we were training. And he called Victoria and Sonia over to give them his last words. It's something between them, so I don't need to hear it.
Just how could this happen when the death mage has long died? Maybe it's because he was a stage beyond master level that he can do it even though it was Timmy who decide the test.
Now I'm thinking what would happen if I become a powerful air mage beyond master level. Maybe I could control the atmosphere. I can decide if someone is worth breathing or not.
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...That's just plain evil. Though what matter the most for me is the destruction of the cult and the death of the Evil God.
Albert and the others said that we should be fine for now. The cult has many casualties with possibly all of the artificial master level mages killed back then. They don't have enough manpower now to even fight one kingdom after Arturo has been recovered by Fabio. There's no way that they could fight back again so soon.
And it has been around five months ever since I started training here. There hasn't been any moves from the cult at all. They are completely in hiding now.
But I'm curious about one thing. The location of the Evil God.
Timmy who is an earth mage beyond master level mage, which is also probably the stage where the Evil God is, couldn't detect his location even though Timmy could sense everything in this continent that touched the ground.
That can only mean that the Evil God is someone that we can't predict. He's either not touching the ground, or he doesn't exist in this continent at all. Maybe he's in another continent, or maybe he's in Monsters World or some other world.
One thing for sure is the he should realizes that the cult can't conquer or destroy this world without him making an appearance. He will surely come out sooner or later.
But after everything we did, if he still decides that he come out later, that means there's something that forces him to not be able to come out at all. But we can use that time to get stronger.
"I'm curious. If I defeat the ancient Aura users here with my monsters, will that increase my experiences and able to make me reach expert level in summoning? Fighting around two hundreds Aura users should help me get there. If so, what do you think is the best monster for me to make a contract with?" I asked Clarence.
Though this question is not only for him. But also all the ancient Aura users here and even Timmy.
"I don't know anything stronger than a dragon," Clarence said.
"Before I cut down the tree, I killed a dragon in the fight against the cult. And I already have a Kaiser Dragon as a friend in Monsters World. Do you have any other suggestion?" I asked again.
"All I can say is for you to trust your instinct. All the monsters you made contract with were not mistakes. Whether you were looking for them yourself or it was by chance, the monsters around you are all good choices. But you only need to think about it once you have become an Aura Master," Clarence said.
He's right. Not only I have to fight the ancient Aura users, I also need to fight Timmy as well. And once the fight against him started, I can't escape unless I move to the Monsters World since he will chase me all the time.
"Oh, before we started, I forgot one thing. Does anyone here have something like magical weapon that you used to have in the past and possibly still out there? Other than getting stronger myself, if I have strong weapons, I can be even stronger. If you have any, tell Kayla about it. She will then tell the kings and the kings will send their people to look for them," I said.
"...Did you just ordered the kings to do something?" Clarence asked.
"I might be a commoner, but I have higher position than any of the kings. And they will be happy if I get stronger as well because not only I will help the world by destroying the cult, I also have no interest in their position."
That's right. There are only disadvantage if they made me their enemies. I also have no interest in becoming a king of this land.
"Alright, let's start. Victoria, you will fight. I will send you Aura remotely. Just think that you are an Aura user like in the past," I said to Victoria who has transformed into her original human form. Not the beautified version of her, or just random person she took fancy to transform into.
This is the result of my training. One of them is to send Aura remotely. Which will make my Blobbybullet to give more damage. I can send Aura to Victoria who will fight in my place.
And this is also between a master and his disciple. Since Sonia can't fight, Victoria is the only choice here.
If she can fight using Aura, she could be much stronger and fight on her own. Though she can't be separated from me. If she does, she could only use Aura for two minutes at best.
Without any warning, Clarence attacked Victoria with the Blobbysword in his hand. But Victoria blocked it with a sword in her hand. The fight has begun without any warning.
I looked at Timmy and I can tell that what I was thinking is right. He made the test into a battle because of the Blobbies.
If there's no Blobbies, the ancient Aura users can only fight unarmed. But because of Blobbies, they can use the weapon they were proficient in. And it will be much more interesting.
In the end, it's all come to whether it's interesting or not to him.
Although the consumption of Aura is much more than when I used Aura myself to fight, I don't mind. This is also a training. Our coordination has improved as I can completely tell Victoria's intention without having to communicate. I have also improved my summoning element since we have some summoners here as well. Though they can no longer summon their familiar and can't make another contract.
At first, the two master and disciple were fighting evenly. But there's a huge difference between them.
Clarence can still get hurt even though he's a zombie. But Victoria who is a slime doesn't feel hurt at all. And since Clarence couldn't use his Aura ability because he has no blood, Victoria won easily.
"No wonder I was picked as the first fighter. I'm the weakest here. Good job Victoria. I hope you can kill the Evil God," Clarence said before Victoria cut his neck.
And just like that, the body of Clarence turned into dust. He is dead. And he won't return as a ghost anymore.
Both Victoria and Sonia looked sad watching the death of their master. But this is not the end.
There are still many other ancient Aura users to fight. I mean to kill. I need to kill them all to get stronger. To be the Aura Master. Then, I will destroy the cult.
Chapter 572: The Final Game of Tag
After the first fight against Clarence, I continued fighting until I got tired and took a rest. Then, I return again to the testing ground the next day to fight again. And I'm the one fighting most of the time.
Victoria only got her turn because the first opponent we were facing was Clarence. Her master. That's why I let her be the one to put him to rest.
After that, I fight most of the ancient Aura users. Unless Graham or Shelia wanted to do it.
Before each fight, I would ask the opponent I would fight about what they were good at and if I can learn something from them. Of course I can still learn a lot from them. But if I thought that either Graham or Shelia can learn more by fighting them instead of me fighting, I would let them fight.
Graham and Shelia refused to borrow my Aura to get them stronger. They want to get stronger by themselves. So, they ended up only fight once a day because they would end up injured and exhausted after their fight since their opponents were too experienced.
But it's all good since they could defeat them without my or anyone's help.
And this is the sixth day since the test started. We have put around fifty ancient Aura users to rest. Which makes me fight around ten matches in a day.
.....
And every day, I can feel that I grew stronger. Also, I can feel that I received experiences from defeating the Aura users for my summoning element. If this goes on, by the time we finished the test and put all ancient Aura users here to rest, I think I can make a contract with another monster.
But let's not think about that. I also need to kill Timmy before I could think of what monster I need to make a contract with.
Seriously, why does he want to die? And why do I have to fight him? I don't think I can kill him unless I became Aura Master first. And the fight against the ancient Aura users are the preparation for me to become one.
But even if I become an Aura Master, Timmy is also a mage beyond master level. Can I kill him?
Well, if I want to survive, I need to kill him.
Sigh... if only he would just become our ally instead. He would be a great addition and we can find the Evil God and destroy the cult for good. Just why does he wants to die?
Anyway, I have killed the ninth opponent of the day. I feel my strength is still growing, and I'm not tired yet.
"Well done. Will you continue or leave for the day?" Timmy asked me.
"I will continue. I think I can fight one more time," I replied.
"Then, your next opponent will be Shadow Blade," Timmy announced.
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Shadow? He has been very helpful with my training. And his medical knowledge as an assassin is also top-notch. I can combine the knowledge I have from the future and the knowledge from the past to advance even more and heal more illnesses.
And he's also helping some agents to improve their skill. His abilities are very good for assassination and gathering information. So, Sara and the agents I brought here asked for his teaching. And their hiding skills have improved. Enough so that no expert level mages can detect them when they get close to them.
I also brought the agent and the werewolves who were supposed to be tracking the cult. There hasn't been any traces of them at all, so I hope they can get better by training with Shadow.
Though they can't get close to me without me noticing. My Divine Vision has improved along with my Mind's Eye.
"I guess the time has come. Well, I have taught you everything I need. I won't hold back, Dr. Roy," Shadow said.
"That's what I wanted, Dr. Shadow," I replied.
Since we're both doctors, we called each other that way from time to time.
"Sir Aura Master, I'd like you to build a maze as our stage," Shadow said.
"Are you sure? Roy has his vision and he could see you from anywhere," Timmy said.
"But I'm not a fighter. I'm an assassin. Narrow place where I can set traps and ambush my opponent is where I can fight without holding back the most," Shadow said.
Timmy then looked at me for confirmation, and I nodded. We have been playing tag as my training, and it's best for us to finish it with a game of tag as well.
The stage then turned into a maze. But it doesn't matter to me who can see through it.
The difference between other maze we used to play tag in was that the walls in this maze. I don't think I could destroy them. It was made by a mage beyond master level.
...I need to think of a name for that. Saying it a stage beyond master level all the time is too long.
As soon as the maze was built, Shadow quickly disappears and creates multiple shadow clones to distract me. I mustn't forget that he's a shadow element mage as well.
And he's a doctor. He knows well of human body. So, it's not just a shadow clone. The inside of the bodies of the clones are the same as the zombies. As himself.
If it was me who can only use Divine Vision, I wouldn't be able to find the real him. But now that I can use Mind's Eye as well, I know where the real Shadow is.
But the clones are not for distraction. They are for fighting me because he knew that fighting me directly is difficult. He's an assassin who knows if he can kill his target or not. And he did this because he thinks that he had a better chance this way.
One against many. And because Graham and Shelia are tired after the previous fights, I can't get them to help me.
I can only show him how strong I have became now.
I have also practiced fighting against numerous Aura users. And I learned that the best way to fight against multiple enemies for me is to fight with my fists instead of using weapons. So, I turned Victoria into gloves.
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I punched the clones, dodged their attacks, parried, blocked, grabbed, and countered them. And after the clones around me were down, I quickly chase after Shadow.
This game of tag took a long time. But as I move while setting traps, I finally caught up with Shadow.
Although I have trained so much, Shadow is still much faster than me. And I needed traps to defeat him.
The traps I made were just my air magic. I created sleeping gases, and infused my Aura into my magic. Which makes even Aura users, and expert level mages, easily sleep when they inhale it.
And even if they are zombies just like Shadow, as long as I infuse my Aura on my magic, it can even makes zombie sleepy.
This is what I learned in this place. Even creatures that don't need sleep, will be put to sleep if I infuse a lot of my Aura into my sleeping gases.
"Shit... As a doctor, this is illogical..." Shadow said as he started to get sleepy.
"The more experience you have, the more you will think that it's a pain to think about every small matter. You can sleep, you will sleep. That's all. Thank you for all your teachings. I... we will make sure that we destroy the cult," I said before giving the final blow to him.
Another ancient Aura user has fallen. And I keep being stronger. But this is not enough.
"Congratulation for defeating Shadow Blade. I keep hearing him and other people from his generation talking about him being the strongest assassin of his time," Timmy said.
"Yeah? What do you think about that remark?" I asked.
"I think of how low the level of Aura users had become. In my time, his strength wasn't enough to be proud of," Timmy said..
...I guess being an Aura Master is still a long way. This is so hard. I wish I could stop.
But stopping here means the cult will continue to exist. I do hope that someone else will be able to defeat the Evil God and destroy the cult.
Unfortunately, that is unlikely.
After seeing how people accepted Angela as the strongest mage, and no one dare to challenge her for a fight, I don't think there's anyone who is stronger than me in this continent at the moment. Not counting anyone from the cult.
I am the only one I can trust for this task. That's why I have to endure everything and became stronger.
I used to survive by using my shameless survival arts. By escaping, or doing some other tricks. But now, I can only fight. There won't be me running away anymore.
Well... maybe from time to time, there will be a time when I need to run away instead of fighting.
What I meant to say was to not run away from getting stronger. Yeah, that.
And this place might be the only place where I can grow stronger. There might be some Aura users who hid their real power during training. I need to kill them to pass the test.
But I'm tired today after playing tag with Shadow. This is it for today. I'll come back again tomorrow for more tests.
Chapter 573: Fighting the Other Divine Vision User
Every day is the same. But every day, I grew stronger.
In the morning after breakfast, I enter the testing ground. And then, I took the test and defeat my opponents. I got some break in between the test for lunch, and I return to the test again after that. And after I feel tired, I return home, had dinner, and get some sleep. In the morning, I return to the testing ground again.
It may feels like a routine. But the fight has never been the same.
I fought a swordsman with a sword. I fought an archer with my gun. I fought a spear user with Reizpear.
This is also for my training. So, I always face my opponent with the same weapon that they use with the Blobbies or Victoria that I transformed into weapons. Except for archer since using a gun is easier.
I had asked some people about the mission to retrieve the ancient Aura users' weapons that they used to have. But unfortunately, none of them were found. Nothing at all.
Some were still there, but since it has been a long time without maintenance, those weapons were too rusty and there's no more magic in it. They were useless.
.....
Well, they haven't searched for everything. I can only hope that there's a weapon that they found with a good condition at least.
Though if there are any, I think they would be similar to Reizpear. A self-repairing magic weapon. Which I don't need them since I have Victoria and Reizpear already. Though maybe I can lend them to someone. Even though the person I gave the weapon to won't be an Aura user, it should be helpful for fighting close combat.
Maybe I should just give Reizpear to Graham. He's also a spear user.
But he has no Aura, and his spear is already stronger than Reizpear. It would be useless.
The only good thing about Reizpear is its self-repairing magic. It's weak. And it only became strong when I infuse my Aura with it. That's why I need to find stronger weapons. Though I have Victoria, so I need magical weapons.
I was lucky that I found Reizpear in the store back then. But I haven't found any other weapons since then. What a shame.
Anyway, back to testing ground. It has been a month since the test began, and there aren't many ancient Aura users left.
And right now, I'm currently facing a sword-wielding Aura users. He has reached expert level in wind magic, so we fought in the air.
This place is very large, so we can move around freely. Unlike when I fought Shadow, there's no maze here.
The most difficult thing about fighting him is that he's a better wind mage than my friends. With the exception of one wind master level mage among the five ancient Aura users who have reached master level in their magic. He also gave a lot of guidance to Veronica, Shirley, and our wind mages group. Though I don't know very much about him.
While I can give a flying slash that can reach long distance, his flying slash is stronger and can reach even further because of his wind magic. But now that my Divine Vision has leveled up thanks to Mind's Eye, I can predict his move and make a counter.
But it took a long time until I finally get a hit. And that's when I started winning.
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"Congratulation again, Roy. Now, you only have ten opponents left. What will you do?" Timmy asked.
"I'll take a rest today. That was a long match and I need to think back about it. I made a lot of mistakes that I need to fix before fighting the rest," I said.
Nowadays, I can no longer fight multiple battle in one day. I wasn't tired. I was just in need to improve myself. And I need the time for it. So, after fighting, I return back home to try and fix my mistakes in battle.
Ten opponents left. So, it should be around ten days before I could fight Timmy. But these ten should be the strongest.
With Mona and Bearded Baldy, and also the five master level mages, it won't be easy. And There are three other ancient Aura users that I don't know about. Though I don't think they are master level mages, they should be strong.
The next day, I returned again to the testing ground. This time, my opponent is Mona. The other Divine Vision user who have taught me hoe to improve my vision.
"Well, here I am. It's obvious who will be the winner, right?" Mona asked.
"Yeah. The one who can read ahead the others," I replied.
We both have Divine Vision and Mind's Eye. And since I will only use a battle axe like she is, the only way to win is to read further ahead than her.
If I want to, I can win easily by using other weapon. But I choose not to and face her with an axe just like her. At least for now.
The two of us just stand there in the ground facing each other without making a move. We can't make a single mistake here.
But I'm not that patient. So, I used brute force right away.
I charged at her while raising my axe high, and swung it down. I also checked which way she would dodge, but instead of dodging, she blocked my axe. Which is unexpected since she should have seen it coming and prepare for counter.
The reason she picked an axe is because of her Divine Vision. As long as she can read her opponent's attack, she could just dodge them and counter it with her axe. And since it was a heavy weapon, it's difficult for anyone to stop her counter.
But this time, she's just blocking my attack. So, I just put more strength on my axe.
Turns out, that was a mistake. As I put more weight on my attack, she let go of her axe and punched my chest. That must be what she was planning.
Her punch was so strong that it broke my ribs. But I didn't go down without a fight.
As her fist get closer, at the same time her fist hit my chest, I raised my knee and broke her arm.
Some ribs for an arm. And because Timmy wanted the zombies to be as human as possible for the test, she can't recover instantly like before.
With her arm broken, she couldn't wield her axe normally again. But I can't let my guard down.
She's someone with Divine Vision. There's no way that she didn't see my knee coming. So, she received that attack intentionally. Just to break my ribs.
While she couldn't lift her axe normally again with both hands, she can still raise her axe with her other hand. But for me, it's getting harder to breathe normally. So, I used air magic in my lungs directly.
"I guess I can't take advantage of your broken ribs. You're an air mage who can use magic to breathe," Mona said.
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"But it's still painful. I can't make any big move with these ribs," I replied.
I guess that's her goal. But that doesn't mean I can't defeat her with small moves. And although I faced my opponents with the weapons they were good at, I never make any promise that I will continue that way.
But for now, let's continue with just axe and martial arts.
My chest is hurting me, but there's no real problem so far. And our exchanges continued.
This time, we both dodged each other's attack with only small movements. But one thing I have advantage over her is my ostrich's footwork. Somehow, even with her Divine Vision, it's still unpredictable.
"That damn footwork is annoying!" Mona shouted in the middle of the fight.
"But it's working!"
Before she could get used to my footwork, I need to defeat her. I can't make a big move, so I keep attacking her with combination attacks.
Finally, her defense broke down and I swung down my axe. Cutting her from her right shoulder down to the left side of her waist.
"That was good... I lost... Good luck with destroying the cult," Mona said before she died and turned into dust.
Another one died. And she's also the closest one to me because of our similarities. Thanks to her, I learned a lot.
"Congratulation again, Roy. I guess you need to rest because of your ribs. Return once you're healed. And your next opponent will be... him," Timmy said as he pointed his finger at Bearded Baldy.
"Now that I think about it, is there no one here knows my name?" Bearded Baldy asked.
"Nope. I called you as Bearded Baldy," I said.
"Sigh... fine. Tomorrow is the last day for me anyway. If I lose, I will disappear. And if I win, I don't think Timmy will continue with this place since there won't be any other Aura user coming. Prepare yourself, Roy. I'll show you how strong I really am!" Bearded Baldy claimed.
"Well, that's only if I return tomorrow. Anyway, that's it for today. I'll return when I'm prepared to fight. See ya!"
"Wait! Come back here tomorrow, okay! Promise me that you will come tomorrow!" Bearded Baldy shouted.
I just ignored him as I left using my portal along with Kayla and the others who were watching. For my fractured ribs, there were some pieces of the bones hurting my lung. I need surgery from Sophie later.
But before I could ask for it, my other two monsters, Shelia and Graham, approached me with a request.
"What is it?" I asked the two.
"Master, will you let us fight him tomorrow? We want to test our combined strength against him," Graham asked.
"Two against one? Well, that's fine. I'll be counting on you then. And I will make you retreat if I see any of you is in danger," I said.
The two then nodded and left to train before facing Bearded Baldy. As for me, I entered operating room with Sophie as my surgeon.
Chapter 574: I Got Closer to Become Aura Master
The next day, I returned to the testing ground after my body has been healed. I have the greatest medical team in my house. With Sophie doing the surgery, and Kayla helping her by healing magic.
Thanks to Shadow, our medical knowledge has advanced even further. Though those knowledge were not needed for my surgery, it's still good to know. And Sophie also has improved a lot. She finished my surgery in less than one hour without my instruction.
Although using healing magic I could be healed in an instant, it's best for broken bones to be fixed first. Especially if the position of the bones are weird.
After surgery, I rested the whole night while thinking about my battle with Mona, and my next battle with Bearded Baldy. Although the ones who will fight him are Shelia and Graham, I will also be present.
Especially knowing that Shelia and Graham alone won't be enough to defeat him. And this time, I will be the backup for them when they lose. Doesn't that make me the main force if I know that they will lose? Well, doesn't matter.
Anyway, here we are again. In the testing ground, facing Bearded Baldy, whose real name I don't even know. And my two monsters are fighting him on even ground.
It needs two powerful monsters to be even with Bearded Baldy. Just shows how strong he is.
.....
In these past few months, they also learned to fight with coordination. They no longer just fight however they want, but also tried to cover for each other.
Actually, I can tell that Bearded Baldy hasn't gone all out yet. He's still holding back even though he's facing two monsters at once.
With Shelia fighting in close range, and Graham used her light magic to attack, they could cause any trouble fighting any other enemies. But Bearded Baldy is too strong.
His body is bigger than me. And he fight without using weapon. He's the master of close combat fight.
If we fight normally, I would lose. That's why when Shelia and Graham asked me if they could fight him first, I agreed.
And finally, Bearded Baldy used more strength and hit Graham with a straight punch.
Even after Graham used Light Shield to protect himself, he couldn't protect himself. The shield got destroyed and could not even stop Beaded Baldy's punch even for an instant, as his fist reached Graham's face.
But Shelia then slashed her claws at Bearded Baldy's arm that is punching Graham. Bearded Baldy then pulled his fist back, and Graham didn't receive full damage because of it.
But that was still too strong. Graham couldn't even get his knees straight, so he can only fly with his wings. As for Shelia, Bearded Baldy then quickly threw his other fist at her. And the two then started exchanging fists with Bearded Baldy has the upper hand since he's both stronger and faster than Shelia who is a werewolf.
Graham wouldn't just sit back. He finally created shadow clones of himself. And unlike before, he can now created multiple clones. About five of them.
Graham then rested for a while, and when his clones are fighting Bearded Baldy, Shelia also stepped back to rest. Graham casted healing magic to the both of them while observing the fight.
The shadow clones were not a problem for Bearded Baldy. But since they have good teamwork, they could delay him for a little longer while Graham and Shelia were recovering.
I watched and observed Bearded Baldy's move from the side. He was so strong, but it's not just his body and Aura. His punches and kicks could even reach further just like my slash using Aura and weapon. But he did it unarmed. This is something that I haven't fully learned yet since Timmy started the test before I could learn it completely. Which is why I need to learn by watching.
And I didn't just stand there and watch. Using summoning magic I learned from a summoner here, I can connect my mind to the two monsters.
I send them where Bearded Baldy's attack would come from, and they would react to it in their own way. This is actually a three-man team instead of two.
So far, they managed to perform well. But the more Bearded Baldy shows his true strength, the harder it is for Shelia and Graham to follow my command.
'That's enough from me. The rest is up to you,' I said to the two monsters telepathically.
Shelia and Graham then fight with Bearded Baldy their own way while minding their partner. Making sure that their attack won't hit the other.
"What's this? Your teamwork become lousy all of a sudden. I guess I should end this fight sooner so I can fight Roy," Bearded Baldy said.
Shelia and Graham were starting to lose. And finally, Shelia got punched by Bearded Baldy and knocked out. Leaving Graham alone.
As for Graham, he was about to get hit with a punch from Bearded Baldy. And that's what I have been waiting for.
I didn't think that Shelia and Graham could win, so I need to wait for the opportune moment before I make my move. And that time is now.
As Bearded Baldy punched Graham in the face, I finally made my move.
I run toward Graham, and then to the arm that was punching him. I pour all my strength and Aura into both my hands which are covered with Victoriagloves, and then I gripped Bearded Baldy's arm with both my hand.
And then, I quickly twisted my grip on his arm as strong as possible, and rip it off of his body.
With the cost of Shelia and Graham knocked out, I can only rip his right hand. And as soon as I ripped his hand off, his left fist is quickly approaching me. But I expected that, so I dodged it before it arrives.
At least with this much, he will be considerably weakened.
But the man I fight right now is not so weak that he would fall with just the loss of one arm. He then started attacking me without caring about the pain in his right arm. Even though he's a zombie, he still has a sense of pain. But it seems as if his sense of pain doesn't exist.
From two on one, it turned into a one on one unarmed combat. I also made Victoria into Victoriarmor. Not that I need it. It's because I want to get experience from killing Bearded Baldy. If I fight with my own hand, my summoning element won't improve. That's why I wore Victoriarmor after I ripped Bearded Baldy's arm off to cover my whole body.
It was an intense battle. Even though he only has one hand, and that hand is not his dominant one, I still couldn't get the upper hand.
"Don't think! There are times in a fight where thinking won't get you anywhere! Swing your arms and legs!" Bearded Baldy shouted.
Stop thinking? That's right. I'm the kind of person who would overthink stuffs. Even in the middle of a fight.
But Bearded Baldy is different. Even when he lost his arm, he continued swinging his fist and legs. That's how he can get stronger.
It might not be very me, but this is the only way to get stronger when fighting against someone like him.
Forget about strategy. Forget about the cult. Forget about the Evil God. Forget about everything.
Face the enemy in front of you without fear. That's what Bearded Baldy taught us many times. No fighting technique or whatever.
In a fight, you need only to trust your body that you will never lose. That's all he taught. And that's how I will fight right now.
"Good! That's it! You have become stronger than before now!" Bearded Baldy shouted.
But I ignored it. As long as he's still standing, I will keep on moving my body.
Little by little, I started overpowering him. And I feel something inside of me. A kind of powerful pressure that I can spread to everyone. Much like what Timmy did. But it's weak.
This is it. I am slowly reaching the stage of Aura Master. And there are still few opponents I need to face. I will be an Aura Master even before fighting Timmy.
"This is it! This is the perfect ending for my life!" Bearded Baldy said as he used all his power against me.
He swung his fist at me, but I parry it before countering with a powerful right punch through his body. He died with a happy expression on his face.
"Congratulation, Roy you have slowly get closer to Aura Master. What will you do now?" Timmy asked.
"...I will take a few days off to get used to this power. I'll be back once I'm ready like usual," I replied.
"Understood. Come back whenever you're ready. Your next opponent won't be any weaker than him," Timmy said.
I know. There's no way the last few people I need to fight would be weaker than those I have fought.
But with this new strength I have, I am confident I can pass the test. Still, Timmy is the strongest opponent I need to fight later. But as Bearded Baldy said, I only need to face the enemy and don't think too much.
...Though I still didn't get his name. Well, that's fine. He will be remembered as Bearded Baldy forever.
Chapter 575: I Know My Weaknesses Better Now
"RRRAAAAAAARRGHH!!!"
I swung down Victosword toward my last opponent as I shouted. The last opponent which allow me to face Timmy in a dead or alive situation.
The opponent is not a master level mage who was also an Aura user. But he is the strongest Aura user who has reached the closest stage to Aura Master.
While his magic was a lightning element which only reached advanced level, his use of Aura, strength, speed, technique, and experience, were all surpassed me and anyone I have fought. But that's what makes it worth it to fight him.
After defeating the Bearded Baldy, I faced the master level mages one by one. And because I have gotten closer to the stage of Aura Master, I could defeat them. Although it wasn't easy.
Each fight after defeating Bearded Baldy, I spent at least twenty hours just to defeat one opponent. Though the time decreased for the second, third, and fourth master level mages because I have gotten used to fighting Aura user, the fifth master level mage was too strong that I need two whole days to defeat him.
After that, I fought two other Aura users who were stronger than those master level mages. No wonder Timmy used this line up.
.....
And now, I'm facing the last opponent. He is much stronger than any other ancient Aura users.
But finally, after hours since the battle start, I finally managed to kill him. With a downward slash of Victosword, I slashed through his sword which he used to block it, and split him in two.
Although the sword he used was Blobbies from Victoria, I didn't cheat by forcefully transforming the Blobbies. I let those Blobbies be freely used by the ancient Aura users and fight normally since it's all for the sake of my training.
I could just cheat and make them all lose their control of their weapons. But I won't get stronger just by doing that.
And more importantly, I don't think Timmy would be happy if I did just that.
And so, the end of the test has come. But the real thing will start soon.
"Congratulations. You have defeated your opponent," Timmy congratulated me.
"Thank you. And that's about the 200th time I heard that. But it feels good to hear that since that means my match is over," I said.
"Yeah. But do you really need to fight that way?" Timmy asked me.
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What he meant was the way I fought. The "Stall for time as much as possible while reserving my stamina, and make the opponent waste their stamina first" strategy. Get them tired before killing them.
Since the test started, they were no longer normal zombie. Although the inside of their body is different than human's, they can still get tired and hurt. But that's only after the test started.
So, when I fought difficult opponent, I would run away. And the game of tag begun again. Though I'm not 'It' since I was the one being chased all the time. Unlike the time with Shadow.
Since the testing ground was not built into a maze anymore, I build a maze by myself. Utilizing around twenty thousand Blobbies to create walls for the maze.
Although the walls could be destroyed easily, I can just transform more Blobbies. And I used that chance to rest, recover my stamina, and think of a plan to fight.
Now that I have fought a lot of Aura users, I can tell my own weaknesses. Even the weakness I had for a long time was felt greatly.
I have too many weaknesses in fact. And that's why I need to waste a long time to fight.
Here's a list of my weaknesses.
First, I was weaker in strength than many Aura users. Although I could be the strongest in this world, against Aura users, I am one of the weakest. Though since my opponent will be mages and probably not Aura users, I don't think it would be much trouble. But in this test, it was an annoying weakness.
Second, although I'm quite proud with my speed, I'm still slower than most Aura users. And master level wind mages were faster than me. If the Evil God is a wind mage, I don't think I would be able to catch him if he escapes.
Third, I tend to overthink. Bearded Baldy even warned me about it during our match.
Combined with my fourth weakness, it was terrible. It's that I'm not that smart.
So, not only I spent a lot of time thinking. But the result of that thinking and planning were not good enough for the battle most of the time.
Lastly, even though I'm not smart enough, I can't just move my body without thinking like Bearded Baldy. There were times that I can do that, but I can't trust my own body somehow to do it all the time. Though that part of me was somehow fixed because of the test, it's not perfect.
All of those weaknesses combined, along with some that I don't want to say or that I don't know yet, makes me one terrible fighter! And I'm not happy about it.
Good thing my enemy will only be mages. But if there's an Aura user hiding among the cult, that would be bad. Very very bad news.
What if it's actually the Evil God himself? He might even be stronger than Timmy. Not that I know Timmy's real strength. He hadn't showed me his full strength.
Though why would an Aura user hate other Aura users so much?
"So, when do you think you will fight?" Timmy asked me.
"When I'm ready. Probably in a few days. I'm gonna ask you again if you really have no intention of helping me? The world is about to be destroyed, you know?" I asked Timmy again if he wants to join us. With him, our power will increase a lot.
"No. I have no interest in the world being destroyed or not. Even if you came from the future, I don't care," Timmy said.
"Sigh... You should have just help us. It will be easier for me that way."
"But then you won't be motivated. If I help you, or I made the test to be scheduled after you destroy the cult, you won't have any motivation since that means you don't have any reason to grow stronger anymore. If you're someone who seeks strength like most Aura users who came here, I might have different idea about helping you. But you are not a normal Aura user. You are only motivated because you have a goal. You're the one with the most difficult personality here," Timmy said.
"I agree. He's somewhat disappointing," Victoria agreed with Timmy.
"...Let's not talk about me right now," I said as I want to leave this topic as soon as possible.
I was just thinking about my own weaknesses, and then these two started telling me that I'm disappointing. I'm so sad.
"Anyway, about the location of the Evil God. Can you tell me why you can't tell of their location? Maybe that could be our clues to finding them. At least you can help us this much, right?" I asked.
"Well, that's fine. There are several reasons. The main reason is obviously because I don't know who he is. And you also don't really know about him, right? You just know that he's exist. And there's nothing else beyond that," Timmy explained.
Now that I think about it, it's stupid of me to ask him why he couldn't tell where the Evil God is. It's like asking him if he knew where Bob is, but he doesn't even know who the hell is Bob. And in fact, I don't even know any Bob.
"Other than that, there are several other reasons. Like he's not touching the ground. Since the element I'm best at is earth element, it's useless if the person in question isn't touching the ground. Even though I don't know where that Evil God is, I can still at least tell any places that look suspicious. Though I didn't sense any suspicious location. But if he doesn't even touch the ground, I will never know," Timmy explained.
Timmy has been stuck in this place for much longer than other ancient Aura users. Even if it looks suspicious for us, he won't know because the culture is totally different. And he may think that those weird things actually normal. Or he couldn't tell at all, so he decided to ignore them all.
What if there's a place in the sky like the Angel's Sanctuary? A place that float with the clouds. Timmy will not be able to sense that place since it's not touching the ground.
"If that Evil God's elements are something that allow him to transport to another location like your summoning, he can travel to another world like you, right?" Timmy asked.
He's right. But I don't think it's something like summoning element. Because if it is, that Evil God should have gone to the Monsters World already. Or at least he would have send someone there instead of using what Victoria called rocket made by the Professor.
Which mean he has something that allow him to move to another location that Timmy couldn't sense, or something that can make him stay in the air for a long time.
Finding him will be extremely difficult. Though I expected it, it's still annoying.
"Then, last question for the day. How can I beat you?" I asked Timmy shamelessly.
"...Think about it yourself. That's what you always do after all. Good luck," Timmy said before he disappeared into the room he was in and locked the door from the inside.
I guess that was also to be expected. Well, for now I need to get some rest, and prepare everything before going.
"For my last battle, I don't want you to come to watch. But I will bring some cameras and install them here before fighting," I said to Kayla and the others who were watching me fighting up till now.
There won't be any audience anymore. Only Timmy, me, and my monsters.
...I hope he won't kill me so quickly. Rather, I hope he won't kill me at all.
Chapter 576: I Won't be Recorded in History
Now, I am taking a rest. I don't want to go and fight Timmy right away even though I'm perfectly fit already after having rested enough. I need to prepare everything else. Including my heart.
I need to prepare my heart. So, I'm writing my will right now.
...Is what I was trying to do. Until Shirley entered my room after Victoria told her something.
"Ah, Roy. If you're writing a will, don't bother. My brother will take care of everything except for your lovers. Well, they can take care of themselves so I don't think my brother even needs to do anything. At least he can give your properties to someone legally. For your money, it has always been shared by the others. I guess they will be split evenly. Seriously, other than your lovers, and familiars, there's actually nothing that you have," Shirley said to me and she then left my room right away.
...Just what am I? That's right. A commoner whose wealth can be easily be taken by authority.
But seriously, I truly have nothing in this world? What the hell? Everything is shared?
Well, I guess I don't need to write a will. I also tried to make everyone able to be independent from the very beginning. I made them to not need me in case something happen. And I think I did well in that.
.....
But what about my money? My properties?
Being a king sure is great. He can take everything from me easily.
"Why are you writing a will? Do you think you will die?"
All of a sudden, the window to my room opened and a man entered from there casually. He's Timmy. The man whom I will fight to death later.
"You're not going to wait underground until I come? Why are you here?" I asked Timmy.
"Since you were not coming at all, I checked if you want to come today or not. And I saw you writing a will," Timmy said.
Timmy was bored since I didn't enter the testing ground. And since there were no more ghosts or zombies inside, there's no one to accompany him. Maybe I will use this chance to persuade him again.
"How about you go down to the dining room and ask for a meal? Maybe once you taste the delicious food of this era, you will be interested in staying alive and will help me stop the cult from destroying the world," I said.
"You still haven't given up yet? I won't help you kill the Evil God, but I will help you get stronger. If you can't get stronger, you will die though. As for your invitation for a meal, I will accept it wholeheartedly," Timmy said as he left through the door of my room and enter the dining room normally.
Everyone in the mansion were shocked seeing Timmy appears in my house, but soon they accepted it easily. After all, Timmy is still alive.
With him, I'm not the only Aura user in this world anymore. But soon, I will be one again. If I win.
Right now, I have become much closer to becoming an Aura Master. I feel power surging in my body. But comparing to the sheer pressure that Timmy showed me back then, I'm still nothing.
That's the biggest difference between us in Aura. But what about magic?
Well, he's an earth mage at the stage beyond master level. And I'm just an advanced level air mage, and an expert level summoner. Even though I have defeated five master level mages, I don't think it's enough for me to defeat Timmy.
My summoning has reached expert level? That's right. I can now make contract with four familiars. Though I haven't decided yet what kind of monster I will make a contract with.
I tried asking Andro again if he wants to be my familiar. But he refused again. I don't think I will ask him again. I don't ever want him to be hostile against me if I asked him too many times.
I also asked the tortoises I saved from the lab that we raided before. But those tortoises were too annoying. I will end up killing them myself and open up a slot to make contract with another monster.
As for Spot, I have trust in him. I don't think he would ever betray me. And we already have a good relationship. I don't want to ruin it by asking him to be my familiar.
The modified monsters are no-go. Even though some still have sane mind, I don't think it's a good idea to make contract with them.
And then there's Sonia. But she refused the idea of becoming my familiar.
And I can't just wander in Monsters World without a goal. I will end up fighting Timmy with an open spot for a familiar. But it's much better than just picking a random monster and destroy our coordination.
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Well, can't be helped. I'll just find a monster later after defeat Timmy. If I don't die at that time.
I stopped thinking of writing my will and go to the dining room with everyone. Ian has cooked some meal for Timmy and Kayla is asking him questions.
"Oh? You have done writing your will?" Timmy asked me.
"Turns out, I don't have any personal belongings. And I don't have anything to say to the others as well. So, can you make it that we don't have to kill each other?" I asked Timmy.
"...No. Humans are short-lived. And all humans always wanted to have something that they will be remembered forever. For me, that would be you. You will be the last to continue the legacy of Aura Master. And I will be remembered as the man who taught you to become an Aura Master," Timmy said.
"What if I won't be recorded in history? Even though they look like good people, the kings are most likely to erase my name from any records. They don't want people to know that an Aura Master is their hero. Aura users are too dangerous and I don't think the kings want anyone else to be an Aura user. What if they have terrible personality? And even if they decided to keep me recorded in history, they would just make me a mage instead of Aura user. Am I right?" I asked Shirley.
Even though she's not the king, she's a princess and a part of the royalty. She knows what Albert will most likely do.
"...Roy is right. In the future, this world will only be for mages. Aura users are too dangerous. If it's any other person, my brother might decide to kill him instead once the cult is destroyed. But since it's Roy, his name will either not written in records, or he will be turned into a powerful mage. But there will be no Aura user written in record. People will continue to think that Aura users are just something from children stories," Shirley explained.
That's what I expected. And I just want to destroy the cult. I don't care about fame at all. Albert and the others can take the credit if they want once we destroy the cult. As for me, I will live however I want. A peaceful life.
"That's why your name won't be remembered, Timmy. And you have lived for more than three thousand years. There's no one here who knows about you even though you were considered as the strongest man in the past. There's truly nothing that can make you eternal," I said.
"Hmm... You're right. Well, let's just say that the reason I want someone to succeed me as the Aura Master is similar reason why you want to destroy the cult. It's just our reason for living. Though I don't have any other reason to live after that, you have. No more asking me about this topic. The discussion is over. There will only be dead or alive battle between us. Now that I'm done with the meal, I'm going to check how good the alcohol after three thousand years. If I'm not there when you enter the testing ground, just wait. I can tell when you're inside and will go there as soon as possible," Timmy said before he disappears.
That is not teleportation like Sonia, nor that is transportation via portal like me. That's earth magic. He used the earth to move to any location that he wants. As long as that place is connected with the earth, he can go there.
With my Divine Vision, I can see him quickly sinking into the ground as if he's turned into dust, and then he would appear in front of a bar in the capital. Still within my sight. So, I can see how disappointed he was when he sees that the bar is closed.
Did the bars in the past open all the time? That's something to be envious about.
No possession, and no future. My record will be erased, or altered. No one will know in the future who I really am. But does it matter?
I don't know what makes many people want to be recorded in history. To be immortalized by their achievement. I have no interest in it.
Destroying the cult and live a peaceful life. That's all that matter to me.
...Though I need to go through a dead or alive trials. What a pain.
Chapter 577: The Cult is Starting to Move
It has been three days since the end of the test against all ancient Aura users. I need to face Timmy, but I don't know if I'm ready or not.
I have thought of everything that I can think of, but I don't know if that's enough or not. I think it's not enough.
I have fought against a master level earth mage who was an Aura user. He was very strong. Although he was weak in close combat, his earth magic can cover for his weakness.
It took a lot of effort for me to break through his powerful defense. But Timmy should be much stronger than him. He has reached a stage beyond master level after all.
Even more, Timmy is also an Aura Master. He might not even need to use his magic to defeat me.
The last ancient Aura user I fought was a powerful Aura user. Although he was not a powerful mage, his Aura can give strong pressure similar to what Timmy showed to us back then. But it was still weaker than Timmy's. Though I learned a lot.
A powerful mage and a powerful Aura Master. Maybe Timmy is even stronger than the Evil God. If I can defeat him, defeating the Evil God will be much easier.
.....
Well, the Evil God should be evil. He must have various other plans in mind. He could be trickier to fight than Timmy so I shouldn't get my hope up.
For now, it's the fight against Timmy that I need to think about. And that's why I trained in Monsters World.
If I train in humans world, Timmy would be able to sense everything I do just by sensing it on the ground. Even if my feet never touch the ground, he might be able to sense it somewhat.
Every moves anyone make, will create vibration. If the ground sensed that vibration, Timmy would be able to sense it. That's why I can only secretly train in Monsters World.
And the training partner I had with me is Angela. The strongest mage in our team who have reached even further strength after training with master level mages.
But it's not a sparring. It's just giving advice and guidance to each other.
"Roy, I can still sense your movement. While you're running in the air, the air you kicked down pushed the ground and that tells me your location," Angela said.
"You can sense that much? Then I guess running on air won't work much in the fight against Timmy," I said.
"Yeah. Although I only learned it after training with other master level mages, this is a useful skill. I can also sense the movement in the wind as well, so I can clearly sense you when you're running in the air," Angela said.
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"I guess I will never be able to hide from you. Well, I need to train a little more before I'm ready to face Timmy. Though I don't think Timmy is in a hurry. He's in Varadis at the moment tasting different wines with the king," I said.
This morning, before I went to Monsters World, Timmy asked if I'm going to fight him or not. And when I said that I won't go, he instantly disappeared.
Few minutes later, Sonia appeared in front of me telling me that old man Henry was enjoying himself talking about different kind of wines with Timmy.
Timmy has gone all over the place in this continent. Tatrama, Consenza, Varadis, and Arturo. He has been to all four countries in this short time.
Being able to move underground in an instant to another country is a cheat. What if he choose to run away during our fight? I won't be able to catch him ever.
Though I don't think he's that kind of person. If so, he would never asked me to fight him to death. And he would have accepted my offer to help me fight the cult.
After a few hours of training with Angela, I finally got it. A way to move in the air without being noticed by earth mage.
"Can you sense my movement?" I asked Angela.
"If I only have earth magic, I won't notice your move at all. But since I can sense the wind movement, I know exactly where you are. I think Timmy would have some difficulties if you move like that," Angela said.
That's great. What I did was simple. Using air magic to cover the air that I kicked so the vibration won't hit the ground.
Wind mage can sense the wind movement. And air mage is also similar in sensing air movement. After all, wind is just moving air.
But wind element and air element are different. Air mages can use wind magic, but it's much weaker than even a beginner level magic. And wind mage can't use air magic since air magic are mostly about changing the properties of the air.
If not for Victoria, I would have thought that air mages are useless because we can only use magic to breathe anywhere. But because of Victoria's teaching, from the knowledge of her original world, I can become this strong
Although air magic and wind magic are different, there are still something in common that we have. Like sensing the movement of the air or wind. That's why I asked Angela who can use four element to help me. She can use earth magic which is Timmy's specialty, and wind magic as well.
The two of us entered Monsters World and move to a wide area to train together. Because of my training, her wind magic has slightly improved as she can sense the slightest vibration in the air. Though within a certain distance.
Still, because she has reached expert level, and she could reach master level anytime soon, the range where she can sense my move is so vast. Probably almost half the size of the whole capital of Tatrama.
As for me, I can only sense the movement in short range. I'm still just an advanced level air mage after all.
For now, I can finally move in the air without making vibration on the ground. This should be good enough to stall for time. And I have portal to use as well. I will use them well.
"Are we done?" Angela asked.
"Yeah. You can train with Shelia and Graham now. Sorry for taking your time. You want to train by yourself, right?" I asked.
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"I did. But training with someone else is better than training by myself. Are you going home?" Angela asked.
"Not yet. I'll be here for a little longer," I replied before I left the place we were training by using portal back to the Monsters Village.
Training with Angela is not something that only I want. Everyone want to train with her as well. But the priority this time is for me and my familiars.
Previously, I would just let Shelia or Graham fight their opponent themselves without my help. Sometimes, those two will team-up to fight one opponent. But other than the time I fought Bearded Baldy, I never joined them in their battle. Though I only did that at that time because they lost.
But now, fighting Timmy one on one is stupid. I need to get Shelia, Graham, and even Victoria to be stronger before fighting him. Anyway, Victoria's turn was before me, so it's Shelia's and Graham's turn.
Victoria is still with them watching. And she probably will join with the other two later to improve their teamwork.
As for me, I entered a house in Monsters Village where I prepared my plan to fight Timmy.
In this place, it's extremely messy with papers all over the place. They were all papers with writing of my plans against Timmy.
During the fight against the cult many times before, I had never been this prepared. But against Timmy, I need to prepare even more. And I keep all my plans here because I don't want Timmy to find out about them.
I know very much how by now that I always overthink and my plans were not all good. So, I made more plans. And I will try to memorize them all so I don't need to think too much during the fight. Good luck, my terrible memory.
But I don't think that this is enough to beat Timmy, someone who was dubbed as the strongest in his time. Back when Aura users were still many.
And so, the only think I can do was to prepare more plans for unexpected situations. But if all of my plans not working, I can only improvise. Fighting without thinking. That's something that I can only do a few times.
After hours of staying in Monsters World, we finally returns back home to the mansion in the capital which we have renovated. And we were greeted by Timmy and the four kings.
"What is it? Why is everyone here?" I asked.
"Roy, we will fight tomorrow. I won't take a no," Timmy said all of a sudden.
"Tomorrow? I'm not even ready yet!"
"Nothing I can do about that. I sensed many people gathering in the border between Arturo and Tatrama. None of you kings planned for a war between each other, right?" Timmy asked.
"What!? No! We still have the cult to fight so... Wait, many people are gathering? That must be where the cult are gathering. They must be preparing something," Albert said.
"Exactly. I don't know what it is, but it should be happening soon. That's why you need to fight me tomorrow. Go get some sleep and enter the testing ground right away. Because you will be much busier after our battle ended," Timmy said before he disappears and enter the testing ground by himself.
...I'd rather he'd be the one to send the kings back to their countries. He can bring other people when he's entering underground to move. And if he brought the kings back to their countries, I won't have to open portals myself.
Still, that's not the point. The cult is gathering and preparing something. Our peaceful times ended.
And my peaceful time as well since the kings are using my house to discuss. I need to wait until their discussion is over so I can bring them home and rest.
Chapter 578: Night Before the Deathmatch
"Since the one who brought you all here has gone, I have no choice but to do it. So, quickly make your decision and return home. I have something I need to do tomorrow. Which is something that might end up with me dying," I said to the kings who started their discussion.
"How about the werewolves and the agent with them? Where are they right now?" Fabio asked.
"Their last report was that they were close to the location that Timmy just told us. Let's get Sonia there to ask them of the cult's movement. They should have noticed about the cult's movement. And how they can that close meant that the Evil God is probably nearby. Worse of all, the timing is very bad. I thought they will not make a move for another year or two. But it's too soon. And Roy is not an Aura Master yet. We need to make a plan," Albert said tot he other kings.
I need to leave this room. If I stay here any longer, my mind will be filled with the thought of the cult during my fight against Timmy. And I will end up dead if I lose my focus.
"Hey, just tell me when you're done. I can't have my mind preoccupied with things before my battle to the death. Also, don't make any plan that will need my involvement at all. If you're planning to have a more detailed plan, do it after my fight. And only if I win," I said before I left the room.
I didn't just left the room. I also run toward the lake where we used to have picnic at. It's a quiet place where I can think in a relaxed manner at the moment.
Since all my senses have improved a lot, if I stay in the city, I won't be able to concentrate. That's why I ran all the way here.
.....
I thought that I can delay my match as long as possible to make Timmy's guard down. I would suddenly appear in the testing ground via portal to the Blobby I installed there, and start the fight when Timmy was most unprepared.
I have used my improved Divine Vision and checked that Timmy would sometime stay in the testing ground instead of in his room after all the other ancient Aura users were defeated. I thought that it was a good plan.
Unfortunately, that plan won't work anymore. Timmy has set the schedule for the fight thanks to the cult's movement. That's another reason for me to hate the cult.
Now, there's only direct battle. I can't use that trick anymore.
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"Were you thinking that it's a shame that you can no longer delay the battle anymore?"
All of a sudden, someone spoke to me from under the ground. That was Timmy's voice. He suddenly appears from under the ground and talked to me.
"Why are you here?" I asked casually. I already knew that he would come after I see the movement of the ground.
"It's not like I have anything to do in that place. So, what will you do for our fight?" Timmy asked.
"You think I will leak my plan to you? Unfortunately for you, I'm not that stupid. Also, do we need to fight in that place?" I asked Timmy.
"Why ask?"
"Too many disadvantages for me. That place is underground and you're an earth mage beyond master level.You can use the soil from below, above, left, and right for you to attack or defend. Can we change place?" I suggested.
"Hmm... now that I think about it, you move around a lot when you fight. I guess no matter how big I make that place it's still too narrow for you. Alright. We can fight here tomorrow," Timmy said.
"That's great. As a reward, I will inform you that the previous king of Arturo, Harold, is hiding the strongest alcoholic drink somewhere in his castle. He has many of those. You can steal one bottle and he won't notice," I said.
After knowing that Timmy can go anywhere in this continent, Fabio told me that his father has never took a step into the secret cellar in the castle anymore. Must be because he wants to keep it as secret from someone who can move anywhere in this continent.
I was not even allowed to put a Blobby there. Even the Blobbies I had on him, and the Sonia's soil to contact Sonia, were taken off of him before he enter that cellar. That's how much he loves his drink there. Though it's impossible to keep that secret from me.
And I shamelessly told Timmy about that place. I told him that he can steal from there without being noticed by Harold.
"...Were you thinking that you might be able to win against me if I was intoxicated? Unfortunately for you, it's not easy to make me that drunk. I will go there right now though. See you tomorrow then. In this place," Timmy said before he disappeared.
I guess that won't work. The only thing that will work is Harold becoming pissed knowing that someone stole his precious treasure.
So, taking him by surprise and getting him too intoxicated to fight won't work. But at least I managed to persuade him to not fight underground.
But that's not just me who will have the advantage. He will too.
His powerful earth magic won't be restricted since he doesn't need to care about the people on the surface of the testing ground.
Fighting in the surface instead of underground... I guess I don't need to install cameras for the fight since I will move around a lot. Though maybe they can watch my fight from the sky while riding on the back of Spot. Only if they dare to.
Watching this fight will risk their life as well. I will tell them that they are allowed to fight, but they must keep their shield activated at all time. Though it may be useless, it's better than nothing. I will still tell them that it's better if they don't come. But the decision will be theirs since it's no longer underground.
Soon after, Sonia appears to tell me that the discussion is over. There will be another discussion later after I finish my battle. And I will return to think about the cult again after my victory against Timmy. Though that is the biggest hurdle I have to pass.
"Roy, after taking us back, I need you to send some troops over to where the spy and the werewolves are. They are already prepared to move. Just the troops from Tatrama and Arturo," Albert said.
"Alright. I also have something to say. The battle tomorrow won't be underground. It will start near the lake. You are all welcome to watch, but remember that you will risk your life as well even if Angela is protecting you all with her barrier. Just be careful if you want to watch," I said.
"It will start near the lake? Not will be near the lake? Knowing you, I guess you will move around a lot from there. Try to move away from the city," Kayla said. She is heavily involved in making strategies together with the kings. I can say that other than me, the kings trust her the most. Or maybe they trust her more than me. And the third person they trust the most is Angela since she's the strongest mage.
...Maybe I am the third. Or less.
"I will. There's no way I would move to a city and get my movement restricted because of the people there. And I don't know how will Timmy attack in a crowded place. That will be dangerous for me instead," I said.
As someone who have gone to the lake and the surrounding area many times, I'm more familiar with that place than Timmy. Though that is useless since he can sense everything that is touching the ground.
Fighting Timmy is the greatest trial I need to face before destroying the cult. I have grown stronger, but I need to be even stronger. This is hard.
After I brought the troops to where the agent and the werewolves who were tracking the cult were waiting, I returned home and lie down on Victobed. I need to sleep.
Tomorrow is a big day. If I win, I live and get stronger. If I lose, I will die. And many people will lose since I am the key member of the fight against the cult. If I'm not there, everyone will be in danger since the strategy that they can use is very limited without me.
I need to set my mind to killing Timmy. Even if I lose a limb, I need to kill him no matter what.
...Seriously, did I just try to sleep while giving so much killing intent? Let's forget the battle as well tonight and focus on sleeping. Once I woke up, my mind will be cleared and I can start thinking of killing Timmy again. Let's just sleep.
Chapter 579: Thumb Up for My Effort!
The next morning, I woke up with a good mood from a good night sleep, then I realized today's schedule and my mood turned bad instantly.
Today is finally the day that I have to fight Timmy.
Timmy whose real name might not be Timmy is an Aura Master. Something that is stronger than any other Aura user. Including me.
And he's also a powerful earth mage who has reached a stage beyond master level. Those two combinations made him the strongest man in his time. And maybe even now.
And I have to fight him until one of us die. So unfair. I'm just an Aura user without any real master to teach me, and a weak mage with summoning element and air element. Though my familiars are strong, they are still weaker than me.
I ate my breakfast while thinking of what my advantages and my disadvantages before the fight against Timmy.
Disadvantages? There are many. I don't need to repeat them anymore.
.....
Advantages? I can outnumber him with my familiars. We're fighting in the open space, so if I can get him to fight in the sky, I might be able to win.
Although I couldn't catch him by surprise since he scheduled our fight, I managed to get the venue changed to the outside. Although I don't know how he fight, without his earth magic, the things he could do will be limited.
Though he hasn't told me if he has other elements or not. If he has a wind element, I will be doomed. At least I hope it won't be wind element if he has any.
And the other advantages I have I can think of is our weapons. Thanks to him opening the door, I can see the inside using my Divine Vision. And in there, I can only see one weapon being maintained very well inside that room. A katana.
Something that Victoria said that it came from his original world, exist in this world. I guess it wasn't popular enough, so no one picked it as their main weapon. But it exist in this world.
For me, it was quite a familiar weapon that I often use because of Victoria. If not for her, I would never know what a katana is.
But other than a katana, Timmy doesn't have other weapon in his room. And he never asked me to give him some Blobbies. That mean he will only use a katana.
As for me, I am more versatile. And although I can't say that I'm a master in every technique with different weapons, I can say that I'm quite good at it.
So, it's a fight between a katana user, against me who is a various weapons user along with my familiars.
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If it was before, I would have think that I can just let Victoria protect me all the time. But thanks to the training and the fight here, I learned that if Victoria received powerful damage, she can still be cut even though she was supposed to be immortal. Her size will be smaller because she was cut, but she can recover with time. And the part that was cut will be considered as Blobby and will disappear soon after.
At least I know her weakness. That way, I won't make a mistake.
After breakfast, I prepared myself while digesting the food in my stomach. And when I'm ready, I left to the lake where Angela, Kayla, Kron, and some other people were riding on the back of Spot who was floating so they can watch my fight.
I told them to keep their distance from me just in case. They will watch me from afar.
"You're here. Are you re-"
Before Timmy could finish his sentence, I already transformed Victoria into a huge heavy hammer, and swung it down to the ground.
Thanks to the training, my body and Aura has become stronger. And the transformation that Victoria can do, thanks to finally reaching expert level in my summoning, has became much faster. And the maximum weight she can turn into has increased.
Combined with the speed I was falling down, I created a huge web-like crack on the ground. But Timmy dodged it easily.
The ground was shaking so much, and I even see the fainted fishes in the lake are slowly surfacing. They were all temporary paralyzed because of my attack. And the calm lake created huge waves.
But nothing has changed about Timmy. He's still standing there with calm expression as I turned my Victohammer into a Victokatana, and slashed it toward Timmy.
"It's been three thousand years since I fought another katana user. Though you're not really a katana user, right?" Timmy said as we exchanged moves.
Although I said that we're exchanging moves, it's more like he's just playing with me.
Even though I swung my katana with all my strength, infused it with Aura and my will, he could easily block them all with ease. And he didn't infuse much of his Aura into it. Just a small bit enough to stop my attack.
"If it's just this much, I don't even need to use all my strength. Come on! Use that power!" Timmy shouted as he blew me away with just a swing of his katana.
That power? He must be talking about the power that is close to Aura Master.
I have trained in it, but I can't use it perfectly yet. I'm still too weak for that.
That power, Victoria called it Super Aura. She told me to turn blonde, but I didn't get her as usual. Just something from her old world.
Anyway, that Super Aura is something that Aura Master can control freely. But for me, I can only use it for five minutes at most in my current strength. This is totally an unfair match with my chance of winning is less than one percent. Why did Timmy think that this is going to help me if he's killing me?
I need to make use of Super Aura at the right time. Five minutes is too short, while he can use it freely. Or at least that's what he said when I asked him more about Aura Master. Though he agreed to call it Super Aura.
What Super Aura did to me, is not just giving powerful pressure like what Timmy showed me. It makes me stronger and faster is the simplest way to put it.
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There should be other things that Super Aura can do. Something that explains why there's a huge gap between an Aura user and an Aura Master. Though I don't know about that, and Timmy refused to tell me. Must be something that I need to figure out myself.
For now, I can be happy that at least Timmy hasn't used his full power yet. He hasn't used his magic yet. But that is good. Whether it's because he's underestimating me or because he wanted to guide me to be an Aura Master, it's good that he hadn't used his full strength yet.
I approached Timmy again, and swung Victokatana downward. Timmy tried to block it, but right before my katana touched his katana, I transformed Victoria into a short dagger so my weapon won't be blocked.
The short dagger easily passed Timmy's blocking attempt, and when I passed it, I transformed Victoria into a katana gain as I thrust it forward. Trying to pierce his brain.
Timmy dodged it just by swaying his head, but I transformed Victoria again. This time, it's into a sickle. Although it has a blade, it's more of a farming tool than a weapon. But I also have trained in it because of one of the ancient Aura user that I fought and learned from.
He was a poor farmer but has talent to be an Aura user. He has no weapon, but he was surrounded with farming tools. So, he used a sickle as his weapon. And I learned it from him.
The sickle in my hand has a curved blade. And it's curved right behind Timmy's neck as I pulled it toward me trying to cut Timmy's head off. But Timmy is faster than me.
He shifted his katana so he blocked my sickle. And my attack failed again.
But I didn't stop. With my free hand that didn't hold the weapon, I threw a straight punch to his chest. But Timmy stopped it again.
He let go of his right hand from his katana, and stopped my punch by grabbing it.
"It won't work. You are the greatest Aura user who used various weapon that I have ever fought. Even in my time, you could be famous. But you are not strong enough," Timmy said as he casually stopped my punch.
But I have predicted everything until now.
In my left fist, I hold a small Blobby that I turned into a small blade.
While Timmy is still holding my left hand with his right hand, I grabbed his right thumb, and sliced it off with the small Blobby blade that I hold.
With this, he won't be able to use his full strength since I have cut his thumb from his dominant hand. Even if he tried to use all his strength, his grip will be weaker.
I retreated a few steps back while still holding his right thumb in my hand and raised it high.
"Alright! Thumb up for my effort!" I shouted happily.
But Timmy didn't look perplexed at all. He's still calm even though I just cut off his thumb. I need to be extremely careful. He still has a lot of power he hasn't showed me, while I have shown him everything from the battles against the ancient Aura users.
The battle didn't become easier at all. But this is to be expected from the strongest man in his time. And I'm just lucky so far.
The real battle will start now. Maybe. Though I hope it won't while he will keep on holding back until it's too late. But I won't hope too much for it.