Right after Faust"s roar entered into Caesar"s ears, a pillar of flames suddenly descended from above him.Caesar furrowed his brows and raised his left hand, a blue mist escaped from his palms and a relatively thick piece of ice formed in between him and the fire.
*FWOOSH*
Both the flames and the ice collided, resulting in thick steam spreading throughout the training grounds.
Caesar, who blocked the flames with his ice was launched downward and hit the ground…
Faust who was watching Caesar"s movements the entire time, of course, would not let this chance slip by, he immediately took a step forward and struck down with one of his wooden swords.
Caesar while still in a falling motion put his hand out and pushed off the floor…
"BANG"
Faust"s sword hit the ground where Caesar had just moved from, not letting up on his a.s.sault, Faust sidestepped to the side and struck down at Caesar once again.
Caesar maneuvered his body in mid-air and wrapped his leg around Faust"s arm, he twisted his entire body and flung Faust to the side with his sheer physical prowess.
"WHISH"
Faust"s entire body was flung through the air at incredible speeds, he used both of his swords and sc.r.a.ped them against the ground to slow down.
"SCREEECH"
The wooden sword sc.r.a.ped against the ground and created a G.o.d awful sound that rang in everyone"s ears, similar to nails on a chalkboard.
Caesar slightly squinted his eyes and threw his sword at Faust, shortly afterward he charged forward and put both of his hands out to the side, a bluish mist once again escaped from his palms and two thin pieces of ice were formed.
Faust barely had enough time to raise one of his wooden swords and parry Caesar"s flying projectile.
"Bang"
Faust parried Caesar"s wooden sword, however, Caesar was merely two feet away from him, he ground his teeth angrily and attempted to create a pillar of flames once more… but, it was too late.
Caesar launched off the ground and reached Faust"s neck with one of his sharp pieces of ice.
"Gulp"
Faust audibly gulped down a mouthful of saliva and his eyes gleamed with defeat… The fox-kin around them, including Leo, all had confusion reflected in their eyes. Although the battle felt like it was long, it was actually only a matter of 10 seconds.
The vast majority of fox-kin couldn"t even keep up with their movements, let alone comprehend how Caesar won through the thick steam.
"V-victory goes to the s-strategist!" Leo finally broke out of his stupor and announced loudly.
Caesar evaporated his icicle and stepped away from Faust, his lips curled as he offered his hand toward Faust.
"It was a great battle, you fought hard" Caesar complimented, honestly.
"Sigh, you were stronger than I had thought… who could have known you were an ice magician" Faust sighed deeply and shook Caesar"s hand.
The rest of the crowd couldn"t believe their eyes, how could their top clan head lose to some strategist…?
"T-that man is strong…" a middle-aged man couldn"t help but speak in an exasperated tone.
"What race is he? Surely a top race" a younger fox-kin male spoke with certainty.
"Who cares? That fight was awesome!" an even younger man roared excitedly and started a cheer.
"Mr.Strategist!"
"Mr.Strategist!"
"Mr.Strategist!"
The soldiers started to cheer for Caesar, although he wasn"t a fox-kin, he was still on their side… plus, how could they not respect someone who beat their top clan head in a duel?
Caesar"s smiled widened, "it would appear my goal has been achieved" he thought inwardly as he glanced around.
Suddenly, Faust put his arm around Caesar and a smile of gratification appeared on his lips… "It"s an honor being able to fight with someone of your caliber on the battlefield, I respect the strong more than anything" he chuckled loudly and patted Caesar on the back.
Caesar looked at Faust with interest, "It would appear this man is much simpler than I had initially thought… then who is the mastermind pulling the strings? Surely it"s not that child named Charlie…?" Caesar contemplated deeply about his future options.
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On the very far end of the training grounds, on top of the wall, a tall woman with decent facial features was staring down at the Caesar and Faust… her eye were cold as she took out a small marble from her pocket.
She gripped the marble tightly as she put in a sliver of mana inside of it… The marble slowly started to distort and show an image of a cloaked person, race unknown at first glance.
"A pest has appeared, my lord," she said respectively.
"Destroy it, I don"t want my plans to go any other way than I want them too" The person reflected in the marble spoke coldly, without a hint of emotion.
"Your request should pose difficulty, the man is stronger than Faust and was brought in by the empress" the woman replied hesitantly.
"He"s stronger than our p.a.w.n, Faust, huh? Well, it doesn"t matter… just think of a way to destroy him" The man replied, intrigue was apparent in his tone.
"Yes, my lord…" The woman spoke with the utmost respect and went to go stash the marble in her pocket.
"Wait…" The man reflected in the marble stopped her.
The woman looked at the man in the marble with curiosity…
"If that Empress is back, that means we can speed up the marriage ceremony… haha, once that foolish troll prince takes her chast.i.ty he will inevitably die and we can take care of both of their clans in one fell swoop" the man in the marble laughed sinisterly.
"How is he going to die once he takes her chast.i.ty?" the woman couldn"t help but ask curiously.
"Haha, don"t you know why the nine-tailed foxes died out in the first place? Only an ancient race can breed with another ancient race… for instance, vampires only bred with vampires because other races couldn"t handle their bloodline, don"t you find it weird all of the progenitors were vastly weaker than the first one? Because his blood was diluted! Haha" the man laughed wildly.
"I see, so it is impossible for the empress to find a mate in this world without inevitably killing him? " she asked.
"Not necessarily, just like she was blessed with her ancient bloodline, there are some other lucky souls lurking in the depths of this world… anywho, that"s enough information for now… stay in the shadows and make sure that pest is taken care of" the man ordered sternly.
"Yes, Sir!" she said and quickly stashed the blue marble in one of her pockets.
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If Caesar were here to witness this scene, he would die of laughter, who is taking Ahri"s chast.i.ty???