There was something certain, this brat wasn't sheltered and weak like those whom Dino used to face when he served as a knight.
This person was good. With his blood lust, ether control and body movement it was evident that he has fought and killed people before.
Earlier when Dino was attacked, he believed that his opponent was a bonafide Mage, but now, his opinion took a one-eighty.
'He has shaped himself through pure combat...' That stance which the bald-head adapted was different from before. It showed that his opponent was no longer in the 'observation' phase.
He wants a fight. And Dino was well set on giving one.
Planting his hands on the ground, Dino summoned a network of mud walls that shot up between him and Richard, each one forming at unpredictable angles and random intervals. The walls created a jagged maze, twisting and turning with no discernible pattern.