Is this really a Game?!

“Here he comes,” Raigon said as he stared at the king, the powerful man simply walked toward them and the pressure he exhibited was already above what the formation of the army or the three top combatants had while releasing their mana. Nobody dared try and attack him as he entered the field of traps, some that were left activated but he simply walked through the explosions and spears, not even a scratch was left on his armor.

“So, I hear you have something for me, Raigon!” The king suddenly shouted, his powerful voice that was powered by mana echoed through the gorge as some of the soldiers had to cover their ears. The weakest even wobbled on their feet from the shout as the mana that was imbued in it was able to confuse them.

“Are we doing it?” The Judge suddenly appeared next to Raigon and asked him. Raigon simply nodded his head before taking out the device that he previously used when cleaning the battlefield.

He started using the device and creating patterns as the king patiently waited, even the other battles that were taking place had stopped right now as everybody stared at Raigon and what he was doing. Reign was the same, compared to everyone else he had a higher understanding of what was being done, he could feel an enormous amount of mana slowly being released from the ground like it previously did.

Contrary to before however, the ground didn’t change as all the mana flowed toward the Judge who was slowly being clad in a purple mana armor. Each passing second made the armor thicker and the mana more intense and powerful. In a matter of seconds, the mana the Judge was releasing was already above what even Reign had, of course, if Reign went all out he would be equal, but the mana was still rising and continuing to become stronger and stronger.

Suddenly an enormous amount of mana flowed out and entered the Judge as his mana spiked, right now the amount of mana released from him was even above Reign at his full power. He stared at the king who had a ferocious smile on his face before lifting his palm and bringing it down while aiming at the king.

The king’s expression suddenly changed as a huge purple palm appeared above him, the 50-meter-long palm immediately dropped down on the king who clenched both of his fists before punching out. The palm and fist clashed as a powerful shockwave that was followed by a strong gust of wind blew across the battlefield. Even Reign and the three men he was fighting could feel the power behind the attack as the wind hit them. 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝑙．𝑐𝘰𝘮

Bam!

The palm scattered as the king held his fist high in the air before smiling at the Judge who silently stared at him. Without missing a beat he started making weird hand symbols as tens of purple weapons appeared around the king while multiple 10-meter-long chains appeared from underneath the ground and went toward the king in order to bind him.

“Hahahahahaha, good, good, let me see what you can do!” The king laughed heartily as he started punching and kicking around, each of his attacks caused small shockwaves to appear as the weapons and chains broke before new ones took their place.

The battle that had suddenly started was enough to let everybody know just how powerful a first evolution combatant was, even though neither the king nor the Judge was fighting seriously now, none of the people present, except for Reign could go against either of the two men.

‘So this is a first evolution combatant, honestly, I expected a bit more.’ Reign thought as he looked at the king. He wasn’t really trying to underestimate the first evolution fighters, he was merely giving his own opinion after being able to see both the king of Riplas and Lios previously.

Even though Lios never released his mana, the aura around him made Reign know that he was not to be underestimated while the king had mana rivaling this guy even when only releasing a bit less than 50%. Compared to those two, this little king was simply not adequate, of course, that was the reason why he and another first evolution combatant needed to join forces in order to fight against the king of Riplas.

‘Yes, he is quite pitiful when compared to other first evolution combatants, but don’t get cocky kid, he is still powerful enough to defeat you, don’t forget the plan, you will soon have the chance to take him down.’ Aethion’s serious voice could be heard from inside Reign’s head, Reign simply nodded in agreement before looking at the three men in front of him who were still watching the king.

“Hey, shouldn’t we continue where we left off?” Reign’s words woke them up from a stupor, they had been so engrossed in seeing the fight that suddenly took place that they almost forgot about him. If Reign had decided to attack them right away then there was a good chance that they wouldn’t have been able to respond adequately and perhaps he could have seriously injured one of them.

The reason Reign didn’t do that wasn’t that he was arrogant or because he didn’t want to attack dishonorably or anything like that. It was simply because he needed to have these guys fighting him until the moment was right for him to strike the king, until then he was going to hold back a bit and make it seem like he was fighting a serious and tough battle against them.

It was fortunate that Luin’s ability didn’t work on him however if all three went all out then Reign didn’t know if he could fight without doing the same. With one of them being almost useless, however, the situation was much better and he could take his time fighting them.

On the other side of the battlefield, the turtle continued struggling against the thousands of attacks that were pouring down on it. Dain was still using his giant bow in order to launch arrows while Lieara was ready to go out and fight at any moment. Right now, however, it wasn’t plausible as there was little she could do against the beast. Suddenly one of the ballistae actually missed the head of the turtle, even though the others managed to hit it, the monster continued forward and actually struck one of the pillars.

Luckily the pillar was still standing, but it was cracked. The turtle was now right up against the mana curtain and it was doing its best in order to power through it. Even though the curtain was highly effective in blocking it, there was still a limit on how much pressure it could take.

The king and the Judge were still fighting as before, merely warming up before the main course. It didn’t really matter what happened on the other battlefields as either one of them could completely change the course of the battle, whoever was victorious here would be able to help his side win the whole battle.

Reign was flickering around as he fought against the three. Luin had sent a couple more soul-based attacks his way, but the result was the same as before. The souls were only able to exist for a moment before being completely gone, they were cut off from Luin who was already starting to sweat a bit.

He wasn’t sweating because he was tired, but merely because he was feeling an incredible amount of pressure right now, he was a good swordsman and could fight against other top combatants even without using his souls, but against someone like Reign it was not enough, not even close.

Without his souls, he was actually weaker compared to the other two that were fighting together with him and he hated that. He hated feeling as if he was dragging them down in his failed attempts to hurt Reign. He switched his fighting style and started fighting normally, his sword skills were actually not half-bad, but thanks to him specializing in souls he didn’t practice that much in the last couple of years and his mana was also nothing special.

Thanks to that he simply wasn’t able to match Reign in skill, speed, or strength. He continued attacking while coordinating well with the other two who were visibly doing much better than him right now. The frustration Luin felt was great and showed as he attacked in a reckless and risky manner from time to time, Reign would always try to use that to his advantage, but made sure to slow down a bit so that one of the other two could save Luin from a serious injury.

Even though Reign could have used it to his advantage and could have dealt a serious blow to them, it still wasn’t time.

“Luin, calm down, if you continue like this you will die!” Idrel shouted at the young man as he nodded his head and apologized. All of them looked at the seemingly nonchalant Reign before releasing their mana and going full power.