Calamity Upon This World

With that, he cancelled out his aura, causing Edge Lord to do the same, thus allowing everyone to breathe again.

As both Edge Lord and Michael now stood in the middle,.

The golden barrier from before had once manifested itself in all its glory.

As both fighters stood face-to-face their audience held their breaths for what they imagined to be a completely one-sided match.

And then it began.

**

"You can have the first move," Michael suggested, to which Edge Lord happily obliged.

\'He\'s strong,\' Wiz commented inside Williams head.

\'Thanks, Mr. Obvious\' William nearly rolled his eyes, but he couldn\'t lose focus in front of his current opponent.

After all, Zephyr and Rex aside, the man called Michael in front of him was the strongest person he\'s ever seen.

If he could go all out, as in [Spirit Ascension] and [Mana Ascension], combined with all his summons, maybe he could\'ve completed the test, but with all of his trump cards being out of the equation.

This was going to be almost impossible; the only hope he had was to be creative with his spells.

After all, he lacked too much information about his enemy to think that going close to him and wacking him with a blade would be a viable strategy.

If nothing else worked, he would just have to spam spells and stall; thankfully, he had more than enough mana for such a feat.

As soon as the fight began, William casted his most destructive spell, the same one he had used to kill the B-rank bear.

(Grand Eruption)

BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!

A similar explosion as last time occurred once again, shaking the spectators.

However, the only difference this time was the state of the target the spell was cast on once the smoke cleared to everyone\'s shock.

Michael was standing there unharmed, even  his clothes looked clean.

It was absurd to think that he had tanked such an explosion with his bare body.

And yet here he stood, proving it.

"Not bad; I now understand how you managed to kill that B-rank beast," he commented.

"How? " William almost instinctively blurted it out.

"Who knows?" Michael teased.

Annoyed by his comment, William decided to keep throwing spells until something worked.

(Wind Storm)

A green mana circle materialised in Williams hand, and from it emerged a storm of wind that quickly made its way towards Michael, intending to tear him apart.

Seeing the spell heading his way, Michael smiled as he raised his hand in the air.

Once the spell was close enough to tear him apart, he brought his hand down, destroying the spell.

"Not bad"

"My turn," he said.

As soon as his words fell, Michael disappeared from his place.

And before William could realise what happened, Michael was mere inches away from punching him.

Thankfully, in the last second, Williams instinct kicked in as he activated [Shadow Step].

Before Michael\'s fist could make contact with Edge Lord\'s face, he descended into the shadow, reappearing near the opposite end of the barrier.

"I see you have a teleportation skill not bad," Michael commented.

"Well, it\'s about to be bad for you," William said as he readied his hand and cast.

[Rock Spear]

With that, a spear made up of rocks shot forward from his hand towards Michael.

Who quickly sidestepped, dodging the spear in the process.

However, before the spear could fly behind him, he grabbed it by the back of the spear and threw it back at William.

Before the attack could reach William, he launched another spear, breaking both of them in the process.

Not giving him a chance to breathe, Michael was on him and was about to kick him.

But before he could complete the action, tendrils manifested from his own shadow and immobilised him.

Using the opportunity, he created William Casted (Quadra Elemental Arrow).

A blue bow made of ice manifested in his hands.

In the centre of the bow was an arrow made up of ice; it was engulfed in sharp winds, had a flame near the tip of it, and had lightning flowing through the whole thing.

With zero hesitation, William released his grip, launching the projectile towards Michael, who was still immobilised.

Allowing the arrow to hit him right in the chest and send him flying.

\'Phew, that was dangerous,\' William thought.

It was good that Michael was just playing around with him and used an obvious tactic; otherwise, such a trick wouldn\'t have worked on someone as experienced as Michael.

Seeing his first spell working, William had no intention of giving Michael a chance to recover, as he cast.

(Fire Storm)

(Earth Sword)

(Thunder Spear)

(Ice Shard)

Heeding his commands, four magic circles manifested behind him.

Each circle was responsible for one spell.

"Wait, are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is he using four spells at once?"

"No, I see the same thing."

"But how?"

"I don\'t know."

Many such murmurs could be heard from the spectator area.

After all, what William was doing right now was considered impossible by the mass majority, and for good reason.

A person can only cast one spell at once, with a few exceptionally talented mages being able to cast two, but that should be the limit.

And yet here was a newbie adventurer casting double the known limit.

The sheer number of calculations required for such a feat should be enough to label it impossible.

But of course, William didn\'t care about the reaction of his audience; all he cared about was winning.

Heeding their masters command, the storm of fire, a giant sword made up of rocks, a lance of thunder, and a giant shard of ice made their way towards their target.

BOOM!!

Before long, another explosion occurred.

William was confident that, as long as Michael stayed true to his words, this should be enough to knock him out.

No human can withstand this through sheer stats alone, right?