Chapter 1322: The result of the first match in the 2v2 format.

"How is this possible?" Saelis couldn’t believe her eyes as she looked at the scene below.

Weira and the others shared her bewilderment.

"They’re only Platinum—grade, aren’t they?" she asked Eulalia. "How can they keep up with their opponents’ speed?"

Eulalia, who was closely watching the battle of her juniors, was distracted and turned her gaze to Saelis.

"Honestly, I don’t know myself," Eulalia laughed, turning her gaze back to the arena. "I do not know the limits of their capabilities. Especially after they reached the Platinum rank."

She paused, as if considering her words.

"If you are so amazed by what they are currently demonstrating, then I cannot predict how you will perceive what they will reveal in the near future. Because at the moment they are not even trying to be serious."

Eulalia assumed that Idan and Arabel were unwilling to reveal all their secrets and were deliberately limiting their powers.

"I wonder how many of their secrets they’ll reveal in these three fights?" she thought, watching as an arc shot out of a cloud of mist below from Arabel’s blade swing.

The Elf of Bottomless Waters, sensing the threat, did not fend off the attack, but chose to evade.

"This is... an aura enhanced by the element of ice!" said Weira in amazement.

Following the arc, Arabel flew out of the fog, rapidly closing the distance between herself and the enemy.

The elf instantly realized that close combat did not bode well for her, and retreated, simultaneously chanting the spell "Ice Spears" and releasing them towards Arabel.

Arabel deftly dodged the ice projectiles, and destroyed some of them with a precise swing of her sword.

However, this slowed her down, and the elf managed to increase the distance.

"That bit..." Arabel almost blurted out.

This elf was not only fast on her own, but the spells she created were amazing in their speed. Even if her own ice element was not inferior to the ice element of the elf, it still hindered her.

Arabel tightened her grip on her sword and was about to turn to her other powers when suddenly Idan’s voice rang in her head.

"Belle, keep up the pace. Make her back off, and as soon as you see how the other one intervenes, be ready."

"Ready for what?" She asked.

"The final attack," Idan replied, and a smile spread across Arabel’s face.

Her eyes lit up, and she sprinted forward with renewed vigor.

Even if she didn’t fully understand what Idan was up to, she was willing to believe him.

On the opposite side of the arena, Idan, after several exchanges of blows, managed to adapt to his opponent’s fighting style.

His training sessions with Milica, who beat him mercilessly, bore fruit.

Idan learned to anticipate his opponent’s attacks and, finding gaps in his defense, counterattack. Yes, his attacks were futile, but they hurt and accumulated.

"Damn earthworm!" the elf cursed, gritting his teeth after another blow to the face with the staff. He tasted metal in his mouth and spat out blood along with one of his missing teeth.

His body exploded with power, and a Diamond-grade "Soul Force" descended on Idan.

The elf believed that this would finally stop his opponent, but to his amazement, Idan only froze for a split second before he could dodge the spear attack.

"How?" The Elf exclaimed, not believing that his Soul Force had been dispelled by the opponent’s Soul Force.

Idan did not answer. In his Soul Space, his first three Stars combined into the First Constellation, shining brightly, strengthening his Soul.

At the top, the old "monsters" noticed this.

An abnormal speed for a Platinum rank, and now a Soul, compared to a Diamond Rank Soul.

The elf realized that the situation was becoming more and more deadlocked.

He, a Diamond-ranked being, could not defeat a Platinum-ranked "human". If he doesn’t take decisive action, it will be a stain on his reputation and that of his Master. Especially considering that there are many higher beings watching this duel.

His gaze fell on the other half of the arena.

His partner successfully held off the enemy at a distance, but even there the situation seemed hopeless.

And then he made a decision.

Instead of attacking Idan, he charged towards the second half of the arena.

He needed to disrupt the current course of the battle.

But he didn’t realize that this was exactly what Idan had expected.

"Belle!" he sent a mental message to Arabel and, without wasting a second, rushed after the elf to the second half of the arena.

However, his target wasn’t him, but his partner, the Bottomless Waters Elf.

Arabel, having received the command, froze and took an attacking stance, focusing on filling her sword with aura and the element of ice.

Bzzz!

A Heavenly Crown Elf appeared above her, aiming a lightning-flashing spear.

But Arabel ignored him. Her eyes were closed.

Ahead, her opponent was caught off guard by the actions of her partner, and then by the appearance of Idan.

She had only managed to utter half of the words of the spell when her gaze met the gaze of a man who radiated a pinkish-purple glow. In the next second, her mind went blank, and she saw horrifying, insane images.

Idan momentarily activated and used [Madness Gaze – level 4] against her.

Immediately after that, Idan resorted to using their system’s unique ability, {swap}.

Idan disappeared, and Arabel appeared in his place, ready to strike with her sword.

Arabel’s sword-clutching hand moved before she opened her eyes.

A powerful arc of aura and the element of ice descended on the Elf, who was still under the influence of the [Madness Gaze] ability. At the last moment, an invisible force appeared between her and the attack, protecting her.

There was a deafening crash, and the Elf was thrown to the edge of the arena.

The arena protected her. She was defeated.

At the same time, the elf, who believed that he had the upper hand over his opponent, noticed how his target suddenly disappeared, and he pierced the void, and the same man appeared in place of the woman. The next moment, he saw a flash and felt a sharp pain in his right cheek.

The impact knocked him aside.

"What? Where? When?" — his thoughts were trying to comprehend what had happened.

He stood on his feet, although he felt dizzy.

A silhouette appeared in front of him, and he managed to strike.

Clank!

The sound of a spear colliding with an opponent’s weapon rang out.

The spear was knocked aside.

And the next moment, he saw the flash again and felt a sharp pain, this time in his left cheek.

He tried to raise his spear to defend himself, but the subsequent blow knocked him aside again, followed by another blow to his head.

Clank! Bam! Clank! Bam!

He couldn’t figure out what was going on.

At this time, all the elves were watching the horrific sight of the beating.

As soon as the elf raised his spear, Arabel appeared, who deftly beat off his weapon. In the next instant, she disappeared, and Idan appeared in her place, who was already ready to strike the elf with his staff on the head.

So, blow by blow, Idan and Arabel unleashed an attack on the poor elf, until the Guardian of the Tree intervened, who stopped this humiliation.