Duel

"Don't worry, I locked this duel arena. No one will see this duel from outside. Except for a few people. If I have to be honest." Izgael brought out a sword, "Spatial Inventory." And his main weapon, he looked at it for a couple of seconds before placing it in his spatial storage and then swapping it with the one that he pulled out. "Apologies, I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle that sword at this fight. You have to do with my spare one."

"Its an honor, Swordmaster." Avan prepared himself, "Spatial Storage," And brought out his spare sword himself. As he held it with his one hand, his face turned that into an uncomfortable one.

"Hmm... is there something wrong with him?" Izgael thought to himself.

"Stone Coating." Avan's sword was suddenly coated in random spikes of stone. "Iron Coating." A thick barrier was then made around what seems to be the appearance of a sword, but has no edge.

"You're joking right..? That's two debuffs that he applied on himself. And he placed the stone coating on top of the sword. While also placing an Iron Coating, not to replace the stone but to overlay it. How heavy is that sword... And, can that even be called a sword? That just looks like... a giant mace!"

"Frictionless."

"!!!" Izgael looked down and stood still without moving. "Frictionless, a tier one spell that removes friction. If I move even an inch, I'll slip and lose my balance." But he then suddenly heard something flying through the air. As he looked forward he saw the giant sword flying through his way. But there was something weird.

Avan was holding the very edge of the sword with his insane grip as he was sliding through the ground.

"He applied Frictionless on himself!?" Izgael moved to the side.

But before he could, Avan grasped the handle of his sword as he spun around, catching Izgael stepping to the side.

Izgael was flung away to the very end of the arena, crashing down to the walls.

Avan's frictionless stopped as he punched the walls to dig his hand into it to stop the chaotic movement and cancelled the spell himself.

"Powerful." Izgael stood up and spat out the blood that was in his mouth. "His strength is amazing and I never thought that applying debuffs to yourself can be used this much to this method."

"Its working." Avan thought to himself. "I always wondered why people didn't use these spells in the battle arenas that I watched in my previous life. Why are you using Frictionless to slip up the enemy when you can reach unimaginable speeds without being limited by the laws? Why are you not using Iron Coating and Stone Coating as you hit enemies with your blunt weapons when it can protect your weapon and make it far more heavier. It was like that. And I was in no position to question it as people seemed to just circle around that mentality. And since I had no mana before, I couldn't say anything about it since I haven't tried it myself. So now, I'm going to use all of these spells over the years that I yearned to do it and put it into practice."

"Seems like... we have a candidate for the Century Battle."

"Sprint!" Avan activated a spell that boosts his movement speed by at least 20%. He ran up to Izgael and he did the same.

Izgael sheathed his sword and took a stance that left him immobile. "Flames of Behemoth." He quickly unsheathed it for a horizontal attack and a giant blue wave of fire was released.

Avan felt the burning sensation and heat even though he was still far away from it. He threw his sword at the sky and began to make spell incantations with both of his hands. "Rock Wall! Multiply Magic!" A single rock wall appeared in front of Avan and then three more followed after it.

He jumped over the rock walls to avoid the sword wave, but it was so strong that it easily cut off through the Rock Wall.

Izgael was getting ready to unsheathe his sword once again as he saw Avan flying through the air ready to crash on him.

Avan interlocked both of his fingers and then let out a spell, "Gravity Control!"

Izgael didn't feel any pressure but he felt as if Avan was going down incredibly fast. Too fast.

Avan came crashing down with both of his hands and Izgael immediately raised his sword to block his attack.

As his fists and his sword made contact, the ground beneath Izgael broke down and debris were flying everywhere. Everything was covered in smoke.

But after the smoke dissipated, it was revealed that Izgael completely defended through Avan's attacks. "Unseen Cuts." He placed his sword on his side and walked slowly.

Avan was confused but he was suddenly sent flying and hundreds of cuts appeared on his body. He thought it was already his loss but for several seconds, it was far too long for him to stay in the air.

With each step Izgael took, it appeared as if invisible streaks of invisible lines appeared around Avan continued to cut him in all sides and directions, keeping him in the air.