1137 A Scholar's Warfare [Pt 1]
“Jared Leonard… you must perish.”
The moment I hear those words, I automatically set up my fundamental defenses and raised my guard.
‘I thought it was from Neron. Maybe I’m wrong…’
Making assumptions would be the antithesis of critical thought. It was possible that Neron wanted me to find this place, and this thing, but assuming it was an ally remained my fatal flaw.
‘And since it seeks to attack me right now, there’s no need to be considerate, is there?’
Studying the enemy while engaging in combat with it seemed like a viable option for me, but the moment the threat proved to be something I couldn’t handle, I would have to stop pulling my punches.
‘With my energy levels as low as they are now, it’ll be best if I do not resort to anything too amazing.’
~WHOOOOOOSSSHHH!~
The blue entity rushed in my direction with breathtaking speed, causing my eyes to flash in both shock and amazement at the sight.
Its glowing hands stetched towards me, almost as if desiring to tear me to pieces once they touched my skin.
‘No, you don’t.’
The moment it got close, I teleported behind it and generated a sphere of darkness on my palm.
“[Dark Vortex].”
The Spell swirled into a giant mass of a dark swirling pool and flew in the direction of the blue entity, promising to rip it apart.
However…
~VWUSH!~
It also teleported away from harm as soon as the darkness reached its position.
‘So it could teleport too?’ My eyes narrowed on it as I contemplated the next move to make.
Unfortunately, my opponent gave me no room to breathe, as the next thing I noticed was it lunging straight for me, vanishing from sight the instant I blinked.
Using [The Star], I generated a gravity field around me, mostly for two reasons. One was the fact that gravity directly affected space-time.
‘The greater the mass of an object, the greater the distortion it creates in space-time. Hence, teleporting something of a considerable mass as that blue entity will cause more spatial curves than a smaller object.’
That was where my use of gravity came in.
The mass of an object determined the gravitational pull it had. This attraction, coupled by the distortion it made, made for an interesting interaction if I influenced the gravity to my desire.
The approaching object would be caught in a state of suspension, unable to to reach me since their distorted space-time was being affected by my gravity, which would generally attract towards them, but was being directed towards me instead.
Ultimately, it would be impossible for either to happen, which would lead to…
“A suspended null.” I smiled, watching the blue entity appear in front of me, unable to move, as space seemed to collapse and relapse around it.
‘It’s been a while since I toyed with concepts like this.’ A smile appeared on my face as I stared at the blue entity before me.
It wouldn’t be able to teleport away since my gravitational field would acclimate to its space-time variable, further ensuring it remained in a fixed state of moving and not moving.
It was a trap I designed to capture enemies who would otherwise prove evasive through teleportation.
“[Absolute Suspension]”
Now right in front of the suspended blue entity, I narrowed my gaze to observe it even more. I had never seen anything like it before, and while it seemed like a living entity, it functioned as one without a proper body.
‘If I’m to make a comparison, it resembles a Wisp…’
With a body made up of only a Soul, yet functionally a living being. The problem, however, was its evident enmity with me.
“Why are you targeting me?” I asked the blue entity point blank, watching as it continued to struggle to escape my Spell.
“It’s useless. Don’t bother to—”
~VWUUUUUUUUUMMMMMM!!!~
ραndαsnοvεl.cοm Before I could conclude my warning, the energy levels of the monster slowly began to rise. It felt like they were climbing at an abnormal rate, and I knew what would come next.
~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!~
The explosive scale covered its immediate vicinity, turning everything around it into nothing but pressured dust. However, I was too fast to be caught in something like that, so I escaped relatively easily.
Blue radiation spread out from its point of impact, sending shockwaves flying around.
However, that wasn’t the most curious part.
The being exploded into several thousand particles, spreading across the area which I had teleported from and now watched from my position in the sky.
“Hm? It exploded itself? The range or level of destruction wasn’t even that great, so why…?’
If it wanted to destroy me, this would be an inefficient way to go about it. Unless… ah, so that was what it was after.
A little smile formed on my face as I watched the blue particles of light converge together to reform the blue entity, as if it was being created from scratch.
‘It must have realized that its mass was the problem, so it broke itself down to smaller particles to escape the suspension. That’s smart.’
It had the intelligence to grow from a trap I developed, and it was also considerably powerful. Putting those two factors together, it was possible that my opponnent could end up becoming too difficult if I dragged on the fight for too long.
‘It’s best I destroy it as fast as I can, and then maybe save a bit of its soul essence for investigation later.’
At the moment, I couldn’t afford to be playing games.
“[Four Cardinal Bombardment].” I whispered, stretching my hand in the blue entity’s direction.
Instantly, from all four cardinal directions of the targer, a strong pressure pushed them forward.
North, East, South, and West.
With all sides generating such powerful propulsion to force the target forward, and from every end, it forced the target to remain still—trapped in a single position.
Even if it split into smaller particles, it would be unable to stop the intense wave of force that was pervasive in the area.
‘And now that it’s completely still, I’ll finish it in one blow.’
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[A/N]
It feels refreshing that Jared is fighting like a Magic Scholar once again. What do you think about this battle?
I know its a bit underwhelming, especially after his battle with Edward, but… its still something, right?